(WYLIE, TX — September 8, 2017) Wylie East High School theatre students will hold a car wash fundraiser benefiting a Houston-area high school theatre program on Saturday, Sept. 9, at O’Reilly Auto Parts (located at FM 544 and Highway 78) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to Wylie East High School’s Raider Theatre Booster […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 7, 2017) The American Geographical Society (AGS) has named Brandy Glover of Rockwall High School as a 2017 AGS Geography Teacher Fellow. Glover is one of 50 teachers selected from across the United States to participate in the program in its second year. The AGS Geography Teacher Fellow program has been […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 3, 2017) Amy Parks-Heath Elementary hosted its Annual Kindergarten Walk on Friday to welcome the school’s newest Mariners to Amy Parks and to celebrate the first week of school! The walk exemplifies everything that APHE stands for: One team & One family celebrating the successes of others. “This annual walk brings so […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 30, 2017) For Linda Lyon, the namesake of Rockwall ISD’s brand new Linda Lyon Elementary School which opens to students this fall, being a teacher was something she knew she was meant to do ever since she was a little girl. “I used to line my dolls up and write with […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 28, 2017) Over 130 6th, 7th, and 8th grade band students from 12 different Rockwall ISD campuses participated in a special parent show-and-tell performance on Thursday at Utley Middle School. The performance was a celebration of a two-week Jumpstart Camp hosted by the Cain and Utley middle school band programs. “This […]
(GARLAND, TX — August 24, 2017) Garland ISD has announced a change to free and reduced-price meals served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for 2017-18. Twenty-three campuses qualifying for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) will now provide breakfast and lunch to every student at no charge, eliminating the collection of free and […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 24, 2017) Rockwall Independent School District and all 19 of its campuses have achieved the state’s highest rating for academic achievement. The district and all campuses were officially rated “Met Standard” according to the Texas Education Agency. “I am so proud of the excellence that has been achieved by our students […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 24, 2017) Backpacks, pencils and notebooks are filling up the aisles in stores all over Texas, reminding us that a new school year is just around the corner. The beginning of the school year can be an exciting time for most children, but it can also lead to more reports of […]
(ROWLETT, TX — August 24, 2017) Summer is coming to an end, but the Providence Lions are ready to reunite and start another exciting school year! Providence Academy has just begun its ninth year as an established Classical, Christian, University-Model school serving the Lake Ray Hubbard community. The school, which holds classes at Pure Heart Fellowship […]
Blue Ribbon News Editor / Senior Reporter Austin Wells caught up with Dr. John “JJ” Villarreal to hear his thoughts on his highly-successful first 14 months as Superintendent for the Rockwall Independent School District, and what more he hopes to accomplish for the district’s youth in the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. What are some of […]