(ROCKWALL, TX — February 26, 2018) The Rockwall Noon Rotary recognized its first ever Rotary Student of Honor from the new Linda Lyon Elementary School last week. Rockwall County Judge David Sweet, RISD Superintendent Dr. John Villarreal and Linda Lyon Elementary Principal Megan Gist presented 6th grader Thomas Baumler with the award at the Noon […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 16, 2018) The Half Metal Jackets, a team 1296A middle school VEX EDR robotics team, will compete in the State Championship at the end of February and will travel to the US Open, a national competition, in April. The team started the season by watching the 2018 game reveal – “In […]
(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 […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 14, 2018) If you’re driving around Rockwall you will likely see a Rockwall ISD school bus throughout the day, but if you look closely, you just might see a Valentine Bus. How do you know if it’s a Valentine Bus? The most obvious identifier is the large red heart on the front, […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 5, 2018) The 8th grade Cain Mustang Dancers, under the direction of Cindy Loy, competed Saturday at the ADTS North Texas Regional Competition at Rockwall Heath High School. The hard working girls won many top awards: Best in Class for Middle Schools 11th place Best of the Best (out of all […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 1, 2018) Three members of the Rockwall High School Band, Justin Dower, James Matthews and Nick Messick, will perform with the Texas All-State groups in San Antonio, Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as part of the 2018 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. They were chosen […]
(HEATH, TX — February 1, 2018) Rockwall-Heath High School Senior, Rebecca Hundley, recently earned a chair in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State Choir. Hundley is a member of the RHHS Varsity Chorale and Infinity Show Choir. She will perform with the All-State Choir in San Antonio at the annual TMEA Clinic and Conference […]
(HEATH, TX — February 1, 2018) The Varsity Cheer Team from Rockwall-Heath High School recently won their first-ever NCA National Championship in the Intermediate Large category. The group, led by Head Cheer Coach Amanda Jones, competed against teams from California, New Jersey, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in […]
(HEATH, TX — February 1, 2018) Congratulations to the 22 Rockwall-Heath DECA students who are advancing to DECA State Career Development Conference being held in Dallas, February 20-22. After their most recent competition, students will now work to improve their 100-question exam scores, 5-30 page written projects and 15-min presentations or impromptu role-plays for state. If everything goes […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 1, 2018) The Jones Elementary Library just held their first ever Kid Inventor Challenge! January 17 was Kid Inventor Day and Jones wanted to get the students’ to think in a different way. The competition was run by Mrs. Loya, the librarian, and students were challenged with creating either a new […]