Round Rock ISD, in partnership with Shop LC, took fashion design students through an eight-month-long real-world learning experience, complete with an official fashion show during Austin Fashion Week and competition. Winners of the competition will design and showcase their clothing on the Shop LC network and collect a portion of the profits.
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Round Rock ISD Superintendent Dr. Hafedh Azaiez announced that Dennis Weiner has been selected to lead the Round Rock ISD Police Department as Chief of Police. He will officially begin his role in early August.
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Round Rock ISD is seeking volunteers for its Back to School Celebration scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. at Stony Point High School, 1801 Tiger Trail, Round Rock, TX 78664. The event is held in partnership with the Round Rock ISD Partners in Education (PIE) Foundation and Texas Children’s Hospital.
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Karl Unger has been named the new principal of Joe Lee Johnson STEAM Academy. Unger has served as the principal of -Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Kansas City since 2019. Before then, he was the Dean of Students at the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center in Houston.
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The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees has approved a balanced budget for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year that includes significant investments in pay increases for District staff and targets funding for high-need schools.
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Erin Campbell has been named the new principal of Westwood High School. Campbell has served as the associate principal of Westwood since 2019 and before then was an assistant principal at the campus.
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The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees will appoint a new member to serve temporarily in the Trustee Place 1 position, which is being vacated by Trustee Jun Xiao. The Board accepted Xiao’s resignation in a called Board meeting on June 14, 2022.
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Enrichment camps kicked off this week in Round Rock ISD. Students can explore sports, cooking, coding, music and much more throughout the week.
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Community members interested in running for the Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees are invited to attend an informational session to learn more about the role and responsibilities of a school board Trustee.
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Originating in Galveston, Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending slavery in the United States. Juneteenth celebrations have spread across the nation, educating, reflecting, and rejoicing Black American freedom and dignity.
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Teachers and students from Cedar Ridge High School architecture, construction and interior design Career and Technical Education classes all worked together to design, build, and decorate a studio apartment concept right on campus. They are gaining real-world experience in their field of interest through the CTE classes offered at all Round Rock ISD high schools.
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Round Rock ISD is excited to announce the return of an in-person Back-to-School celebration on Saturday, Aug. 6. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stony Point High School, 1801 Tiger Trail in Round Rock. All Round Rock ISD students and their families are invited to attend.
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Results of the 2022 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test for grades 3 through 11, will be available to view online Friday, June 24. STAAR is just one of many ways to measure student learning. It isn’t meant to tell the whole story. Personal observations, teacher feedback, and grades give a complete picture of a student’s progress.
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The Emergent Bilingual Parent Institute offers families of Round Rock ISD bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) students in Pre-K through grade 12 valuable content centered around student achievement and parent/guardian resource education.
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Sjoukje Brown Named Principal of Pond Springs Elementary School. Brown has served as the assistant principal of Vernagene Mott Elementary School in Pflugerville ISD since 2020 and previously served as the principal of Fox Meadow Elementary School in Illinois for seven years.
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Over 3,000 graduates from across Round Rock ISD celebrated years of work during commencement ceremonies last week. These students are looking toward the future but before that comes celebration!
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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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