SSHS Back To School Device Prep Slated Aug. 24-28
Sulphur Springs High School students should plan to visit the campus on their designated day Aug. 24-28 to have their device updated. SSHS device prep applies to all students, both those opting for the virtual academy and those attending face-to-face classes on campus. All virtual academy students are asked to report to the school to return their devices to school sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. either Aug. 24 or Aug. 25. Students...
Monday Designated For Yantis ISD Schedule, Technology Pick Up
Monday has been designated for Yantis ISD schedule pick up. Middle and High School students may visit the school during a designated time to pick up their schedules. School officials note that the schedules in the Parent Portal online are not the finished schedules. These tasks will be conducted a bit differently this year due to COVID-19. The pick up will be conducted as a drive-through event on Aug. 10. Students must remain in the...
Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher, Schedule Pick Up Times Announced
Candidate Filing Continues Through Aug. 17 For A Place On Nov. 3 Trustees Ballot; Cumby ISD Bond Election Cancelled Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher and schedule pick up times were announced Thursday night, Aug. 6. A traditional Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher Night won’t be held this year due to COVID-19, but times have been allocated on four different days for parents to drop their children’s supplies off at school and meet their...
Carter BloodCare Blood Drives Scheduled In Sulphur Springs
Two blood drives have been announced this week for Carter BloodCare, and at least three additional blood drives are scheduled later this month in Hopkins County to help bolster supplies during “the most prolonged period of a critical shortage in recent history.” Summer, according to CBC, is typically a challenging time for blood supplies. Social distancing, canceled company and school blood drives, and other rapidly...
North Hopkins ISD’s New Athletic Director Announced
Superintendent Darin Jolly today announced the selection of Kelley Clark as North Hopkins ISD’s new athletic director. “He is replacing the legendary Coach Jeff Bell, who he assisted for the past three years in the boys basketball program at North Hopkins ISD. Coach Bell resigned in July to be closer to family in the Weatherford area and will be coaching Basketball in Graford ISD. Coach Clark is a positive, focused, and...
SSISD Trustees Approve Technology Purchase Agreement
Sulphur Springs ISD trustees, during a called emergency meeting conducted via Zoom Tuesday, Aug. 4, approved an agreement with Region 04 Education Service Center for technology purchases. Essentially, the inter-local acquisition agreement makes SSISD eligible to apply for SSISD 600 new iPads for SSISD fourth and fifth graders but only pay about half the cost. A goal of the district is to have enough devices to provide all students...
Hopkins County Football Notes For Monday
Football practice gets underway Monday, Aug. 3, for all the teams below Class 5A and 6A. In Hopkins County, that mean’s Cumby and Como-Pickton. Cumby Trojans The Cumby Trojans are coached by Sulphur Springs’ native Charles Boles, who is in his first year as Trojans’ head coach. Cumby’s two-a-day practices are scheduled this week Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The Trojans are coming off of an...
Jenna Elmore Earns State, National Honors
Emily McJohnston Also Recognized For Achievement At National Beta Contest Cumby ISD recently celebrated two students, Emily McJohnston and Jenna Elmore, for their achievements in National Beta events. Elmore was also lauded for earning additional state academic honors as well. Jenna Elmore Jenna Elmore, who is entering 8th grade at Cumby ISD this fall, achieved an exceptional score as a participant in the Duke University Talent...
Saltillo ISD Outlines Back To School Plans for 2020-2021
Saltillo ISD Superintendent David Stickels Friday afternoon, in a prerecorded video posted on The Saltillo ISD Lions Facebook page, outlined the basics of the district’s back-to-school plans for the 2020-2021 school year, which begins on Aug. 17. The district will offer two learning options for students, in-person at the school or remote learning. All plans follow recommendations and safety measures from the Centers for Disease...
Candidates Can File For A Place On Rural School Board Election Ballots
Candidates can now file for a place on 5 rural school board election ballots this fall. The filing period began July 18 and will continue through Aug. 17. Cumby, Miller Grove, North Hopkins, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff and Yantis school districts are all scheduled to hold school board elections on Nov. 3. Cumby ISD At Cumby ISD, candidate applications are available for two seats on the school board in the Administration Offices from 8...
