After a long history of volunteering and a four-year term as a trustee starting in 2018, Ms. Amy Weir is hoping to be re-elected to Place 5 on the RRISD Board of Trustees this year.
Since 2004, Ms....
Tara Kurkal, Tiktok Account Manager
• September 30, 2022
From Sept. 18 through 24th, schools and libraries all over the country participate in Banned Books Week. It is a movement that spreads awareness towards books that are not available in schools because...
Lilybeth Dooley, Multimedia Coordinator
• September 15, 2022
On Tuesday, Sept. 6th, RRISD held their annual college fair, from 6-8 p.m. at Round Rock High School. The fair was open to students across the district and to the public. Students across the community...
Chloe Oakley, Campus News Editor
• September 10, 2022
On Thursday Aug. 31, lawmakers in California approved a ban on selling new gasoline-fueled vehicles; a step in the direction of a more climate-friendly state.
This ban will allow residents to own and...
On Tuesday, Sept. 6th, RRISD is encouraging the community to wear maroon to “show our support for the [Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District] students, staff, families and entire community,”...
At 8:20 a.m. on Thursday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS Medics transported a student from the Grisham Middle School fields to Dell Children’s Medical Center.
"We received a call for an injury on...
On July 14, RRISD announced the appointment of their new police chief, Dennis Weiner. Weiner brings a lifetime of diverse law enforcement experience into his new role. From wearing the badge on the New...
Significant reorganization of district administrative structures in November 2019 placed Behavioral Health Services under the Safety and Security Department, later followed up by a $1.17 million spending...
Catharine Li, Horizon Editor-in-Chief
• June 20, 2022
Humanity pulsates in a rhythm akin to the sounds of discomfort, resilience, and loss. For a nation in reckoning, processing the familiarity that lingers in recovery following gun violence tragedy is personal.
Again...
As COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. remain low, COVID-19 restrictions loosen, and travel demand rises, the number of flight bookings and plans for trips have started to significantly increase.
On June 12,...
Throughout the spring of 2022, deaths and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have drastically declined. While back in January, about 150,000 people were hospitalized on a seven day average due to the virus,...
Yunoo Kim, Community & World News Editor
• April 29, 2022
On Saturday, May 7, voters across Texas will be able to vote in the state’s uniform election. Early voting for the election began on Monday, April 25, and will end on Tuesday, May 3.
On the ballot...
