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Whether
or not local citizens have children attending classes at one of the three
Winnsboro ISD schools, they all have a stake in how tax dollars are being
spent. They entrust the School Board and Superintendent Mark Bosold to
use resources wisely and according to prescribed protocols.
In recent years
there has been some question as to how well those ideals are being met.
Winnsboro Area Concerned Citizens (WACC) is an organization that has formed
in an attempt to hold the Superintendent and the Board accountable. They
first organized three years ago when a bond election was held seeking
funds for construction of a new high school campus. Frank and Debbie Hobin,
along with other volunteers, spent many hours working to get the facts
widely assimilated throughout the community prior to that election and
another one the following year. Each time the voters said no to the bond
issue...
In Loving Memory of Nick Morris
In this small and close knit town, the Sr. Class of 2003 of which my son graduated, mourns the loss of Nick Morris, the star football player and full vested sports scholarship lad who died Saturday, June 7th, in Dallas. The kids grieve, parents of fellow senior students grieve, school officials and classmates grieve, friends and family of Nick mourn beyond belief. Kids here bond with a spiritual connnection to a strong support team of prayer, but we ask your prayers and thoughts at this time for our kids, Nick's parents and family, and his many friends...
Friday,
May 30, 2003, ninety-eight Winnsboro High School seniors stood on the
threshold, ready to take that first step into the future. But as Winnsboro
High English teacher, David Pinnell said in his special address, "Not
yet.
"When you cross this stage, diploma in hand, you will be forever changed. But not yet. Right now I ask you to reflect and remember all that has brought you this far."
May 29th was an exciting day for Winnsboro High seniors as they were honored for achievements in scholastics, arts, music, theatre, and athletics at a special ceremony. In addition to numerous scholarships, graduates were given awards for excellence in various academic areas.
WHS
Students Bring Home Impressive UIL Awards
Tuesday,
March 18th, Thursday, March 20th, and Friday, March 21st, thirty students
from WHS traveled to Lindale to compete in the district level of the annual
UIL (University Interscholastic League) Academic Competition.
The students brought home a total of ten medals...
Beta
Club Juice Drive
"It
took the bed of a pickup truck to haul all the juice the Beta [Club] collected
for their spring community service project," Mrs. Becky Poe, Beta
Club sponsored proudly stated...
Two
WHS
Students become FCCLA State Officers
Although
the FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) is one of
the most active organizations at WHS, it is one of the first organizations
to go unnoticed.
Most people have know about Athletics, Drama, the Spanish Club, and the FFA, but FCCLA doesn't have a high profile. It is to Home Economics what the Future Farmers of America (FFA) is to the Agriculture Department...
Mr.
David Pinnell's English IV Advanced Placement Class did a spectacular
job acting out the Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing
on December 19th.
Much Ado About Nothing, set in 16th century England, is a classic Shakespearean comedy - in the end, everyone gets what they deserve...
The
WHS Beta Club is sponsoring a community service project for the family
of David Hollowell, a sixteen-year-old student who was recently diagnosed
with cancer.
The project began as an idea from Becky Poe, a math teacher at the high school and the Beta Club sponsor. Since the Beta Club is an organization that participates in community service projects, Mrs. Poe began the "Stars for David" project...
Thursday,
December 19th, the Junior class sponsored their Annual Christmas King
Pageant. Seven contestants, Joe Don Jones, Chris Wilson, Shane Tier, Brandon
Shubert, Josh Alexander, Eric Johnson, and Gerardo Aceves vied for the
coveted gold paper Christmas King crown and a seat at the Christmas King
throne.
The pageant consisted of a talent competition and a question and answer interview on stage. Talents ranged from putting together a Mr. Potatohead to reciting an original poem about twinkies to milking a cardboard cow...
Information
to help determine your future, and FREE PENS!
On
Thursday, November 21st, representatives from local colleges and Universities
from as far as Arkansas set up booths in the Rock Gym to counsel with
high school students about their futures.
A variety of colleges were represented including Texas State Technical College in Marshall, East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, LeTourneau University, Sam Houston State, Southern Arkansas University, Texas Tech, Tarleton, UT at Tyler, Baylor University, Tyler Junior College, Northeast Texas Community College at Mount Pleasant, Texas A&M at Commerce, University of North Texas at Denton, and Dallas Baptist University. The Army, Marines, and Air Force also sent representatives to recruit students into the military...
The
College Circuit
Fall
Registration at NTCC: All-time High
If you attended the Regular Fall Registration at the Northeast Texas Community College, (NTCC) then you were one of the 2,279 students who registered between the days of August 21st & 23rd. The final count on late registration hasn't come in yet, but the final registration total is expected to peak at over 2,300 students. The first day of registration saw over 800 people come through. This by far exceeded the expectation of the NTCC staff. By Thursday afternoon, most of the core courses were filled. The Dean of Enrollment, Joanne Stanford, contributes this increase to the hard work on the part of everyone at the campus...
AEIS
(Academic Excellence Indicator System) Campus Data -
Test Scores from WHS
The following link is to a chart on the Texas Education Agency website. It includes the average test scores on the TAAS test taken by Sophomores at WHS from 1994-2001. It is interesting to see that there is no apparent pattern in the scores of the tests, contrary to the belief that the overall average has increased over the last few years. It also includes attendance and dropout rates for the school district and a breakdown of the ethnic groups the school is composed of...
