Mrs. McCollumβs math class escaped the storm yesterday with a Fortnite breakout! Students teamed up, used their 5th grade math skills, and completed their final transformation of the year.










Our Pre-K is Dino-mite! This week in Pre-K, our Rangers learned all about dinosaurs!π¦ππ¦










It's Principal Appreciation Day!
Rice Elementary is so lucky to have Mrs. OβNeal! π Thank you for leading our school with so much heart and dedication every single day. You make our school a better place just by being you! π
Let her know in the comments how much we love and appreciate her!


We are celebrating today! π Mrs. Harville's daughter, Ruthanne, wrote an essay and was selected for the Kia Peltier Educator Scholarship. Children of East Texas educators compete for the opportunity to honor their educator parents by winning a college scholarship furnished by Kia Peltier. Thank you for choosing Mrs. Harville! π




Pre-K had fun celebrating National Unicorn Day last week!






Pre-K is out of this world with their space exploration this week! 3...2...1...π










Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our incredible office staff. These ladies keep our building running. Thank you for doing such a great job each and every day!!

Check out all the great artwork and performances this weekend! π¨ππ΅π€

Happy Fri-YAY! We are so thankful for our "Friday Friends" who help greet our students with smiles and words of encouragement every week. It's going to be a great day, Rangers! π€ β€οΈβοΈβοΈ

It's Librarian Appreciation Day! πWe could not be more grateful for Mrs. Lupton and Mrs. Stegall. Thank you for keeping our books reader ready and our technology up and running! π»Shoutout to our partners at Glenwood for these awesome gift baskets!


Do you have a kid who's ready for Kinder? Join us for Kindergarten Roundup on May 1st for a chance to familiarize yourself with our building without a large crowd. Take a guided tour, see kinder classrooms, and have a Q&A with principal O'Neal. Online enrollment is open NOW! https://www.tylerisd.org/page/how-to-enroll

Let's celebrate our Leaders of the Week for the past two weeks! πͺπΌβ€οΈβοΈ




Another amazing student earned a STAR Shoutout! Christopher is putting first things first in the classroom as he reviews for STAAR. πππ

Students in Mrs.Hall's fifth grade science class are working hard on practicing their short constructed responses for the upcoming STAAR test! βοΈβοΈ





We are so proud of these Rangers. Mrs. O'Neal rocks 4th grade math and Ms. Felix supports Mrs. Gonzalez in PreK. Both of these ladies are such great examples of what it means to be a Ranger!


This past weekend, these students competed in our annual Tylerisd Hoop Shoot Competition. Campus level winners(one boy & one girl) from 3rd, 4th and 5th grade face off against other competitors from each elementary school. Three of our kiddos placed overall and we could not be more proud of all of our representatives!
Huge shoutout to Hayes Pine for making a perfect 25/25 shots and clinching 1st place!!! This has never been done before!
3rd Grade - Judah Russell & Caroline Ormsby
4th Grade - Hayes Pine (1st place) & Londyn Williams (2nd place)
5th Grade - Matthew Anderson (3rd place) & Cecilia Valle
Coach R is so proud! π€


5th graders in Mrs.Manton's reading class created Genre Album Covers to review the different genres they've studied for STAAR! βοΈπ










Thank you to everyone who joined us for Leadership Night. β€οΈ Shout out to our amazing Student Lighthouse Team and Mrs. Barrett for the incredible video about the 7 Habits they produced!
You ca check it out here:
https://youtu.be/PlBuNQ26eUw?feature=shared
Congratulations to our newest Rice Ranger Leaders of the Week for mastering Habit 1: Be Proactive! π We are so proud of these students for taking charge of their actions and leading by example. π€ β€οΈ






Pre-K has been learning about the order of the rainbow and how colors mix to make new colors. π They had fun doing color science experiments, and thinking of ways to catch a leprechaun π





