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ROCKDALE CHRISTIAN SERVICES

Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:00am

Rockdale Christian Services operates a food pantry at 224 West Cameron Avenue, open the second and fourth Thursday and Friday of the each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Donations of non-perishable food items are welcome, especially onepound bags of rice, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, canned soups and peanut butter. Donations may also be taken to 11 RCS-member churches: First Baptist, First Christian, First Presbyterian, Full Gospel Chapel, Grace Lutheran, Peace Lutheran, Meadowbrook Baptist, Primera Iglesia Bautista, St. Joseph’s Catholic, St. Thomas Episcopal and St. John’s Methodist.

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Rockdale ISD celebrates Texas Public Schools Week

Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:00am

Rockdale Independent School District celebrated Texas Public Schools Week March 6 through 10 with activities on all campuses. This year’s theme is Forward Together because as Texas public schools continue to deal with the challenges of the past few years, school boards will lead the way. At Rockdale Elementary School (right two photos) several different readers came to read to the students every day. Focusing on careers, Principal Pourmanafzadeh invited her husband, Mark, to give the students a lesson in cosmetology by cutting Ashley Willard’s hair.