River Oaks Baptist School

Location

ROBS is centrally located in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston. Students from approximately 40 different zip codes attend ROBS.

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

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. Justise Winslow, a current NBA basketball player for the Miami Heat, attended River Oaks Baptist. In 2016 the school celebrated its 60th anniversary. The school has plans for an additional building in 2019.

Accreditations

ROBS is accredited by the following organizations:

Memberships

ROBS is a member of the following organizations:

Awards

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. ROBS fields teams in basketball, cross-country, football, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

In the 2012-13 school year, ROBS won conference championships in the following:

In the 2011-12 school year, ROBS won conference championships in the following:

Library

The 9,000 square feet (840 m²) ROBS school library opened was built in 1997. It includes an open area that functions as a storytelling space and an area for school receptions. The library, designed by Kirksey Architects, also houses a large central reading room, an after-school study area, the office of the head librarian, a work area for other library employees, and a work area for volunteers. The library originally opened with relatively few computers; now the library is a hub for many media sources, and contains 29 PCs and monitors.

In 2014 the library welcomed the addition of a new wing, dedicated to making and editing footage for a daily morning announcement show called KROB. The show was produced and edited by Dee Bowdon. The show featured 4th graders, 7th and 8th graders giving everyone the opportunity to shine and show off talents as anchors and hosts for the show.

ROBS 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.

Private schools include:

Houston ISD public schools include:

Spring Branch ISD public schools include:

Memorial High School (Hedwig Village)

Boarding schools include: