Rappahannock County High School CTE Department

05/06/2026

Way to go Miss. Burgiss and her students!!

Congratulations to Ms. Burgiss' Life Planning students for passing their WRS certification exams!

Angie Amaya
Savannah Butler
Kyndal Christian
Faith Harrison
Charley Jenkins
Aaron Oakes
Avery Thompson

04/24/2026

04/21/2026

03/09/2026

This Easter, let the RCHS Family & Consumer Science Department bring the magic to your home! Please share with any Rappahannock families you think may benefit from this egg-citing service.
Order our “Egg My Yard” fundraiser and our friendly Easter Bunnies will sneak into your yard the night before Easter to hide colorful eggs for your kids to discover in the morning. It’s a fun, stress-free way to celebrate!

✨ Customize your egg hunt:

Age-appropriate hiding difficulty

Options for food allergies or restrictions

Surprise a friend, neighbor, or family member by gifting an egging!

📅 Order by: March 28
💰 Payment due: March 30
🔗 Reserve your yard: bit.ly/EggMyYardRCHS

Spots are limited, so hop to it and make Easter morning extra exciting while supporting our students!

Thank you for supporting RCHS Family & Consumer Science! 🐣

03/01/2026

Ms. Burgiss’ Nutrition and Wellness students are diving into the world of macronutrients! This week, they are focusing on proteins and amino acids. Students spent a day creating a “pro-em” (protein poem) or song with the support of a custom MagicSchool.ai chatbot.

With guidance from Dani Driggers, Ms. Burgiss set up an educational, fact-based chatbot designed to help students rhyme, summarize information from classroom materials, and provide feedback on their written verses. The chatbot was intentionally limited so that it could not generate complete poems or songs, nor could it answer off-topic questions.

After sharing their creative work, students voted with their peers to select winners in several categories: Most Creative, Best Rhymer, Catchiest Poem, and Students’ Choice. Enjoy these performances and congrats to our class winners!

03/01/2026

The RCHS CTE Culinary teacher and lead chef, Mrs. Melissa Segrest, along with her talented students, recently hosted a small event showcasing the work of the Banquet Specialization and Culinary 1 classes. Students prepared focaccia bread, ham and cheddar grilled cheese with tomato bisque, mozzarella arancini with marinara, lemon tarts, shortbread cookies with orange buttercream, crudité with ranch dressing, and fruit smoothies.

In addition, the culinary students graciously cooked the bacon for the FFA breakfast, generously donated by Adams Custom Slaughter. Mrs. Fincham shared that she “couldn’t be more grateful and proud of the Culinary students under the direction of Mrs. Segrest. They work hard and have learned invaluable life lessons.”