by Roc The Future | Mar 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
ROC the Future is partnering with the Whole Child Connection at Children’s Institute, the Greater Rochester After School Alliance, Rochester City School District’s ROC Restorative Initiative, and the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council – Youth Voice One Vision to...
by Roc The Future | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Message from the Director…Parent Engagement. Several years ago, the Campaign for Grade Level Reading identified parent engagement as the “secret sauce” for improving reading for children and youth. But parent engagement wasn’t really a secret, as almost...
by Roc The Future | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
PECAN is working with parents and will be meeting monthly as parents identify key issues and actionable steps related to improving educational outcomes for children in the city of Rochester. We welcome parents to our next information session on Tuesday, February 11,...
by Roc The Future | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
A special thanks to the team at the Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association who sorted, categorized, and packed books for our first delivery. Their team organized books by grade level (Kindergarten, First, Second or Third) then packaged five different books, and...
by Roc The Future | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The NYS Education Department released graduation rates showing RCSD’s improvement to 63.0%, a 3.7 percentage point increase from the previous year. While there is still much work to be done, we can celebrate the gains being made in this critical outcome area....
by Roc The Future | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Snowy Day: A classic for over 50 years, Ezra Jack Keats broke literary color barriers in children’s books, for bringing to life-Peter, an African American boy, who explores his neighborhood after the season’s first snowfall. Peter wakes up to the season’s first...
