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Rock Island High School Young Entrepreneurs Win In Pitch Competition

March 5th, 2024
Rock Island High School Young Entrepreneurs Win In Pitch Competition

Rock Island schools’ INCubadatoredu students have been busy! Last Thursday RIHS team The Swaver was the opening act of Fortress Bank’s 2nd annual Bank Tank Entrepreneur pitch competition. The team represented represented the district very well. Swaver is a product you put in your toilet tank that reduces the amount of water flushed, thereby saving both water and money. They received a $5,000 donation to our Incubatoredu program. Then over the weekend, three teams of Incubatoredu Entrepreneurship students had tables at the Black Expo held at Southpark Mall. They did a great job working... Read More

Rock Island High School Students Granted Money Through Entrepreneur Pitch Competition

February 28th, 2024
Rock Island High School Students Granted Money Through Entrepreneur Pitch Competition

Rock Island High School INCubadatoredu students have been busy! Last Thursday RIHS team The Swaver was the opening act of Fortress Bank’s 2nd annual Bank Tank Entrepreneur pitch competition. The team represented represented the district very well. Swaver is a product you put in your toilet tank that reduces the amount of water flushed, thereby saving both water and money. They received a $5,000 donation to our Incubatoredu program. Then over the weekend, three teams of Incubatoredu Entrepreneurship students had tables at the Black Expo held at Southpark Mall. They did a great job working... Read More

Rock Island High School Holds Black History Program

February 27th, 2024
Rock Island High School Holds Black History Program

 Rock Island High School held a Black History Program yesterday for the students. Rocky’s African American Heritage Club puts together an outstanding program every year. This year’s theme was Come Jam with Us: Music is Food for the Soul. Several of the guest performers are Rocky Alumni!  Read More

Rock Island High School Drama Club Presents Surprise Play Tonight

February 17th, 2024
Rock Island High School Drama Club Presents Surprise Play Tonight

SURPRISE PLAY! The Rocky Drama Club presents a surprise play! Students have 24 hours together to produce the play. Mrs. Foster, the Theatre Director is the only one who knows what the script is. Students will get the script today and then have to rehearse it and put it together all in the 24 hours they have together. It’s one act so the runtime is about 30 minutes. Come see what they can do with only 24 hours!    Read More

Three Rock Island High School Wrestlers Compete At The Girls Sectional

February 14th, 2024
Three Rock Island High School Wrestlers Compete At The Girls Sectional

Three Rock Island High School Rocks wrestled this weekend at the Girls’ Sectional in Geneseo, Sanna Hampton is the lone State Qualifier, taking 3rd Place! She’ll be in Bloomington in 2 weeks at the Girls’ State Tournament! Congratulations!    Read More

Rock Island High School Hosting FAFSA Workshop Night

February 2nd, 2024
Rock Island High School Hosting FAFSA Workshop Night

Rock Island High School is hosting its annual FAFSA Completion Workshop night. Families can receive assistance in completing the 2024-25 FAFSA. FAFSA is free and gives you access to the largest sources of financial aid to pay for college or career school. Black Hawk College is also hosting two FAFSA Completions nights. Students can sign up at www.bhc.edu/fafsa – see attached flyer. Space will be limited and registration is required -East Campus – Monday, Feb. 26, 4-7 p.m. -QC Campus – Wednesday, Feb. 28, 4-7. p.m.  Read More

Rock Island High School Debate Team Takes Home Trophies From Illinois State Tourney

February 1st, 2024
Rock Island High School Debate Team Takes Home Trophies From Illinois State Tourney

Congratulations to the Rock Island Debate team for their outstanding performance at Saturday’s tournament. Competing against the top programs in the state, the Rocks took home three team trophies and three additional individual medals. Leading the way for the Rocks was the team of Olivia Seidlitz and Haleigh Laud who finished the day with a perfect 4-0 record while taking home first-place honors in the JV/sophomore division of Public Forum. In the Novice/freshman division of Public Forum, the team of Sage Ray and Ethan Ignatius finished 2nd overall while the team of Myaels Hoffeditz and Maddie... Read More

Rock Island High School Wrestlers Finish Second At Western Big Six Conference Tourney

January 30th, 2024
Rock Island High School Wrestlers Finish Second At Western Big Six Conference Tourney

The Rocks wrestled at Wharton Field House last night in the Western Big Six Conference Tournament, taking 2nd as a team, finishing just behind Quincy. Individual placers were Mauricio Parker (3rd), Truth Vesey (1st), Merrick Stockwell (3rd), Daniel McGhee (1st), Antonio Parker (1st), Amare Overton (1st), Rowan Stockwell (3rd), and Andrew Marquez (1st).  Read More

Rock Island High School Girls Wrestling Pins Down Honors At IHSA Regional

January 29th, 2024

The Rock Island High School Girls’ Wrestling Team took 9th out of 33 teams today at the IHSA Regional! Placing in the top 6 and moving on to Sectionals are Lucy Mass (4th), Sanaa Hampton (3rd), and Courtney Walls (2nd).    Read More

Rock Island Rocks Take Home Honors At Clinton Wrestling Tourney

January 22nd, 2024
Rock Island Rocks Take Home Honors At Clinton Wrestling Tourney

The Rock Island Rocks battled today at the Bob Lueders invite in Clinton, IA against top ranked wrestlers from IL, IA, and WI. The team took 7th out of 21 and individual placers were Mauricio Parker (4th), Truth Vesey (2nd), Merrick Stockwell (5th), Daniel McGhee (1st), Temar Hudson (7th), Antonio Parker (6th), Amare Overton (1st), and Andrew Marquez (2nd).  Read More