The Elementary School
Calendar has a new look this year.A poster contest was held this summer with the theme
Rochester Elementary Rocks. Students were asked to enter a poster
illustrating their favorite moment of the school year. The entries selected were
featured each month in the calendar. The winners received a certificate and a
free calendar. Calendars are available to elementary families for $1.00 while
supplies last.
October 7, 2009 students in grades K-6 learned about
Preventing House Fires. Chief Mike Mamone and several volunteers from
the Rochester Township Fire Department educated students on fire safety and gave
a demonstration of their fire equipment. Students were very excited to receive
junior firefighter badges for the day and to eat lunch with their favorite
fireman! We thank all of the men and women who volunteer everyday to keep our
community safe.
Grandparents were welcomed October 16, 2009 as the elementary division
welcomed some 500 grandparents.
Students shared science experiments, Reader’s Theatre’s, and math games with
their grandparents.Grandparents
were treated to lunch and refreshments after their classroom visits.
“Is that a Big Mac I see hanging from the ceiling in the
elementary?”The elementary
G.A.T.E. program will be exploring
Inventors and their Inventions
this year.As
part of this project students will choose an inventor and research their
invention. Throughout the year, the G.A.T.E. students will travel to
the History Museum, create their own inventions, and utilize what they are
learning in Art and Spanish to market their invention to their peers and
parents.
Red Ribbon Week is set for October 26-30,
2009. “One team, one goal, drug free!” is the theme
of this year’s celebration.Students
will have the opportunity to enter an essay contest addressing who they have on
their team to help them stay drug free. There will be spirit activities each day
with the goal of educating students about the dangers of drugs and how to have
fun without drugs!
Once again, the first grade visited Janowski’s farm and
enjoyed all of the signs of fall especially the pumpkin patch.
September 29, 2009
The Laurel vs. Rochester game is one of the games Channel 11
will cover Friday night. WPXI photographers will be here at Rochester
shooting video of the game, which will air on Channel 11's Skylights at 11:15
p.m. Trey Johnson has once again been nominated as a Player of the Week by
John Fedko and WPXI. Please start casting your vote today for him on
WPXI.com. Voting will end on Thursday, October 1st. If Trey is
declared the winner with the most votes on this date, John Fedko will come to
Rochester and present the Player of the Week Award to him prior to the start of
the game against Laurel. Good Luck Trey!!
September 23, 2009
Dear Staff,
1250 ESPN Radio has announced Trey Johnson of Rochester High School as a
candidate for 1250 ESPN’s Scholastic Athlete of the Week. Each week
1250 ESPN Radio names local area high school athletes as candidates for this
award. The winner is decided by voting that takes place exclusively
on www.1250ESPN.com.
Voting lasts for one week and starts today. The winner will be announced
September 28th on 1250espn.com as well as at 2:50PM on 1250 ESPN
Radio.
To vote: Log on to
www.1250ESPN.com and
select the Scholastic Athlete of the Week link. This will take you to our
Scholastic Athlete of the Week webpage. From there you can vote for Trey
and see where he stands in the voting. This link will take you straight
to the voting page:
http://stations.espn.go.com/stations/espnradio1250/story?id=3479608
If Trey is declared the winner, 1250 ESPN will
present a plaque to him and Rochester High School at a time to be named later.
Please cast your vote today and help Trey win this much deserved award for
running in three first half touchdowns against Union last Friday night.
Thank you for your support,
Ryan Bauer
R.A.S.D. Athletic Director
GO RAMS!
September 9, 2009
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