Continuing Ed classes at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center
Several continuing education health care courses are available from the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center in June, located at 1137 Loop 301 East. Call 903-885-1232 to register. Nurse Aide Skills Refresher is for any student wanting to refresh their nurse aide skills prior to the certification test. Students must register 48 hours in advance. The class is offered Thursday, June 8, 8 a.m. to noon. The course is...
Meet Como-Pickton’s New Superintendent
By Savannah Owens Como-Pickton CISD has a new Superintendent, Mr. Greg Bower. Originally from Union Grove, Texas, Bower says its almost like coming home. He and his family are “just excited to be in the area.” His son, Dakota, age 12, goes to school in Harlton, but is elated for his dad to be the new superintendent. Bower describes Como-Pickton as “Just the kind of place I like to be…small schools, rural area,...
A & M-Commerce Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Increase the Number of Women in Physics
By Liliana Vasquez COMMERCE, TX— Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Dr. Robynne Lock, and a team of researchers representing four institutions will unite 16,000 high school physics teachers behind a movement where each teacher will recruit at least one female student to pursue a physics degree in college. The project, led by Florida International University, also includes teams at the American Physical Society (APS) and...
Vocational and Associate Degree Nursing Students Receive Award
Paris Junior College vocational and associate degree nursing students received awards during pinning ceremonies held during the final week of the spring semester. Vocational nursing student perfect attendance awards went to Maddie Marie Bowers of Paris and Madison Rose Oats of Cooper. During the vocational nursing ceremony, the Hopkins-Nicholas Award for outstanding performance in both classroom and clinical training went to Brittany...
Training Building Tradesmen; Summer Campus Improvements; Baseball, Softball Remodeling
Finding tradesmen for construction jobs such as home building is said to be more difficult in current times. To address that need, Sulphur Springs High School is bringing back a building trades class to help train tradesmen of the future. The building trades class will be building a house on Fore Street in Sulphur Springs on a lot owned by the school district. The slab is expected to be poured this summer. School district Director of...
More Than 500 Graduate From PJC in May Ceremony
By Paul Bailey The west stands of Noyes Stadium was packed as Paris Junior College held its 92nd spring graduation ceremony Friday evening, May 12. PJC had 512 students graduating from PJC with a certificate or associate degree, and nearly 260 students chose to participate in the graduation ceremony. The ceremony opened with an invocation by Student Government Association president Logan Thomas and a song performed by PJC alumna and...
PJC Offers TIG Welding Class
Third semester welding student Erik Tussey, right, of Sulphur Springs, practices Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding under the watchful eye of lab technician Xavier Plata during his class in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop. To learn more about the welding program and other workforce training classes, stop by the campus located at 1137 Loop 301 East or call 903-885-1232.
SSES Hosts Summer Programs for Hopkins County
Sulphur Springs Elementary School is hosting a variety of summer programs for all of Hopkins County. There is Happy Campers Summer School, Summer YMCA, STEM, Cooking Camp, open library, and a free meals program. Shelby Gibson, District Elementary Librarian for all of the elementary schools in Sulphur Springs, sat down with KSST to talk about the programs being offered this summer at SSES. The Happy Campers Summer School currently has...
Sulphur Springs High School Graduation
On Friday May 26th, 275 Seniors graduated from Sulphur Springs High School. The Salutatorian, Tori Mattison, thanked her classmates for “supplying me with memories that will last a lifetime.” She encouraged her fellow graduates saying they were “not at the end of our story but the end beginning…Wherever we each may go from here, may we each strive for greatness.” The Valedictorian, Lydia Burleson, had a...
