MS FALL SPORT RECAP: GIRLS BASKETBALL--Congratulations to Eisenhower's JV team that went undefeated in conference and won their regional! Kudos also go out to Marshall's varsity team that won a tough conference this season. Way to go teams! #OurKidsRock
🏀Get ready for the 10th Annual Rumble in the Rock!
📅 Saturday, January 11, 2025
📍 Rock Valley College's PEC
This all-day basketball showdown showcases talent from RPS 205 high schools & Rock Valley College! Doors open at 8 AM. Tickets are $8 at the door.
Rolling schedule:
9AM - East v Auburn (Girls) 10:30AM- Jefferson v Guilford (Girls) 12PM - RVC Women vs MATC 2PM - RVC Men vs MATC 4PM - Jefferson v Guilford (Boys) 5:30PM - East v Auburn (Boys)
✨ Each RPS elementary school will have 30 FREE tickets for students at the school’s office!
Attention 5th Grade Students and Parents!
The Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Middle School Auditions are just around the corner! Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your talents and join the CAPA family!
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2025
Times: Choose between a 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM session
Location: West Middle School, 1900 N. Rockton Ave
Registration is required. Learn more and sign up here: https://www.rps205.com/o/wems/page/how-do-i-join-the-capa-family
We can’t wait to see you at the auditions.
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HS FALL SPORT RECAP--SWIMMING: Congratulations to Guilford's Hannah King on qualifying for state in the 100-yard backstroke! She was both a NIC-10 and sectional champion in the same event. Let's clap it up for Hannah! #OurKidsRock
HS FALL SPORT RECAP--GIRLS TENNIS: Congratulations to Auburn's Taylor Buhl, Aida Dummer, and Avery Trapp on winning their sectional and making it to the state tournament. Kudos also go out to Guilford's Laci Belknap and Yeva Ksenafontova for making it to state! #OurKidsRock
The closing reception was held for this year's NIU High School Invitational Art Show. Each teacher submitted two pieces for inclusion in the show. Congratulations to Jefferson High School senior Samaa Al-Zirjawi for her FIRST PLACE Award! Auburn's representatives were seniors Kassandra Aguilar and Ella Roxworthy. Ella was awarded 2nd place for Artistic Merit by Blick!
Wishing you a day filled with joy and gratitude
HS FALL SPORT RECAP--FLAG FOOTBALL: Congratulations to Guilford's Girls Flag Football team. In the inaugural season on IHSA flag football, they went undefeated in the NIC-10, won both their regional and sectional, and placed second in state. What a season! #OurKidsRock
Jefferson students are busy working on their house for Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity. Trusses got delivered, & the students helped with the installation. Miguel got to mark the top of the walls where the trusses go. Alex was able to do the job of connecting the trusses to the crane for each truss. The roof decking & shingles are going on too. Students put on the hurricane ties that hold the trusses to the walls and added the drywall nails to the ceiling. They even adopted a friendly kitty at the site that they call GITI. The students bring canned food for it every once in a while.
RPS 205's DEI department took 28 students across all 5 high schools to College Preview Day at Central State University on November 8th – 9th.
Students experienced campus life & learned more about college opportunities at one of the Midwest premier HBCU including:
● Cheer, Band, and Choir performances
● Met current students, faculty, & university leadership
● Toured residence halls, student support services, & other facilities
● Attended the Greek Stroll
● Attended the Football game against their rival Kentucky State University
MS FALL SPORT RECAP--FOOTBALL: Congratulations to Eisenhower's JV team for winning the conference championship with double OT excitement. Kudos also go out to West's varsity team that went undefeated on their way to a conference championship and stellar season! #OurKidsRock
See you on Monday, December 2!
MS FALL SPORT RECAP--SOCCER: Congratulations to RESA's JV team and Eisenhower's varsity team on winning their conference championship games! The stadium was rocking with great fan support and the teams played great games. #OurKidsRock
A Night of Gratitude: The BPAC hosted a beautiful Gratitude Dinner at Resa Middle School, bringing bilingual families together to share delicious dishes and meaningful conversations. The evening focused on discussing bilingual funding and gathering feedback to help enhance our bilingual programs. With around 100 attendees, the event was a huge success! 🎉
A big THANK YOU to our amazing BPAC cabinet members and RPS 205 Bilingual staff for making this gathering so memorable!
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¡Una Noche de Gratitud!
El BPAC organizó una hermosa Cena de Gratitud en la escuela secundaria Resa, reuniendo a familias bilingües para compartir platillos deliciosos y conversaciones significativas. La junta se centró en discutir los fondos bilingües y recopilar comentarios para mejorar nuestros programas bilingües.
Con alrededor de 100 asistentes, ¡el evento fue todo un éxito! 🎉
¡Un gran GRACIAS a nuestros increíbles miembros del gabinete de BPAC y al personal bilingüe de RPS 205 por hacer de esta reunión algo inolvidable!
Substitute Educators Day: Recognizes the important role that they play in the schools. They ensure that learning continues when a regular teacher is absent, & their adaptability & commitment help maintain the quality of education for students. Consider becoming a substitute teacher with RPS 205!
Popular author Gordon Korman visited Flinn Middle School. He wrote his first book when he was in 7th grade & published it when he was in 9th grade! Gordon talked about how he wrote his first novel when he was only twelve — a four-month-long seventh-grade language arts assignment that produced THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, which was published by Scholastic when he was 14. Gordon talked about research, brainstorming, developing characters, dialogue, rewriting & revision, and humor. Flinn invited Gordon Korman to share his love of writing, his experience, and writing strategies to encourage students to become better writers themselves.
MS FALL SPORT RECAP--CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to Marshall Middle School on winning the girls cross country conference meet and Eisenhower Middle School's boys on winning the boys meet. Additional kudos go to Alexis Stadnicki of Two-Way Language Immersion at Barbour and Alex Brockwell, Regan Bachta, Delilah Partee, & Samantha Springer from Eisenhower for making it to the state meet.
PROJECT COMPLETE: Both Swanson (Guilford/East) & Wyeth (Auburn/Jefferson) had their stadiums renovated. Improvements started in April and ended in October.
Highlights:
Main grandstands included concrete repairs, underside painting, & replacement of bleachers with new aluminum bench seating. Visitor bleachers were serviced & repaired.
Renovations to the press boxes including new roof, doors, countertops, flooring, painting, & lighting.
Painting of stadium light poles and relocation of sound system.
Thank you to Scandroli Construction & Belles Firm of Architecture
The Chicagoland 4x5 Exhibition is billed as the largest "small" art exhibit in the nation; all of the work in the show is confined within a 4" x 5" space and separated into categories by media & level. This year, the show included artwork from 60 participating middle & high schools - totaling nearly 3000 pieces of artwork. On Wednesday, November 6, Ms. Kassi Brooks, CAPA Visual Art Instructor at CAPA West and Ms. Elizabeth Wood, CAPA Visual Art Instructor at Auburn High School, traveled to Oswego High School in Chicago to attend this year's show & awards ceremony with 35 middle & high school students.
Among the students recognized for their outstanding work, nine CAPA students received honorable mentions for their artwork:
Mollie Hargan, 7th Grade, West CAPA
Solars Zuk, 7th Grade, West CAPA
Jack Koppen, 11th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Kegan Oehlke, 10th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Amya Holland, 11th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Collin Lester, 11th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Griffin Winstead, 11th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Victoria Go, 12th Grade, Auburn CAPA
Zyla Krause, 10th Grade, Auburn CAPA
