Sulphur Springs ISD Administrators To Present Return To In-Person Instruction, Compensation Plans
Adult Meal Price Increase, Meet The Teacher Schedule, Handbooks, Architectural Firm On SSISD Aug. 9 Agenda SSISD logo The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees appears to have a full agenda Monday evening, with a number of routine items such as presentation of the student and employee handbooks, update on Meet the Teacher activities scheduled throughout the district, and approval of the latest policy updates as...
Benefit For Educator, Mom Battling Breast Cancer Planned Aug. 7 At NHISD
A benefit will be hosted this afternoon (Saturday, Aug. 7) beginning at 4:30 p.m. in North Hopkins ISD cafeteria for Kara Lane, a 19-year educator who is battling Stage 3 triple invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer. Kara Lane is the mother of Kenna, who will be a senior this year. She is a single mom and has been a kindergarten teacher for the past 14 years and was in fact named Hopkins County Teacher of the Year in 2014. She...
Miller Grove ISD Meet The Teacher Planned Aug. 9 For All Grades, Classes Begin Thursday, Aug. 12
School starts Thursday, Aug. 12, at Miller Grove ISD. Several activities are planned to help students and their families gear up for the new school year. Miller Grove ISD Meet the Teacher 2021 Meet the Teacher will be conducted from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 9, for all grades. Elementary students can drop off school supplies and meet their teacher. Junior High and High School students will be able to pick up schedules and meet...
Coach Bailey Dorner and Lady Cats Volleyball Looking Forward to First Scrimmages Saturday
Coach Bailey Dorner, head volleyball coach for the Lady Cats volleyball program, said practice has been going very well. She said the girls have been working hard through practice this week and are looking forward to their first scrimmages this Saturday. Coach Dorner and her Lady Cats will be playing three scrimmages on Saturday. She said that scrimmages are a wonderful opportunity to see how kids play, what rotations work best, and...
Wildcat Football Season Tickets On Sale to Public
All remaining Wildcat football season tickets will go on sale to the public today. Tickets will be sold online only. A credit card will be required for purchase. Tickets are $50 per seat (includes 5 home games), plus the service fees that the ticket company assesses. There will be a link available at 1:00 p.m. on the district’s website www.ssisd.net For more detailed information, see the district’s Facebook or Instagram pages. General...
New Lady Cats Basketball Coach Erica Delley Excited For Opportunity to Coach in Sulphur Springs
The Lady Cats basketball team did not have to wait long for their new head coach. After news released to KSST in late-June that Brittney Tisdell left Sulphur Springs to return home to coach her alma mater at North Lamar, Coach Greg Owens, athletic director of SSISD, was forced to find a new coach for the Lady Cats as the women’s basketball program was already deep into their summer work-out program, the Edge. Luckily, Coach...
Tira News – Aug. 5, 2021: Catch Up On Community Birthdays, Donations
By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd met with several of her ex-coworkers at Tejano’s Mexican Restaurant in Cooper for lunch on Thursday, July 29. Joyce reports, “We celebrated one of their birthdays. It was good to visit and catch up on everyone’s life since my retirement.” We’ve received several generous contributions for the Tira Food Pantry over the last few weeks. We want to express our appreciation to everyone who helps with the cause....
Cumby ISD Meet The Teacher And Title I Parent Meetings Set
Cumby Independent School District administrators have announced the 2021-22 school day schedule and dates for parents to visit the school. The Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher and Title I Parent Meetings will be held on two different days based on grade level. On Thursday, Aug. 5, parents of pre-kindergarten students are to meet in the cafeteria at 5:30 p.m. to go over brief information, then will have the opportunity from 5:45 to 7 p.m. to...
Team Tennis Goes 1-1 in Matches Held Monday
On Monday, Aug. 4, Team Tennis hosted two DFW schools in their first matches of the year. Not only that, but the aforementioned matches are the first competition of the school year for any SSISD squad. Coach Martinez, head coach of Team Tennis, said the matches went very well. His squad lost their first match to Sherman, as his student-athletes were only able to win five or six matches according to the Team Tennis coach. It turned...
Team Tennis Schedule Released by Coach Tony Martinez
Team Tennis, helmed by head coach Tony Martinez, has released the schedule for the 2020 fall season. Tennis, in fact, has already held their first competition. Team tennis hosted two DFW schools, Sherman and Denison, at the tennis center in the SSISD Athletic Complex on Monday, Aug. 2 at 9 A.M. and 2 P.M., respectively. The Wildcats lost the meet versus Sherman, but edged out a victory against Denison in the afternoon. More to come on...
