Archive for March, 2016

Boehm & Burnett receive OFSAA Leadership award

Every season OFSAA gives out the Leadership in School Sport Award. This prestigious award is presented to a coach who exemplifies the values of fair play and good sportsmanship, while promoting enjoyment, personal growth and educational achievement through school sport. In single ‘A ’basketball and volleyball, our CWOSSA region has only had four winners since 1991 […]

Posted on: March 30th, 2016
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GeoPets – a fun geometry project!

As part of their summative project in their Geometry unit, our grade 8 students were challenged to use their creativity and imagination to design and build a three-dimensional “GeoPet“. Each GeoPet was to consist of at least three different shapes, and include at least ten shapes in total. Once they designed and constructed their pets, students applied the formulas […]

Posted on: March 29th, 2016
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OFSAA: Hosting success!

The headline in the KW record read “Rockway Rolls Out the Welcome Mat”. This captured the essence of the OFSAA tournament perfectly! Many, many volunteers made for one of the best OFSAA tournaments ever – we received countless compliments from coaches, players, refs, parents and fans about how smoothly things ran, and how all the little touches made them feel important. […]

Posted on: March 28th, 2016
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Experience the Living Library 2016!

The LIVING Library is all about getting answers to your questions. How? Not by doing internet research, or reading university catalogues, or by osmosis…but by interacting face-to-face with a former Rockway Student who has already experienced what you soon will. What is a Living Library? A Living Library is an event that creates an opportunity for individuals to […]

Posted on: March 22nd, 2016
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OFSAA is here – follow us online!

Twenty teams worth of very excited, high caliber volleyball players arrived in Kitchener today for the Girls A OFSAA competition being hosted by Rockway! The tournament kicks off first thing Monday morning with the Rockway Flames playing the first seated team at 9 am. Rockway has games again Monday at 3 pm, and Tuesday at 8:30 […]

Posted on: March 6th, 2016
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The Blanket Exercise: Building awareness about First Nations

On Wednesday, February 17th, as part of a grade 7 and 8 focus on Citizenship, we met with Sara and Ami Anderson, two Rockway alumni sisters who work and study in the area of Indigenous Peoples of Canada, their current and historical relationship with Canadians, including Mennonites. The purpose of their visit was to build […]

Posted on: March 5th, 2016
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Grade 10 choir sings with Rajaton

On Wednesday, March 2, Rockway’s grade 10 Choir will be participating in the KALEID Choral Festival. This local event features a mass choir made up of approximately 300 students from grades 5-12 from around the region, singing in concert with the Finnish a cappella group, Rajaton. Ticket Information Tickets are selling quickly! Visit the KALEID festival […]

Posted on: March 1st, 2016
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News

Employment Opportunity: Mathematics Teacher

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Camelot & Camelittle – Grade 7&8 drama

The Grade 7&8s are back! For the first time since 2019, grade 7&8 students, alongside their teachers and directors,...

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Rockway announces new Principal

For: Rockway Admin, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Students, Donors & ConstituentsFrom: Betty Pries, Board Chair on behalf of the Rockway...

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Sherlock’s Best and The Hound of the Baskervilles

Prepare to be enthralled by Rockway students in grades 9-12, as they take on the world of Sherlock Holmes...

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