The Quad-Cities is so proud of this year’s All-State Choir crew from Rock Island High School! For the first time we had one or more students in all four vocal ensembles – All-State Jazz, Honors Jazz, All-State Chorus and Honors Chorus. A truly talented and fun group to work with! Congratulations, All-Staters!
Rock Island High School student Aline Niyogusenga has a full plate in her senior year. On top of keeping up with her academics, Aline is Vice president of the Student Council, Vice President of the African American Heritage Club, a member of the Culture Appreciation club, a Student Ambassador, and a member of the National […]
TASTE & TOUR – You’re invited to tour the newly renovated Rock Island High School while tasting some delicious food from local restaurants! Tours are limited and guests must sign up to have their names on a list to enter and tour the building. Sign up now! https://bit.ly/3CZhaqK **If you need help signing up, please […]
The Rock Island Rockswrestlers took 7th out of 26 teams at the Mahomet-Seymour Tournament this week. Battling it out with state ranked wrestlers in all 3 classes of IL, and MO, the following Rocky wrestlers placed in the top 8: Sammy Niyonkuru 3rd, Truth Vesey 3rd, Daniel McGhee 3rd, Amare Overton 3rd, Steven Marquez 2nd, […]
The Campaign for Excellence is an annual campaign that involves both individual and business donors which provide financial support to a wide variety of worthwhile activities and programs throughout the entire school district. Grants are made available and awarded for the benefit all of District 41’s schools, classrooms, teams, and activities. This past year, over […]
Interested in working with some of the best student athletes in the area? Check out the variety of coaching position at Rock Island High School and Washington Jr. High! • Assistant Track Coach at Washington Junior High School • Boys/Girls Diving Coach at Rock Island High School • Assistant Track Coach at Rock Island High […]
Looking for some good news in your life? Check out What’s The Good News! Every month, QuadCities.com and KWQC-TV6’s “Paula Sands Live” team up to offer you a rundown of some of the fun, interesting, and positive things going on in and around the area. So, what’s the good news this month? Davenport Hires First […]
Two Rock Island High School Basketball Head Coaches received the 2022 Charles and Annie Robinson Education Image Award from the Rock Island County NAACP at the annual Freedom Fund Banquet and Image Awards on June 25, 2022. Lady Rocks Basketball Head Coach Henry Hall will be starting his 5th season as the Head Girls Basketball […]
Happy Independence Day month! Now let’s have some independence from bad news, awful events and the like, at least for a little while, with some positive news in our What’s The Good News column for July. Every month we look at some of the GOOD things going on in and around the Quad-Cities! So, what’s […]
The 2022 James O’Melia Jr. Athletic award was presented to Rock Island High School dual-sport athletes Emily Allison and Marieon Anderson on Wednesday, June 8 at a Rock Island-Milan Booster Club meeting. The James O’Melia Jr. Award is considered the highest honor that Rock Island High School bestows on student athletes. One male and one […]
