May 28, 2021
Important Dates
May 31st: No School - Memorial Day
June 7th: 1/2 day - Hours 1st & 2nd (7:45 - 10:45 am)
June 8th: 1/2 day - Hours 3rd & 4th (7:45 - 10:45 am)
June 9th: 1/2 day - Hours 5th & 6th (7:45 - 10:45 am) (Last Day of School)
June 11th: AHS Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal @ DTE 1:00 - 2:00 pm
June 12th: AHS Commencement @ DTE 3:00 pm (time change)
Doors open at 2:00 pm (time change)
June 12th: Senior All Night Party @ AHS 11:00 pm - 4:00 am
June 7th: 1/2 day - Hours 1st & 2nd (7:45 - 10:45 am)
June 8th: 1/2 day - Hours 3rd & 4th (7:45 - 10:45 am)
June 9th: 1/2 day - Hours 5th & 6th (7:45 - 10:45 am) (Last Day of School)
June 11th: AHS Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal @ DTE 1:00 - 2:00 pm
June 12th: AHS Commencement @ DTE 3:00 pm (time change)
Doors open at 2:00 pm (time change)
June 12th: Senior All Night Party @ AHS 11:00 pm - 4:00 am
2021 Highlander Yearbook
The Adams yearbook will be delivered to Adams in late June. Please look for a School Messenger with more information on the pickup date and and time.
Updated Senior Events
Adams High School Class of 2021
Where Did Our Highlanders Start? Enjoy our Adams Feeder School Album!
AHS Class of 2021 Commencement Ticket Information
Congratulations on the culmination of your academic journey with Rochester Community Schools! In the tradition of pride in excellence, we look forward to celebrating commencement ceremonies for the RCS Class of 2021 on June 12 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre.
We are excited to announce some great news and very important updates to our festivities!
Tickets. With new event guidance from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, we are pleased to share that each graduate will be allowed 10 guests at DTE.
Tickets will be distributed in advance to students through their home high school:
Adams High School Commencement Ticket Pickup
Theatre Lobby
June 3, 2021
9:00 – 11:00 am
To request additional tickets, please use this link: CLICK HERE.
On commencement day, graduates will join a procession into the theatre and remain seated with their classmates in the student section. All other spectators may take advantage of general seating under DTE’s covered pavilion.
Time changes. Each of our three high schools will enjoy an individual, personalized ceremony on June 12.
With increased ticket volume and traffic throughout the venue, please note that we are adjusting the start times. These changes will allow families to celebrate their graduates without feeling rushed, and to ensure plenty of time for our event crews to transition between each ceremony.
The NEW commencement start times for June 12 are:
11:00 am Stoney Creek High School. Doors open at 10:00 a.m.
3:00 pm Adams High School. Doors open at 2:00 p.m.
7:00 pm Rochester High School. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Thank you for your patience as we uphold beloved traditions and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our graduates in the company of their proud family members and friends.
Year-end reminders. Is everything turned in? At the beginning of the school year, students were issued necessary learning tools including a Chromebook. In order to receive commencement tickets, all Chromebooks, laptops, hot spots, charging cables, textbooks, novels, instruments and uniforms must be turned in and all applicable fines must be paid. Please contact the main office of your school if you have questions about any of these items.
Once again, we congratulate this historic class of graduates for your outstanding accomplishments and resilience!
We are excited to announce some great news and very important updates to our festivities!
Tickets. With new event guidance from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, we are pleased to share that each graduate will be allowed 10 guests at DTE.
Tickets will be distributed in advance to students through their home high school:
Adams High School Commencement Ticket Pickup
Theatre Lobby
June 3, 2021
9:00 – 11:00 am
To request additional tickets, please use this link: CLICK HERE.
On commencement day, graduates will join a procession into the theatre and remain seated with their classmates in the student section. All other spectators may take advantage of general seating under DTE’s covered pavilion.
Time changes. Each of our three high schools will enjoy an individual, personalized ceremony on June 12.
With increased ticket volume and traffic throughout the venue, please note that we are adjusting the start times. These changes will allow families to celebrate their graduates without feeling rushed, and to ensure plenty of time for our event crews to transition between each ceremony.
The NEW commencement start times for June 12 are:
11:00 am Stoney Creek High School. Doors open at 10:00 a.m.
3:00 pm Adams High School. Doors open at 2:00 p.m.
7:00 pm Rochester High School. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Thank you for your patience as we uphold beloved traditions and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our graduates in the company of their proud family members and friends.
Year-end reminders. Is everything turned in? At the beginning of the school year, students were issued necessary learning tools including a Chromebook. In order to receive commencement tickets, all Chromebooks, laptops, hot spots, charging cables, textbooks, novels, instruments and uniforms must be turned in and all applicable fines must be paid. Please contact the main office of your school if you have questions about any of these items.
Once again, we congratulate this historic class of graduates for your outstanding accomplishments and resilience!
Seniors - Textbooks, Fines & Devices Must Be
Returned To Receive Commencement Tickets
Textbooks: If you have not returned your textbooks, please return to Mrs. Kesman in the main office.
All district 1:1 Chromebooks, Laptops, Hot Spots AND charging cables: Return to the main office.
Items may also be returned/fined paid at Graduation Ticket pickup.
All district 1:1 Chromebooks, Laptops, Hot Spots AND charging cables: Return to the main office.
Items may also be returned/fined paid at Graduation Ticket pickup.
Graduation Information Website
Please visit our RCS Class of 2021 Commencement Update webpage for the most up to date information on commencement.
Seniors - Transfer Your Google Content Before it is Deleted
SENIORS IMPORTANT NOTE: your @rcs-k12.us district Google Workspace account will be deleted in August. In order to keep your important district email and files, transfer your Google content Follow the detailed instructions from the Technology page on the RCS website to complete this process: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/technology-services/google-data-transfer
One Last Time at Adams.
One Memorable Night Together
Don't miss out! The drop dead date to register for the senior all night party is June 1st!
Give your senior a high school memory they will never forget. SANP is bringing in great food, lots of entertainers, casino, many games, and PRIZES! They won’t want to miss being a part of this!
Sign up online: https://rochesteronline.ce.eleyo.com/course/781/school-event-fees-20-2021/ahs-sanp-senior-all-night-party
Sign Waiver: https://form.jotform.com/210985395043157
Sign up online: https://rochesteronline.ce.eleyo.com/course/781/school-event-fees-20-2021/ahs-sanp-senior-all-night-party
Sign Waiver: https://form.jotform.com/210985395043157
Not Sure If Your Senior Has Registered for the SANP?
If you are not sure if your senior has registered for the SANP please contact Barb Rill.
15 More Parent Volunteers Needed To Make This Happen!
With so many activities the SANP cannot pull this off without your help. If they do not have these slots filled, they will have to cancel some of the activities as they require a chaperone. Have FUN on Saturday night alongside other parents - let's come together and give these seniors the send off they deserve! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044baca82ea75-adams6
SANP Prize Donations Still Needed!
Thank you to everyone who has donated prizes for the Senior All Night Party. We are still accepting prize donations for this amazing group of kids. If you can help please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044baca82ea75-sanp!
Why Does It Cost So Much?
The SANP Committee has had some parents ask "Why does the SANP still cost $100 when it's at the school?" When the event is held at Dave & Busters it's one flat fee for all the activities and food. It is actually costs the SANP Committee more to have it at Adams and bring in all the food and activities to entertain seniors for 5 hours! The SANP Committee has rented casino tables, laser tag, mechanical bull, big video game, inflatable basketball game, float archery, toxic arm, trike race, hypnotist shows, high voltage game, caricature artists, psychics, artistic airbrush temporary tattoos, a coffee lounge with games featuring the Cappuccino Man with unlimited coffee and smoothies, Famous Daves, Jersey Mike's, Candy Bar, and an Ice Cream Bar! The students are going to love being at Adams one last time enjoying the evening with their friends!
All three RCS high schools are charging the same amount and working hard to bring the fun to their seniors! The SANP Committee hopes cost isn’t a prohibitive factor in giving your senior this special memory, but if you have a financial hardship, please reach out to Mr. Cal, it will remain confidential.
All three RCS high schools are charging the same amount and working hard to bring the fun to their seniors! The SANP Committee hopes cost isn’t a prohibitive factor in giving your senior this special memory, but if you have a financial hardship, please reach out to Mr. Cal, it will remain confidential.
Second Semester Grading Option
Due to the continuation of COVID-19 cases and the resulting quarantines throughout second semester, RCS will extend the option to choose a “pass” (G) rather than a letter grade for the final grade in each second semester course.
Information and a form will be coming from the student’s home school next week for students who are interested in exercising this option. After the report cards are posted on June 18, students will have one week to complete the form for grade changes. Seniors should make every effort to return the grade change request by June 23, 2021. All students must complete and return the grade change request by June 25, 2021. Senior grade changes will be processed as quickly as possible, and changes for the other grades will take place throughout the summer and will be completed prior to the 2021-2022 school year.
Passing grades that are changed will become a “G” for passing on the report card and on the transcript. Failing grades will automatically be changed to an “H”, which does not provide credit, but doesn’t impact the GPA. There is no need to request a change for a failing grade.
We trust that families will carefully consider this option and all that might be impacted by choosing to change the grade. Below is a list of information that may be helpful when making the determination.
Please feel free to talk with your student’s administrators and counselors with questions.
Information and a form will be coming from the student’s home school next week for students who are interested in exercising this option. After the report cards are posted on June 18, students will have one week to complete the form for grade changes. Seniors should make every effort to return the grade change request by June 23, 2021. All students must complete and return the grade change request by June 25, 2021. Senior grade changes will be processed as quickly as possible, and changes for the other grades will take place throughout the summer and will be completed prior to the 2021-2022 school year.
Passing grades that are changed will become a “G” for passing on the report card and on the transcript. Failing grades will automatically be changed to an “H”, which does not provide credit, but doesn’t impact the GPA. There is no need to request a change for a failing grade.
We trust that families will carefully consider this option and all that might be impacted by choosing to change the grade. Below is a list of information that may be helpful when making the determination.
- Neither G nor H (failing) will impact the student’s GPA. Keeping the original letter grade WILL impact the GPA.
- G/H will not negatively impact NCAA eligibility at this time. (for more specific information go to NCAA COVID FAQ).
- A note regarding G/H will be indicated on the transcript and an explanation will accompany the school profile sent to colleges for high school students.
- Students must earn a “G” for a class to fulfill a graduation requirement for high school graduation (“H” will need to be retaken).
- Students should research and strongly consider the implications of selecting G/H with their college admissions office, college financial aid office, military/employer, insurance company, etc. Students may also wish to consult with their counselor. In general, a more complete transcript may be more desirable for college admission and students may be asked to fully explain a G grade.
- Online coursework taken out-of-district does qualify for G/H.
- For future coursework with a minimum grade prerequisite, proof of the required grade will be necessary to take the course. You may wish to talk with your current teacher about next year’s placement.
- All students taking a course are expected to meet normal course requirements (assignments, papers, assessments, attendance, etc.) and are graded in the normal way to receive a G in the course.
- Changes will be made starting with the senior class, and the manual process will be completed over the summer.
Please feel free to talk with your student’s administrators and counselors with questions.
Counseling Department News
Important Update for AP Digital Tests
Below is the schedule for AP Digital Tests. All digital tests will be taken at home. In order to test, students must complete a 4-step process ahead of time!! See below for details.
If students do not complete the steps below before their test date, College Board will not allow them to test.
Below are the details about the required 4 step process. Please note, the below steps are pictures only and the links in them will not work. For more details about the 4-step process, and the correct links, please visit College Board’s website.
Below are the details about the required 4 step process. Please note, the below steps are pictures only and the links in them will not work. For more details about the 4-step process, and the correct links, please visit College Board’s website.
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June Career Connections
Note From Kim Kelly - PTSA President Hello Highlanders! Just a reminder we are collecting gently used school supplies. RCS teachers and students in the Summer Learning and Summer School Age Care (SAC) programs will benefit. Please look for the boxes located around Adams. We are looking for students who participated in PTSA committees to film a short video clip, or create a slide highlighting their committee for future students who may be interested in participating. For more information please contact Kate Bass at [email protected]. Committee information is posted on our Membership Toolkit and parents interested in participating next year may contact Kate Bass for more information. Student Chair and Co-Chair applications for PTSA committees will be available on the toolkit to complete throughout the summer. |
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Athletic Booster Club Signs and Banner to Honor Your Senior
Adams Booster Club wants to help you honor your senior and show your Highlander Pride with a personalized banner or lawn sign. Please see the attached order form to see sample signs and banners.
Social Emotional Wellness
As we continue to care for the social-emotional health and well-being of our school community, we would like to remind our students, families, and staff of some valuable resources. To access a list of available support systems and help lines, please visit our website or go to: https://rcssocialemotionalresources.weebly.com/.
Regards,
Pasquale Cusumano, Principal
Todd Calcamuggio, Assistant Principal
Luke Swanson, Assistant Principal
Pasquale Cusumano, Principal
Todd Calcamuggio, Assistant Principal
Luke Swanson, Assistant Principal
