A PowerPoint detailing Rugby Public Schools for parents, students and perspective employees.

1. Rugby Public School
District
Rugby, ND
Population: 3,000
Enrollment K-12: 568 students
Location: Central North Dakota

2. Current Openings
• Elementary Teacher
• Elementary Student Strategist
• Agriculture Education Teacher
• Library Media Specialist

3. Rugby High School: Enrollment = 269
• State of the art facilities
• New renovation and addition
completed in 2012
• Total cost $8 million
• Added a commons area and
renovated all areas in the high
school

4. Ely Elementary: Enrollment = 300
• Well maintained building
• 2010 renovation: replaced
windows, lights, and electrical
• 2014 renovation: updated
heating ventilation and added
air conditioning

5. Testimonial
“I really appreciate that the staff work
together and that the administration is
very sincere and they are easy to talk to. I
feel comfortable when I am here. I feel
welcomed and appreciated. I also like that
several parents are supportive of me as a
teacher.” – Melissa Goddard JH Science
Teacher

7. Technology
• 1 to 1 device initiative for
grades 5-8 beginning 2015-
2016 school year
• Up to date hard line and
wireless infrastructure

12. RHS Commons Area: 2012 addition

13. Testimonial
“The reasons I wanted to come to Rugby and
have stayed here are because of the size of the
school and the town. It's one of the larger class
B schools in the state and yet still small enough
to know the students. We are a large enough to
function without having to combine with area
schools for activities. Rugby is a community with
things to do, such as having a movie theatre,
our own clinic and hospital as well as a grocery
store and other shopping.” - Deb Goven Ely
Title I Teacher

14. Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
• Rugby Public School District
operates as a PLC
• School starts at 9:00AM on
Wednesday
• All teachers participate in a
grade level or subject area
PLC every Wednesday for an
hour.
• Standards based grading
implementation

15. Rugby Early Learning Center
• Free preschool program for all
students.
• Focused on kindergarten
readiness skills
• Program is strategic-play based
and operates four days a
week.

17. Elementary teacher collaboration blocks
• Restructured time to allow
student groupings for
differentiation
• Teachers team with other
grade level teachers to deliver
instruction based on levels of
mastery

20. Testimonial
“When I decided to return to teaching, I
was interested in this school and
community. It is centrally located to
friends and family. I have stayed because
of the people I work with, the students I
care about, and because I enjoy being a
part of a progressive, highly-reputable
school system.” – Sandy Johnson RHS
Special Education Teacher

21. Professional learning processes
• A staff wide focus on increasing
student engagement
• Individualized professional
development led by teachers in
combination with school
improvement goals based in
research
• Out of district school visitations,
online courses, and book studies
are components of our
professional learning processes

22. Teacher mentorship
• Our instructional coach
program in combination to
with our state’s teacher
support program works hard to
support our beginning teachers

23. Charles Hanneman Gymnasium
• 28 co-curricular and extra
curricular activities
• Numerous state championships