Our Gators had a great race today at Fisher River Park! The following runners medaled for their grade level
1st place 5th-grade boy Braxton Martin
3rd place 5th-grade girl Johani Cristobal-Pineda
We are proud of all the hard work put in my each of our runners and their determination and sportsmanship during the race to
1st place 5th-grade boy Braxton Martin
3rd place 5th-grade girl Johani Cristobal-Pineda
We are proud of all the hard work put in my each of our runners and their determination and sportsmanship during the race to
🎉👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Custodio's 5th Grade Class! 🏆📚
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
🎉👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Johnson's 3rd Grade Class! 🏆📚
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
🎉👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Marion's 1st Grade Class! 🏆📚
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
Every student has been present for 16 days, twice! Way to go! 🎯🙌
Your dedication and commitment to being at school every day have earned you a special reward — doughnuts for perfect attendance! 🍩💚🐊
Keep up the amazing work, Gators!
🎉 Congratulations to Mrs. Porterfield's Kindergarten Class! 🎉
They have earned perfect attendance three times and will be celebrating with a cupcake reward! 🧁
Way to go, Kindergarten—keep up the great attendance! 👏
They have earned perfect attendance three times and will be celebrating with a cupcake reward! 🧁
Way to go, Kindergarten—keep up the great attendance! 👏
🎉👏 Congratulations to Mrs. Hendrix's Kindergarten class on achieving perfect attendance! 🏆📚
Every student has been present for 16 days. Way to go! 🎯🙌 The class will be rewarded with some sweet candy treats 🍬 for showing up and showing out! 💚🐊
Every student has been present for 16 days. Way to go! 🎯🙌 The class will be rewarded with some sweet candy treats 🍬 for showing up and showing out! 💚🐊
Substitute Teachers' Day is celebrated annually on the Friday before Thanksgiving during American Education Week to honor substitute teachers for their role in keeping classrooms running smoothly.
Substitute teachers play a vital role in education by stepping in when regular teachers are absent. They adapt to different classrooms and manage diverse groups of students, ensuring that learning continues.
Thank you all for everything you do daily to ensure that instruction and learning continue.
Substitute teachers play a vital role in education by stepping in when regular teachers are absent. They adapt to different classrooms and manage diverse groups of students, ensuring that learning continues.
Thank you all for everything you do daily to ensure that instruction and learning continue.
Happy 67th Day of School!
We’re celebrating 67 days of learning, growing, and making memories together at Rockford Elementary. 🎉
We’re celebrating 67 days of learning, growing, and making memories together at Rockford Elementary. 🎉
Our staff enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving lunch together today!
It was a wonderful time to share good food, fellowship, and gratitude. 🦃🍁
It was a wonderful time to share good food, fellowship, and gratitude. 🦃🍁
#SCSCelebrates | Today is the 67th day of school. Yes, we said it! 6-7! (if you know you know).
As we celebrate #AmericanEducationWeek, it’s the perfect moment to recognize the educators and staff who make every day count, including all 67 days and every day after. Thank you for your dedication to our SCS students. 💛
As we celebrate #AmericanEducationWeek, it’s the perfect moment to recognize the educators and staff who make every day count, including all 67 days and every day after. Thank you for your dedication to our SCS students. 💛
World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20. Around the world, children are standing up and talking about their lives, their hopes, and their rights.
From the moment the sun rises, children wake up to a world shaped by choices they didn't make. But every child, everywhere, also wakes with rights, including the right to be protected, to learn, and to have their voice heard.
It’s time to listen to children. To understand what their lives are like and how their rights are present, missing, or pursued every day.
From the moment the sun rises, children wake up to a world shaped by choices they didn't make. But every child, everywhere, also wakes with rights, including the right to be protected, to learn, and to have their voice heard.
It’s time to listen to children. To understand what their lives are like and how their rights are present, missing, or pursued every day.
National Parent Involvement Day is celebrated annually on the third Thursday in November. It was established by Project Appleseed to honor the important role families play in their children's education, highlighting the positive impact of parent-school partnerships on student success.
Date: The third Thursday of November, which is November 20, 2025.
Purpose: To recognize and encourage family engagement in education and to strengthen the partnership between families, schools, and communities.
Benefits: Parent involvement is linked to improved student attendance, higher academic achievement, better school attitudes, and higher graduation rates.
Date: The third Thursday of November, which is November 20, 2025.
Purpose: To recognize and encourage family engagement in education and to strengthen the partnership between families, schools, and communities.
Benefits: Parent involvement is linked to improved student attendance, higher academic achievement, better school attitudes, and higher graduation rates.
Thankful Thursday:
Today, our students and staff shared what they are thankful for. It was a wonderful reminder of the kindness, gratitude, and joy that fill our school each day. 🍁💛
Today, our students and staff shared what they are thankful for. It was a wonderful reminder of the kindness, gratitude, and joy that fill our school each day. 🍁💛
#SCSUpdates | We’re excited to cheer on our Surry County Schools runners at the GROW Strong Race this Friday! 🎉 The race begins promptly at 9:30 AM, so please plan to arrive early to find parking and get settled.
Here are a few reminders to help keep the event safe, smooth, and enjoyable for everyone:
🔹 Parking: Parking areas are marked yellow on the map. These lots are paved and handicap accessible.
🔹 Spectator Areas: Recommended viewing spots are marked pink on the map. You’re welcome to cheer from other safe areas, but these are great places to show your school spirit!
🔹 Bring your signs and support! We encourage families to cheer for their runners and schools.
🔹 Please do not block the race course. Keep a safe distance from the course so runners have plenty of room. Any obstacle, especially near the finish line, can affect our runners’ safety and performance. This also keeps spectators safe as well.
🔹 Finish Line Reminder: Avoid gathering at the finish line. After your student finishes, meet them and then step to the side to keep the area clear for other finishers.
🔹 Restrooms: Restroom locations are marked teal on the map.
🔹 Safety: Surry County EMS will be on-site for the duration of the event.
Thank you for helping us create a safe and fun race day for all our students. We can’t wait to see you there!
Here are a few reminders to help keep the event safe, smooth, and enjoyable for everyone:
🔹 Parking: Parking areas are marked yellow on the map. These lots are paved and handicap accessible.
🔹 Spectator Areas: Recommended viewing spots are marked pink on the map. You’re welcome to cheer from other safe areas, but these are great places to show your school spirit!
🔹 Bring your signs and support! We encourage families to cheer for their runners and schools.
🔹 Please do not block the race course. Keep a safe distance from the course so runners have plenty of room. Any obstacle, especially near the finish line, can affect our runners’ safety and performance. This also keeps spectators safe as well.
🔹 Finish Line Reminder: Avoid gathering at the finish line. After your student finishes, meet them and then step to the side to keep the area clear for other finishers.
🔹 Restrooms: Restroom locations are marked teal on the map.
🔹 Safety: Surry County EMS will be on-site for the duration of the event.
Thank you for helping us create a safe and fun race day for all our students. We can’t wait to see you there!
Education Support Professional (ESP) Day is annually celebrated on the Wednesday of American Education Week, which falls on November 19, 2025. The day honors the vital contributions of non-teaching school staff, such as secretaries, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and maintenance personnel. This day, created by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1987, recognizes ESPs for their essential role in keeping schools running smoothly and supporting students' success.
📚🐾 Book Week in Media! Featuring Author Dav Pilkey 🐾📚
In Media this week, we’re celebrating Book Week with a special spotlight on author Dav Pilkey! Students are having a blast as they:
🎨 Learn how to draw Dog Man characters
🎉 Play Dog Man Bingo
🐶🏈 Enjoy a fun Dog Man can toss game
It’s going to be an exciting week of creativity, reading, and Pilkey-inspired fun!
In Media this week, we’re celebrating Book Week with a special spotlight on author Dav Pilkey! Students are having a blast as they:
🎨 Learn how to draw Dog Man characters
🎉 Play Dog Man Bingo
🐶🏈 Enjoy a fun Dog Man can toss game
It’s going to be an exciting week of creativity, reading, and Pilkey-inspired fun!
🦃 Pre-K Family Involvement Project 🪶
As part of our Pre-K family involvement for the curriculum, both Pre-K classrooms invite parents to help create a special turkey tradition each year! Families are encouraged to decorate a feather at home using any materials they choose.
Once the feathers are returned to school, we proudly add them to our big hallway turkey for everyone to enjoy!
Thank you to our Pre-K families for your creativity and participation—our turkey is always extra special because of you!
As part of our Pre-K family involvement for the curriculum, both Pre-K classrooms invite parents to help create a special turkey tradition each year! Families are encouraged to decorate a feather at home using any materials they choose.
Once the feathers are returned to school, we proudly add them to our big hallway turkey for everyone to enjoy!
Thank you to our Pre-K families for your creativity and participation—our turkey is always extra special because of you!
🎩 Student Council Hat Day! 🎩
Student Council hosted a Hat Day on Friday! Students wore their favorite hats to school to help support our Student Council. Thank you for showing your school spirit!
Student Council hosted a Hat Day on Friday! Students wore their favorite hats to school to help support our Student Council. Thank you for showing your school spirit!
The LEGO Gators had an incredible day at Surry Community College for the First LEGO League competition!
Our team is excited to share that they brought home 1st Place Overall Champions and 1st Place Robot Performance! We are extremely proud of their hard work, teamwork, and dedication throughout the season.
The LEGO Gators will now be advancing to the State Competition in December!
A huge thank-you goes out to Miss Megan Angel for serving as the team’s adult mentor this season. Your guidance and support made a tremendous difference! Also, to Yacky and Naomi for serving as the team’s youth mentors! Thank you to Ms. Britney Shelton for coaching the team!
We also want to express our gratitude to Scenic Automotive for sponsoring the team and providing their team shirts.
Congratulations, LEGO Gators! 🐊💚✨
On to State!
American Education Week celebrates the wide range and incredible team of support professionals who help our students succeed-from paraeducators and clerical staff to bus drivers, technical specialists and students service workers. Every one of them plays a vital role supporting students and families while keeping our schools running and thriving.
