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A local Rochester City School District school is celebrating a big win! Anna Murray-Douglass Academy School No. 12 has been holding a school-wide math challenge since February through the online learning platform, i-Ready and Theresa Hamm’s third-grade class has won five weeks in a row. i-Ready allows teachers to personalize their students’ learning, but it […]

Peg Witmer was a former teacher at George Mather Forbes School #4 for 25 years. Witmer passed away at age 85 last year and to honor her legacy, friends and family created the Peg Witmer Memorial Fund to provide resources and enhance learning opportunities for students. Funds from the memorial fund will be used to […]

Rochester’s very own music teacher, saxophonist, and composer, Judah Sealy, has made quite the accomplishment by reaching No. 1 on the Smooth Jazz Billboard charts. His track, Stylish, was recorded and produced by Sealy himself back in December 2021. Sealy stated: “We’ve all struggled with, with different things, and one of the things I’ve always […]

The Rochester city school district Under the New York State public high school athletic association. The two schools within the  district that will have the girl’s flag football team will be James Monroe Upper school and Edison Career Technology school. Girls flag football will kick off this April. To Read More Click Here. Source: WHEC-TV

The RCSD is offer gift cards to the first 250 kids vaccinated will receive $100 in gift cards in two increments. Three new vaccination sites will open starting on January 18 and the first 250 kids to get vaccinated at these locations will receive gift cards. $50 will be given for the first dose, and […]

Monroe County and RCSD are helping to make sure students get vaccinated to fight against COVID-19 by setting up vaccination clinics that starting today. Appointments need to be made in advance at a number of locations in the City of Rochester.  RCSD says the list will be updated as they look to add even more […]

The Rochester City School District is going to remote learning starting on Thursday. The district plans to return to in-person learning on Jan. 11 but will give an update by noon on January 10th. Not enough staff and substitute teachers to continue in-person learning is the reason RCSD is switching to remote at this time. […]

Last night, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans hosted a virtual teen town hall event. The goal of the teen town hall was to learn how the city can support its young people while listening to what they care about and what changes they want to see. Joining the conversation alongside Mayor Evans was NFL Super Bowl […]

As children head back to school this week after a week-long winter break, many are nervous as the surge in COVID cases is making this challenging. According to the Rochester City School District, families and students were instructed to bring technology home in case of a shift to remote learning, and now, the head of […]

As students and teachers prepare to head back to school on Monday after winter break, the Monroe County Health Department is urging parents, students and teachers to get tested for COVID. Monroe County Health Officials are warning us that we could see over 2,000 COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks. Dr. Michael Mendoza, the Public […]