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RHCDS Alumni

Rolling Hills Country Day School is excited to share the news of where our 2012 graduates will matriculate in the Fall. Country Day Alumni will attend the country's elite colleges and universities, including Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),...

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Grade 6 at the Getty Villa

During the last week before Spring Break the sixth graders took a field trip to the Getty Villa Museum. They had just finished their studies about ancient Greece (now they are studying ancient Rome). The students were led by museum docents to view pieces of art...

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Cooking Elective Creates Rainbow Bagels

Students in the Middle School Cooking Elective cooked rainbow colored bagels with funfetti cream cheese. It was a fun experience for students to mix the dough and food coloring. Each student had an exciting opportunity to pick a color and blend it with another, if...

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Bird Reports in Third Grade

Third Graders recently finished writing their first research report on birds. As part of our Information Writing Unit, each student chose a bird to research. During their research, students learned about the bird's physical characteristics, habitat, caring for young,...

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Pi Day

On Pi (π) Day, also known as March 14, Middle School math classes participated in schoolwide Pi-oriented activities. The sixth grade and seventh grade classes practiced teamwork, as they, using twine and yardsticks, measured the circumference and diameter of the...

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MathCounts Competition

Recently 10 of our Middle School students competed in a nationwide math competition called Mathcounts. The competition took place on Friday, February 26, at the Northrup Grumman aerospace engineering facility in Redondo Beach. This was the largest regional Mathcounts...

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Newberry Book Club

The 5th grade students participated in a Newbery Book Club in the library this fall and winter. They chose three new books published in 2015 that were Newbery award contenders,Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate, The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley,...

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. Almost all Chinese celebrate this important event all around the world.  It occurs on the first day of the new lunar year.  Family members (immediate and often times, extended) get together on...

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