The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2024-2025
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The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2024-2025
The first bell of the 2024-2025 school year in the Rockwood School District rings on Monday, Aug. 19!
We can't wait to welcome our students, staff and families back for another great year of learning and fun! Check out our Back-to-School Guide to help get prepared for the year ahead:
- Visit your school supply lists to take care of any last-minute, back-to-school shopping.
- Check out some important new or updated items for our district community for this school year.
- Learn about "My Ride K-12," the new district transportation app that utilizes GPS for real-time information about buses.
- Stay connected and keep informed with our district communications app, ParentSquare, and learn tips, tricks and best practices.
- Free and reduced meal applications are available for the upcoming year, and don't forget to fill your students' meal accounts on myschoolbucks.com.
- Learn how to find your Rockwood and school calendars to stay up to date on everything going on in the district.
- The Visiting Nurses Association is offering immunization clinics at Rockwood locations for state-required immunizations.
- The Rockwood website's Public Notices page contains important information about a variety of topics, including checking and changing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) exclusion status for students.
Do you want to stay up to date on all the latest news from Rockwood?
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Rockwood will conduct a test of its emergency notification system on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 12.
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Rockwood half-day preschool provides a comprehensive, three-hour program that develops an increased understanding of the world by involving children in a variety of rich academic and social experiences, all within a warm welcoming environment. Get to know our half-day program by exploring our classroom learning centers!
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Edrance Emmanuel Jr. is the first teacher to return to the district after going through the Welcome Home Rockwood program, which supports Rockwood students and alumni who are inspired to become future educators in Rockwood schools.
![Five Rockwood students smile outside a school on the first day of school.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724090458/rsdmoorg/vhqsqcbvsyxspyqbecqg/FirstDay2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724090458/rsdmoorg/vhqsqcbvsyxspyqbecqg/FirstDay2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724090458/rsdmoorg/vhqsqcbvsyxspyqbecqg/FirstDay2024.jpg","width":680}])
Monday, Aug. 19, is the first day of the 2024-2025 school year in the Rockwood School District, and students, staff and families celebrated in style!