
On November 9, the Rockford area Girl Scouts will meet at North Rockford Middle School to pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is a kids-helping-kids project that uses simple, gift-filled shoeboxes to show millions of hurting children in over 100 countries that they are loved and not forgotten. The Girl Scouts will [...]

Courtney Berrevoets, 15, a sophomore at Rockford High School, recently got her first deer, an eight-point buck off of Bailey Drive in Ada, using her grandfather’s crossbow.
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 20 years. Not only is the declaration true, it is ongoing with no ending point—we live it [...]
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