Happy Birthday to:
Hailey Cooper
Zay’vion Robinson
La’Sciencia Bushard Hernandez
Kira DeMol
Olivia O’Neil
The Rocket Way on display!
FOOTBALL NEWS The 7th grade football team fell short against a tough Hudsonville Eagles squad last night 20-14. Easton Roberts scored on a long touchdown pass from JC Tornes to start the scoring. Connor McManus added another touchdown reception later in the 4th quarter.
The 8th grade football team traveled to Hudsonville last night and came up short 34-12. Scoring first for the Rockets was Cal Millis with a touchdown run and Marvin Moore had a touchdown reception from Cohen Beck. Recovering a fumble was Waylon Kevern and Tristan Anderson. The team will close out the season next Wednesday at Rocket Stadium vs Jenison. Come out to support the football team.
CROSS COUNTRY TEAM The Rocket cross country teams ran at their home course last night and they dominated. Every single girl runner ran their fastest time! Helping the girls take 3rd place as a team were Jersi Bilek(3rd), Gabrielle Chevez (7th), Gracie Calendar (17th), Sophia McCollum (19th) and Hope Latsch (20th) out of 120 runners!
The gentlemen competed hard with PR's coming from Kristian Brown, Dylan Sturr, Kaden Vanderlaan, Landon Fraizer, Murry Kuipers and Jeffery Church. Jack Yonkman led the way for the rockets coming in 24th out of 111 runners!
Students: A reminder that tomorrow is Twin Day. Match styles with someone else in school.
Chess Club: No Chess Club this week.
Mr. Warner's class is focused on acquiring new life skills by trying different recipes and working on multi-step processes. Recently, students had the opportunity to make personal pizzas for lunch and made cake for dessert. Yum!🍕🍕🍕🍰🍰🍰
Congratulations to the 8th grade volleyball team for placing 3rd at their own RP Invitational tournament on Saturday. The team lost a hard fought battle in the semi-final match against Fruitport. Serving leaders for the day were Carlee Bowen with 23 points/22 aces, Jayla Trepanier with 10 points/12 aces, and Abegael Machinski with 9 points/2 aces. Leading passers were Carlee Bowen with 66, Danika Johnson with 42, and Eliana Talamantez with 37. Great job ladies!!
Student engagement was on display as they collaborated at stations to learn about data and statistic models in math.
It's always a great day to recognize some Rockets!
Explore Tech students are working on a "Soap Box Derby" project. The goal for this project is to reduce friction by designing, tweaking, and testing a coaster type car. Additionally, students also have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the VEX parts and building processes through this project.
Today students in theater and choir classes had a blast rehearsing the coriography for a flashmob dance to be performed in this years musical. This year, students will take on the well-known hit High School Musical JR.
Students in biology class are learning about the digestive system. Using only recyclables and garbage, students worked in groups to build a model of the digestive system.
Students in ELA took advantage of the nice weather by participating in book club meetings outside.
Band
This past Saturday they participated in the Rockford Invitational Competition.
They took 1st place in their class while also sweeping all Caption awards for their class winning Best Music Performance, Best Visual Performance, and Best General Effect Performance.
They also posted the 3rd highest score for the entire day out of all of the schools competing.
Congrats Rocket Band!
Volleyball
The 7th and 8th grade volleyball team spent the day competing at Grand Haven on Saturday. Leading servers for the 7th grade team were Grace Tindall, Eliana Farber, Nola Hower, Braylee Trepanier, and Kenzie Jacobs. Leading servers for the 8th grade were Carlee Bowen, Abyy Hill, and Emma Lamphere.
Our Rocket Recognition barrel is filling daily with tons of examples of students demonstrating The Rocket Way. Today students enjoyed snack packs, Rocket gear, and pizza with friends. It's always a great day to celebrate students demonstrating Respect, Pride, and Integrity.
Our first Huddle sessions of the year went off without a hitch! Huddles are designed to provide interactive lessons with information and discussion surrounding relevant topics for RPMS students. Current huddle topics are focused on using social media responsibly, student leadership, and a pledge to Ride With Pride.
The 7th grade earned their 3rd win of the season last night by beating Mona Shores 32-0. Connor Charnes led a strong offensive line allowing big plays by JC Tornes, Bryce Muskovin, Tre Foster, and Connor McManus.
Cross Country runners were back in action last night, the ladies took 3rd overall with some impressive finishes. Jersi Bilek, Gabrielle Chavez, Gracie Callendar, Darcy Keefe, Sophia McCollum, Hope Latsch, Mallorie Messer, Molly Matz, Kaitlyn Durow, Keeley Cole, Chelsea Deblock, Joslynn Wynsma, Ha'nna Alviar, Ava Turnage, and Julia Darling all set new personal records! The gentlemen took 4th place overall with new personal records for Jack Yonkman, Beckett Mathes, Kristian Brown, Dylan Sturr and Landon Fraizer. Way to go cross country!
A huge Congratulations and shout out goes to our Marching Band for representing Reeths-Puffer as well as the ENTIRE STATE of Michigan in Dayton, Ohio this past Saturday.
They competed against 18 groups from across 4 different states. These groups included bands that are consistent Grand National Semi-Finalists and a former National Champion.
They earned a 12th place finish at the Regional and an invitation to perform in The Finalist competition later that evening.
There are three 8th grade students in the marching band Eliana Talamantez, Kate Bullion, Parker Vanderwall, and Jackson Baldus.
This is a huge accomplishment. Congrats Band students. We are so proud of you.