Welcome to Fall!

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Nov. 11th: Veterans Day

Here is a video featuring some Veterans at RTC.  Do you recognize them? There is no school on November 11th, Veterans Day.  This song was written by Katherine Lee Bates, an English teacher, in 1895. It is called "America the Beautiful". Here are the lyrics:

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law.

July 4th: Independence Day

JULY 4th! What will you do?

Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a holiday that celebrates the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, when the US declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.  People celebrate with  fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies.  NO SCHOOL! WHAT WILL YOU DO? 

2013 Open Door Festival - How was it?

Here is a short video of the festival. Post your comments and feedback below!

May 16th: OPEN DOOR FESTIVAL!

This year's festival is May 16th -- What will you do, where will you go?
Here is last year's festival video - take a look and get ready for this year!

Life in the US: Computers!

HOW MUCH DO YOU USE A COMPUTER?  Watch this video and then write in the comment box below!

Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!

FEB 4th  - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSA PARKS!

Born on Feb. 4, 1913, this year would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday.  

On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This led to a 13-month boycott of the Montgomery bus system that would help spark the civil rights movement. 

Recently President Barack Obama visited the bus that Rosa Parks sat in.

February is Black History Month. Have you seen some displays around campus?