📢 Board of Education Meeting Highlights! December 20, 2023🗓️
Get ready for an insightful and impactful Regular Board of Education Meeting on December 20, 2023, at the Bruce Hays Administration Building, 4 Rocket Drive, Rochester, IL. Here's a sneak peek at some of the agenda highlights:
🚀 Action-Packed Session:
Approval of new hires, volunteers, and more.
Engage with us during the Recognition of Visitors.
💰 Financial Focus:
Investment Report and key financial updates.
🏫 Administrator Reports:
Principals' school report card overview.
Superintendent's Report: Celebrating achievements and upcoming initiatives.
🔍 Old Business:
Committee Reports
💵 Financial Matters:
Approval of Tax Levy 2023 and Tax Abatement
🔄 New Business:
Curriculum and Instruction Council Recommendations.
First Reading of Board Policy Updates.
Introduction of Employee Assistance Program.
The full agenda and packet may be viewed on the District website. Stay tuned for a night of updates and community engagement. 🤝 https://tinyurl.com/bdhf6eds
*Late change-Bus 15 will be doubled tonight. The students will be picked up starting at 4:15 from the schools to head home.
Transportation update for December 18th.
https://5il.co/2b2qr
🚀 Rocket Pride Alert! 🚀 Today, the Rochester Village President officially declared Friday, December 15, 2023, as Rochester High School Football Day! 🏈🎉 We're beyond honored by this recognition – an incredible testament to the dedication and hard work of our outstanding football team. 🙌 Let's celebrate this special day together with a roar of Rocket spirit! 🚀🔥It's a great day to be a rocket!
Intermediate School Shout out! We want to congratulate our 6th grade Swing Choir and their amazing "Medieval Times" production! " It was truly great fun, with many magical moments! Your hard work certainly paid off!" ~Mr. McCafferty, Mrs Ramsey and the Medieval Production team. It's a great day to be a rocket!!
Transportation update for 12/15/23. Have a great weekend!
https://5il.co/2az7k
Transportation update for December 14th.
https://5il.co/2awi9
Transportation update December 13, 2023.
https://5il.co/2auo4
FALSE ALARM: Today, maintenance crews accidentally set off the fire alarm at the High School and Junior High. Students were safely evacuated as a precaution but were in no danger. However, you may wonder what staff do to ensure your student's safety.
The first thing we do is make sure every student is safely evacuated. Each teacher has one of these clear backpacks that contain emergency items, including a class roster, so teachers can ensure that every student is accounted for. If a student is missing, administration are notified who then sweep the area where the student may be in the building. Meanwhile, all staff check their classes to see if the student accidentally became part of their group during evacuation.
The backpack also holds emergency items like work gloves, emergency blankets, a whistle, toilet paper, and an umbrella. This prepares staff for any condition they may face when forced to leave the building.
For this accidental trigger, Rochester Fire and Police responded and cleared the building per protocol before turning off the alarm. Once that happens, they notify staff that all is clear and that students are allowed back in the building.
We take the safety of our students and staff extremely seriously. While today's incident was a false alarm, we treat every incident like the real thing. Students and staff were out of the buildings today in record time, and each student was accounted for thanks to these wonderful emergency kits.
A shout-out to our staff who are being innovative in ways to keep your students and our teachers safe! It's a great day to be a Rocket!
Transportation update for 12/12/23.
https://5il.co/2aqli
Transportation update for December 11th.
https://5il.co/2aohi
Once a Rocket, always a Rocket! Congrats to our former girls' basketball coach, J.R. Boudouris! Boudouris was inducted into the 2024 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Coach Boudouris went 463-168 over 20 seasons, which included stops at Carrollton and Pana before Rochester. He never had a losing record, won 13 regionals, four sectionals, a trip to the 2004 Class A state quarterfinals, and two Class 3A runner-up finishes in 2015 and 2017.
We couldn't be prouder! Go Rockets!"
A win for the football team is a win for the entire district. Today, Rochester JHS staff got the chance to check out the newest trophy being added to the case after our State Football 4A championship win!
Transportation update for December 8th. Have a great weekend!
https://5il.co/2amgv
Congrats! We are excited to announce that Rochester CUSD 3A superintendent Dan Cox is now a member of the Educational League of Illinois (ELI). The 142-year-old group promotes learning, shares expertise, and advances educational interests in Illinois. Go Rockets!!
Nothing says holiday spirit like an ugly sweater! Staff donned their most beautiful ugly sweater and didn't fail to impress. We love the comradery this builds and how it helps break down barriers and encourage uplifting conversations with our students. Go Rockets!
Transportation update for December 7th.
https://5il.co/2aj1f
Transportation updates for December 6th.
https://5il.co/2afx6
Student shout out! RJHS's 8th grader Carson Conrad was spotted performing in the Springfield Youth Performance Group's "The Nutcracker." A big shout out to Carson on a job well done! We love seeing our students involved in the community. GO ROCKETS!!
Transportation update for December 5th.
https://5il.co/2abng
Late Transportation Change
Daycare students
Silverleaf-run by bus 6 (Becky) P/U @ 3:00 Elementary Sidewalk by EC-1
Beginning Steps-run by bus 14 (Tracy) P/U @ 3:00 Elementary Sidewalk by EC-1
RIS students that go to:
Silverleaf or Beginning Steps will get on Bus 27 and will drop them off prior to going to the Transfer lot
Bus 27 will leave the RIS lot as soon as possible.
Bus 11's non-daycare students from all buildings will get on Bus 14 at the transfer lot.