Here is even more to celebrate! Things are different and we are all working through new challenges. There really is no better way to teach problem-solving and resiliency than to model it like our fine arts department did. Enjoy this awesome collaborative work between the middle school choir and high school band! RP fight song.
https://youtu.be/bnNM4FToT9E
There are so many things to celebrate! Congratulations to our racket slip winners for the week. Great job demonstrating respect, pride, and integrity.... The Rocket Way!
A great week of spirit finished strong today with a lot of green and white. Other than the green and white (our favorite color), the best part was seeing the creativity of the students to turn many household items and paint into spirit wear. Today was a competition between the seventh and eighth grade and with a score of 154-149, the seventh grade comes out with a win! We will have ongoing opportunities for competition between grades throughout the year. Gooooo Rockets!
Throwback Thursday filled The hallways and classrooms with tie-dye, scrunchies, tight rolled jeans, varsity coats from the 90s, the “grunge” look, poodle skirts, and tons of spirit! We can’t wait to see all of the green and white tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first of a year long competition between the seventh and eighth grade.
The trees are beautiful, but the sound of conversations about math is amazing. The goal of math instruction is to build critical thinkers, communicators, and mathematicians that understand concepts rather than memorizing. Students participate in an activity called InfoGap which allows them to practice those skills.
Rocket Virtual Families,
Please join the Q & A session this evening from 5pm-6pm using your computer, tablet or smartphone. You can access the meeting by clicking the link below.
https://edmentum.zoom.us/j/94862601627
Aloha! We didn’t go to the beach, but it sure looked like the beach came to us today. Middle school students showed their spirit through their luau worthy gear today.
RPMS is thankful for the City Of Muskegon for their loan to help create some additional options for outdoor learning. It is a beautiful day to bring learning outside.
Check out a few of our “twins”.
Pairs were everywhere! Go Rockets!
Students showed homecoming spirit today with jersey day. Go Rockets
In ELA, students work to find text evidence to support the theme. It was a great week at RPMS.
A great way to start a great day!
Spirit Week for Homecoming next week. Go ROCKETS!
Each morning, two students lead announcements starting with the pledge of allegiance. We rotate the announcers each month. Parents and students can now stay informed and view the daily announcements by clicking on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qJRhGLynrJrpIKANVujxR6nXkjTF2sjQtUf225g7PxQ/edit?usp=sharing
In Robotics and CS Discoveries (formerly known as Coding), students are given many opportunities to practice the messy cycle of problem-solving by preparing, trying, reflecting, defining, and bouncing around each phase until solutions are found. Problem solving in action is such an exciting thing to watch.
According to a seventh grade student today, “ I think I know everything I can possibly know about energy now. I never even thought about how complicated it is.” In part 2 of the science lab, the mass changes and students explore potential energy versus kinetic energy.
We missed the sunshine today, but got a lot of outdoor learning time last week under the sun.
It was a gorgeous day to use watermelon, eggs, and pendulums to help our students understand kinetic energy. Our students continue to grow as thinkers, communicators, and problem solvers through the content.
We caught some photos of a few of our STUDENT athletes learning today( that happen to be in uniform). While crowds are limited, school spirit is still high and football, cheer, cross country, and volleyball are all excited to compete tonight. Remember, we also have a middle school athletic Facebook page (RPMS Athletics). Go ROCKETS!
Students collaborate around how to make the light work with the parts given. The group must come to a consensus and use a diagram to represent their thinking. The learning of how to work as a team and communicate is just as important as the science.
