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Meet Angel McNeil, Founding Principal of our New School in DC

January 23, 2020

We have exciting news! Rocketship is opening its third school in Washington, D.C. in August 2020 just two blocks from the Fort Totten Metro Station in Ward 5! Angel McNeil,…

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Principal Juan Mateos, Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep | November 12, 2019

I didn’t always know I wanted to be an educator. I was born in Mexico and moved to Oxnard, California when I was a young boy. We lived on the working class side of town where most kids fall through the cracks. I saw friends and family drop out of high school and fall into…

Here’s How a Teacher From Wauwatosa Got Each of Her Homeroom Students a New Book Every Month of the School Year

by Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | September 5, 2019

This article originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on September 3, 2019. Wauwatosa resident Meghan Borgwardt made it her personal goal to provide Scholastic reading books for her entire homeroom classroom last school year. The Rocketship Southside Community Prep teacher raised enough money to purchase a book a month for each student. This…

Pastelitos, Home Visits, and the Whole Child

April 8, 2019

Just as it is difficult to estimate the worth of a grown adult by merely looking at their profession or salary, the same is true for a child. Occasionally, educators (myself included) are guilty of deconstructing students into what I like to think of as “educational atoms.” Instead of reflecting on a child’s character growth…

Why I Love Teaching at Rocketship

by Eliza Kritz, Rocketship Redwood City Prep Third Grade Teacher | March 16, 2019

My name is Eliza Kritz, and I am a proud founding teacher at Rocketship Redwood City Prep. Rocketship is a special place to work. Not only are you making an impact in the lives of your students, you are a part of a larger collective working towards equity for all. Here is why I love…

Learning to Love Reading

by Eliza Kritz, Rocketship Redwood City Prep Third Grade Teacher | January 15, 2019

“I hate my life.” I am not easily shocked by student behavior, but this admission from one of my third graders left me reeling. I spoke with the student – who we will call Cristina* – that afternoon about what was troubling her. She gave a list of reasons why her life was not…