The Welcome Center at the RPS 205 Administration Building will be closing at 4:30 p.m. today and will be closed on Friday, July 5. We will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, July 8. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
RPS 205 will compete in fundraising for the Golden Apple Foundation. We'll have guest bartenders @ Ernie's Midtown Pub, 1025 Fifth Ave., on Wed., July 17 from 4-7 p.m. There will be featured food & drink specials & special tip jars. See how well educators can shake things up!
Congressman Eric Sorensen visited Constance Lane Elementary to announce $1 Million he secured to replace the century-old 8th Avenue bridge over Keith Creek. Neighborhood students will be able to travel to school safely once the bridge is rebuilt thanks to this federal funding.
Celebrate Rockford Football coach, Rick Schmitz, at the RPS 205 Athletic Hall of Fame on July 28th! To learn more about the inductees or to purchase tickets, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rps-205-athletics-hall-of-fame-tickets-882187154527?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Rockford Area Arts Council, City of Rockford, & RPS 205 celebrated the completion of the mosaic mural at Lewis Lemon Elementary. Artist Susan Burton created her installation of "Lewis Lemon's School of Fish". Susan worked with staff & students earlier this year on the art.
Congrats to the Guilford Class of 2024! You did it!
J-Hawks, you did it! Congrats to the Class of 2024!
Congratulations to the Auburn High School Class of 2024! You made it!
East E-Rabs, you did it! Congratulations Class of 2024!
Congrats to the Roosevelt Class of 2024! You did it!
Last night, the RPS Robotics Program held a STEM Robotics Festival at the Discovery Center for students at Spring Creek and Lathrop elementary schools. These schools participated in the FIRST Robotics Explore and Discover programs. Students also worked with Betz Botz to design and build cardboard robots that competed in a sumo bot style competition. The event was sponsored by the Golden Apple Foundation STEM Grants Program and the Discovery Center.
RPS 205 high school students shadow local professionals in service academy-aligned fields. Read more and check out more photos in our 205 VIBE Blog: https://bit.ly/3J9CvQU
Reminder Spring Break is the week of March 25th!
READ AROUND THE WORLD: Constance Lane Elementary invited community members to come and read their favorite books to kindergarten-2nd grade students today. It's all a part of Read Across America Week.
