Pre-K had a spooky week filled with Halloween activities, STEM challenges, and erupting a pumpkin!
No tricks, just treats! 🍬👻 Our teachers had a little fun of their own this afternoon with some good old-fashioned trick-or-treating! Who says the kids get to have all the fun?! 🧡🎃
November Leaders of the Month
We are proud to celebrate our November Leaders of the Month at Rice Elementary! These outstanding Rice Rangers are shining examples of leadership by putting the 7 Habits into action and showing kindness, responsibility, and a positive attitude each day.
Help us congratulate these amazing students on being recognized for their leadership. We are so proud of you and the wonderful example you set for our Rice Ranger family!
We are proud to celebrate our November Leaders of the Month at Rice Elementary! These outstanding Rice Rangers are shining examples of leadership by putting the 7 Habits into action and showing kindness, responsibility, and a positive attitude each day.
Help us congratulate these amazing students on being recognized for their leadership. We are so proud of you and the wonderful example you set for our Rice Ranger family!
Join us for a special treat! Our 5th graders have been working hard to prepare a special presentation of Willy Wonka, Kids, and we would love for you to join us Thursday at 6pm in the cafeteria. 🍫🎩
Our Pre-K Rangers enjoyed learning about pumpkins! They performed a float or sink experiment, painted pumpkins, and explored the parts of a pumpkin!🎃🔎
REMINDER! Red Ribbon Week starts TOMORROW!
Let's put a cap on bad choices by wearing hats! ❤️🤠👍🏻
5th graders, don't miss out on this awesome opportunity to apply for the AVID program. This is an elective course offered in 6th-12th grades to prepare you for college, career, and beyond! Click here to apply: https://www.tylerisd.org/page/avid#apply
Today Mrs. McCollum’s science classes explored different parallel and series circuits in the lab! 🥼💡
Get ready for Red Ribbon Week next week, October 26th–30th, as our Rangers celebrate health, positivity, and making good choices! ⭐️🤠
Join the fun with Hat Day on Monday, Head-to-Toe Favorite Color on Tuesday, Jersey Day on Wednesday, Teacher/Student Swap on Thursday, and Halloween Costumes on Friday (school appropriate).
Let's commit to making good, healthy choices! ❤️
🎃🧡 Mrs. Hall’s Kindergarten friends had a fun time exploring all things pumpkins! We practiced labeling the parts of a pumpkin, learned about the pumpkin life cycle, explored different pumpkin colors, counted the lines on our pumpkins, and even investigated whether pumpkins sink or float! 🎃🔍
📚 We also enjoyed reading pumpkin-themed books while practicing identifying characters and setting and retelling the story!
To top it all off, we got hands-on and harvested all the seeds and pulp! What a fun-filled day of learning, exploring, and making memories! 🎃🧡🍁
What a welcome! TJC football players greeted Rangers this morning to get them pumped for a fabulous Friday! 🏈
AVID Information & Recruitment Event
Open to all current 5th through 11th grade students and families.
Come Learn what AVID is all about!
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Location: Tyler ISD Career and Technology Center
3013 Earl Campbell Parkway
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Discover how AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
helps students develop the skills they need to be successful in college, career and life
Topics Include: What is AVID? Portrait of an AVID Student (Criteria for Success), AVID: College, Career, & Military Readiness
... Meet the AVID Elective Teachers!
APPLICATION WINDOW: October 22 through November 20, 2026
For More Information: tylerisd.org/avid
Another Star Shoutout at Rice! We're proud to have a leader like Sarah in the Rice family! 🌟
Our Storybook Character Pumpkin Contest is underway!
We’ve already had some AMAZING pumpkins make their way to the library, and we can’t wait to see more! Students can bring in their storybook character pumpkins now through October 23 to be displayed in the library all month long.
A few important reminders: please don’t carve your pumpkin or use any food items for decorating and if you have the book your character comes from, bring it along so we can display it with your pumpkin. 📚🎃
We’re loving all the creativity so far!
We’ve already had some AMAZING pumpkins make their way to the library, and we can’t wait to see more! Students can bring in their storybook character pumpkins now through October 23 to be displayed in the library all month long.
A few important reminders: please don’t carve your pumpkin or use any food items for decorating and if you have the book your character comes from, bring it along so we can display it with your pumpkin. 📚🎃
We’re loving all the creativity so far!
Big round of applause for Rice Elementary's Teacher of the Month for October, Hollie McCollum and Paraprofessional of the Month Hayley Cheek! 🤠❤️🌟
Thank you both for your hard work, energy, and dedication to our students and school every day. Drop a comment below to help us celebrate them! 🎉
We would love to see your Ranger run out of the tunnel October 9th! 🏈 Click here to purchase your tickets to the game: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/tx/tyler/organization/7125/tyler-legacysc-high-school/tickets
October Leaders of the Month
Please join us in celebrating our amazing October Leaders of the Month!
These students have consistently demonstrated the 7 Habits and have shown what it means to be a true leader—making responsible choices, working well with others, showing kindness, taking initiative and setting a positive example for those around them.
We are so proud of the leadership, character and heart they bring to our Rice Rangers family every day!
Please join us in celebrating our amazing October Leaders of the Month!
These students have consistently demonstrated the 7 Habits and have shown what it means to be a true leader—making responsible choices, working well with others, showing kindness, taking initiative and setting a positive example for those around them.
We are so proud of the leadership, character and heart they bring to our Rice Rangers family every day!
Last week in Pre-K the students learned about community helpers! Special visitors including the Tyler Fire Department, Tyler Police Officer, and the UT Tyler Mobile Trailer visited with our young Rangers!
The Rangers were rodeo-ready! We celebrated the kickoff of the East Texas State Fair on Friday, and our very own Ranger, Maya, won the Mutton Bustin' contest at the rodeo Friday night!
We are so close to our goal! We can't make it without YOU!
Click here to make a donation: https://ricepta.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/3572
Click here to sign up to read to a class: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0849AAAE2DA6F9C25-58819169-readathon?useFullSite=false
Click here to make a donation: https://ricepta.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/3572
Click here to sign up to read to a class: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0849AAAE2DA6F9C25-58819169-readathon?useFullSite=false
