Italy High School is proud to offer its first SAT prep class. The online class will begin on Tuesday, March 29. Usually costing $99, this class will be free due to a generous donation and includes all study materials and a mock SAT test with scoring.
Italy High School Library hosted its third annual Mardi Gras Party in the Library on Fat Tuesday, March 8. All students and staff were treated to slices of King Cake and the students who got the “plastic baby” in their slice got all their library fines deleted and special Mardi Gras beads.
Mrs. Burns, Testing Coordinator/Counselor at the Italy High School campus wants to remind all Italy Jr High and High School parents that on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 all 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade students will be taking the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test, which measures student’s mastery of the state-mandated curriculum.
The booster club for Gladiator Athletics and Gladiator Band will hold a meeting on Monday, February 21. The meeting will be held in the IHS Library at 300 S. College Street. Meeting time is 6:00pm.
Do you need help finding money for college? Do you need help applying for financial aid? Are you getting confused when completing your FAFSA online? Well…help is on the way!!!!
Sonny Dickerson, IHS Ag teacher, has announced that he has select meats, as well as a few dessert items, available for purchase. These item are overstock from the Italy FFA Chapter’s annual meat sales fundraiser that was conducted this past December. All has been stored in a deep freezer and is available for purchase now.
Due to the possiblility of bad weather, the Italy High School campus will have their regularly scheduled 4th period classes today in order to serve lunch. At the end of 4th period, students will then report back to their testing classrooms to begin and complete tomorrow’s scheduled benchmark testing TODAY.
Tanya Parker, Italy High School principal, has announced that Monday, February 7, 2011 the benchmark testing schedule will be in effect. Students are to report to their 3rd period class at first bell (8:02am). All seniors who are not required to take benchmark tests will need to report to school at 11:00am.
On December 4th Santa’s Little Helpers were in town to help Santa and Mrs. Claus set up shop for their Christmas time visit to Italy, Texas. Santa’s Little Helpers joined forces with Italy High School’s Art Department to make the fireplace in order for Santa and Mrs. Claus to greet all the children of Italy in North Pole style.
Italy High School administration has confirmed the exam schedules for next Thursday and Friday, December 16 and 17. Periods 1 thru 4 will have their exams on Thursday and periods 5 thru 7 will have their exams on Friday.
The sixth annual Reading Marathon is in full swing this week December 6-10 at the Italy High School Library! Students, faculty and staff are participating in a week-long event that has someone constantly reading in the “Reading Parlor” in the library from 8 a.m. Monday morning until school dismisses at 3:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10.
The Italy ISD 8th grade class will be raffling off an iPad during the Italy Christmas Festival on December 4. Students are currently selling these chances and will also have them available during the festival.
Italy High School will have their Veterans Day program in the Multi Events Center (Dome) on November 11 at 9:30 a.m. All veterans and community members are welcome to attend.
Even scarier than the first day of school was Halloween dress-up day this past Friday at both Italy High School and Stafford Elementary. Teachers as well as students participated in the gory fun.
The Italy High School and Junior High have released their “A” and “A/B” Honor Roll lists for the first 6-weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.
The Italy chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is sponsoring an event on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m. at the Italy HS football field. Students from Italy HS will be joining thousands of other youth on athletic fields all across America to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the 7th Annual National Fields of Faith event. This rapidly growing, interdenominational outreach, event will be held at more than 400 locations throughout the nation on this same date.
Italy Junior High/ High School is a closed campus. Once students arrive on campus, they may not leave without following the procedures followed that have been established by the campus administration.
The Italy High School’s 2010 Homecoming Parade, lead by the Gladiator Regiment Band & Flag Corp, also featured the Italy Gladiators Football team, head coach Craig Bales and his staff, IHS Cheerleaders, the Homecoming King Nominees, the Homecoming Queen Nominees and Gladiator Mascot Sa’Kendra Norwood, with Bailey Bumpus by her side helping to lead the cheers!
Strolling down the football field escorted by their fathers or brothers, the IHS senior nominees were introduced individually, along with the Class Princesses.
IHS Homecoming was a special night for a lot of people but there was one person that stood above the rest. Lorene Mauldin Bryant was among those honored in a ceremony before the football game began.
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Everyone that knows me at all knows that tradition is very important to me, especially when it comes to Italy High School. I guess “once a cheerleader always a cheerleader” does apply to me. I love my Gladiators and Lady Gladiators and love Italy tradition.
Welcome to Italy High School’s 2010 Homecoming week! In keeping with tradition with all the classes in the past, IHS is proud to announce their Homecoming Queen and King nominees. The class Princesses will be presented as well.
HS Homecoming 2010 is this Friday, September 17. Both Italy ISD campuses will be releasing early on Friday so everyone can join in on the celebration. Stafford Elementary will release students at 2:15 and the High School campus will release at 2:30. Parade floats will need to line up at the High School beginning at 2:15pm.
Activities timeline updated Wednesday, September 15, 8:12am.
Italy High School Homecoming 2010 is fast approaching (Friday, September 17 vs Hubbard). With that in mind, homecoming parade organizers are working tirelessly with area merchants, clubs and others to make this year’s parade a huge success. If your group would like to be included in 2010 IHS Homecoming parade please contact Erick Thompson at Game On Athletics.
This year’s motto at Italy High School is “unfinished business” according to Tanya Parker, principal.
New student registration at Italy High School will be held on Monday, August 9 thru Friday, August 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration for returning students will be on Thursday, August 12.
There will be a meeting at 10:00am in the Italy High School Library for the members of the Italy Varsity Cheerleader squad. All IHS Varsity Cheerleaders need to plan on attending this meeting.
Cheer tryouts for the Italy High School and Junior High School squads are just around the corner. Parents are asked to attend a meeting on Thursday, June 24 at 7:00pm in the High School library. Information regarding tryout schedule, tryout rules and guidelines along with other pertinent information will be covered at this meeting.
Trumpets sounded as the athletes gathered together in the domed Coliseum for a night of accolades, distinctions and wreaths of glory for the Gladiators of Italy High School. The Italy Athletic Booster Club held a banquet on Monday night and with a feast fit for a king, the students enjoyed both their meals and honors bestowed upon them.
Due to the run in the playoff’s by our Lady Gladiator Softball Team and Gladiator Baseball team the annual IHS Athletic Banquet had to be postponed and rescheduled several times. As this outstanding athletic year comes to a close the banquet to honor all our Gladiators and Lady Gladiators is finally before us.
Samantha (Shelley) Nance, a brilliant artist and a 2007 IHS graduate, will continue to be lovingly remembered after her Memorial Garden dedication ceremony at Italy High School on Monday, May 24, held to honor her life.
With Pomp & Circumstance playing in the background, Italy High School seniors took their last turn around the dome on Friday night. They were a little bit nervous but very ready to go out into the world and begin their future.
Italy High School values the National Honor Society program at their school. With scholarship, service, leadership and character as the basis for membership selection, quality students are springing up all over school.
The Class of 2010 enjoyed a luau hosted by the First Baptist Church of Italy. Games, good food and a lot of fun was included on the menu. No pig in the ground but this atmosphere was only missing the sand.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings — Deut. 32:11
Ice cream, games and bubbles-sounds like a kid’s party. Not really, if you are a senior at Italy High School, these are just some of the items you will need for the beginning of fun. Last week was the kick off for the senior parties hosted by some of the churches in town. The First United Methodist Women gave an ice cream party in the honor of the graduating class.
There is nothing happier than a graduating high school senior with a scholarship and there were several seniors jumping for joy at Italy High School on Tuesday. The administration wants the under classmen to know they can achieve the same thing.
The Italy Junior High School Honors Assembly recognized 7th thru 8th grades’ top academic achievers on Wednesday, May 12 inside Italy Coliseum. Kristi Souder announced the certificate, medal and Oliphant Cup recipients while Principal Tanya Parker presented the awards with a smile and a handshake.
The Italy School Board of Trustees and school district hosted its 27th Annual Academic Banquet Tuesday evening at the Multi-Event Center.
Recently, Lady Gladiator head basketball coach Stacy McDonald touched up the 1997 State Champs basketball originally painted by Stevan McKey, a 1994 Italy alumnus, to honor the team after the Italy Gladiators made their dream a reality.
On Sunday, April 18, 2010, Joshua Milligan, son of Keith and Becky Milligan of Italy, was presented the 2010 Kayrene Uehlinger Scholarship at Central Baptist Church. Ronnie Clanton, a friend and classmate of Uehlinger, presented the scholarship on behalf of the Italy High School Class of 1968.
Waxahachie — Italy High School’s prom theme was, “Black Tie Affair 2010.” Held at the Waxahachie Country Club on Saturday, couples and friends began arriving around 7:00 p.m. By 7:30 p.m., the prom party was officially hopping.
Fourteen students from Italy High School will compete in 16 events at the regional academic UIL competition Saturday, April 24, at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches. Three additional students will attend as alternates in four events.
Italy High School is currently in the middle of its first ever Read It Forward: Pass It On literacy project which will end April 30. The goal is to see how many 7-12 grade students, teachers and staff members will read the chosen book First Part Last by Angela Johnson during April.
On April 12th Italy High School will be holding information sessions for parents of 8th graders and 11th graders. Information that will be covered will include credits, course selection, graduation requirements, honors classes, and other important information.
The Italy High School and Junior High have released their “A” and “A/B” Honor Roll lists for the fourth six-weeks of the 2009-2010 school year.
The definition of the term Mardi Gras varies from place to place but at Italy High School, it means having fun in the library.
“Gladiator Nation” needs to make the trip to Hamilton High School (7:00 p.m.) Friday night to see our Lady Gladiators in an Area championship game against Mason. But in the event that you are not able to you can once again see some stout basketball action right here at home.
At Italy High School we are gearing up for our TAKS testing. TAKS TKO will begin this Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 8 am sharp. TKO will last until noon. Door prizes will be awarded and there will be raffles at the end that students can enter based on attendance (cumulative). Please encourage your child to attend if they will be taking a TAKS test this year.
Italy High School senior, Dan Crownover, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship at the San Antonio Stock Show last Saturday when his heifer, May May, was chosen as Grand Champion over 76 other animals. She beat out 308 heifers and was selected as the Grand Champion at the Ft. Worth Stock Show earlier this year.
