SSISD Changes Academic Calendar One Week Before Classes Start
The Board of Trustees of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District met this week and made sweeping changes for the 2023-2024 Calendar. The first day of classes for students remains to be August 22, 2023, but several staff prep days have now been changed to instructional days meaning students will report to the classroom on those days. This change is to create more time for students in the classroom. The six extra days that...
The Successful Robotics Camp was Recently Held at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs
Robotics Coding Camp participant Lane Abernathy of Sulphur Bluff gets instruction for camp instructor Cedric Crawford during the camp that was conducted at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs robotics 2wk
2023 Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend Aug 11-13
Sales Tax Waived On Qualifying School Supplies, Clothes, Shoes and Student Backpacks Priced Under $100 This Weekend in Texas If you’re planning to buy school clothes or supplies, waiting until this weekend to do so could prove monetarily advantageous as this weekend is the annual sales tax holiday in Texas. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — priced below...
Summer 2023 Featured Multiple Highlights for the Miller Grove FFA
Miller Grove FFA Summer 2023 Spotlight
Learn Vital Skills in Welding and Other Fields at Paris Junior College
WELDING PROJECT Brandon Mitchell of Campbell, a welding student at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Welding Center, is working on a Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, also known as Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) is an arc welding process that produces the weld. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Brandon Welding
The Miller Grove FFA Hamburger Supper Will be Held August 21, 2023
The Annual Miller Grove FFA Hamburger Supper is scheduled to be held August 21st, 2023. The event will be held at the Miller Grove ISD AG Shop beginning at 6PM. You can expect hamburgers and games. Everyone is welcome. Miller Grove FFA Hamburger Supper Poster
Amanda Lowe Selected as Texas A&M University-Commerce Director of Alumni Engagement
COMMERCE, TX—Texas A&M University-Commerce has hired Amanda Lowe as the new Director of Alumni Engagement. Lowe will assume the role on Monday, July 31. As the new director, Lowe will lead the university’s alumni engagement programming and serve as executive director of the A&M-Commerce Alumni Association. She has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors for the past six years. “I have been blessed...
Dan Froneberger And Three Others To Be Inducted Into ATAT Hall Of Fame
The Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas recognizes and honors nominated agricultural science teachers for their commendable careers with induction into the ATAT Hall of Fame. This Friday, July 28, 2023, in Dallas, four of Sulphur Springs’ finest and most respected agricultural science teachers will be inducted. These include Danny Johnson with 45 years of dedication, John Boles with 35 years, Tom Howell with 29 years, and Dan...
Texas Education Leaders Prepare For Special Session On Teachers Pay And School Vouchers
While there’s still time this year for Texas lawmakers to carve out legislation to raise teachers’ pay, educators are still disappointed that they will enter the school year uncertain about what those raises could be. Despite entering the regular session with a record $32.7 billion surplus for Texas, legislators failed to reach an agreement on teacher pay increases. Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde...
Learn Important Techniques in Welding at Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Center
CUTTING Paris Junior College student Jonathan Leija of Greenville is working on his pipe welding skills as he does some plasma cutting during a recent class at the at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop.. Paris Junior College student Jonathan Leija
