To celebrate National School Lunch Week, RPS 205 is holding a contest to see who can make the most creative chicken sandwich. The students who create winning chicken sandwiches will win an iPad and their sandwiches will be featured on the menu in the Spring Semester! Please turn in your work of art to the kitchen team in your school's cafeteria between October 14-18. We can't wait to see the delicious combinations you draw up!
A ribbon cutting was held for the new SOAR Academy Playground. SOAR is an elementary education opportunity created in collaboration by RPS and Boone-Winnebago ROE 4. The new playground equipment was made possible by the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board and their funding with the 1/2-Cent Sales Tax.
VOLUNTEER WITH RPS! Rockford Reads kicked off its 23rd year at Constance Lane Elementary. Since 2001, the Rockford Rotary Club has partnered with RPS 205 and the Rockford Public Library for the program. Once a week, community volunteers read one-on-one with second graders for as little as one hour per week at the elementary school of their choice. The program runs through the end of May. Volunteers are welcome to start anytime during the school year. Interested in volunteering? Please visit: rps205.com/o/rps/page/volunteer
East High School took 65 Newcomer students to visit Anderson Gardens & Peak Fitness. They learned about health, mental wellness, exercise, & nutrition. Most of them come from refugee camps. The Newcomer team believes it's important for these students to learn how to take care of their bodies & find inner calm to help them succeed in school. The students are from Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, Haiti, Uganda, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Chad, the Congo, and Afghanistan.
RPS 205's Welcome Center will be closed all day on Thursday, October 3. It will re-open for normal business hours on Friday, October 4. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you.
National Bullying Prevention Month reminds us that students, parents, teachers, and school administrators all play a role. We’re sharing valuable resources so that we can all work together to stop bullying. rps205.com/article/1792994
It's never too late to come back to school no matter how long you have been away. The door to your education is always open, and there is no wrong door.
#ShowingUpMatters #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow
ROW, ROW, ROW, YOUR BOAT: RPS 205 held its cardboard canoe races at Levings Lake on Friday morning. It’s a yearly event where high school students in the Engineering Pathway at all 5 high schools create, build, and then race a cardboard canoe. Students from STEAM Academy at Haskell also joined in on the fun. Chief Information Officer, Jason Barthel, hopped in a canoe to race as well.
Both Jefferson High School and Guilford High School bands were invited to perform at NIU Band Day at the Huskies home football game last Saturday in DeKalb. They joined 20 other high schools from across the state. Way to represent RPS 205 in front of thousands of spectators!
Earlier this week, we showed you how Montesorri students and staff were creating a human peace sign for International Day of Peace. Here is a bird's eye view!
Last month, the RPS 205 Girls Golf Co-Op held a small memorial for former East High School student Jenna Newcomb. The student athletes and their coaches gathered before their competition against Boylan at Ingersoll Golf Course to pay their respects to their teammate.
FREE & PUBLIC EVENT: A Night with NASA Engineer Dr. K Renee Horton - "The Intersection of Talent and Passion". Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m. in Maddox Theatre at Rockford University. Dr. Horton will discuss how resilience, innovation, & passion for discovery can lead to success & inspire positive change in the world.
The Regional office of education is hosting a Subs for Subs event on October 10th to help get substitute teachers certified and working in the classroom.
It's hard to believe that it's all ready been 4 weeks since our first day of school. Let's take a look back at that exciting day! https://youtu.be/FD4uw-pZz2I
Students and teachers at Montessori recognize International Day of Peace today by creating a human peace sign! The event promotes peace and celebrates the power of global solidarity for a peaceful and sustainable world. This year's theme is Cultivating a Culture of Peace.
Each day you show up matters! Attendance is part of the student success equation.
#ShowingUpMatters #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow
A new season begins today!
FULL CIRCLE MOMENT: Professional musician DeAndre Hemby returned to his hometown of Rockford today. The 2013 Auburn High School graduate reunited with his CAPA teacher Beth Heuer before he takes the stage at the Hard Rock Casino at 7 tonight with Teddy Swims. DeAndre has been the band's drummer since 2022. Heuer taught DeAndre in both jazz band and wind ensemble. DeAndre said, "I didn't choose the drums. The drums chose me." Besides Heuer, DeAndre said his father, who is also a drummer, is a key musical influence. Even though DeAndre has played for 80,000 fans before, he says it's a new feeling for him to be home and performing in Rockford. This will be Heuer's first time seeing her former student put on a show with the band. You can catch an interview with both DeAndre Hemby and Beth Heuer tonight at 6 on WREX.
A month ago today, we officially launched the first-ever Student Teacher Orientation with 39 Fall Student Teachers! They spent the day in a workshop that's designed to give our future educators the resources & support they need to succeed before stepping into the classroom.
Both the school district & local law enforcement are aware of a generic Snapchat social media post that's making threats against schools. This posting has appeared in multiple states. Law enforcement is actively investigating to determine the origination of this source. Currently, it's deemed that the threat isn't credible, and it's not specifically targeting RPS 205 schools. Safety is our number one priority, and we take all threats seriously.