Humble Beginnings at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Maria Zuniga, Educational Advisor and Educational Opportunity Center representative at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center, works with Madalyn Kelley of Sulphur Springs as completes information to begin her college education at Paris Junior College. For information about attending the Center, visit the campus at 1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs. To see offered classes, go to www.parisjc.edu/schedule. To apply to PJC, go...
SSISD Hires Pine Tree Coach as Wildcats Head Basketball Coach
Meeting Thursday (June 3) at noon, the Sulphur Springs School Board approved the hiring of Brandon Shaver as the new Wildcats Head Basketball Coach. Coach Shaver has been the Head Basketball Coach at Longview Pine Tree for the past 2 seasons. A native of New Diana, Coach Shaver was also a head coach before that at Grand Cane Central High School near Shreveport. Coach Shaver spent 12 years as an assistant coach at several Louisiana...
CJAA Texas Jet Blast Is a Soaring Success Over Memorial Day Weekend
Over Memorial Day weekend, several retired jets recommissioned for training were flown at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport to get pilots’ certifications. Russell Armstrong, Host of the CJAA (Classic Jet Aircraft Association) Texas Jet Blast, also hosted in 2019. Armstrong, when not hosting air training, is a certified financial planner, owning an investment practice, AIS Financial, in Commerce. The host of this year’s...
Four SSHS Sports Programs Begin The Edge Next Week
Next week (June 7-10), four Sulphur Springs ISD sports programs begin The Edge conditioning program with sport-specific skills work. In addition, there will a sports camp for tennis. Football, cross country, and boys and girls soccer start The Edge. The Edge will continue Mondays through Thursdays for six weeks ending July 15. The Edge for football takes place in the Multi-Purpose Building. The first session, for entering 10th through...
A Large Number of Campers Are Attending Sulphur Springs Softball Camp
Perhaps it is due to the pandemic that caused the cancellation of all Sulphur Springs ISD sports camps last summer but this year’s early camps this week are drawing some good numbers. Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo was greeted by a large number of softball campers Tuesday afternoon (June 1), especially among older girls entering the 6th through the 9th grades. 48 girls showed up for the camp’s second session. The...
SSISD Summer Sports Camps Open Tuesday Morning With Baseball, Volleyball and Girls Basketball
Summer Sulphur Springs ISD sports camps got underway at 9 a.m. Tuesday (June 1) as Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack opened his baseball camp for incoming 1st through 3rd graders in the Multi-Purpose Building. Coach Hammack says he has returned to an all skills approach to camp after several years of concentrating on hitting. He says he has set up three defensive stations: one for throwing, one for catching fly balls and one for...
PJC Board of Regents Approve Dual Credit Agreement, Revise COVID Policy
At their Monday, May 25 meeting, the Paris Junior College Board of Regents gave annual approval to the dual credit memorandum for high schools, and modified mask rules to reflect Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order. While giving approval to the dual credit memorandum, regents learned that the Pioneer Academy Charter School in Greenville is a new addition. They will bring students to the PJC-Greenville Center for...
Some SSHS Sports Camps Get Started Tuesday Along With The Edge For Wildcats Tennis
The summer sports calendar at Sulphur Springs High School gets underway in a big way Tuesday (June 1). There will be three sports camps starting as well as The Edge in tennis. Camps include a combined volleyball and girls basketball camp for one price as well as baseball camp and softball camp. All three camps will run Tuesday through Thursday. The combo volleyball and girls basketball camp will take place at the Main Sulphur Springs...
PJC Offering Free Coding Camp in Six Locations Over Summer
Paris Junior College has holding a special coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission at six locations during June, July and August. Applications must be received by the PJC Continuing Education Department on Tuesday, June 1. The college will be closed on Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day. The free Coding Camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, or those who have completed eighth grade in the...
Required SSISD Physicals for Athletes and Band Members Offered Free on June 1
All Sulphur Springs High School and Middle School athletes and band members must get a physical in order to participate during next school year. The Sulphur Springs ISD is offering free physicals on Tuesday, June 1 at the High School Gym from 5:15 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Students must bring a completed and signed medical history or a parent. Again required physicals for athletes and band members offered free on Tuesday, June 1 from 5:15...
