Rockwall, TX (March 4, 2024) – Rockwall’s FIRST Lego League robotics team, Brick Nerds, just completed their second season advancing to the regional competition for the second year in a row! The team of 5th and 7th grade students from Rockwall includes Isaac Morales, Ben Sterling, Jason Denhartog, Matthew Denhartog, and Tucker Dugdale. Led by […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 25, 2023) Rockwall ISD is proud to recognize our career and technical education student champions from the Dr. Gene Burton College and Career Academy for their outstanding achievements at the state, national and international level. Weather permitting, a recognition ceremony will be held on Friday, October 27 at 6:45 p.m. at the […]
ROCKWALL, TX (July 20, 2022) Rockwall High School students from FIRST robotics competition Team 1296, Full Metal Jackets, recently attended the 2022 FIRST National Advocacy Conference in Washington D.C. to advocate for STEM funding (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) on Capitol Hill to help Title 1 schools get funding. The conference was attended by EVP […]
ROCKWALL, TX (May 6, 2022) The Rockwall-Heath High School Black Hawk Robotics Team recently competed at the World Robotics Competition in Houston. Out of 457 teams competing in six divisions where they finished second in the Roebling Division and won the Creativity Award for their division. Prior to the World Competition, they ranked 5th in […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 15, 2022) The Rockwall High School robotics team, Team 1296 – Full Metal Jackets, recently competed at State where they won the Chairman’s Award. The Chairman’s Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the […]
ROCKWALL, TX (August 17, 2021) The following is a Rockwall ISD press release summarizing last night’s RISD Board of Trustees meeting. NOTE: For information on every agenda item presented, please view the Board meeting videos available at www.rockwallisd.com. Board of Trustees Recognitions The Board of Trustees recognized outstanding students and student groups for the following […]
ROCKWALL, TX – May 14, 2021 — Austin Taylor, a junior at Rockwall High, was awarded the Gold Presidential Service Award for the third time for his volunteering efforts in and around Rockwall. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a volunteer award program that encourages citizens to live a life of service. To earn the […]
ROCKWALL, TX – April 28, 2021 — During the Rockwall City Council meeting on April 5, 2021 Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt spoke on the importance of engaging young minds in STEM and pursuing STEM-related activities. The City of Rockwall recognized Robotics week by bringing attention to “activities aimed at increasing public awareness of the strength […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 24, 2020) It is raffle time in Rockwall! The Rockwall Robotics Booster Club, Inc. is raffling a 2020 Ford Mustang to support FRC 1296 Full Metal Jackets. The team can be seen all over Rockwall in their orange camo pants! They are involved with several non-profit organizations including: Bikes for Tykes, Lone […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – Oct. 15, 2020 – The Rockwall-Heath High School Blackhawk Robotics Chairman’s Team was recently awarded a grant by the L3 Harris Foundation. Students Izzy Baumler, Grace Oliver and David Fadri spent the summer working on the application, and it paid off! Thanks to their efforts, the team received a grant in the […]