Reed, Elliot to Retire; Parents Address SSISD School Board
Two parents addressed the Sulphur Springs School Board in support of their children’s teacher during Public Forum at Monday night’s March board meeting. Lindsay Barton spoke in support of her son’s teacher and Denise Campbell addressed the board in support of her daughter’s teacher. Both children are autistic. Both parents praised their child’s teacher for loving their job and loving the children in the classroom. Ms. Barton stated...
Sulphur Springs ISD Open House Schedule
Sulphur Springs Independent School District invites student parents and the community to visit their schools next week for Open House. Open House is a celebration of Public Schools Week in Texas. Classrooms will display work submitted by students and will give parents and teachers an opportunity to discuss life in the classroom. Below is the schedule for each campus. ECLC – Monday, March 7, 2016 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Douglas...
Sulphur Springs Middle School Destination ImagiNation Regional Results
The Sulphur Springs Middle School’s Destination Imagination teams competed this last weekend at the areas regional meet. In the Technical Challenge, the team must build a vehicle that is able to carry at least one team member across the presentation site multiple times, change the vehicle propulsion system and vehicle movement method during the presentation, create and present a story about change that includes a change within a...
A & M-Commerce Political Science Student One of Ten to Receive Qatar Exchange Fellowship
COMMERCE, TX—The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations recently selected Texas A&M University-Commerce political science and Honors College student Kaylin Taylor as one of ten students from across the U.S. to receive the Qatar Exchange Fellowship. The fellowship allowed Taylor to travel to Qatar with the other fellowship recipients and five faculty members who received the Malone Fellowship. “Kaylin’s receipt of the Qatar...
Education Foundation Grant Facilitates Poetry in Classroom
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Education Foundation recently awarded a classroom grant in the amount of $3,300 to Ms. Garner, Ms. Moss and Ms. Roberts, English Language Arts teachers at Sulphur Springs Middle School. They used their grant funds to bring in poets Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger. The poets will spend two days at SSMS meeting with each 8th grade Language Arts class as well as leading faculty in staff...
SSHS Wins Judy Tipping UIL Academic Meet
Sulphur Springs High School hosted our annual spring UIL meet this past weekend, with 39 schools attending. We chose to rename our meet in memory of Miss Judy Tipping, one of Sulphur Springs’ lifelong educators, for her unwavering commitment to UIL. For the small school division, New Boston High School won first place sweepstakes, the Overall Journalism award, and second place team in speech, while Canton High School won second place...
Continuing Ed Courses Available at PJC-Sulphur Springs Center
Fun courses in cake decorating and health care and computer courses to help start a new career are offered in March by the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center’s Continuing Education Department. To sign up for a class or get more information, call 903-885-1232. Unless otherwise noted, all classes will be offered in the new location at 1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs. Seniorific Computer Essentials Level 2 –...
Saltillo FFA plans a busy Spring
Six members of the Saltillo FFA Chapter along with school leaders appeared on the Good Morning Show with Enola Gay to explain their plans to partner with the Mt. Vernon Young Farmer’s Chapter for a Spring Show in April. Various projects they are working on include livestock showing, Ag-Mech shop projects and Greenhouse vegetable growing. Students pictured L-R on front row are: Senior Cheyenne Reynolds, Treasurer; Sophomore...
Saltillo Basketball Season Ends
The Saltillo Lady Lions lost out on their 2016 bid for State at the Regional level. The girls succumbed to Lipan 65-41 on Friday February 26 at Mansfield High School Gym. They ended the season as 1A Regional Quarterfinal Champs. A week earlier, the Saltillo Varsity Boys lost to Campbell 59-46 in a Bi-District match at Cooper which ended their season.
Grand Champ Lamb and Goat named
Tanner Swinson’s ewe “Lucky” was named Grand Champion Lamb and Parris Pickett’s goat “Whopper” was named Grand Champion Goat at Thursday’s Hopkins County Jr. Market Livestock Show for lambs and goats. Both students also won in the Showmanship Class. Both students are in 4H and both have a few years experience in showing livestock. Parris is a 6th-grader at SSMS and Tanner is a Jr. at Cooper...
