This coming May, Rockway students will participate in a unique performance at Kitchener’s Centre in the Square. Our grade 10 and senior choirs will be joining the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony to provide live soundtrack accompaniment during a screening of The Great Human Odyssey, a critically acclaimed documentary series produced by the CBC. Canadian composer Darren Fung […]
Come and help us honour Dennis’ almost 40 years of service to Rockway! All are welcome! Sunday, January 14th, 2018 2 – 5 pm 2 – 3 pm Receiving Line in the Silo 3 – 4 pm Program in the Assembly Area 4 – 5 pm Receiving Line and Informal Visiting Refreshments will be served […]
Board Chairperson, John Torrance-Perks signing the Living Wage agreement at Rockway’s Annual General Meeting 2017. For most of us, when we think about Rockway, we think about the people. Whether you are connected to Rockway as a student, alumnus, a donor, or a parent, you have likely made meaningful connections with people here and that […]
Dawn Gill, from the House of Friendship, helped kick-off Rockway’s Annual Food Drive for the House of Friendship’s Christmas Hamper Program in style on Tues, Nov 21st! During a chapel, students were invited up to help unpack a food hamper and asked to comment on what they found in there that was surprising. Students were […]
This Giving Tuesday – Be More: know more, enjoy more, share more, care more. You may know that Rockway opened its doors in 1945. But you may not know the remarkable stories of our early alumni and the challenges they overcame to follow their dreams at Rockway. In Rockway’s fall appeal, Ferne Burkhardt, Class of […]
The Family Studies facilities at Rockway received a significant overhaul this summer, in conjunction with the creation of the new Art studios and Digital Media Lab, and the results are being cheered by students and teachers alike. All of these renovations were made possible through generous donations to Rockway’s ongoing Lead Us Onward campaign. The […]
The goal: To Run Across Canada The distance: 10 813 kms The runners: 53 Grade 7 & 8 Rockway Students In the first week of school, the grade 7&8 gym class was presented with the challenge to Run Across Canada. The route that was planned starts in Whitehorse, down to Vancouver, across to Sudbury, with […]
Resilience is getting up one more time than you’ve fallen down. It is the art of the elegant rebound! In the face of life’s challenges, resilience isn’t automatic. It doesn’t happen by magic but instead it is cultivated by consistently implemented strategies. By having some mindful strategies in your emotional skills toolbox, you will be […]
We are grateful to the Umetsu family who arranged for this donation from Intel. Alex Umetsu (grade 11) poses with our new printer. Thanks to a thoughtful Rockway family who arranged a generous donation from Intel Corporation, Rockway is the proud new owner of a MakerBot 3D printer! Students can access it in our new […]
Because they are pretend, games have potential for creating safe space in which important learning can occur. While on their day retreat at Hidden Acres Camp, the grade 7 and 8 students joined in simulation games with Katie Gingerich of The Ripple Effect Education (Centre for Peace Advancement, Conrad Grebel College). The grade 8 […]
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