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!










5th grade Gifted students learned SO much & had so much fun on their field trip to Jekyll Island, GA. They participated in classes on herpetology, shark dissection, orienteering, dock study, maritime forest, beach ecology, salt marsh ecology & so much more!










Our 5th graders participated in a smoking and vaping prevention program today called Tar Wars.


Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated a birthday recently!! #happybirthday








October is National Principals Month! We would like to say thank you to our wonderful principal, Mr. Z! His dedication and commitment to our school does not go unnoticed. We appreciate all you do for our school.

Mrs. Willis' students are working hard to complete their reading cards! Way to go!



Van Wert has the most students passing AR quizzes this school year, with 7,435 quizzes passed. Way to go, Van Wert students! Congratulations to our TOP AR winners this month. Next month's party is a pizza party.


