Announcements for Wednesday the 29th

COLOR GUARD AUDITIONS Calling all students interested in being a part of the 2012 Pride of Rock Island Color Guard!  You’ve seen them at halftime of the football games in the fall, now is your chance to come audition to be a part of this Award Winning group.  Whether you like to dance or have [...]

Announcements for Tuesday the 28th

Rock Island High School Tuesday, February 28, 2012 FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 29 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m.   BLACK HISTORY BLACKH HISTORY MONTH In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black to win an Oscar for the supporting role of Mammy in Gone With the Wind.  It wasn’t until 2001, that Halle Berry won an Oscar [...]

Summer Enrichment Opportunities at Augustana College

Augustana College has many summer academy enrichment opportunities for our students to participate.  The list of courses are below and can be attended by current 9,10, and 11th graders.   A scholarship program has been established for students that receive free/reduced lunch.  If you are interested in your student to attend, please contact the Counseling office (793-5950 x [...]

Announcements for Monday the 27th

BLACK HISTORY MONTH In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused permission for singer, Marian Anderson to sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall. With the aid of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson performed an open-air concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.. She performed before a [...]

Announcements for Friday the 24th

FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 25 Swirl Dance 8:00 p.m. Small Gym 27 School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. Library *Please note date change to Monday the 27th 29 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m.       BLACK HISTORY MONTH Sheila Crump Johnson the nation’s first black female billionaire was born in Maywood, Illinois. Sheila is the cofounder of [...]

Announcements for Thursday the 23rd

  FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 23 East Side All District Band Concert 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 25 Swirl Dance 8:00 p.m. Small Gym 28 School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. Library 29 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m.   BLACK HISTORY BLACK HISTORY BLACK HISTORY MONTH Beginning with the 2002 French Open, the Williams Sisters, Venus and Serena, played each other in [...]

Announcements for Wednesday the 22nd

  FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 22 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m. 23 East Side All District Band Concert 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 25 Swirl Dance 8:00 p.m. Small Gym 28 School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. Library 29 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m.   BLACK HISTORY MONTH Ruth J. BLACK  HISTORY MONTH Ruth J. Simmons was sworn in as [...]

Announcements for Tuesday the 21st

  FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 21 *RIMA Meeting 6:00 p.m. Room 117   * Please note time change   West Side All District Band Concert 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 22 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m. 23 East Side All District Band Concert 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 25 Swirl Dance 8:00 p.m. Small Gym 28 School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. Library [...]

Announcements for Friday the 17th

FEBRUARY’S CALENDAR 17 Half Day Early Dismissal at 12:00 Noon   Electrify Your Strings Concert Featuring Mark Wood 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 20 Presidents Day – No School 21 *RIMA Meeting 6:00 p.m. Room 117   * Please note time change   West Side All District Band Concert 7:00 p.m. Auditorium 22 Early Dismissal at 2:10 p.m. [...]

Announcements for Thursday the 16th

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Madam C.J. Walker was an entrepreneur who built her empire developing hair products for black women. She became the first self-made female American millionaire. She claims to have built her company on an actual dream where a large black man appeared to her and gave her a formula for curing baldness. When [...]

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