Winters High School Alumni Association "Distinguished Alumnus Award" Application for 2025 is now open at the link below. Application is due June 1st. Please submit to the Administration office to Stephenie Bollinger.
https://www.wintersisd.org/documents/alumni/alumni/application-for-distinguished-alumnus/343390
Attention Senior Parents! Senior Ad information and order forms were sent home last week. If you would like to purchase yearbook space for your student your order is due May 1st.
WHS is looking for school supplies! Here is a list of things you can donate to help. We appreciate you!
Today, April 14, 2025 Winters ISD Alumni William "Bill" Grissom will be inducted into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame. In the 1960's, Bill was a standout Athlete for Winters ISD, earning him a scholarship to play football for McMurry University, where he was named Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities in 1965. After graduating from McMurry, Coach Bill Grissom returned to Winters to begin his 34 year career as a coach and mentor to so many student athletes. Schools that benefitted from Coach Grissom's compiled winning Football record of 160-90-2 include Winters, Floydada, Hamlin, Breckenridge, Stanton, Colorado City and Coleman. Thru his years of coaching, he not only achieved great team success in both football and track, Coach Grissom also saw great recognition from his peers. Awards he has received are as follows
1964-1965 Leading Rusher McMurry University
1965 Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
1973-1974 Texas Track Coach of the Year
1973 McMurry Exes Coach of the Year
1987-1990 Director of the Texas High School Coaches Association
1995 Texas Coach Who Makes a Difference
1998-1999 Reebok Coach of the Year
2001 Inductee McMurry University Hall of Fame
Just another reason why it is always a GREAT day to be a Blizzard!
This week is assistant Principal Appreciation Week and our Elementary Campus has the BEST! BIG shout out to Shelby Holmes, we would be lost without you! We truly count our blessings!
Top Attendance for Week of April 7-11, 2025!
1st Place - 99.43% - 5th Grade
2nd Place - 97.47% - 8th Grade
3rd Place - 97.00% 2nd Grade
Way to go kids!
ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS!!!
We know that your student might forget to tell you all of the important activities going on until the end of the year so here is a list of all of the activities dates, times and locations that your senior student will be participating in! Cherish every moment Class of 2025!!
Please see the attached flyer for information regarding Pre-K and Kindergarten registration:
WISD Attendance Shout Outs!
This week's top attendance classes are:
1st Place: 97.65% - 4th Grade
2nd Place: 97.50% - 2nd Grade
3rd Place: 97.42% - 12th Grade
Way to go students!
Please see the letter that was mailed out and a flyer with information related to measles.
Reminder that in April we will have school on Friday on the 4th, 11th, and 25th. Those days will be a 2:30pm release. You can see the latest amended calendar (PDF) or upcoming events at: https://www.wintersisd.org/page/calendars
Information regarding Head Start enrollment:
Incredibly proud is an understatement!!!!! Winters High School UIL students really impressed everyone today. Our UIL students won the 8-2A Academic UIL meet today on their home turf. Students competed against students from Ballinger, Miles, Bangs, Roscoe, Colorado City and Coleman. We have the most students advancing to the regional meet than we have had in many years.
We would like to thank all of the Winters ISD staff for working to put on our meet today. A special shout out goes to Mrs. Deb Pritchard for organizing a flawless meet.
Way to go Winters ISD!
#whywinterstx
Reminder: we will be hosting UIL on our campus, so there will be no school on Wednesday 3/26.
Attendance Matters!
Wow what a great run for highest attendance this week!
1st Place @ 97.73% is a tie between 4th grade and 9th grade.
2nd Place @ 97.15% is 8th grade.
3rd Place @ 97.14% is 5th grade.
4th Place @ 97.09% is 3rd grade.
Way to go students and parents for getting to school this week!
Secondary 3 week progress report is ready and posted on parent portal. If you have any questions feel free to email Dawn Green at
dawn.green@wintersisd.org
Staff Shout-out!
Congratulations to Mrs. Diane Fine, Winters Elementary Pre-K teacher! Mrs. Fine found out Friday that she passed her PPR exam! Thank you for choosing Winters ISD to teach at!
Winters ISD received the "Best of the Bunch Award" from the Texas Department of Agriculture for serving Local Texas Made Foods.
Don't forget to join Winters FFA for their 2nd annual golf tournament on April 26th! To enter, scan the QR code at the bottom of the flyer to access a Google form to enter your information. We also have hole sponsorships available for $100 each. We can not wait to welcome each of you to another great year of golf!
Winters High School hosted a Financial Forum for junior and seniors and a Planning for your Future Day for the freshmen and sophomores today. The junior/senior programs focused on financial literacy topics when transitioning from high school to the “real world.” Calista Green from Victory Bank in Winters presented Banking Basics I (Types of accounts (checking, savings, money market, CDs), deposits/withdrawals, how to write a check, and balancing your accounts monthly while Sara Long and Andrew Lacombe from First National Bank-Ballinger presented Banking Basics II (debit cards & credit cards (features, interest, payments), loans (types & interest rates, purposes/need, application, payments, cosign), and establishing credit. Victoria Escobar, also with Victory Bank, explained how to understand a pay stub, (wages vs. deductions, what you make isn’t what you’ll bring home). Toby Virden with West Texas Council of Governments spoke about consumer safety (credit/debit cards, identity theft, scams, cyber security) and Chanda Moseley with Texas Farm Bureau presented on insurance and financial protection. Auggie Woodruff with Woodruff Financial Planners in Ballinger spoke to students about budgeting, managing their money, and paying bills while CPA Will Ahrens discussed how to understand taxes (sales, income, and property).
Freshmen and sophomores learned how to manage high school from their presentations. WHS Counselor Mandie England discussed transcripts, GPAs, honors and dual credit courses, and programs of study. Technology teacher Melissa Gerhart spoke about the involvement and participation necessary to build an impressive resume and science teacher Beth Wortham walked students through the online Texas Reality Check involving a lifestyle calculator and an occupation calculator. WISD Curriculum Director Amy Flippin outlined goals and expectations for high school students at each grade level while Social Studies teacher Brandon Drake discussed all of the state/national tests to be taken while in high school (EOC, SAT, ACT, ASVAB, TSIA2, IBC exams) and the importance and purpose for each. Work Force Solutions liaison Sierra Wilson talked about post-secondary options from college to the workforce and all options in between to round out the morning.
Winters High School alum (2001) Colby Walker finished the day as keynote speaker presenting “Remember Who You Are and Where You’re From ”(the meaning behind those famous words) to discuss integrity, service, community responsibility, work ethic, and owning your rural, West Texas roots.
The program was the second in a series of financial literacy presentations sponsored by the Winters ISD EAF Grant Steering Committee. The committee wants to THANK all guest speakers and presenters for their willingness to serve our students in through this program. Your knowledge and support is greatly appreciated.
