(ROYSE CITY, TX — May 27, 2016) Teachers face many challenges. They must raise the bar on student performance, all while competing against social, environmental, and outside pressures. A teacher cannot control what comes into their classrooms, so how do they create high-achieving students? They must capture their hearts. And at Royse City ISD our […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 25, 2016) Alyssa Catapano served as the Principal for the Day at Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School today! She did a great job at filling in for Mrs. Jill Baird. She observed teachers, helped with cafeteria duty, and helped with dismissal duty. As all good leaders do, Ms. Catapano reflected on […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – May 25, 2016) For the third year in a row, Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School has been named a Great Expectations Model School! APHE is one of only three schools named Model School in Texas. To share the great news with students, the teachers and staff surprised the students with a glow party […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — May 24, 2016) Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) recently announced Brooke Austin of Royse City High School as one of the runners-up in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. The winners were selected by a panel of judges who assessed submissions from high school students all across the 18 counties in Texas’ Fourth District. […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – May 23, 2016) Third graders at Amy Parks Heath Elementary School recently participated in Pioneer Day, a time when students bring history to life dressed as pioneers. As part of the tradition, students bring their lunches to school in pails. No packaged snacks or Lunchable-type meals are allowed; they bring only what […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — May 20, 2016) Two area school groups recently conducted fundraising events benefiting the Children’s Advocacy Center for Rockwall County. Students in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) at Rockwall-Heath High School sold Mary Kay beauty products and had a bake sale raising $700. Students in the Peer Assistance and […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 10, 2016) The Rockwall Independent School District honored the Teachers of the Year from its 19 campuses, and named the elementary and secondary district teachers of the year, during the 2016 Teachers of the Year Awards Banquet at the Hilton on Friday, May 6. Earning the 2016 elementary and secondary district […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – May 20, 2016) Cullins Lake Pointe Elementary students in Mrs. Brown’s library classes and Mrs. Kidd’s 5th grade history classes have been using a traveling exhibit from the Gilder Leherman Institute of American History to bring our past to life. The exhibit uses primary sources on the Progressive Era and has been […]
Rockwall area high school sophomores and juniors gathered Saturday, May 14, for a Leadership Forum presented by American Legion Post 117 and Patriot PAWS. The students learned how to develop leadership skills based on John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership. These include: Position, Permission, Production, People Development, and Pinnacle. Students separated into groups and moved […]
(ROCKWALL, TX—May 16, 2016) Howard Dobbs Elementary hosted their first annual Leadership Night to showcase the leadership skills that they have been practicing under the Leader in Me model. Students from all grade-levels came together to showcase the 7 Stephen Covey habits and teach their parents and visitors what being a Leader in Me campus […]