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The six week-long after-school program is free to RPS 205 students thanks to the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds. Students meet three times each week.

What began as a vision to increase children’s access to arts programming in Rockford has led to more than 100 RPS 205 elementary, middle and high school students discovering the joy of tapping into their creativity and expressing themselves in new, artistic ways.

Grace United Methodist Church, Rockford Public Schools and a variety of community volunteers combined resources this summer to begin a Youth Community Garden.

Rewarding. That’s how I describe traveling our community with the dogs who are part of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court Therapy Dog program. The program includes 17 certified therapy dogs.

Second grade is a crucial year in a child’s reading journey. During this time, reading allows them to learn new vocabulary, meet literacy milestones and is often when the love for reading is developed.

High School graduation is right around the corner, and then what?

For 18 years the Rockford Rotary Club has partnered with Rockford Public Schools and the Rockford Public Library for the Rockford Reads program.