Last year, we partnered with East Rockingham High School to promote the importance of school attendance. Playing on the common workout/exercise mantra “Never Miss a Monday,” nearly every Monday morning of the school year students from a sports team or club would join us over at River Bend to greet and cheer on our students at the bus loop and car drop off line as students arrived. Dressed in their uniforms or club gear, )and often with one student being dressed as our mascot Carl the Cardinal) they created such a positive, fun, and enthusiastic welcome to the week.
Our Cardinals look up to these Eagles, and we appreciate the time they gave to support us. We made significant improvement in the area of chronic absenteeism last year, and this partnership definitely played a big part! Thank you to the members of: the
football, cheer, volleyball, boys and girls basketball, softball, track, cross country, baseball, girls soccer, boys and girls tennis teams as well as the FFA and Sources of Strength club. Thank you to E
RHS Administration and Athletic department, including Molly Smith who along with River Bend fourth grade teacher (and East Rock parent) Misti Shifflett coordinated this effort.