Talkington School for Young Women Leaders -

Warrior families, We need your help! The survey window closes Friday, March 1st. Our response rate is at 6%. Your voice matters! The survey can be found at www.LubbockISD.org/survey. Answers are confidential. You need your child’s student ID number to start the survey. Thank you, Dr. Longoria

We are excited to inform you about an amazing performance that all students will have the privilege of watching next week. This performance is for students only and is funded with the support of the TTU Office of Research and Innovation along with LISD. Click on the link below to learn more. #WhyTalkington https://5il.co/2fjr7

Our Warriors had tons of success at the SkillsUSA contest with their programs at the ATC, and we are so proud of their accomplishments in these tough fields!

8th Grade Banquet "Springtime in Paris" is on March 23rd from 7 to 10 p.m.! Tickets are $20 in the office. Please check your email for more details. Please reach out to julicmccauley@gmail.com with questions.

Senior Parents, View the link below to learn about how to purchase an ad for the yearbook. Step-by-step instructions are included. Orders are due by Monday, February 27th. Space is limited this year, so get your ads in early. https://5il.co/2fg9c

We are proud to announce that Sarah Chen is the featured soloist at the Lubbock Youth Orchestra's spring concert this Sunday. She will be playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Mvmt 1 by Saint Saens. Come out to see Sarah, the other amazing Talkington students in the LYO, and Dr. Allen (Conductor of the LYO's Philharmonic orchestra). EVENT DETAILS Lubbock Youth Orchestras' Spring Concert at 4pm on Sunday, March 3rd, at the Civic Center Auditorium. FREE to the public. Doors open at 3:30pm.

Here is this weeks Sick Children's Clinic. This a free service provided to anyone that needs to have their child seen. They take children from newborn to high school.

Amazing results from our middle school orchestra UIL contest! Congratulations to all orchestra students and their teacher, Dr. Allen.

Wait a minute! Does that flyer say JEANS FOR A WEEK!? And we're raising money for a great cause?! You got that right! Bring your loose change and your big bills starting next week as middle school, high school, and staff battle it out in a penny war for jeans to raise money for the UMC Children's Miracle Network! Pennies give your team positive points. Put silver coins and dollars in the other teams' buckets to subtract from their points. Highest scoring team can wear jeans the entire week after spring break. See Mrs. Cardelli or Ms. Couch for more details.

Warrior Families, Please participate in the annual Lubbock ISD Family Engagement Survey. Answers are confidential and your input is valuable. You will use your child's student ID number this can be found in gradebook. Please contact us if you need any assistance. Survey results will be shared with families. www.LubbockISD.org/survey. Dr. Longoria

Our PTSA and Student Council would like to invite your entire family to Family. Future. Fun. Night on Tuesday, February 27, from 5:30-7:30pm. We will have dinner, games, and activities for all ages. Middle school and high school students will have the opportunity to learn from StuCo leaders, who will focus on strategies for organization and effective studying. Mrs. Couch, our College Success Advisor, will share tips for saving for college, discuss how parents/guardians can support learning and preparing for the next level, and show methods for choosing the right fit college--with steps for families from elementary through graduation. If you can attend, please register your family here: https://forms.gle/TmwmLdsDySisKYph6 If you have questions, please email Brandi.Couch@lubbockisd.org.

These pictures showcasing the brilliant creativity of our DI teams have us super fired up to come out to support them at their Regional Tournament this Saturday at Coronado. If you'd like the details of who is on the teams and when teams compete, check this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZUxz9_-HEfS40xRSGlQdqL4A41LlpHV0qXVgbtQrzQ/edit?usp=sharing Students in middle school and high school will compete in instant challenges and improve performances throughout the day. If you've never been, I highly recommend it! Thanks, again, to our amazing DI coaches, Mrs. Fitzhugh and Mrs. Foster, and all of the amazing Warriors who have spent a whole semester preparing! Best of luck on Saturday.

Staff Spotlight on our amazing Destination Imagination coaches, Mrs. Fitzhugh and Mrs. Foster! A colleague nominated them for a Shining Star Award for their tireless efforts with the DI teams: hours upon hours of practice, weekends, and energy poured into the teams! The DI students say that these ladies "are really motivating," "devote so much time," "help students through hard times," and "support us through it all." Thank you, Mrs. Fitzhugh and Mrs. Foster, for offering this great opportunity to our students!

Our acceptance letters have all gone out! We would love to see posts of new Lady Warriors here with their banners or letters. We cannot wait to welcome them home to Talkington School for Young Women Leaders. #LadyWarrior2024

Need uniforms? Check out the catalog here: https://5il.co/2f3ta Reach out to Designs in Thread for an appointment.

Talkington families, This is a reminder that students may be dropped off in the morning beginning at 7:15am and should be picked up in the afternoon no later than 5:45pm. We have had students arriving before 7:00am recently and others not picked up until after 6:00pm, and we only have provisions for supervision between 7:15am and 5:45pm. Thank you for your attention to this safety concern.

The sky is the limit for Christiana McCourt! She was awarded a Journalism scholarship from the College of Media & Communications at Texas Tech University. Christiana placed 1st overall in Journalism at the "Fearless Champions" Invitational on February 10, 2024. Congratulations to her coach, Mrs. Hamblin, who led her to this victory!

Congratulations to our students who participated in the TAME (Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering) contest! We are proud to share the following winners: TAME Senior Awards: $200 Cash Scholarship Lauren Leppert My’Kaya Fulcher TAME Overall Scoring Teams 2nd Place-Emma Onuma 3rd Place-Meghan Boit 4th Place- Camille Powell 5th Place-Amarachi Uche-Eboh 6th Place-Jaycie Baxter Engineering Mindset Awards Saniah McCullough Awesome job, Warriors! Thank you to Mrs. Multer for sponsoring this group of students. #womeninstem

Congratulations to the HUGE NUMBER OF WINNERS we had at the Fearless Champion UIL Contest over the weekend! Super excited to have the first place journalism team, second place literary criticism team, and second place mathematics team on top of all of these incredible individual performances! Way to go, Warriors!

Congratulations to the Swimming and Diving teams for an amazing regional championship!! Several young ladies from Talkington had an amazing meet this weekend. Alexandria Leppert – 1st place in diving She was also named TISCA Regional diver of the meet and advanced to the state championship in Austin on February 23-24. Zoey Reeves made championship finals in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay. Janae Smith made the championship finals in the 100 Backstroke and helped the Coronado Girls finish 3rd in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay. Gianna Ioppolo, Lucy Peterson, Margaret Sawyer and Natalie Partin were all a part of relays that advanced to finals on Saturday.