Rockwall-Heath Black Hawk Robotics places second at World Championship

Rockwall-Heath Black Hawk Robotics places second at World Championship

(HEATH, TX — May 11, 2017) The Rockwall-Heath High School robotics team, Black Hawk Robotics, recently competed at FIRST Robotics World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Over 400 teams from around the world competed at this event.  The Black Hawks won their 68-team division, advancing to the “Einstein” finals round-robin tournament against the winning alliances […]

Lady Jackets Softball Bi-District Champs

Rockwall Lady Jackets Varsity Grabs Lead In Seventh Inning For Victory Over Lufkin (ROCKWALL, TX – May 1, 2017) Rockwall Lady Jackets Varsity took the lead late in the game in a 6-4 victory over Lufkin on Saturday. The game was tied at three with Rockwall Lady Jackets Varsity batting in the top of the […]

Local student earns YMCA college scholarship

Local student earns YMCA college scholarship

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 30, 2017) Senior Dylan Redig was among a select group of North Texas students to earn a YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Foundation college scholarship. He and 19 other college-bound students were honored at the 37th Annual YMCA College Scholarship Awards Ceremony held April 27 at the T. Boone Pickens YMCA in […]

Character Counts at Jones Elementary

Character Counts at Jones Elementary

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 28, 2017) The Chick-Fil-A cow stopped by with some yummy breakfast for special students at Jones Elementary! Every year, Jones participates in Chick-Fil-A’s Core Essential’s program.  This program encourages students to be better citizens and friends by treating others right, making smart decisions, and maximizing their potential. Teachers each chose one […]

Rockwall ISD Education Foundation awards 2017 spring grants

Rockwall ISD Education Foundation awards 2017 spring grants

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 26, 2017) The Rockwall ISD Education Foundation’s Spring 2017 Innovative Teaching Grant Recipients were recently announced and presented to the RISD Trustees during their April meeting. The REF’s Grants & Awards Committee met in March to review all the submissions and selected five applications to approve for funding. The grant “Boogie […]

Cain Middle School Symphonic, Honors bands earn ‘Excellent’ ratings at UIL Evaluation

Cain Middle School Symphonic, Honors bands earn ‘Excellent’ ratings at UIL Evaluation

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 26, 2017) Congratulations to the Cain Middle School Symphonic and Honors bands for receiving Excellent and Superior ratings at the Region 25 UIL Concert and Sight Reading Evaluation! On Thursday, April 20, the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Thomas Kramer, traveled to Wylie East High School to perform for a […]

Springer Kindergarten students host 2nd Annual Animals on Parade

Springer Kindergarten students host 2nd Annual Animals on Parade

(ROCKWALL, TX — April 26, 2017) Springer Elementary Kinders are wild about learning! Kindergarten students have been learning about the needs and characteristics of living things. Using a wide variety of resources, they have been researching animals of their choice. Students gave a short presentation to their classmates. They celebrated by hosting the 2nd Annual […]

C-Span to honor local winners of StudentCam documentary competition

C-Span to honor local winners of StudentCam documentary competition

(McKINNEY, TX — April 28, 2017) C‑SPAN and Spectrum will visit Imagine International Academy of North Texas on May 2 to honor local winners for C‑SPAN’s annual student video documentary competition, StudentCam. During the visit a C‑SPAN Representative will present a StudentCam certificate of merit to all 12 winning students during ceremonies in front of classmates, teachers […]