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Athletics (Click here for the schedule.)

Philosophy
The athletic program is part of the overall educational process. As educators, we view the playing field as an extension of the classroom. Accordingly, the athletic teams should provide an avenue for all students to be challenged to learn skills and concepts such as, sport specific physical skills, theory of the game, team work, sportsmanship, respect, responsibility and commitment.

Interscholastic Athletics Offerings:
Fall Season: Sign ups / practices begin during the first week of school and the season is completed by the last week of October. The teams meet for a practice or game 4 or 5 days per week (depending on the sport) usually 3 PM and 6 PM. The fall season sports are:

Boys’ soccer Co-ed Volleyball, Girls’ soccer, Co-ed Cross Country, Field Hockey

Winter Season: Practices begin mid-November and the season is over before February vacation. The teams have a practice or game 4 or 5 days per week. Practice times are between 3PM and 9 PM. Sixth grade teams practice twice per week and play on Saturday mornings at Portsmouth Middle School from December to the February vacation. The winter teams are:

6th Grade Boys’ Basketball, 6th Grade Girls’ Basketball
7/8th Grade Boys’ Basketball, 7/8th Grade Girls’ Basketball

Spring Season: Practices begin in early April and the season is over by the first week of June. Practices and games are 4 to 5 times per week after school. The spring sports are:

Baseball, Softball, Co-ed Track & Field

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Food Service (Click here for monthly menu.)

Milk and school lunch are available daily. Parents may submit an application for eligibility for free or reduced price lunches at any time during the school year and for any needed length of time.

Students may charge a lunch if they do not have money with them, but must clear the charge within two school days.

Students are assigned to one of three lunch periods. The cafeteria is meant to be a place where students may relax and enjoy a meal with their friends. Good friends, good food, and good manners can make this
break a very pleasant time in the school day. We ask that students help keep the cafeteria clean and observe all school expectations. Any questions should be directed to the Food Services Director, Mrs. Jan Philbrick (964- 5591).

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Special Education

The Rye School District provides a free and appropriate education to all students identified as having an educational disability. A ‘student with an educational disability’ is defined as any person between the ages of three and twenty one who has been identified and evaluated by the district according to the provisions of State Standards ED. 1107 and who has been determined to have one or more of the following: autism, deafness, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury or visual impairment and needs special education and related services in order to learn.

A ‘free and appropriate education’ consists of a specially designed instruction and education related services agreed upon in the student’s Individual Education Plan.

If a parent suspects that their child is educationally disabled and might require special education, the parent may make a referral requesting that the district consider the child’s eligibility. A team, consisting of the child’s parents, the child’s regular education teacher, a special education teacher, an evaluator and a representative of the district (Local Education Authority or LEA), will meet to consider the referral and make a determination on how best to proceed. If the child is referred for
an evaluation, a multidisciplinary evaluation will be conducted within 45 days. If the child is then identified as having one of the disabling conditions under the law and requires special instruction, an Individual Education Plan will be developed within 30 days.

Special Education laws confer many rights and obligations upon parents and school districts.
Parental rights include but are not limited to:
• Parents have the right to appeal any decision made by the school district. Parents have the right to written prior notice whenever the district proposes to change or initiate, or refuses to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation or educational placement of their child.
• Parents must consent to the district’s proposal to evaluate, determine or change the child’s disability classification, to provide special instruction, related services and placement as defined in the IEP, and to renew the IEP.
• Parents have the right to obtain an independent evaluation of their child if the parent disagrees with the evaluation conducted by the district.
• Parents have the right to a due process hearing.

A complete copy of Parents’ Procedural Safeguards under special education law may be obtained from the special education coordinator of the district or from the main office.

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Student Clubs & Extra-curricular Opportunities

Each year there are a variety of clubs and extra-curricular opportunities available for the students, including (but not limited to) Art Club, Destination Imagination, French Club, Geography Bee, Literary Magazine, Math Counts, Peer Mediation, Student Council, Telecommunications (Tech Club), Yattitudes and Yearbook.

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Destination Imagination (DI)

Destination Imagination is an internationally acclaimed problem-solving program in
which students work in teams to create original, innovative solutions to both verbal
and technical problems ... read more (PDF)

Rye DI Information Form

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C.O.R.E.

"An articulation of the Common Order of Required Elements(C.O.R.E.) of instruction that will be taught SAU-wide at each grade-level and subject area.  These documents do not contain everything that will be taught in every classroom in SAU 50 - nor do they in any way limit a teacher from addressing the specific curricular needs of each student. However, the teachers in SAU 50 have come to consensus regarding their grade-level expectations for the elements that are presented. " 

Click here to read more about the C.O.R.E. documents on the SAU 50 website.

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