Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AZSEF) 2024 Congratulations to all the incredible Rice Intermediate students who presented and competed in the Elementary Division at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair on April 4, 2024! With 238 projects, approximately 93 judges were needed to review student projects and confer with teams for project award decisions. Your dedication to innovation is truly commendable. Keep pushing the boundaries of science and never stop exploring!

Great Job to our Spelling Bee Champions that participated at the Gila County Spelling Bee in Payson, AZ!

Congratulations to all our students that received Principal's Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance and Lil' Brave Awards for exemplifying their 3B's - to Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be Responsible! Parent/Guardian support is vital to school success! Thank you to the parents that joined us for this special event!

1st place - Euxenia S. 2nd place - Alezandra B. 3rd place - Shane D. Alternate - Ian J. Everyone that participated did a great job!

Congratulations to our 4th gr. Christmas Tree Decorating Contest Winners! 1st - Jacob S. 2nd - Lestat S. 3rd - Aaliyah S.

Congratulations to our newly crowned Miss Rice Jonalynn Ailak! 1st Attendant - Aimya Cassa, 2nd Attendant - Aubrey Stevens, Best Talent - Aimya Cassa, Miss Congeniality - Aubrey Stevens We had amazing performances and a great turnout! Thank you to all our participants, volunteers and staff!

Jonalynn A. was ONE OF 20 WINNERS STATEWIDE to win the AZ529 Arizona's Education Savings Plan essay contest! She wrote an essay based on the question "What is your dream job and how do you plan on achieving it in the future?" Jonalynn wants to become a lawyer! Jonalynn was awarded this certificate by Treasurer Yee at the State Capitol. Congratulations!

Congratulations to our newly elected Student Councils members for the SY 2023-2024! We're proud of our future leaders!

Ms. Soguelon's 3rd gr. class received a pizza party as well for having 7 days of Perfect Attendance! For each day that they received perfect attendance, the class earned a letter to spell out P-E-R-F-E-C-T. Great job!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Pictured are the 4th and 5th grade students from Rice Intermediate who scored HIGHLY PROFICIENT on their Math and Reading Arizona's Academic Standards Assessment (AASA). The AASA is a statewide achievement test for all students grades 3-8. Each student received a certificate and gift cards to Walmart!

Our students receive gift cards to Walmart and Pizza Hut when they complete their objectives in intervention! It pays to put in the hard work!

To help alleviate stress, anxiety and historical trauma, RIS has created a calming room for our students. The calming room was designed to regulate our students' emotions and to reduce negative thoughts that have affected their academic performance and social skills.