|
Welcome Incoming 9th Graders! |
|
Orientation Night will be held Thursday, March 11th at 6:30. This is an evening to learn about the different academic options, hand in your course selection sheet, and learn about all our extra curricular and course offerings.
Counselors will also be available by appointment to discuss 9th grade course offerings on Monday March 15th from 8:00-2:00. Call 267-0725 to set up an appointment.
Students interested in signing up for Pre IB Algebra or Pre IB Geometry must take a math placement test. The placement test dates are Wed. March 24th at 6:30 or Saturday March 27th at 9:00 a.m. No appointment is necessary for testing.
|
|
|
Important Senior Graduation Information: |
As we continue with the school year, the class of 2010 is already looking
forward to graduation. For planning purposes:
- Graduation Ceremony: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 6:00 PM at the US Cellular Arena
- Senior fees ($125 if paid by Feb. 28) payable to Rufus King HS
- Jostens at Rufus King Thursday, January 14th during lunch hours
For more details, click below...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Support Rufus King Basketball |
|
 The Boys’ Basketball Team is beginning a fundraiser to support the basketball program at King. We are selling limited edition hooded sweatshirts and t-shirts. The hoodies and t-shirts can be personalized. The hoodie is a specially ordered sweatshirt, not just a plain one! Click here for the order form. We will also be selling at the home games for both boys and girls. Look for our table near the concession stand. You can also contact Ms. Hardy. Our first order due date is Friday January 15th!
|
|
Rufus King Student Excels in Speech Contest |
|
Miela Fetaw was awarded first place honors at this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest sponsored by WE Energies. The theme of this year's contest was, "People Must Work Together." Way to go Miela!!! |
|
King's Page "Get Clicks" Contest |
|
The King's Page, your school newspaper, needs your help to win $250! The site that hosts us, American Society of Newspaper Editors, now has a contest, "Get Clicks." The high school newspapers that get the most hits for their papers on the site each month win $250. Just visit, http://my.hsj.org/thekingspage, to help us win. You can also subscribe to the paper by contacting Ms. Thomas. |
|
Rufus King HS was featured in a list of America's Best High Schools published by U.S. News & World Report. Rufus King made the list as a top International Baccalaureate School. The list can be seen here. To read about how the list was compiled go here. |
|
2006 Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar |
|
Eva Z. Lam '06, a Rufus King IB full diploma alum and a social studies major at Harvard University, was recently named a 2010 Rhodes Scholar.
From the Rhodes Trust news release-biography: "She is president of the Harvard College Democrats, and worked at Harvard and in New Hampshire on the Obama campaign. She is committed to education reform, her thesis is on cultural competency training in Teach for America, and she will soon be certified to teach high school history. Eva also has a black belt in taekwondo, and was a high school national champion debater. At Oxford, she plans to do the M.Sc. in comparative and international education."
Read the article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where Lam was interviewed as well as her former forensics/debate coach and fellow Rufus King IB diploma alum, Adam Jacobi '95. |
The Rufus King Booster Club volunteers at the Bradley Center concession stands. Last year we earned over $20,000 and this benefited 32 different groups, teams and organizations. When you volunteer you indicate which group, team or organization you would like your portion to go towards.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Feed the world's hungry and expand your vocabulary! Play this fun and interactive game. 
We receive a percentage of each purchase amount made on Target® Visa® or Target® Cards the Take Charge of Education® program. Designate our school, 108977. Through March 2009, Target has donated $15,575 to Rufus King! 
If you shop at Pick 'n Save, register for an Advantage Plus Card at the Service Counter, request charity code 678800; if you shop at Office Depot, request code 70109671.