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May 26
Memorial Day Holiday |
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| The Rportal website, including Star_Portal™, will be unavailable starting Friday, May 9th at 10:00 p.m. while maintenance is being performed. The system should be back online by sometime Saturday afternoon, May 10th. However, if the work takes longer than expected, the outage might last until sometime on Sunday, May 11th. |
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Raise Your Hand Texas is a bipartisan group of business and community leaders, parents and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving our public schools. Click here to visit the Raise Your Hand Texas website. |
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WWJH Choral Director Named Finalist for H-E-B's Excellence in Education Awards |
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| WWJH's Joel Price (L) receives congratulations from H-E-B's Chris Darling. |
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Joel Price, Choral Director at Westwood Junior High School, was surprised by Chris Darling (H-E-B's Central Market General Manager) with a check for $1,000 announcing his selection as one of three Dallas/Ft. Worth area finalists for H-E-B's Excellence in Education Awards.
The awards were created to celebrate and recognize the contributions of public school professionals whose leadership and dedication inspire a love of learning in students of all backgrounds and abilities. |
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All finalists from around the state received personal bonuses and grants for their schools ranging from $1,000 to $2,500.
Mr. Price, a former RISD STARS winner, will compete in May against other educators from around Texas, for larger cash prizes – ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 for themselves and their schools.
Congratulations Joel! |
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| BHS student Jennifer Tran and teacher Joni Walther show off their awards from the "Being an American" Essay Contest. |
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When Berkner High School student Jennifer Tran entered the national "Being an American" Essay Contest, she didn't expect to win.
Yet, that's just what the senior did, defying the odds as one of three national winners selected from more than 13,000 essays.
Her exceptional writing earned her and her teacher, Joni Walther, an all expense paid trip to a Washington D.C. awards ceremony this month, where each was presented with a check for $5,000, all compliments of the non-profit Bill of Rights Institute.
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Jennifer's visit to Washington was her first, and included visits to the White House, National Archives and Supreme Court, where she met former justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
"She's just a great student and a great person," says Walther of Tran. The award money will come in handy for Jennifer, who is headed next year to the University of Texas at Austin. |
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RISD Budget Update
Click here to download RISD budget information. |
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New Truancy Reporting System
This semester, RISD has implemented a new attendance and truancy monitoring and reporting system called SAMS (Student Attendance Monitoring System).
This system uses existing daily attendance data from each campus to automatically generate and send warning letters to parents after three unexcused absences, and file charges for truancy in the Dallas County Truancy Court after ten unexcused absences in a six-month period. These steps are reflective of Texas law.
Students charged with truancy are required to appear in court with parents/guardians.
Parents, it is more critical than ever to be actively interested in your child's school attendance. If your child is absent from school, please provide the campus with a written note in a timely manner.
If you have questions about your child's attendance history, please contact your home campus. |
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07-08 STARS Winners Announced
April 2008 |
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Forestridge Celebrates
Soldier's Return
March 2008 |
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STEM Teaching Award
March 2008 |
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MST Paper Drive
March 2008 |
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RISD Parents Can Now
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Student Grades
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March 2008 |
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