Rockwood News

On April 30 and May 1, eighth-grade Academic Stretch students and teachers from all six Rockwood School District middle schools convened at the Lafayette High pool for the third annual Eighth-Grade Boat Regatta.

The Rockwood School District held commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2026 on May 9, 11 and 12, celebrating more than 1,600 graduates. At those ceremonies, some of our graduates offered important messages and words of inspiration to family members and staff in attendance, as well as their fellow students.

Lafayette High junior Shruthi Senthil earned the Daily Point of Light Award from the nonprofit Points of Light, the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.

Over April and May, 25 student-athletes representing all four Rockwood high schools participated in spring athletic signing day ceremonies.

Marquette juniors Angel DiSalvo and Patrick Hoffner served as interns for the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation this past winter, helping put on the annual Teen Talent Competition.

The Rockwood School District celebrated our more than 1,600 graduates in the Class of 2026 at commencement ceremonies on May 9, 11 and 12 at the Family Arena in St. Charles.

A total of 228 music students from all six Rockwood School District middle schools earned the top rating -- "1" or "Superior" -- at St. Louis Suburban MMEA District 5 Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festivals held throughout March and April.

The Rockwood School District has developed an asynchronous Canvas course called "Middle School Ready" to help students become more comfortable with Canvas (the online tool that middle and high school students use to access lesson materials and submit work) and learn strategies to build confidence and prepare them for middle school in Rockwood.

Students from Marquette High and Crestview Middle earned awards and advanced to the national round at the state National History Day competition at the University of Missouri-Columbia on April 25.

The Rockwood Board of Education has approved the hiring of Danielle Reecht as director of Parkway-Rockwood Community Education, effective July 1.

Kylie Nichols, a Lafayette High senior, was named the recipient of this year’s Metro West Firefighters Community Outreach Annual Scholarship.

Lafayette High senior Chloe Kim has earned the US Congressional Award Silver Medal for achievement in the areas of voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness and expedition/exploration.

Samantha Aldenderfer, a Marquette High senior, has earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in girl scouting, for a service project aiming to remedy isolation and loneliness in nursing homes.

More than 140 students are featured in this year's Eureka High Senior Portrait Project, featuring professional-caliber pictures taken by students in Photo Advanced class and their teacher, Jessica Esfahani.

Rockwood Summit High senior Michael Charleston and Lafayette High senior Mark Domsalla are among the first group of winners in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program, earning two of the approximately 700 corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 115 corporations, company foundations and other business organizations.

Junior Lainey Bass earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT, joining the fraction of 1 percent of students who have accomplished this feat.

May 6 is School Nurse Day. We thank our more than 40 Rockwood nurses and nurse shadows, who bridge health care and education, provide care coordination, advocate for quality student-centered care and collaborate to design systems that allow individuals and communities to develop their full potential today and every day. Here is a story of how one of our school nurses made a difference in the life of a staff member.

The Rockwood Summit senior plans to attend Washington University in St. Louis, where he hopes to study biology with a focus on philosophy, neuroscience and psychology and a possible minor in Latin American Studies.

Crestview Middle, Eureka and Lafayette high schools and Ridge Meadows Elementary have each been certified as a 2026 National School of Character by Character.org.

The Marquette High senior plans to attend the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington after graduation.

The Crestview Middle, Marquette High and Rockwood Summit High libraries earned the distinction of Exemplary School Library Program from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the 2025-2026 school year.