Katie Poulos, fifth grade, is this week’s “Above and Beyond Award” recipient for Rock Island Center for Math and Science! Katie has impressed the RICMS 5th grade team with her perseverance and will to excel in spite of this crazy school year. Check back with QuadCities.com as we learn more about future recipients of the […]
Out of thousands of entries, the Rock Island High School 2020 yearbook was recently recognized as one of the best yearbooks in the nation — the second year in a row that Rocky’s yearbook staff has received this honor. Herff Jones, a division of Varsity Brands and the leading provider of graduation and educational products […]
Winiboya Aboyure, a Davenport Central High senior, is the latest winner of the $20,000 Dr. Thomas Anthony Dooley Memorial Scholarship, to help her become a medical doctor. “We are all very proud of Winiboya Aboyure,” TJ Schneckloth, Superintendent of Davenport Community School District, said recently. “She has a wonderful future in medicine ahead of her, and […]
The Rock Island Artists’ Market has announced it will be hosting two events for the 2021 season. Join local artists, makers, and growers on Sunday, June 27th and August 29th from 12 to 5 pm in the parking lot of Skeleton Key Art and Antiques, 520 18th Street, Rock Island, IL. This outdoor event is […]
Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! Bettendorf native Samantha Pauly landed the role of a lifetime – a real British queen, reflected as a […]
On Monday, May 10, 21 Rock Island High School students who are in the high school’s Education Internship program will sign letters of intent to further their careers at the college or university level to pursue a degree in education. The course started this school year and places high school students who are interested in the education […]
On Senior Decision Day at Davenport Central High School, 85 senior students will announce what college, branch of the military, trade or career they have decided to pursue after graduation. The celebration will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, May 14 in the Performing Arts Center of Davenport Central High School, 1120 Main Street, Davenport, […]
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Samantha Klingler, director of the Student Development and Success Center at Western Illinois University, has been named the WIU 2021 Employee of the Year by the Council of Administrative Personnel (COAP). The annual award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of a COAP member who has far exceeded their duties. “Samantha has been a […]
The INCubatoredu Entrepreneur and Enterprise students gave their business pitches to a row of “sharks” at FINAL PITCH NIGHT on Thursday, May 24 in the Rock Island High School Auditorium. Five entrepreneur teams vied for three awards: Best Pitch Award, Best Business Potential Award, and Best Business Model Award: Luminous Learning– Early Childcare tutoring/daycare, Team […]
The Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archives in downtown Davenport is raising funds to renovate their permanent exhibit with three of the most important artifacts acquired to date. The $12,000 project will make it possible to permanently display Don Murray’s tenor saxophone and Bix’s tuxedo jacket and traveling trunk during the Paul Whiteman years in […]
