Ready or not here they come! Tomorrow is my first day with students as Rochester EC-1 Principal. I can’t wait to see all our stars walk through the door. It’s a GREAT day to be a Rocket!🚀

Today was a dream. Does everything go right on the first day? ….absolutely not..but seeing smiles like this make all worth it. Rochester EC 1 is shining bright this year✨✨

If you haven’t 🐮HERD🐮 Rochester EC-1 is the place to be! #greatdaytobearocket

High-Five Friday is really Blasting OFF! This week we had 2 different Fire Departments welcoming our students! I am always looking for our next group to welcome our kids, who should be next?! 🚒❤️🚀

Building Connections one High Five at a time !

Honored to lead such an amazing building and host such an amazing event! 🚀💖

Exciting day at Rochester EC-1. 🚀💖

Name another College Basketball Team that would brave the frigid temperatures to welcome students into Elementary School?! Matt Brock and the UIS Basketball men are the real deal! We can’t wait to welcome them back another day! #WeAreStars University of Illinois Springfield Rochester Rockets

How is your school celebrating the 100th day? At Rochester EC-1 we invited a local 101yr old to help celebrate with us! She even got to PIE the Principal💖💯

✨THANK YOU✨ To the RHS girls basketball team for a Fanstastic High-Five Friday yesterday!!! We are needing volunteers to fill the NEXT TWO Fridays!!! Will you join us in welcoming our kids to school with a high-five and a smile?!😃

Looking for some fun ideas to do with K-1 students that won “Principal for the Day”!

RHS Wrestling brought the energy this morning! These athletes welcomed our students with cheers, high-fives, and some stellar dance moves! We wish them the best of luck tomorrow at Regionals! ✨🚀

At RES EC-1 we are building community partnerships through our High-Five Fridays. UIS Basketball is taking it a step further by sending players once a week to continue to build valuable relationships with our kids! ⭐️✨ University of Illinois Springfield Rochester Rockets

It’s Friday….you know what that means!!!! High-Five Friday! Thank you to the Men and Women’s Basketball Team from Lincoln Land!!! Our kids are so excited to see who is waiting for them on Friday mornings!! Go Loggers! ❤️💙 Lincoln Land Community College

Yesterday was a busy and exciting day at EC-1… ⭐️Our UIS Mens basketball friends came fo visit (Our kids call them the Big Boys) ⭐️ RJHS paired with our Kinder Kids to do some fun Valentines Activites ⭐️1st Grade held an extravegant Super Bowl party! UIS Basketball RJHS

High-Five Fridays have completely shifted the energy in my building. I love seeing the pure JOY and excitement on our students face each Friday as they enter school. ⭐️🎉🚀

This morning the track boys had the opportunity to welcome our youngest 🚀 to school! Very cool to see the excitement from our K-1 students! Proud of the crew for showing up early and standing in the cold! #highfivefriday Adrienne VanFossan Rochester Elementary Andrew McGhghy

Find a friend that inspires you. Juletta Ellis is an amazing Principal, Wife, Mom, and HALF MARATHON runner!! Cheering her on is easy to do!!