Enjoy some pictures from our showcase of students demonstrating some of the grants or people coming to learn about them:
Every student, grades pre-K-5, receives a copy of the novel Trumpet of the Swan by E.B White to take home. Every night parents are encouraged to listen to their children read the assigned number of pages or read to them. Follow-up at school throughout the month generates enthusiasm for reading, and a family night featuring art, discussion, and prizes is the culmination of this community-wide reading program.
This grant and program was reported on WSLS – check out the video to see the coverage!
In partnership with Rockbridge County Schools Central Office, Central School and its PTA, Dominion Power, and Washington and Lee University, funds have been provided to continue the sequential, hands-on environmental-based learning at Boxerwood for grades three-five.
Success Showcase Invitation
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Celebrating
“Making the Magic Happen”
Members of the Board
Cordially invite you to attend a
Success Showcase
Highlighting the outstanding progress of the
Rockbridge County Public Schools
as assisted by the Rockbridge County
Public Schools Foundation
November 10, 2011
Rockbridge County High School
4:30 to 6:30
Join us in the excitement of sharing the
educational opportunities made possible
by the foundation .
Visit demonstrations of some of the many
positive innovations available to students
throughout the system in the arts, math &
science, foreign language, and social studies.
Music will be provided by the
RCHS Jazz Band.
Refreshments will be served.
Education is an investment,
not an expense.
Phyllis Parker, a Social Studies teacher at Rockbridge County High School, will speak about her experiences teaching democracy in Iraq on Sept 29th at 7:30 in the RCHS auditorium. This event is sponsored by the International Relations Club at Rockbridge County High School.
Seventh grade students willl research, design, and construct four hydroponics units, two for MRMS (first semester) and two for RMS (second semester). These units will include the hydroponics containers, a plant support system, and a lighting system. Additionally, students will explore hydroponics research conducted by NASA, including the effects of microgravity (gravitropism) to determine the benefits and/or limitations of growing plants hydroponically.
This study will continue throughout the year in all 7th grade science classes where the units will be placed. Students will cover SOL’s related to scientific investigation as they design experiments to study the effects of waste water from a trout aquarium upon the growth of plants. This experiment will be a bridge to another class project in which students raise native brook trout from the egg to Parr stage. If all goes well, the goal is for student to be able to harvest and eat the plants grown hydroponically.
