(ROCKWALL, TX — Jan. 26, 2017) Williams Middle School is excited to announce that the WMS Orchestra had 18 students placed in the 2016-17 Rockwall All-City Orchestra! Tryouts were held Saturday, Jan. 21. They are as follows: Violin: Michael Gomez – 3rd Chair, David Antrobus – 9th Chair, Avery Bryan – 14th Chair, Mary Zapata […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 25, 2017) What does a quarterback without a team, an entrepreneur without a business and an instrumentalist without an orchestra have in common? Each of these are skilled individuals who need something larger than themselves to feel complete. The Rockwall School of Music has dedicated the past 20 years to providing […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 24, 2017) Brandon Taylor, a junior at Rockwall High, was awarded the Gold Presidential Service Award for his volunteering efforts in and around Rockwall. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a volunteer award program that encourages citizens to live a life of service. While Brandon participated in several programs for volunteering, […]
(HEATH, TX — Jan. 18, 2017) Tyler Burden, a Rockwall-Heath High School Mighty Hawk Band member, earned a chair in the Texas All-State Band Saturday, Jan. 7. Tyler will join Dawson Ward, another Mighty Hawk Band member who earned a chair in the TMEA All State Jazz Band earlier this year, and will attend the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 10, 2017) The Rockwall High School wrestlers traveled to the 15th Annual Cypress-Fairbanks Wrestling Invitational over the weekend. Eighty-three boys varsity teams from the state of Texas and Louisiana were entered and the Yellowjacket wrestlers claimed the championship trophy for the second time in three years! Leading the way for the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 22, 2016) The Rockwall High School Stingerettes recently hosted their annual holiday dance clinic for future Stingerettes in grades K-5. The future rettes learned a holiday-themed dance and performed it during the Rockwall ISD Dance Extravaganza on Saturday, December 3 . The girls had tons of fun learning, dancing, playing games, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Dec. 20, 2016) The Rockwall ISD Board approved the attendance zone for Elementary School 14 — now known as Lynda Lyon Elementary — during its meeting on Monday, Dec. 19. Board Member and Board Secretary Russ Childers made a motion to approve Scenario 2B as the attendance zone for the new elementary […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — Dec. 21, 2016) On Monday, Dec. 19, at their regularly scheduled meeting, the Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name the 14th elementary school in the district Linda Lyon Elementary School. Mrs. Lyon taught for 37 years with 31 of those years in Rockwall ISD. “As a board member who grew […]
(ROYSE CITY, TX — Dec. 19, 2016) William Fort & Miss May Vernon Elementary schools have been nominated by the Flippen Group to receive a Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase School award for the 2016-2017 school year. In 2003, Royse City ISD began an initiative to transform its campuses into an emotionally safe and relationally […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — Dec. 19, 2016) A new Rockwall ISD website will debut January 5, prior to the start of classes for the second semester of the 2016-2017 school year. The launch of the new website is another step toward increasing communication with parents, staff and community members. The website is easy to use, informative, […]