Thirteen SSISD Educators Awarded Education Foundation Grants
Thirteen educators in the Sulphur Springs Independent School District received grants that will be used to introduce new and innovative hands-on learning experiences for their students. Board members for the newly formed Sulphur Springs ISD Education Foundation traveled from campus to campus Thursday morning to present the education grants to the teachers. SSISD Superintendent Mike Lamb and SSISD Director of Human Resources and...
SSISD Education Foundation; Rededicating and Expanding
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Education Foundation is thinking big this year. Top priorities this year are more fund raising events, and a new way to stimulate education ideas in the classroom. “We don’t want to exclude anything from our new Classroom Grant Program”, says Gena Prickette. The grant program will be looking for unique and innovative ideas that fall outside the usual lines....
SSHS 2023 Senior Awards
Sulphur Springs High School 2023 Seniors received scholarship offers and military awards during the annual Senior Awards Ceremony. Scholarship offers totaled at least $1.5 million, excluding athletic scholarships as those are still being calculated by the school district. The SSHS Senior Class of 2023 honor graduates, valedictorian and salutatorian, UIL Scholars, National Merit Scholar, and senior state Academic UIL qualifiers and...
SSHS 2022 Seniors Receive Almost $5 Million In Scholarship Offers And Military Awards
Sulphur Springs High School 2022 Seniors received almost $5 million in scholarship offers and military awards during the annual Senior Awards Ceremony. Scholarship offers totaled $2,939,460 and military awards accounted for the rest of the $4,919,460 announced during the senior awards assembly. The SSHS Senior Class of 2022 honor graduates, valedictorian and salutatorian, UIL Scholars, National Merit Scholar, and senior state Academic...
Redistricting Required For Hopkins County Due To Population Growth Reflected In 2020 Census
Changes Proposed By ATCOG Would Mostly Impact Precincts 1 and 2 in Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning will be asked to consider approving a number of items, including a redistricting proposal which would impact Precincts 1 and 2 in Sulphur Springs, and amended and restated 381 agreements with Hopkins Energy LLC and a road maintenance agreement with Stampede Solar Project LLC. The 9 a.m. meeting agenda...
Showing Appreciation To Teachers
Sulphur Springs ISD Education Foundation may not have been able to assist educators in the manner they are used to, they couldn’t let the week pass without showing appreciation to teachers for all their extra work to help school go flow as normally as possible, especially during the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally, we would award Innovative Teaching Grants to teachers during the school...
Church Offers Place For Youth Grieving Local Teen Killed In ATV Crash
Scholarship Fund Established In Memory of Sam Kopal The Way Bible Church will open their doors at 6 p.m. Wednesday night, March 11, to provide a safe place for youth to gather together and grieve the death of Sam Kopal. The Sulphpur Springs youth died Tuesday afternoon as a result of an all terrain vehicle crash in Oklahoma. In response to the outpouring of concern and desire of community members to do something for the family, the...
Meet The 2022 SSHS Homecoming Nominees
Sulphur Springs High School administrators this week introduced the 10 young ladies selected as the 2022 SSHS Homecoming Nominees. After a week of spirit activities, including a parade, the community will learn which of these seniors are selected as this year’s Homecoming Royalty during the pregame activities at Gerald Prim Stadium starting around 6:40 tonight (Sept. 23, 2022). During a special media event, each of the 2022 SSHS...
Paris Junior College Offering Free Robotics Coding Camps
Paris Junior College – Public Information Services Parents should enroll children now Paris Junior College is holding a robotics coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission at five locations in June, July and August. The free camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades, or those who have completed eighth grade in the 2021-22 school year. The Robotics Coding Camp is designed to allow...
Como-Pickton Senior Awards Program 2022
Como-Pickton High School seniors were honored this week with scholarships, honors and awards. Overall, the CPHS Class of 2022 received more than $221,000 in scholarships at the annual awards program. Alyssa Corona leads the Pledge of Allegiance Kara Tifft, Hopkins county Veterans Patriot Scholarship Meghan Presley Cummins, Legacy Ag Credit Scholarship Como-Pickton Assistant Superintendent Lydia Walden presented Kara Tifft with a $500...
