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In honor of National School Lunch Week, Gage Elementary celebrated the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch (or simply, Crunch), where people will collectively buy and eat locally and regionally grown apples at noon on October 14th each year.
School News
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Minnesota Safe Routes to School (MnSRTS) is an effort to improve walking and bicycling conditions for youth and aims to encourage more active lifestyles.
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Students from Elton Hills Elementary got creative with getting to school on Walk to School Day!
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Every week that goes by – if not every day – we learn more about the steps we need to take to keep our schools both safe and open amidst the continuing COVID pandemic. This memo outlines a number of adjustments to our Safe and Open Schools Plan that incorporate lessons we have learned in Rochester and evidence and guidance from experts and schools outside our district.
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RPS released COVID-19 vaccination data for students and staff that was obtained by anonymous data through the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC).