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Happy Thanksgiving From Hays Elementary
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Ship Sunk! Hawks Dash Pirates Playoff Dreams 44-6
The Rockwall-Heath Hawks have turned into one of the hottest teams in Texas after another decisive victory this time over the Wylie Pirates 44-6 at John Clark Stadium in Plano.
The Hawks carved up a 30-0 lead at halftime and never looked back thanks to Jordan Hoy’s second straight dominating performance. Hoy went 6 for 14 in passing and ran for 200 yards and 4 touchdowns. The McCalister brothers also added to the fun while Tyler ran for 117 yards and a score and brother Tanner ran for 8 yards and a score.
The Hawk defense continues to dominate every team thrown at them. The defense registered five sacks on the night.
The Hawks have now won 8 games in a row. The last loss came back against District Champion Poteet on September 25.
The Hawks will advance to the regional semis to take on John Tyler. A time, date and location will not be announced until later this weekend. Stay tuned to Rockwallisd.com for the latest on the matchup against the Lions.
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X-FACTOR! Xavier Castille Leads Jackets To Area Round Victory Over Jesuit 48-27
No Chris Warren. No problem!
Xavier Castille took the Jackets on his back and plowed over Jesuit with over 350 yards of offense. Castille had 172 yards of receiving and 2 touchdowns and 135 yards of rushing with 2 touchdowns on the day as the Jackets took revenge on Jesuit the team that eliminated them from the postseason last year by a final of 48-27.
The Jackets trailed again this postseason going into halftime, but as usual they found a way in the second half to pour it on and drive it down the Rangers throat in the second half.
Chris Warren missed the game with a sore ankle, but the rushing load was carried perfectly by Tamba Juanah, Caleb Broach and A.J. Blacknall. All 3 rushed for over 250 yards together and 3 touchdowns.
Luke Termin also caught a 22 yard touchdown pass from Will Reed.
UCF commit and Jesuit Quarterback Bo Schneider had a great day passing with 469 yards and 3 touchdowns, but the Rockwall defense started to figure him out as the game went on and did pick him off 3 times in this game.
The Yellowjackets will face Westfield in Georgetown next Saturday at 2 p.m.
Stay tuned to www.rockwallisd.com/athletics to find out time, date and location of this game.
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Rockwall Sportscenter Heath Hawk Update Regional Edition
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Rockwall Sportscenter Yellowjacket Update Regional Edition
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Hawks Season Ends Against John Tyler 49-21
It wasn’t for a lack of effort by any means. The Rockwall-Heath Hawks left their blood, sweat and tears on the field of McLane Stadium on Friday afternoon, but it just wasn’t enough to overcome the John Tyler offense as the Hawks fell in Round 3 of the 2014 UIL 5A Playoffs eliminating them from the postseason.
The Hawks trailed 21-0 going into the second half, but were led by a furious comeback by Jordan Hoy and the offense. Hoy ran again for over 100 yards (154 on the day) but was unable to get the passing game going only throwing for 54 yards.
Tyler McCallister ran for a touchdown against the Lions. Dean Cline caught a touchdown pass from Jordan Hoy and Chandler Rashbrook ran a 97 yard kickoff return back for a touchdown.
The Hawks last loss came at the hands of Poteet on September 25. The Hawks rode a 8 game winning streak all the way to the end of November.
The Hawks reached the 3rd round of the playoffs for the first time since 2011.
Rockwall ISD Athletics would like to congratulate the Heath Hawks Football Program and Head Coach Mickey Moss on a fantastic season!
-Article and Video by Chris Curtis
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Springer Elementary Students Culminated Their Studies with a Living Museum
Fourth graders at Springer Elementary culminated their studies on Texas regions and Native American tribes with a living museum on Friday, November 21. Sponsored through a grant from the RISD Education Foundation, students taught visitors about the political, cultural, and economic systems within different tribes, in addition to making models of the region of Texas and shelters that tribes were originally found. Students shared Keynote presentations on their iPads, and connected visitors to student-created videos and QR codes with additional information. Springer would like to thank the RISD Education Foundation for their support of this exciting and meaningful educational experience!
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Rockwall-Heath High School Thanksgiving Basket Display
Rockwall-Heath High School students donated over twenty baskets and other goods from clubs and organizations on campus. All donations were delivered to Helping Hands on Thursday, November 20.Students shown in the picture (from left to right):
Julianna Thurgood
Brooke Reichardt
Jordan Applegate
Michael Lamas (top)
Lauren La Rosa (bottom)
Kylie Applegate
Carmen Gagnon (on pillar)
Emma Young (on pillar)
Christie Coltharp
Avery Dalfrey
Karina Wooten (bottom)
Priya Amin (top)
Emily Hughes
Kaelyn Hurley
Julianna Thurgood
Brooke Reichardt
Jordan Applegate
Michael Lamas (top)
Lauren La Rosa (bottom)
Kylie Applegate
Carmen Gagnon (on pillar)
Emma Young (on pillar)
Christie Coltharp
Avery Dalfrey
Karina Wooten (bottom)
Priya Amin (top)
Emily Hughes
Kaelyn Hurley
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Jackets Run At Perfection Ended By Spring Westfield 43-38
A season that could have been. The Rockwall Yellowjackets had not lost a game since November of 2013 until Saturday afternoon. The once perfect Rockwall Yellowjackets fell to Spring Westfield 43-38 in the Regional Semifinals in Georgetown 43-38 to end their pursuit of the schools second state championship.
Xavier Castille once again led the way for the Rockwall Yellowjackets when at times triple covered. He had 14 receptions on 128 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed for 88 yards.
The Rockwall Yellowjackets season ends at 12-1. A perfect regular season at 10-0. District 11-6A Champions. Hats off to Coach Webb and the entire Rockwall Yellowjacket Football Program!
Photo Courtesy of Terry Cookston of the Rockwall Herald Banner.
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Mrs. Barnes Awarded “Growing Minds, Growing Communities” Grant
Mrs. Melissa Barnes and her SAGE students were recently awarded a grant titled “Growing Minds, Growing Communities”. They will begin their project in January, 2015.
Have you ever wondered how a city or a community gets started? Well so have we! Together we are going to create our own personal communities while developing our minds as well. Students will complete research on how a community works, runs and is formed. Then they will develop their own community while working in groups as well as partnerships with the various campuses. Students will decide on needs of streets, houses, schools, community helpers, rules, laws etc. They will also take into consideration topographical features as well as weather. Once everything has been decided upon for their new community the students will actually build, video and “pitch” their community to various civic leaders.
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Officer of the Day for Springer Elementary
Meet Springer’s newest recruit – Junior Officer Fite! He was selected “Officer of the Day” with Officer Dee Brumit as a reward for being one of the “Top Ten Fundraisers” for Rock-a-thon.
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Pullen First Grade Thanksgiving Program
First graders at Pullen don’t just sing about Turkey….they sing about Super Turkey! How he always gets away! November 21st, Friday, family and friends came to listen to some traditional Thanksgiving songs and some that are not so traditional. Students dressed up as Super-hero turkeys. Family and friends were asked to join in and sing and dance with students. Mr. Ghormley, Pullen’s music teacher, led the students into a very unique and fun program.
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Final Rockwall Sportscenter Yellowjacket Update
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Final Rockwall Sportscenter Heath Hawk Update
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Rockwall ISD Student Advisory Council
The Student Advisory Council is made up of 12 juniors and seniors from Rockwall ISD high schools. These students meet once a month to hear about district initiatives, provide feedback, and bring concerns to the superintendent and his staff.
There are 6 students from each campus, three juniors and three seniors. As the seniors graduate each year, the current juniors move up and three more juniors are selected from each campus.
| Colton Hervey | Senior | RHHS |
| Jasmin Jackson | Senior | RHHS |
| Brooke Reinhardt | Senior | RHHS |
| Cecil Ene | Junior | RHHS |
| Alfredo Flores | Junior | RHHS |
| Bryce Leonard | Junior | RHHS |
| Alexandra Patterson | Senior | RHS |
| Whitney Watts | Senior | RHS |
| Shannon White | Senior | RHS |
| Carl Chapman | Junior | RHS |
| Josh Patel | Junior | RHS |
| Matt Pelletier | Junior | RHS |
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Jackets Running Back Chris Warren Nominated for 2014 Landry Award
Congrats to Chris Warren, Running Back for the Rockwall Yellowjackets on being nominated for the 2014 Landry Award. The awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held at the Communities Foundation of Texas on December 15th. The Landry Award, named in memory of former Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry, recognizes the top high school football player (any position, any division, any school) in North Texas. Nominations for The Landry Award were accepted online, and the names of the five top finalists have been announced. The public is now encouraged to vote for the player of their choice.
The Landry Award will be presented to the top player’s school at a ceremony to be held December 15 at the Communities Foundation of Texas.http://dfw.cbslocal.com/category/the-landry-award/
Voting ends December 8th. Vote daily, tell you friends, tell your neighbors, share on social medial. Let’s show North Texas that Rockwall is the best!
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Cain Middle School All Region Orchestra Students
Cain Middle School All Region Orchestra Students William Hunley, Madeline Angel, Halie Booth, Samantha Wang, Chase Biggs, and Harrisan LaCroix earned chairs in the Region 3 Middle School All Region Orchestra.
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Fifth Graders Bring the Colonial Era and America’s 1st Free Enterprise System to Life
Fifth Graders brought the Colonial Era and America’s first Free Enterprise System to life for parents and community to tour. Students began the evening by singing songs on the town square then opened their shops for business as they talked about their trade in the first person. The students wore period costumes and sold the wares that they had made to their customers.
5th grade group shot singing on town square
Shoemakers- Zachary Wood and Cameron Wing
Student Quote-“ It took one day to make a pair of shoes. The most exciting thing about Colonial Night was that we really got to get into character with English accents. The people asked us questions that they didn’t know and we had to answer them. It was a really great learning experience.” (Zachary Wood)
Musical Instrument Maker- Dawson Connett Teddy Asnake- counting his pounds.
Cooper- “The Barrel Boys”—Ashton Esquivel- Logan Davis-Darrick Howard
Gunsmith- Ryan Heath-Cobe Warren
Potterer- Marcella Morel, Sarah O’Neal, Sarah Feil, Emma Barnett
Colonial Trial-“Guilty or Innocent” of stealing the farmer’s hog?- Center-Judge Chima Nwajagu- Jennifer Onuoha-Apryl Henry-Shaina Campbell-Julian Canion
Pictures by Lana Kernan
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Vote for Cheri Grimes – I Teach Finalist
Rockwall High School’s very own, Instructional Technology Specialist, Cheri Grimes is a finalist for a submission she created for the I Teach Project which is tied to the Extra Yard for Teachers Summit on Saturday, January 10th. Cheri Grimes submitted a video for why she teaches and it was chosen as a finalist. Tuesday, December 2 is the first day for voting and if chosen, Cheri Grimes will get to speak at the summit in front of the 800 educators that attend.
VOTE for Cheri Grimes video:
http://theiteachproject.com/portfolios/cheri-grimes-audition-video/
The Extra Yard Summit for Teachers:
http://www.extrayardsummit.com/
The I Teach Project:
http://theiteachproject.com/
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Celia Hays Help a Hero Project
During the month of November, Celia Hays 3rd grade students held a Help A Hero project. The students collected boxes of single drink mixes for Operation Stars & Stripes. The students collected 290 boxes of drink mixes for our soldiers. In the picture is Mrs. Liz Martin’s 3rd grade class.
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