(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 9, 2016) Congratulations to Rockwall High School student, Janet Barker, for having her Spiral Swirl Vase juried into the K-12 National Ceramic Show! Janet’s piece was chosen from over 950 entries. It will be on display in Kansas City, MO for two weeks in March of this year.
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 8, 2016) Springer Elementary School sixth grade science students hosted Cans for Coasters Jan. 29, showcasing the roller coaster projects they made as the culminating activity to the force and motion unit. All grade levels attended and brought a canned good as admission. The sixth graders collected more than 500 canned goods to […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 8, 2016) Kamryn Adams, a sixth grader from Billie Stevenson Elementary School, was recently recognized by the Rockwall Noon Rotary Club as a Rotary Student of Honor. She was presented with the award during a luncheon program last Thursday at Rotary Hall. Stevenson Principal Mike Pitcher spoke about the busy week […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 4, 2016) Congratulations for a job well done by Rockwall ISD wrestlers who competed in the State Middle School Wrestling Tournament Jan. 29-30. Results: Williams Middle School James Strohmeyer- State Champion 200Ib Weight Class Zach Flowers- 2nd Place Zach Lilly- 3rd place Kaden Fleming- 4th place Noah Ferguson- 5th place Cody […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 3, 2016) Congrats to the Rockwall High School Class of 2016 for continuing their education and athletic career at the college level! Track Rose Njoku- Texas Tech University Baseball Nick Colacecchi- Howard College Matt Baker- Grayson University Mason Best- Hardin Simmons University Eric Wimpee- University of Texas at Tyler Girls Soccer […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Feb. 3, 2016) Congrats to the Rockwall-Heath High School Class of 2016 for continuing their education and athletic career at the college level! Football Tyler McCalister- Midwestern State University Cory Wilkerson- Southwestern Oklahoma State University Girls Soccer Jayden Wheeler- Northwestern State University of Louisiana Source: Rockwallisd.com The Blue Ribbon News print edition […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 2, 2016) The Rockwall High School Jacket Backers ecently selected Adam Alford as the February Yellowjacket Athlete of the Month, and Katie Givens as the February Lady Jacket Athlete of the Month. Alford, a 12th grade member of the Varsity Gymnastics Team, was nominated by Coach Cameron Sweny and chosen by the […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Jan. 31, 2016) It is a common misconception that math is a strictly left-brained activity, reserved only for the structural, logical side of our brain and not the creative side. The idea that only left-brained people are talented at math is a myth—math has more than one component. When you describe math as a left-brained […]
Young writers in the spotlight (ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 28, 2016) As part of Project Based Learning, Christina Lee, a fourth grade bilingual teacher at Springer Elementary School, has spent the last few months teaching her students about journalism, the writing process, peer review, advertising and more – including what it takes to get published […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 28, 2016) For 11-years in a row, Williams Middle Schcool has been announced both 7th and 8th grade UIL champions as well as overall winner in its UIL district. UIL is a competition for people who have knowledge or talent within that certain category. The competition was held on January 22nd […]