WOW! Just WOW! People—if you don’t already know how fortunate you are to live in this community, just let me tell you a story…
Winters HS has been taking our juniors and seniors to the W.O.W. Conference (World of Work) in Abilene for the past several years. One of the highlights for our students has been the opportunity to participate in Mock Interviews. We prepare our students for the event by building resumes and business cards for portfolios, practicing job interview questions and communication skills, not to mention how to Dress for Success in appropriate business attire. To say we are the talk of the conference is an understatement.
So, much to our dismay, when we arrived at the conference today, ready to impress, we experienced a HUGE letdown when we learned there would be NO Mock Interviews. None of us were aware they had done away with that portion of the conference, so I (Deb Pritchard) was particularly disappointed since our students had prepared so diligently for the past six weeks.
So, while I’m put out and pouting, Mandie England and Danna Hoppe suggest, “let’s call some people and have them at the high school when we get home, and the seniors can interview there.” I personally didn’t think the idea would work, nor did I believe the students would want to stay in their business attire and participate, so I shunned the idea. However, they persisted, and within an hour, they had lined up 12 community members, businessmen and women from Winters, who were willing to help and give our students the opportunity to experience the interview process.
Mandie, Danna, and Melissa Gerhart returned to the school, developed a list of interview questions to refer to, found and printed an interview rubric, secured rooms, and created and assigned an interview schedule. They proceeded to greet our panel of interviewers, usher them to rooms, then escort the students to their interviews. “Prospective employers” showed up at 2 pm, and by 3:15 pm, had interviewed 30 seniors and provided valuable feedback and constructive criticism! To top it off, the students were willing and eager to follow through with the process.
An ENORMOUS THANK YOU goes out to Lisa Blake, Sue Prewit, Sherri Langston, Dinell Jacob, Paula Geyer, Jill Davis, Will Duggan, Doug Wheat, Heather Brown, Bill Bredemeyer, April Sweet, and Susan Conner. YOU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
And THIS is the reason we LOVE Winters! No one said no to our request. Some could not help today but would have loved to. Many helped today and loved giving back to our community.
Lots of places talk about giving back to your community-Winters DOES IT. Selflessly, willingly, generously, and at the spur of the moment. Lots of places give lip service to paying it forward, but the people who answered the call today would all tell you that others before them had helped them along the way.
THANK YOU again, to ALL who made this happen. What started out as a disappointing situation, turned into a BLESSING in disguise. This is #whywinterstx!
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Homecoming Game Tickets
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Texas law requires school districts to distribute information to parents and guardians about the safe storage of firearms. The attached information in the link below will help you learn about options for, as well as how to talk to your child and others about, the safe storage of firearms.
https://www.wintersisd.org/page/safe-firearm-storage-laws
Winters ISD Homecoming and Distinguished Alumni Honorees Schedule of Events:
Winters FFA Alumni Association would like to invite you all to join them September 20th from 4:30pm-6:30pm for their annual Homecoming Fish Fry at the Winters Community Center. Meals will be $15/plate, and consist of fried fish, coleslaw, beans, French fries,
hushpuppies and banana pudding. We look forward to seeing each of you there!
Class of 1969 - 55 Year Reunion Schedule
Saturday, September 21, 2024
9:45AM High School Tour with Class of 1974
10:00AM Reunion at Rock Hotel
12:00PM Meal at Rock Hotel
Happy IT Professionals Day to the Rutherford's! Thank you for all y'all do.
Winters High School will crown their Homecoming King & Queen on Friday evening during halftime ceremonies at Blizzard Stadium. The Homecoming Court includes seniors: (L-R) queen candidates Felicity Aguero, Baylie Bryant, Kaelynn Hoelscher, and Addison Anderson; king candidates Will Dunham, Isaac Sanchez, Luzion Woods, and Diego Rodriguez. The WHS Coming Home Queen will also be crowned during halftime. (photo by J&T Photography, Theresa Gerhart)
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Please see Press Release related to the Lockdown at Winters ISD September 13, 2024
Blizzard Band Bake Sale
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2024 Winters Homecoming Schedule
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2024 Winters Blizzard Homecoming King and Queen candidates: L to R- Addison Anderson, Baylie Bryant, Kaelynn Hoelscher, Felicity Aguero, Isaac Sanchez, Luzion Woods, Diego Rodriguez, and Will Dunham
Our hearts go out to the families, students, staff, and first responders impacted by the horrific act of targeted school violence at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia on Wednesday. The recent tragedy reminds us all of the importance of safety and security in schools. We want to assure our families that our district and schools have an updated emergency operations plan that has been created and reviewed in collaboration with local law enforcement. The members of our staff have been trained on the specifics of this plan, and we conduct periodic drills to ensure that everyone knows their role during a crisis. Our district also has specific protocols for entry to our schools, and we appreciate the understanding of our parents as we enforce these protocols for the safety of our children. The safety of our students remains our highest priority. We are thankful for the due diligence of our Staff and Local Law Enforcement in maintaining the safety and security of our district.
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