Elementary
Amy Parks Elementary
Amy Parks USO show
The Amy Parks choir preformed in the annual USO dinner and concert at Cain Middle School on January 31st and February 1st. The students did an amazing job with the concert and paid tribute to all Veterans of the Armed Services with a focus on Vietnam.
Rise and Shine
Students at Amy Parks helped to create and lead the first Rise and Shine assembly of the year. The assembly takes place in the gym and incorporates student celebrations, joke of the day, inspirational quotes, pledges, patriotic songs and the moment of silent. We will continue to move forward with these student lead assemblies that help to build leadership and confidence.
Cullins-Lake Point Elementary
Cullins band students bring home the gold
On Tuesday January 28th members of the 6th grade band attended the Williams middle school solo competition. These students performed extremely well for the parents and judges. Our students earned one second division medal and six first division medals.
Flute – Rachel VanVleck
Flute – Jessica Hamann
Clarinet – Elizabeth Hamann
Xylophone – Jonah King
Xylophone – Gabe Biddle
Xylophone – Erin Killingsworth
Xylophone – Chandler Smith
We are very proud of these students! This is a huge accomplishment!
Fifth graders accept the blue bonnet challenge!
http://www.rockwallisd.com/blog/2014/02/04/fifth-grade-students-at-cullins-lake-pointe-elementary-accept-the-bluebonnet-challenge/
First Graders Celebrate the 101st day of School!
http://www.rockwallisd.com/blog/2014/02/10/students-at-cullins-lake-pointe-celebrate-101-days-of-school/
Dobbs Elementary
Great things happening at Dobbs. The Lil Jackets’ KC Club has adopted 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, Charlie Company and are collecting items to send to them. Students learned that the marines are in need of toiletries and snacks. After hearing that the soldiers had no games for their Rec Room, the students also began collecting gently used games. Mrs. Cruz sent the list out to our families and items have been flowing in. To raise money to mail the items, both first and second grades have sponsored coin voting on their latest projects. First grade created snowmen and snow-women and second grade created bottle characters after reading biographies of famous Americans. Dobbs also hosted our first Dads’ event with our partnership with Strong Fathers. Org. Dads got to visit students in the classrooms and then participated in activities with Mike Hall, founder and president of Strong Fathers. 190 dads participated! Our next Dads event, will be Dads and Kids Math morning on February 26th.
Hartman
Congratulations to the Hartman Eagles Red Robotics team. They advanced to regional competition on February 1st and earned a trophy for “Gracious Professionalism.” The team finished second in the robot performance category. Great job!
Congratulations to Hartman’s 2014 Spelling Camp, Christa Ninan. Christa represented Hartman at the District Spelling Bee also participated in UIL spelling. She did a great job in both events.
Hartman students participated in UIL on February 8th at Utley Middle School. The students worked hard to prepare for the competition and we are proud of their efforts!
Hartman kindergarteners celebrated the 100th day of school on February 6th. The students participated in a variety of activities and celebrated being “100 days smarter!”
Hays
Celia Hays hosted a Husky Bowl and invited dads and their Hays students to come for a chili cook off. Twenty different chilis were brought to be judged and a winner was determined by vote. The evening also included games in the gym and an opportunity to make a Valentine card for moms.
Andrew Hawkes’ chili was chosen as the winning chili of the night. He is pictured with his step-daughter Kylie Williams.
Jones
Jump Rope for Heart
Jones Elementary is finishing up Jump Rope for Heart this week. During this event, the students have been jumping rope, learning tricks, and have been engaged in fun cardiovascular activities. Our students have gone above and beyond in this community service project to raise money for research and education for the No. 1 and No. 4 killers, heart disease and stroke. So far, Jones Elementary students have raised almost $14,000! Students have been working hard to honor other students, family members, and friends that have been affected by conditions like these. The American Heart Association has told us that for every $25 raised, someone’s life is saved. We are so proud of our kids and their families for all of their hard work, passion, and for all of the lives they saved!
Multicultural and Art Night
Jones Elementary is a unified community of learners that embraces the various cultures represented in our school. Our Multicultural Night was designed to further foster the unique backgrounds and cultures of our students. On this night, our students will get the opportunity to experience and learn about the history of various children games from around the world. Each grade level will choose a continent and focus on a country to research a particular children’s game. On our Multicultural Night, students will receive a copy of all the games history, directions on how to play and a sample of the game. Furthermore, our students will also receive a passport stamped by the featured country as they tour the world.
Nebbie Elementary
Nebbie student, Abigail Corey, brought a life changing idea to the KC Club. A friend in need is battling leukemia, and for every 1,000 bottle caps collected, she will receive a chemo treatment. Our students have wrapped their arms around this project and have already collected hundreds of bottles caps. Nebbie’s KC Club is spreading the word community wide, and making every effort to make a difference in a special person’s life.
Pullen Elementary
February has been a busy month! The Pullen Power Robotics Team competed in the First Lego Robotics Competition Championships earlier this month. We are very proud of their hard work and dedication. Our students in grades 2-6 performed well in the recent Rockwall UIL competition at UMS. Kindergarten celebrated the 100th Day of School with the Pullen Panther bringing gifts from Zero the Hero. Students collected 295 cans to donate to Helping Hands. Students had “Lunch With Dads” during the week before Valentine’s Day and were able to have their picture taken with their dad and also enjoy the Book Fair. Our traditional Kindness Grams were sold during this time to promote Kindness and Compassion. The State of Texas has declared February 15th as Nate Oxford Day. In Nate’s memory, the $450.49 raised from the Kindness Grams will be donated to benefit children attending Camp Mati, which will be called Camp Nate for one week this summer. On February 26th, our fourth graders will perform their music program and 5th and 6th graders will start to showcase their science projects. We will Kick-off Public School week a little early on February 27th with our first Pullen Showcase Night. There will be multiple activities across the subject areas such as science projects from our 5th and 6th graders and student created flags of the great State of Texas and all over the world. Families will also be able to participate in fun reading activities such as “Genre Tents” and the Book Exchange.
Reinhardt Elementary
Reinhardt students and staff are All In For Kindness, and are wrapping the halls with colorful hearts celebrating each other’s random acts of kindness.
Pictured from left to right are: Cadince, Devan, Diego, Nat and Rylie.
Students in Ms. Worden’s 5th grade math class were given the challenge of creating their own lesson to teach median, mode and range. They all had a great time becoming the teachers, and many, like Addley and Morgan, chose to incorporate their technology skills into the lesson.
Rochell Elementary
Amanda Rochell 4th grade student, Brett Ramirez, represented his campus at the District Spelling Bee on January 29th.
Amanda Rochell 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students partnered with Rest Haven Funeral Home for Operation Valentine. The students filled out valentine cards for Rest Haven to send to our troops overseas. Thank you Sharon Satterwhite for allowing us to be part of this special endeavor!
Rochell Elementary students are rocking along in P.E. while they participate in C’Motion. This is an opportunity to focus on coordination skills through dance movement, and music.
Congratulations to 4th grade Kimberly Culebro for winning the district writing competition for the Multicultural Celebration.
Brittney Seymore, 3rd grade teacher, lead her students thought a Project Based Learning experience that helped support a family in need in our community, while also learning math, social studies, science and reading in a real world setting.
Thank you to anonymous community members who support our students in this opportunity for learning inside and outside of the school walls. Their driving question was “How can we help a family who has experienced a disaster?”
Linda Thomas, 6th grade teacher at Rochell, engaged her students in Project Based Learning by using the driving question “How can we identify opportunities for our community to change how it obtains and uses energy?” Students researched and discussed energy use and potential ways to save our planet’s resources., which led to inquiry with the students about why it is important to conserve energy at school. Students created Educreation, PicCollage, Story Board apps and Keynote presentations that were designed to persuade RISD to switch to their selected energy source. Students also designed informational posters with suggestions on how to reduce energy consumption on our campus using PicCollage and Digital scrapbooking apps.
Shannon Elementary
- Ashleigh Brogdin, 6th grade, was named as the Student of the Month for the Noon Rotary Club.
- Jackson Tilley earned the title of Spelling Bee Champion for Shannon and he represented the school in the Rockwall County Spelling Bee.
- On February 8th forty-two Shannon Stars had a great time participating in the district UIL completion. Eight of our students brought home ribbons!
- On February 26th we will host our 2nd Annual Leadership Day. This is an opportunity for the students to show how the Leader in Me has helped them to become leaders of their school and of their own lives.
Springer Elementary
Last January 23rd from 6pm to 8pm Springer had a Science Night here at the school. There were special presentations by The Perot Museum and Mad Science. All Springer students and parents were invited. We estimate that we had over 300 persons in attendance.
Upcoming this month on February 27th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm we will be having a Family Reading Night. Parents and students are invited. The theme is “Take Flight in Reading: Destination to Genres”
The Genres that grade levels have chosen are:
K – Poetry
1st – Fairy Tales
2nd – Non Fiction Animals
3rd – Fantasy
4th – Poetry
5th – Biography
6th – Frightening Fiction
Library – Parent Education: Reading ideas, Books list for grade levels, etc.
Stevenson Elementary
Students with Big Hearts “Slime” PE Teacher and Principal
Students raised over $11,700 for the American Heart Association in the first annual ”Jump Rope for Heart” event at Billie Stevenson Elementary. As an incentive, students who raised at least $100 were able to “slime” their PE Teacher, Coach “Rocky” Hergert. Principal Mike Pitcher was “slimed” by those students who collected donations of over $200. Fourth grader, Aimee Jo Lewis, earned the highest amount ($525). The entire student body attended a celebration of their participation in the event which culminated in covering Coach Rocky and Mr. Pitcher with the green “slime” (pistachio and vanilla pudding).
Third Grade Teacher Receives Grant from Toyota of Rockwall
Third grade teacher, Bailey Walker, was a recent recipient of the “Doing Good Work Where We Work” Grant presented by Toyota of Rockwall. Owner, Barbara Jackson, presented Mrs. Walker with the award of nearly $1,100. The grant funds innovative teaching ideas and will be used to purchase stability balls for students to use as an alternative seating option in their classroom.
Middle Schools
Cain Middle
CMS Student Michael Jarrett won the Rockwall County Spelling Bee. He will be competing at the Dallas County Spelling Bee on March 23rd.
Cain Middle School students are preparing for next year! Counselors are advising 6th, 7th and 8th graders about their course options for the 2014-2015 school year and helping them sign up for their courses.
In January, CMS Level 5 Lady Mustang Gymnasts won in a dual meet against Brandenburg Middle School. Their next meet will be February 18th against Utley MS at RHS.
Team Results:
Level 5: 1st Cain MS 108.75 and 2nd Brandenburg MS 81.8
Level 4: 1st Brandenburg MS 102.7, 2nd Cain MS 98.75
The CMS Theatre Department is working hard on their upcoming UIL One Act Play, Zink: The Myth, the Legend, the Zebra. Join them for a preview on Thursday, February 20th at 7PM. Tickets are $3.
Utley Middle
I would like to recognize our robotics team at Utley for their best top middle school team finish at their last competition. They will also be competing again February 15th.
Utley Choir had 3 student make all Region Choir. The yare:
Treble Concert Choir – Makenzie Baird
Treble Honor Choir – Gabriella Torres
Tenor Base Choir – Luca Babineaux
Williams Middle
UIL Academic Champions
The annual UIL Academic Competition was held January 10th & 11th. J.W. Williams Middle School is proud to claim the titles of 7th Grade Top Team, 8th Grade Top Team, as well as Overall Top Team again this year. This is the 9th year in a row that WMS has swept the competition. Please click on the link below to see the individual accomplishments of the students:
http://www.rockwallisd.com/williams/2014/01/23/4581/
WMS Robotics
The WMS Robotics teams competed in the LEGO robotics area competition in early January. Congratulations to both teams for their outstanding accomplishments!
The Wildcat Orange team, consisting of Andrew Dayman, Devin Williams, Drake Fuller, Jack McDonald, Jason Dupre, Josh Larriviere, Kyla Carlson and Parker Bassett won the prestigious Judges Award. The Judges Award is given to the team that excels not only in the four main areas of the competition, but also displays teamwork and gracious professionalism throughout the competition.
The Wildcat Blue team, consisting of Aaron Smith, Branden Purcell, Brennan Manning, Jordan Hensley, Josh Creamer and Ryan Wang, received First Place for Robot Performance, recording the highest scoring run of the competition with a score of 401. With their first place finish in Robot Performance, the Wildcat Blue team advances to the regional competition.
On February 1st , the team of Aaron Smith, Jordan Hensley, Brennen Manning, Brandon Purcell and Ryan Wang took home the 2nd Place Champions Trophy, making them the second highest finishing team overall at regionals out of fifty-six teams. Congratulations on an outstanding performance by these students!
Rotary Student of Honor
8th Grade student Amy Rester was selected by her teachers as the WMS Rockwall Rotary Club Student of Honor for this year. Way to go Amy!!!
Spelling Bee Results
Congratulations to 7th grade student Kyleigh Randolph for winning the WMS Dallas Morning News Spelling Bee Competition. Congratulations are also in order to Kyleigh for finishing second in the Rockwall County Spelling Bee as well! We are proud of you Kyleigh!
National Geographic Bee Results
Congratulations to 8th grade student Amy Rester for winning the 2013-2014 WMS National Geographic Bee competition last month.
All-Region Choir
Congratulations to Cassandra Nedrud and Kenedy Matthews for both making the Honors Treble Choir and to Carmen Witwer for making the Concert Treble Choir.
Orchestra – All City Results
WMS had 25 7th and 8th grade students selected to the All-City Orchestra. Congratulations to these students.
Violin Viola
Dominique Neal Karina Calderon
Benjamin Schaffhauser
Andrew Galacia
Bennett Flores
Ryan Szafran Cello
Olivia Keiser Alicia Minnich – 1st in the City
Haley Sachse Gage Lindsey
Devon Khalsa Bryce Brewer
Ryan Wang Kyla Carlson
Sarah Clifton Tyus Elder
Thara Hite
Emily Blase
Rebekah Allen String Bass
Julia Witty Michael Taylor
Anna Slater
Natalya Schwalbach
Janice Mancia
Jordan Sam
Band – All-Region Results
WMS had 17 students receive all-region recognition in band. Congratulations!!!
Kate Harrison Carson Crumrine
Johanna Pang Cade Wilson
Allison Radcliff Tanner Croom
David Rester Reilly Linn
Justin Dower Chris Evans
Caleb Dodson Parker Bassett
Adam Mathura James Matthews
Aren Moore Eric Bray
Riley Stewart
High Schools
Rockwall-Heath High
1) Feb. 18 is RHHS Elective Fair! That event will begin at 6:45, with a PTSA meeting in the PAC. At 7, there will be a presentation from the Guidance Office and Dr. Maglisceau, regarding course selection for the next school year. Following the presentation, you are free to browse the tables in the hallway and speak with teachers of the different electives, academic representatives, and sponsors of clubs.
Prior to the Elective Fair, at 6:30 PM, a representative from Revolution Prep will be in the Lecture Hall to discuss the PSAT with parents of 10th and 11th graders. He will go over the PSAT Score Report and answer questions you may have regarding your student’s PSAT scores.
2) Come out to support the Theater department on Feb. 19-21 at 7 p.m. in the RHHS Black Box as the seniors perform their Senior Direct Plays.
3) The Art 1 Classes and the Piano Classes have created a walk through museum, filled with multimedia exhibits of the artist, musicians and poets of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Please join us on February 20 from 5-7 p.m. to view work from our talented students!
4) Are you ready for RHHS 5K Color Run? The color run will be on Feb. 22 at the Wilkerson Sanders Stadium. The registration fee is $25. Registration will begin at 7:30 and the race will begin at 9 a.m. All proceeds will benefit Women in Need and scholarships for RISD students. Come out and join the fun!
5) Congratulations are definitely in order for “General” Michael Napier and our Youth in Government crew! The short story on the Heath HS Youth in Government Delegation’s great weekend in Austin:
Six medals – The most of any Legislative Delegation
Two Distinguished Delegates from Hyde House (First Year Delegates) – Cecil Ene and Macy Matthews
Two Distinguished Delegates from House – Anna Melton and William Lakeland Smartt
One Distinguished Delegate from the Senate – Zahra Khan
Outstanding Statesman – James Beattie
President Pro Tem of the Senate – Cullen Clark
Second year in a row to have the Outstanding Statesman
Second year in a row to be named a Premier Delegation
6) Thursday, January 30th our Lady Hawk Gymnast won the Chisholm Trail Invitational! This was our first Optional meet and our ladies did an outstanding performance! We look forward to training the next two weeks to do even better at the Highland Park Invitational February 13th!
Team Results:
1st Heath HS 105.70, 2nd Rockwall HS, 3rd and 4th
Individual Results:
Senior, Carolyn Sherwin won the All-Around 37.80, Uneven Bars 9.35 and Balance Beam 9.75 and placed 2nd on Vault 9.3 and Floor 9.4.
Senior, Katelyn Beckett placed 7th in the All-Around 31.7, 5th on Vault 8.5 and 6th on Beam 8.6.
Sophomore, Darion Mellorn placed 9th in the All-Around 31.65, 6th on Floor 8.9and 8th on Vault 8.15.
Junior, Haneen Abusaad, placed 8th on Vault 8.15 and Beam 8.3, and 10th on Floor 8.7.
Sophomore, Rebekah Malone, placed 4th on Vault 8.8 and 7th on Uneven Bars 8.1.
Junior, Allison Leuer, placed 8th on Uneven bars 8.0.
Jennifer “Bolli” Holden
7) We had an outstanding showing for Rockwall-Heath high school. Our Region 3 competition ended with fourteen top-16 place finishes on both the ladies and guys side of the meet.
In total we had 7 team records broken, 5 individual, 2 relays.
Harper Gillentine finished 3rd place in both her 50 yd and 100 yd freestyle races. She set a new RHHS school record in the 100 yd freestyle with a time of 53.02 seconds.
Bridget Griesbach finished 6th in her 500 yd freestyle, and set a new RHHS school record in this event with a time of 5:19.47.
Jared Butler set 3 new RHHS school records in the 100 yd freestyle, the 500 yd freestyle, and the 200 yd Individual Medley with times of 46.79 seconds, 4:32.31, and 1:49.09 respectively.
Jared led the way to breaking two RHHS school relay records. Along side him were his teammates Evan Perlitz, Eliseo Villarreal, and Jeffrey Caddell. The two new RHHS school records were in the 200 Medley Relay, and the 400 Freestyle relay with times of 1:43.42, and 3:22.15 respectively.
Jared Butler also achieved the designation of being named the Region 3-5A Male swimmer of the meet.
I am extremely proud to be part of the swim program here at Heath High. These Student-Athletes continue to take large strides every season, and are motivated to continue pushing themselves to great heights in such an increasingly competitive sport.
8) Zac Whitaker at the Region II Wrestling Championships on February 1st. He placed 3rd in the 120lb Weight Class and will be competing at the UIL State 5A Wrestling Championships on February 14th and 15th at the Garland ISD Curtis Culwell Center.
Rockwall
Rockwall High
Congratulations to our AcDec team. They have placed 1st in Regionals. Our team had the 6th highest score ever in the Regional Competition; and Hope Wallace had the highest individual score ever for Region 10. We won 1st in Super Quiz. Hope Wallace was the top honors student, Drew Troxler was the top Scholastic student, and Enrico Treviosni was the top Varsity student. Way to go AcDec.
We would like to congratulate our Rockwall Jacket athletes who participated in National College Signing Day. In Baseball – Carter Lilly – Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Garrett Moon – Paris Junior College, and Chris Glover – McClennan Community College. In Girls Soccer – Savannah Warnick – Texas State University, and Megan Coppedge – Texas Womens University. In Girls Golf – Brittany Walker – Jacksonville College. And in Football – Seth Whitson – Southwestern College, Chris Hinckley – West Texas A&M, Austin Hattan – Henderson State University, and Blake Rhodes – Southern Nazarene University. Congratulations Jackets – YOU MAKE US PROUD!
Congratulations to our Culinary Arts Program here at Rockwall. It has been named to the top 100 high school hospitality programs in the country by Sullivan University. The Rockwall High School Culinary Arts Team and the Restaurant Management Team competed this weekend at the Texas ProStart Invitational in Houston. Our teams did very well! The Culinary Arts Team took home a 4th place finish out of 29 teams. Culinary team members are Annie Pelletier, Zachary Grannis, Kara Kinder, Marissa Bailey, and Andrew Martinez. Our Restaurant Management Team finished in 1st place out of 18 teams. Management team members are Katheryn Besadesky, Mason Estrada, Victoria VanVleck and Adrian Dahl. Each member of the Management team received $5,000.00 in scholarships. Both teams advance to the state competition to be held on March 7th and 8th. Kara Kinder placed 1st in desserts and her dessert, Cinnamon Bananas, will now be in the menu at Cotton Patch Café.
Congratulations to the RHS Cross-Examination Debate duo team of Paris Mayfield and Jalee Blackwell. They competed in the District 12 5A District meet this past Thursday and Saturday at RHS and placed 3rd. The team is alternate to State, and we are very proud of the team.
Rockwall High School swimmers closed out their last meet at Rockwall ISD Aquatics Center for the 2013-2014 season in fine form, sending a record 3 swimmers to State in individual events, the most ever by a Rockwall High School swim team. Along the way, RHS swimmers rewrote the school record book. We had 9 RHS records set, a 7th place finish for the men and a 6th place finish for the women. We had two all American qualifying swims and 1 region 3-5A championship meet record set. These three swimmers are advancing to state: Raena Eldridge had 2 1st place finishes and was named region 3-5A Championship Female Swimmer of the Meet. Haylie Harbin had a 2nd and 3rd place finish and William Rapp had a 2nd and 3rd place.
The Heath gym was filled with deafening fans as the Yellowjackets men’s Basketball teams sweep Heath in the final district game of the season. Freshman A team won 73-24 – this claimed a district championship finishing their district season 11-1. The JV won 68-58. The Varsity started the game by spotting the Hawks a 16-2 lead, then came from behind to win an exciting game 56-41. Skylar Simmons scored 21 points with 5 three’s, and Austin Grandstaff added another 15 points. This win gives the Yellowjackets a second place finish in district. As soon as we get the information we will let you know about playoffs. We also want to give a bit shout-out to the fans that came out last night. You were awesome! It’s been great have all the support this season. On to playoffs!
Congratulations to our Lady Jacket Basketball team. They are Bi-District Champions. February 10th they defeated Garland Lakeview Centennial 63-44 in their first play-off game. Good luck to our Ladies as they continue to march though play-offs on their way to state.
Over the past weekend, Derek Avenetti, Summer Cox, Allie Feste, Leviticus Wright and Josh Tyers represented RHS at the Youth & Government state competition in Austin, TX. These students comprised 2 groups that competed in the State Affairs Forum category. RHS received a Distinguished Delegation award and Leviticus Wright earned an Outstanding Delegate honor.
Congratulations to the RHS UIL Academic team! They competed at the Melissa High School invitational this past weekend and placed 2nd overall. Individual awards were Jooyong Park 1st place number sense; Wes Scivetti – 4th place math; Megan Heiner – 3rd Place news writing, 4th Place Editorial writing, 2nd Place Headlines; Amber Deavers 5th Place News Writing; Katrina Bond – 2nd Place Feature writing, 1st Place Editorial writing; Meriam Percival – 6th Place Editorial Writing; Brittany Chanhmisay – 4th Place spelling; Gemmarie Maghirang – 5th Place Spelling; Taryn Wood – 1st Place International Speaking; Ida Hishmeh – 2nd place International Speaking; Paris Mayfield and Jalee Blackwell – 4th Place Cross-Examination Debate. The team awards were Number Sense – 2nd place; Math – 2nd Place; Spelling – 1st Place
Congratulations to Mr. Mitchell, the actors, the musicians, the ensemble, the dancers, the crew – to everyone involved with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. It was an entertaining show; filled with fun and laughter. Take a bow. You put on a fantastic production.
Congratulations to our wrestling team. They finished 5th at the District 8-5A meet.
We had a rocking time at our annual Battle of the Bands contest. The band Steady the Turtle won first place and $100 at the Battle of the Bands contest January 29th. Save Ferris came in seond place and won $75, and Tommy Nelson and the Half-Nelsons came in third place and won $50.00.
The student council raised $1,538.58 to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. More than 70 classes participated in the Pennies for Pasta fundraiser. Mrs. Blake’s sign language class raised $237.52 and won the competition. They will enjoy a pasta party hosted by Olive Garden. Some of the other top contributors were Mrs. Jones’ class, Mrs. Walker’s class, Mrs. Moore’s class, and Mrs. Scott’s class.