RHMS Counseling Department

Douglas County School District Counselors have teamed with Dr. Scott Cypers to create a video series to help parents understand how to help their children with Anxiety.  This series will be ongoing throughout the remainder of the school year and a new video will be released every few weeks.  These 20-30 minute video videos are designed to provide parents with an understanding of anxiety and provide some actionable tools to help their children.  Dr. Cypers is a nationally recognized expert on child and adolescent anxiety and is the director of stress and anxiety at Johnson Depression Center.  

Please view the video at your leisure.   

Video #1

Understanding Your Brain and How Anxiety Fits Into the Picture

Video #2
Helping Kids to Understand and Overcome Anxiety

Video #3
Helping kids to Understand and Overcome Anxiety

Video #4 & #5
Tools for Talking Back To Anxiety & Deeply Engaging with Anxiety

Video #6
Why Do Kids Say These Skills Don't Work?

Video #7 & #8, #9

2026-2027 Newsletters will be posted starting August 2026

If you have specific questions, please contact the counselor assigned to your

students team.

Make the most of helping your student transition to Rocky Heights Middle School.  This two 1/2 day program is designed to help students transition to middle school.  Topics include:  reading your schedule, school tours, study skill development, making/keeping friends and getting to know a few people before the first day of school. Incoming 6th and new 7th/8th grade students are welcome.
 

Early Flight Dates:  July 20-21 2026 ​

Session #1      8:00 am to 11:30 AM     

Session #2     12:30 pm to 4:00 PM      
 

Registration Fee

 $110                                  $140

 TBD Early Flight Discount                 Regular Registration Fee

Registration is limited to 150 registrants per session. No waiting lists. Please check your email after registering your student for proof of registration. The receipt will be sent to your email and will also be available in your MySchoolBucks account in your order history.  Sessions will close once capacity has been reached.

• Change requests after February 28th are subject to a $140.00 fee.  If the Early Bird registration fee ($110) was used originally a new registration can be submitted based on availability. 
• Cancellation refund requests between May 15 and June 1 will include $30.00 non-refundable staffing and materials fee.
• There are NO refunds after June 1 or discounts for partial attendance. We are unable to transfer registrations between sessions.  Transfer requests require a NEW registration and are subject to full price registration fees.
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This program is completely self-financed and optional for participants.

*Materials/information only available for in person attendance

Early Flight '26 Registration and Refund Links 

• In District Registration LINK (** For all students CURRENTLY attending a Douglas County School)

• Out of District Registration LINK (** For all students NOT currently attending a Douglas County School)

• Refund Request Link  (**Partial refunds 5/16-6/1/26 & No refunds after 6/1/26)

If you are family new to Rocky Heights and wish to register, please contact Colette Compoz at 303-387-3322 or colette.compoz@dcsdk12.org

Link to Registration process

Courses submitted are not guaranteed.  We do our best to create a schedule which accommodates requests, however students may be placed in a course they did not submit as a priority.  Changes may be requested on a space available basis.

2026/27 schedules will be available for viewing/printing in early August.

If you have any questions that are not registration related, please contact Stephanie Rolf (sjrolf@dcsdk12.org), Caroline Maiocco (cmaiocco1@dcsdk12.org), or Clark Wilhelm (cewilhelm@dcsdk12.org).  Response times may be delayed as RHMS is on summer break.

Due to the high volume of requests, we provide school tours on a monthly basis in a group format.  Tours typically last about 30 minutes.  Curriculum questions will be directed to specific literacy specialists with the tour consisting of an orientation of the building.    There is no RSVP required for school tours.  Tours begin promptly at the designated time and will be cancelled if no one is in attendance. 

Thank you for your interest in your student attending Rocky Heights Middle School.
 

School Tours 2026-27

Thursday, October 1, 2026          9:00 AM

Thursday, November 5, 2026      9:00 AM

Thursday, December 3, 2026        9:00 AM & 3:00 PM

Thursday, January 7, 2027          9:00 AM

Thursday, February 4, 2027        9:00 AM

Thursday, March 4, 2027            9:00 AM

April 2027     No tours due to state testing

Thursday, May 6, 2027             9:00 AM

*Dates subject to change due to unforeseen circustances

The tutoring information provided on this link does not serve as endorsement for any particular provider. It is up to families to do their due diligence to find someone who meets the needs of their particular educational needs.

Tutoring Services Link

This one time informational session is designed to help

parents transition to middle school!  Informational sessions will help those

new to the middle school experience or those families that are seasoned

to Rocky Heights.  No reservations are needed.

Topics to be discussed:

Technology

Teaming

Middle School Expectations

July 22, 2026      8:30 AM - 11:00 AM