2023 CTE Month Feature 1: Applied Agricultural Engineering
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2023, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. Students interested in applied agricultural engineering can take...
Representative Slaton Files HB 2811, Authorizing Sheriff-Led School Protection Forces
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, Representative Bryan Slaton of HD-2 filed HB 2811, allowing school districts and local sheriffs to partner together to create school protection forces. The bill authorizes a school board to enter into an agreement with their county sheriff who can form and operate a Volunteer School-Protection Force, made up of former police officers, military veterans, and individuals deemed competent by...
SSHS Jazz Band Concert in the Community Garden
February 22, 2023 – Twenty-three members of the SSHS Jazz Band will be performing at the Community Garden in Sulphur Springs. This is a free event, and everyone in encouraged to join in the fun. There will be King Cake, Special Punch, a photo booth and Jazz! The Community Garden The Community Garden officially started this winter. The owners and volunteers have constructed several raised beds, planted fruit trees, created a...
Paris Junior College CDL Training
CDL TRAINING PJC-Sulphur Springs Center truck driving instructor Todd Vanderhart, (standing left) is teaching this group of students to be truck drivers. For information about this or other workforce education opportunities, call the campus at 903-885-1232. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs CDL Truck Driving class1
A&M-Commerce Represents At Texas A&M-RELLIS Engineering And Computing Fair
COMMERCE, TX—Representatives from Texas A&M University-Commerce attended an engineering and computing fair hosted at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan, Texas, on Jan. 21 to speak with prospective students and families about opportunities available through A&M-Commerce at RELLIS. The RELLIS Academic Alliance is a new model in Texas higher education, with ten regional universities and Blinn College unified on a 2,000-acre campus....
Human Trafficking Courses Bring Awareness, Volunteer Opportunities To A&M-Commerce Students
COMMERCE, TX—Students at Texas A&M University-Commerce are gaining awareness of human trafficking thanks to the university’s newly developed undergraduate and graduate courses. The courses also provide volunteer opportunities for students to help trafficking victims. The U.S. Department of Justice defines human trafficking as “a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in...
Lady Cats Soccer Completes Perfect First Half of District Play
Coach Adriana Brena and Lady Cats soccer are riding high, beating North Lamar 8-1 on Friday. That win at home last week also wraps up a perfect 4-0 first half of district play. Sulphur Springs won in all phases of the game; their offense kept the goals coming and their defense stifled and hampered any sort of Pantherette comeback. At the break, Coach Brena and her squad held a demoralizing 5-0 lead. Before North Lamar could even...
Sulphur Springs Tennis in Tyler Friday
Coach Tony Martinez expects some stiff competition Friday, Feb. 17 at Tyler’s tournament. The Sulphur Springs coach said Bullard, Texas High, Whitehouse and Jacksonville are all in attendance for Friday’s tourney in Tyler. Only four tournaments remain for tennis in the regular season after Friday’s in Tyler. It begins bright and early Friday, Feb. 17 at 8 A.M. Last Friday Coach Martinez and his squad headed to...
Paris Junior College Welding Shop Inspection
INSPECTING JOB PJC welding shop Instructor John Plemons, center, inspects welding jobs completed by students Harlie Harred of Dike, left, and Ethan Ford of Lone Oak, right. Harred is a structural welding student and Ford is in the advanced welding class. Paris Junior College Gvl weld projects
Lady Cats Powerlifting Finishes Third, in Commerce Friday
Coach Casey Jeter and Lady Cats powerlifting continue to roll in their spring season, picking up a top-3 finish Saturday in Mount Pleasant. The women’s team placed third in a crowded meet of talented lifters. Sulphur Springs has steadily risen in each meet, placing fifth in their first competition before getting fourth last in Paris. Haylee Schultz won the 105 weight group after lifting 740 total pounds. The 114 weight group was...
