I've been so busy that I'm not exactly sure what time this happened today, but we have reached 7,000 checkouts! We are at 7,310!
Today, Mrs. Willis' class devoured some delicious Honeycrisp apples with caramel to go with an autumn science unit while watching a virtual field trip to an apple orchard.
“I’m loving it!” ~Carson
“These are tasty! ~Aurora
“This is so good!” ~Eli
“They’re good & sweet!” ~LayLay




Thank you to, Mr. Trey Kelley, Member of the Georgia House of Representatives, for donating a state flag to Van Wert!


A big thank you to our Rockmart Fire Department!! They stopped by today and presented a fire prevention presentation to our 3-5th grade students. #stopdroproll










Today we had our first mystery readers in the library. A big thank you to James' parents and Mrs. Stringer's class.






Reminder: Tomorrow is Absentee Picture Day!

Congratulations to our Faculty and Staff of the Month for September, Hope Garrett and Amy Clevenger! We appreciate all you do for our students, faculty, and staff!

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month! If your child missed the group picture, please share of photo him or her in the comments! Way to go!


Reminder: If you turn in a form, we need a photo emailed to hope.garrett@polk.k12.ga.us to be in our slideshow during the program!

Ms. Lisa, our lead lunchroom lady, read to Pre-K for community helper week.



Reminder: Please join us for Spooky Science Night on October 30, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

Please help us congratulate Lily George, a Van Wert 4th grader, on her accomplishments at state!!
✨ Beef Showmanship: 5th
✨ Sheep Showmanship: 7th
✨ Butterbean: 3rd in class
✨ Holly: 6th in class
✨ Asher: 2nd Ga born and bred in class








Whether you coach academics, behavior, or a sport, we thank you for all you do for our Rockmart students! Happy National Coaches Day!

Happy World Teachers' Day to all of our wonderful teachers! We hope you have the best day today!

Vocabulary Parade Info.

Happy National School Custodian Day!! We wouldn't make it a day without all of you.

We want to wish all of our Van Wert Special Olympians a wonderful, fun time today!!










Pre-K students making apple pies with Mrs. Carver!












