During lunch on Monday October 7th, seventy-five students assembled in the lounge to be part of “Music Monday” – a weekly opportunity for students to share their musical inspirations with the Rockway community. This week, we heard the musical stylings of Claris Lam and Samin Parsa. Thunderous applause could be heard down the hall after the […]
The Grade 11 Phys Ed class enjoyed beautiful weather on our overnight canoe trip which took place September 26-27. We paddled from Paisley to Southampton under perfect skies and on great flowing water. During our trip we were treated to perching turkey vultures, a beaver, plenty of herons, ducks and shore birds. We camped at […]
On September 19th, the Grade 9 class got on a bus and headed out to Countryside Retreat Centre for a day filled with games, food and singing. The main goal of this retreat was to learn how to build trust within ourselves, our classmates and our teachers. This was the first time that we had […]
On Thursday, September 19th, the Outdoors Club paddled up Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park with a pleasant tail-wind in 24 degree sunshine. On Sunday the 22nd, we paddled back, again in sunshine with the wind at our backs. In between those two days we made twelve portages, endured twenty-four hours of rain, saw three foraging […]
On Saturday, September 28, 2013, one hundred and five women and girls gathered in the Assembly Area for an inaugural event called C3. I would like to express my appreciation to the Board, planning committee, kitchen staff, volunteers and guests for making this event so successful! Connecting, Celebrating the Community of Women and Girls included […]
The grade 7 & 8 girls 3-pitch team had a beautiful day for their tournament held at Waterloo Rim Park on Tuesday September 24th. They played three games in total and never stopped showing the Rockway spirit. The girls had fun, played hard and did their school and coach proud! Good job Flames! Jo Scott, Coach
Congratulations to Jon Wong (class of 2013) who has been selected for the University of Toronto badminton team! He was one of 35 hopefuls, only six of whom made the team. He will be involved in 15 to 20 tournaments between now and March. Jon says that the mental aspect of the game is quite […]
Although the skies were not blue (it was, in fact, pouring rain for the first part of the day), the grade 7s boarded the bus for Paradise Lake camp in high spirits, eager to celebrate a new year and new friendships. Our activities during the day included team building activities such as low-ropes and Capture […]
On a foggy Thursday morning, the grade 8 class left Rockway for Hidden Acres camp for their annual class retreat. As the sun broke out, we challenged ourselves to wall climbing, team building activities and archery. A game of charades made for a lot of laughter, and *most* managed to stay afloat in their canoes […]
On September 18th, the International Students had a one day retreat at camp Ki-W-Ay on Paradise Lake. It was a beautiful fall day to spend outside enjoying the natural surroundings, getting to know each other better and trying out some new skills. The camp staff led us in some initiative games which were quite entertaining […]
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