All Rim of the World Unified School District schools on Friday, May 18, 2012, will be closed due to the logistical and safety issues presented by the AMGEN Tour of California Bike Race.  The AMGEN Tour of California Bike Race, Stage 6: Palmdale to Big Bear Lake will require moving road closures along State Highway 138 and State Highway 18 affecting communities from Crestline to Big Bear Lake.  

Effective immediately, ROWUSD will not be offering Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for the 2012-2013 school year.  Only students turning 5 years old on or before November 1^st 2012 will be eligible for Kindergarten entry for the 2012-13 school year.

In the Governor’s proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year, school districts would not receive any funding for TK and the state would not mandate districts to offer it.

Given that ROWUSD cannot afford to offer Transitional Kindergarten if it is not funded by the state, ROWUSD does not plan to offer TK for the upcoming school year.

While the California Department of Education continues to provide updates and the situation may change over the course of the next several months, ROWUSD is moving forward on the assumption that there will be insufficient funding to offer Transitional Kindergarten within the parameters of the current budget.

Our mission is to "touch the future today" by assisting students to be motivated learners, productive citizens, and healthy human beings.

1. Provide quality curriculum and instructional strategies to enable all students to achieve academic success.
2. Create a school culture that promotes student’s self- esteem, responsible behavior, and mutual respect.
3. Promote a positive school environment that is safe and attractive.
4. Develop a school organization that fosters collaborative and shared leadership.
5. Maintain positive school and community partnerships.

Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School provides a warm, stimulating environment where students are actively involved in learning academics as well as positive values. Students receive a standards-based, challenging curriculum by dedicated professional staff and based on the individual needs of the students. Ongoing evaluation of student progress and achievement helps us refine the instructional program so students can achieve academic proficiency.

Mary P. Henck Intermediate School is located in the northwestern region of Lake Arrowhead and serves students in grades six through eight following a traditional calendar. 

History
Mary Putnam Henck (1882-1963) well deserves to have a school named after her. After graduating from Los Angeles High School she attended the University of Berkeley and graduated in 1903. She became a teacher at Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, founded the Girl's League at Manual Arts Jefferson High School, and in 1918, became the school's first female vice-principal. Upon moving to Hemet, she was one of the founders of the Ramona Pageant. When she came to the mountains with her family in 1923 there were no schools for her children, or others who lived in scattered areas near Lake Arrowhead, to attend. While not the first teacher in the mountains, she was the first to organize parents and support groups to form a school district that would last into the 21st century.

The school first met in a doctor's office in the old Lake Arrowhead Village and the students were charged $0.50 for supplies. In 1925 the first school (now Fire Station No. 1) was built at a cost of $40,000. While Mrs. Henck no longer taught at the school she kept active within the new district and organized the first PTA the same year.