Every year, every 6th grade student in Rocket City has an opportunity to visit a college campus. RP is the first and only district in the county that offers a 6th grade college field trip. The trip provides these young students with an introduction to life on campus. It breaks down barriers of unfamiliarity and strangeness for the student who can't imagine him/herself taking that step out of his/her comfort zone, and sets a course for post secondary learning and success.

Not every student will choose college. There are other choices that will lead to equally fulfilling lifetime success, such as trade school and apprenticeships. College is a big step and a great unknown to many students. The experience of being on campus, eating in a dorm cafeteria, seeing a dorm room, sitting in a lecture hall, and meeting college students and professors lays the groundwork and builds confidence for students who want to take a college track but find it intimidating or out of reach. Every student visits one of these gracious host universities: MSU, WMU, FSU, Hope, GVSU.

Saturday, February 27
Reeths-Puffer Middle School Gymnasium
All Rocket City girls in grades K-4
$15 per Princess & King couple/ $5 for each additional Princess
*$10 late fee for registrations received after January 29th.

Fill out the registration form and return it to the Princess's school office by Friday, January 29th.

Thanks to Mr. Jack Moore, a World War II veteran and former RP School Bus Transportation Supervisor, we know quite a bit about our beloved rocket. We have the upper section of a V2 rocket that was constructed in Germany in the 1940s, and it was later purchased by Reeths-Puffer in the 1970s.

After World War II, many German scientists came to America, including a man by the name of Wernher von Braun. Mr. von Braun was the lead scientist responsible for the development of the V2, and when he first came to the U.S. he was working at Fort Bliss, Texas, which is where Jack Moore was stationed at the time.

In addition to his work on the V2 rocket, von Braun helped develop the Redstone missile and Saturn V. The Saturn V was the rocket that took the first men to the moon in 1969. Mr. von Braun would later relocate to Washington, D.C., where he was appointed as NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning at NASA Headquarters.

This rocket, designed in hopes of reaching for the stars, is an important and appropriate symbol for Rocket City, and for all of our Rockets who also continue to reach for the stars. Thank you, Jack Moore, for your courageous service to our country, and for helping us tell this important Reeths-Puffer story for generations to come!

Candlelight Carols will be presented on Tuesday, December 15 at 7 p.m.  The concert features all four of the Reeths-Puffer High School Choirs:  Rocket Harmonix, Rocket Ladies Choir, Vocal Fusion, and R-P Madrigals.  Candlelight Carols is a variety show of different holiday choir music.  Selected soloists for the concert include:  Courtney Boersema, Matthew Johnston, Brianna Bush, Morgan Perez, Ray Brock, Cassidy Briggs, Elijah Nichols, Bailey Engweiler, Jordan Martin, Maria Nolan, Danielle Otworth, Alex Oppenheimer, and Isabel Guerra.  Audience members are invited to sing along with the choirs on selected carols​​.  Tickets are $5, and $15 for family nucleus

Y-Knot Embroidery has been in business right here in Rocket City for close to 20 years. They offer a wide variety of RP spirit clothing, plus custom screen printing and embroidery. Contact them at 231-744-8849. Visit their storefront at 200 Holton Road Suite D & E, Muskegon, MI 49445.
Or visit their website with links to their online store at http://yknotembroidery.com/

Y-Knot Embroidery has been an active supporter of Rocket City for many years. Most recently, Mrs. Whynot, supported the Adopt-A-Classroom program by adopting Mrs. Yarian's second grade classroom at Reeths-Puffer Elementary School.

"My class has purchased 3 Moby Max tablets thanks to the generosity of Y-knot Embroidery," wrote Mrs. Amy Yarian. "We use these on a daily basis to help with our reading and math skills. One student in my class said 'Y-knot was so nice to us. I love using a tablet to read on.'  Thank you so much to Tammy Whynot and her business for letting us be the beneficiaries of her good will. The money was put to good use!"