Rockwall ISD Culinary Arts Team wins Kids Fit Menu Invitational

(ROCKWALL, TX — December 20, 2017) Rockwall ISD’s Culinary Arts Team recently won the “Kids Fit Menu Invitational” along with 17 other high schools. The focus of the competition was on healthy food for children combined with their passion for cooking and culinary arts. Their challenge? To create a kid’s meal with ingredients that On […]

Dr. Courtney Gober finishes as state finalist for Principal of the Year

Dr. Courtney Gober finishes as state finalist for Principal of the Year

(ROCKWALL, TX — December 20, 2017) Dr. Courtney Gober, Principal of Rockwall High School, recently finished as a state finalist in the Principal of the Year competition by Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP). In August 2017, he was selected to represent TASSP as Region 10 Outstanding Principal of the Year. “I am very […]

LULAC awards grant to Dobbs Folklorico Dance Group

LULAC awards grant to Dobbs Folklorico Dance Group

(ROCKWALL, TX — December 20, 2017) Rockwall LULAC awarded its first grant from its Education and Scholarship Fund to Rockwall ISD’s Howard Dobbs Elementary School’s Ballet Folklorico Dance Group. The grant was presented to Rockwall ISD’s Director of Fine Arts, Chris Kosterman, and Yanelda Murillo, Lourdes Caballero and Brenda Sandoval-Jones, the Dance Group’s teachers, at […]

Royse City ISD Education Foundation names executive director

Royse City ISD Education Foundation names executive director

(ROYSE CITY, TX — December 20, 2017) The Royse City Independent School District is pleased to announce that Kim Crumrine has been selected as the new Executive Director of the Education Foundation.  The Executive Director coordinates all aspects of fundraising and donor relations for the Education Foundation. Since 2009, the non-profit foundation has awarded more […]

Three Royse City ISD campuses nominated for national award

Three Royse City ISD campuses nominated for national award

(ROYSE CITY, TX— December 13, 2017) Davis Elementary, Fort Elementary and Miss May Vernon Elementary schools have been nominated by the Flippen Group to receive a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase School award for the 2017-2018 school year. Davis Elementary is the latest school to be recognized for this important campus climate program. Last year, […]

Rockwall’s Shumake to race against world’s elite in BMW Dallas Marathon

Rockwall’s Shumake to race against world’s elite in BMW Dallas Marathon

(ROCKWALL, TX – December 7, 2017) Rockwall High School senior Austin Shumake (18) will join 25 of Dallas/Ft. Worth’s top high school distance runners to compete against elite marathoners in the BMW Dallas Marathon on Sunday, Dec. 10. Now in its 47th running, the marquee race attracts runners from across the globe and hundreds of […]

Cain Middle School students make All-Region Honor Band

Cain Middle School students make All-Region Honor Band

(ROCKWALL, TX — December 5, 2017) Congratulations to six Mighty Mustang Band students from Cain Middle School for successfully auditioning and making the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 25 Middle School Honor Band. On Nov. 11 and Nov. 13, band students from Cain Middle School traveled to Lovejoy ISD and auditioned for only a […]

Rep. Ratcliffe recognizes 2017 Congressional App Challenge winners

Rep. Ratcliffe recognizes 2017 Congressional App Challenge winners

(ROCKWALL, TX — December 4, 2017) Congressman John Ratcliffe recently recognized four Rockwall-Heath High School students who were the winners of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for Texas’ 4th District. Last week at his District Office located at 6531 Horizon Rd, Ratcliffe presented seniors Kyle Jackson and Jonathan Payne, Jr., and juniors Michael Bess and […]

Rockwall Police, DA to present ‘Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet’ Thursday

Rockwall Police, DA to present ‘Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet’ Thursday

(ROCKWALL, TX – Nov. 28, 2017) Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper and members of the Rockwall Police Department will give a presentation on “Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet” this Thursday, November 30, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  The Reinhardt Elementary School PTA will host the presentation at Virginia Reinhardt Elementary School located […]

Youth Water Polo Club makes splash at North Texas Fall Champs Tournament

Youth Water Polo Club makes splash at North Texas Fall Champs Tournament

(ROCKWALL, TX — November 21, 2017) The Rockwall Youth Water Polo Club with Coach Allie Demarco and students from Rockwall and Rockwall Heath High schools , Nathaniel Butler, Christian Weaver, Luke Luorakpong and Stefan Dura outscored opposing teams at the North Texas Fall Champs Tournament on October 28-29 at the Denton ISD Natatorium. The Rockwall […]