Glow Party! Thx PTSA for such a fun nigtt with music, glowsticks and friends!
about 1 hour ago, Kristin Smith
The RPS School Board on Tuesday, October 20, approved RPS 2030, the district's new strategic plan. The plan sets the direction for the district's work over the next four years and is organized around four priorities: Challenging Learning, Purposeful Pathways, Supportive Communities, and Organizational Excellence. Read the full plan: https://www.rochesterschools.org/rps-2030
2 days ago, Rochester Public Schools
Our Folwell October Assembly focused on O-Own Your Behavior. It was great to talk with our students about how important it is to learn and grow from the choices we make. We will be honoring students who Own Their Behavior with special wing tickets this month when they own their part in a situation and then make it better. We also honored our October Above & Beyond award winners and sang our school song. We love gathering as a school for our monthly assemblies! Keep SOARing and GOOOO Falcons!
3 days ago, Kristin Smith
Today our 5th graders had the opportunity to chat virtually with the author, Rob Buyea. All three classes began the year with the read aloud by Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt. He answered questions about his books and gave lots of reading, writing, and even friend advice.
3 days ago, Kristin Smith
Mrs. Lewis's 1st graders have been talking about Kelso 's Choices. Kelso is a frog with great strategies for kids to use when they have a problem. These 1st graders are awesome problem solvers!
11 days ago, Kristin Smith
Our Folwell Falcons had another great week by earning 403 Falcon Flyers! congratulations to these Falcon Flyer honorees, Mrs. Leisinger's 4th grade class who earned the SOARing attendance award, and to Mrs. Pearson's 3rd graders who earned our special area Wings award. Way to SOAR!
11 days ago, Kristin Smith
Mr. Heimerman had Ms, Sorum's 5th graders pracricing multiple rhythms on different instruments - so fun!
19 days ago, Kristin Smith
Mrs. Strain's 1st graders are studying characters, setting, story problem and story solution in Wit & Wisdom. They have great ideas to share in class and taught me about a biblioburro!
19 days ago, Kristin Smith
Our PE classes loved using our scooters this week with Mr. Thome. These are always a fav!
19 days ago, Kristin Smith
Our Folwell Falcons SOARed this week! Here are our Falcon Flyer drawing winners, Mrs. Howes's 3rd graders who won our SOARing class attendance award, and Mrs. Nelson's K's who earned our special area Wings award. Gooooo Falcons!
19 days ago, Kristin Smith
Some Kindergarten chalk artists at recess today. So sweet and proud!
24 days ago, Kristin Smith
This November, voters in Independent School District #535 will choose representatives to fill four (4) open seats on the School Board. Voters may select up to four candidates on their ballot. The candidates running in this nonpartisan election are listed below in alphabetical order:
Joe "Joe(Y)" Christenson Justin M. Cook Pat "Pot" Farmer Ana Folpe Flora Howie Josh Koestler Joe LaForge Jean Marvin Cathy Nathan John Peck
School board positions will be listed on the back of the ballot. More information about each candidate can be found on the Secretary of State's website: https://myballotmn.sos.mn.gov.
25 days ago, Rochester Public Schools
Mrs. Mueller's 2nd graders were programming theit bots to move on media today! What fun!
25 days ago, Kristin Smith
It's bus safety week so we have special bus lessons today and tomorrow for every classroom to practice. Mrs. Kohlmeyer-s 1st graders did a great job during their bus lesson!
25 days ago, Kristin Smith
Mrs. Evans Hanson held a special assembly for our 1st-5th grade students who are new to Folwell this year. She along with some student leaders helped to foster a sense of belonging as they shared special things about our school and events to look forward to. We are so glad that they have joined us at Folwell!
27 days ago, Kristin Smith
Congratulations to our Sept 25th Falcon Flyer winners who SOARed this week! Mrs. Lewis's 1st graders earned the SOARing attendance award and Mrs. Huddleston's 2nd graders earned the special area Wings award. We've had another great week at Folwell!
27 days ago, Kristin Smith
Here are our September 18th Falcon Flyer winners along with Mrs. Pearson's 3rd graders who were our highest attendance class and Mrs. Coffing's 5th graders who earned the special area Wings award. Way to go, Falcons!
27 days ago, Kristin Smith
Did you know that every public school student in Minnesota is part of a trust fund? Minnesota owns state public lands that generate revenue from timber, mining, and land leases. That money is placed into a protected investment trust dedicated strictly to supporting public school districts across the state. Due to investment growth, the fund has expanded from $675 million in 2010 to more than $2.3 billion today, but distributions have not kept pace because of outdated constitutional restrictions. This November, Minnesota voters can vote to increase the fund.
What does this ballot question change?
Sends more money to classrooms: Current constitutional rules limit payouts primarily to interest and dividends, restricting how much money reaches schools. The amendment modernizes the formula to increase the annual distribution from 2-2.5% to 4.5% of the fund's total value, significantly increasing payments to all Minnesota public schools.
Zero tax increase: It does not raise property, income, or sales taxes. It uses money already sitting in an existing investment fund.
Bipartisan agreement: The update was unanimously recommended by a nonpartisan task force and received strong bipartisan support in both the Minnesota House and Senate.
Under Minnesota law, a constitutional amendment must receive approval from a majority of all voters. Skipping the question has the exact same mathematical impact as actively voting against it. To support the amendment, you must vote "YES."Leaving the question blank counts as a "NO" vote. You can learn more about this atwww.mnpsfamendment.org.
29 days ago, Rochester Public Schools
Reminder: there is no school on Wednesday, September 23. RPS staff will participate in a Curriculum and Development (CAD) Day to plan instruction and engage in professional development. We will see students back in school on Thursday, September 24.
about 1 month ago, Rochester Public Schools
Mrs. Repede's Ks were learning about ways to make 5 in math class today. We have creative thinkers in Kindergarten!
