Your Moment of Joy: A look inside Rocketship

by Rocketship Public Schools | March 21, 2025

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The Power of Choice: Fourth Annual Middle School Expo

by Michael Yeung, Fifth Grade Teacher at Rocketship Fuerza Community Prep | January 3, 2017

At Rocketship, we focus on rethinking elementary school because we believe a solid foundation in the early years is critical to success in the future. As we start this new year, many of our families are beginning to think about the next steps in their Rocketeer’s education. Middle school is a critical time, with challenges…

U.S. Secretary of Education Visits Rocketship

by Preston Smith, Co-Founder and CEO, Rocketship Public Schools | December 19, 2016

As I opened the door to welcome the United States Secretary of Education, John B. King Jr., to Rocketship Rising Stars Academy, he turned to me and said “I’ve wanted to visit Rocketship for a very long time.” Appointed by President Obama, Secretary King is an inspiring and proven leader in our movement to close…

Rocketship Encourages Creativity and Problem Solving with Hour of Code

by LaToya Fernandez, Social Justice and Culture Teacher, Rocketship Discovery Prep | December 2, 2016

Rocketship is celebrating Computer Science Education Week (December 5-11) this month by hosting the global learning movement, Hour of Code, in our classrooms for a second year. Last year we noticed that our students went from video gamers to video game designers, and discovering algorithms was just as exciting as discovering cheat codes to defeat virtual opponents.…

Rising Stars Ribbon-Cutting : Celebrating our 10th San Jose School

by Beyond Editorial Team | November 3, 2016

On Friday September 30th, the Rocketship Bay Area community gathered at our newest San Jose school, Rocketship Rising Stars Academy. Located at 3167 Senter Road in South San Jose, Rising Stars is our 10th school in San Jose and one of 12 in the greater Bay Area. The ribbon-cutting brought together Rocketship students, parents, teachers,…

New Study Finds Rocketship Graduates are a Year Ahead of Their Peers

by Preston Smith, Co-Founder and CEO, Rocketship Public Schools | October 25, 2016

When we launched Rocketship ten years ago, we decided to focus exclusively on elementary school. We believed that if we helped our Rocketeers build a solid foundation in those early years, they would thrive in middle school, high school and beyond. But those tween years are tough. Navigating new social codes can wreak havoc on…

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