Rockwood School District

We continue our look back at the year in pictures with September, as the school year kicked into high gear with a bike reveal, fun runs, a district art show and community homecoming events!

Students at Eureka Elementary enjoyed math games and reading time during Rockwood Summer Academy!

📢 Calling all local businesses and community leaders! 📢

Rockwood School District is looking for key sponsors to champion our inaugural Community Connectors Class of 2027! This is a unique opportunity to invest in our community while putting your brand in front of engaged local leaders all year long.

As a Key Sponsor ($1,000), your business will enjoy high-profile visibility throughout the entire 2026–2027 school year, including:
- Custom Swag: Your logo featured on exclusive promotional gear for all participants.
- Digital Presence: Premium logo placement on the official program webpage.
- Year-Round Storytelling: Recognition in district feature stories and updates over the nine-month program.
- Print Marketing: Prominent logo placement on all printed curriculum and session materials.

Your investment directly funds the materials, meals and resources that will make this program a massive success.

🗓️ Deadline: Aug. 1
📧 Interested? Contact Mary LaPak at [email protected] to secure your spot today!

For this week's , we check in with Rockwood parent and Board member Sarah Boyer, who was part of a group of current and retired special education teachers - including Rockwood's Lauren Schneider - that traveled to Chiquimula, Guatemala, with the group Cotinga. During the trip, these educators helped train teachers on aspects such as taking data to track student progress, using positive reinforcement to engage learners and build self-confidence in students and strategies to engage all learners in math, reading and writing!

Send photos of your summer fun and learning adventures - in St. Louis or around the globe - to [email protected] so we can share with the Rockwood community!

As we close out the 2025-2026 year, we are taking a month-by-month look back at the year in pictures.

In August, we welcomed in new teachers, staff members prepped our schools and communities held orientation events all in anticipation of the big day: Aug. 18, the first day of school!

Lafayette High student Selah Flieg and her family have founded a food business - Selah's Snack Cart - with a mission of creating a place in which teens with disabilities can build relationships and job skills!

Read about Selah's Snack Cart in West Newsmagazine (https://www.westnewsmagazine.com/lifestyles/mom-on-a-mission-building-community-one-snack-at-a-time/article_8b73aad9-bf64-4c5c-81a5-938aa2998ccb.html) and the Eureka Leader Publications (https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/selah-snack-cart-nonprofit-launches/article_1ff92459-fe05-4ae9-8087-c4c57d9e3ed0.html)!

Concrete work at the main entrance of Rockwood Summit High is one of our major Prop 3-funded facilities projects this summer.

For more information about priority projects, visit prop3.rsdmo.org.

Magdalena Conaway, a rising Rockwood South Middle eighth-grader, was chosen as one of four finalists out of hundreds of submissions in this year's Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Middle School Sound Off contest!

A celebration of student voice, the contest invites students to "sound off" by creating submissions that share their experience as a middle schooler. Maggie's poem, "Making Meaning of Middle School," wil be showcased at the national AMLE Conference in November. Congratulations, Maggie!

Learn more: https://www.amle.org/2026-student-sound-off/

The Rockwood Transportation Department earned a first-time pass rate of 99.2 percent on this year’s annual Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) bus inspection process. Out of the 129 active Rockwood buses, only one was not a first-time pass. Rockwood will maintain its Fleet Excellence award from the MSHP, earned by having more than 90 percent of a fleet's vehicles pass first-time inspections.

Thank you to the Rockwood Transportation maintenance staff members for keeping our buses in top shape!

Learn more: https://www.rsdmo.org/news/article/~board/rsd/post/rockwood-transportation-earns-992-in-annual-bus-safety-inspections

Woerther Elementary Summer Academy students participated in writing activities and enjoyed a readaloud and snack time!