Stinky Bee Farm in North Rockwall provides outdoor learning experiences to young students

Stinky Bee Farm in North Rockwall provides outdoor learning experiences to young students

Rockwall, TX (April 10, 2024) – April and her husband, Ryan, moved to Rockwall 10 years ago and found 14 acres of pasture land and forest canopy hidden down an old road. The 1970’s homestead had gone into foreclosure, but something about the tree tunnel that led to the farm spoke to the Smiths. The […]

Senior Spotlight: Angela Garza, home school student

Senior Spotlight: Angela Garza, home school student

(ROCKWALL, TX – April 14, 2020) Angela Garza has been homeschooling in Rockwall since the 8th grade. She belongs to a local homeschool co-op, Kings Harvest Homeschool Collective. Angela has been taking college courses at Eastfield College and Richland College through a homeschool program, Dallas County Collegiate Academy. She will not only have her high school […]

Providence Academy brings best of home school and classical Christian education to area kids

Providence Academy brings best of home school and classical Christian education to area kids

(ROCKWALL, TX — August 6, 2018) A unique University Model school offering kids a high quality, college-preparatory education recently made its home right here in Rockwall County. Formerly located in Rowlett, Providence Academy will bring its exceptional teaching model combining home schooling and traditional Christian education to area children in its new location at the […]

Home School Athletic Association Water Polo season starts

(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 16, 2017) The Home School Athletic Association High School Water Polo Angels started their 4th season as the only all home school high school team in the nation. With 30 plus showing up for the first practice, Valentine’s Day was the perfect day for these athletes to return to the game […]

Water Polo earns recognition as Home School High School Sport

Home School Athletic Association adds Water Polo to its sports lineup ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 24, 2015) A year ago, homeschool parent Linda Fletcher worked hard in this community to see if Rockwall could find the numbers it would take to field the nations first “all homeschool high school water polo team.” Having accomplished this, her sights were set […]

Home school high school water polo team leads the way

Home school high school water polo team leads the way

Rockwall may be home to the nation’s only all home-schooled, high school water polo team – and they are making quite a splash! ROCKWALL, TX (March 17, 2014) Marshall Garrett started playing water polo for the Rockwall Water Polo Club in the 12-yr-old & under under coed division. Life was good as this afforded Marshall […]

Rockwall students win regional FUTURE CITY prize

Rockwall home-schoolers head to Washington D.C. for Nationals ROCKWALL (February 10, 2014) Each January thousands of middle school students across the nation build physical models, write detailed essays, hone live presentations and program digital prototypes that represent how they imagine innovations changing the cities we call home.  Three Rockwall seventh-graders (Kyle Fletcher, Faith Mitchell and […]

Rockwall youth medal in Water Polar Bear League

Rockwall youth medal in Water Polar Bear League

Spring water polo season begins Feb 19 Rockwall Water Polo Club to develop 1st home school high school team ROCKWALL (February 6, 2014) The youth prevailed for Rockwall in the final games of the Polar Bear Water Polo League Championships held January 26th in Southlake. The 6th grade & under players – Abraham Shim and […]