Ladycats Lose Against Lobos Tuesday
The Lady Cats’ basketball team had a tough night on the road Tuesday night at Longview as the Lady Lobos won 64-35. Daieyshia Pruitt led the Lady Cats with 15 points, including two-three pointers. The Lady Cats are now 3-5 in district play. The Ladycats will practice against the Wildcats boys on Thursday to better prepare themselves for Friday against Marshall here at Sulphur Springs Stadium. I talked with Lady Cats Basketball...
Wildcats Lose After Leading Three Quarters
For three quarters, the Wildcats’ basketball team played some of their finest ball in one of the closest games of the season. They saw exceptional athleticism from Cain Cody with 24 points total and taking five charges throughout the game. They led Longview 46-40 after three quarters at Wildcats Gym Tuesday night. The fourth quarter was a different story as the Lobos outscored the Wildcats 32-12. The Lobos scored many of their shots...
This Year’s UIL Outlook
Sulphur Springs High School began the Spring UIL season on January 10 in Pine Tree. Recent Rumors had been heard that this year’s collection of UIL teams was looking to be one of the most impressive seen yet. “We were actually concerned at first, because we had an excellent year last year, and we lost some of our seniors so we weren’t sure how it was going to shape up,” SSHS UIL Coordinator Gina Wilder said....
“Updated with Video” North Hopkins Breaks Ground for New School
North Hopkins Independent School District broke ground for a new Elementary School this Monday morning at 9:30. In a bond election May 10 of this year, district voters supported a $5 million bond issue for the new school to be built. “This is a great big day for us,” superintendent Donna George said. “It took us about a year to plan all of this. We’re very excited to get in there.” As a result of...
Betty Block as Interim Associate Provost for A&M Commerce
Texas A&M University Commerce has given a new title to one of their academic staff members. Betty Block was named Interim Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, a title which hasn’t been seen before in the campus life of Commerce. According to Mrs Block, the job of Interim Associate Provost is to deal with the academic affairs of the university as well as mediating student and faculty issues. She also...
High School Leadership Class Needs Sponsor’s
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell is in charge of the High School Leadership Class. This year’s class has just been selected with students from high schools all over the county. Ms. Caddell is seeking sponsorships to help defray some of the costs of the program since the students don’t have to pay tuition to be involved. I talked with Ms. Caddell Thursday morning. Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce...
National Blue Ribbon Honors Saltillo School
The Saltillo School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday. It was selected as an Exemplary High Performing School. Saltillo was one of 25 schools selected in Texas and one of 337 nationwide. Kevin Woolley is the Saltillo School Superintendent. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 337 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall...
Freshman Fish Camp
Sulphur Springs High School had Fish Camp for incoming freshmen Monday. Principal Josh Williams said the day was designed to allow the new students to become familiar with the building. Williams added the goal was to make them comfortable so that Tuesday they could have a better first day of school. The freshmen got their schedules and got to find where their classes would be. A fashion show taught them about the school dress code. By...
Meet The Teacher
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Meet-the-Teacher.mp3″] All Sulphur Springs ISD schools have pre-school events planned. ECLC has Meet the Teacher activities next Tuesday. Students in Head Start 3 and 4 and Pre-K are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. while Kindergarten and Transitional 1st are scheduled from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Bowie, Lamar and Travis Primaries will all...
Latest Test Accountability Numbers For SSISD
Sulphur Springs School Superintendent Michael Lamb was asked what the headline was concerning the latest test accountability numbers from TEA at Monday night’s board meeting. Lamb’s answer was improvement. All the measured district schools from Sulphur Springs Elementary to the High School met standards and they met standards in all areas. Lamb said he expected that because the bar was set pretty low. What excited Lamb was the...
