Author: Sue OGrady

Honors Experimental Research in STEM is a senior-level course offered at our high schools for stu­dents who want to do an authen­tic, student-directed, research project in sub­ject areas cov­ered by the STEM areas – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. During the year, with the help of the teacher as facil­i­ta­tor, … Read more...

Goodnoe stu­dents meet sev­er­al times a year in mixed grade groups named after their school mas­cot, Rocky. This week saw Rocky’s Groups com­ing togeth­er to dis­cuss mind­ful­ness. Students learned the mind­ful tech­nique of PBS (paus­ing, breath­ing, smil­ing ) and also learned the mind­ful ele­ments of a man­dala. All groups enjoyed… Read more...

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have rec­og­nized the vision, inge­nu­ity, and tal­ent of our nation’s youth and pro­vid­ed oppor­tu­ni­ties for cre­ative teens to be cel­e­brat­ed. Through the Scholastic Awards, teens in grades 7–12 from pub­lic, pri­vate, or home schools can apply in 29 cat­e­gories of art and … Read more...

Richboro Elementary School Principal, Dr. Daneyelle Jordan, RES 5th grade teacher, Deb Cicchiello, RES music teacher, Kitty O’Connor, and twenty-one 5th grade stu­dents had cocoa and cook­ies with local senior cit­i­zens at the Northampton Senior Center recent­ly. The inter­gen­er­a­tional activ­i­ty proved to be a tru­ly “sweet” way to wel­come in … Read more...

For the 13th year in a row, Council Rock School District cel­e­brat­ed the lega­cy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birth­day with an expan­sive CR CARES ini­tia­tive. This year’s MLK Day cel­e­bra­tion began at 9:30 AM in the Council Rock High School South Auditorium, where select stu­dents read … Read more...

Churchville stu­dents and staff from kinder­garten to third grade had a blast with Todd Parr on Friday, October 26th. Todd Parr is the author and illus­tra­tor of more than 40 books for chil­dren, includ­ing the New York Times best­selling The I Love You Book, The Earth Book, and The Thankful Book. He is the … Read more...

Chicks have hatched through­out the month of June in Council Rock’s Churchville Elementary School as part of the 4th Grade Embryology Project made pos­si­ble by CREF with sup­port from Customers Bank. A spe­cial thank you to Customers Bank for mak­ing it pos­si­ble for all of our 4th-grade stu­dents and class­rooms … Read more...

Holland Elementary stu­dents, staff, and fam­i­lies cel­e­brat­ed diver­si­ty on Thursday, May 31 with an expan­sive project that saw stu­dents research­ing their her­itage and then pre­sent­ing what they learned to their school com­mu­ni­ty. Not only did the project rein­force impor­tant research skills, but it also proved to be an expan­sive cel­e­bra­tion … Read more...

The Peace Center recent­ly rec­og­nized the teacher-led Diversity Teams from both Council Rock North and Council Rock South High Schools at their recent gala on October 14. The Teams received cer­tifi­cates for their out­stand­ing work, train­ing their col­leagues to have a deep­er under­stand­ing of the com­plex­i­ties of prej­u­dice, bias, and racism.

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Jonathan Klass, Senior Vice President of Customers Bank present a dona­tion of $15,000 to the Council Rock Education Foundation (CREF) in sup­port of K — 12 district-wide S.T.E.A.M. ini­tia­tives not cov­ered by the annu­al school bud­get. This dona­tion will fund inno­v­a­tive projects that help Council Rock stu­dents strength­en … Read more...

Members of the Harlem Wizards Basketball Team were in CR schools on Friday, November 9 to talk to stu­dents about the impor­tance of work­ing as a team. With mes­sages of uni­ty and col­lab­o­ra­tion woven into their assem­bly pro­grams, they urged stu­dents not to par­take in bul­ly­ing of any kind and … Read more...

Seven stu­dents from Council Rock High School South will get the unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to com­pete at the Zero Robotics inter­na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) next week. South’s “Rock Rovers” Zero Robotics Team must com­plete a chal­lenge with SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient … Read more...

For the third con­sec­u­tive year, Goodnoe Elementary School stu­dents placed nation­al­ly in the First in Math online com­pe­ti­tion. First in Math is an online learn­ing pro­gram that sees cities, schools, class­es, and stu­dents engag­ing in friend­ly com­pe­ti­tion while strength­en­ing their math skills. Competing from school or from home, stu­dents accu­mu­late … Read more...