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RISD NAMED FINALIST FOR HEB EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD |
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As a finalist for the award, RISD was visited by a distinguished selection committee that reviewed operations and practices. During the visit, the district was presented with a $5,000 check for the district's general fund.
In addition to RISD, four other large districts are under consideration for the honor. The winning district will be announced in May in Austin, and will receive an additional $100,000.
For additional information, please visit www.heb.com. >Top |
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RISD TEAMS EXCEL AT STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETITIONS |
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Three of RISD's four high schools recently had teams advance to the state-level Academic Decathlon competitions.
Teams from Berkner and Richardson high schools competed at the 5A competition in Katy, Texas, and the Pearce High School team competed in San Antonio at the 4A meet.
All teams experienced group and individual success, with Pearce earning the overall 4A Bronze Medal.
Berkner H.S. won Bronze in the Super Quiz Relay and overall Super Quiz. Team members included Kat Chase, Mat Debic, Farha Habeeb, Souphia Ieng, Tammy Lee, Jimmy McCarthy, Lawrence Pham, Danny Rodriguez and Albert Young. They were coached by Tanya Gregson and Dean Webb.
Richardson H.S. team members included Rachel Burger, T.J. Daniel, Micah Diamond, James Glenn, Glenn Kasper, Isabelle Jargowsky, Jesse Owen, Afsheen Saatsaz and Grace Yuan. Their coaches were Lucio Benedetto and Ricardo Romanillos.
In addition to earning the overall team Bronze, the Pearce H.S. team won gold in the Super Quiz Relay and bronze in the Super Quiz.
PHS team members included Ian Campbell, Meredith Corley, James Isaac, Ellie Janco, Tai Krause, Elsa Lee, Michael Mohkamkar, Lauren Morzak and Parker Staats. They were coached by Carol Whatley and Carol Hewitt. >Top |
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST |
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STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE TAKS SUMMER SCHOOL |
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This summer, RISD will offer a new intervention option to assist district sixth and seventh grade students who have not mastered the reading or math portions of TAKS.
It's called the Student Success Initiative TAKS Summer School, and it will be an intensive, four-week program designed to enhance student success in those critical areas.
It will be held at Apollo Junior High from June 14 - July 12, 8:00 a.m. to noon. Bus transportation will be provided from students' home junior high campuses.
Specifically, SSI TAKS Summer School is for:
- 6th & 7th grade students who have not successfully mastered the reading and/or math portion of TAKS.
- ESOL and Special Education students who are on track to take the TAKS in 2007-2008.
Course descriptions include:
SSI TAKS Reading Course
Time Warp Plus will be the reading program used. A balanced, research-based reading intervention program, Time Warp Plus integrates the essential components of reading with a writing component. The program meets the TEKS requirements for 7th grade language arts, thereby ensuring that students will be well-prepared for TAKS.
SSI TAKS Math Course
The RISD math department is developing a program focused on TEKS deficiencies identified from district data. The math intervention program will incorporate a hands-on inquiry base model comprised of high-energy activities (lessons) that are aligned to the TEKS requirements for 7th & 8th grade math curriculum, thereby ensuring that students will be well prepared for TAKS. Deficient TAKS objectives inherit to the 7th & 8th grade will be spiraled throughout the math lessons.
SSI TAKS Summer School is free. For more information, contact the SSI Summer
School offices at 469-593-0733. >Top |
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It Takes a Village
Terrace Elementary has gone above and beyond to build stronger partnerships with their community. Last fall Terrace began monthly meetings, inviting every community organization, business, and church in their area to breakfast to brainstorm about how to maintain Terrace’s excellence. After three meetings, Terrace and the community, are teaming up to hold their first Parent Academy.
This weekend, parents are invited to come learn about what their community and neighborhood school have to offer. Terrace’s partners in sponsoring the event are: Richardson Police Department, Richardson Fire Department, Richardson Public Library, Neighborhood Youth/Family Counseling, Terrace Neighborhood Association, Network of Community Ministries, Amerigroup Community Care, Salesmanship Club, First Presbyterian Church, RISD, CHIPS, Girl Scouts, YMCA, SVAA, and more!
Many thanks to all these organizations for donating
their time and talents to our schools! >Top |
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SCHOOL TIMES NOW! ARCHIVE |
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