Itasca ISD

Upcoming events at the high school. Seniors will take their semester exams 5/14&15/24 Monday 5/13/24 Awards Ceremony in the SEC starting at 9:45 am. Thursday 5/16/24 is Senior Awards Night in the SEC starting at 6 pm. This is for every graduating senior to be recognized. We look forward to seeing you there.

Welcome Itasca's new Defensive Coordinator, Keith Harkness!

Welcome Kim Chaffin, Itasca ISD's new Assistant AD/Girl's Athletic Coordinator!

Itasca ISD Ag Mechanics Show

Yearbook Order Deadline is today Monday, 4/29! $5 deposit will secure your order if paying cash! All money needs to be turned into Mrs. Mears at the HS!

The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands will have their end of the year band concerts in the SEC on May 6th. The concert will start at 6:30. All students need to be at the SEC with their instrument by 6:00. We hope to see you there. Also, the 6th grade band will be going to NRH20 on May 9th. Notes will be going home with them tomorrow. The High School Band will have their end of the year concert on May 14th at 6:30. We will have senior recognition for our band seniors that night.

Proud doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about these kids! They ended up winning 3rd place their very first time! Charlie got 1st place in the taping competition a freshman his first year ever taping! We will now be competing in the TSATA competition at Tarleton!

Family Health Fair Cancelled The Family Health Fair scheduled for this evening has been canceled due to a high likelihood of rain. We will provide an update if/when the event is rescheduled.

Yearbook Order Deadline is Monday, 4/29! Get yours today!

Parents/Guardians: Tomorrow 4/24/24 Juniors and those retesting will be taking US History STAAR EOC. Thursday 4/25/24 Freshmen and those retesting will be taking Algebra 1 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. These are the last 2 STAAR EOC tests of the year. GO CATS!!!

Itasca ISD hopes to see you at the Health Fair on April 25th starting at 5:30 pm. The event will be held at the Itasca Baseball Complex. 5736 FM 67 Itasca, TX 76055

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!