RES Weekly Buzz
- November 11th: No School-Veterans Day
- November 14th: 6 - 7:00pm; Building Healthy Screen Habits & Social Media Awareness, held in the High School Auditorium)
- November 16th: PTO Holiday Fair, 9:30-2- See PTO section for more information
- November 27th: 1/2 day of school for staff & students
- Pre-K dismissal-11:30 am
- K-5 dismissal-12 pm
- November 28th-29th: No school-Thanksgiving break
The children at Rockport Elementary School will be participating in a special project for our PTO Holiday Fair to be held on Saturday, November 16th. This is a long-standing and popular tradition! Each year the children are asked to spend some time with their families filling and decorating “surprise jars” to donate to the fair. The children take great pride in their creations and it teaches them a valuable lesson about giving.
We are asking children to bring in 2 containers filled with a “surprise”.
Follow this link for helpful hints.
Please bring the jars to school anytime between November 4th- November 15th.
The Rockport HS DECA chapter is planning Career Day for 11/19/25 from 8-10:30 AM
We are looking for some more presenters and could use any/all career types/Retirees welcome
If interested, please fill out this Google form
Contact Scott Larsen, DECA advisor with questions --slarsen@rpk12.org
24/25 Juggling Club for grades 2-5: Sign up here
24/25 Juggling Club
Thursdays, 8-8:45am
Any questions email Ms. Canniff, ecanniff@rpk12.org
The Fall session has ended with the exception of one last Tuesday afternoon Legos on 11/12
Winter session #1-Begins week of November 18th
Students should be arriving no earlier than 7:55am for an 8am morning class.
24/25 Music Department Calendar
If you have any questions, please reach out to the following faculty:
Orchestra-Mr. Cohen ncohen@rpk12.org
Band- Ms. Weaver dweaver@rpk12.org or Ms. Shaw-Reese kshaw@rpk12.org
Chorus-Ms. Shaw-Reese kshaw@rpk12.org
“Saving Makes Cents” program with the Cape Ann Savings Bank is back!
Thursday, 8:30-8:45 for Grades 3-5
RES Foyer
New participants need to complete the attached form and send in with your child on that day or any Thursday after with $5.00 or more to start. A bank representative will be in the main foyer as the children enter the school for the day and will set up accounts as they come in. Parents do not need to accompany children. (Current participants can just bring in their book and bag and continue on).
Grace Brennan – CAPE ANN SAVINGS BANK
Member FDIC | Member DIF | Equal Housing Lender
Please use this link to sign your child up to ride the school bus for school year 2024-2025. Routes will be posted on the website and sent to families this week. There have been some changes made to the routes from last year.
Thank you to everyone who has joined as members! We are always welcoming new members via our membership form and looking for new board members as well. Please email ptorockport@gmail.com with any questions.
Upcoming Events:
- November 16th-Holiday Fair Sign Up: Parent volunteers needed- email ptorockport@gmail.com with questions
Please click on the link to review RES Illness and COVID-19 Protocols for this school year.
Does your family or someone you know in our local community need food assistance this holiday season? The Cape Ann Food Pantry, located at 28 Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, will again be handing out both turkey and vegan baskets (including various vegetables, stuffing, cranberries, gravy, and cornbread) this year to any families that need food assistance during Thanksgiving and December holidays. Please click on the following link to sign up: https://foodpantry.org/get-help/programs-services/holiday-basket-signup/
The District is in need of Substitute nurses. Apply here
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service has reopened COVIDtests.gov as of today, so that households across the country can order four additional over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for free. These tests are intended for use throughout the 2024 holiday season to detect currently circulating COVID-19 variants. Clear instructions are included on how to verify extended expiration dates
If you have any questions, please call the RES health office at 978-546-1223.
- Any elementary, middle, or high school positions that are open in Rockport Public Schools are posted here.
- Click here or scan our QR code to see all available positions.
Click the links below to access the various resources:
- RES 24/25 Staff
- RPS Community Flyers
- Rockport Public Library-Visit the Rockport Public Library for some great offerings for both children and adults.
- Nurturing Families Class at Pathways-This is a family program and includes child participation in age appropriate groups and a shared family meal. For further information and to register please reach out to Jeannine Helen at jhelen@pw4c.org. or call 978 296-8088.
- Cape Ann Youth Chorus
- Rockport Music- Visit the Rockport Music website for upcoming show information and discounted options for students of RPS.
- K-8 Rockport Youth Basketball
Registration is now open for Rockport Youth Basketball!! Sessions will run on Saturdays for 10 weeks at the Rockport High School for boys and girls grades K-5 starting on December 7th. You can register here. Any questions please email me at pwhitley78@gmail.com
- Cape Ann Youth Hockey-Developmental Skating & Hockey Programs
- Cape Ann Museum
- Gloucester Youth Football and Cheerleading
