Winters ISD

There are no delays for Winters ISD. School resumes normal hours today 1-16-24.

Winters ISD will have a 10 AM start Monday, January 15th due to weather conditions. The buses will run 2 hours late.

What’s that big #mobilelab in our parking lot? It's the Texas Mobile STEM Lab! It is here January 9-11, 2024 where our students will learn new concepts in science, technology, engineering and math from a traveling team of science educators. Come Join The Hands-On Fun on Family Night, January 11, 2024 from 5pm-7:30pm with a pizza meal provided in the SEC at 5pm. This is for PK through 8th grade students. The fun starts in the Elementary and JH classrooms, then will move to the Cafeteria for the Engineering Design Challenge. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Notice of Public Meeting information:

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and we are looking forward to welcoming our students back tomorrow. Exciting announcement: @LearningUNDFTD is bringing a one-of-a-kind learning experience. We are one of 30 Texas schools to receive the Texas Mobile STEM Lab this school year, right to our own parking lot! This very own "magic school bus" will help our students to learn about all the interesting STEM careers available! They will be joining us on January 9th, 10th and 11th with a fun family night available the 11th! We are thrilled for this opportunity and joining together with our WISD families to learn!

Reminder: There is no school today, students return January 4th. Also, Friday, January 5th will be a school day for all students with an early release at 2:30pm.

Last call for youth basketball sign ups! Due to low enrollment numbers, the deadline for youth basketball sign-ups have been extended to Monday 12/18. Winters teams will be part of the Ballinger Youth Sports Association. Games will be played on Saturdays in Ballinger. Kinder-6th grade boys and girls. K-2nd $35 3rd-6th $65 Late fee has been waived Please reply in comments or contact Bailey Mikeska as soon as possible to sign up.

Our BLAST program went on a field trip to the Mayer Museum at ASU today! Learning and fun for all!

A couple of our upcoming Christmas events in our Elementary!

Elementary UIL Results Team Total: 251.3 2nd Grade CHESS PUZZLE 3rd Place Riley Hope Team: 2nd Place Riley Hope Neron Villarreal Jonah Martinez Nikolas Roy 3rd Grade CHESS PUZZLE 5th Place Bowen Mikeska Team: 3rd Place Bowen Mikeska Brayden Polston Evan Colburn Tyler Lawrence 5th Grade CHESS PUZZLE 1st Place Javen Villarreal 5th Place Aaliah Medina Team: 3rd Place Javen Villarreal Aaliah Medina Belinda Aguirre Riggin Grun 5th Grade LISTENING 1st Place Charli Jacob 3rd Place Ava Reynolds Team: 1st Place Charli Jacob Ava Reynolds Belinda Aguirre Abigail Molamphy 5th Grade MAPS, GRAPHS, & CHARTS 5th Place Charli Jacob 2nd Grade MUSIC MEMORY 6th Place Avaleigh Green Team: 3rd Place Avaleigh Green Azariah Gonzales-New Nikolas Roy Morgan Halfmann David Shomaker 5th Grade MUSIC MEMORY 2nd Place Abigail Molamphy 3rd Luke Craig 4th Sutton Casey Team: 2nd Place Abigail Molamphy Luke Craig Sutton Casey Belinda Aguirre 4th Grade NUMBER SENSE Team: 3rd Place Hudson Parramore Micah Jackson Elise Colburn Brantley Aistrop 5th Grade NUMBER SENSE 5th Place Lane Colburn Team: 2nd Place Lane Colburn Riggin Grun Belinda Aguirre Natalie Meyer 4th Grade ORAL READING 2nd Place Reyly Villarreal 6th Place Ryen Sherman 5th Grade ORAL READING 5th Place Charli Jacob 5th Grade READY WRITING 1st Place Abigail Molamphy 3rd Place Ava Reynolds 5th Grade SOCIAL STUDIES 2nd Place Charli Jacob Team: 2nd Place Charli Jacob Sutton Casey Aaliah Medina 4th Grade SPELLING 3rd Place Jimena Aguirre 6th Place Olivia Davis Team: 3rd Place Jimena Aguirre Olivia Davis Ryen Sherman Brylee Harrison 5th Grade SPELLING 5th Place Abigail Molamphy Team: 3rd Place Abigail Molamphy Charli Jacob Javen Villarreal Riggin Grun 2nd Grade STORYTELLING 2nd Place Neron Villarreal

7th ART Julianna Fernandez, 2nd 3rd place team (Fernandez, Yazmine Martines, Logan Haynes, Randi Holder) 8th ART Brooke Timmerman, 5th 2nd place team (Timmerman, Lence, Vera Geyer) 6th CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS 2nd place team (Aiden Sanchez, Maddie Mitchell, Jayla Lopez, Ayriauna Aleman) 8th CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS Mason Calcote, 5th 2nd place team (Calcote, Jayton Flores, Logan Roberts, Carter Jacob) 6th CHESS 3rd place team (Maddie Mitchell, Draven Turner, Ayriauna Aleman) 7th CHESS Noah Hernandez, 4th 8th CHESS 3rd place team (Brooke Timmerman, Nolan Davis, Quentin Couch, Maxson Jurgens) 8th DICTIONARY SKILLS Minnie Belew, 2nd Laila Aguero, 4th 2nd place team (Belew, Aguero, Lexi Mitchell, Yessenia Espino) 6th EDITORIAL WRITING Emily Ahrens, 1st Ryleigh Sherman, 4th Ethan Collins, 6th 7th EDITORIAL WRITING Hannah Betz, 1st Logan Haynes, 2nd Gunnar Leaf, 4th 8th EDITORIAL WRITING Lexi Mitchell, 1st Katelyn Mitchell, 2nd Brooke Timmerman, 3rd 6th IMPROMPTU SPEAKING Ethan Collins, 6th 8th IMPROMPTU SPEAKING Quentin Couch, 1st 8th LISTENING SKILLS Laila Aguero, 1st Katelyn Mitchell, 3rd Lexi Mitchell, 3rd 1st place team (Aguero, K. Mitchell, L. Mitchell, Quentin Couch) 8th MAPS, GRAPHS & CHARTS Mason Calcote, 3rd 6th MATHEMATICS Aiden Sanchez, 4th 2nd place team (Sanchez, Jayla Lopez, Brylee Garza, Kayla Pena) 8th MATHEMATICS Nolan Davis, 3rd 6th MODERN ORATORY Maddie Mitchell, 3rd Emily Ahrens, 4th Mia Aragon-Tamez, 5th 8th MODERN ORATORY Braden Hoppe, 1st Katelyn Mitchell, 4th Lexi Mitchell, 5th 7th MUSIC MEMORY Charity Cortez, 1st Randi Holder, 5th Yazmine Martinez, 6th 2nd place team (Cortez, Holder, Martinez) 8th MUSIC MEMORY Harley Lence, 1st Brooke Timmerman, 2nd Ava Geyer, 5th 1st place team (Lence, Timmerman, A. Geyer) 7th NUMBER SENSE 3rd place team (Julian Perez, Noah Hernandez, Julianna Fernandez, Autumn Perrie) 8th NUMBER SENSE Mason Calcote, 4th Nolan Davis, 5th 2nd place team (Calcote, Davis, Laila Aguero, Yessenia Espino) 6th READY WRITING Maddie Mitchell, 2nd Ryleigh Sherman, 6th 7th READY WRITING Logan Haynes, 3rd 8th READY WRITING Lexi Mitchell, 1st Katelyn Mitchell, 3rd Quentin Couch, 5th 6th SCIENCE Aiden Sanchez, 1st Tempy Patton, 6th 2nd place team (Sanchez, Patton, Jayla Lopez, Maddie Mitchell) 7th SCIENCE Hannah Betz, 3rd 3rd place team (Betz, Logan Haynes, Gunnar Leaf) 8th SCIENCE Landon Anderson, 3rd 2nd place team (Anderson, Ava Geyer, Logan Roberts, Laila Aguero) 6th SOCIAL STUDIES Zaniyah Torres, 2nd 2nd place team (Torres, Ryleigh Sherman, Kayla Pena) 7th SOCIAL STUDIES Julian Perez, 5th 3rd place team (Perez, Walker Reynolds, Maddie Sanchez, Lynlee Torres) 8th SOCIAL STUDIES Braden Hoppe, 2nd Nolan Davis, 4th 2nd place team (Hoppe, Davis, Mason Calcote, Carter Jacob) 6th SPELLING 2nd place team (Zaniyah Torres, Tempy Patton, Emily Ahrens, Kayla Pena) 7th SPELLING Alyssa Meyer, 1st 2nd place team (Meyer, Hannah Betz, Julianna Fernandez, Randi Holder) 8th SPELLING Brooke Timmerman, 4th Quentin Couch, 5th 2nd place team (Timmerman, Couch, Lexi Mitchell, Katelyn Mitchell) 632 points THIRD PLACE TEAM

Permission slips for UIL for grades 6-8 were sent home today. These need to be returned to school tomorrow! The competition will be held on Wednesday, Dec 6 at Colorado City.

Order Texas Roadhouse items for Christmas delivery! The last Junior Class prom fundraiser is wrapping up this week. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, November 28th. Pick up or delivery will be Thursday, December 14th.

Don't forget about the Shane Smith fundraiser today for lunch. 11:00-1:30pm $10

On Monday, Kaelynn Hoelscher competed with the Runnels County Livestock Skill-A-Thon team at the North American International Livestock Exposition contest held in Kentucky. The awards ceremony was held Wednesday morning. WHS Junior Kaelynn Hoelscher had a great morning! She was the 1st Place High Individual in Identification, 1st Place Team in Quality Assurance, 2nd Place Overall Individual, 2nd Place Team Identification, and 3rd Place Overall Team. Congratulations to Kaelynn and the Runnels County Team.

We will be having a benefit for Shane Smith who is needing a life saving procedure done. All details are in the attached image. Thank you for your support!

The monthly WISD school board meeting that was scheduled for 11/13/2023 has been moved to 11/20/2023.

Today is the day to VOTE VOTE VOTE! Here are the locations where you can cast your ballot!

Here is the information regarding our Elementary Thanksgiving meal and our canned food drive happening! We appreciate your donations and look forward to seeing families at our Thanksgiving Meal!

Our Elementary upcoming events in November: