German Contest Success!

Rockway student Vivian Chau entered the 46th Annual High School German Contest, which was held at Appleby College in Oakville on Sunday April 9th.  She was competing against other beginner German students from schools in Toronto, Hamilton, Cambridge and Kitchener. Each student had to complete a difficult reading, listening, writing, and grammar test and was […]

Posted on: April 18th, 2017
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Eunoia: Visual Arts Show

Image: Abigail Sapp Eunoia: beautiful thinking, a well mind. April 25, 2017 at 7 pm This annual art exhibition will feature a variety of works by our visual art students, grades 7 through 12.  Exploring a rich diversity of disciplines, media, and subject matter, the exhibition will represent works of both the traditional media (drawing, […]

Posted on: April 13th, 2017
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Our 7 & 8’s have Brains and Bronze!

On Tuesday, April 4th, eight of Rockway’s grade 7 and 8 students participated in the Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair held at Bingeman’s in Kitchener. Their excellent work and preparation resulted in all of our students being recognized at the awards ceremony that evening. All received bronze medals for their projects: Esther Albrecht, “Can Reusable […]

Posted on: April 11th, 2017
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Envirathon Servathon 2017

Good for our Earth. Good for our Community. DATE CHANGE! Due to the Special Weather Advisory for our original date, Envirathon Servathon has been changed to Monday, May 8th! Read on to learn more about this important day in the life of our school. Click here to sponsor a student with an online donation.   What is […]

Posted on: April 6th, 2017
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Business Program set to launch

Rockway is excited to announce that Pam Fehr and Sheri Wideman will launch Rockway’s business courses in September 2017. Pam Fehr will bring a wealth of experience to building this program, through her previous role as Vice President, Marketing at Kindred and working with Mennonite Economic Development Association  (MEDA).  Through these experiences, she has seen […]

Posted on: March 29th, 2017
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Over Twenty years of Golfing for Rockway

Chip in Fore Rockway Students! It’s hard to believe that it’s been 22 years since I first contacted David Leis about having a golf tournament as a fundraiser. I was on the Rockway Finance Committee at the time and David was the Development Director. David was always open to new ideas to help out Rockway. […]

Posted on: March 29th, 2017
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Over the Rainbow!

A huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the amazing all school musical, The Wizard of Oz. Our cast and crew performed for approximately 1750 people over the course of six shows…an incredible opportunity for our students, that won’t be soon forgotten. Whether you helped by purchasing tickets for a show, sewing costumes or assisted […]

Posted on: March 21st, 2017
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Junior High Retreat at Silver Lake

What do grade 7 and 8’s do while high school students write exams? Play in the snow! With treat bags in hand and cell phones left at home, we loaded on to the golden bus for an old fashioned road trip to Silver Lake Mennonite Camp. Well, to be more accurate, the first day was […]

Posted on: March 20th, 2017
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Principal Ponderings: Voices

Throughout the last six weeks I have reflected a lot on the power of the voice. I watched with interest and concern as political analysts shared their thoughts prior to the onset of the Trump administration. I listened to the voice of Donald Trump as he gave his inauguration speech, an address many say was […]

Posted on: February 21st, 2017
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"Piecing It Together" artwork revealed

Every year Rockway invites our senior visual art students to create an original piece that depicts our chapel theme for the year. Grade 12 students Kat Allaby, Leah Bauman, Katie Goerzen-Sheard took on this challenged and unveiled their impressive work that explores the theme Piecing It Together, Finding Our Place in the Puzzle. Here is a description of their creation, […]

Posted on: February 4th, 2017
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