Middle School
Cierra Sasser
This week’s middle school student spotlight is eighth grader Cierra Sasser! Cierra was nominated by her Spanish teacher, Kara Roberts. Roberts nominated her because she grew 150% on her Spanish I benchmark. “She has an impeccable work ethic and is determined to be successful in everything she does,” Roberts said. She also said that Sasser advocates for herself and stays on top of her grades!
The whole 8th grade team describes her as diligent, responsible, mature, polite and always willing to help others. Lastly, Beth Stultz, eighth grade ELA teacher said that Cierra is always kind to others. “She is a joy to teach,” Stultz said.
Sasser said she was very happy, but surprised to be chosen! She explained that she has been working hard to keep up her grades this year, more than in previous years. Sasser started at RCS in sixth grade. She said that she likes the people at RCS and the opportunities she has to take honors classes. She enjoys her math and social studies classes the most.
High School
Sandra Bojoy-Salvador
Instead of a photo of her, Sandra wanted to share an art piece she created!
Our high school spotlight this week is senior, Sandra Bojoy-Salvador! She was nominated by art teacher, Anne Bettendorf and seventh grade history teacher, April Cobb. Bojoy-Salvador is an amazing artist, the only student in level IV art this year. Bettendorf said she rises to every challenge put in front of her, does not complain, and shows support for her peers. She gushed about how talented Bojoy-Salvador is, constantly creating something new. “Not only is she an amazing human, she is also an amazingly talented artist." Her creative writing teacher, Phillip Gillis said she is “not only one of the most talented artists I’ve met in my 22 years of teaching, but she is also one of the kindest!” Speaking of her kindness, each day after school, Bojoy-Salvador cleans Mrs. Cobb’s room. It is not a requirement, just something she chooses to do.
Bojoy-Salvador, who has been at RCS since she was in sixth grade, said as a kid she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up, but one day she and her sister, an RCS alumna, were drawing and she was inspired by how her sister drew. From there she kept drawing and developed her talents to what they are today. The piece she chose to share is one she created when they were studying surrealist art. She was inspired by Salvador Dali and his abstract ideas to create this dream core piece.