Garland ISD Health Fair and Back-to-School Rally

(GARLAND ISD – July 13, 2016) Garland ISD and the Garland Unit of the NAACP will host a Health Fair and Back-to-School Rally from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, August 20 at the Curtis Culwell Center, 4999 Naamen Forest Blvd. in Garland. Registered students, accompanied by parent or guardian, will receive free school supplies, […]

Frisco YMCA welcomes summer STEM robotics coding program

(Frisco, TX—July 8, 2016) The Frisco Family YMCA is hosting a STEM Summer Camp for K-6th grades. Kids interested in robotics, coding and game design will be taught the Harvard/MIT Creative Coding Method to: design video games like Pong, PacMan and Shark Attack, code animations and interactive musical stories, and program robots for moves, mazes […]

Rockwall High School Robotics squad wins 2016 Texas Robotics Invitational

Rockwall High School Robotics squad wins 2016 Texas Robotics Invitational

(ROCKWALL, TX — June 28, 2016) The Rockwall High School Robotics Team 1296 recently traveled to Houston hoping to win the 2016 Texas Robotics Invitational, and that’s just what they did! The Full Metal Jackets look to repeat this championship performance at the end of July when they compete in the first ever Texas UIL […]

When math anxiety spreads like a virus

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – June 28, 2016) Math anxiety is a phenomenon that math teachers everywhere observe daily all across the nation.   We see anxiety almost every time a child sits down for an assessment, and it breaks our hearts.  How does a child get to the point where they feel they cannot succeed at a […]

Rockwall Library’s Teen Read 2016 offering fun and educational events this summer

Rockwall Library’s Teen Read 2016 offering fun and educational events this summer

(ROCKWALL, TX — June 24, 2016) The Rockwall County Library’s summer reading program is in full swing with several exciting upcoming events. Participating students can attend any one of the following events and count it towards their reading log for a chance to win some awesome prizes, including a Kindle Fire! For more information about […]

Mathnasium partners with National PTA on STEM Initiative

 Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath is one of 680 Mathnasium locations nationwide slated to put the “M” in STEM   (ROCKWALL, TX—June 20, 2016) Mathnasium Learning Centers is proud to announce that it has joined forces with National PTA as a partner in PTA’s nationwide science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and family engagement initiative. Through […]

Thirteen Rockwall-Heath football seniors awarded memorial scholarships

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – June 16, 2016) The Hawk Huddle football boosters, Heath Hawks Community Athletics (HHCA) and the Moran family awarded scholarships from the Ethan Moran Memorial Scholarship Fund to 13 graduating football seniors from Rockwall-Heath High School on June 3. There were multiple fundraising opportunities throughout the year to raise the money that was awarded, […]

Rockwall High School senior receives scholarship from Soroptimist club

Rockwall High School senior receives scholarship from Soroptimist club

(ROCKWALL, TX — June 15, 2016) Soroptimist International of Rockwall recently presented Rockwall High School senior Jena Alstatt a $2,000 Susan Faulkner Memorial Scholarship. Jena is a graduating senior at Rockwall High School and will be attending the University of Southern California to major in business administration. The Rockwall Soroptimist work to improve the lives of […]

Rockwall Rotary honors RISD students

(ROCKWALL, TX – June 13, 2016) The Rockwall Rotary Club’s Students of Honor program has been rewarding hardworking Rockwall ISD students for years. This year’s program director Tim Hartley, who was recently elected Rotary Club President for 2017, said the idea behind Students of Honor is to let diligent students know that they are appreciated. […]

Heath Highsteppers earn multiple honors at Crowd Pleaser Officer Camp

Heath Highsteppers earn multiple honors at Crowd Pleaser Officer Camp

(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX — June 13, 2016) RHHS Highstepper Officers participated in an intense Crowd Pleaser Officer Camp held at The Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel. The enthusiastic officers started off their week with the traditional home routine. They won the coveted Superior Award! This reflected the results of the rest of the week where the girls […]