By J.J. Smith. After-school programs for prekindergarten through sixth-grade students will be operated by Rockwall ISD at six RISD elementary schools, beginning this week. Featuring special interest classes, homework help, fitness fun and nutritious snacks, the “ROCK” (Reaching Out Connecting Kids) program costs $250/mo. per student or $125/mo. for students eligible for free/reduced price lunches. [...]
By J.J. Smith. Who says some kids don’t like math? Now there’s a business in Rockwall which is becoming very popular with kids and parents because it’s actually succeeding in making learning math fun for kids! Last week nearly 20 students ranging from kindergarten to ninth grade attended “Game Night” at the new Mathnasium franchise [...]
By Dawn Redig, NeighborsGo.com. With the help of the Reading for Adults GED program at the Rockwall County Library, Steven Stovall, 41, successfully completed a challenge that he gave a nephew two years ago when the teen wanted to drop out of high school. If the nephew agreed to stay in school, Steven would study [...]
By J.J. Smith. Soon after hearing about the devastating earthquake that leveled much of Haiti in January, two freshmen students who attend Rockwall’s private Christian college prep school Heritage Christian Academy decided to do something to help the millions of people stranded there. They just didn’t know what. After learning from their HCA art teacher [...]
By J.J. Smith. The Headmaster of Rockwall’s Heritage Christian Academy received a prestigious award from the nation’s premier international professional educational group, Phi Delta Kappa, at the annual banquet of the organization’s Texas A&M University-Commerce chapter May 13. Dr. Ron Taylor, who has been a PDK group member for 35 years, received the Phi Delta [...]
The Dallas Morning News.Jimmy Williams, former superintendent of the Rockwall and Dallas County school districts, died Thursday. He was 71. Mr. Williams’ career as coach, teacher, administrator and community leader – first in Bogata, Rivercrest and Commerce schools – included 20 years in the Rockwall district. He was superintendent from 1972 to 1989. Rockwall Middle [...]
By J.J. Smith. Before Ouida Springer third grade student Nicolas Shirley began receiving math tutoring at the new Mathnasium Rockwall-Heath franchise, the eight-year-old was struggling with arithmetic. Even with private tutoring he was falling behind, said his father, Aaron Shirley. But just two weeks after he started attending Mathnasium, an after-school and summer-long math learning [...]
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NBC5-TV.Rockwall sends 1 million meals to Haiti. Students at Rockwall I.S.D. are making a difference in the lives of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti, with help from the rest of the community. “Its instilling good values in my children to pass on, it also is helping the community and the world,” said [...]
WFAA-TV. ROCKWALL — A North Texas community came together Thursday night to celebrate small acts of kindness. It was part of a challenge issued by Rachel Scott before she died. Scott was the first person killed in the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado 11 years ago. Rockwall has embraced Rachel’s challenge. Thousands of people [...]
