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.
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