Rice Middle School

Achievements

• Texas Education Agency State Accountability Program (2014-15 school year)
  • Exemplary Campus
  • 1 of 153 campuses to receive seven distinctions
• American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)
  • Six qualifiers in 2015
  • 16 qualifiers in 2014
• AMC 8 American Mathematics Association
  • School Honor Roll first place in the nation (2013-14)
  • School Honor Roll first place in Texas and fifth in the nation (2012)
• Fine Arts (band, choir, and orchestra)
  • Band: 2014 John Philip Sousa Foundation “Sudler Silver Cup” recipient
  • National Wind Band Honors winner
  • UIL Sweepstakes band, choir and orchestra
  • Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Honor groups
    • Four-time State Honor Band Finalist
    • Honors Full Orchestra first runner up (2014)
    • State Honor String Orchestra forth runner up (2014)
    • Honors Full Orchestra third runner up (2013)
    • Honors Orchestra second runner up (2013)
    • State Conference Choir guest performance (2013)
    • Honors Orchestra first runner up string (2011)
    • State Honors Orchestras, full and string - first runner up (2009)
    • State Honors Orchestra, string (2008)
• MATHCOUNTS contests
  • Texas State third place (2015)
  • Texas State Champion (2013-14)
  • Texas State second place (2012)
• Raytheon MathMovesU Math Hero awards (2008, 2012)
• Speech and Debate City champions (2014)
• Verizon App Challenge winners (2014-15) - best in region, state and nation
• International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition
  • Individual grand prize winner - Life Science ISEF, regional and state (2013)
  • Individual grand prize winner - Physical Science ISEF, regional (2013)
• First place winner National DuPont Science Essay (2011)
• Discovery Science Challenge finalists; speech and debate district champions (2012)
• Listen to Life national essay contest finalist and grand prize winner (2013-14)
• Global finalist in the Google Science Fair Competition (2013)
• Individual seventh place Scripps National Spelling Bee (2013)
• Grand and state recognition Duke Talent Search SAT program
• Whiz Quiz district champs
• FFA (Plano ISD) essay contest first place winner (2014)
• Athletics
  • Boys eighth-grade football city champions (2014)
  • Girls eighth-grade volleyball A & B team city champions (2013)
  • Girls seventh-grade volleyball city champions (2013)
  • Girls seventh-grade B team city champions (2013)
  • Boys seventh-grade B team city champions (2013), A team undefeated season (2013)
  • Boys eighth-grade basketball undefeated city champions (2014)
  • Seventh-grade football undefeated city champions (2013-14)
• Texas Instruments Innovations in STEM Teaching awards
  • Finalists (2013-14)
  • Winners (2007, 2012)
• Plano Education Foundation Grants to Educators
• 100% Teacher Membership in PTA
• State of Texas Science & Engineering Fair competition:
  • 2013 grand prize Life Sciences & 2013 Best of Show
  • 2014 grand prize Physical Sciences & 2014 grand prize Life Sciences
  • 2015 grand prize Physical Sciences & 2015 grand prize Life Sceinces

Campus Programs

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination); boys and girls athletics; cheerleading; chess club; FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes); flag duty; FLAR (Foreign Language at Rice); Geography Bee; HOPE (Helping Other Peers Excel); MathCounts, Mock Trial; MSA (Muslim Student Association) club; music; NJAHS (National Junior Art Honor Society); NJHS (National Junior Honor Society); Poetry Book club; Raven Literary club; Ravens of Lore Speech club; science fair; soccer club; spanish; Spelling Bee; student council; Whiz Quiz; and yearbook.

Parent Involvement Opportunities

School Based Improvement Committee (SBIC); and PTA.

Community Partnership

2015-16 Everyone Matters Day.