Rolling Hills Middle School

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Updated Wed, May 7th

Canine Companions has graciously agreed to bring several service dogs to campus during lunch as our students work through state testing.  While this photo features Skye VII, we are also welcoming Mork and Trisha later this week!  (See them below!)

For more information about this organization, you may use this link.

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Updated Wed, May 7th

Both our band and chorus programs competed locally and earned strong scores from judges.  Trophy hardware is displayed in classrooms.  Thank you Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Aguayo for teaching and conducting such strong programs!

Updated Wed, May 7th

The School Site Council will consider and vote for the RHMS 2025-2026 LCAP.  Agenda is here.

Updated Wed, May 7th

Sent on Behalf of our RHMS PTA...


Hello Parents and Guardians,

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week.  The RHMS PTA Board asks parents/children to bring in a special note or flowers to their teachers or staff member.  We want to show some love during this special week.  With your donation dollars, the PTA is providing bagels and OJ on Monday, Crust Deli sandwiches plus cookes, chips and sodas on Thursday and Puffin Donuts on Friday.  If your child walks or bike to school, we would love to also send our appreciation to our crossing guards Ruth and Virginia with a special note or flowers too!  Thank you everyone for your support!

In Kindness,
RHMS PTA Board

Updated Wed, May 7th

RHMS Families,

We are excited to announce our last dance of the school year, the Spring Fling! The Spring Fling will be held on Friday, May 30th, 2025 from 5-7 pm. Students are encouraged to rock their floral prints, pastel colors, or just their favorite springtime outfit while following dress code guidelines.

More details regarding permission slip distribution and ticket sales will be shared at a later date.

With excitement,
School Dance Committee

Updated Wed, Apr 30th

The title of the email would depend upon your preference =)

RHMS administration will share results of our Studer data next Tuesday, May 6 from 8:30 to 9:15 and 2:30 to 3:15.  Input from students, staff, and our community are important, and we are prepared to share what is working and what we can improve upon.

While the purpose is to share Studer results, you are welcome to complete this optional form as well so that it may potentially guide conversation.

Updated Mon, Apr 28th

RHMS Families,

The next ELAC Meeting will be held in-person on Tuesday, April 29th at 8:30 AM at Rolling Hills Middle School in the conference room. Join us as your are dropping off your child!

If you have a child classified as an English learner, we invite you to join us, for the meeting. We will be reviewing the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) as well as sharing the Studer survey results from students, families, and staff.

We hope to see you next week!

[Monday, Apr 28 at 2:33 PM]
RHMS Families,

This is a friendly reminder that the ELAC meeting is tomorrow on Tuesday, April 28th at 8:30 AM.

Updated Thu, Apr 24th
The Rolling Hills Music Boosters is in need of 2 people to step up and join the board for the next school year. The 2 co - presidents will remain, so there will be continuity. We are in need of a secretary and a treasurer!
The Music Boosters is an easy way to stay involved in your child's education, and requires little work and time commitment. The open roles were explained at our last meeting, but we do work as a team, so all tasks and events are worked on together. Our meetings are virtual. 
Without a board, the boosters can't fund all the FUN things our kids get to do as part of the music program. 
Please email us at rhmsmusic [at] gmail.com for questions, or if you are ready to join! We need to vote the new board in at our next meeting on May 5th! 
Updated Tue, May 6th

In an effort to have a large community presence, RHMS PTA has worked with the SJ Giants to host an evening at the ballpark.

Attached is a flyer for the RHMS SJ Giants event on Saturday, May 10th @ 5pm.  We have a dedicated section and get 30% back depending on how many tickets RHMS families purchase.

Please see the attached flyer for details.

[Tuesday, May 6 at 10:21 AM]
A friendly reminder to all those fans of the SJ Giants and our RHMS PTA!

Updated Thu, Apr 17th

As we prepare for California State Testing (CAASPP) in early May, we want to share with families that we have a unique schedule that provides our students with what we feel is the best opportunity to succeed on this one measure of academic success.

Our testing blocks are after an organized break or recess during the day so that students may have time to adequately stretch and have a snack.  Testing blocks are 78 minutes in length allowing students adequate to make daily progress on the assessments.  Testing blocks are two days on, with a weekend or Wednesday off, for students time to decompress.  And we have a handful of days for makeups should a child be ill.

The block I am describing is on page three here.

I want to share that state testing has an array of questions that are computer adaptive and only within your child's grade level.  Questions, unlike iReady, do not advance to the next grade level standards or beneath your child's grade level.  An important aspect of state testing is the performance task, where students write to justify their response or work.

As we prepare for state testing, we kindly ask that your do your best to have your children prepared the morning of testing with:

  • charged Chromebooks
  • wired earbuds
  • a healthy snack
  • no scheduled doctor appointments that lead to late arrival or early exits
  • and the assurance that you simply want them to do their best on this one measure of academic performance

Should you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Ted Cribari

[Thursday, Apr 17 at 10:34 AM]
In effort to maintain the measures of security California expects on its state test, RHMS will provide wired earbuds for all students. These will be labeled and kept in individual baggies during the testing period, distributed at the start of each testing block.

Students will not be allowed to use their own wired or unwired earbuds.