
April 29, 2024
French language students from McNeil and Westwood high schools and Cedar Valley and Pearson Ranch middle schools have garnered national recognition in the prestigious 89th ann...

February 28, 2024
Three Round Rock ISD teachers were chosen as finalists in the 22nd annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program. In being named finalists, Denise Johnson at Blackland Pra...

February 5, 2024
Canyon Vista Middle School and Cactus Ranch Elementary School have been ranked the best in Central Texas by Houston-based nonprofit Children at Risk. “We feel immense pride in t...

January 16, 2024
Westwood High School senior Brandee Benson has been named the 2023 Austin Youth Poet Laureate. “I’m thrilled to be able to share my passion for poetry for the youth of Austin,” s...

January 10, 2024
Round Rock ISD students from Cedar Ridge , McNeil , Round Rock , Stony Point , and Westwood high schools reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by...

December 4, 2023
The Texas Music Educators Association has named Grisham Middle School Principal Kyla Mills as one of the recipients of the TMEA Distinguished Administrator Award. Mills was nomin...

November 10, 2023
Westwood High School French teacher Anne Pham-Macharia has been honored as the Texas Foreign Languages Association’s 2023 Texas Foreign Language Teacher of the Year. After joinin...

November 2, 2023
The Westwood High School Warrior Marching Band is making school history after ranking in the top 5 at the Bands of America Super Regional competition held in St. Louis late last m...

October 31, 2023
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recognizes Molly Kentopp, school counselor at Spicewood Elementary IB® World School , and Arti Pant, Laura Reilly, and Naomi Galva...

October 30, 2023
The Westwood High School Tennis team has cemented its status after earning back-to-back wins at the University Interscholastic League 6A State Championship. This is Westwood’s se...

October 19, 2023
Teravista Elementary Leadership Academy earns a spot as a 2023 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School by Franklin Covey®. Teravista Elementary qualified for the Exem...

October 18, 2023
Blackland Prairie Elementary Leadership Academy is named a 2023 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School by Franklin Covey®. At Blackland Prairie Elementary , every chi...

October 9, 2023
Three Westwood IB® World High School students demonstrate content and skill mastery by scoring perfectly on their challenging, college-level Advanced Placement (AP®) exams. Kate...

September 18, 2023
C.D. Fulkes , Deerpark , and Hernandez middle schools received a $10,000 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) grant to expand their pre-engineering programs. Round Rock ISD offers the PLT...

September 14, 2023
Each year the National Merit Scholarship Corporation selects the highest-achieving students for its program. Approximately 16,000 students across the nation were selected as semi-...

August 14, 2023
The Canyon Vista Middle School and Westwood High School orchestras earned top marks during the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Honor Orchestra competition. Earlier thi...

August 11, 2023
For the fifth consecutive year, Round Rock ISD has been named a District of Distinction for its Visual Arts Program by the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA). The honor, which...

August 11, 2023
Round Rock ISD has been selected to receive an Outstanding Level for Texas Educational Theatre Association’s (TxETA) Award of Distinction – District Level. The Awards of Distinct...

July 24, 2023
Callison Elementary School earned the Marzano High-Reliability Schools (HRS) Level Two certification for showcasing effective teaching in every classroom. The HRS program was cr...

May 25, 2023
Round Rock ISD Community, As we end another exceptional school year, I want to reflect on the incredible achievements and growth we have seen within our school community. It has ...