C.W. Ruckel Middle School

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🎉 Congratulations to our Years-of-Service Honorees! 🎉 This month we proudly celebrated Ruckel teachers who earned their Years of Service coins. Whether you’ve been part of the Ram family for 5, 10, 20, or even 30 years, your dedication and impact are deeply valued and appreciated. 💛🖤 Thank you for all you do for our students and school community!

🎉 Congratulations to Miss Connell – Ruckel Ram Teacher of the Month! 🎉 Miss Connell is always ready to help her fellow teachers and has been an outstanding new member of our Leadership Summit team. We are grateful for her dedication and the positive energy she brings to Ruckel every day. 💛🖤

🎉 Congratulations to Ms Piccorossi – Educational Support Person of the Month for September! 🎉 Miss Piccorosi is in our Student Services office and is always right where she’s needed most. Thank you for your dedication and for making such a positive impact on our Ruckel students and staff! 💛

🎉 Congratulations to Ms. Janet Simpson – Ruckel’s Educational Support Person of the Year! 🎉 Ms. Simpson wears countless hats at Ruckel. From supporting students in STP, jumping in to assist in classrooms, and coordinating every parent–teacher meeting, to making sure our students cross the parking lot safely—she does it all with heart and excellence. Ruckel wouldn’t be the same without you, Ms. Simpson. Thank you for everything you do for our students, staff, and families! 💛🖤

Are you interested in soccer?
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Ruckel MS Soccer Page
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FCA

It's time for some football!

Who loves cake?? What a great opportunity to support an incredible program and take home some dessert. 🍰

Our RMS Speech and Debate Team showed up and showed out Saturday, September 20 at our first FCDI Tournament at Fort Walton Beach High School! We had so many winners and I’m not just talking about trophies! We couldn’t be prouder of our 2025-2026 team!! Big Congratulations to Catherine Middleton, who took the top spot in Impromptu!

Congrats to the Girls and Boys Cross Country for their top performances at the Kristine Lynn Invitational today. Girls team took 2nd place and Boys team took 1st with a PERFECT score - qualifying both teams for the State Championship! Individual Top Ten Performances - Anais Almonte - 3rd, Katherine Dwyer - 7th, Mackenzie Stevens - 10th; Chris Dinan - 1st, Jake Burpee - 2nd, Liam Jopling - 3rd, Cael Rusmisel - 4th, Benson Porter - 5th, Eastyn Amos - 9th

Congratulations to our Academic Team for their performance at the competition at Shoal River today. Varsity came in 3rd place and Junior Varsity placed 1st! What an amazing start to the season. Varsity Evelyn Barnes Jackson Boyett Jonah Chapados William Donaldson Aubrey Reeves Everly Welt Junior Varsity Silas Cotterman Ollie Courtney Katie Linck Charles Oberliesen

Thank you to Petal to the Metal Hat Company for donating two amazing hats to our teacher luncheon today, our winners were very excited.

This week Mrs Moses’ Science classes explored density by making density columns! #scienceiscool

🎮 Ruckel Esports is here! 🎮
The first team meeting will be held:
📅 Thursday, September 25, 2025
🕝 2:30 PM
📍 Cafetorium STEM Room
We’ll cover:
✅ Club/Team Bylaws & Constitution
✅ Competition Team Tryout Sign-Ups
✅ Team Captain Sign-Ups
✅ Room Design Ideas
✅ Esports Player Expectations
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parents:
If you haven’t received an email from Coach Davies, please be sure to:
Complete the permissions packet ✍️ (must be notarized)
Fill out the Google registration form: https://forms.gle/XzTSdnT2x5PoFNwh6
💡 If you haven’t received an invite to PlayVs, double-check that your permissions packet has been submitted and email Coach Davies.
Let’s level up, Rams! 🕹️✨

A heartfelt thank-you to Niceville Chick-fil-A for providing sandwiches for our volleyball team before yesterday’s game—your support makes a real difference for our student-athletes.

Join us tonight and support our PTO

Congratulations to two of our Star Rams teachers of the week.

Thursday night football!

Congratulations to some of this week's Star Rams. Keep up all your amazing work!