I was a student just last year at Rice. This school is really awesome. The orchestra program was fun and competitive. Mrs. Fox cares about her students and wants us all to succeed. The Student Council is also quite active in the school. For eighth graders, the NJHS encourages students to participate
... Read more in the community and be active in serving others. As a co-president, the other officers and myself were able to help organize the year. I participated in the Mock Trial program as well. Rice excelled the previous year in Mock Trial and her two teams met each other in the final round. We all took trophies home. The Book Club is excellent and the library is very diverse. Mrs. MacKinney is a very experienced librarian and really loves books. The tennis and theatre programs are awesome, too. Go RMS! Read less
Posted by a student on 08/19/09
rice is an excellant school that has many extracurricular programs including musical and physical activites!
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Posted by a student on 06/06/09
Rice is an excellent public school. I have had many private school friends switch their children over to Rice. Go Ravens!
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Posted by a parent on 03/18/09
Rice is great, the teachers are sooooo nice, i cant imagine someone that wants to transfer out of this school, the detention teachers are willing to help all the students so they dont have to come back to detention! Mr.classcock is very funny, all the teachers are funny! rice rocks!
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Posted by a student on 11/06/08
Rice Middle School is the exceptional school. The best school you could have ever asked for. Their orchestra includes Mrs. Fox who is constantly pushing the students to advance into higher pieces of music their orchestra is exceptional have won many competitions. Rice Middle School has amazing teachers
... Read more that are devoted into helping the students. The classes have a wide variety that meets every child's personality. This school is academically exceptional, their tennis team is unbeatable, and they have the students' brains are larger than imagined. I reccomend Rice Middle School to anyone. GO RMS!! Read less
Posted by a student on 09/11/08
Rice is a great school. The teachers are so nice!
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Posted by a student on 08/21/07
Rice is a great school mainly because of the principal Ms Stelter. She is nice to the students and her smile reminds them that their in a great environment. ' She inspires me and is beautiful' said an 8th grader. Ms Stelter makes this school unique in a great way!
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Posted by a parent on 09/18/06
This school has many good qualaties about it. It has many wonderful teachers and students. Also, all the prosgrams that are avaliable are wonderful!
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Posted by a former student on 01/27/06
We moved into Rice Middle School/Plano ISD last year and, while my daughter was a bit apprehensive to change schools at first, she jumped right into extracurricular activiites, quickly made new friends and couldn't be happier. I have been so impressed by the curriculum's ability to challenge her and
... Read more encourage her to strive for new levels of excellence. She's become an active member in theater, competitive speech tournaments, choir and art - this, in addition to her honors Science and Language Arts courses, will undoubtedly create a well-rounded student, with the world ahead of her. I can't say enough wonderful things about the principal and faculty - their passion for education shows in all that they do, as they take a personal interest in each child's development. Read less
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Plano schools — C M Rice Middle School is located at 8500 Gifford Dr, Plano TX 75025. 8500 Gifford Dr is in the Highland Ridge neighborhood and 75025 ZIP code in Plano, TX The school district for C M Rice Middle School is the Plano Independent School District. C M Rice Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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