Back-to-school shots, sports physicals at Helping Hands

(Rockwall) July 17, 2012 – The Health Center of Helping Hands, located at 102 S. First Street, Suite B in Rockwall, is offering affordable vaccinations and sports physicals. Vaccines are provided for uninsured children and/or children on Texas Medicaid. Children with private insurance are not eligible for the vaccine program. Children must be accompanied by […]

Rockwall ISD New Employee Breakfast Aug. 17

(Rockwall ISD) July 16, 2012 – The Rockwall ISD 2012 Administrator/New Employee Breakfast will be 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17 at Rockwall High School, 901 Yellow Jacket Lane. Interested sponsors shoudl call 972-771-5733. To submit your news and events, email .

Back 2 School Health Fair Aug. 11 benefiting Lewisville ISD students

School supply drive runs now through July 26 (Lewisville) July 16, 2012 – The second annual Back 2 School Health Fair benefiting students of the Lewisville ISD community will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Saturday, Aug. 11 at Harmon High School, 1250 W. Round Grove Road. Back 2 School Health Fair is a coalition […]

Trinity Christian Academy welcomes new head baseball coach

(Dallas) July 2, 2012 – Trinity Christian Academy has announced Don English as a new, full-time head baseball coach. English has accumulated a record of 531 wins throughout his career and has coached the West Mesquite, Highland Park, Plano East, Coppell and Plano West baseball program over the past 25 years. “We are thrilled to have Coach […]

Garland ISD student earns scholarship in ‘DU the Math’ video game tournament

Garland ISD student earns scholarship in ‘DU the Math’ video game tournament

(Garland ISD) June 28, 2012 – This fall, Rene Aguilar will enter fifth grade at Bullock Elementary School in Garland with more than pencils and a backpack. He’ll be toting a $5,000 college scholarship that he earned over the summer, just by “DU-ing” what he loves. Aguilar was the youngest of 32 competitors who qualified for the […]

Nebbie Williams Elementary names new principal

(Rockwall ISD) The Rockwall Independent School District is proud to announce that Lisa Gielow has been named principal of Nebbie Williams Elementary School for 2012-13. Gielow served as an assistant principal in Rockwall ISD beginning in 2007 and is the current Elementary Summer School Principal. Gielow has worked directly with students and staff in her […]

School dance raises $750 for Diabetes research

(Rockwall ISD) June 18, 2012 – Williams Middle School Student Council hosted a dance and raised $750 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Pictured with the check they recently presented for donation are Sherri Nichols, Student Council sponsor, and Morgan Gilstrap, Student Council president. Thanks to Stacey Hatten, Williams Middle School, for sharing this photo. […]

Springer students help send Kenyan orphans to school

Springer students help send Kenyan orphans to school

Very few people can pinpoint Maai Mahui, Kenya on a map. Ouida Springer Elementary 6th graders can not only locate the village, they can tell you all about the culture and some new friends they have made. To date, Springer students have raised enough money to sponsor four orphaned children in a small Kenyan village […]

Frisco Area Republican Women to host scholarship luncheon

Radio host Mark Davis, Congressman Sam Johnson to honor scholarship winners (Frisco) June 4, 2012 – Radio talk show host Mark Davis will be the keynote speaker for the Frisco Area Republican Women’s 10th Annual Shirley Melton Johnson Scholarship Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 12. Congressman Sam Johnson will join Davis […]

Royse City student is UIL state champ

Royse City student is UIL state champ

Garrett Hammonds, a junior at Royse City High School, is the new 4A UIL State Champion in Prose Interpretation. Hammonds won the championship, held annually at the University of Texas at Austin, May 22. His state title caps off a stellar year of competition for Hammonds and the entire Royse City Forensics Team. “Garrett received […]