Author: Sue OGrady

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Council Rock North ninth grade stu­dents were offered the oppor­tu­ni­ty to “Sign the Pledge” through the Anti-Defamation League’s No Place for Hate cam­paign on their first day of school. Their sig­na­tures will be dis­played through­out the year next to the NP4H8 mur­al in CR North’s cafe­te­ria. Student lead­ers of the … 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...

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 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...

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...

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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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...

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...

On Saturday, October 27th the Council Rock High School South Marching Band won first place at the 2018 US Bands Group IV‑A Pennsylvania State Championships. With a score of 89.875 Council Rock High School South won all cap­tions includ­ing Music, Visual, Colorguard, Percussion, and Overall Effect. This is Council … Read more...