News
The end of the school year has arrived again and students beat the staff in the annual ball game. Everyone had a great time and Dave and Sandy made sure everyone was well fed! Staff and students said their goodbyes for the summer and now we will be getting ready for next year. We are sure next year will be even better than this one. A few pictures of the event help tell the story!
Graduation! Graduation! Graduation! Our park pavilion was overflowing with family and visitors wishing the best for our largest graduating class of seniors. We had 30 students graduating and over 200 family and friends at the celebration. Even with the chilly weather, everyone seemed to really enjoy the event and there were plenty of tears and smiles everywhere. The pictures can be ordered on a disk through Kim for $5.00 or you can just check them out here!
We had a great time at the spring art show! Some staff and students put on a show of their improvisational skills and we had standing room only. We also had some delicious pastries from our own culinary arts students. Everyone seemed to enjoy the show and the art is getting so much better each year!!! check it out!
Friday, April 29, 2011, we had our school prom with the theme of Casino Night. Everyone looked really great and had a wonderful time! Pictures are available if you didn't go. We will be selling a disk of the pictures for $5 at Kim's office; so place your order now.
Emily Orellana, one of Rainshadow's many talented students, won first place in the 2011 State"Poetry Out Loud"competition (3rd time!) and represented us at the National Finals (again!) She palced in the top ten again this year nationally! here!
Multicultural Day was held on December 15th to celebrate diversity, promote peace and teach tolerance. We invited a variety of guest speakers to talk about their cultural background and experiences in the United States and elsewhere. Rajan Zed, from India, spoke about world religions and explained a little about Hinduism; Tarik Karaoglu, from Turkey, explained Islam and the connections between Muslims, Jews and Christians; Xiomare Rodriguez, from Puerto Rico, discussed the wide variety of customs and the interconnectedness of Hispanic culture; Becca, from the USAC at UNR talked about her foreign exchange experience in Costa Rica and her recent travels to Turkey; Rocky, a Piute Indian, discussed his personal experiences that took him away from and then back to his Native culture; Randy and Mandy, from UNR's GSA talked about acceptance and the GLBTQ community; and Gideon For-Mukwai, from Cameroon, shared photographs from different parts of Africa. After the students met with these wonderful guests, they shared foods from their own home traditions with each other and visited with our new friends in a more informal setting. Guests, students and staff were happy to connect with each other and look forward to new opportunities to share with each other again. Check it out!
The Holland Project provided support for our students to have their End of the Year Holiday Dance on 12-11-10. It was a lot of fun for all who came, great music and great friends! We really appreciated the Holland Project for helping make this happen.
We had our seventh annual art show December 9, 2010, and it was well attended. We were happy to see so many of our students also attend and watch their art being purchased. The culinary arts students made some wonderfully tasty cookies for everyone to enjoy and the coffee shop was open as well. There was some great art this year, as you can see in our photos.
MRD Global held the second annual Monster Mash as a fund raiser for Rainshadow. It was well attended and it looked like everyone had a blast! The participants had some great costumes and everyone seemed to enjoy the dance (check it out). There was also great food and prizes! Thanks to everyone at MRD and all who came.
The culinary arts program had their first guest chef for this year. Chef Alberto, from La Vecchia Restaurant, came and dazzled the students with one of his many creations. Students and some staff got to sample the food they made together, many students learned some new techniques and everyone had fun.
This summer, with a grant from NV Energy, we upgraded all of our lighting to be more energy efficient. We also changed our classroom lighting to full-spectrm, energy efficient lights which have proven to be a significant help to students in paying attention and learning with less stress.
The coffee shop is doing well and available from 7:30 to 12:00 M-F. Call for an order: 322-0449. Remember, what you buy here is tax free and is a donation to the school, helping to feed our students. Come check it out, you will be glad you did!
Graduation was great and our performing arts area was packed with happy family members and friends. We had 22 students graduate and of course, they were ecstatic! You can see pictures here! You can buy a disk of these pictures for $5.00 by contacting Kim at 322-5566.
We are often serious, but sometimes less so...our field day was when everyone got to get out and play!
We had a terrific art sale as a fund raiser for our school and students! We sold some great, fine art provided by Mark Steingard and Robbin Lee and we had many wonderful productions created by our students. We also had some very beautiful and tasty culinary art produced by our students as well; so check it out!
Our Prom was spectacular and was well attend by some dashing young men and beautiful young women. You can see the pictures on our school picture page or click here.
We had a very successful open house followed by our student talent show. You can see the good time everyone had by clicking here!
With much tougher competion this year, Emily Orellana, one of Rainshadow's many talented students, won first place in the 2010 Regional "Poetry Out Loud" competition (again!) and has won the State Finals (again!) and went to Washington, D.C. and represented RCCHS and the State of Nevada! She didn't win this year at the nationals, but next year watch out!
We have installed solar panels on our roof to be more "green" and help the world. This was a math and science project for our students, installed by Black Rock Solar and paid for primarily by a grant through NV Energy!
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