Looking for soemthing to do with students during winter break? Help Mayo Clinic name their cranes. Between now and 2030, 13 tower cranes will rise above Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campuses. To celebrate, Mayo Clinic is launching a community-wide “Name the Crane” contest, inviting the Rochester community to help name these icons of progress. Submit your idea and be part of the story as we build our city’s future together! Learn more: https://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester-construction/cranes
Before we officially begin winter break, we want to take a moment to celebrate the amazing students we have at RPS! During their annual fundraising competitions, our high school students raised a combined $123,077.95 for local organizations! Thank you, students, for all your hard work and effort to invest back into our community.
As we wrap up 2025, read Superintendent Pekel's end-of-year letter to see all that we've accomplished in our district: https://rochesterpsmn.edurooms.com/engage/rochester-public-schools/newsletters/superintendent-pekel-s-end-of-year-update.
As we wrap up 2025, read Superintendent Pekel's end-of-year letter to see all that we've accomplished in our district: https://rochesterpsmn.edurooms.com/engage/rochester-public-schools/newsletters/superintendent-pekel-s-end-of-year-update.
Mrs. Howes' 3rd graders were practicing their geometry skills today by comparing and contrasting quadrilaterals with Venn diagrams and creating their class geometry city. Math is fun!
Congratulations to our latest Falcon Flyer winners and Mrs. Strain's 1st graders who earned the Wings Award. SOAR!
Our December All School Assembly focused on R-Respectful. We explored what respect looks like and sounds like at Folwell. We also honored this month's Above & Beyond students which also included our awesome 5th grade school patrol team. Keep SOARing, Falcons!
This is a reminder that there are no classes from Monday, December 22 through Friday, January 2. RPS classes will resume Monday, January 5 (Longfellow will resume Monday, January 12). Enjoy your Winter Break!
We played Book BINGO as a school before fall break!
Our snow on the playground was so fun to play in last week! Building forts and snow people, climbing snow piles, and sledding!!
Our Folwell Falcons earned 430 Falcon Flyers last week! Amazing! Here are our Falcons who we honored at our Friday Google Meets. Also way to earn the Wings award at specials, Ms. Sorum"s 4th graders!
Winter is officially here, which means some of us are thinking about the potential of snow days! Learn more about how we determine snow days and what to expect with school closings in the event of inclement weather: http://www.rochesterschools.org/inclement-weather
This is a reminder that there is no school on, Wednesday, November 26 through Friday, November 28, for Thanksgiving Break. RPS will resume normal operations and hours on Monday, December 1. Enjoy the long weekend!
These Falcons SOARed this week at Folwell. Congratulations to our Falcon Flyer winners and to Mrs. Lewis's 1st graders who earned the special area Wings award.
Mrs. Howes's 3rd graders are on a mission to solve math problems and unlock clues throughout our school this afternoon!
Ms. Sorum's class was building circuits today during science. Collaboration, experimenting, and testing theories at its best!
Rochester Public Music's Sound School residency brought Tuyvergen Band to Folwell this afternoon. They presented their Mongolian music to our K-5 students. Our Folwell students loved the different music and their throat singing and clapped right along to the music.
Our Folwell 3rd graders were presented with their very own almanacs from the Greater Rochester Rotary Club. They were excited to explore their new books filled with great informational texts. Thx Rotary Club!
Our Folwell families had an amazing time at our PTSA Bingo night! Thanks Folwell PTSA for such a fun event!
Last week's SOARing Falcons: our Falcon Flyer drawing winners and Mrs. Leisinger's 4th grade Wings award. Keep SOARing!
