The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2025-2026
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The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2025-2026
The first bell of the 2025-2026 school year in the Rockwood School District rings on Monday, Aug. 18!
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.
- Stay connected and keep informed with our district communications app, ParentSquare, and learn tips, tricks and best practices.
- Learn about "My Ride K-12," the district transportation app that utilizes GPS for real-time information about buses.
- 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.
- Read up on important information about the process for being a volunteer in Rockwood schools.
- Get to know our new administrators for the 2025-2026 school year, as well as our new school safety officer, Kelly Murray.
- 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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