Rolling
Hills 4th graders enjoyed a field trip to
River Road High School's auditorium to view
a special program marking the 174th
anniversary of the Battle of The Alamo. This
program was presented by Dr. Richard Bruce
Winders, Historian and Curator of the Alamo;
Museum Educator, Sherri Driscoll and
Assistant Curator, Ernesto Rodriguez.
Our
first annual “Biggest Wildcat Loser” contest was a big success! This was
an 8 week competition that consisted of 20 teams of 5 faculty members
each. Our beginning weight as a district was 19,873 lbs. and we lost a
total of 795 lbs. Congratulations to the winning team, Flab-u-Less made
up of Mr. Herring, Ms. Schaffer, Mrs. Oates, Coach Ledoux and Ms.
Broaddus from the Middle School lost a total of 71 lbs! They each won a
flab-u-less package containing the following:
Gift cards from Amarillo National Bank, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, United
Supermarkets, Acapulco’s Restaurant, Ruby Tequilas, Rosa’s Café, Sonic,
Calico County, Amarillo Dilla's, and t-shirts from Amarillo Town Club,
River Road High School, River Road Middle School, Rolling Hills
Elementary and Baptist St. Anthony’s.
Everyone that participated did an excellent job! We hope that this
gives each of you a little motivation to lose a couple of pounds if
desired.
Students at Rolling
Hills Elementary took a trip back in time. The High School gym was packed with lots of
smiling 2nd grade students clad in poodle skirts,
colorful scarves, saddle shoes, bobby socks, leather
jackets and rolled-up jeans.
They danced the hand
jive and sang along to songs like Ritchie Valens’
“La Bamba” as loudly as they could. There wasn’t a
school book in sight.
National School Breakfast Week Celebration
Our National School Breakfast
Celebration last week was a great success. Special
thanks to NHS students Kelsi Dodson, Macy Franks, Audrey
Huguley, Liz, Hilbish, Summer Webb, Jennifer Zetta, Ryan
Shelton, Flint Smith and Will Weatherholt at the High
School and Mr. Herring, Mr. Jefferson and the coaches at
the Middle School for their outstanding culinary skills
and to National bound DECA Seniors Adriana Gallegos,
Jennifer Zetta, Flint Smith and Forest Waggoner for
Greeting and visiting with our Mayor Debra McCartt at
the High School Thursday morning. Doppler Dave Oliver
from News Channel 10 also visited the High School and
flipped purple pancakes and made a gold waffle!
Congratulations to all our Gift Cards Winners at all
campuses. Thanks for participating Wildcats, we know
how to start the day right!
Choir
Contest Results
UIL Solo and Ensemble contest was held
Saturday at WT with several RRHS choir members in attendance.
Receiving an excellent rating on a vocal solo was Courtney
Teichmann. Receiving an excellent rating for a treble ensemble
were: Jordan Williamson, Cheyenne Heltzel, Adrianne Silva and
Janie Holt. Receiving a medal for solo performances were Kristen
Watkins and Katy Beck. Advancing to state solo and ensemble for
her solo on a Class One song is Adrianne Silva. Advancing to
state for their superior performance on their Class One ensemble
are Katy Beck, Beth Neal, Courtney Teichmann, Lindy Freedman,
Kelcy Kuhler and Texas Larken (pictured top). Choir is under the direction of
Mr. Don Zidlicky.
Cats
Win Tournament
Road
girls golf team won the Tule
Lake golf tournament Friday.
Team members are Hannah
Presnall, Madison Thomas,
Morgan Stoddard, Ashley
Sandefer, and Callie Munson.
Hannah Presnall was the
girls Champion while Madison
Thomas placed 3rd. River
Road boys golf team won the
Tule Lake golf tournament
Friday. Team members are
Ryan Miller, Taylor Dixon,
Zack Jackson, Cody Martin,
and Regis Stong. Ryan Miller
was the boys champion.
DAR chapter presents awards to students
The Llano Estacado Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution's observation of American History Month
in February by presenting a certificate of award and an American
History Medal to outstanding American history students in the
Amarillo area.
Those honored Saturday at the Amarillo Club include:
Cody Hyre of River Road High School; Garrett Elders of Amarillo
High School; Jennifer Harvell of Canyon High School; Darrian
Sommers of Caprock High School; Kelli Acker of Holy Cross
Catholic Academy; Robin Mosier of Randall High School; Maggie
Baay of Tascosa High School; Jacy Chafin of Tascosa High School;
and Kristen Coffman of Tascosa High School.
River
Road ISD = 100% Highly Qualified
The No
Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
requires that all core subject area
teachers meet highly qualified (HQ)
teacher requirements. Each district
is required to publicly report the
percentage of teachers meeting this
status. River Road ISD reports that,
for the 2009-2010 school year,100%
of the core academic teachers in the
district meet this federal
requirement. River Road ISD has a
commitment to recruit, hire and
retain highly qualified teachers for
every classroom in the district. For
those teachers who do not meet the
"highly qualified" status when
hired, the district will work with
the teacher and the certification
entity in order to reach 100% HQ
status. For more detailed
information regarding the federal
highly qualified teacher
requirements, you may go to
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/hqteachers.html,
or contact the campus principal. The
TEA Highly Qualified Summary Report
can also be found under the Forms
and Resources section on our
district website.
2009 STATE
ACADEMIC RATINGS
The Texas Education
Agency recently released accountability
ratings for River Road Independent School
District. The District overall was rated as
“academically acceptable.” Rolling Hills
Elementary rated as “recognized,” and
both River Road High School and River Road
Middle School rated as “academically
acceptable.”
To see all TEA
Accountability Ratings,
click here.
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