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 Drama Department Presents The Three Musketeers
Every fall, the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Theatre Department puts on a fund raising production. This fall they are presenting The Three Musketeers. The play premieres Thursday (November 8) at 7 p.m. It will also be staged Saturday (November 10) at 7 p.m. and Sunday (November 11) at 2 p.m. Tickets are available from any cast and crew member or at the door for $5 for students or $10 for adults. Any veteran can get in free on...
Five to be Inducted into SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor
Five former Sulphur Springs High School athletic greats will be honored Friday, October 5, with induction into the SSHS Wildcat Hall of Honor. The honorees include Jack Sickles, Class of 1933; John Holloway, Class of 1991; Mark Sevier, Class of 1992; Jay Paul Gordon, Class of 1995; and Melissa McSheffery Knezevic, Class of 2004. The public is invited to the reception and induction ceremony, which...
SSHS Commencement Ceremony Moved to Civic Center Arena
According to a Press Release from the Office of Rusty Hardin, Assistant Superintendent for Sulphur Springs Independent School District, graduation for the Sulphur Springs High School Class of 2018 has been moved to the Civic Center Arena this Friday, May 25th, due to the weather forecast of possible rain. Doors will open at 7:00 pm and the Commencement Ceremony will start at 8:00 pm. Practice for graduating seniors is that morning at...
SSHS Band Percussion Begins Preparation for New Season
Wildcats Marching Band Director Charles McCauley says percussion is like a spine for the band. He says they keep the rest of the band going. McCauley says they also need additional time to get their timing down. As a result, the Wildcats Marching Band percussion members began a two week camp this past Monday. They have been working 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily. McCauley says the percussion camp is especially important for incoming...
Sulphur Springs High School Graduation
On Friday May 26th, 275 Seniors graduated from Sulphur Springs High School. The Salutatorian, Tori Mattison, thanked her classmates for “supplying me with memories that will last a lifetime.” She encouraged her fellow graduates saying they were “not at the end of our story but the end beginning…Wherever we each may go from here, may we each strive for greatness.” The Valedictorian, Lydia Burleson, had a...
SSHS Soccer Season Ends in Bi-District Play
Royse City 3, Lady Cats Soccer 0 The Lady Cats’ soccer team had their season end with a bi-district loss to Royse City, 3-0 at Princeton Friday night. A rugged Bulldogs defense greatly limited the Lady Cats’ offensive opportunities. Royse City scored two goals in the first half and added a third in the second half. The Bulldogs scored at the 10:10 mark and 2:30 mark of the first half and at 28:29 in the second half. The...
Class of 2016 Prepares for Graduation
Two Hundred twenty-nine members of the Class of 2016 will receive their high school diploma during Commencement Exercises tonight at 8 p.m. in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Arena. The event was moved to the arena due to the threat of rain. Friday morning, students and those participating in the ceremonies attended a practice session at the arena (see slide show below). Tonight, Hopkins County Military Coalition will present...
SSHS Class of 2016: Valedictorian Kendall Wallace, Salutatorian Sidney Dietze
Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the 2016 Graduating Class at Sulphur Springs High School were introduced to the School Board Monday night. Tuesday morning local media spoke with Valedictorian Kendall Wallace, 18, daughter of Mark and Michelle Wallace and Salutatorian Sidney Dietze, 17, daughter of Jason and Jill Dietze. Kendall will graduate with a 4.35909 grade point average and plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin...
Diplomas Presented to 252 SSHS Graduates
Two hundred fifty-two (252) diplomas were handed out to Sulphur Springs High School seniors Friday night at Gerald Prim Stadium. Included was one given posthumously to senior Isaac Perez who drowned recently. Salutatorian Ariel Gonzalez quoted Pokemon in urging classmates not to be deterred from chasing goals. Valedictorian Andrew Allen’s thank yous included cafeteria workers and custodians that he called by name.
