The Leadership Lab is an opportunity for Education in Training students to get real-life experience leading summer camps for younger students. This includes developing the curriculum, planning, and leading the classroom daily.
The Texas Education Agency describes Advanced African American Ethnic Studies as an elective course in which students learn about Black American history and cultural contributions. This course assists students in understanding issues and events from multiple perspectives. This course develops an understanding of Black American culture’s historical roots, especially regarding social, economic, and political interactions within the broader context of United States history.
Round Rock ISD’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Departments’ cultural community calendar intends to recognize and widely identify awareness months and day(s)for the myriad backgrounds that contribute to our community. The online calendar features a collection of local opportunities to enjoy, experience, and celebrate diversity in our neighborhoods and community.
Meet Mr. Robertson. He teaches Advanced Ethnic Studies at Hopewell Middle School. Advanced ethnic studies intersect Mexican American history, world cultures, Texas history, and U.S. History. Similarly, this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month theme is Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.
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.
Every student matters. We are here to teach and nurture the potential in every Round Rock ISD student. We welcome ALL in our schools. Happy PRIDE Month to every LGBTQIA2S+ student, staff member, and the friends and families that support them!
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.
Libraries provide services that connect people to information and people to people. They preserve history, grant us access to worlds beyond our own, and are a refuge for students seeking help with homework or simply a quiet place for reflection. Libraries level the playing field.
Round Rock ISD women and women worldwide from all cultures who serve and have served in education significantly impact the evolution of the next generation. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of the services and support available in our public schools. Women in public schools provide children stability, confidence, personal growth, goal-setting, productivity, social skills, wellness, and nutrition and can take students as far as they want to go.
Black American health and wellness pioneers have helped change the course of healthcare access and medical advances in the United States. Their influential black voices contribute to the quality of care received in doctor’s offices, schools, hospitals, and clinics. In the context of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, Black Health and Wellness is an amplified topic and theme of 2022’s Black History Month.
Our team of special education educators relentlessly champion the student crafting highly specialized plans that may include offering services in a general education learning environment, creating a smaller setting, or changing campuses to access clustered specialized services. Depending on a student’s needs, services can start at birth and continue through 21 years old.
“Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.” These are the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, a contemporary of Dr. Martin Luther King (MLK). As we observe MLK Day in 2022, I find Justice Marshall’s words more salient now than they were when he was alive. In 2022, the need for diversity of thought and dialectical thinking will be of cardinal importance as we continue to move towards educational equity.
My Name is Amanda Johnson, and I am Native American on my mother’s side. My family is Anishinaabe, also known as Ojibwe, from the Great Lakes region of the US and Canada. I claim this heritage with pride, yet most of what I know about my Native culture is thanks to my relatives’ deliberate and purposeful decision to find a way back to our culture over time.
The struggle for educational equity in our nation has been filled with both challenges and successes. The legacy of all of those who fought for educational equity is found in the millions of people of color and women who went on to obtain a quality education, make significant contributions to their families, communities, and our nation at large. It has taken all of us to get to this point. Each group has its own unique story, and those stories are part of our shared history.
Educators from across Round Rock ISD campuses and departments were selected to receive $125,000 in Excellence in Education Grants from the Round Rock ISD Partners in Education (PIE) Foundation. The Excellence in Education Grants provides resources for educators to execute innovative ideas, programs, materials, equipment, field trips, and various other needs that enhance student learning. All Round Rock ISD students are impacted by the grants in some capacity.
