Baby, it's cold outside! ❄
Parents please have your students look or please come in and take a look at our Lost and Found!
First grade read The Gingerbread Man, then completed a story map. They concluded by making a house for the Gingerbread Man!
Mrs. Marion's class is celebrating the 12 days of Christmas and made gingerbread houses today!
SAVE Promise will be doing a fundraiser this Wednesday! We will be selling hot chocolate between 8am-8:30am for students to enjoy during Gator Day! ☕
Good morning Gators! This is Mrs. Waters with events for the week. Monday will be day 1 in our specials rotation. On Tuesday, December 19th, our Book Battle team will practice after school. Please make sure your child has a note if they will be staying. We will dismiss school at 1:00 on Thursday. Please be on time for dismissal and at your child’s bus stop early. There will be no after-school daycare on this day. The school will be closed for Christmas break until January 3rd. I hope you each have a wonderful holiday season filled with family and friends. Thank you.
Kindergarten and First grade had a special visitor from the North Pole today! Mrs. Clause came to read a story and visit with them.
Second-grade got to show off their reading skills by reading Christmas stories to Kindergarten today!
Students enjoyed a wonderful Christmas performance from SCHS Chorus this morning.
Rockford chorus traveled to Chick-fil-A in Mount Airy to carol and spread Christmas cheer! 🎄
Kindergarten students are learning about Christmas Around the World. Today, they had a Google Meet with a lady from Japan!
Kindergarten has been enjoying creating elves and snowflakes with Mrs Simpson in Art!
2nd-grade made some awesome snow globes to go along with them! Way to go Gators!
🎉Congratulations to our school Spelling Bee winners! 🎉
Rockford's School Champion- Mia Faistl
Fifth-Grade Champion- Valentina Rivera Leyva
Fourth-Grade Champion- Fatima Pacheco
Mr. Grinch had fun visiting Kindergarten last Friday!
Kindergarten has been reviewing 2D/3D shapes.
Good morning Gators! This is Mrs. Waters with events for the week. Monday will be day 2 in our specials rotation and our 4th grade students will travel to the Andy Griffith Playhouse for a performance of A Christmas Carol. On Tuesday, our 2nd-grade students will head to the Earle Theater to watch The Polar Express and our art club will stay after school. Wednesday, December 13th, our Book Battle team will practice after school. On Thursday, our chorus students will go Christmas caroling in our community to spread some holiday cheer. Finally, our Kindergarten and 1st-grade students will present a musical performance on Friday, December 15th at 6:00. Please make plans to join us. As a reminder, students should not exit vehicles before 7:35 and staff should be on duty in the morning carline. Thank you!
The SAVE Promise will be selling Anti-Bullying and Kindness wristbands for $1 until 8:00am in the front lobby Tuesday-Friday. A poster is included below. Funds will go to assist in getting a buddy bench for our school playground. This is a place for students to go if they feel they do not have anyone to play with as a form of communication to others that they are looking for a friend!
December is the month of action through our club to spread kindness and honor those who were affected during the Sandy Hook incident. SAVE Promise will be doing a week of action next week. There is a poster included below. Next week will be a time to include others, share kindness, and be considerate of all around us!
Fourth Graders took a step back in time at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. They created Moravian Candles that were once used to decorate for Christmas during the 18th Century and are still used today.The Moravian Love Feast was a favorite for students. Hot Cocoa and warm sweet rolls were shared as a symbolic tradition of the Moravians.
Kindergarten has enjoyed its Grinch day! They have made Grinch cookies, ornaments, and hot chocolate!
Student Council enjoyed shopping for “Give a Kid a Christmas.” Through the money raised by various activities they sponsor each year, the Student Council was able to shop for their own “Angel” as well.
