Winters ISD

Top Attendance for Week of April 7-11, 2025! 1st Place - 99.43% - 5th Grade 2nd Place - 97.47% - 8th Grade 3rd Place - 97.00% 2nd Grade Way to go kids!

ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS!!! We know that your student might forget to tell you all of the important activities going on until the end of the year so here is a list of all of the activities dates, times and locations that your senior student will be participating in! Cherish every moment Class of 2025!!

Please see the attached flyer for information regarding Pre-K and Kindergarten registration:

WISD Attendance Shout Outs! This week's top attendance classes are: 1st Place: 97.65% - 4th Grade 2nd Place: 97.50% - 2nd Grade 3rd Place: 97.42% - 12th Grade Way to go students!

Please see the letter that was mailed out and a flyer with information related to measles.

Reminder that in April we will have school on Friday on the 4th, 11th, and 25th. Those days will be a 2:30pm release. You can see the latest amended calendar (PDF) or upcoming events at: https://www.wintersisd.org/page/calendars

Information regarding Head Start enrollment:

Incredibly proud is an understatement!!!!! Winters High School UIL students really impressed everyone today. Our UIL students won the 8-2A Academic UIL meet today on their home turf. Students competed against students from Ballinger, Miles, Bangs, Roscoe, Colorado City and Coleman. We have the most students advancing to the regional meet than we have had in many years. We would like to thank all of the Winters ISD staff for working to put on our meet today. A special shout out goes to Mrs. Deb Pritchard for organizing a flawless meet. Way to go Winters ISD! #whywinterstx

Reminder: we will be hosting UIL on our campus, so there will be no school on Wednesday 3/26.

Attendance Matters! Wow what a great run for highest attendance this week! 1st Place @ 97.73% is a tie between 4th grade and 9th grade. 2nd Place @ 97.15% is 8th grade. 3rd Place @ 97.14% is 5th grade. 4th Place @ 97.09% is 3rd grade. Way to go students and parents for getting to school this week!

Secondary 3 week progress report is ready and posted on parent portal. If you have any questions feel free to email Dawn Green at dawn.green@wintersisd.org

Staff Shout-out! Congratulations to Mrs. Diane Fine, Winters Elementary Pre-K teacher! Mrs. Fine found out Friday that she passed her PPR exam! Thank you for choosing Winters ISD to teach at!

Winters ISD received the "Best of the Bunch Award" from the Texas Department of Agriculture for serving Local Texas Made Foods.

Don't forget to join Winters FFA for their 2nd annual golf tournament on April 26th! To enter, scan the QR code at the bottom of the flyer to access a Google form to enter your information. We also have hole sponsorships available for $100 each. We can not wait to welcome each of you to another great year of golf!

Winters High School hosted a Financial Forum for junior and seniors and a Planning for your Future Day for the freshmen and sophomores today. The junior/senior programs focused on financial literacy topics when transitioning from high school to the “real world.” Calista Green from Victory Bank in Winters presented Banking Basics I (Types of accounts (checking, savings, money market, CDs), deposits/withdrawals, how to write a check, and balancing your accounts monthly while Sara Long and Andrew Lacombe from First National Bank-Ballinger presented Banking Basics II (debit cards & credit cards (features, interest, payments), loans (types & interest rates, purposes/need, application, payments, cosign), and establishing credit. Victoria Escobar, also with Victory Bank, explained how to understand a pay stub, (wages vs. deductions, what you make isn’t what you’ll bring home). Toby Virden with West Texas Council of Governments spoke about consumer safety (credit/debit cards, identity theft, scams, cyber security) and Chanda Moseley with Texas Farm Bureau presented on insurance and financial protection. Auggie Woodruff with Woodruff Financial Planners in Ballinger spoke to students about budgeting, managing their money, and paying bills while CPA Will Ahrens discussed how to understand taxes (sales, income, and property). Freshmen and sophomores learned how to manage high school from their presentations. WHS Counselor Mandie England discussed transcripts, GPAs, honors and dual credit courses, and programs of study. Technology teacher Melissa Gerhart spoke about the involvement and participation necessary to build an impressive resume and science teacher Beth Wortham walked students through the online Texas Reality Check involving a lifestyle calculator and an occupation calculator. WISD Curriculum Director Amy Flippin outlined goals and expectations for high school students at each grade level while Social Studies teacher Brandon Drake discussed all of the state/national tests to be taken while in high school (EOC, SAT, ACT, ASVAB, TSIA2, IBC exams) and the importance and purpose for each. Work Force Solutions liaison Sierra Wilson talked about post-secondary options from college to the workforce and all options in between to round out the morning. Winters High School alum (2001) Colby Walker finished the day as keynote speaker presenting “Remember Who You Are and Where You’re From ”(the meaning behind those famous words) to discuss integrity, service, community responsibility, work ethic, and owning your rural, West Texas roots. The program was the second in a series of financial literacy presentations sponsored by the Winters ISD EAF Grant Steering Committee. The committee wants to THANK all guest speakers and presenters for their willingness to serve our students in through this program. Your knowledge and support is greatly appreciated.

Law enforcement was present Today 2/27 at Winters Secondary School to investigate reports of an inappropriate statement made by a student. Staff and Administrators were quick to respond to the situation. We would like to thank all who were involved to help support Winters ISD.

Attendance Matters! Top 3 classes with highest attendance for week of February 24-27, 2025. 1st Place: Freshman 99.24% 2nd Place: Seniors 97.58% 3rd Place: 2nd Grade 96.88% Way to go students! We appreciate you being at school!

Reminder: there will be school tomorrow, 2/28, with a 2:30 release.

Secondary grade reports are available now on parent portal. If you are experiencing trouble logging in please contact Dawn Green at dawn.green@wintersisd.org and she will help you access the report. https://portals15.ascendertx.com/ParentPortal/login?distid=200904

Join your elementary student for Donuts with Grownups next Tuesday morning and shop the Scholastic Book Fair!