Rochelle ISD

HS volleyball parents: I know Saturday’s scrimmage at TLCA is closed to fans but wanted to let you know the time has been moved up. We will play @10am now and will be leaving Rochelle @ 8am. Thank you - Coach McGann

Mask are required for 4th graders and up. Sorry that was not clarified.

Rochelle ISD has begun to modify our actions and activities in school due to close contact with an individual that has tested positive for COVID-19. At this time, no student or staff member has tested positive, and all changes are exclusively precautionary and under the direction and guidance provided by TEA. A Rochelle student's parent has tested positive for COVID-19 and a teacher was in close contact with an individual that has tested positive (that contact was within two days of the individual showing symptoms). According to TEA, anyone in direct contact with a lab-tested positive individual is to be quarantined for 14 days. That teacher will continue to provide instruction remotely while staff members monitor that teacher’s classes. The safety of all Rochelle students and staff members remains our main concern, so starting Wednesday, August 5th, all faculty and students will be required to wear masks while at school when social distancing is not practiced or able to be practiced. For example, if a child is at their desk, he or she can remove his or her mask; when they get up to sharpen a pencil, go to the restroom, or line up for lunch, they will need to have their mask on. If your child has a mask, he or she can wear it to school. The school has a limited supply of reusable and disposable masks that can be given out. When supplies are gone, students will be responsible for their own masks. For classroom procedures, parents can contact their child's teacher. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dave Lewis at dlewis@rochelleisd.net or call 325-243-5224 or 325-456-1086.

This just in from Mr. Holubec: Rochelle Family, Thank you for bearing with us in this new school year. With the challenges that Covid-19 poses, we continue to make student safety our top priority. As the days progress, we will continually monitor and adjust our procedures, where needed, to make the school days as normal as possible and run as smooth as possible. With this in mind, we are going to tweak the after school pick up process. Starting today, all car riders will be pickup at one location, where the elementary students were picked up yesterday (outside the tennis courts). This should help to alleviate some of the congestion and help the flow of traffic. Please remember to stay in your vehicles during the pickup process. On another note, David Baker asked me to share the morning bus stop schedule. The first bus will leave the bus stop at 7:20 while the second bus will arrive approximately at 7:20. The Second bus will leave the bus stop at 7:30. Again thank you for your patience as we continue to adjust to our new year. Cody Holubec Assistant Principal Rochelle ISD

Amazing day 1!!!! Proud of everyone, make sure we bring our UIL forms back signed and filled out!- Coach Cherry

3rd grade

Please check out the PeeWee Cheerleading page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1886155655021186/ for information on how to join the squad this year.

Here's some awesome info regarding school supplies. Rotary is hosting Pack the Bus next weekend (details are in the attached picture). Also, the McCulloch County Resource Center dropped off applications for school supplies; those applications can be found at the front office.

On Mon, JH will not have early morning practice. Beginning Tues, 8/4, JH will begin early morning practice starting at 7am. Early bus will be at the Brady bus stop at 6:15am and will leave to the school at 6:35am. Questions, please call or text Coach McGann at 806-781-5135.

The JH/HS girls had their final practice of the summer tonight and I can not brag enough about how hard these girls have worked throughout. I am very proud of the girls and you can tell their hard work will pay off. We cannot wait to start our seasons and display their talents!

From Coach Cherry: Today ended an amazing summer, I am proud of our athletes and all the hard work we have put in. We will continue to grow and be a successful program. That being said on Monday, both school and high school football start!! Junior high football will not have before school practice the first week of school. The second week of school, junior high football will start at 7am start everyday. Thanks Coach Cherry

Rochelle ISD staff is hosting our virtual Meet the Teacher this evening at 6PM. We will discuss plans for this school year and the changes put in place over the summer. We will also discuss federal funds at Rochelle ISD as required by law. Link: https://zoom.us/my/chooserochelle

Some neat stuff coming from band this semester! I can't wait to meet everyone and to get back to making music!

Rochelle ISD will be hosting Meet the Teacher virtually through Zoom tomorrow evening (Thursday, July 30th) starting at 6PM. The meeting will begin with the Rochelle ISD administration discussing plans for this upcoming school year as well as the changes put in place over the summer. We will also discuss federal funds at Rochelle ISD as required by law. Please use the link below to join us starting at 6PM. Link: https://zoom.us/my/chooserochelle https://zoom.us/j/3806739727 Meeting ID: 380 673 9727 After the meeting with administration, parents and students will have an opportunity to meet with their child’s teacher. All high school teachers will host a single meeting, middle school teachers will host a single meeting, and each elementary teacher will have their own meeting. Here are the links for those meetings that will start at approximately 6:30pm: High School Link: https://zoom.us/my/groot.dance ID: 926 129 8828 Middle School Link: https://zoom.us/my/jamiefields ID:629 304 5419 5th Grade Link: https://zoom.us/my/slehmberg ID:550 224 5935 4th Grade Link: https://zoom.us/my/nskees ID:776 295 0129 3rd Grade Link: https://zoom.us/my/angieking ID 390 396 4704 2nd Grade Link: https://zoom.us/my/dgartman ID: 565 483 2465 1st Grade Link: http://zoom.us/my/mallgood ID:882 274 1348 Kindergarten Link: https://zoom.us/my/kasadams ID: 299 054 5058 PreKindergarten Link: https://zoom.us/my/arolf ID: 615 318 1102 Don’t forget that Ms. Adams in Kindergarten and Ms. Rolf in PreKindergarten will be in their rooms all day Friday (except during lunch) to meet and greet our Kindergarten and PreK students and their parents. Don’t forget that you are welcome to drop off school supplies tomorrow (Thursday) as well as Friday at the front office (please be sure to leave those supplies labeled) and we will get them to the right teacher.

I am SO excited to start our 2020-2021 school year! If you have any counseling needs, scheduling questions (6-12 grades), college information, please feel free to contact me!

We have had several requests to share the dress code for the upcoming school year. The dress code did get modified this summer - this year, male students must come to school clean shaven and hair cannot extend below the collar. The Student Handbook can be found at this link and we encourage all community members to reference this as needed: https://5il.co/giqv

Rochelle ISD has worked to refine our plan for the Fall 2020 - here's a quick link: https://5il.co/io7b. Plans for a Virtual Meet the Teacher will be posted soon. Our plan is to still host a Meet the Teacher on Thursday starting at 6PM, but we have decided to do so virtually. More details will be posted by tomorrow evening as we get details fine-tuned. Thanks to everyone that has come out to register their students. #ChooseRochelle

Registration at #ChooseRochelle continues this evening from 5pm to 7pm in the Rochelle ISD Cafeteria. All families must bring a water bill, electricity bill, or other similar document to determine residency. Students and families new to the district will need to bring their student’s social security card, the student’s birth certificate, immunization records, and a parent ID. We will be practicing social distancing in our cafeteria and have worked to make the registration process as simple and quick as possible. We will have someone at the cafeteria door to help direct traffic; we hope that our streamlined processes minimize wait times in the event we reach capacity in the cafeteria.

Rochelle ISD has submitted our plan for this fall to TEA for approval - here's a link to that plan: https://5il.co/il7u. Please know that this plan is subject to change depending on approval from TEA.

Registration continues this evening (Thursday) from 5pm to 7pm in the Rochelle ISD Cafeteria. All families must bring a water bill, electricity bill, or other similar document to determine residency. Students and families new to the district will need to bring their student’s social security card, the student’s birth certificate, immunization records, and a parent ID. We will be practicing social distancing in our cafeteria and have worked to make the registration process as simple and quick as possible. We will have someone at the cafeteria door to help direct traffic; we hope that our streamlined processes minimize wait times in the event we reach capacity in the cafeteria.