RCHS 2016 Homecoming Set for September 2-3

Roscoe exes at last year's pep rally.

The RCHS Homecoming Committee has announced that this year’s homecoming has been set for the first weekend of September, specifically Friday, September 2, and Saturday, September 3.

Here is the tentative schedule of events for the two days:

Friday, Sept. 2

1:30-2:30pm  Registration, reception & refreshments - Special Events Entrance

2:45pm  Pep Rally – Old Gym

4:00 – 7:00pm  Potato Bake benefiting Girls’ Athletics – Cafetorium

7:30pm  Roscoe Plowboys vs Early Longhorns

8:30-9:30pm  Registration, coffee and fellowship – Special Events Concession Area

10:00 pm Entertainment by Anna Mae Smith Peptis at The Lumberyard

Saturday, Sept 3

8:30-9:30am  Registration, coffee and donuts at Kelly’s Place on Broadway, hosted by Roscoe Lions Club

10:00am  Parade  -  Parade route from Broadway, Oak Street to High School

11:30am-1:30pm  Lunch and Program – RCHS Cafetorium, entertainment by Anna Mae Smith Peptis, and Tours of STEM Academy

1:30-2:30pm  Reminiscing with classmates and friends

2:30-4:00pm  Tour of Roscoe Museum, shopping in downtown Roscoe

9:30pm-1:00am  Entertainment and dancing at The Lumberyard

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Homecoming Committee members Teresa McFaul Watson and Connie McIntire Baize also report that the RHS classes of 1976 and 1986 are hosting a reunion for all Roscoe alumni on Saturday, September 3, with a barbecue supper beginning at 6:00pm. The menu includes brisket, sausage, chicken, pinto beans, potato salad, garden salad, and desserts. Drinks include tea, lemonade, water, and coffee.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible so organizers can make sure there is plenty of food. Cost is $15.00 per person. Contact Connie, Teresa, or Tim Thompson if you would like to prepay for your tickets.

All Roscoe alumni are welcome to attend, and even if you don't plan to eat, there will be areas for you to visit with classmates and catch up with old friends.

Organizers also say that Holiday Inn Express in Sweetwater is offering special rates for the weekend! Make plans to attend, and please share this information with others! For more information, consult the Roscoe Homecoming or the Roscoe High School Friends Facebook pages.

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RCHS ROBOTICS TEAM OFF TO STATE FINALS THIS WEEKEND

RCHS Robotics team at San Antonio earlier this year.

Roscoe High School’s Robotics Team is sending 11 students to Texas UIL’s first-ever FIRST state robotics championship this weekend at the Austin Convention Center to compete against 31 other Texas schools of all classes, almost all of them larger.

The Abilene Reporter-News was in town last week to describe Roscoe’s preparations for the upcoming event and to interview Roscoe’s players and coaches for a front-page article written by Timothy Chipp. It ran in the Reporter-News on Sunday. You can access the article and a video clip, also by Chipp, by clicking here.

The Plowbots will be competing in a game called Stronghold, which involves negotiating an obstacle course with two other allies to attack a castle. They play several rounds with different allies, and the teams with the most points at the end of the game are the winners.

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UPCOMING ROSCOE SCHOOL SCHEDULE

Mon., Aug. 1 – Plowboy football two-a-days begin, 6:30am

Mon., August 8 – Classes begin

Thu., Aug. 11 – Plowboy Preview, 6pm

Fri., Aug. 12 – First Plowboy scrimmage at Munday, 6pm

Thu., Aug. 18 – College classes begin

Fri., Aug. 18 – Plowboy scrimmage vs. Hawley @ Roscoe, 6pm

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WEATHER REPORT: HOT AND DRY

Summer sky.

There’s nothing unusual to report about this week’s weather since it has been just about as typical for this time of year as it could possibly be—with the possible exception of the higher humidity, around 50%. Skies have been clear to partly cloudy with breezes from the south or southeast, afternoon highs have been in the mid to upper nineties, and early morning lows have been in the mid-seventies. The highs for the week were 99°F on Sunday and Monday, and the low was 73° yesterday morning.

The outlook for the coming week is for more of the same. There is a 20% chance of thundershowers through Friday with a 0% chance thereafter. The weather will also be a little cooler through Friday. Today and tomorrow are projected to have highs of only 93° with Friday’s rising to 95°, but then on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday they should be back in the upper nineties. Humidity will continue somewhat higher than normal at around 50%.

A break in the heat with some precipitation would be nice, but it doesn’t appear very likely.

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