Today NY Ag Commissioner Ball came to Stokes Elementary School to present 4th grade student Chase Willson with an award and gift. Back in the fall, Chase won the "Still Growing Poetry Contest" for NY Ag in the Classroom. Today Chase had the opportunity to read his poem to his peers. Afterwards, Commissioner Ball spent time talking with the students. We are so proud of Chase for his amazing accomplishments!
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If the Gators earn another $1500 Gator Bucks, Mrs Pouliot will dye her hair pink!
Flag Day 2023 at Bellamy ❤️🤍💙 Thank you to US Air Force Honor Guard. Congrats to Mrs. Lattimore, Mrs. Gilmore, and Mrs. Costello on their retirements. Thank you staff and students for your respect to our flag and namesake, Francis Bellamy, author of the Pledge of Allegiance.
🎉We have a D1 NYS Champion in the pentathlon 🎉
Congratulations Imani Pugh!!!
Imani had personal season records in 4 out of 5 of her events. She crushed our RFA school records in the 100 hurdles and the pentathlon.
She worked so hard to get to this point. I am so proud of her. Now onto Nationals and senior year!
Stokes students enjoying lunch outdoors with several flexible seating options! 💙🦅🤍
Stokes Eagles 4th Graders take flight at Pixley Falls to release trout!Learning by discovery: fish, fresh air, and fun. Thank you to community member Gary Bartell for carrying on this special tradition.
RCSD School District Budget:
Below are the results of the Rome budget vote and annual election:
Budget Vote:
Yes - 556
No - 374
Board of Education (4 seats):
Jeff DeMatteis - 724
Suzanne Carvelli - 680
Paula Witt - 455
Kirstin Safin- 439
Valerie Cucura - 426
Kindergarten students at Stokes Elementary have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. Below are some pictures from Mrs. Keating's classroom showing how students cared for caterpillars, watched them spin cocoons, and enjoyed the transformation emerging into butterflies. Prior to the release, students predicted where the butterflies would fly to. During the release, each student got to hold a butterfly before it travelled away.
Stokes community wears orange to Stokes support student alumni in the fight against Leukemia. Sending strength and love to Camryn and family!
#AlwaysSoaringTogether
Utica author, Jermiko Thomas, visited 5th grade classrooms at Stokes Elementary School. Mr. Thomas read one of his books, "The Bully-Free Brigade," and encouraged students to always prioritize education. Students and teachers enjoyed a Q&A session where they got to ask Mr. Thomas about his childhood, what made him want to pursue writing, the writing process and what it takes to publish a book. We truly appreciate our community and how they inspire our students!
The RCSD is recognizing seniors from the RFA Class of 2023! Seniors, please email your future goals (workforce, college, military) and some activities (clubs, sports) you participate in. Please email this information to: jpekarski@romecsd.org.
Shannen Calandra propels RFA girls lacrosse to victory over undefeated Whitesboro. Rome and Whitesboro played on 5/1 as they both came in as undefeated in the TVL. Rome won 14-5 and Shannen led our offense with 4 goals. Shannen not only led our team in goals against Whitesboro, but she does so much more than what the stats show. Her hard work and constant hustle is second to none. Shannen leads by example on the field and is deadly when she gets the ball in the 8.
Shannen currently has 17 goals, 3 assists and 9 ground balls so far this season.
Congratulations to RFA seniors Kenneth Davis and Colyn Seeley who came in first place in the AFRL STEM challenge competition today at Innovare Advancement Center for they presentation on hyperdimensional computing! Their teacher is Albert Bangs.
Stokes 5th grade students in Mrs. Cardarelli and Mrs. Carpenter's classrooms spent the month of March reading books from a series, "Who was..." to then later write research papers and create google slide presentations to teach others about the historical figure they studied. The students took it a step further and created a live wax museum for students and staff to visit in the morning. Families were invited to school and had fun pressing the red button to witness their young celebrities come to life.
#AlwaysSoaringTogether
Highlights from today's Grade 5 Interactive Wax Museum @ Stokes
https://www.wktv.com/community/students-dress-up-as-famous-figures-for-school-project/video_4896ef8f-be9d-5731-8eb3-0d0977edaba4.html
Mrs. Pedde, PC Specialist, and 6th grade student volunteers assisted Stokes 3rd graders during an after-school robotics club. Students worked collaboratively in teams creating mazes for ozobot racing!
The Rome City School District in partnership with The Rome Teacher Center offers One Trusted Adult - How to Build Strong Connections and Healthy Boundaries with Young People - with Brooklyn Raney - at Bellamy Elementary today!
The live-stream for the Volleyball Sectional Finals will be https://www.youtube.com/@nbcwatertown2218/streams Game starts at 2 pm. Bring home the Banner RFA!
Congratulations to RFA junior Will D’Agata! He qualified for States for diving! He will be competing in Ithaca on March 3rd. Good Luck Will and way to represent RFA
