Last year it was a car parade. This year it will be a full parade with floats (in addition to a proper graduation on Saturday, June 19th). This Sunday, there will be a parade through Rye for our graduating seniors. All the seniors will be on a series of ten floats. Details and the route…
An in person graduation and senior prom are being planned at Rye High School. Interim Principal Martin Fitzgerald made the announcement in a communication to students and parents Friday afternoon. The graduation caravan is returning as a successful pandemic celebration. Many details are still being worked out, and COVID restrictions will apply. Here are some of…
Jaclyn “Jackie” Keasler Helmke went home to her Lord and Savior on November 24, 2020 after 89 years. She was born in 1931 in Monroe, Louisiana to parents David A. “Jack” Keasler and Guila Lucas Keasler. Her family moved often following her father’s work in radio advertising. They lived in Shreveport, Ft. Worth, San Antonio…
Santa Claus will be in Rye for a pre-Christmas drive by tour this Saturday, November 28th from 11am – 3pm. On good authority, we understand Santa knows a great deal about Rye and has a particularly keen interest in Garnet football. No word if Santa’s activity was inspired by the Rye School District and its…
(PHOTO: Some polling sites are changing for this election. Osborn Elementary school will be a polling place on Tuesday, instead of the The Osborn retirement home.) If you are voting in-person in Rye on election day this coming Tuesday, note a few of the polling locations are changing this year: Milton School instead of the…
Quite a run. Prompted by an “underlying serious medical condition”, Rye Middle School Principal Ann Edwards announced her retirement Friday night. The retirement is effective this month. Mr. Joseph DiGiovanni, the current RMS Assistant Principal, will serve as Interim Principal for the 2020-2021 school year and the district will launch a search for a new…
Rye City Schools sent an update on school re-opening plans Friday morning. Here is what you need to know: Everything is still in flux. Anything could and will change based on COVID-19 statistics and related government mandates (primarily State mandates); People – including everyone in the Rye schools – are working really hard to plan…
(PHOTO: Graduate Charlotte Derman is ready for Rye High School.) Congratulations to all the eighth graders at the Rye Middle School for “moving up”!. Students, families, staff and administrators celebrated in style with a fully decked out car parade on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. See the photo album:
Congratulations to all the fifth graders at Rye’s Midland Elementary school. Students, families, staff and administrators celebrated in style with a fully decked out car parade on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. See the photo album:
Congratulations to all the fifth graders at Rye’s Milton Elementary school. Students, families, staff and administrators celebrated in style with a fully decked out car parade on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. See the photo album:
