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Rio Hondo Bobcat "Super" News

"Welcome Back To School!!!" Raul J. Trevino, Superintendent

Rio Hondo Bobcat"Super" News"Welcome Back To School!!!" Raul J. Trevino, Superintendent

RHISD Welcomes New Teachers to 2023-2024 Bobcat Team!!!

A big shout out goes to welcome all of our new teachers to the Bobcat team! We are so grateful that you have chosen to join us in our mission to provide the very best engaging educational experiences for our students. Joining the team at RHHS P-TECH is: Felipe Garcia, Elizabeth Everett, Valerie Ramirez, Sandra Izaguirre (not pictured), and April Barboza (not pictured). Joining the team at RHMS is: Elizabeth Salazar, Alfredo Infante, Juan Castillo, Gloria Hamill, Wendy Wilson, and Antonia Longoria. Joining the team at RHES is: Lucia lopez, Daniel Dawson, Esmeralda Villanueva, Michelle Vialpando, Gloria Ahmu, and Peter Galvan. We are so glad to have you as part of our Bobcat family! District Goal #1
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RHISD Celebrates Bridge Fest

Rio Hondo ISD partnered with the City of Rio Hondo during the annual Bridge Fest celebration. The school district supported the city by loading up and delivering all of the tables and chairs for the event free of charge saving the city thousands of dollars in rental fees. Special thanks to Mr. Xavier Hernandez and the entire maintenance staff for loading up, delivering, picking up and returning all of this equipment. Campus and district staff celebrated Bridge Fest with the community by providing fun activities for the students and passing out free school supplies. Seen above are the RHMS Cheerleaders leading the crowd in Bobcat school spirit! Our Region One Education Center also had a Migrant informational booth to inform our Migrant students of their benefits and to hand out supplies. District Goal #3
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Rio Hondo Community Prayer Walk

Pastor Danny Anderson of The Bridge Rio Hondo Baptist Church organized a group of community members to pray at each school district building location for the incoming school year. Representing RHISD were School Board President, Jaime Lopez, and Board Member, Eddie Guerra and the School District Superintendent. Our prayer is that God will lead, safeguard, and bless our schools and community with His supreme presence, love, and protection throughout the new school year. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14 District Goal #3
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RHISD Students Get "FREE" Haircuts

Many thanks to professional barbers, Anthony Claudio and Arturo Castillo, of "FADES, TAPERS & MORE" who collaborated with our school district officials to provide free haircuts during Bridge Fest to all of our students in preparation for the new school year. When School Board Member, Mr. Eddie Guerra, called me to ask if if his friends from the barber shop could do this for our students, the answer was a resounding "YES!!! ABSOLUTELY!" Thanks to our awesome relationships with the community, many of the households in our district were blessed with professional hair cuts "free of charge" saving them a lot of cash! Thank you for blessing our community with your talents and time, Anthony and Arturo! We appreciate you! District Goal #3

RHISD Awarded Million Dollar JET Grant for STEM Engineering and Welding Programs

The Texas Workforce Commission awarded the JET (Jobs & Education for Texas Grant) to Rio Hondo ISD in the amount of $1,327,720!!! $712,500 of this new funding will go to establish a brand new CTE (Career Technical Education) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pathway in Engineering at RHHS P-TECH. The goal of the new Engineering program is to provide students the opportunity to earn certifications in AUTOCAD and the FANUC Robot. According to the Texas Wages and Employment Projections site, engineering is a high demand occupation employing 10,287 with average annual job openings of 1,156. The annual wage in Cameron County is $65,361 in this field. $615,200 of the JET Grant funding will go to purchase high end welding equipment to include Virtual Welding Simulators, Plasma Cutters, Flux Machines, Fume Extractors, and multiprocessing welding machines. This will enable our students to earn certifications in AWS and NCCER. Welding is another high demand and high wage occupation in Cameron County with an average annual wage of $43,697. A special thanks goes to Mrs. Lisa Leal, Executive Director of Human Resources and CTE, for writing and submitting this very successful grant on behalf of RHISD! - District Goal #4
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RHMS "Uptown" Playground Structure & Swings

The Elon Musk Foundation awarded a $125,000 grant that was submitted by RHISD to purchase and install brand new playground equipment at both the elementary and middle school campuses. The "Uptown" playground is the first installation of playground equipment at the middle school located just outside of the 5th grade wing! Have fund kids!!!! District Goal #2
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RHES "Chimp Champ" Playground Structure

The elementary campus had two new playground structures installed over the summer paid for by the same Musk Foundation Grant. Seen here is the "Chimp Champ" structure surrounded by ultra safe rubber mulch! A special thanks goes out to our maintenance department. They have also refurbished the other playground equipment and are in the process of installing new rubber mulch for the other structures as well. Recess is going to be a lot more safe and fun this year!!!!
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RHES "Simon Says" Playground Structure & ADA Swings

Located on the south side of the elementary campus is the "Simon Says" playground which also has an ADA (American Disabilities Act) compliant swing set to accommodate our special needs students. It's fun in the sun time on the north and south side of the school! Thanks Mr. Musk! We couldn't have done this without your generosity!

Texas Education Agency Awards RHISD with a "B" FIRST Rating

The Region One Education Center Board of Directors and Dr. Daniel King, ESC Executive Director, awarded RHISD with a congratulatory plaque commemorating the District's advancement from a letter grade rating of a "C" from the previous year to a "B" rating for the 2022-2023 school year. The FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) rating identifies school districts for being accountable and fiscally responsible for public funds in order to provide the maximum allocation possible to positively impact instruction and support student outcomes. Congratulations to the RHISD School Board and Administration for collaborating and working together to improve the financial outcomes of our school district. District Goal #5

South Texas Emergency Care Foundation Responds to RHISD School Supply Drive - District Goal #3

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"Before" Pic of RHISD Maintenance Van Roof

Over the summer, the RHISD maintenance department has been working on improving our "image" out in the public. Our "white" fleet has been looking a little more like the color of "rust"....largely because IT IS.... actual rust as seen in this pic.
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"During" Pic of Maintenance Van Paint Job

This shipping van was sanded down by some of our maintenance crew and bus drivers namely: Hociel Garcia, Eric Lopez, and Bob Cantu! Thanks, guys, for all of the prep work you did to prepare this very reliable vehicle for its new paint job.
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"After" Pic of Maintenance Van

WOW!!!! What a transformation! Thanks to the care and maintenance that our staff places into our vehicles and equipment, this 2006 Chevy is, once again, a vehicle to be proud of while driving it around town. Great job guys! We're very proud and impressed with your work! District Goal # 5

AFJROTC Program Discontinued Due to Low Cadet Enrollment

The United States Air Force holds a strict student enrollment requirement for all AFJROTC high school programs. For a program to remain open and supported by the USAF, high schools with less than 1,000 students must maintain a cadet enrollment of at least 10% of the high school's total population. RHHS P-TECH has a total student enrollment of approximately 500 students which requires a minimum cadet enrollment of 50 to maintain funding and support from the USAF. Unfortunately, RHHS P-TECH has not been able to meet the cadet enrollment requirement for the past five years and ended last school year with only 34 cadets in the program. Entering into the current school year, cadet enrollment was down to only 16 students with the possibility of an additional 8 students coming in from the middle school as freshman; however, this number is still less than half of the requirement to keep the program open and supported by the USAF. Due to this, Colonel Harmon decided to submit his resignation in June of this past summer citing that the RHHS P-TECH AFJROTC unit was no longer a viable program. We are grateful to Colonel Harmon and SSG Davila for all of the activities and efforts they implemented to revive student interest in the AFJROTC program over the course of the past year. To our 16 cadets who remained consistently enrolled in the AFJROTC program, thank you for your service and your unwavering commitment to your school and country. We look forward to seeing you continue to serve proudly in other RHHS P-TECH programs and organizations of your choice throughout the year. God's blessings to you all!

More Super News!!!


Thank you to all of our RHISD School Board members, Staff, Students, Parents and Bobcat Community for endeavoring to collaborate and make decisions that are data-driven and always student-centered. Remember: Individually, we are all unique, but "TOGETHER", WE ARE COMPLETE!

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Raul J . Trevino, Superintendent of Schools

Email: raul.trevino@rhisd.net
Website: www.rhisd.net
Location: 215 West Colorado Avenue, Rio Hondo, TX, USA
Phone: 956-748-1026