What an incredible 2024-2025 school year! As we close the books on another year, we want to thank our amazing students, staff, and families for making it so special. Your hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm made this year truly memorable.
We've loved every moment of learning, growing, and achieving together. While we're sad to see it end, we're already looking forward to continuing the adventure with all of you next school year!
We forgot to mention a big accomplishment from this school year: the passing of the 2024 Ignite Student Learning Referendum! Watch this brief video from Superintendent Pekel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQK9P5NxpZU
Our 3rd graders have been experiencing deeper learning through the biomes projects. They researched a biome, learned about animals and habitats in that biome, and then created their own animal that would live there. Today they viewed each other's projects and gave feedback to each other. Great researching and writing-you should be so proud! Pictured is Mrs. Howes's class.
Today our 5th grade families joined us to we celebrated our 5th graders at our Folwell 5th Grade Recognition. We have one more day with you at Folwell and then you will spread your wings and SOAR. "Once a Falcon, always a Falcon!"
As the 2024–2025 school year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on some of the highlights from the past ten months. This list doesn’t capture everything great that happened in our schools, but I hope it gives you a sense of the extraordinary work we’ve done together. Everyone connected to Rochester Public Schools (RPS) should feel proud of what we’ve accomplished—and even more excited about what lies ahead. Read Superintendent Pekel's End Of Year Review: https://bit.ly/end-of-year-review-2025
We reached our goal of earning 600 finishing strong tickets in the last three weeks! Here are students we honored for being leaders at Folwell! Mrs. Pearsons's and Mrs. Lewis's students earned the Wings awards and Mrs. Leisinger's students were the first class to returm ALL their library books. Nice work, Falcons!
Our Folwell first graders experienced deeper learning through their animal research projects. They became an expert on their animal, wrote about their animal's facts, and created their animal out of clay. They shared their learnjng with families last Friday. Your parents and teachers were so proud of your work. Way to go, 1st graders and teachers!
Our Kindergartners performed some songs and shared their memory boxes with families last week. You've grown so much this year and have had a great year in K!
Get Ready, because free summer meals are back! Starting June 9, summer meals will be offered at Elton Hills, Gage, Franklin, Longfellow, Overland, Riverside, Washington, Willow Creek, and John Marshall High School.
Breakfast and lunch served daily. All meals for children 18 years of age or younger are FREE. Adult meals can also be purchased for $3.10 for breakfast and $5.50 for lunch.
See the flyer for a full list, dates, and times, or visit www.rochesterschools.org/summermeals for more information.
🍏 June Menu: https://5il.co/3gpjn
🍏 Flyers: https://www.rochesterschools.org/documents/school-meals-and-menus/summer-meals/805175
Our awesome PTSA created and provided every Folwell student and staff member with our own copy of the Folwell 24-25 yearbook. Students started bringing them home yestrrday while others may be keeping them at school.for a few days. Thank you for making and funding this project for all of us, PTSA! We love it!
There will be no school on Monday, May 26, and RPS offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, May 27.
These awesome Mayo grads walked our Folwell halls today, celebrating their upcoming graduation with us. Congratulations!
Our Folwell Carnival was so much fun! Bounce houses, food trucks, fire truck, dunk tank, face painting, DJ, mini golf, silent auction, and time with friends. Thank you, PTSA!!
Our Folwell 5th graders represented our school well this week at the RPS All City 5th grade Track & Field Meet on Thursday. Gooooo Falcons!
Here are this week's Falcons who were honored for earning their Finishing Strong tickets. Ms. Herman's class earned our Wings Award this week too.
We held our last all-school assembly this week and talked with our Folwell students about Finishing Strong. We honored our Above and Beyond students, sang our school song, and challenged our school to earning 600 finishing strong tickets by May 30th. Gooooo Falcons!
Mrs. Nelson's Ks were construction workers this week, constructing 3D shapes. They worked as teams to design structures based on their group's task card.
Don't forget, School Year SACC Registration opens at 6 a.m. this morning! Get logged in to register: https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/child-care/3/school-age-child-care
We're halfway through Teacher Appreciation Week, and it's been full of joy! We have loved seeing all the celebrations, from a giant chicken outside a building to chalk art, treats, high fives, and hugs! RPS schools are showing huge love for our teachers! Thank you for everything you do for our students! We appreciate you!
Heads up, students! There will be no school on Wednesday, May 7. Staff will be engaged in a Curriculum Adjustment Day. See you back on Thursday, May 8.
