Round Rock ISD provides students in grades 3 through 12 with a once-a-semester survey. This student survey includes questions about their sense of belonging, school safety, and self-efficacy. For students in grades Pre-K through grade 2, teachers are recording their perceptions of the classroom environment. Topics covered include self-efficacy and a sense of belonging in school.
Attend a free FAFSA/TASFA help event. Round Rock ISD counseling services are hosting FAFSA/TASFA sessions to help families complete their FAFSA.
The first year of high school is critical in ensuring your child is set up for success. The selection of classes can impact your student’s performance in post-secondary opportunities, whether they decide to attend college or pursue another route after high school.
Significant changes and improvements coming to the 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. The redesigned and streamlined FAFSA form opens Dec. 31, 2023.
Round Rock ISD’s Canyon Vista Middle School and Spicewood Elementary IB® World School are two of only six Texas schools that qualified for the 2023 RAMP award.
Round Rock ISD’s counseling services department is organizing two college fairs. Attendees can expect to learn more about higher education or post-graduation choices, admissions, financial aid, and scholarships and better understand what colleges are looking for when reviewing applications.
Throughout the summer, Round Rock ISD high schools will provide the services of a dedicated “summer melt” counselor, who will assist recent graduates in navigating their path toward higher education, the workforce, or a combination of both. The counselor assigned or stationed at your campus during the summer is readily available to offer guidance and support for various applications, including those for colleges, technical schools, apprenticeships, or employment opportunities.
After a successful pilot, Round Rock ISD is implementing a student survey program. The survey is administered three times per school year during the school day by your student’s teacher. The survey provides the District with data that will help staff members support and respond to student needs and problems in a responsive, creative, and positive manner.
Spreading the love this week, Forest Creek Elementary students cut, sewed and stuffed fabric hearts filled with messages of hope to send to other Central Texas schools. The hope is to send a friendly message to others to say people are thinking of you and you are loved.
This week is National School Counselor week. As we thank our counselors for all their work with our students, we take you to Anderson Mill Elementary, where one counselor has a slightly different approach to reaching students.
Striving to enhance the counseling resources and services provided to students, campus counseling programs at Laurel Mountain and Spicewood elementary schools and Canyon Vista, Grisham and Pearson Ranch middle schools were named 2022 Lone Star State School Counselor Association (LSSSCA) Award Winners.
The State of Texas requires students in their senior year of high school to complete the FAFSA to graduate. When a student files the FAFSA, they may become eligible for scholarships or grants (based on need and merit), work-study programs, or low-interest loans. Some of the most beneficial financial aid funds are first-come, first-served. Students are twice as likely to receive financial help for college if they file the FAFSA early.
Round Rock ISD counseling services is hosting their annual college fair on Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m; at Round Rock High School, located at 201 Deep Wood Dr. in Round Rock.
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.
The devastation following yesterday’s brutal storm brings into stark focus all of the things we hold dear and where our true priorities lie. I am immensely grateful that there was no loss of life as can too often happen when this type of storm descends. Fortunately, our campuses escaped severe damage.
