Wildcats Football to Play Second Game of 2016 in Orlando, Florida
Wildcat football will take a road trip to Orlando, Florida for their second game of the 2016 season. Wildcat Head Coach announced the opportunity at a press conference, Wednesday, January 13. The Sulphur Springs High School football team has been invited to play Sept 2, 2016 in Florida at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex located in Orlando. Along with the football team, the cheerleaders and athletic trainers will be participating...
North Hopkins FFA Update
North Hopkins FFA Report Reported by: Samuel Stanley; Submitted by Jan Vaughn The North Hopkins FFA has been extremely busy with numerous activities and contests the last couple of months. The October month the chapter hosted their monthly FFA meeting called All About FFA with the motto FFA isn’t just about cows, sows and, plows. They talked about everything the FFA had to offer other than actual farming such as LDE’s, CDE’s,...
Sulphur Springs FFA to Ag Mechanics Shows
by Allison Bledsoe, Intern Sulphur Springs High School FFA will compete at the Fort Worth Ag Mechanics Show on January 15-18. At this particular show, Kris Nottingham will show a shop table and Morgan Mayers and Brenton Burnside will show a tailgate bench. Those same students will show their same projects in San Antonio on February 26-28 and in Houston on March 18-20. In addition to those, Hunter Stonaker will show a 26′...
Pine Tree Invitational Assists SSHS Academic Team Prepare for District
“With the district UIL Academic meet just over two months away, the Pine Tree UIL Invitational was a great meet for the SSHS UIL team to see where we stand among our district competition,” stated Gina Wilder, Coordinator for the Academic UIL Team at Sulphur Springs High School. She said, “ I’m very proud of how all of our competitors performed. They are really stepping up to the plate in preparing to go to state in May!” The UIL...
Maybe Next Year for SSHS Band Members
Five Sulphur Springs High School Band students competed in the first day of All-Area band last Saturday. Although the students did not advance to the second day of competition, Charles McCauley, Director, said the students performed well and, thanks to their age, they will compete again in coming years. Next up for the band, solo and ensemble competition. February 19th is the date of competition for the 65 soloists and 12 ensembles...
Como-Pickton CISD Considers Security Gating
Como Pickton Consolidated School board of trustees meet Monday at 6 p.m. in the Como-Pickton Conference Center, 13017 Texas Highway 11 East in Como. Along with the financial audit, they will consider purchase of a Suburban, consider security gating, and the purchase of Cop Sync and Cop Sync 911. The annual Superintendent’s evaluation, contract and compensation will be discussed in executive session.
SSISD School Board January Meeting Monday
Sulphur Springs ISD Board will meet in regular session Monday at 6 p.m. in the Administration Board Room, 631 Connally Street. January is School Board Appreciation Month and board members will be honored during the public forum time. During the session, the board will take action on a request for maximum class size waiver, and the annual financial and compliance report for 2015. Reports regarding the head start program, civic center...
Taylor Begins Stint as PJC Basketball Coach
Robert “Bobby” Taylor is started as Paris Junior College’s men’s basketball coach on Jan. 8, replacing Coach Bilal Batley. Taylor comes to PJC after having served as assistant coach of the men’s basketball team at Texas A&M University – Commerce since 2011. “Coach Batley stepped down as head men’s basketball coach on Jan. 7 for personal reasons. We respect and support his decision,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. “We...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Blend Club Donates to CANHelp
The Blend Club, a service organization of students on the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus, collected donations of baby goods this fall and are preparing to deliver them to CanHelp to give to those needing assistance. Club members are, from left standing, Yanet Mejia, Nazareth Olguin, Shanna Martin, and Idalou Fry in front.
North Hopkins Class to Monitor Cooper Lake Water Quality
Wednesday morning, a North Hopkins High School teacher and some of her students received funding for an environmental project. The funding from Collins Academy in Jefferson and from the Today Foundation totaled almost $1,500. North Hopkins Teacher Janis Thomas submitted a proposal to create an outdoor classroom and to do water monitoring at Cooper Lake. Last year Ms. Thomas’ students were a part of the Paddlefish Project as a...
