Fall Sports athletes were recognized by the Board of Education at their Tuesday, December 13 meeting for their achievements in their respective sports during the winter season. Students were recognized for All-State and All-Conference Honors, Academic Awards, and IHSA (achieving a GPA of 3.50 or better) and Western Big 6 Academic Awards (achieving a GPA of 3.25 or better), and local news All-Metro athlete recognitions. Football Quonterrion Brooks (Senior) – Western Big 6 All-Conference Football First Team; Quad Cities All-Metro Football First Team; Jace Bennett (Senior) – Western... Read More

The Rock Island County Health Department has opened a new clinic to ensure students have easy access to health services. The new School Health Link clinic is located inside Moline High School at 3602 Avenue of the Cities, Moline and is open to All Rock Island County Youth. “The hope is, with the success of this venture, the groundwork will be set up for us to expand into the other districts in our community,” School Health Link Board Chairperson Scot Meskimen said. “By partnering with Moline High School, we have increased accessibility of care for hundreds of students. This will allow us... Read More

The Campaign for Excellence is an annual campaign that involves both individual and business donors which provide financial support to a wide variety of worthwhile activities and programs throughout the entire school district. Grants are made available and awarded for the benefit all of District 41’s schools, classrooms, teams, and activities. This past year, over $60,000 in grants were approved for many causes including: • Fencing for RIHS Softball Diamond • Gymnasium Scoreboards for Washington • Gymnasium Scoreboards for Edison • Playground Equipment for Frances Willard • Improvement... Read More

Rock Island High School’s second annual Giving Tree campaign helped 37 families in the Rock Island school district. Out of those families, 116 students will receive gifts. Thank you to all who donated to help give our students an extra special holiday!  Read More

Rock Island schools have been treating Quad-Citizens to free concerts over the last two weeks, but all good things must come to an end, and today are the last shows. Here is a schedule of the upcoming Winter Concerts and School Programs in RIMSD #41: Dec. 16th—RI Academy @ 1:00 PM (K-2nd grades) and 2:00 PM (3rd-6th grades) Dec. 16th—Longfellow @ 1:30 PM Dec. 16th—Frances Willard @ 1:00 (K-2nd grades) and 2:00 PM (3rd-6th grades)  Read More

Holiday concerts are taking place at Rock Island schools over the coming week! Here’s the schedule: Dec. 13th—RIHS Winter Choir Concert @ 7:00 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 14th—Earl Hanson @ 9:00 AM (K-2nd grades) and @ 10:00 AM (3rd-6th grades) Dec. 14th—RICMS @ 6:30 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 15th—Eugene Field @ 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM (K-3rd grades only) Dec. 15th—Denkmann @ 6:00 PM (K-3rd grades) and 7:30 PM (4th-6th grades) @ RIHS                            Auditorium Dec. 16th—RI Academy @ 1:00 PM (K-2nd grades) and 2:00 PM (3rd-6th grades) Dec. 16th—Longfellow... Read More

Here is a schedule of the upcoming Winter Concerts and School Programs in RIMSD #41: Dec. 6th—RIHS Winter Orchestra Concert @ 7:00 PM @RIHS Auditorium Dec. 7th—Washington Music Dept. Winter Concert @ 7:00 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 8th—Ridgewood @ 9:00 (3rd-6th  grades and Miss Liz’s class) and 10:15 (K-2nd grades, Miss Alicia’s class, Miss Kati’s class) Dec. 8th—Edison Music Dept. Winter Concert @ 7:00 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 12th—RIHS Winter Band Concert @ 7:00 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 13th—RIHS Winter Choir Concert @ 7:00 PM @ RIHS Auditorium Dec. 14th—Earl Hanson @ 9:00... Read More

Join us for Family Reading Night on December 6! This is open to all RIMSD#41 K-2nd grade students. Come and learn new ways to help your child improve their reading skills at home. There will be a bounce house, snacks and more for those who attend! Sign up now, spaces are limited – > https://www.signupgenius.com/go/reading2022  Read More

Fun10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local entertainment, QuadCities.com! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. So what’s on the Fun10 for this week? Read on… Ballet Quad Cities Returns With ‘The Nutcracker’ Ballet... Read More

Members of Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma dropped off bags filled with new books to the students of Alyssa Leone’s class at the Rock Island Academy and Amanda Long’s class at Thomas Jefferson. The books selected for the bags feature characters who reflect the diversity of the district’s students. The project was a collaboration of three groups: Mu Chapter DKG (a professional society of women educators), the local chapter of the NAACP, and the Rock Island Jr. Woman’s Club, who sewed and handpainted the bags. Funding came from all three groups as well as a generous grant... Read More