About Us

Grisham MS is a 2C school with an enrollment of 663 students in grades 6-8. Located 17 miles North/Northwest of Austin, Grisham is one of eleven middle schools in Round Rock ISD.

Emily Hornbake has been the Orchestra Director since Fall 2019. The Orchestra program at GMS currently has 56 students. With our smaller size each student has a potential to have a much larger contribution. Students are placed into 3 levels of orchestra: First Year Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra. Each class meets every day for 50 minutes.

The Symphonic and Philharmonic Orchestras participates in UIL Concert and Sightreading Contest every year where they consistently receive Sweepstakes (top score in Concert and Sightreading). In 2016, Grisham Middle School was the only middle school in Region 26 to take a Full Orchestra (Strings and Winds) to UIL Concert and Sightreading. Grisham also took Sweepstakes in both Full and String Orchestra.