Updates and Events
![Image of students getting onto their school busses at the end of the school year. Text reads "Back to School 2019"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1560470968/rochesterk12mnus/qpmkju5xirl74zpznho2/Backtoschool.png","width":2048}])
We're getting our schools prepped for the 2019-2020 school year - here's what you need to know...
![Rochester Public Schools awarded MnDOT Safe Routes to School Grant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1549387294/rochesterk12mnus/bdu0ljwtkuwv42n1ijjm/IMG_6025.jpg","width":2200}])
The grant will allow MN school districts to launch a three-year effort with MnDOT to support Safe Routes to School programming.
![Students working on a science experiment for Middle School Prep program.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560868142/rochesterk12mnus/umxtpm0b3m2qlwqbzmch/MiddleSchoolPrep.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560868142/rochesterk12mnus/umxtpm0b3m2qlwqbzmch/MiddleSchoolPrep.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1560868142/rochesterk12mnus/umxtpm0b3m2qlwqbzmch/MiddleSchoolPrep.jpg","width":720}])
Get a head start with our 2019 Summer Programs!
![Group of students from Bamber Valley pose with boxes and bins of food collected for a Channel One Food Shelf food drive.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556650654/rochesterk12mnus/k9tfs6cwmjtzbcsrghz1/BVFoodDrive.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556650654/rochesterk12mnus/k9tfs6cwmjtzbcsrghz1/BVFoodDrive.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556650654/rochesterk12mnus/k9tfs6cwmjtzbcsrghz1/BVFoodDrive.jpg","width":545}])
Bamber Valley students make a big donation to Channel One Food Shelf...
Learn more about our school.
Longfellow is the only in the district that operates on a 45/15 schedule, one in which students attend school year-round, with classes in 45-day blocks, three-week breaks in between and a six-week summer vacation.