SSHS Honors Students At Honor Society, Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremonies
Sulphur Springs High School honored two groups of exemplary students during first the National Technical Honor Society induction then the National Honor Society induction. Typically, the National Honor Society induction is held in the fall and the National Technical Honor Society induction ceremony is conducted in the spring. However, this school year, as was the case with many events and activities, the NHS induction ceremony could...
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...
Wildcat Band Members Named To Prestigious All-Region Bands
5 Freshmen Selected To Freshmen, High School Region Bands; 4 Wildcat Band Members Advance to Area Band Auditions In what can only be described as an unusual year, Texas music organizations worked to find ways to still hold annual music events for students. Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Band members have also worked hard to meet the challenges posed by those changes, which this year included virtual auditions for All-Region...
New Band Trailer A Big Hit During Ceremonial Reveal
Semi Dedicated To Past Staff, Students, Administrators Who Built The SSISD Band Program The Sulphur Springs ISD Band program’s new trailer was a big hit during the ceremonial reveal Wednesday evening. Lead by a police car, the blue and gold semi trailer rolled down Houston Street and into the visitor parking lot at Gerald Prim Stadium Wednesday evening, where it received applause and cheers from an ecstatic gathering. SSHS...
Hopkins County 4-H’ers Bring Home Awards By Johanna Hicks
Hopkins County 4-H’ers Bring Home Awards Summer is a busy time around the Hopkins County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office! Our summer has included the Hopkins County Dairy Festival and Dairy Show; three-week Kids’ Camp: Fun, Food, Fitness; District 4-H Record Book contest; three-day Multi-County 4-H Camp; 4-H Montana Exchange trip fund-raisers; and preparation for the 4-day Skills Camp…and I’m tired! However, I love my job...
SSMS Results from the District 16 5A UIL Academic Meet
2nd place Sweepstakes Overall 2nd place 6th Grade Overall 2nd Place 7th Grade Overall 3rd Place 8th Grade Overall 6th grade Art Jose Flores 1st place Melissa Lopez 6th place Second place team: Jose Flores Melissa Lopez Aleah Sotelo Micah Henderson Chess Bridger Mayhew 1st place Phoenix Capobianco 2nd place First place team: Bridger Mayhew Phoenix Capobianco Trentin McKinney Dictionary Skills Maleah Doss 1st place Allyssa Isonhood 2nd...
SSMS UIL East Texas Elite Junior High Invitational Meet Results
“On Saturday, January 7th, 162 SSMS students competed in the 7th annual East Texas Elite Junior High Invitational Meet. It was held at Hallsville Junior High in Hallsville, Texas. Overall, SSMS received a 2nd place Sweepstakes trophy despite the 14 degree temperature that day. Several of our students earned medals and ribbons for earning top spots in individual and team competitions,” said Kathy Wright, SSMS UIL...
Sulphur Springs Middle School District 15 5-A UIL Meet Results
On Februrary 6th, 2016, the Sulphur Springs Middle School UIL students competed at the District 15-5A Academic Meet. For 6th grade, in the Art category, Bailee Burnett placed first, Shelby Ray placed fourth and the third place team consisted of Bailee Burnett, Shelby Ray, Allie Grace Woodard, and Anna Adair. In Calculator Applications, Peyton Hammack placed fifth individually, and Peyton Hammack, Micah Flemens and Mary Cruz placed...
4-H Members are Geared Up for a Busy Summer
“The Great Outdoors!” was the theme for the 2014 4-H Multi-county 4-H Camp. Hopkins County sent nineteen 4-H members and leaders to this fun camp. We generally have the largest group of any county there, and our kids bring home lots of awards! Big thanks go to Jeremy Bridges, Billy Branch, and Ruthie Mayers for assisting Mario and me with the shooting sports and sewing workshops! Other workshops included Outdoor First Aid, Ropes...
23 SSHS Students Advancing To Virtual State BPA Contest
Twenty-eight members of the Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America competed virtually in the Regional BPA Competition on January 16, at the high school, with 23 advancing to the virtual State BPA Competition to be conducted March 3-6. Six students placed as state alternates and one team placed fifth. Every student who competed placed in their event, according to Jenny Arledge, SSHS Director of College &...
