SSHS Wildcat Academic UIL Team Second In District Competition, 10 Students Advancing To Regional Contest
The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Academic UIL Team finished second at the District UIL Competition held in Mount Pleasant over the weekend. SSHS earned 347 points to Hallsville’s 561. Mt Pleasant, Pine Tree, Longview, Texas High and Marshall rounded out the field. In One-Act Play competition, one student was named to the All Star Cast, three others received honorable mention and one was named an Outstanding Crew...
SSISD Trustees To Recognize Rowena Johnson, Robbin Vaughn At June 8 Meeting
Sulphur Springs Independent School District trustees plan to recognize two women for their service to the school district. Rowena Johnson will be honored for 50 years of service with the district. The long-time educator notified school officials in March of her plans to retire. Also to be recognized for serving two years as president of SSISD Board of Trustees is Robbin Vaughn. Last year, she agreed to another year president of the...
SSHS: Rachel Bramlett Is New State Champion In UIL Latino History Essay Contest
5 SSHS Students Place In Top 12 In Essay Contests, 1 In Theatrical Design At State Four Sulphur Springs High School students earned recognition for finishing in the top 6 in essay and theatrical design competitions, and another SSHS students was recognized as a top essay finalist. Latino, Barbara Jordan Essay Contests Rachel Bramlett, Annmarie Gunn, Nathan Braddy, Matthew Harper and Paige Daniel all placed in the State UIL essay...
29 SSHS Seniors Recognized As Honor Graduates
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Thursday morning recognized 29 seniors as honor graduates during a special breakfast hosted at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. The 29 are the top ranking students in the Sulphur Springs High School Senior Class of 2019, which includes 298 graduation candidates. Each honor graduate was encouraged to have their parents and a teacher or educator who made a lasting impact in their lives...
SSHS Academic UIL Team Earns 12 Medals At State Contest
Matthew Harper, Literary Criticism Team Named State Champs Sulphur Springs High School sophomore (second from left) Matthew Harper is the state UIL literary criticism champion, and the literary criticism team consisting of Harper, Andrew Westlund, Carissa Carter, Lainey Whittle are state literary criticism championship team. Also pictured are (left) state literary criticism director Mark Bernier and (right) SSHS literary criticism...
SSHS UIL Academic Update
Wildcats UIL Academic Team Ends Up Second Place in District After all the District UIL Academic events were contested, Sulphur Springs High School ended up in second place. Lindale finished first with 540 points. The Wildcats had 462. Mount Pleasant was third with 430. Going into Speech and Debate events Thursday (April 4) at Mount Pleasant, the Wildcats led Lindale by 18 points and were 119 points ahead of Mount Pleasant. Wildcats...
SSHS UIL Update
SSHS Teams and Individuals Qualify for Regional at UIL Academic District Meet Sulphur Springs High School served as host site for UIL Academic District Competition this past Friday and Saturday. Four teams and numerous individuals qualified for regional competition for the Wildcats. Another team is likely to make it as a Wild Card team as the best second place team in the region. The Accounting Team, coached by Paula Hass, made first...
SSHS UIL Math and Science Teams Finish Second
SSHS Math and Science Teams Finish Second at North Lamar Meet Math and Science teams that are part of the Wildcats UIL Academic squad, recently (March 2) finished second at the North Lamar Math and Science Meet. The competitors compete with others in their grade. In Number Sense, sophomore Kendall Little was first, junior Bracken Sant was fourth and junior Andrew Westlund was fifth. The Number Sense Team of Little, Sant, Westlund and...
SSHS Academic UIL Places First at MPHS Winter Tournament
District UIL CX Debate – SSHS Wildcat Cross-Examination Debate Teams competed at the District CX Debate meet this week at First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, TX. While no teams advanced to the state meet, we are extremely proud of their efforts this year. The 2019 SSHS CX Debate Teams include seniors Felipe Alba and Dakota Soles, juniors James Draper and Matthew Robinson, and sophomores Mariam Tran and Kimberly Wheatcraft. CX Debate...
SSHS UIL Academic Team Competed at Lindale
The Wildcats UIL Academic Team competed at Lindale this past weekend (January 18-19) and collected 145 points. Coordinator Gerald Grafton reported that the Spelling and Vocabulary Team and Literary Criticism Team both finished in first place. In Spelling and Vocabulary, Gisselle Garcia was second, Mariam Tran was third and Dawson Carpenter was fourth. In Literary Criticism, Matthew Harper was first, Carissa Carter was second, Lainey...
