SSHS FCCLA Teams Compete At State
The Sulphur Springs High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Program, or FCCLA, sent two teams to state competition over the weekend; one for Culinary Arts and another for Job Interview Skills. FCCLA Sponsor Debbie Stribling said that competition was stiff with 30 teams competing in Culinary Arts and 29 teams in Job Interview. The Culinary Arts team consisted of Autumn Hammans, Diego Perea, America Luna, Tyler...
PJC a National Leader in Student Success
Paris Junior College Regent Ginna Bowman recently traveled to the tenth annual Board of Trustees Institute to demonstrate to other colleges from around the nation how PJC is leading the way to further student success. She, along with PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin, presented on a panel sharing what PJC is doing in the American Association of Community College’s Guided Pathways Project. The Greater Texas Foundation pays for trustees from...
Sulphur Springs High School Band Takes Sweepstakes
A special year for the Sulphur Springs High School Band continued this week as the band wrapped up its 2016 concert season at the UIL Concert Band Competition in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday and Thursday. The varsity symphonic band earned straight 1 ratings in both stage performance and sight reading competition resulting in a Sweepstakes Award for the second consecutive year. The junior varsity concert band received a 2 rating in both...
Water Quality Among Continuing Education Classes at the PJC – Sulphur Springs Center in April
Through a new course offered by the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center Department of Continuing Education, area residents will have an opportunity to help protect water quality. The Texas Stream Team class, offered on Friday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is a free citizen scientist program allowing volunteers to select a public waterway and monitor water quality monthly. Stream Team monitors measure pH, dissolved oxygen,...
Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration Roundup at ECLC
2016-2017, REGISTRATION ROUNDUP, HEAD START, PRE-K, AND KINDERGARTEN The 2016-2017 Head Start Pre-K, and Kindergarten Registration Roundup will be held Monday-Friday, April 11-15, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., in the ECLC Parent Center. Call 903-439-6170, extension 6111 or 6112, or go to www.ssisd.net for more information about the application or registration process. To be eligible for Head Start 3, the student must be three years old...
SSISD Head Start Registration April 11-15
SSISD 2016-2017 Head Start Registration April 11-15, 2016 Early Childhood Learning Center 390 Hillcrest Drive Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482 903.439.6170 The Head Start Program will be accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. If your child will be 3 or 4 years of age On or Before September 1, 2016, you may complete the registration process to determine if your child will qualify for the program. How to Register: Head Start...
SSHS Plant Sale
The Sulphur Springs Horticulture and FFA departments will be holding their annual plant sale this Saturday, April 9th. All plants sold were grown by floral design students. Current floral design students and FFA members will run the plant sale. Plants being sold include Boston ferns, geraniums, begonias, lantanas, verbenas, pentas, vincas, impaitens, petunias, and celebrity tomato plants. Only cash and checks will be accepted. Contact...
SSHS Plant Sale
The Sulphur Springs High School Horticulture Department will be holding the annual Plant Sale on Saturday April 9 at the Greenhouse, which is located behind the high school. Plants will be arranged on the lawn in front of the greenhouse for easy selection. There will be blooming plants and green plants in the sale. Varieties will include geraniums, lantanas, pentas, vincas, begonias, verbenas, celosia, petunias, impatiens and Boston...
SSHS UIL Takes 2nd Place At District Meet
Sulphur Springs High School competed in the District 15-5A UIL Academic competition on Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd. Results are as follows: In Lincoln-Douglass Debate, Corban Philo placed fourth In Ready Writing, Patricia Parks placed first and Lydia Burleson placed third. In Computer Science, Trenton Brock placed first, Sean Allemang placed second, Tim Charlton placed third, and Mauro Basio placed fifth. The team...
UPRA Spring Rodeo Planned by H C Rodeo Association
The Hopkins County Rodeo Association will put on the 2016 UPRA Spring Rodeo on Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23 at 7:30 pm in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center arena. Besides true rodeo events, many fun and exciting “community” events are open for the public to enter, including Mutton Bustin’ for youth, Chuck Wagon races, Steer Scrambles for adults and Calf Scrambles for kids. A Boot Scramble for...
