Rockwood News

Krista Boardman, an assistant principal at Crestview Middle, has been nominated for National Life Group’s 2024-2025 LifeChanger of the Year award.

All six Rockwood School District middle schools enjoyed a day of fun and competition at the annual district volleyball tournament, Saturday, Dec. 7, at Rockwood Summit High.

Students in the Geometry in Construction (GIC) class at Rockwood Summit High are applying their learning to help others this fall, building stands to help transport donated hospital beds for Project C.U.R.E.

A group of eight Marquette High students is researching the lives of two Korean War-era veterans from the area as part of this year’s National History Day Silent Heroes program, “Untold Stories from the Korean War.”

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has released the statewide Annual Performance Reports for the 2023-2024 school year. Rockwood scored 88.0 percent, up 3 percentage points from 2022-2023.

More than 110 Rockwood School District students, groups and staff members were honored for their achievements during the Board of Education Awards Ceremony on Dec. 5 at Eureka High.

The Rockwood Curriculum Department will be hosting a public review for feedback of new and revised curriculum drafts on Thursday, Dec. 12, from 6-7:30 p.m. in A100 at the Administrative Annex.

"Forever Rockwood" is a series in which the Rockwood School District features alumni from Eureka, Lafayette, Marquette and Rockwood Summit high schools who make a lasting impact on their communities.

During the 2023-2024 school year, 309 students from 12 Rockwood schools participated in Girls on the Run, a St. Louis-based nonproft that uses physical activity to teach life skills.

The work of seven Rockwood School District student photographers from Eureka and Lafayette high schools will be featured in the "Beginnings 2024: Juried High School Photography" exhibition at the Kooyumjian Gallery at Webster University from Dec. 6-Jan. 28.

Over the past month, a total of 46 student-athletes representing all four Rockwood School District high schools participated in fall sports athletic signing day ceremonies.

National Special Education Day is on Monday, Dec. 2, and Rockwood wants to let our more than 400 special education staff members, including Rockwood Early Childhood special education staff, know how much we appreciate their support of our students, teachers and community.

The Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form for the 2025-2026 school year is now available for students to complete and submit.

The Thanksgiving holiday in Rockwood School District begins Wednesday, Nov. 27, and classes resume Monday, Dec. 2.

Marquette High senior David Moss earned the grand prize at the annual Spark! Tank business pitch competition, held at Maryville University on Nov. 20.

Green Pines Elementary second-grade teacher Maria Long is November's "Tools for Teachers" award recipient for going above and beyond for her students.

The Rockwood School Distric Capital Planning Advisory Committee held its first meeting Nov. 19 at Eureka High.

Tracy Crawford, a school nurse at Marquette High, has been named a recipient of the 2024 St. Louis Suburban School Nurses' Association's Outstanding Service by a School Nurse Award.

Marquette High junior Eric Chen will compete as a division finalist in the Music Teachers National Association West Central Division Senior String Competition.

Rockwood South sixth-graders in Suzanne Shimkus' Read 180 language arts classes have been practicing their reading skills through a different topic each quarter, and for the past few weeks, they studied the causes and effects of drought and the growing need for clean and safe drinking water.