River Oaks Baptist School

River Oaks Baptist School Hightower Education Building

River Oaks Baptist School is a private primary and secondary school located in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The school serves students in Discovery (2-year-olds) through the 8th grade. The official school mascot is the Raider.

The school's headmaster is Leanne B. Reynolds.

Location

R.O.B.S. is centrally located in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston. Students from approximately 40 different zip codes attend R.O.B.S

Steve Brady of Texas Monthly stated that the Williams Tower (formerly Transco Tower) is "part of the everyday landscape" of R.O.B.S.[1]

History

River Oaks Baptist School was founded by River Oaks Baptist Church in 1955. The School began as a weekly preschool and kindergarten, with two teachers and 30 students. Demand for more classes prompted the gradual expansion of the School. In 1979, the School celebrated the graduation of its first eighth grade class. In 1980, with 527 students in Preschool, Lower School, and Middle School, the significant enlargement of the School’s campus began. The campus master plan was completed in 2006, and the School now serves approximately 850 students from age two to eighth grade.

Accreditations[2]

R.O.B.S. is accredited by the following organizations:

Memberships[3]

R.O.B.S. is a member of the following organizations:

Awards[4]

School uniforms

River Oaks Baptist School requires school uniforms for students in lower and middle school. Girls wear white or red shirts and plaid or navy skirts, jumpers, or pants. Boys wear white or red shirts and navy shorts or pants. Eighth graders may wear navy shirts and khaki skirts, shorts, or pants. More formal chapel uniforms are required on Wednesdays.

Sports

River Oaks Baptist School competes in the Houston Junior Preparatory Conference along with 10 other schools. R.O.B.S. fields teams in basketball, cross-country, football, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

In the 2012-13 school year, R.O.B.S. won conference championships in the following:

In the 2011-12 school year, R.O.B.S. won conference championships in the following:

Library

The 9,000 square feet (840 m2) Huffington Library Media Center was built in 1997. It includes an open area that functions as a storytelling space and an area for school receptions.[1] The library, designed by Kirksey Architects,[1] also houses a large central reading room, an after-school study area, offices for librarians, and a work area for volunteers.

R.O.B.S. holds an annual Reading Festival to promote reading and to expand the library's collection of books. Authors of children's books visit campus to talk with students about writing, illustrating, and publishing and to conduct writing workshops with older students. Past visiting authors have included Willy Claflin, Kelly Milner Halls, Grace Lin, Ken Oppel, and Rick Riordan. During the 2012 Reading Festival, the School received book donations worth more than $26,000.

High Schools

River Oaks Baptist School students apply to and continue on to several Houston-area high schools.[7]

Private schools include:

Houston ISD public schools include:

Spring Branch ISD public schools include:

Memorial High School (Hedwig Village)

Boarding schools include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brady, Steve, "Tower Play." Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. October 1985. Vol. 13, No. 10. 163. Retrieved from Google Books on January 30, 2011. ISSN 0148-7736.
  2. ↑ "About Us". River Oaks Baptist School. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "About Us". River Oaks Baptist School. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "About Us". River Oaks Baptist School. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "River Oaks a National School of Character." Independent School 64, no. 3 (Spring2005 2005): 11. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed February 4, 2011).
  6. ↑ "HONORS & AWARDS." Education Week. Retrieved on January 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ "River Oaks Baptist School". Retrieved February 19, 2013.

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