Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School
Encyclopedia
Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School (WF-RMS) is a middle school
in Wake Forest, North Carolina
. The school is part of the Wake County Public School System
. It operates on the traditional 10-month school calendar.
Besides Dance Marathon, SOS does some other service in the community such as helping elementary school students with their academics and singing to older citizens of the town at Christmas.
The SOS website is http://www.wfrsosclub.org
Starting in 2006, WF-RMS began a Dance Marathon
. The students raised $58,000 since this time, bringing the total amongst the three middle schools to $98,000.
WF-RMS has partnered with several universities on Dance Marathon. UNC-Chapel Hill, Penn State University, and Elon University have all teamed up with WF-RMS students to make Dance Marathon better each year. The SOS Club has traveled to Penn State's THON (www.thon.org) two years in a row to get a behind the scenes tour of the largest student run philanthropy in the world. In 2008, the club left a memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania to honor the victims of United Airlines Flight 93
.
The new location caused the name of the event to change to "The NEW Wake Forest Dance Marathon." The theme of the first 2010 event was Hollywood. While only 250 students had registered the night before, over 450 dancers showed up. Over 200 dancers paid at the door, which helped the event raise $18,000 in the first year. Even in a down economy, the event has always at least matched the previous year's total. The goal for the 2011 event is $20,000. The SOS club voted on a Glow in the Dark theme for this year's event, which is slated for Friday, June 3rd, 2011.
The event website is http://www.wfdancemarathon.com
The flag has already been to New York City
, Philadelphia, Chicago
, Pittsburgh, Green Bay
, Los Angeles
, Penn State University, Miami, Seattle, Alaska
, and other locations. The flag has even been to international locations such as London
, Oslo
, Copenhagen
, Baghdad
, Paris
, and Vancouver
.
The website http://www.wfrnationaltreasure.com shows pictures of the flag in all of the exciting places it has been.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in Wake Forest, North Carolina
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Wake Forest is a town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is located just north of the state capital, Raleigh. The population was 12,588 at the 2000 census. In 2009, the estimated population was 27,915...
. The school is part of the Wake County Public School System
Wake County Public School System
The Wake County Public School System is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 143,289 students enrolled in 163 schools as of the 2010/11 academic year, it is the largest public school district in North Carolina and the 17th largest district in the United States.-...
. It operates on the traditional 10-month school calendar.
Social-Organization and Service Club (SOS)
SOS is now the largest after-school club at Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School. The club's mission is to focus on teaching students citizenship and to be proud Americans. Dance Marathon is the biggest endeavor SOS undertakes each year. Besides organizing this large charity event at the school, members learn how to run the project much like a small business using free enterprise to accomplish their goals. Students learn how to solicit sponsorship, how to plan the budget, how to determine project needs vs. project wants, and how to make business involvement a win for all participants. SOS publicizes the event in the school and community via posters, video commercials, and press releases. SOS club supervisor Michael Meyer has organized this project in three North Carolina middle schools.Besides Dance Marathon, SOS does some other service in the community such as helping elementary school students with their academics and singing to older citizens of the town at Christmas.
The SOS website is http://www.wfrsosclub.org
WF-RMS Dance Marathon
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, students at Cedar Creek Middle School (Franklin County) wanted to do something to give back to our wounded nation. Students planned the event and raised $6,686.71. The event took off at Cedar Creek and went on to raise $30,000 in three years for Duke Children’s Miracle Network and The United Way of Franklin County. Hawfields Middle School (Alamance County) picked up the project in 2005 raising over $10,000 in a little over one year for Duke CMN and The United Way of Alamance County.Starting in 2006, WF-RMS began a Dance Marathon
Dance marathon
A dance marathon is an event in which people stay on their feet for a given length of time. It started as a popular fad in the 1920s and 1930s, when organized dance endurance contests attracted people to compete to achieve fame or win monetary prizes...
. The students raised $58,000 since this time, bringing the total amongst the three middle schools to $98,000.
WF-RMS has partnered with several universities on Dance Marathon. UNC-Chapel Hill, Penn State University, and Elon University have all teamed up with WF-RMS students to make Dance Marathon better each year. The SOS Club has traveled to Penn State's THON (www.thon.org) two years in a row to get a behind the scenes tour of the largest student run philanthropy in the world. In 2008, the club left a memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania to honor the victims of United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flight across the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the...
.
The NEW Wake Forest Dance Marathon
In the fall of 2009, the SOS Club decided to discontinue Dance Marathon as a WF-RMS event. However, the event was moved across the street to The Factory, which allowed students from more middle schools to participate. The local Rotary Club of Wake Forest took over the finances of the dance marathon and serves as the main sponsor. The basic premise remains the same. SOS still organizes the Dance Marathon except it is now a town charity event as opposed to just an event for the one school. The move to The Factory opened several possibilities for this event. The facility is much larger as the indoor soccer field serves as the main dance floor. In addition to this, The MVP Sports Factory offers basketball, volleyball, 4 square, and a small indoor soccer area for additional activities during the dance marathon. SOS rents out the entire facility for the evening so all of these activities are included in the minimum donation required of each dancer.The new location caused the name of the event to change to "The NEW Wake Forest Dance Marathon." The theme of the first 2010 event was Hollywood. While only 250 students had registered the night before, over 450 dancers showed up. Over 200 dancers paid at the door, which helped the event raise $18,000 in the first year. Even in a down economy, the event has always at least matched the previous year's total. The goal for the 2011 event is $20,000. The SOS club voted on a Glow in the Dark theme for this year's event, which is slated for Friday, June 3rd, 2011.
The event website is http://www.wfdancemarathon.com
The Travels of the WF-RMS American Flag
WF-RMS started a project in 2008 in which they try to see how many places they can take their school's American flag. Staff members take the flag whenever they go somewhere special and take a picture with the flag in that location. The picture is then posted at www.wfrnationaltreasure.com.The flag has already been to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Philadelphia, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Pittsburgh, Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Penn State University, Miami, Seattle, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, and other locations. The flag has even been to international locations such as London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
.
The website http://www.wfrnationaltreasure.com shows pictures of the flag in all of the exciting places it has been.