This year, RMA’s seniors added a bit more fun to the final months of high school. Starting on March 31, seniors used water guns and pool floaties to play a game called Senior Assassin. (This game has been popular since roughly the 2010s; you might know it from television shows such as iCarly and Gossip...

Joining us his sophomore year, Terrence Pittman has shared his enthusiastic personality with RMA since being named a finalist for the Ann Weaver Scholarship in 2022. While here, he has received other awards such as the Robert Joshua Weaver Scholarship (established in honor of second-grade teacher Ms....

I think both adults and students can understand the logic behind having what we call “an unassigned-assigned” parking spot–the place that might not have your name written on it, but you always park there. The same goes for the pew you always sit in church or “your” place on the couch or at...

The subject of this Senior Spotlight is a student that AP Calculus teacher Mrs. Meadows says is the “nicest guy you’ll ever meet”: Hank Berry. Hank is a very active member of this year’s senior class, contributing academically and athletically to Rocky Mount Academy by always putting in his very...

One of our Senior Spotlights this issue is on future NC State student Henry Dunton. Henry has been a proud member of the RMA community since his freshman year, and if he were to describe himself in a few words, they would be funny and humble. His humor and humility have made him tons of friends,...

The NFL Draft is one of the most exciting parts of the offseason, and it’s coming up soon on April 24-26! This is where a team can start fresh and have an optimistic outlook on the future, maybe snagging that one person who can make the team a championship contender. With plenty of college talent ready...

Just two weeks ago, juniors, seniors, and a few lucky sophomores invited as dates attended the Rocky Mount Academy prom. Although the event was on April 4, the planning behind this special dance started months and months before! So, what does it take to pull off a prom? The first prom planning...

Over the past couple of weeks, our Exceptional Eagles have been very busy!  In early April, members of our Exceptional Children’s Program participated in the Special Olympics, which were hosted by Rocky Mount High. This year, Lower School students went to the event on April 3, while the Middle...

One of our senior spotlights for this issue is Julie Ariza, who joined the RMA family after attending Insistuto Minerva in Celaya, Guanajuato. Julie originally lived in Celaya, a city in central Mexico, before she moved to the United States for her first year as an Eagle in ninth grade. She is bilingual,...

One Senior Spotlight for this week is on Nicolas Du Pont, who is as well-known around campus as most teachers since he has helped the RMA family in countless ways! Nicolas is a lifer who has called RMA home for 15 years (he started here in Pre-K at age three) and has played a critical role by helping...