ROCKWALL, TX – October 14, 2021 — The Rockwall Rotary recognized its Student of Honor this week as Will Covington from Amy Parks Heath Elementary School. Will was recognized for his exemplary academic achievement and good citizenship. Will was joined by his family as Amy Parks Principal Lindy Lewis presented the award. Blue Ribbon News […]
ROCKWALL, TX – November 30, 2020 — This fall, Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School celebrated the official unveiling of its new Outdoor Learning Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The center creates all kinds of outdoor learning opportunities for students. With an outdoor classroom, kids can help seed, water, observe, record and harvest the garden beds […]
The Amy Parks Mariners set out to spread joy and kindness throughout their school and community during the month of December. Students were spotted all month long engaging in acts of kindness! Each time a student was caught showing kindness, they were recognized by getting to choose an ornament to hang on their campus Kindness […]
Second graders at Amy Parks-Heath ES didn’t let a few sprinkles keep them from coming out to the garden and transplanting a variety of lettuce and cabbage. They listened carefully to Ms. Jane Bukowitz give her expertise on worms and their beneficial properties to the garden soil. Students filled the soil with worms in an […]
(HEATH, TX — June 6, 2019) This past school year, kiddos channeled their green thumbs and learned all about nature thanks to a unique outdoor learning opportunity at Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School. APHE Kindergartners, first and second graders took their studies outside the classroom to the APHE Outdoor Garden, where they learned all about plant […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 16, 2018) Amy Parks-Heath Elementary sixth grade students worked collaboratively to design and construct a working marble roller coaster. Once their roller coaster was completed, they then had to analyze it by finding the ride time, the length of the track and the speed at which the marble traveled through the […]