Announcements

RRISD TALENTED AND GIFTED PARENT CONFERENCE

January 28th, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Grisham Middle School
10805 School House Lane, Austin, TX
Fees: $15 per parent, $10 per student(No student may register without an accompanying adult registration)
Please refer to the district's Talented and Gifted webpage for additional information. http://roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=3664

PROJECT GRADUATION MEETING

There will be a Project Graduation general meeting for all senior parents on Tuesday January 31st at 7:00 pm in the 100 building lecture hall. We need several volunteers to make this year's party a success so please join us Tuesday night to find out more about Project Graduation. We are still looking for someone who can help us with our website, if you are interested please contact Dawn Steele at dsteele1@austin.rr.com.

CEREAL BOWL

Stony Point High School has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us to a Cereal Bowl! Benefitting the Round Rock Serving Center, each school will collect bags and/or boxes of cereal (15oz minimum). The school that collects the most boxes of cereal will take home the pride!! The winner will be announced at the varsity boys basketball game on February 7th at Stony Point High School. Deadline to turn in the cereal is Friday, February 3rd. Cereal can be turned in to any of our RRHS teachers. Please help us help the Round Rock Serving Center and support our Round Rock Dragons at the same time! GO DRAGONS!

RRHS ALUMNI BASEBALL GAME

On Saturday, February 4, 2012 please join us for the 2012 Round Rock High School Alumni Baseball game. Gates open at noon with many activities planned including merchandise and a silent auction. Come out to see your favorites from past and present as well as your 2012 RRHS players.

PAL APPLICATIONS

If you enjoy working and mentoring children and can be a positive role model for others, apply for the PAL program! Applications are now available in room 126 with Mrs. Sarlls. You must come in person to apply. Applications and evaluations are due by 4:15 in room 126 on Wednesday, February 8th.

PRINCIPAL BROWN BAG LUNCH

Please join us for a Brown Bag Lunch with Principal Natalie Nichols on Thursday, February 9th at 12pm. Ms. Nichols and her panel of experts will be on hand to answer questions, hear concerns and offer feedback to parents on a variety of topics. PTSA will be sponsoring the event and light snacks and refreshments will be offered. This event will be held in the 700 Building Cafeteria from 12pm-1pm. Preceding the brown bag, our PTSA will be holding a short regular meeting of the association. We will be electing this year’s nominating committee at this meeting. If you would like to help by serving on this committee, please be there by 11:45am for the start of the meeting. As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Alison Shoepe at president@rrhsptsa.org. *Already have a question for Ms. Nichols and her team? Submit them early to president@rrhsptsa.org. We will have the answers ready for the brown bag and can post them on our PTSA website as well! Hope to see you there!*

PING PONG TOURNAMENT

Student Council will be hosting its first ping pong tournament on February 17 at 5:00 in the 100 gym. Admission is only $1 to watch classmates compete for The Golden Paddle. If you are interested in playing in this fun event, the cost per player is $5.00. In order to play, you must attend one of the mandatory meetings on Thursday, January 26 in room 126. There will be a meeting at 8:45 and one after school at 4:15. All forms and fees must be returned to Mrs. Sarlls in room 126 by Monday, January 30.

CELEBRATION OF FAMILIES

Round Rock ISD is planning its annual "Celebration of Families" Parent Summit for Saturday, February 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Stony Point High School. The Summit is a resource for parent education and family engagement. Click here to find out more.

UNDERSTANDING PSAT SCORES

PSAT scores are being distributed and explained in Sophomore and Junior English classes this week. Along with the scores, the students will be given an explaination for understanding the scores. Students may log-in to My College QuickStart a free, personalized college and career planning tool powered by your PSAT/NMSQT results.

• See your PSAT/NMSQT scores and your projected SAT score.
• Review questions you got wrong—and why.
• Practice for the SAT with hundreds of practice questions.
• Save your college searches.
• Take a personality test to find majors and careers fit for you.

The following documents will assist you in understanding the PSAT scores:

• Guide to Reviewing the PSAT Score Report
• Parent Tutorial for Understanding PSAT/NMSQT | Spanish Version
• Understanding PSAT/NMSQT Results Presentation
• Understanding PSAT/NMSQT Scores

YEARBOOK ORDERING DEADLINE

Deadline for ordering the 2012 yearbook is February 14 Want to be guaranteed a 2012 yearbook? Yearbook orders must be finalized in February and we want everyone who wants one to have a copy. No namestamping orders will be taken after that date. Only a limited number of copies will be available after distribution and the price will increase to $80 after that date. Download the form here and send it in with your order. (Please do not drop cash off at the front office. All cash orders should be taken directly to room 124 after checking in with the front office!)

GRADE LEVEL INFO MEETINGS

• 10th Grade: Please click here to view the presentation from the meeting on October 12. Please note that it has been adjusted in response to some questions that we received during the meeting. Thank you to all who attended!
• 12th Grade: Click here to view the presentation from the meeting help October 3

KEEDJIT ORDER FORMS

Have you seen the digital display in the student center? You can purchase those digital items (KeedJits and pictures) to have as a keepsake forever! Please click on the links to the order forms to make one of these pictures or KeedJits your own! Keedjit | Keedjit Diploma If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Navarrette (x6056) or Michael McLennan at Keep It Digital, mike_mclennan@keepitdigital.com .

GRADUATE WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE HONORS

Students must serve a total of 80 hours to be completed during the four years of high school. If you are interested in learning more about this program, visit our Dragon Force page on the PTSA website. Forms can down loaded from the website or picked up in room 134. If you have questions about acceptable service hours contact Heather Holt at dragon.force@rrhsptsa.org or call 388-4086.

9TH GRADE PARENT PRESENTATION

In case you missed it, click here to view the Powerpoint presented at the Freshman Parent Orientation.

HOME ACCESS CENTER

For help with Home Access, please contact your ALPHA/GRADE LEVEL OFFICE (see below). Thank you!

9th grade

Jill Bunnell

464-6012

10-12 grade:

A-G Office	JoNora Mallory	464-6044
H-O Office	Jennifer Navarrette	464-6056
P-Z Office	Maria Hernandez	464-6061

RRHS E-News

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Contact Us

Do you have questions or comments about the Web site? Contact the Web site coordinator at jean_zajicek@roundrockisd.org.

 

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Here are some great things happening at Round Rock High School!

Find out the latest academy news in the Round Rock High School Academies Newsletter

Forensics

This past weekend 3 RRHS debate teams competed at the Mayde Creek HS tournament in Houston. All were successful!

• tied 3rd place Novice CX - Alex Brock & Kathryn Holbert
• tied 3rd place Novice CX - Austin Bartlett & Jenny XU
• Quarterfinalists Varsity CX - Jacob Ingalls & Morgan Lubenow
• 1st speaker Novice CX - Alex Brock
• 2nd speaker Novice CX - Kathryn Holbert

Please congratulate these individuals!

Dragon Basketball

Congratulations to our Dragon and Lady Dragon Basketball Teams! Tuesday night both teams beat McNeil HS in district play! Final scores were: Dragons 81 - Mavericks 70. Lady Dragons 54 - Lady Mavericks 47!

Rock DECA

Congratulations to all of the participants in last weekend's DECA District competition. The following students will be moving on to state: Molly Akers, Jessica Baker, Alex Beck, Mariah Brannan, Marissa Galvan, Dhruv Garg, Erick Gonzalez, Joshua Gustafson, Denisse Lopez, Bethany Malinak, Chandler Meadows, Karen Obilom, Anna Park, Eric Rabushka, Clayton Rusk, Yash Samant, Josh Scowden, Ishan Shah, Hayden Strmiska, Tanner Stuewe, Monica Torres and Katherine Yoder.

RRHS Fine Arts Department

A big congratulations to the Round Rock High School Fine Arts department for their amazing production of the Music Man this past week! The countless hours of rehearsal and preparation

Lady Dragons Soccer

Congratulations to the Lady Dragons Soccer team for winning second place in the Round Rock ISD tournament this past weekend.

UIL Academics

At the Midway UIL Invitational, we had several students place in their events:

Science coached by Brad Freeman and Leslie Lopez

4th place - Nikki Hill
5th place - Zach Kyler
6th place - Ferzana Hossain
7th place - Thomas Bui & Phuong Huynh

Number Sense coached by Janet Sanders

4th place - Nikki Hill

Ready Writing coached by Scott Chalk

4th place - Thomas Bui