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SCHOOL BEAT When do kids learn to think for themselves? by DOUG HOOGERLAND, Principal Roguewood Elementary School When is it really that kids learn to think? Not just the academic variety either, but to actually think for themselves? And how do we provide opportunities for our children to do just that: think for themselves? Don’t [...]
SCHOOL BEAT Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by MIKE CUNEO Assistant Superintendent of Finance Rockford Public Schools Rockford Public Schools (RPS) was awarded the Association of School Business Officials International’s (ASBO) “Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Program” (COE) for excellence in the preparation and issuance of the fiscal year end 2010 school system [...]
SCHOOL BEAT Rockford Students Care! by TOM HOSFORD, Principal Crestwood Elementary School Rockford Public Schools Our school system is blessed to have incredibly talented students roaming the hallways from the time they are in kindergarten to the time they graduate from high school! Their achievements stretch from the rigors of the classroom and athletic fields [...]
Quality schools, quality community… together building a tradition of excellence by MICHAEL S. SHIBLER, Ph.D. Superintendent of Schools Rockford Public Schools The above statement has been an important part of the Rockford Public Schools (RPS) logo for over 22 years. Not only is the declaration true, it is ongoing with no ending point—we live it [...]
State Board of Education challenges Michigan schools by DR. RYAN KELLEY Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Rockford Public Schools The Michigan State Board of Education has placed a challenge to every student and every school in Michigan, by raising the MEAP/MME cut scores (the minimal score at which a student is considered “proficient”). As the cut [...]
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