(ROCKWALL, TX — April 17, 2018) Utley Middle School flautist, Lorien Britt, won one of three spots in the 40th Annual Texas Flute Society Flute Festival Junior High School Masterclass. She prepared a difficult solo and sent in an audition tape to compete against other flautists from all over Texas. Lorien will be participating in […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — May 11, 2017) Rockwall ISD is proud to announce the 2017 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year: Kayse Williams, special education resource teacher at Stevenson Elementary and Amber Panter, Spanish teacher at Utley Middle School. “Kayse has the ability to make lasting, life-long relationships with each of her students, taking the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — Oct. 13, 2016) Nearly 100 band students from both Utley and Cain Middle Schools came together to learn from professional performers and teachers this past Saturday in preparation for the upcoming Rockwall ISD Middle School All-District Honor Band audition in November. “Can you sing the tune?” asked trumpet master class teacher Keith […]
(ROCKWALL, TX—May 10, 2016) International recording artist and Emmy award winning composer Mark Wood, an original member of the multiplatinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and creator of the revolutionary Viper electric violin, is bringing his groundbreaking music education program Electrify Your Strings! (EYS) to Utley Middle School. This exciting event will transform the student musicians into […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 18, 2016) The votes are in for the three winners of Rockwall’s Got Talent 2016, which held finals this past Friday, April 15, at Utley Middle School. Musical troupe The Triple Threat stood out from a talented group of 18 finalists with their fantastically-performed Mary Poppins medley, as they claimed the […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 23, 2016) Several students from Jones Elementary School saw their hard work pay off in a big way during this year’s Rockwall ISD Elementary UIL Academic Competitions held at Utley Middle School earlier this month. Students competed in the following categories: Oral Reading, Music Memory, Spelling, Chess, Number Sense, Storytelling, Ready […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 20, 2015) – Springer Elementary’s robotics teams recently competed at the VEX Robotics event located at Utley Middle School last Saturday, with outstanding results! Both teams earned awards during the competition and one will be advancing to Regionals next month. Featured clockwise from back left are Tiny Titans Ryan Bostik, Collin Renteria, […]
ROCKWALL, TX. (October 16, 2014) The 8th grade students of Utley Middle School will host an art show & silent auction from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, to show appreciation for veterans wounded in combat. The theme of the art show, which will be held at the Artist’s Gallery on the Square, 102 S. […]
ROCKWALL ISD (April 29,2014) The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) is proud to announce that Michael Bess, a seventh grade student at Utley Middle School, has been selected to receive a 2014 TAGT Summer Scholarship. Michael will be awarded with $400 toward the cost of attending SMU’s ID Tech camp this summer. […]
ROCKWALL (February 24, 2014) On Wednesday, February 26, from approximately 1 to 5 p.m., Rockwall ISD will be participating in an emergency mock drill in conjunction with Public Safety Departments and governmental entities in Rockwall County. The full scale emergency exercise will take place at Utley Middle School. It will consist of a collective response […]