Updates and Events
![Kishanti Taylor with Grading for Learning Quote]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581557744/rochesterk12mnus/qucpcvwleyqmzivoj8r8/kashantitaylor-01.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581557744/rochesterk12mnus/qucpcvwleyqmzivoj8r8/kashantitaylor-01.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1581557744/rochesterk12mnus/qucpcvwleyqmzivoj8r8/kashantitaylor-01.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581557744/rochesterk12mnus/qucpcvwleyqmzivoj8r8/kashantitaylor-01.png","width":1084}])
Rochester Public School student Kashanti Taylor switches the perspective and grades the Grading for Learning System, "I give it an A+!".
![Middle school students walking from a school bus to the front of the school]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576172323/rochesterk12mnus/oiogiqzkyqq4svsyhkrr/BellTimeStudy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576172323/rochesterk12mnus/oiogiqzkyqq4svsyhkrr/BellTimeStudy.jpg","width":512}])
We are considering a later start time for our students as early as Fall 2020
![Illustration of a graph with a person drawing the graph]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1580937988/rochesterk12mnus/lt0x2rag54nh8bvmfgu3/379.jpg","width":2200}])
Rochester Public Schools recently received a AA rating from S+P Global Ratings, which puts our credit rating among the top of Minnesota Public School Districts. Only three districts in the state rank higher than RPS.
![District Calendar 2020-2021 DRAFT]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1577485237/rochesterk12mnus/zd9ay6mhznaxof40en0x/DistrictCalendar2020-2021Aug31.jpg","width":2200}])
With January right around the corner, we know many of you are already looking ahead to the 2020-2021 school year...
Learn more about our school.
Bamber Valley Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade. We welcome about 840 students to school every day. We are a neighborhood school and we are also the home of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program for Rochester Public Schools.
We would love to have you come and visit our school to see the great things our students are doing.