Falcon Week at a Glance
September 27 - October 3
Online Event Ticket Sales (Home Games)!
We are excited to announce that ALL home athletic event tickets sales are online this year. Please note that tickets will NOT be available at the gate, so please make sure you go online before each game. To purchase tickets, simply visit royal-isd.net and click "Buy Athletic Tickets" in the top menu bar OR scan the QR code to the right. Thank you for your help! Let's go Falcons!
Greetings Falcons,
Join us at Royal STEM Academy for popsicles and a Bond 2021 Town Hall at 6PM on Wednesday, September 29. Click here to learn more!
Reminder! Friday, October 1 is a Student/Teacher Holiday (Waller County Fair Day).
Royal has released a comprehensive plan on how to address COVID-19 at various levels of case. Visit the COVID Dashboard to monitor case numbers at Royal ISD.
Have a great week!
Royal ISD
Royal ISD Needs YOUR Help!
Urgent request for all Falcon families! Please complete the annual meal application to assist Royal in continuing to procure free meals for all Falcon students.
CLICK HERE to get complete yours today!
We request that all families complete the application, regardless of economic status. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Bond 2021 Corner
Did you know that Royal ISD is growing faster than 75% of all the school districts in Texas. Join us on Wednesday, September 29 for popsicles and a Royal Bond 2021 town hall!
Are you registered to vote? The voter registration deadline is October 4! CLICK HERE for voting information!
Visit the Royal Bond 2021 Website to learn about bond proposals and more! The site includes FAQs, tax and voter information, information on the proposed projects, and more! Royal ISD is committed to transparency. If you still have questions, please submit them on the Bond 2021 site FAQ page or email the RISD Communications department (cginn@royal-isd.net).
Homecoming (More to come next week!)
Annual Royal Education Foundation Ice Cream Social and Grant Announcements
The Royal Education Foundation hosted its annual Ice Cream Social on September 21. The event serves as a fundraiser for the organization, and includes “celebrity scoopers”, a silent auction, entertainment, and an announcement of the Foundation’s grant recipients. Foundation President LaRay Odum stated, "I am so honored to serve as President of the Royal ISD Education Foundation. Our mission as a charity is to provide resources to enrich, expand, and enhance opportunities within Royal ISD by supplying funds to underfunded programs within the district. After having to cancel last year's ice cream social due to the pandemic, we decided to tie our grant award notifications to the event this year. It was very exciting to see the joy and excitement in the teachers’ faces as their names were called. We are lucky to have great support from the community! We have various groups from the district perform at the event every year and always have several student volunteers helping us out. It's also a tradition that every year we have 10-12 "celebrity" scoopers that come out to serve our ice cream and compete for a small prize for the one that earns the most tips. It creates a fun, slightly competitive environment that benefits the foundation."
The Foundation announced 14 grant winners totaling over $41,500: Gary Miller, 1st Sgt Bland, Sherlyn Baxley, Paige Stanley, Jillian Pike, Amy Laxton, Andrea Villatoro, Raymond, Callies, Brandon Hein, Roderick Davenport, Clare Morgan, Lilia Brents, Mabely Lituma-Rodas, and the 1st grade teachers from ECC ( Lilia Brents, Beatriz Rojas, Sara Sanches, Nasra Nofal, Heather Bozeman, Kelsey Nelon, Luz Diaz, and Ashley Brandes).
Grant recipient Clare Morgan, RJH teacher, stated, “The Foundation provides not only funds for classroom resources, like high interest and topical novels, but it also funds the purchase of tickets to see world class performances at the Alley Theatre which is a first for many of our students. When I told my students they would be seeing a play at the Alley, the cheers of joy and excitement brought a huge smile to my face, all thanks to the generosity of donors and contributions to the Foundation. Overall, the Foundation is such a blessing to our community and provides for the "extras" that make learning fun."
Thank you to all who volunteered and attended this event, and thank you to the Foundation for helping our Falcons soar!
RHS Volleyball Practice Schedule
Event Tickets and Team Stats
Ready to support our Falcon athletes? The Falcon athletic department is excited to announce that event tickets are available for online purchase! Click here to purchase your athletic event tickets online!
Interested in seeing Falcon athletics videos, scores, stats, and more? Download the MaxPreps app and follow Royal!
Job Opportunities!
SkillsUSA FunDay
Scam of the Week: Friendly Spear Phishing
Spear phishing is a phishing attack that targets a specific person and appears to come from a trusted source. One of the easiest ways for cybercriminals to find a target is through social media. Spear phishing attacks on social media often come from fake accounts, but in a recent scam, cybercriminals used real, compromised accounts. After hijacking an account, cybercriminals impersonated that person and targeted their friends and followers.
In this scam, cybercriminals use the hijacked account to engage in friendly conversations with you in an attempt to lower your guard. Since you don't know that the account has been hijacked, you are more likely to trust information that they send to you. Once they think they have your trust, the cybercriminals will send you a Microsoft Word document asking for you to review it and give them advice. Once you open the document, the program will ask you to enable macros. If you do enable macros, your system will automatically download and install a dangerous piece of malware.
Follow the steps below to stay safe from this scam:
- Think about how a conversation with this person typically looks and feels. Do they usually ask you to download files? Are they typing with the same pace, grammar, and language as usual? Be suspicious of anything out of the ordinary.
- Before you enable macros for a file, contact the sender by phone call or text message. Verify who created the file, what information the file contains, and why enabling macros is necessary.
- Remember that cybercriminals can use more than just links within emails to phish for your information. Always think before you click!
The KnowBe4 Security Team
September 20 - 26 Events
Monday, September 27
- Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC, 4-7PM
- RJH Volleyball, 5PM @ El Campo
- RHS Volleyball Practice / V: 5:45-7:00 am / JV: 3:00-5:00 pm
Tuesday, September 28
- Volleyball, Royal @ Navasota, V 5:00/V 6:00
- RJH Football, 7th Grade, Royal @ El Campo
- RJH Football, 8th Grade, El Campo @ Royal
Wednesday, September 29
- Band: Jazz Auditions, 10AM-3PM
- Royal Bond Town Hall / Popsicle Night! 6-7PM, Royal STEM Academy. Click here to learn more!
- RHS Volleyball Practice / V: 6:15-7:00am JV: 3:00-4:00pm
Friday, October 1
- Student/Teacher Holiday (Waller County Fair Day)
- RHS Volleyball game @ Bellville/ V: 5:00pm JV: 6:00pm
- No varsity football this week!
Saturday, October 2
- RHS & RJH Cross Country, Shiner Invitational, Green Dickson Park, 8:30AM
Sunday, October 3
- No scheduled events
Photo: The Royal Color Guard and Marksmanship cadets received a $6500 grant, which will be applied towards rifle equipment and precision rifles. The team's hard work and competitive spirit has gained them exposure and popularity within the Royal community. The varsity color guard presented the colors for the 2021Ice Cream Social.
October 2021
- October 5, National Night Out
- October 6, SkillsUSA Executive Council Meeting
- October 8, 7PM, Football vs Sealy at Sealy,1135-1199 North Cir, Sealy, TX 77474
- October 11 - Student Holiday
- October 11, RHS & RJH Cross Country, 24-4A Cross Country Meet, Royal, 8:30AM
- October 11, 6:30PM, Regular School Board Meeting
- October 15, 7PM, at LaMarque High School, 397 Duroux Rd, La Marque, TX 77568
- October 22, 7PM, Bellville High School at Falcon Stadium
- October 23, Waller County Child Welfare Charity (WCCWB) Annual Sporting Clay Event Fundraiser. Details: https://5il.co/v9j2. The WCCWB wants people to learn and be more concerned about children in foster care due to child abuse and neglect. WCCWB Board members work at the grassroots level to meet the needs of these children from our community.
- October 25, RHS Cross Country, Region III Cross Country Meet, Sam Houston Park, Time TBD
- October 25, 4-7PM: Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC
- October 29, SkillsUSA Member Fees Due
November 2021
- November 5, 7PM, Football; Wharton HS at Falcon Stadium
- November 6, RHS Cross Country, UIL State Cross Country Meet, Round Rock, Time TBD
- November 8, Regular School Board Meeting, 6:30
- November 22, 4-7PM: Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC
December 2021
- December 13, 6:30, Regular School Board Meeting
- December 27, 4-7PM: Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC
2022
- January 10, Regular School Board Meeting, 6:30
- January 24, 4 - 7, Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC
- February 14, 6:30PM, Regular School Board Meeting
- February 14, Happy Valentine's Day!
- February 28, 4 - 7, Houston Food Bank at RHS PAC
- March 14, 6:30PM, Regular School Board Meeting
- March 28, 4-7, RHS PAC
About Us
Email: contactus@royal-isd.net
Website: http://www.royal-isd.net
Location: 3714 Farm to Market 359, Pattison, TX, USA
Phone: 281-934-2248
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/royalindependentschooldistrict
Twitter: @royalisd
The Royal Independent School District (District) is an equal opportunity educational provider and employer does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.