
Students will not report to school on Wednesday, March 12. Staff will be participating in a curriculum adjustment day. We will see students back on Thursday, March 13.


Dog trainer Alex and his famous dog, Pappy the Poodle, visited Folwell earlier this month. They demonstrated some of their amazing world record tricks, talked about setting big goals, and doing hard work.









Our 5th graders got to try out their music skills with instruments last week. We are making plans for middle school music!







Our new Wit & Wisdom reading curriculum is introducing writing skills to even our youngest learners! Here are some proud K-1 writers!






Above & Beyond award winners from our February all-school assembly. Gooooo Falcons!


Wings award classes for showing leadership at our specials classes. Way to.go, Falcons!




During February our Folwell Falcons earned 1575 Kindness tickets! Here are the students we honored at our Weekly Google Meets for showing kindness to others.




Students will not report to school on Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents Day. Staff will participate in a districtwide professional development day. Students will return to school on Tuesday, February 18.


Students will not report to school on Monday, February 17 in observance of Presidents Day. Staff will participate in a districtwide professional development day. Students will return to school on Tuesday, February 18.


Our Folwell Freezin' Falcons
participated in tbe Polar Plunge today, raising money for the special olympics. Way to go, Folwell staff!
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All schools except Longfellow Elementary will be closed on Friday, January 24. Students, enjoy your day off. RPS staff will be participating in a PD/grading day. We'll see you back on Monday, January 27!



RPS will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, due to forecasted extreme cold weather conditions.
➡️ School Age Child Care (SACC) will be open 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Northrop Education Center (201 8th St. NW).
➡️ All PAIIR, Preschool Age Child Care (PACC), Preschool, and Community Education daytime and evening classes, for early childhood, youth, adults, and adults with exceptional abilities are canceled.
➡️ Hawthorne Education Center is closed.
➡️ All community building reservations are canceled.
➡️ All Professional Growth Academy classes are canceled.
➡️ No supper meals will be provided.
➡️ After-school activities will continue as normal for high schools. No after-school buses will be running from the middle schools to high schools today. Middle school students, please plan accordingly.


There will be no school on Monday, January 20, and RPS offices will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, January 21.


Mrs. Huddleston's 2nd graders wrote New Year's resolutions this week.



These awesome Falcons were honored this week as Falcon Flyer drawing winners at our Friday morning Google Meets. They also led the Pledge of Allegiance. Congrats as well to Mrs. Kohlmeyer's 1st graders who earned their Wings at specials.





Welcome back, students! We hope you had a restful break. We're excited to see all the growth and learning that will happen in the remainder of the school year!


RPS offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, in observance of New Year's Day. We will resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2.


We had another great week of kids SOARing at Folwell. Here are this week's Falcon Flyer drawing winners. Also way to go Mrs. Mueller's 2nd graders for earning the Wings award this week too. Goooo Falcons!



We enjoyed singing winter songs together this morning at our Winter Sing!







