Rest Haven accepting entries in its annual Memorial Day Essay Contest for scholarships

Rest Haven accepting entries in its annual Memorial Day Essay Contest for scholarships

ROCKWALL, TX – April 2, 2021 – More than $1500 in scholarships will be awarded to local students this year in the Annual Memorial Day Essay Contest, sponsored by Dewayne and Ann Cain and Rest Haven Funeral Home and Memorial Park. The topic is: “What does Memorial Day mean to you?” All graduating seniors from […]

Rockwall ISD earns Excellence in Financial Management Award

Rockwall ISD earns Excellence in Financial Management Award

ROCKWALL,TX – April 1, 2021 – At its virtual annual conference in February, Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO) awarded 10 districts with the Award of Excellence in Financial Management, including Rockwall ISD. This new program recognizes Texas school districts that have implemented professional standards, best practices and innovations in financial reporting. “It’s a […]

Rockwall High School Stingerette Senior Showcase: Jordan Brown

Rockwall High School Stingerette Senior Showcase: Jordan Brown

ROCKWALL, TX – March 31, 2021 — This week’s Stingerette Senior Showcase is Miss Jordan Brown. Jordan is the daughter of Jim and Patty Brown. Jordan is a three-year member of the Stingerettes and currently serves as a Junior Varsity Instructor and is also Head of Communications. Jordan serves the Rockwall community by volunteering through […]

Fundraising night planned at Joe Willy’s to benefit Shannon Elementary teacher battling breast cancer

Fundraising night planned at Joe Willy’s to benefit Shannon Elementary teacher battling breast cancer

ROCKWALL, TX – March 29, 2021 – Sharon Shannon Elementary PTA will host a fundraising event from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 at Joe Willy’s, 2006 S. Goliad St. in Rockwall. Mrs. Zoila Montanez is a devoted and caring instructional aide working with special needs students. She was diagnosed with breast cancer last […]

Five Rockwall ISD DECA students are State Finalists, three qualify for Internationals

Five Rockwall ISD DECA students are State Finalists, three qualify for Internationals

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 –  Five Dr. Gene Burton College & Career DECA students are State Finalists and three will advance to compete at the DECA Virtual International Career Development Conference (ICDC). DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, business, finance, hospitality and management. International qualifiers will compete against DECA […]

Rockwall’s Aurelia Incristi selected for National Cancer Research Fellowship

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – University of Mount Union biochemistry student Aurelia Incristi ’22, of Rockwall, TX was recently selected for the 2021 Livestrong Cancer Institutes’ Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). SURF is a 10-week summer fellowship held at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, where students from across the […]

Three Rockwall ISD campuses earn awards in 21 Day Challenge

Three Rockwall ISD campuses earn awards in 21 Day Challenge

ROCKWALL, TX – March 18, 2021 – Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary, Sharon Shannon Elementary, and Virginia Reinhardt Elementary recently earned an award based on student participation in a 21 Day Challenge. Each year Rockwall ISD elementary schools participate in the Kids Teaching Kids 21 Day Challenge, sponsored by Medical City Children’s Hospital, the United […]

Rockwall ISD Board approves maintaining student, teacher and staff mask-wearing

Rockwall ISD Board approves maintaining student, teacher and staff mask-wearing

ROCKWALL, TX – March 17, 2021 — The Rockwall ISD Board of Trustees approved maintaining the Texas Education Agency safety requirement of student, teacher, and staff mask-wearing for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. District leadership presented information related to on-going changes from the Texas Education Agency concerning COVID mitigation. In addition, Student Services […]

Grace Hartman Elementary shines with more than 200 acts of kindness

Grace Hartman Elementary shines with more than 200 acts of kindness

ROCKWALL, TX – March 16, 2021 — Grace Hartman Elementary recently partnered with Raise Craze to complete a kindness-focused fundraising campaign. During the fundraiser, in-person and virtual students showed their appreciation to donors by completing acts of kindness for others. By the end of the campaign, students completed over 235 acts of kindness and raised […]

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