The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2026-2027
![A Rockwood educator smiles with a student by a school bus, along with a graphic reading "Back to School 2026-2027 - Back-to-School Guide"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1786654483/rsdmoorg/rdzgcqd4qilazbpbjy2s/BTSGuide26-27.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1786654483/rsdmoorg/rdzgcqd4qilazbpbjy2s/BTSGuide26-27.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1786654483/rsdmoorg/rdzgcqd4qilazbpbjy2s/BTSGuide26-27.jpg","width":680}])
The Rockwood School District Back-to-School Guide: 2026-2027
The first bell of the 2026-2027 school year in the Rockwood School District rings on Monday, Aug. 24!
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 2026-2027 school year.
- 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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Recent News Articles
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More than 80 Rockwood School District administrators, staff members, parents, Board of Education members, district safety officers and school resource officers (SROs) and representatives from local police and fire departments met for the district's annual Crisis Planning Workshop at the Administrative Annex in Eureka on Oct. 2.
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The Rockwood Board of Education approved the 2026 tax rate at its Sept. 29 meeting. The rate, approved by the Missouri State Auditor, is $3.8920. This is an increase of $0.0104 from last year’s tax rate of $3.8816. A small increase is typical in a non-reassessment year, and 2026 is a non-reassessment year.
![A Rockwood student salutes the American flag at a Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1789145139/rsdmoorg/mxawssimzlipslc74ldk/LHSPatriotDayCeremony2026forweb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1789145139/rsdmoorg/mxawssimzlipslc74ldk/LHSPatriotDayCeremony2026forweb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1789145139/rsdmoorg/mxawssimzlipslc74ldk/LHSPatriotDayCeremony2026forweb.jpg","width":680}])
Thursday, Sept. 11, is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and communities in the Rockwood School District marked the occasion by holding events to recognize and thank servicemembers and first responders.
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A total of 26 Rockwood students have been named semifinalists for the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.