Super's Update

More RPS 205 students than ever are choosing to be teachers in a grow-your-own scholarship program, a partnership with Rockford University.

Rockford Promise is about raising aspirations for Rockford Public Schools students.

A partnership with Rosecrance allows the district to use federal pandemic relief money to support students in their behavioral and mental health.

A Friday morning assembly – with lots of cheering and pom-pon waving – doesn’t seem like a recipe for calm. But Washington Elementary School Principal Angelique Malone said the assembly, an integral part of the school’s new House System, has done exactly that.

Time is the most important investment we can make in our students.

Ten years of facilities work in Rockford Public Schools is complete.

Picture a Venn diagram with three circles. Those circles are education, safety and taxes.

For 10 years, the Rockford School Board and RPS 205 administration has lowered the tax rate and increased the investment in our staff and our buildings.