Congratulations to our April Above & Beyond award winners! Way to be leaders in our school!
At our April All School Assembly, we explored how practice makes better and how we will finish the year strong. Dr. Pekel also joined us to present the RPS GOAT award to our well-loved 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Howes. Congratulations Mrs. Howes!!
Congratulations to our April 10th Falcon Flyer drawing winners, Mrs. Leisinger's 4th graders who earned the Wings award, and BOTH Mrs. Pearaon's 3rd graders and Mrs. Mueller's 2nd graders who earned the SOARing attendance award. Great job Falcons!
Our March 27th Falcon Flyer winners, Mr.Olson's 5th graders earned the special area Wings award, and Ms. Sorum's 4th graders earned our SOARing Attendance award
Our 5th graders enjoyed pizza with residents from Bear Creek Services. It was a great night to discover how many things we have in common!
Our March 20th Falcon Flyer winners, and Mrs. Mueller's 2nd graders who earned both the Special Area Wings award AND the SOARing attendance award.
Our March 13th Falcon Flyer drawing winners, Mrs. Affeldt's Ks who earned the special area Wings Award and Mrs. Huddleston's 2nd graders who earned SOARing Attendance award. Way to go Falcons!
Congratulations to our March assembly Above & Beyond awatd winners. Our March assembly focused on Always Learning. Gooooo Falcons!
With warmer weather this week, sidewalk chalk was a hit at recess!
Congratulations to our Falcons who had a great week of school! Pictured here are this week's Falcon Flyer drawing winners, Mrs. Repede's Ks for earning the Wings award in specials, and Mrs. Coffing's 5th graders who earned the SOARing Attendance award this week.
We are proud of you!
Folwell students earned 1,546 kindness tickets in February in honor of Kindness month. Here are this week's Kindness Ticket winners, Mrs. Lewis's 1st grders earned the special area Wings award, and Mrs. Pearson's 3rd graders earned our SOARing Attendance award. We had a great last week of February at Folwell!
Our 5th graders wrote essays for Hormel's MLK essay challenge. Harold from Hormel visited Folwell to present about MLK and announce our top essay writer winners. Our winning writers read their essays to the 5th grade classes. Such inspiring writing!
Here are last week's Kindness Ticket winners, Mrs. Nelson's K class earning this week's SOARing Attendance Award, and Mrs. Pearson's 3rd graders earning the special area Wings Award. Great job, Falcons!
Middle School music teachers visited our 5th graders. Students learned about their middle school music options of band, orchestra, and choir. Then they trialed different instruments to see what they might want to play next year.
Rochester Public Schools is the heart of a community focused on lifelong learning. Whether you are three years old or eighty-three, we believe in investing in our community's future by providing exceptional opportunities for everyone to grow.
➡️ We help our youngest learners flourish through 177 Preschool Enrichment classes, 105 Early Childhood Family Education classes, and 26 RPS Preschool classrooms.
➡️ Our youth students stay engaged and inspired through 767 Youth Enrichment and 21st Century programs designed to help them find their spark.
➡️ Learning doesn't stop at graduation. We host 655 Adult Enrichment classes, 241 Adults With Exceptional Abilities classes, and 116 unique offerings at Hawthorne Education.
Learn more about our Community Education program at https://www.rochesterce.org.
Our value of ensuring excellence through evidence means we use data and proven practices to help our students grow. To date, 90% of RPS 8th graders have used Xello to discover careers connected to their personal interests. By using these tools, we are investing in our community’s future and preparing the next generation of thinkers and doers. Discover more about how our students use the Xello tool at www.rochesterschools.org/xello.
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At Rochester Public Schools, we want every student to be “Challenged to Strive and Supported to Thrive.” With more than 120 extracurricular options for our secondary students, we live out our Value of building belonging and connection. By offering a wide variety of activities, we ensure every student can find a place where they belong, helping them develop the social skills and confidence needed to pursue a fulfilling path. Learn more about our mission at www.rochesterschools.org/about.
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To help our students flourish, we focus on our value of supporting the whole student. This includes their physical well-being, which is why our nutrition team serves over 16,000 meals every single day. Meeting these basic needs is essential to our mission: to equip every student with the resilience to pursue a fulfilling path. Learn more about our Student Nutrition Services Department at https://www.rochesterschools.org/student-nutrition.
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Year #16 is in the books for Folwell’s Freezin’ Falcons!! We love supporting Special Olympics Minnesota each year and the unseasonably warm weather brought out lots of our little Falcon fans! Thanks to everyone who donated…it is much appreciated! See you next year!!
We have a new weekly class award at Folwell and are so proud of our three classes who have earned this so far. It's the SOARing Attendance award for the class with the highest average daily attendance for the week. Mrs. Howes's 3rd graders were our first week's winner, Mrs. Miller's 4th graders won the second week, and Mrs. Strain's 1st graders won the third week. Keep SOARing by coming to school regularly!
