The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released district accountability ratings on Monday and Winters ISD is at the top, receiving an “A” rating and 9 distinction designations! This was an amazing accomplishment achieved by students and staff after coming out of quarantine and addressing the gaps in learning brought on after school closed in the spring of 2020. The last accountability rating received from TEA was in 2019, when WISD received a “B” rating, with 3 distinction designations. Here are the 2022 scores from each campus: Winters Elementary - “A”, 90 overall score; Winters Junior High - “B”, 86 overall score; Winters High School – “B”, 86 overall score, and WISD – “A”, with a 90 overall score. Every score is an improvement from 2019’s results, with the greatest gains taking place in our junior high. In 2019 Winters Junior High was placed on the improvement required (IR) designation list from TEA for scoring a “F”, and a 55 overall score. There were extreme gains achieved in all categories, from 2019’s “F” junior high campus rating to 2022’s “B” campus rating. If you would like to see the more detailed breakdowns of how WISD did at the campus and district levels, you may view at www.txschools.gov. We still have room to grow and will continue to work hard to make WISD one of the best small schools in west Texas. Congratulations to all students and staff of WISD for putting the “WIN” back in Winters! #whywinterstx
Mark your calendars for Winters’ Homecoming parade on Friday, September 16th! Come support our Blizzards and join in the fun!
🌪MEET THE BLIZZARDS🌪 tomorrow at 6pm at Blizzard Stadium! We can’t wait to see you there!
Parents, WISD was voluntarily placed into “Secure” mode at approximately 11:25 AM this morning. Secure means that we had all students locked inside of our buildings until we received word from Police Chief Guyer that it was okay for students and staff of WISD to resume normal activities. Out of an abundance of caution we went into this measure to ensure the safety of everyone when WISD officials received word that someone had been shot towards Novice. Students were secured in our buildings for about 15 minutes, until the all clear was received from our local law enforcement. Students and staff were not in danger, we were just being cautious. If you should have any further questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact Sean Leamon at 325-754-5574.
We hope that everyone has a great weekend!
The kids (and the principal) sure are enjoying the new playground equipment! #whyWintersTX
Winters Secondary Community Announcement - 08-11-2022
Please watch the video.
https://youtu.be/xgwaWyPLsNA
A familiar name in the Abilene Reporter News👀 #whywinterstx
https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/education/2022/08/09/winters-isds-4-day-instructional-week-has-teachers-students-in-mind/65397332007/
Mrs. Richards and our FCCLA students created these teacher “emergency stash” boxes for our staff and we are so thankful! They will absolutely be put to use😉 #whywinterstx
We welcomed students back today for the first day of school! We are so proud of our Blizzards🌪#whywinterstx
The issue with our phone lines has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience!
Our phone lines are currently still down. Our technology team is working to resolve the issue and we hope to have them back up soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
A message from Mrs. Flippin, Coach McCarty, and Mr. Green.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8b0tG6wXDM
Here is our amended 2022-2023 school calendar!
Winters ISD will start with one in town route starting on the 10th .
Route Description :
Stop #1 – West Truett St. behind First Baptist Church. ( P/U 7:00 AM -7:05 AM )
Stop #2 – South Arlington St and State St. ( P/U 7:05 AM – 7:10 AM )
All buses will unload at Cafeteria at 7:15 am
All rural route pick ups will be 15 minutes earlier than last year.
Don’t forget about our important dates! Tonight is the Back to School Blessing at the North Main COC and tomorrow we will have our orientation and Title 1 meetings for WJH and WHS as well as Meet the Teacher and Title 1 meeting for WES.
New 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Hotline
for Mental Health Support
Please follow the link below for additional information and to complete the Continuity of Services Plan Stakeholder Input Survey. Responses are due by midnight on Friday, August 12, 2022, and will be reviewed for updates/changes in the Continuity of Services Plan for our district.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWsLAw3N60mgzpw3D4JNFdaHijk97y1LruHXwfmCvBtsb2Ew/viewform?usp=sf_link
There will be a Back to School blessing at the North Main Church of Christ on August 7th at 5pm. A hamburger meal will follow. We would love to see you all there!
#whywinters
We enjoyed lunch at The Rock Hotel to fuel our campus meeting filled day yesterday! Thank you to the helping hands that served us and our hardworking staff putting the WIN back in WINters.
#whywinters
