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A Rockwood student and educator hug on the last day of school.

May 23 marked the last day of the 2024-2025 school year in the Rockwood School District. All around the district, students and staff members ended another great school year with hugs, high-fives, waves and well-wishes.

  • Character
  • Community
  • Elementary
  • High
  • Last Day of School
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Middle
  • Teamwork
The cover page of a demographic survey report presented to the Rockwood Board of Education.

At its June 5 meeting, the Rockwood School District Board of Education received a presentation on data from a recent demographic study of the Rockwood community.

  • Board of Education
  • Community
  • Elementary
  • Gifted Education
  • High
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Middle
  • Parent University
  • Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain
  • Teamwork
A graphic shows the cover of the Rockwood strategic plan, as well as a copy of the Rockwood Promise.

The Rockwood Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the district’s new five-year strategic plan, Forward Together, on June 5. The plan is the culmination of a yearlong process that involved student, staff, parent and community input to develop a visionary roadmap that will guide the work district staff engages in to educate and support students.

  • Board of Education
  • Character
  • Community
  • Early Childhood
  • Efficiency
  • Elementary
  • Forward Together
  • Gifted Education
  • High
  • Inclusion
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Middle
  • Parent University
  • Partner
  • Pathways
  • Plan
  • Promise
  • Strategic Plan
  • Strategic Plan Steering Committee
  • Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain
  • Teamwork
The Rockwood Communications team smiles in a group picture.

The Rockwood School District has been recognized by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) for its efforts to inform our community across multiple channels, including an Excellence award and three Merit awards. 

  • Awards
  • Communications
  • Community
  • Teamwork
Rockwood students smile in front of a Metro West fire engine.

Wildwood Middle students Sreedhar and Tristan were honored with certificates of recognition by Metro West Fire Protection District on May 21 for brave and selfless actions in offering comfort and care during a medical emergency involving a Fairway Elementary student.

  • Character
  • Community
  • Fairway
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Teamwork
  • Wildwood
Rockwood alumnae smile in four separate pictures, along with a "Forever Rockwood" logo.

"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.

  • Alumni
  • Athletics
  • Blevins
  • Center for Creative Learning
  • Chesterfield
  • Community
  • Early Childhood
  • Eureka Elementary
  • Forever Rockwood
  • Green Pines
  • High
  • Kellison
  • LaSalle Springs
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Rockwood South
  • Rockwood Summit
  • Rockwood Valley
  • South Tech
  • Teamwork
Rockwood students smile at the State Capitol in five separate pictures.

Glory of Missouri Award recipients from Crestview, LaSalle Springs, Rockwood South, Rockwood Valley and Wildwood middle schools were recognized by the Missouri House of Representatives at the State Capitol in Jefferson City on April 21. Selvidge Middle's recipients were honored at a school awards ceremony May 21.

  • Awards
  • Character
  • Community
  • Crestview
  • LaSalle Springs
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Rockwood South
  • Rockwood Valley
  • Selvidge
  • Teamwork
  • Wildwood
Rockwood students smile with Board members and Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain.

The Board of Education held its final Student Advisory meeting of the 2024-2025 school year May 15. The Student Advisory Group started during the 2023-2024 school year and consists of students from each of the four high schools and the Pathways Wellness Center, selected by their building principals.

  • Board of Education
  • Community
  • High
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Pathways
  • Superintendent
  • Teamwork
Rockwood students smile in four separate pictures at South Tech.

Recent Rockwood School District graduates earned honors from South Tech during the last month of the 2024-2025 school year, with two earning "Tops at Tech" honors and two taking part in an industry signing day to continue their carpentry careers with local companies.

  • Awards
  • Career and Technical Education
  • Class of 2025
  • College and Career
  • Lafayette
  • Learning
  • Marquette
  • Rockwood Summit
  • South Tech
A class of Rockwood students performs a science experiment.

A total of 66 students from 15 Rockwood elementary, middle and high schools – plus an entire class of Geggie Elementary fourth-graders – recently earned ribbons in their grade levels for their projects at the Academy of Science-St. Louis Science Fair.

  • Awards
  • Babler
  • Crestview
  • Ellisville
  • Fairway
  • Geggie
  • Green Pines
  • Kehrs Mill
  • Lafayette
  • Learning
  • Marquette
  • Pond
  • Rockwood Valley
  • Science
  • Selvidge
  • Teamwork
  • Westridge
  • Wild Horse
  • Woerther
A Rockwood student smiles while holding a ceremonial check for a scholarship he earned.

David Moss, a Marquette High Class of 2025 graduate, was named the recipient of this year’s Metro West Firefighters Community Outreach Annual Scholarship.

  • Character
  • Class of 2025
  • College and Career
  • Community
  • Learning
  • Marquette
  • Scholarships
Two Rockwood students speak at graduation.

The Rockwood School District held commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2025 on May 10 and 12, celebrating more than 1,600 graduates. Here are some words of wisdom from some of our student graduation speakers.

  • Character
  • Class of 2025
  • College and Career
  • Community
  • Graduation
  • High
  • Learning
  • Teamwork
Rockwood students smile in two separate pictures.

Marquette High juniors Tejaswini Venkatesan and Ivy Wang each earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT, joining the fraction of 1 percent of the students who take the ACT each year who earn a perfect score.

  • ACT
  • Awards
  • College and Career
  • Fine Arts
  • Learning
  • Music
  • Science
  • Teamwork

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