You can help raise funds for the library…and never do anything more than what you do everyday….search the internet! Italy School Library has registered with GoodSearch, a search engine powered by Yahoo!, to earn one cent for every search conducted through our special web site ID. It is linked on the homepage of each library web site, so just click on the icon to go to our special search page.
Italy High School students participated during the nationally recognized Red Ribbon Week campaign in an effort to promote a drug-free lifestyle for everyone.
On Friday, November 11, the community is invited to an assembly honoring our local veterans at Italy High School. The celebration will begin promptly at 9:00am in the George Scott Gymnasium and everyone is encouraged to wear red, white and blue to carry on the theme of the day. Our veterans are invited to an intimate Meet & Greet gathering at 8:20am in the high school library before the main celebration. Refreshments will be served.
The Italy School Board of Trustees received good news Monday night when Barry Bassett, superintendent, announced the district had earned a superior achievement rating with the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas for the 2009-2010 school year.
The Italy Gladiator Regiment Band will complete in their regional marching competition at LaVega High School on Wednesday, October 19 at 2:45pm. Both the Italy High School and Stafford Elementary campuses will have a send-off assembly Wednesday morning at 8:30am as the renowned band heads off to compete in this event. The bus will also make its way thru downtown Italy so that local merchants can show their support as well.
Elmerine Bell was named recipient of the Living Legacy Award Saturday at a breakfast hosted by Barry Bassett, Italy ISD superintendent.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have Board Training session followed by a regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 17, 2011. The Board Training will begin at 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office. The regular monthly meeting will follow at 7:00pm and will be held in the Italy High School Band Hall. Both meeting locations are the High School campus at 300 S. College Street, Italy.
The superintendent of Italy ISD, Barry Bassett, welcomes everyone to a community breakfast to be held Saturday, October 15th at 8:30am in the Italy High School cafeteria. Mr. Bassett wants parents and community members to be a part of a collaborative team to help achieve success within the school district and subsequently the community.
With the first six weeks of school complete and homecoming week in progress I wanted to pause and write a personal letter of thanks for the support Italy Independent School District receives from parents, grandparents, and community members. Additionally we offer special thanks for the trust we are afforded in providing a safe and effective learning environment in which each student can reach their full potential.
The Italy ISD George Scott Scholarship Board looks forward to serving the community this Friday at the annual Scholarship Bar-B-Que Dinner. Dining with family, classmates and old friends and meeting the scholarship recipients is what the evening is all about. We hope you can make it Friday, October 7th from 5:00pm – 7:00pm.
If you are at Stafford Elementary at about 7:15 AM don’t be surprised when you see Jason Miller greeting each student as they get off the bus. He is the new principal for Stafford Elementary.
The annual George Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund barbecue dinner will be held Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Italy High School Cafeteria. Cost for the meal is $7 per person. The meal will be catered by Bubba’s of Ennis.
There’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Joffre. The new Italy High School principal came to us from the James Coble Middle School in Mansfield, in which he was the Assistant Principal. Teaching two years in 5th grade and then promoted to high school teaching math.
To set the record straight the “hammer and sickle” are not symbols representing Russia today.
Perhaps the ISD should pay a little more attention to teaching history instead of band. The school board should have been shocked by the lack of knowledge displayed by the students and either the lack of knowledge or the misrepresentation by a teacher. And I am shocked by the lack of knowledge by the School Board.
The Italy School Board of Trustees approved a resolution Monday evening joining 300-plus schools across Texas concerning the school finance system and potential litigation to protect the taxpayer and schoolchildren of the state.
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Friday at David’s Supermarket you could see some very skilled shoppers making their way through the store. They were the CBI students from Italy High School and Avalon High School with Lee Joffre (Italy High School principal). They were busy hunting down various items on their shopping list.
The attached TEA brochures were submitted by one of our readers for the benefit of all parents of school age children. The STAAR testing program is a end of course testing system that will begin with this year’s high school freshmen down through elementary age students.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be next week Sept. 19-23 at Stafford Elementary Library from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day. We will close on Friday at 10 a.m. The theme this year is “Reading Is Out of This World.”
Stafford Elementary sees how special grandparents are and invited them to have lunch with their grandchildren on Monday, September 12th, Grandparents Day. The cafeteria was over flowing with grandparents and laughter as students and grandparents shared lunch together.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, September 19, 2011. Meeting time is set for 7:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Band Hall at 300 S. College, Italy. The agenda includes an item to consider/approve a resolution sanctioning 4-H as an extracurricular activity. See the agenda for a complete list of action items the board will be considering.
We all know the sadness that took place ten years ago on September 11th. We know that terrorists attacked our wonderful country, the United States of America. Four planes were hijacked in mid flight. Two of the planes were flown into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City and caused them to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. and the fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In all, nearly three thousand people were killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Italy JH/HS has been invited to Career Night assemblies at two area high schools.
Italy ISD offers services to gifted and talented students in a variety of formats. If your student is not currently identified as gifted and talented, and you believe that your child shows these tendencies, then you may nominate him/her for the screening process which is divided into three elements: standardized test of mental ability, teacher judgment based on observation and characteristics, and standardized achievement test scores (if available).
Teresa Young, the CB&I teacher for Italy High School, is really enjoying her job. Last year she was the CB&I teacher for Stafford Elementary. With her new position at the high school, teaching life skills is a big part of her job. Every Friday Mrs.Young and her class go around the community and do volunteer work. This Friday they were at Trinity Mission.
Everyone has been hearing about all the fires around our wonderful state of Texas. We have heard how the city of Bastrop has really been hit hard, lots of homes have been lost to the fires. And we sort of think only about the homes that have been lost and forget or don’t focus on the fact that most everything in the homes have been lost too. Like mementos, furniture, towels, clothing, all the basic necessities. Well, Avalon ISD decided to help the students in need of clothing at Bastrop ISD by collecting blue jeans.
Barry Bassett and the Italy ISD hosted a luncheon for pastors and leaders of the community Wednesday at Central Baptist Church.
The Italy School Board of Trustees adopted a budget for the 2011/2012 budget year and adopted a tax rate at a called meeting and public hearing Tuesday night.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Meeting time is set for 6:30pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office at 300 S. College, Italy. The agenda lists several items pertaining to the budget.
Everyone knows that Avalon ISD does great on their TAKS tests, is a recognized school district and has lots of extra programs for their students to help the students not just do well but excel. Dr. Del Bosque is once again looking forward to an awesome year.
The new Italy ISD Superintendent, Barry Bassett, welcomed the parents, students and faculty to the George Scott Gym Thursday night. The seats were filled with eager students anticipating seeing old friends, meeting new ones and school starting.
The Italy School Board of Trustees held a called meeting Monday afternoon to approve two items — to hire a part time Spanish teacher and approve a vendor list.
Last Thursday evening the Avalon Elementary was filled with enthusiastic students as they came to meet their teachers for the first time. They were carrying everything they needed to be ready for school to start on the following Monday. So many smiles and laughter could be seen and heard all down the hallways.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Monday, August 22, 2011. Meeting time is set for 5:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office at 300 S. College, Italy. The approval of a 2011-2012 vendor list and the hiring of a part time spanish teacher are the primary agenda items.
With the start of school just around the corner, Italy ISD would like to invite students and parents to a “Meet the Teacher” event on Thursday, August 18th beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The Italy School Board of Trustees prepared for the upcoming school year as they adopted student handbooks/code of conduct for students on both campuses and an employee handbook at their regular meeting Monday night.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Meeting time is set for 5:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office at 300 S. College. The agenda shows this meeting to be a budget workshop review.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 15, 2011. Meeting time is set for 7:00pm and will be held in the Italy High School band hall at 300 S. College. The board will have a full agenda of items to consider.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Monday, August 15, 2011. Meeting time is set for 5:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office at 300 S. College. The agenda shows this meeting to be a budget workshop.
Registration dates for Italy ISD have been set for the week of August 8, 2011. These registration dates pertain to new students for both Stafford Elementary and the Italy High/Junior High School and will then conclude with registration for existing Italy High/Junior High School students. All new student registration will take place at the Italy High School Campus, 300 College Street. Please read over the following information carefully to ensure what date your student needs to register.
Public Notification of Nondiscrimination in Career and Technical Education Programs
Italy ISD released their 2011-2012 school calendar. Classes will begin on August 22, 2011. Its that time! The school calendar is included here for your convenience. Important dates will be added to the community calendar as soon as possible.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have a called meeting on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Meeting time is set for 5:00pm and will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Office at 300 S. College. The agenda shows this meeting to be a Board training workshop.
The Italy School Board of Directors spent more than three-and-a-half hours hearing about changes and updates at the high school Monday evening at the board’s regularly scheduled meeting.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, July 18, 2011. Meeting time is set for 7:00pm and will be held in the Italy High School band hall at 300 S. College. The board will have a full agenda of items to consider.
The Cheerleaders from the Italy HS and JrHi are having a bake sale booth at the Waxahachie Lions Club’s Annual Mini Grand Prix this Saturday, June 16. The cheerleaders have been working hard and would really appreciate any support they can get.
On Friday, the IHS School Board called a special session to consider the hiring of two new school employees. After the final motion passed, Italy High School had a new FCCLA teacher, a new science teacher and the Lady Gladiators had a new head basketball coach.
Friday, July 8, 2011 there will be a special meeting of the Italy ISD Board of Trustees. The 2:00pm meeting will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Building at 300 S. College Street. Agenda items pertain to personnel.
The Italy School Board hired Sharon Davis as high school counselor at a called meeting Thursday afternoon.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 there will be a special meeting of the Italy ISD School Board. The 3:00pm meeting will be held in the Italy ISD Administration Building. Agenda items pertain to personnel.
