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Tomorrow is a full dress uniform day, but students may wear sweatpants and t-shirts or sweaters if they donate $2 to our prom committee! Teachers will collect the donations first thing in the morning tomorrow. Please send correct change. All clothes must be school appropriate and cover what a normal uniform would cover. Cozy clothes for a good cause! Let's help our students have the best prom yet! For questions, contact prom our committee chair at donna.barbee@lubbockisd.org.

We have so many students competing at the STATE LEVEL and no doubt more to come! The LISD Communications Department is working on a great story about this accomplishment. Here's a sneak peek of the photo shoot: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uVXW8wfvB6VmQUs99

Warrior families, Please save the date for our next parent meeting. All families are welcome! You will hear important information about the school bond, PTSA will choose a nominating committee, and then we will dive into our parent meeting. Come and meet other families as we continue to build relationships with each other. Hope to see you there! Much Love, Dr. Longoria

It's cheer season at Talkington! There are cheer clinics in the gym after school from 4:15 to 6:00 PM on Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12. Tryouts will be from 4:30 to 7:30 PM in the gym on Thursday, March 13. Be ready to show your Warrior spirit!

It's not time for a break just yet! Stay Warrior aware and poised for success with our Smore for 3/10 through 3/14: https://secure.smore.com/n/nje87-talkington-warrior-weekly

Attention High Schoolers! Prom will be here soon, and we know you all want to look your best! Lubbock Christian High school is proud to host their annual FREE Dress event, "Prom Queen," March 24-25th! With thousands of choices, students can enjoy no money stress over finding THE dress! Interested students can sign-up with the QR codes in the halls or see Ms. A in 109 for more info!

Talkington FFA will be collecting new to lightly used blankets and jackets to be repurposed! If you have any you would like to donate to please drop them in the box in the cafeteria or room 109 between now and next Friday (3/14).

March is Youth Art Month, and our Warrior artists and their amazing teachers would love for you to see their work on display. You can check it out at the First Friday Art Trail in the Underwood Center (LHUCA) at 511 Avenue K from 6:00-9:00 pm. You can also see their art on display all month at the Garden and Arts Center at 4215 University Ave, where they will have an art opening reception tonight (Thursday) from 5:00-6:30. We can't wait to see it!

Thank you, @ywprep, for these incredible posters of our STATE WINNERS for the YWPN STEAM Challenge! Look at these amazing middle school inventors! I hope to see their work patented very soon. Congratulations, again, on your win!

Talkington scholars made history this past Saturday at the National History Day Regional Competition, sweeping the Individual Exhibit Category and earning multiple special awards! 🏆🔥 🥇 1st Place: Britton Scheckel – Hypatia of Alexandria 🏅 Also won the "Best Use of Primary Sources" Award 🥈 2nd Place: Ashleigh Buster – Tuskegee Syphilis Study 🏅 Also won the "Innovations and Trailblazers" Award 🥉 3rd Place & State Runner-Up: Lila Peterson – The Not Invisible Act 🏅 Also won the "Women’s History" Award Our Group Exhibit teams also dominated: 🥇 1st Place: Chloe Luna & Lily Backus – The Americans with Disabilities Act 🥈 2nd Place: Olivia Estrello & Marshall Taylor – The Triangle Factory Fire These students are STATE BOUND on April 5th: Britton Scheckel Ashleigh Buster Lily Backus Chloe Luna Olivia Estrello Marshall Taylor! 🏅👏 Huge congratulations to all our competitors for their dedication, hard work, and incredible research. And a BIG thank you to the incredible Mrs. Allison for making History Day such a success! You rock! Let’s go make history at State! 🎉🎊

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! All Talkington families can join our CSA on Tuesday, March 11, in person or virtually to calculate what college will cost your family, to apply for scholarships, and to find resources to take the steps necessary for students in each grade level to prepare for the college admissions process. This starts in 6th grade, so all families are encouraged to attend. Your Lady Warrior should bring her Chromebook if possible, so she can access the materials. (We have a plan if she cannot attend with you, though.) Families can attend in person in the cafeteria or virtually through Google Meet: meet.google.com/jsw-rsiu-irh If you have any questions, contact our CSA at Brandi.Couch@lubbockisd.org.

REMINDER: Book Fair NEXT WEEK! We are having another amazing book fair from March 10-14, just in time to get some reading material for spring break! You can use eWallet to pre-pay for your child's purchase. See this website for details. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5703080 Contact Brenda.henricks@lubbockisd.org for help.

All high school students in are invited to attend The Japanese Anime & Culture Event. This is event is free and will be on March 10, 2025 from 5-7PM in The Qualia Room (B1F) TTU Classical & Modern Languages & Literature. For more information, reach out to Emi Tasho (etasho@ttu.edu) or Taylor Gass (tgass@ttu.edu).

Congratulations to our TMS Track and Field superstars for their awards and personal bests at the Hutch Track Meet! Charly Iaulualo: Discus 1st place Delilah Rodriquez: Discus 4th place Maya Rivera: 800M 4th place Eden Puente: 800 M 4th place Gemma McDonald 100 H 4th place Zhyon Johnson: 100 5th place Cassie Rae: Shot Put 4th place Lily LaBonte: Long Jump 5th place We are so proud of all of our Warriors who competed and thankful for our amazing coaches! Best of luck at the Frenship meet this Thursday!

This Saturday, our Academic UIL teams competed brilliantly at the March Madness Contest at Texas Tech. Congratulations to all of the winners! Calculator 10th grade Melissa Maldonado 5th Emma Onuma 6th Calculator 11th grade Brinda Gayen 5th Bailey Daniels 6th Math 9th grade Obarita Aarushi 1st Math 10th grade Carice Chen 1st Lyric Brown 3rd Melissa Maldonado 5th Math Overall 2nd place Team Carice Chen 3rd Number Sense Overall Carice Chen 6th Number Sense 9th grade Obarita Aarushi 2nd Number Sense 10th grade Carice Chen 2nd Lyriq Brown 4th Jonna Hollis 6th Number Sense 11th grade Brinda Gayen 3rd Science Overall 2nd place Team Sarah Chen 2nd Obarita Aarushi 6th Science 9th grade Obarita Aarushi 2nd Science 10th grade Carice Chen 1st Emma Onuma 3rd Melissa Maldonado 5th Science 11th grade Brinda Gayen 6th Science Top Biology Carice Chen Ready Writing Lucianne Gibbs 3rd Spelling & Vocabulary 2nd place team Timber Darling 2nd Talitha Dalton 5th Editorial Writing Elizabeth Fitzhugh 2nd Feature Writing Elizabeth Fitzhugh 4th News Writing Elizabeth Fitzhugh 5th Alana Baxter 6th Way to go, Warriors! Thank you to all of our UIL coaches for your hard work!

Last Saturday, the Talkington Warrior swimmers competed in the Spring Invitational! In this meet we competed against schools from San Angelo and Abilene. Below are the top 8 finishers: Keller Gauger - 8th 50 Backstroke Lyndie Partain - 3rd 200 Medley Relay, 7th 100 I.M., 5th 50 Backstroke, 4th 200 Free Relay Catalina Brinker - 5th 200 Medley Relay, 5th 200 Free Relay Eve Crider - 2nd 50 Free, 3rd 500 Free The Lady Warriors will next compete in Lubbock in the City Championship on April 5th!

Sun and warmth are back outside, but it's Warrior awesomeness that warms our hearts: https://secure.smore.com/n/wk8jc-talkington-warrior-weekly

Talkington Families, 2024 Federal Report Cards are now available on the Lubbock ISD Assessment and Accountability department website on the left navigation pane under Accountability Ratings and Reports:specific campus (elementary, middle school, high school, or multi-level)>2024. Reports are also available on the Texas Education Agency’s website. Hard copies of these reports are available to parents upon request. https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/perfreport/frc/frc_srch.html?year=2024

Congratulations to our Robotics students who completed brilliantly over the weekend. 15592 T-Force: Third Place for Think Award - Obarita Aarushi - Natalie Alfaro - Preslee Barrera-Covarrubio - Lola Builtron - Shelby Davis - Paige Dunn - Nathalie Flores - Sallie Munoz - Mabel Roller - Maggie Vaughan 10676 Lady Warbots: Judges' Choice Award - Gabriella Balderas - Kassandra Childress - Ella Cummins - Bailey Daniels - Aeris Galaz - Kaitlyn Harmon - Reyna Hester-Avila - Jonna Hollis - Lara Moraes - Tate Stephenson WAY TO GO!

Tomorrow, Friday, February 28, is your last chance to purchase tickets to the Father Daughter Dance on Saturday, March 1, 6-8pm in the Talkington cafeteria. Be sure to get yours from Mr. Mason today.