news from the edge
Shannon Ouellette-Principal
souellette@rockfordschools.org
Address: 9605 Edgerton Ave, Rockford, MI 49341
Website: www.rockfordschools.org
Phone: 616-326-1030
September 6, 2025
A note from Mrs. O.
Hello Edgerton Trails Families!
Week two was a great success. Our students are getting familiar with all of the routines and connecting with friends and staff. This year our school focus areas will be Kindness, Manners and Community and how these three are connected to the district RAMS (responsible, accountable, motivated and safe) model. Students will have classroom meetings and meetings with me regarding these three. Our goal is to hold students to a high standard to be their very best and be the best student and Edgerton Trails community member as they can be!
We will continue to use RAM PRIDE tickets that students earn and can spend at our school store. We use the tickets to recognize students who are working hard and making good choices. These tickets allow us to quickly notice and celebrate good student behavior. When we have our school store, we can always use parent volunteers to help us run it (see below). This is a minimal time commitment during lunch time.
I have enjoyed being in classrooms these past two weeks, reconnecting with students and reading.
During the school year, if you should ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. (souellette@rockfordschools.org).
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Ouellette
activity passes:
Many RPS elementary schools utilize Activity Passes for their main source of income for the PTO and school year. After much discussion we thought that doing a little bit of both would be helpful and hopefully manageable for our families. This year we are doing a "Field Trip & Fun Pass." This pass, paid for by student families, will help both our teachers and the PTO immensely.
- Field Trip & Fun Pass covers your student's field trips in full for the whole year.
- It covers 60% of busing costs to and from field trips (the PTO will cover the remaining 40%. Last year $10,000 was spent out of the PTO budget on transportation alone. Having families help allows us to do more fun stuff for our students and families throughout the school year).
- Popcorn for your student ALL YEAR LONG!
- NEW Mileage club fun for all students 2nd-5th grade.
- Mileage club fees are not added to DK, K and 1st grade pass fees.
- A full breakdown of all pricing is available for anyone to see at the first PTO meeting in Sept.
- Send payment to school by cash or check (Edgerton Trails PTO).
- There is still time to promote your business and sponsor our school. If you or a family member are interested in becoming a business sponsor and having a banner on our fence, please let us know.
Questions? We would love to help! Reach us at: rockfordedgertonpto@gmail.com
school store @ lunch
First school store of this year will be September 23 & 25, 2025. We are looking for volunteers to help! If you want to volunteer, please email Mrs. Ouellette @ SOuellette@rockfordschools.org. Please fill out the volunteer form on the website before volunteering.
UPCOMING EVENTs:
- September 10th: Early Release day 1:25pm
- September 17th: PTO Meeting 6pm at Edgerton Trails. All are WELCOME!!
- September 23rd: PICTURE DAY!
- September 24th: Early Release Day 1:25pm
- September 26th: Popcorn Day
welcome mrs. osburn & winston!
Roxana Osburn is our Social Worker, working half time here at Edgerton Trails. When Mrs. Osburn is at ET she brings Winston, a RPS Counseling Dog with her. Winston is a 3 year old golden retriever who also spends time at Cannonsburg Elementary School. He has been a great addition to our staff and the students have enjoyed getting to know him.
STUDENT VERIFICATION
The steps for completing the verification process for your child are as follows:
- Log into Family Access.
- Click on the "Go to Information Verification for your son/daughter."
- Please complete the steps in order, as listed on the right-hand side of your screen. (Note that fields in grey can only be edited at the school building with proper documentation.) Please select the appropriate drop-down items for each screen. Each step requires you to select "I have completed this step" at the bottom of the screen to finalize your information.
- When completing the School Participation step, click on the link called "School Participation", click "yes" on the pop-up window to complete this step. Enter the proper information and click "Save" in the upper right-hand corner.
- Once all steps have been completed, the final step allows you to submit the information. (THIS IS KEY TO FINALIZING VERIFICATION.) Once finalized, you will receive an email verification of enrollment. If you do not receive an email, please go back into FAMILY ACCESS to review any missing steps/information.
Note: We highly encourage all families to set up a FA account as it is the district’s main source of communication to parents. Please visit our website at www.rockfordschools.org & click on the Family Access link (upper right-hand side) or please feel free to contact the main office of student’s school for additional assistance.
Rockford Community Choir
Greetings music families! There are extra-curricular music activities starting up in Rockford this month that may interest you. Choirs are directed and accompanied by Rockford Public Schools music educators. Check out the following links for more information.
RC3 (3rd-5th grades):
https://tinyurl.com/RegisterForRC3
RC3-JR (1st-2nd grades):
https://tinyurl.com/RegisterForRC3JR
Rehearsal for all choirs will be held at First Congregational Church (192 E. Bridge St.) this year.
Rockford Community Choir (adults) - Full description & Registration
https://tinyurl.com/RegisterForRCC
School assistance program (SAP)
Access support today!
Say “I have an SAP with Rockford Public Schools” when you call 800.442.0809 and press “1.” Every RPS family member in your household is eligible. The Rockford Education Foundation (REF) has proudly partnered with Rockford Public Schools to provide expert counseling, therapy, and resources through Pine Rest’s School Assistance Program (SAP).
Confidential counseling services for all family members
-The SAP includes three free confidential counseling sessions per episode of care. All benefits are available to every member of the household.
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