Rockwall High choir student earns highest honor as Texas All-State musician

Rockwall High choir student earns highest honor as Texas All-State musician

ROCKWALL, TX – Jan. 20, 2021 – Ashlyn Sisco, a member of the Rockwall High School Choir Department, has earned the prestigious honor of being named a Texas All-State Musician. Despite the innumerable challenges encountered throughout this school year, 2021 All-Staters remained committed to their personal musical development. They demonstrated the very perseverance and dedication […]

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Marching Band reaches finals for first time in 6A UIL Area C Marching Contest

Rockwall-Heath Mighty Hawk Marching Band reaches finals for first time in 6A UIL Area C Marching Contest

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – December 9, 2020 – The Rockwall-Heath High School Marching Band competed in the UIL Area C Marching Contest on December 5 at Mesquite Memorial Stadium, where they placed 9th. This is only the second appearance by the Mighty Hawk Band at the 6A Area Contest in school history, and the first time […]

Rockwall High Speech & Debate Team places in top 6 at competition

Rockwall High Speech & Debate Team places in top 6 at competition

ROCKWALL, TX – December 9, 2020 – The Rockwall High School Speech and Debate Team recently attended a competition where they competed in informative and persuasive extemporaneous speech. Congratulations to these students: Rawan Albdeiri – 1st Randall Klaver – 4th Mary Renee Stevens – 5th Gracie Cearley – 6th Jordan Lugo placed 4th amongst novice speakers. Source: […]

Rockwall ISD culinary teams advance to state

Rockwall ISD culinary teams advance to state

(ROCKWALL, TX) The Rockwall ISD Culinary Team recently competed at the ProStart DFW Regional Competition where the main Culinary Team won first place and the Restaurant Management Team won second place. Both ProStart teams received mixed feedback at competition, but came out on top in the end! “When time for the awards ceremony came, we […]

Garland ISD launches esports program

Garland ISD launches esports program

Garland ISD is currently the largest school district to have all of its high schools competing for a state champion esports title In an effort to provide more Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) opportunities for students, Garland ISD has added esports clubs at all seven high schools, as well as the Gilbreath-Reed Career and […]

Full Metal Jackets to host STEM Gals Robotics Competition and North Texas Tournament

(ROCKWALL, TX – Oct. 1, 2019) In 2017, Team 1296 Full Metal Jackets traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the National Advocacy Conference. While in the nation’s capital, the team had the opportunity to meet with Representative John Ratcliffe. During the meeting, he expressed concern about a projected shortage of 1 million STEM (Science, Technology, […]

Rockwall High School Orange Wave Band Heading to State Contest

(ROCKWALL, TX – Oct. 30, 2018) The Rockwall High School Orange Wave Band qualified for the UIL State Marching Contest after two spectacular performances in prelims and finals at the Area C Marching Contest. The group will travel to San Antonio this Sunday and perform in prelims at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Monday, […]

Call for Entries: Paint & Photograph Rowlett

(ROWLETT, TX – August 22, 2018) Artists Round Texas presents the Paint and Photograph Rowlett Juried Art Competition, open to all artists 16 and older using 2D media such as oil, acrylic, collage, pen and ink, watercolor, pencil, and more – and photography with or without digital manipulation. Entries must be postmarked no later than […]

Williams Middle School Symphony Orchestra places 4th in State Competition

(ROCKWALL, TX – August 10, 2018) Williams Middle School Symphony Orchestra recently placed 4th in the state in the TMEA MS Honor Full Orchestra Competition in San Antonio, TX. In May, the WMS Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shari Allison and Bethany Jones, submitted a recording to the Texas Music Educators Association Competition where they were […]

Battle of the Books offers fun reading challenge for kids

Battle of the Books offers fun reading challenge for kids

(ROCKWALL, TX — May 4, 2018) Rockwall ISD recently held The Battle of the Books Competition, a reading incentive program designed to encourage third through sixth grade students to read and have fun while competing with their peers. “These students have been working diligently all year,” said Rikki Smith, director of instructional technology and media […]