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March 10, 2022

Spring Break: March 14-22, Return March 23

Spring Break starts next week! It is March 14-22 for students. Teachers return March 21, and students return March 23. Have fun and stay safe!

News and Updates

Sherman ISD Monitoring Weather for Friday, March 11

Winter weather has been forecasted for our area on Friday, March 11, but the timing and temperatures are still uncertain. We will continue to monitor the weather overnight and throughout the day tomorrow, but for now, a normal school day is planned for Friday.

Should the weather deteriorate earlier than expected, or throughout the day tomorrow, we will communicate any changes through our automated communication channels (phone call, email and text message), on the SISD social media channels, and website.

Students Take Trip to Capitol Building, Austin Museum

Wakefield Elementary's fourth grade stand in front of the Texas Capitol. Courtesy/Renee Cole

Fourth graders from Wakefield Elementary traveled to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip last week to experience what they are learning in Texas History. Students visited the Texas State Capitol and the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Jefferson Learning Center Students Take Pledge For Texoma Promise

Jefferson Learning Center seniors took the Texoma Promise pledge for Grayson College this morning! The Texoma Promise provides free tuition to graduates who attend full-time at either Grayson College or other member universities, like Texas A&M University - Commerce or Southeastern Oklahoma State.

Tylaiah Jones signs the Texoma Promise banner. Photos by Todd Kleiboer, SISD Communications

Jayde Harris signs the banner.

JayLa Jones pens her name.

SHS Art Students Fired Up For New Kilns

SHS senior Zach Miller creates divots on a clay tankard's lip. The tankard to this point had taken Miller weeks to create, and it was waiting to be fired in the new kilns at the high School. Photo by Todd Kleiboer, SISD Communications

As a massive kiln reached four-digit temperatures in the next room, a small shop’s worth of clay pinch pots created by beginner Sherman High School art students air-dried on a nearby rack. Though some pots were a bit rough, the projects marked a huge moment for the fine arts program.

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Fred Douglass ECC Holds Multicultural Parade

Ms. Schubert's and Mrs. Hough's class represented Peru. Photos Courtesy/Deloris Dowell, FDECC

Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center held their Multicultural Parade this morning and had a great parent turnout! Several countries were represented by students, who learned everyone smiles in the same language.

Ms. Benedict's class represented the USA.

Mrs. Gruhn's class represented Myanmar.

Students line up before the parade, ready to represent their class's country.

Sherman High School OAP to Perform March 25-27

Sherman High School One-Act Play will perform their competition piece, BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS, on March 25-27 in the SHS auditorium.

The award-winning cast and crew cracked up the audience at their UIL competition, and they hope you'll turn out!

Doors open at 7 p.m. March 25 and 26, and there is a 3 p.m. matinee March 27. Tickets cost $5 at the door.

SISD Expecting Major Growth In Coming Years

Perrin ECC students smile for the camera. By the time these students are seniors, Sherman ISD may have close to 10,000 students. Photo by Ahmad Alzubi, SISD Communications

"You could enroll almost 9,000 students within five years and be sitting close to 10,000 students by 2031-32," said demographer Rocky Gardiner at the February SISD board meeting. "It's a lot."

And Sherman ISD is planning and preparing for that projected growth every step of the way.

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Join The Bearcat Family!

Learn more about the career options available at Sherman ISD at our annual job fair from 8 am to noon Saturday, March 26 at Sherman High School. We will be hiring for all positions, including teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, custodians, maintenance and operations, and more!

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This Week in Bearcat Athletics

Strong Bonds Tie State-bound Lady Bearcat Powerlifting

Lanie Fajerson racks up a weight after her morning workout. Photos by Todd Kleiboer, SISD Communications

If you had asked Carina Mata while at Piner Middle School if powerlifting interested her, she might have hesitated.

“I did athletics back at Piner, and I was the weakest,” Mata said. “But for some reason, I wanted to try powerlifting because I thought it was a really cool sport.”

Four years later, as a senior, she’s heading to the THSWPA State Meet for the first time in Corpus Christi at the top of her weight class.

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Jennifer Muniz starts her morning workout inside the MAC Weight Room.

Carina Mata deadlifts under the supervision of Powerlifting Coach Zach Skinner.

Top Regional finishers were Jennifer Muniz (1st), Carina Mata (1st), Lanie Fajerson (2nd), Haley Gentry (3rd) and Harley Adkins (2nd). Courtesy/Zach Skinner

Three Bearcat Basketball Players Named to Academic All-State Lists

After receiving District 10-5A honors last week, Jacob Lester, Anthony Gionfriddo and Ashton Alexander were named to the Texas High School Coaches Association's Academic All-State List. Lester was selected as First Team, Gionfriddo as Second Team, and Alexander as Honorable Mention. Way to go, Bearcats!