Rock County Public Schools

The energy is back in Bassett Grade School...our friends are all back together for another year!

RCHS is back in session..

The first day of school is behind us at the high school - for most of us returning was like putting on an old hat, for our 7th graders, and new students, the jitters soon were rapidly replaced with big smiles. Here’s to a great year!

Happy 20th Work Anniversary to Brandi Hollenbeck and Tricia Anderson! We appreciate all you do for our school, enjoy your 20th year.

RCHS Foundation Scholarship Reminder Rock County High School graduates are reminded to request your scholarship funds for the 2021-2022 school year. 2021 graduates need to submit enrollment verification of at least 12 hours. Graduates of 2018, 2019 and 2020 are required to submit enrollment verification along with a transcript showing cumulative GPA of at least 2.5%. Information can be emailed to Jan Foster at [email protected], mailed to Jan at PO Box 581 Bassett, NE 68714 or given to Brandi Hollenbeck at Rock County High School.

The weight room will be open tomorrow from 6:00 - 6:45 AM. The weight room will be open Friday morning from 6:30-7:15 AM. Starting next week, the weight room will be open from 6:15-7:15AM Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday each week. There will be no weights on days when there is no school or a late start.

Tomorrow is the big day! Bassett Grade School doors will open at 7:45 a.m., and students will be dismissed as follows: Preschool, Kindergarten - East Doors 1st, 2nd Grade - North Doors 3rd – 4th Grade – South Doors 5th – 6th Grade – West Doors

“We all struggle in certain areas and we are all gifted in certain areas. We need to support students in the areas they are gifted”. Great thought from Misty Wroblewski at RCPS in-service this morning.

RCPS staff completed day one of in-service today and then hosted a variety of open house events this evening. Our staff is dedicated to doing whatever it takes to make the 2021-2022 school great for our students. We can’t wait to see them walk through the doors on Thursday!

What's cooking in the kitchen this month...

Reminder: Open House tonight 4-8 pm, 7pm Orientation and Device Handout for 7th grade only. If you do not have questions about your schedule or need to talk to Mr. Dohrman, you do not need to attend the Open House; all students other than 7th grade will receive their devices on the first day of school.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! School Pictures Dates: High School - Wednesday, September 8th Grade School - Thursday, September 9th

Athletic Season Passes, into all home games at RCHS & KPHS Adult - $50, Student - $25 Family $125 (includes 2 parent/guardians and K-12 aged students) passes are nonrefundable and available at RCHS & KPHS

Due to unforseen circumstances at Ainsworth Community Schools, the first Volleyball Dual on Thursday, August 26th will now be at Keya Paha County Schools.

Rock County JH Football Boys will be doing football checkout on Thursday, August 12th right after school.

The start of school is fast approaching..

The High School Football Team will be having a Parent's Meeting on Thursday, August 12th at 7:00PM in Bassett.

The high school volleyball parent meeting will be on Wednesday, August 4th at 7 PM via Zoom. The meeting will be recorded for anyone who is not available for the call. Email Coach Sybrant at [email protected] for the recording. You can access the 2020 Volleyball Handbook on the Rock County Schools website. There are no changes to the handbook for this year. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93548415125 Meeting ID: 935 4841 5125 Thanks! Kara

Fall Sports Conditioning starts on Monday; these are the forms required before you can participate: 1. Sports Physical 2. Medical Consent Form 3. NSAA Consent Form 4. Rangeland Permission Form 5. Concussion Awareness Form The Concussion Awareness Form was just added to our Back-to-School forms on our website https://www.rockcountyschools.org/ If you need a paper copy of any of these forms, please come to the high school office or call (402-684-3411) or email me ([email protected]) and I will email a copy to you.

Mr. Otten politely told me I was not immune from my own ‘New Face’ bio - I’ve been so lucky to for all the help in this new position...from the training Ashley provided before she left to do her new thing, Brandi who is doing her job AND answering my millions of daily questions, and of course Mr. Otten, who most likely is not asking me to do everything I should be doing for him while I’m getting everything ready for the kids to arrive this first year. For those who don’t know who I am, I’m Ginger Schmidt; I'm the newest addition to the RCHS office team in the Administrative Assistant position. For the last three years I’ve been a regular at both RCHS and BGS as a substitute teacher, I loved being around the kids so much I decided to become a permanent fixture. My husband and I moved our family and farming operation here over 20 years ago from Colorado, and years later he still farms north of Bassett, both of my boys graduated from Rock County and are off on their own adventures. In my spare time I truly enjoy long distance outdoor endurance sports, coaching JR High Cross Country and helping with JR High track. I'm enjoying this new position and challenge, just anxiously waiting for the kids to come back from summer vacation.