(ROCKWALL, TX — March 20, 2017) The Half Metal Jackets attended the North Texas VEX Starstruck Middle School Regional Championship at Berker High School in Richardson. The team won the Excellence Award for Middle Schools which advanced the team to the state competition in Greenville. Students attend RISD’s Utley Middle School and Stevenson Elementary. In […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – March 19, 2017) Rockwall-Heath High School senior Kaitlynn Petersen (pictured above, far right) had an outstanding performance at the 6A UIL high school women’s powerlifting state championships held yesterday in Waco, placing 5th in her weight division. Her total weight lifted was 970 – squat, 425; a personal record brench press of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 15, 2017) Pancakes, syrup, scrambled eggs and sausage will be on the menu at the All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast to benefit the Rockwall County Reading For Adults Program on Saturday, April 8th, 2017, at Applebee’s located at 687 E. Interstate 30,Rockwall, TX 75087. Hosted by Applebee’s, the Reading For Adults (RFA) volunteers […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 15, 2017) The deadline for high school seniors in Rockwall County to apply for an Aspasians scholarship is Friday, March 24th! Visit the Aspasians website to download the application and find details about turning in the completed application at your school. Last year, Aspasians provided $70,000 to six deserving and local high school […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 14, 2017) The Rockwall HS Robotics Team, Full Metal Jackets, attended the FIRST Dallas Regional event March 9-11. The team advanced to the quarter finals of the event, and brought home several awards. The team won the 2017 Dallas Regional Quality Award and Safety Award. In addition, the founder of the […]
(ROYSE CITY, TX — March 13, 2017) Royse City ISD is holding Kindergarten and PreK Roundup on April 6 at each of its five elementary schools. Student who meet criteria may enroll for the 2017-18 school year at their campus of assignment. The full list of requirements for Kindergarten and PreK may be found at: https://www.rcisd.org/pre-k-and-kindergarten-round-up/. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — March 13, 2017) Members of the Jones Jaguars PawsUp Podcast Club finished their first podcast this week. Students met after school in the library every Thursday for one hour. The podcast was completely done by 5th and 6th graders who researched, wrote scripts, conducted interviews, recorded “studio” sessions, found sound effects and […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – March 12, 2017) The Heath Hawks Theatre Co. from Rockwall-Heath High School placed first in the UIL One Act Play Competition which was held Thursday, March 9th at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. The group will advance to Bi-District on Wednesday, March 23rd at John Horn High School. Also from the […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – March 12, 2017) Sixteen Rockwall-Heath HS DECA students recently competed at a state competition and three will advance to DECA’s ICDC (International Career and Development Conference) being held in Anaheim, California this April where they will join 12,000 world-wide competitors. Zimri Ramos advanced for Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan and Josh Hunter and Erin Kinsey advanced for Marketing […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – March 12, 2017) The Rockwall High School competitive A Cappella group, Walk the Line, recently hosted and participated in one of three Quarter Finals as part of the International Competition for High School A Cappella (ICHSA). The top three groups from each of the three Quarter Finals will compete at the Southwest […]