2009 Renaissance Hero Academic Rally
Renaissance is an organization at Rock Creek High School that strives to recognize and reward academic achievements. In addition, Renaissance recognizes behavior, attendance, and improvement in the school environment. On January 9, Renaissance held their semester academic assembly. The theme for the assembly was HEROES. During the assembly student recognition included 4.0’s, perfect attendance, High 5’s (students who raised their GPA’s by .5 or more) and stretch students (the student in their class that raised their GPA the most). In addition, there were some local heroes that were recognized.
With the Hero theme in mind, the staff generated their own version of the Justice League and created a Rock Creek version with the likes of Spiderman (Emcee Jeremy Lehning), Underdog (both Mr. Harshbarger and Mr. Post), Mole Girl, (Ms. Milner), Mig Man (Mr. Holliday), Captain Caveman (Mr. Dugan) and for JH – Cell Phone Girl (Mrs. Reitz) and Word Girl (Mrs. Rankin). There were many competitions held throughout the assembly with classes competing against one another for an eventual prize. The games included Hero Trivia, a Hero Kit that required each class to dress up a “hero” and disclose their superpower, and finally, a type of “ice breaker” activity. The seniors and the 8th Graders were victorious. During this assembly, two additional slide shows were continuously scrolling the sponsors for the Renaissance program, as well as the names of students that received Renaissance reward cards (black, silver, and white).
The assembly was a huge success. Special thanks to all the staff and Renaissance students for the time put forth in creating such a great production for Rock Creek.
