News and Updates
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Insurance Available for RISD-Issued Devices
RISD provides students and parents or guardians the opportunity to purchase insurance for any device owned by the school district and assigned to a student for use at school and home.
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McDonald To Lead Berkner Area Schools
Michael D. McDonald has been named RISD’s new Area Superintendent of the Berkner Learning Community.
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Principal Message – Student Cellphones
BHS implementing Yondr for 2024-25
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2024-25 Backpack Bash
The school year is right around the corner, and this year’s Backpack Bash is coming to a campus near you the first week of August.
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RISD Changing 2025 Spring Break on 2024-25 Calendar
RISD is changing the dates of spring break on the 2024-25 student academic calendar. The new dates for spring break will be March 10-14, 2025 – moved up one week from the previous dates of March 17-21.
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Art Students Succeed in Texas Competition
Students among top 7% of high school artists in Texas.
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Berkner High School 2024 Graduation
Berkner High School seniors walked across the stage Memorial Day weekend to receive their diplomas.
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Message from Ms. Smock
Please read the new principal announcement.
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Congratulations Class of 2024!
More than 2,600 members of the Class of 2024 walked across the stage last weekend at Wildcat-Ram stadium.
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Summer Resources
RISD will offer summer meals in June at seven different campuses across the district, and the Network mobile food pantry will stop at five other campuses.
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Summer Meals Program
RISD will offer summer meals at seven different campuses across the district.
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Teacher Incentive Allotment
RISD recognized more than 20 highly effective teachers with monetary stipends as part of the state’s effort to reward and retain skilled educators.
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Girls, Physics, & STEM Camp
Design, Connect, Create is sponsoring a Girls Physics Prep Camp for RISD students going into Physics next year. The camp
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Class of 2027 Service Learning Project
The true unsung heroes of our Ramily are our custodian and cafeteria staff! Day in and day out, they provide
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Class of 2024 Valedictorians and Salutatorians
These seniors complete their K-12 journeys this weekend, fulfilling the promise of the RISD Graduate Profile.