The Rockwood Promise
What Does a Promise Mean To You?
Over the course of the past year, the Rockwood School District has been hard at work crafting our next five-year strategic plan. This plan represents our commitment—our Rockwood Promise—to every child, every family and every employee of Rockwood. The Rockwood Promise is more than just an idea; it's the embodiment of who we are and how we operate. By articulating our community's pledge to every student, it provides the framework for realizing our new strategic plan. This Promise acts as a shared foundation or starting point that addresses every child, empowering us to collectively achieve our district and community aspirations. In this video, students, staff, parents and community members from all corners of our community describe what meaning and importance a promise holds for them.
At the core of Forward Together is the fundamental belief that we are all unique and gifted with a wide variety of skills, interests and talents. We also believe that everyone plays a role in supporting our students: staff, families, peers and members of the greater Rockwood community. With that in mind, the Rockwood Promise took shape with an opportunity for all patrons to weigh in. Some groups weighed in multiple times as the Promise was revised based on that feedback. The Rockwood Promise represents who we want to be as a school district and a community.
We acknowledge that a promise is a weighty responsibility that speaks to the integrity of those who make it, and we don’t take that lightly. As a community, we aspire individually and collectively to live up to this promise to our children, empowering them to achieve great things and want to be an integral part of our thriving and welcoming community. It will be the responsibility of every member of the Rockwood community to ensure that the Rockwood Promise is reflected in our actions, decisions, priorities, conversations and celebrations—from the boardroom to the classroom, office, cafeteria, school bus, playing fields, hallways and neighborhoods throughout the Rockwood School District.
We promise to embrace diversity, foster strong relationships and ensure inclusivity.
We promise to empower each other to take ownership of our learning and our future.
We promise to foster an environment where everyone is respected, safe, seen and heard.
We promise to nurture curiosity, creativity and problem-solving to achieve at high levels.
