Rock County Public Schools

Students, please enter through the weight room door for prom tonight. Arrive early enough to have your temperature checked before pictures.

RCHS Foundation Scholarship Reminder Rock County High School graduates are reminded to request your scholarship funds for the 2020-2021 school year. 2020 graduates need to submit enrollment verification of at least 12 hours. Graduates of 2017, 2018 and 2019 are required to submit enrollment verification along with a transcript showing cumulative GPA of at least 2.5%. Information can be emailed to Jan Foster at [email protected], mailed to Jan at PO Box 581 Bassett, NE 68714 or given to Brandi Hollenbeck at Rock County High School.

Reminder - Fall sports conditioning starts on Monday, August 3. All paperwork MUST be turned into the office before your child can participate. Items required for all athletes: NSAA, Waivers and Acknowledgments, Health Authorizations, and Rangeland Rehab (All must be completed on PowerSchool). Physicals are also REQUIRED for all new students, and 7th and 9th grade students, however strongly recommend ALL athletes get one!

Cross Country Parent's Meeting will be held at the same time as the student meeting: Monday - August 3rd - 8:00 am- Bassett - 9:30 am- Springview

High School Volleyball Parent's Meeting Coach Sybrant will be having a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, August 5th at 6:00PM Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99035147085?pwd=S2F0ajN3VU5Rb2o3azVVOVdLTFhyZz09 If you are unable to attend please contact her and she can get you the information that she presented after the meeting.

There will be a Football Parent's Information Night tomorrow night, July 31st, from 6:00PM-7:00PM at Keya Paha County High School. Parents it is important for you to attend.

Dear Parents, A new school year is upon us, and there are many changes that all of us are working through as we prepare for the start of school on August 13th. With that being said, we would like to invite you and your students in for an open house on the evening of August 11th. Teachers in grades K-12 will be available to meet with students to introduce themselves and allow the students to get acquainted with their new classroom/s for the school year. The open house will run from 7:00-8:00 PM. and we will open the doors at 6:45 PM as we will be giving temp checks (must be under 100.4). Masks are recommended, but not required, and social distancing will be encouraged. We will have a few informational sessions for students and parents. Those sessions will take place as follows: Seventh Grade Orientation at 7:00 PM at the High School. Covid Informational Session from 7:00-7:15 PM in the High School Gym. Kindergarten Parents Meeting at 7:10 PM (again at 7:40 if necessary). Covid Informational Session from 7:30-7:45 PM in the Elementary Gym. 7th Grade Parents device informational session 7:30 PM in High School Library If you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to seeing and meeting many of you! Sincerely, Craig Lorenz Principal

Food boxes are gone!

There are food boxes left! All Rock County residents are welcome to come pick up a food box if you would like!

Farmers to Families was delivered again today. We will be distributing food boxes to FREE AND REDUCED families first, and if there are any leftover after that, we will send another message out and distribute to any other Rock County families who would like them. Please come to the doors on the south side of the high school and come into the kitchen. Free and Reduced will be distributed from 11:30-12:30 TODAY, and we will distribute remaining boxes right after that.

The surplus library books from Pony Lake School will be available to look through and take at no charge on Tuesday, August 4th and Wednesday, August 5th from 8:00-4:00. There will be a multi purpose room door marked "Books" and left unlocked for you to come in and look through them.

Prom Information: Freshmen and sophomores you must have you and your date signed up Wednesday at NOON! Servers please be here by 6:00 so you can eat before we start serving. Banquet begins at 6:30 (you will have to have your temperature checked before you enter the building). Picture Schedule: Seniors 7:15 Juniors 7:30 Freshmen 7:45 Sophomores 8:00 Juniors and seniors line up for Grand March at 8:00. Grand March 8:15 Crowning 8:30 Dance immediately following crowning.

The school's plan for reopening this fall is now available for viewing on the school website banner titled Fall Reopening Plan - www.rockcountyschools.org

RCPS Parents - The first day of school on August 13th is quickly approaching! Please check your email as we sent out Back to School emails to everyone. Enrollment will be done a little differently this year with all of it being online. All enrollment paperwork is available on PowerSchool, and we are asking you to complete all forms there. If you need assistance with your login and password, please contact the office at 402-684-3411, email Brandi ([email protected]) or Ashley ([email protected]), or stop in the office. We also have laptops available at the high school for you to stop up and use if needed. Office hours are 7:00-4:00 Monday-Friday. Powerschool can be accessed through the school website: www.rockcountyschools.org. You MUST use a web browser to complete the forms, NOT your PowerSchool app. Click on the "Forms" link on the left side after logging in.

Food boxes are gone!

There are some food boxes left! They are available to everyone first come first serve until they are gone!

Farmers to Families was delivered again today. We will be distributing food boxes to FREE AND REDUCED families first, and if there are any leftover after that, we will send another message out and distribute to anyone else who would like them. Please come to the doors on the south side of the high school and come into the kitchen. Free and Reduced will be distributed from 11:30-12:30 TODAY, and we will distribute remaining boxes right after that.

Parents - with school quickly approaching, we have had several of you reach out to us asking about Back to School paperwork. We are working diligently in the office to get this out to you as soon as possible, as it will be done different this year. Please keep an eye on your email and the school app as we will be sending an email to all parents by the end of the week (likely not until Friday) with back to school information! We are excited to be back in the buildings, but want to make sure we have everything updated before pushing it out to everyone!

From the Whistle Stop: Yay! It's Prom Time! If you are planning on ordering your flowers from The Whistle Stop, I ask you to do 3 things to refresh my memory. 1. Message me on facebook a photo of your dress and state the color. Sometimes it's hard to tell the color on the computer. 2. Tell me the name of your date on what color they are wearing. 3. If you have a bracelet you want to use, bring it in a ziplock marked with your name. If you previously brought your bracelet, I still have it! If you have any questions, please feel free to call 402-684-3327! Thank you!

Fall Sports Conditioning and Practice (Times are subject to change) Cross Country Meeting – August 3 – 8:00 am at Bassett – 9:30 am at Springview August 10-14-4:00-6:00 p.m. Practice at Bassett Football Conditioning & Practice August 3 – 7:00-8:00 am – at Bassett August 4 – 7:00-8:00 am – at Bassett August 5 – 7:00-8:00 am – at Springview August 6 – 7:00-8:00 am – at Springview August 10th & 11th – 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Springview August 12th – 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Springview August 13th & 14th – 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Springview Volleyball August 3-7 – 7:00-8:00 am at Bassett August 10th & 11th – 4:00-6:30 p.m. at Springview August 12th – 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Springview August 13th & 14th – 4:00-6:30 p.m. at Springview Junior High August 17th – JH Football, JH Volleyball, and JH & HS Cross Country Practice at Springview. Any athlete grades 7-12 who wish to participate in athletics must have the following forms turned into the High School office by August 3rd. Athletes cannot participate until these forms are turned in. *Physical Form *Medical Consent Form *NSAA Form *Concussion Form *Rangeland Rehab Consent to Treat Form