Rockford Elementary

🎉 School Lunch Hero Day 🎉 A big THANK YOU to our wonderful cafeteria staff at Rockford Elementary! Your hard work, cheerful smiles, and dedication help keep our students nourished and ready to learn every single day. You truly are heroes in the lunch line! 💛🍎🥪💪 We appreciate you more than words can say!

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For 21 days, our second graders have eagerly cheered on their eggs—waiting, watching, and learning! Today, their patience paid off as they camped out by the incubator and celebrated an egg-citing moment... the first baby chick hatched! 🐣🎉 What a wonderful, real-life science experience!

School Lunch Hero Day is celebrated on the first Friday of May to honor and appreciate school nutrition professionals. In 2025, this day falls on May 2nd. The day is a time to recognize the hard work and dedication of the people who prepare and serve healthy meals to students every day.

Please join Surry County Schools in congratulating the May Leader of the Month, Miss. Britney Shelton! Miss. Shelton is a Teaching Assistant at Rockford Elementary School! 🎉 Thank you to these SCS Leader of the Month sponsors: Accurate Insurance Solutions Inc., Crouse's Auto Detailing, Horace Mann - Flake Financial Services, and Sign Gypsies Dobson. ·

Today our 5th Grade SAVE Promise members lead the last leadership trait assembly of the year. These students wrote a script and performed it for the school on the leadership trait, Accepting! Throughout the skit these students talked about how everyone has their own perspective and opinion and being accepting means to be respectful of everyone's ideas. Thank you SAVE Promise for your wonderful efforts this school year in helping develop our education with leadership traits. We are so proud of you! 🧡🐊💙

Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and to celebrate recovery from mental illness. For more than 20 years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has recognized Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) every May to increase awareness about the vital role mental health plays in our overall health and well-being and provide resources and information to support individuals and communities who may need mental health support.

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, observed in May, is a time to celebrate the rich history, culture, and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the United States. It's a chance to recognize their achievements in various fields and acknowledge their vital role in shaping American society. The month is also a reminder of the challenges and discrimination faced by AAPI communities throughout history.

National Military Appreciation Month is celebrated in May each year to honor and thank the men and women who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It's a time to recognize their sacrifices and contributions to the country.

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month is celebrated in May. It's an annual observance that promotes the importance of physical activity and sports participation, aiming to encourage healthy lifestyles. This initiative is led by the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and has been recognized by U.S. presidents since 1983.

National School Principals' Day is celebrated annually on May 1st. It's a day to recognize and appreciate the vital role school principals play in shaping the educational experience, fostering positive learning environments, and supporting students and staff. Principals are often seen as the heart of the school community, dedicating their time and energy to ensure the success and well-being of all.

The following students are being recognized because they were chosen from each class as outstanding leaders. These leaders worked hard each day to show respect to people, places, and things. These students come to school each day and show their C.H.O.M.P. skills. Way to go Gators! 🐊 Isaiah Key, Aiden Sawyers, Jocelyn Estudillo, Dulce Zamudio, Vanessa Tinajero, Kaitlyn Shinault, Silas Day, Anlynn Samuels, Yeemi Arreola Zarco, Jasmine McGrady, Braxton Martin, Kenya Ramirez, Joselyne Bautista, Amaya Grijalva, Ruth Grijalva, Roselyn Gomez, Mateo Salmeron

🎉 Congratulations to Our Cafeteria Staff! 🎉 We are so proud to announce that our amazing cafeteria team received a perfect score on their sanitation rating! 🧼🍽️ Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to keeping our kitchen clean and safe for students and staff truly shine. Thank you for all you do to keep us healthy and well-fed! 💙👏

For the month of April, our school focused on learning how to show respect for ourselves, people, places, and things. Joshua Carmona was selected as Rockford's Student Leader of the Month. Joshua comes to school prepared each day and always shows kindness, consideration, and respect for everyone and everything around him. Congratulations Joshua, way to be an outstanding leader! 🐊

🎉 Congratulations to Our Cafeteria Staff! 🎉 We are so proud to announce that our amazing cafeteria team received a perfect score on their sanitation rating! 🧼🍽️ Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to keeping our kitchen clean and safe for students and staff truly shines. Thank you for all you do to keep us healthy and well-fed! 💙👏

Jessica Jonzack, a local beekeeper, visited Kindergarten on Tuesday. She taught them about how bees help the earth as well as people. She brought a beekeeper jacket and gloves for students to try on. She also brought some honey for the students to try!

Attention Gator families: Your child is coming home with a blue transportation verification form. Each student is asked to complete their form and return it to school, even if they do not ride a bus. This sheet is used by our transportation department to design bus routes for the next school year. Thank you for completing this form and returning it to school as soon as possible!

📚 End of Grade (EOG) Testing Reminder 📚 EOG testing will begin soon! Please take note of the following schedule: Grades 3–5 Reading: Monday, May 13 Grades 3–5 Math: Tuesday, May 14 Grade 5 Science: Wednesday, May 15 ✅ Make sure to: Get a good night’s sleep Eat a healthy breakfast Arrive at school on time 🥣 Breakfast will be provided at school each morning of testing. Let's do our best—Go Gators! 💪

We are so proud of our GROW Strong team and their performance Saturday at the MAD Dash. They applied all they learned over the past 10 weeks and ran so well. The coaches especially loved seeing how they cheered for and supported one another at the end of the race. Cecilia Martinez had an outstanding day, finishing 3rd in her age group with a time of 28:32. Way to represent, Cecilia!

First grade has been learning about partitioning into halves and fourths. Today we used cookies to divide in half and fourth to compare the sizes.