6th Grade Student of the Month Arianna Hyink Structures Magnet Arianna is the daughter of John and Lori. She has a brother, named Caden, in third grade and two dogs, named Bella and Bubba. Ari attended Meadow Ridge Elementary. She plays flute in the band at ERMS and also enjoys dance and playing volleyball. She [...]

By Cindy M. Cranmer Lakes Elementary School was recently filled with reptiles to the joy and delight the students. Rick “The Reptile Guy” DeRidder brought several reptiles to Lakes Elementary for two presentations recently. DeRidder, former director of Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park, left Boulder Ridge to open a zoo with Robbie Keszey, co-star of [...]

These adorable kindergarten students from Lakes Elementary are working hard and sharing PE teacher, Heidi Greenland’s passion for keeping “fit” while having fun. The students (from Traci Beier’s classroom) are shown proudly displaying the wristbands they earned during Running Club. This prepares students for the upcoming “Feelin’ Good Mileage Club” (sponsored by 5/3 River Bank [...]

Sponsored by the Rockford Public Schools Gifted and Talented Department Testing for 7th and 8th grade ROCK Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies classes will take place the week of April 15, 2013 at NRMS and ERMS. ROCK classes are advanced classes that provide faster-paced delivery of more complex curriculum for task committed, high-achieving students. Students qualify [...]

Sponsored by the Rockford Public Schools Gifted and Talented Department Testing for Rockford Public Schools Freshman Center honors courses will take place at the end of April. Honors courses are offered in English and Science and are carefully designed by teachers in order to meet the needs of highly able students in these particular subjects. [...]