15 Rockwall ISD Students Advance to Texas VASE State Competition

Fifteen Rockwall Independent School District high-school students qualified for the Texas Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) state competition after advancing from regional juried judging, the district announced Feb. 20, 2026. The group includes 11 students from Rockwall High School and four students from Rockwall-Heath High School.

The advancement came through the district's regional juried rounds that feed into the Texas VASE state competition, the district statement said on Feb. 20, 2026. Those qualifiers will carry Rockwall High School and Rockwall-Heath High School entries into the next tier of juried evaluation at the state level under the VASE program.

Rockwall ISD's announcement did not list individual student names or the specific artworks that qualified, but it confirmed the split between campuses: a majority from Rockwall High School (11) and a smaller contingent from Rockwall-Heath High School (4). That campus breakdown gives Rockwall High School a larger presence among the district's state qualifiers for the 2026 VASE cycle.

By qualifying for the Texas VASE state competition, these 15 students join the statewide roster of juried high-school artists representing their campuses and Rockwall ISD. The district release dated Feb. 20, 2026, framed the advancement as the outcome of the regional juried judging process that determines which student artworks move forward to state-level exhibition and evaluation.

Rockwall ISD will be tracking the 15 students as they prepare to participate under the Texas VASE banner. The district’s Feb. 20 announcement is the official confirmation that Rockwall High School and Rockwall-Heath High School will both be represented at the upcoming state competition stage.