ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (November 11, 2014) Students, teachers, staff and family of Amy Parks Heath Elementary are proud to be Mariners, but they are even more proud to be AMERICANS! Today the APHE Mariners ate in the “Mess Hall,” survived “Boot Camp” and wrote letters to service men and women past and present. They felt the […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (November 11, 2014) The Rockwall High School Stingerettes visited with WFAA news anchor Shelly Slater after their recent performance at Victory Plaza in Dallas. The Orange Wave Band and Stingerettes performed before the Dallas Stars game Nov. 6. Photo submitted by Rhonda Franks, Rockwall ISD. To share your good news and events, email . Please […]
ROCKWALL,TX. (November 11, 2014) My earliest memory of reading is singing from the Baptist hymnal. I remember being four-and-a-half, standing next to my mother, moving my finger under each hyphenated syllable as we sang. This was a new honor, as my mother had always done that job. Now I could do it! I know that […]
ROCKWALL, TX (November 11, 2014) Cady Johnson, a sixth grader at Cullins Lake-Pointe Elementary, was recently recognized by the Rockwall Noon Rotary Club as a Student of Honor. Tim Hartley introduced Cady during the club’s Nov. 6 meeting. She was recognized for her outstanding academic and citizenship achievement, her strength of character and positive attitude. Pictured […]
ROCKWALL, TX (November 11, 2014) Ask any World War II veteran if he or she thinks our country is in a recession and after they get done chuckling, listen closely to their response. The answer will probably be something along the lines of this: During the war, most of the men in this country were […]
HEATH, TX (November 11, 2014) The City of Heath Special Events Board has been busy laying out some very special plans for the highly anticipated 2014 Heath Holiday in the Park event, set for Friday, Dec. 5. New treats and special surprises await at this year’s Holiday in the Park, which will be hosted rain […]
ROCKWALL, TX (November 10, 2014) Taylor McClure graduated from high school in 1942 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Military service in World War II was imminent, and the idea of being a Navy cadet seemed adventurous and exciting. An enlistment application received no response so Taylor hitch-hiked to the Dallas Navy office, only to learn that voluntary […]
ROCKWALL, TX (November 10, 2014) Corporal Dave Tolan served with the 712th Tank Battalion in WWII. This battalion was attached to the 90th Infantry Division, known as The Tough Ombres, or “TO”. (This designation originally meant Texas/Oklahoma in WWI). They pushed across France from Omaha Beach and Dave has combat stars from Normandy, Northern France, […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (November 10, 2014) SAGE teachers Jenny Kaup from Springer, and Renee Clover from Pullen, were awarded a grant on Nov. 4 titled, “3D, the Economy and Me,” to receive a 3D printer for each of their campuses. The grant is based upon the ideal of a new industrial age, where students will have the […]
ROCKWALL, HEATH (November 10, 2014) A group of American Sign Language students from Heath and Rockwall high schools traveled to Austin Nov. 1 to visit the Texas School for the Deaf. Students were able to interact with other students that are deaf or have hearing impairments. While there, students toured the campus and watched TSD’s […]