Rockford Elementary

Monday, December 9: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas – Wear white today to keep the holiday spirit shining bright! ❄️✨ Let's make it a snowy start to the week with your festive outfits! 🌟

🎉Congratulations to Ms. Simpson's class at Rockford Elementary for achieving perfect attendance not just once, but twice—for 16 days each time! 🎉👏 Your dedication to being present every day is impressive. Keep up the great work, and let's aim for even more perfect attendance streaks

Don’t forget Cookies with Santa tonight from 6-8 PM at Rockford Elementary! 🎅🍪 🎄 Come see Santa, decorate a cookie, write him a letter, and make a craft. Have your picture made with Santa and enjoy the Black Heart photo booth! Tickets are just $5.00 at the door.

Fourth-grade students participated in a mineral classification lab with Mr. Jeff Edwards from the SCS Science Institute. Mr. Edwards brought five different minerals and students had to identify the color, streak, hardness, luster, and cleavage to be able to classify each mineral. We may just have some future geologists at RES!

Fourth-grade students enjoyed a visit to the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, followed by a performance of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Andy Griffith Playhouse.

Computer Science Education Week, or CSEd Week, is celebrated from December 6 to 12 this year. The largest learning event in history, Computer Science Education Week aims to get K-12 students interested in computer coding. During the second week in December, students are encouraged to take part in an “Hour of Code.” During this event, students are literally expected to code for an hour. Along with coding, Computer Science Education Week also highlights the importance of computer science. Computer science is an important subject because it teaches problem-solving and analytical skills, and is an essential skill in the modern job market, with many scholarships out there dedicated to this area of study. The day hopes to improve computer literacy among all.

THURS. December 5 You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Wear green today!

The SAVE Promise Club worked together to present a reenactment of "The Polar Express" today in representation of our leadership trait of the month, collaboration. Students focused on points of the book showing teamwork skills. There are sixty-two students in the Rockford SAVE Promise Club, each one playing a special role. All students in the club from each grade-level have worked very hard the last few week putting this together and working as a team to achieve their goals. This month's leadership goal is, "I can work with others effectively to reach my goal." Great job SAVE Promise on being amazing leaders and presenting so well!🐊🧑‍🎄🚂

🎄 15 Days of Christmas – FRIDAY, December 6 🎄 🦌 Dashing Through the Snow: Dress like Rudolph or wear antlers! Let’s bring some reindeer magic to the school by dressing up like Rudolph or wearing festive antlers. Get ready to dash into the weekend with holiday cheer! ✨🦌

#SCSUpdates | Did you know you can get closings and emergency notifications sent straight to your phone? All you have to do is download the Surry County Schools mobile app, available for Apple and Android devices. Emergencies, closings, and delays will be sent via a “push” notification and delivered to all app users instantly. If you haven't already, please download the Surry County Schools mobile app and never miss a notification! 📱

#SCSUpdates | We're hiring! Join our staff as a bus driver! Surry County Schools will host another Bus Driver Training course on December 9-11, 2024, from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. 🚍 For Information: Contact: Amy Samples 336-386-8762 To Register: Contact: Teresa King 336-386-8211

Wonderful things are happening in Pre-K! . On Wednesday, December 4 Jennifer Jones came to read her book she wrote called Alex Flies to the prek classes. This is a true story based on one of her sons. Mrs Jones is a retired English teacher. We so enjoyed having her come and read to us.

Reminder: Rockford Elementary will have early dismissal at 1:00 PM on Friday, December 6th. 🕐 Please plan accordingly. Thank you!

🎄 15 Days of Christmas – THURSDAY, December 5 🎄 💚 You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Wear green today! Channel your inner Grinch by wearing all things green. Let’s see those Grinchy outfits and holiday fun! 🎁🎄

We have a lot of coats in the lost and found! 🧥 Please remind your child to check and see if any of them belong to them. Let’s get those coats back to their owners before the holidays!

🎄 15 Days of Christmas – WEDNESDAY, December 4 🎄 😊 Comfort and Joy: Dress for comfort (and JOY!) with jogging pants or loungewear! Let’s keep it cozy and joyful! Wear your most comfortable pants or loungewear as we continue the countdown to Christmas. Warm, cozy, and festive – it’s a day to relax in holiday style! ❄️🎅

🎄 15 Days of Christmas Celebration! 🎄 Let’s make this December merry and bright with festive dress-up days! Here’s the countdown to Christmas fun: MON. December 2 🌟 Spirit of the Season: Wear red and green to start our countdown! TUES. December 3 🎄 Christmas Time is Here: Wear your favorite Christmas shirt! WED. December 4 😊 Comfort and Joy: Dress for comfort (and JOY!) – jogging pants or loungewear! THURS. December 5 💚 You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Wear green today! FRI. December 6 🦌 Dashing Through the Snow: Dress like Rudolph or wear antlers! MON. December 9 ❄️ I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas: Wear white today! TUES. December 10 📸 Mad about Plaid: Wear your favorite flannel/plaid! WED. December 11 🔵 Blue Christmas: Wear blue today! THURS. December 12 🎅 Rocking Around the Christmas Tree: Wear an ugly Christmas sweater! FRI. December 13 🎅 Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Wear a Santa hat! MON. December 16 🔔 Jingle Bell Rock: Wear bells! TUES. December 17 🎩 Tree Topper: Wear your favorite holiday hat or headband! WED. December 18 😊 Comfort and Joy: Dress for comfort (and JOY!) – jogging pants or loungewear! THURS. December 19 🎄 The Polar Express: Wear your Christmas PJs! FRI. December 20 🌟 Spirit of the Season: Wear red and green to end our countdown!

#SCSUpdates | Due to a light dusting of snow on a number of roadways in the Flat Rock, Slate Mountain, and Westfield communities, Surry County Schools will operate on a 3-hour delay on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

We are thankful! Mrs. Day’s classes participated in a variety of activities centered around Thanksgiving. Third grade students learned about Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation. Students then aspired to be future presidents themselves, as they shared their own proclamations. Fourth and Fifth grade explored nouns and wrote essays displaying gratitude. Kindergarten students worked on fine motor skills and directionality by practicing left and right while creating turkeys, followed by reading a text from left to right to reinforce literacy concepts. Second grade wrote a poem of thanks, and drew conclusions about turkeys after reading a nonfiction text. First grade sequenced how to bake a turkey. They stuffed their turkeys with some interesting ingredients! 😄

NATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION DAY To our staff who teach and support students with special needs...THANK YOU!