📚✨ Drop Everything and Read! ✨📚
Today, students at Rockford Elementary participated in DEAR Day (Drop Everything and Read). For a dedicated time, everything paused as students dove into their favorite books, fostering a love for reading and imagination. Great job, Gators, for embracing the joy of reading!
🚓💙 National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day 💙🚓
Today, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the brave men and women in law enforcement who work tirelessly to keep our community safe. Your dedication, courage, and service do not go unnoticed, and we are grateful for everything you do.
Rockford Elementary appreciates you! 👮♂️👮♀️
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay #ThankYou #RockfordElementary
#SCSUpdates | Surry County Schools will operate on a regular schedule tomorrow, Thursday, January 9, 2025.
#SCSUpdates | Surry County Schools will operate on a 3-hour delay on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Thank you, and please stay safe.
#SCSUpdates | Due to concerns over secondary roads and anticipated icy conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed with an optional teacher work day tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. This day will be made up on Friday, February 28, 2025. Thank you, and please stay safe.
Congratulations to Sam Custodio who competed in Mount Airy at the Elk Hoop Shoot in the 10/11 year old category on Sunday. We are proud of you Sam and glad your were able to represent Rockford in this program.
#SCSUpdates | Due to winter weather conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed for students and staff on Monday, January 6, 2025, with all evening activities canceled. The January 6 Board of Education meeting has been postponed to Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Thank you, and please stay safe.
#SCSUpdates | Episode 3 of Beyond the Bell with Surry County Schools is LIVE! 🎙️
In this episode, Dr. Travis Reeves interviews Sydney Coe, a 3rd-grade teacher at Dobson Elementary School and the 2024 SCS Beginning Teacher of the Year. Sydney shares her journey as a new teacher, the challenges and rewards of her role, and what the recognition means to her.
Plus, Hollie Lyons returns with important dates and reminders to kick off the new year. Don’t miss this heartfelt conversation with one of Surry County Schools’ brightest rising stars!
✨ Be sure to tune in and let us know who should join us next on Beyond the Bell!
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cAOCKSQRB8KXI2nIdFb8J
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-bell-with-surry-county-schools/id1783794792
finalists for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Beginning Teacher of the Year Award, including Dobson Elementary School's own Sydney McKeaver Coe!
This prestigious recognition highlights her dedication and impact as an educator. One finalist will be honored as the 2025 NC Beginning Teacher of the Year after a comprehensive selection process by a panel of judges.
As part of this achievement, finalists will attend a professional development week at the Truist Leadership Institute in Greensboro, N.C., from March 24–28, 2025. The winner will be announced during a special ceremony on March 27, 2025, at the Elliott University Center auditorium at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Congratulations, Sydney! 🎉
Read more here: https://www.nccat.org/node/3541
Happy New Year 2025 to all our students, staff, and families at Rockford Elementary!
Wishing you a year filled with joy, success, and wonderful moments. Let’s make 2025 an amazing year together!
🎄✨ Merry Christmas from all of the faculty and staff at Rockford Elementary School! ✨🎄
We wish our students, families, and community a holiday season filled with joy, love, and wonderful memories. Thank you for being part of our Rockford family!
#SCSUpdates | Happy Christmas Break! Reminder: All SCS schools are closed from Friday, December 20th to Sunday, January 5th. Students will return on Monday, January 6, 2025!🎄
Everyone, please enjoy a safe and merry Christmas!
Staff Leaders of the Month for December. The fifth grade team collaborates together and works together very well to plan lessons and execute them daily. Laura works diligently to provide thoughtful math lessons that are engaging for students on all levels. Pattie works to make her science lessons enjoyable and multi-sensory, reaching students who learn in more than one way. Angela works to deliver interesting and level-appropriate material in her reading class so that the instruction is accessible to all students. The fifth grade team is the epitome of collaboration as they use it daily and do it very well.
Congratulations to these 5th grade students that earned extra recess for meeting their December math goal in ALEKS.
#SCSUpdates | The second episode of Beyond the Bell with Surry County Schools is live! 🎉
This week, Dr. Travis Reeves interviews Raleigh Scales, the newly sworn-in Vice Chairperson of the Surry County Schools Board of Education. Hear about his vision, goals, and dedication to supporting our students, staff, and community.
Plus, Hollie Lyons is back with important dates and reminders to help you stay informed as students go out on Christmas break. Let us know your thoughts and who you’d like to hear from next!
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cAOCKSQRB8KXI2nIdFb8J
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-bell-with-surry-county-schools/id1783794792
A Book-A-Thon is designed to reinforce good reading habits while raising funds to support the Literacy Committee.
The Book-A-Thon will start on December 21st and end on January 12th.
We encourage students to get pledges from family and neighbors.
PRIZE LIST:
If you raise $10.00-Cookie from the cafeteria.
If you are the Top Grade Level $ Raiser-$10.00 Scholastic coupon for the book fair.
If you are the top $ Collector in the school-Kindle
NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION:
Step One: Gather pledges.
Sponsors may pledge an amount for each page (ex. $0.10 per page) OR a flat amount. (ex. $5.00)
Step Two: Read, read, read!
After the Book-a-Thon starts, you’ll need to read!
Record your reading minutes on the Reading Tracker.
Be sure to have your parent’s or teacher’s initial that you read during that time.
Step Three: Collect money.
Step Four: Turn in the envelope to Mrs. Edwards on Tuesday, January 14th.
T H I S I S A F U N D R A I S E R , B U T S T U D E N T S D O N O T S E L L A N Y T H I N G .
I N S T E A D , T H E Y C O L L E C T P L E D G E S F O R E A C H M I N U T E T H E Y R E A D .
P R E - K A N D K I N D E R W I L L D O A L O O K - A - T H O N
For the month of December, our students have learned how to use collaboration skills to accomplish tasks more efficiently. This month, Bailey White is the student leader of the month! Bailey shows collaboration skills with her classmates by communicating with kindness and listening to others when they speak. Bailey always tries to be a team player and it shows. Congratulations Bailey, we are so proud of you for the way you CHOMP!
📚🎉 Amazing Readers Alert! Congratulations to our students in Mrs. Porterfield's Kindergarten class who have met their incredible goal of reading 100 books! Your hard work and love for reading have truly paid off. Keep turning those pages and exploring new adventures through books—way to go! 🌟
#SCSCelebrates | Please join Surry County Schools in congratulating the January Leader of the Month, Wendy Byrd. Mrs. Byrd is a Custodian at Westfield Elementary School, who has been with Surry County Schools for nearly two decades!
Thank you to these SCS Leader of the Month sponsors: Accurate Insurance Solutions Inc., Scenic Ford Lincoln, Crouse's Auto Detailing, Horace Mann - Flake Financial Services, and SignGypsies Dobson.
📚🎉 Amazing Reader Alert!
Congratulations to Layla Hernandez, Matthew Villegas Hernandez, Tripp Ward, Rowen Vernon, Grayson Hazelwood, and Malachi Simmons in Mrs. Newman's Kindergarten class who have met their incredible goal of reading 100 books! Your hard work and love for reading have truly paid off. Keep turning those pages and exploring new adventures through books—way to go!
