ROWVA CUSD 208

Reasons why someone should consider Chili Cook Off: 1. Eat delicious chili made by community members! 2. Support your ROWVA FCCLA 3. Stay for Hall of Fame night and the boys basketball game 4. Support your #rowvastrong community! If you, or someone you know, are interested in entering a chili, please register by January 21st!

Trivia Time! Who currently holds the 100 meter dash record for ROWVA? The first person to answer correctly gets a prize!

Girls Basketball is home tonight vs. North Fulton! The pit theme is black-out. Varsity only at 6 pm. Come pack the pit!! #rowvastrong #wearebilltown #whynotus

Elementary showing their support for the Australia bush fires by dressing up. Today was red, yellow, or orange day! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem

Listen to some of the fourth graders in Ms. Morland's class talk about this week's fundraiser! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opJJ4zuGME

Classroom Spotlight has returned! We're kicking off the new year with something new! Click the link to read about our spectacular STRIPE teachers! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem https://www.rowva.k12.il.us/o/rowva-cusd-208/page/week-11-stripe

Good luck to our Esports team on their matches this week! Watch Mr. Sornberger learn about what Esports is and how he can watch their match at home! #rowvastrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PecP_rnmU8

Elementary, JH, and HS students will be able to dress up and donate towards the Australian wildfire crisis this week. For each day students dress up, they will need to pay fifty cents. Further donations will also be accepted. #rowvastrong #rowvaelem

Ms. Morland's and Ms. K's 4th grade classes are spreading awareness and raising funds to help with the relief efforts for the wildfires hitting Australia. For more information on their mission and the fires affecting Australia, follow the link below! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q_WM7V1ewR4uOx0wbmh1B7UK-UWOiW-pB2BDRYY-Rcs/edit?usp=sharing

The RW Softball pancake breakfast scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at Applebee's has been canceled. Players should contact anyone who bought tickets from them. The coaches are currently looking into rescheduling. There will be more information on that at a later time.

Sophomores had the opportunity to attend STEMFest, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math festival, at Black Hawk yesterday! Students dissected salamanders, learned math tricks, flew drones, and participated in activities exploring career paths in STEM! #rowvastrong

Next week, students will be able to dress up and donate towards the Australian wildfire crisis. For each day students dress up, they will need to pay fifty cents. Further donations will also be accepted. #rowvastrong #rowvaelem The dress days are as followed:

The first Scholastic Bowl meeting is tonight! Come out and support the team as they start their conference play right after school. #rowvastrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsKVbjeFfU

High School girls basketball game tonight vs Ridegwood @ WoodhullStart time for JV is 6 with varsity to follow! #rowvastrong #wearebilltown

Congratulations to week 10 athlete of the week, Calyn Garza! Calyn is a part of the R/W girls basketball team. She is averaging just under 11 points per game, including 14 points and a game winning layup with 2 seconds left against Galva! Keep it up! #rowvastrong #billtownproud

Here’s a joke from the sixth grade interns! How does NASA organize a party? They planet! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem

Reminder! RYC Butch’s Pizza Fundraiser orders and payments are due back to the elementary building no later than 3 PM this week on Thursday. Thank you!

Happy Holidays from our Classroom Spotlight, Mrs. Bledsoe's kindergarten! Come and learn more about her and her amazing class! #rowvastrong #rowvaelem https://www.rowva.k12.il.us/o/rowva-cusd-208/page/week-10-mrs-bledsoe

Congratulations to senior girl's basketball player, Abby Stowe! Abby had 11 points and 9 rebounds against United and 10 points vs Knoxville. Keep it up Abby!

RYC Butch’s Pizza Fundraiser packets were distributed to students yesterday! Order forms and payments are due back to the elementary school no later than the end of the school day (3PM) on Thursday, January 9th. Delivery will be 2-3 weeks. Please make checks payable to the RYC.