Itasca ISD

Itasca HS Interact Club is pleased to announce that the Itasca Rotary Club will be hosting a golf tournament on Saturday, April 27 at the Hillsboro Country Club. If you are interested in participating or becoming a hole sponsor please contact Joe Marek at jmarek@hilco.coop or by phone at 254-687-2331 ext 2289. See the attached flyers for details.

MONDAY 4/22/24 - As we host our Itasca FFA 2nd Annual Project Show, drop off, pick up, and parking near the SEC and the adjacent parking lots will be closed (North East portion as seen in the attached picture). Please drop your students off and pick them up in front of their home campus. For students and staff who normally park in that area, you must park in front of the high school. Thank you for your attention to this and your support of our FFA program. GO CATS!!!

REMINDER: For those going into 10th through 12th grade next year, we will have a dual credit interest meeting in the library starting at 6 pm tonight. A parent or guardian needs to attend for any student who wishes to take a dual credit class this summer or next school year.

Due to scheduling conflicts with the regional track meet, the softball game originally set for Friday, April 19th, has been rescheduled to Monday, April 22nd, with the first pitch at 4:30 PM.

Congratulations to our Prepared Public Speakers on an outstanding performance yesterday at the Chisholm Trail District Convention! We had a super competitive District contest with 62 registered speakers total. FOUR of our speakers advanced to Area and will compete at the Area 8 FFA Convention next month! Not only did they all do a great job individually but as a team they won 2nd place in the Speaking Sweepstakes. This means we were the 2nd school overall in speaking! Results were as follows: Madison- 6th in Ag Business Nevaeh- 4th in Natural Resources Matthew- 3rd in Plant Science Parker- 3rd in Extemp and 2nd in Policy MaKenna- 2nd in Animal Science Dakota- 2nd in Tech and Comm Gali- 1st in Jr Prepared

Parents/Guardians: Tomorrow 4/18/24 Freshmen and those retesting will be taking Biology STAAR EOC, Please help us ensure all students are here ready to go at 7:50 am. Those testing need to bring their Chromebook fully charged and their charger if they think they may need it. Thank you for helping ensure your student's success!

HS Parents and Guardians - Parents of Seniors we will have a FAFSA day/night on 4/18/24 from 2-6 pm at the high school. Seniors and parents need to have your account started so the representatives can help you fill out your portions. For those going into 10th through 12th grade next year, we will have a dual credit interest meeting in the library starting at 6 pm. A parent or guardian needs to attend for any student who wishes to take a dual credit class this summer or next school year.

HS "Senior Superlative" Winners for the Class of 2024: "Mr. & Miss IHS"- Adan Garcia & Makala Rodriguez "Most Likely to Succeed"- JT Bottorff & Dakota Manaseri "Best Dressed"- Joe Gutierrez & CJ Stevenson "Class Clown"- Adan Garcia & Ashley Zavala "Worst Case of Senoritis"- "Tyler Griffith & April Battleson "Best Laugh"- Eugene Sisior & Haylyn Barnard "Most Likely to be Late to Graduation"- Chris Osorno & Ashley Zavala "Most Likely to be Confused for a Freshman"- Hong Ren & Makala Rodriguez Congratulations! We will be taking pictures for the yearbook tomorrow 4/16 during 4th period! Listen for the announcement!

Itasca ISD hopes to see you there!

Parents and Guardians of Itasca ISD, As part of our annual comprehensive needs assessment, we would appreciate you sharing your valuable feedback with us by completing the survey using the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dkQfFkO_zHIRg2_dsnungw9pnEAaf1nEmoY-gRR08I0/viewform?ts=6602e79e&edit_requested=true

Spring Picture Day will be on Monday, April 15th! Pk-11th Grade will take their Class & Individual Pictures! Proofs will be sent home with your student after Picture Day for purchase! Use the code EVT79R2PF to pre-order on mylifetouch.com.

Parents/Guardians: Tomorrow 4/11/24 Freshmen will be taking English 1 STAAR EOC, Sophomores will be taking English 2 EOC, Juniors will be taking the SAT, and Seniors will be getting training required for graduation (CPR and Positive Police Interaction) as well as FAFSA information. Please help us ensure all students are here ready to go at 7:50 am. Those testing need to bring their Chromebook fully charged and their charger if they think they may need it. Thank you for helping ensure our student's success.

S.U.P. Everyone! The Spring Scholastic Update for Parents/Guardians (S.U.P.) is here. See the attachments or the link at the end to learn more about some of the great and important things going on at Itasca High School. Thank you all for your continued support of our students and staff. https://tinyurl.com/springsup24

REMINDER: Tomorrow, April 2nd, 2024 Itasca High School's chapter of the National Honor Society will host a blood drive in coordination with Carter Blood Care. The donation bus will be set up in the high school parking lot. To sign up for a time to donate use the following link or scan the QR code on the flyer. https://tinyurl.com/ihsbd4224

On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 Itasca High School's chapter of the National Honor Society will host a blood drive in coordination with Carter Blood Care. The donation bus will be set up in the high school parking lot. To sign up for a time to donate use the following link or scan the QR code on the flyer. https://tinyurl.com/ihsbd4224

The Itasca High School One Act Play will perform (sf) Searching for David's Heart by Cherie Bennett on Monday night, April 1, at 7:30 at the Itasca ISD Special Events Center. "Produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois"

Due to field conditions in Rio Vista, tonight's baseball games have been moved to Itasca. JV will start at 4:30 and Varsity at 7 PM.

On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 Itasca High School's chapter of the National Honor Society will host a blood drive in coordination with Carter Blood Care. The donation bus will be set up in the high school parking lot. To sign up for a time to donate use the following link or scan the QR code on the flyer. https://tinyurl.com/ihsbd4224

Make sure you order your 2024 Yearbook! The cost is $45! Order online at ybpay.com using the Yearbook ID Code: 14461724. Order forms have been passed out to each grade level! Bring your order form and money (Cash/Check) to your homeroom teacher or the front office of your campus! Order deadline is April 29th! A limited number of extra yearbooks will be ordered, be sure to reserve yours today for only $5! Contact Kristin Mears by email at kmears@itascaisd.net if you have any questions or concerns! Thank you!

Please help us welcome our new Middle School Principal, Mrs. Stephanie Rieper. Stephanie Rieper is a fourth-generation educator with a unique background and diverse experiences as a substitute, paraprofessional, teacher, and administrator at the middle and high school levels, Stephanie has more than 25 years in education. She has been married to her husband and high-school sweetheart, Trey, for almost 33 years and they have two amazing and talented daughters. Kaitlyn and her fiancé, Luke, live in North Carolina, and Amanda and her husband Shawn live locally in Ellis County. She enjoys traveling with friends, is a professional artist, writer, and speaker, and feels that education is more than a career; it is her calling. As a passionate educator and leader, Mrs. Rieper is looking forward to building relationships with her students and staff at Itasca Middle School and is already working to add some Wampus Cat pride to her wardrobe.