The Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has selected Dr. Mario Acosta as their 2022 Secondary Principal of the Year. Dr. Acosta, who left Westwood High School at the end of this school year, was selected among 300 nominations at the elementary, secondary and district level for the award.
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Behavioral Therapy Dogs help students with anxiety and stress. They can be brought in to de-escalate a situation and provide a calming effect for students. And when the dogs are not busy on the job they can be found visiting the schools and getting petted by all students and staff.
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During the summer, each high school campus will have a “summer melt” counselor available to guide recent graduates into higher education, the workforce, or both. Your campus summer melt counselor can help with applications to colleges, technical schools, apprenticeships, or employment.
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Janavi Kolpekwar is a senior at Round Rock High School. She and a group of colleagues were selected to present a research paper on the benefits of therapeutic music for kidney dialysis patients at the 2022 National Kidney Foundation Meetings in Boston, MA.
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Students from Cedar Ridge and Stony Point high schools were named winners of the Fashion Collective Initiative, a competition that focused on selecting the best student fashions designs and business plans. The competition was made possible through a partnership between Round Rock ISD and Shop LC, an Austin-based retailer focused on fine jewelry, beauty, fashion, home decor and lifestyle products.
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Thanks to a grant from the Round Rock ISD Partners In Education (PIE) Foundation, students at Forest North Elementary are producing, shooting, and editing videos to share with classmates. From April Fools’ spoofs to Home Shopping Network Book Fairs, students are gaining valuable knowledge in the world of video production.
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Athletic training and sports medicine is one of the 25 student sports and club athletic programs offered at Round Rock ISD High Schools. The course trains students in sports medicine-related careers, prevention of athletic injuries, recognition, evaluation, immediate care of athletic injuries, rehabilitation, management skills, and taping and wrapping techniques.
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Meet the Top 10 from Early College High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Meet the Top 10 from Cedar Ridge High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Meet the Top 10 from Round Rock High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Meet the Top 10 from Westwood High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Meet the Top 10 from Stony Point High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Meet the Top 10 from McNeil High School, Class of 2022. The Top 10 students were asked to answer a series of questions about their journey through Round Rock ISD and their next steps.
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Round Rock ISD has named Cindy Hill as its new general counsel. Hill comes to Round Rock ISD with 35 years of legal experience in firms across Texas where she has advised and represented clients in the full range of civil matters with primary emphasis in employment litigation, employee relations, education law and government contracting.
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Forest North Elementary School and Voigt Arts Integration Academy received the Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools award for the 2021-2022 school year from the Flippen Group. This award recognizes campuses that have proven to focus on campus culture and support emotionally safe environments.
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The Round Rock ISD Partners in Education (PIE) Foundation’s 21st Annual Shining Stars Gala, “An Evening in Music,” at the new Embassy Suites by Hilton in Round Rock raised over $334,000. The funds raised benefit innovative programs in the classroom that are not supported by traditional tax dollars.
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Art students from sixth grade to twelfth over all the District will be showcasing their talents at the art show. From 2D art, ceramics, paintings, sculptures, printmaking, photography and more this show is the best of the best in Round Rock ISD.
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For his work to establish the District’s four pillars of school policing model, Jeffrey Yarbrough, former Round Rock ISD Police Chief, was awarded the Law Enforcement Achievement Award by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).
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Round Rock ISD is excited to announce all students will be able to keep their District-issued Chromebook over the summer. Having access to a Chromebook device promotes consistency and equitable access to online learning opportunities for all students.
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Jiae Kim is the principal of Cedar Ridge High School. She leads a school of 275 staff members and 2,694 students. Kim is the District’s only Asian American principal.
May observes Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. In recognition of AAPI Month, Kim shares how her Korean culture influenced her journey from an emerging bilingual teenager at McNeil High School to an educator and then administrator at Round Rock ISD’s Spicewood Elementary School and now Cedar Ridge High School.
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