Congratulations to Williamsburg Elementary School for earning the Exceeded Academic Growth Award for exceeding its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Williamsburg Elementary Principal Dr. Leslie Coleman-Cassell received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

A small group of second graders practicing silent “e” words! Learning is FUN!

Our fifth grade students had an amazing time at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh! At Marbles, play is fun and educational, with innovative hands-on exhibits, award-winning programs and larger-than-life movie experiences!

Third grade students in Mrs. Medina's class used Oreo cookies to create a representation of all the moon phases! A tasty science activity!

Mrs. Canady's first grade class is currently doing research on Arctic Animals! They are so excited to completing their first research project!

Mrs. Staley's Kindergarten class is working hard to make their own addition number sentences by playing a class favorite, Shake & Spill!

Congratulations to Wentworth Elementary School for earning the Exceeded Academic Growth Award for exceeding its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Wentworth Elementary Principal Dr. Jennifer Hardin received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Mrs. Rowland’s class is having fun in guided reading centers! They were introduced a new writing center this week and loved it!

Our students enjoyed an engaging anti-bullying presentation by Mr. Jim Jordan! Our students had a great time and learned so much about being a good friend!

Congratulations to Stoneville Elementary School for earning the Exceeded Academic Growth Award for exceeding its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Stoneville Elementary Principal Kasie Pruitt received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Elementary School's PTO is the best! They transformed the media center into Whoville for a staff luncheon from Fursty's and Duck Donuts! Best of all, staff members got to have duty-free lunch!

Fourth grade students at Stoneville Elementary School compete in the first annual Cup Wars! With Mr. Keck leading the competition, all students had a fun time playing!

Students in Mrs. Meeks' class worked on crafts and enjoy reading by the “fireplace,” while students in Mrs. Vernon's Class enjoyed working together on holiday activities, and students in Mr. Velez's class enjoyed learning and working together!

Students in Mrs. Adkins' class made Gingerbread Man traps to try to catch the "Gingerbread Man Loose at School!” First grade students in Mrs. Adkins' class had a blast at their Grinch party!

Congratulations Mrs. Adkins! Stoneville Hospitality Committee hosted a baby shower for her! Stoneville Elementary School's newest Birthday Book Club members celebrated by choosing a new book for the library!

Second grade students in Mrs. Meeks' class ring in the new year with fun, snackable math activities!

Congratulations to South End Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! South End Elementary Principal Dr. Kelly Nelson-Danley received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Thank you to Officer Joyce for jumping right in and getting to know our students at South End Elementary! We are thankful to have you as our newest South End Bear!

Thank you to Mr. Jones for all of the hard work you put in on our Holiday Concert! It was a huge success and the third, fourth, and fifth grade students did an outstanding job! We cannot wait to see what you all do next!

We had a wonderful time at our annual Drive thru "Holidays Around the World!” Students traveled to Mexico, Columbia, Sweden, Australia, and Japan receiving crafts and books along the way! It was a great time for all! Thanks to all who came out!

Mrs. Shelton's second graders became scientists as they experimented with baking soda and its effects!

Staff practicing Active Listening while sharing successful lessons from the week! Staff rocking small group instruction! Way to go, Bears. Keep working hard, Bears!

Congratulations to Monroeton Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Monroeton Elementary Principal Trina McCoy received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Students at Monroeton Elementary discussing their Social Studies Weekly article!

Congratulations to Lincoln Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Lincoln Elementary Principal Karen Cook received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Theme days bring “snow” many smiles. We are having wishful thinking as we celebrate snowman day!

Jingle Jangle Family Event brought our community to campus for singing, dancing, and an art gallery. Hot cocoa and cookies made the evening even sweeter!

Students and staff raised over $200 for United Way through our duct tape Ms. Cook to the wall fundraiser!

Sheriff Sam Page visiting our students and staff making community connections!

Recognizing our classroom & bus Good Gators during our January house party!

Mrs. Kelly LaPrade is rocking out station teaching in our media center!

Congratulations to Leaksville-Spray Elementary School for earning the Exceeded Academic Growth Award for exceeding its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Leaksville-Spray Elementary Principal Tia Scales received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

LSE first graders in Mrs. Sexton's class participated in "Santa's Workshop" before the Holiday break! Students made gifts in preparation and then earned money to buy the gifts for their families! When they "shopped," they took turns being the buyers and sellers!

We enjoyed our themed days counting down to winter break! Thank you to Mrs. Minuci for starting off our winter break with a paint party!

Happy New Year from our Leaksville-Spray Elementary Dolphins! LSE staff is thinking positively going into the new year!

Third grade students at LSE tested the properties of candy canes during science class!

Our fourth graders love working with Mrs. Albertson to learn from the encyclopedia!

Congratulations to Huntsville Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Huntsville Elementary Principal Hunter Smothers received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

The Greensboro News and Record recently put together a feature on the grant Huntsville Elementary School received from Lowe’s Home Improvement for its new Outdoor Classroom!

Shout out to Huntsville's 2023 EBOB Team who is hard at work preparing for this year's Battle of the Books Competition!

Students from the Huntsville were treated to an anti-bullying assembly that aligns with Rockingham County's message of, "Unapologetically Kind." Students learned about how to make their school the best and safest school around! The presenter used magic, story telling, and role play to teach students what bullying looks like, how to handle it, and how to help others, too! The presenter gave a special shout out to our second graders and said they were the best group of second graders he's ever had!

Huntsville Elementary School recently received a bountiful food donation from AT&T to their Back Pack Program, which they have pledged to support through the rest of the school year! This is just an example of great business partner support!

Students in Mrs. William’s second grade class celebrated their learning of place value! One of the activities for their place value party was making a noble number crown. Their crown had their number represented in base ten blocks, and they had to write it in standard, expanded, and word form. Students then worked collaboratively to compare their numbers and line up from least to greatest!

Mrs. Joyce's first grade class hosted a publishing party to celebrate the completion of their narrative writing unit. Students began this in November with the “Disguise a Turkey” project. They completed the project and then created a story about their turkey that escaped. The kids worked so hard on this and we have excellent writers in first grade! They loved reading and sharing their writing with their own parents and their peer’s parents; as well!

A big Shout Out to a thoughtful PreK friend who helped to make a classmate smile and feel special! Gunner, a student in Mrs. Rebecca's class, took the time to draw a picture of another student’s favorite thing, which is books! Gunner was so excited to share the picture with his classmate, he even asked how to spell his name! His friend was off sitting by himself and Gunner excitedly showed him the picture, and once he saw it, his friend was smiling from ear to ear! What a thoughtful way to brighten someone's day and make them feel loved!

Talan Corum competed in the Rockingham County Schools district Science Fair on December 2. His project, The Biggest Bubble, won first place for fourth grade in the category of Physics and Mathematics! For this project Talan tested five different brands of Bubble Gum to see which one blew the biggest bubble! He will compete in the Regional Science Fair in Greensboro NC on February 11!

Congratulations to Douglass Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Douglass Elementary Principal Lauryn Duncan received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

On January 4th, all our students at Douglass Elementary participated in PBIS round ups! Students went to different stations to learn about how to SOAR in the cafeteria, on the bus, bathrooms, playground, and for assemblies and dismissal!

Congratulations to the Douglass Elementary School Good Bus Citizens for the month of December!

The Grinch came to visit our Eagles on Wednesday before Christmas break! We had another visitor in our hallways and classrooms! Thank you to Santa Eric Smith for bringing so many smiles!

Mrs. Slaughter’s fifth grade class created plans for a tiny winter home in a cold climate and used persuasive writing to explain why their design is the best!

Super proud of our Battle of the Books team as they participate in their first after school practice January 12! Thank you Mrs. Murphy-Waters for all you do for our students and Douglass Elementary!

Thank you Mary Derfel and Cameron Ammann from NCDPI for visiting Douglass Elementary school this week to help guide our teachers through the importance of early literacy!

Congratulations to Dillard Academy for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Dillard Academy Principal Dr. Christy Bailey received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Students in grades K-5 enjoyed Jim Jordan's bully prevention presentation! He engaged students through magic, movement, and questions! He was amazing!

Students are enjoying the new look of the library and the new projector. Thank you to the wonderful staff at technology for all their help and hard work!

Students in Mrs. Lineberry's third grade class are learning about solids, liquids, and gases! They completed a word sort to help further their learning!

Congratulations to Central Elementary School for earning the Exceeded Academic Growth Award for exceeding its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Central Elementary Principal Jane Frazier received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

Central Cubs enjoyed participating in the Anti-bullying assembly put on by reportbullying.com!

Central Cubs engaged in small groups for reading instruction!

Congratulations to Bethany Elementary School for earning the Academic Growth Award for meeting its goal of expected academic growth for the 2021-22 school year! Bethany Elementary Principal Josh Eanes received a plaque in recognition of the achievement from RCS Superintendent Shawn Stover at the January 9 RCS Board of Education meeting.

The Rockingham County Schools Career and Technical Education program has been awarded the following grants, totaling approximately $100,000! Congrats to the CTE Department for receiving these grants!

Modernization (Grades 6-8) $50,000

Ancillary Items for CTE $50,000

RCS School Nurse Dian Brim recently conducted an interview with Jinny Edwards of SOAR as part of The Rockingham County Education Foundation’s 12 Days of Education, presented by Gildan. Dian discussed how the SOAR Fund, sponsored by RCEF, has assisted her over the past several months. The interview is linked below:

RCS has had another wonderful Holiday season shutdown across the district, and we have everyone to thank. All RCS sites participated and were 100 percent compliant! Moreover, there were some standout schools that gave an above-and-beyond shutdown effort! Thank you as well. Please be sure to share the good news: We are saving energy and making a difference in our community!

Eight Rockingham County Schools teachers earn, renew National Board Certification

Three Rockingham County Schools teachers have received National Board Certification, while five others have renewed their National Board Certification status for another five years! This is a notable achievement, and RCS salutes the efforts of our instructors to go above and beyond to improve their skills!

Earned National Board Certification

---Whitney Hannam (Wentworth Elementary School)

---Leslie Baker (Rockingham County High School)

---Jodi Troxler (Rockingham County High School)

Renewed National Board Certification for Five Additional Years

---Melissa Bailey (Score Center)

---Joshua Hardin (Rockingham County High School)

---William Joyner (Rockingham Early College High School)

---Kelly McCorkle (Holmes Middle School)

---Tina Whitten (Dillard Academy)

On Monday, January 9, we honored our SROs as part of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Thanks for serving & protecting our school communities, & developing positive relationships with students while making them feel safe!

We were so excited to have our RCS Anti-Bullying parent night program by Jim Jordan from http://reportbullying.com at Wentworth Elementary School the evening of Tuesday, January 10! He shared with our families about bullying prevention and anti bullying strategies! It was a great evening! Mr. Jordan also participated in a series of programs at our elementary schools, teaching our kids about ways to prevent bullying behavior!

We wanted to shout out our newest State Certified School Electrician Blaine Dalton RCS Maintenence Zone 3! Congratulations for passing the State exam!

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

---Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.