THRIFT STORE
Back by popular demand: the Talkington Thrift Store!
Donate your gently used clothes by dropping them off in Mr. Mason's room Tuesday or Thursday mornings for the next three weeks! *Note: These are not uniform donations. Those can be dropped off in the front office. The thrift store is for weekend wear.
The Thrift Store will open on March 25. Mark your calendars for FREE CLOTHES!
Back by popular demand: the Talkington Thrift Store!
Donate your gently used clothes by dropping them off in Mr. Mason's room Tuesday or Thursday mornings for the next three weeks! *Note: These are not uniform donations. Those can be dropped off in the front office. The thrift store is for weekend wear.
The Thrift Store will open on March 25. Mark your calendars for FREE CLOTHES!
March into spring with our last Talkington Smore of February: https://app.smore.com/n/d3hwc9-talkington-warrior-weekly
ACCEPTANCE LETTERS ARE OUT! We are beyond excited to welcome new students to the Warrior family!
Please complete the acceptance form on the New Talkington Students webpage: https://www.lubbockisd.org/o/tsywl/page/new-student-checklist
Thank you for choosing Talkington. We know you've made the right choice!
Please complete the acceptance form on the New Talkington Students webpage: https://www.lubbockisd.org/o/tsywl/page/new-student-checklist
Thank you for choosing Talkington. We know you've made the right choice!
Talkington families,
We are excited to share a new spring event hosted by Middle School Student Council! This year, instead of the traditional Father-Daughter Dance, we will be hosting a BBQ with Dads. Join us on Saturday, March 28th for great food and fun. There will be BBQ, drinks, desserts, and games for students and their special guests to enjoy together.
Tickets are $5 per father daughter group and $5 for each additional guest. All father figures are welcome. Tickets may be purchased during student lunches, or students can stop by Mrs. Allison’s room to buy one. See flyer below for additional information.
We hope your family can join us for a relaxed and memorable event! Please contact toia.allison@lubbockisd.org if you have questions about the event.
We are excited to share a new spring event hosted by Middle School Student Council! This year, instead of the traditional Father-Daughter Dance, we will be hosting a BBQ with Dads. Join us on Saturday, March 28th for great food and fun. There will be BBQ, drinks, desserts, and games for students and their special guests to enjoy together.
Tickets are $5 per father daughter group and $5 for each additional guest. All father figures are welcome. Tickets may be purchased during student lunches, or students can stop by Mrs. Allison’s room to buy one. See flyer below for additional information.
We hope your family can join us for a relaxed and memorable event! Please contact toia.allison@lubbockisd.org if you have questions about the event.
VOTE FOR TALKINGTON IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORIES!
Voting for the YWPN STEM Challenge is now open! Cast your vote for $1 each and help decide the People's Choice winner. You can vote for the Warriors until Friday, February 20, at midnight.
Wish our teams good luck as they head to Dallas later this week to present their ideas to judges and community members to get even more votes. The People's Choice winner will be determined by the total number of online and in-person votes.
VOTE HERE: https://youngwomensprep.org/ywpn-stem-challenge/2026-projects/
Please share this post to encourage everyone you know to vote for our teams.
Voting for the YWPN STEM Challenge is now open! Cast your vote for $1 each and help decide the People's Choice winner. You can vote for the Warriors until Friday, February 20, at midnight.
Wish our teams good luck as they head to Dallas later this week to present their ideas to judges and community members to get even more votes. The People's Choice winner will be determined by the total number of online and in-person votes.
VOTE HERE: https://youngwomensprep.org/ywpn-stem-challenge/2026-projects/
Please share this post to encourage everyone you know to vote for our teams.
On this President's Day, be the Chief Executive of Warrior Awareness by reading the February 16-21 Smore for Talkington: https://app.smore.com/n/bwdyzg-talkington-warrior-weekly
This Friday is Rhyme without Reason Day! Find a partner or group of friends, and imitate two things that rhyme.
Examples:
Waiter and Skater
Rock Star and Guitar
Weight Lift and Taylor Swift
A Cat, a Hat, and a Placemat
Hopefully you get the idea. As with ALL of our dress up days, your costume must cover your body just like a uniform: nothing too short or revealing will be allowed. Also, all costumes should be appropriate for a school setting. Use your wise judgement on your rhymes and outfits, please.
Thank you, Student Council, for giving us these silly days to help us connect and share a few laughs.
Examples:
Waiter and Skater
Rock Star and Guitar
Weight Lift and Taylor Swift
A Cat, a Hat, and a Placemat
Hopefully you get the idea. As with ALL of our dress up days, your costume must cover your body just like a uniform: nothing too short or revealing will be allowed. Also, all costumes should be appropriate for a school setting. Use your wise judgement on your rhymes and outfits, please.
Thank you, Student Council, for giving us these silly days to help us connect and share a few laughs.
We are proud to see Class of 2026 working so hard to win! Way to cross that $4 million mark! 💰💵
Keep it up!
💥SENIORS: Check Google Classroom and the College Bound Scholarship Calendar for the scholarships due this month, and begin working on the ones with March deadlines as well!
Heads up, 6th-11th graders! 👀 Warriors in EVERY grade can work on scholarships. You should not wait until senior year to get serious about "getting that money," as Mrs. Couch says. You can access scholarship information in your grade level Classrooms.
Keep it up!
💥SENIORS: Check Google Classroom and the College Bound Scholarship Calendar for the scholarships due this month, and begin working on the ones with March deadlines as well!
Heads up, 6th-11th graders! 👀 Warriors in EVERY grade can work on scholarships. You should not wait until senior year to get serious about "getting that money," as Mrs. Couch says. You can access scholarship information in your grade level Classrooms.
Our 6th graders in pre-athletics had a 3-on-3 tournament to finish their basketball unit. Please congratulate Sydney Lippold, Lily Fletcher, and Ariana Panasci for winning in 3rd period, and Mae O'Brien, Daisy Rico, and Jennifer Chavez for winning in 6th period!
TWO SCHOLARSHIP WORKSHOPS IN ONE NIGHT!
Students in all grade levels (6-12) are invited to join us for a scholarship essay writing workshop (part II of their College and Career lesson this month) on February 25 from 4:15-5:15 in the cafeteria.
After the workshop, we would love to have parents and guardians join us from 5:15-6:00 to discuss the entire scholarship application process and to help their child set goals for applying. We will look at college costs specific to your family to help determine the intensity with which your child needs to pursue scholarships. Free money is ALWAYS a good thing!
Students and their families who would like to join the meetings virtually may do so! Here's the Google Meet Link:
https://meet.google.com/tfm-ggiu-kwb
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Brandi.Couch@lubbockisd.org.
Students in all grade levels (6-12) are invited to join us for a scholarship essay writing workshop (part II of their College and Career lesson this month) on February 25 from 4:15-5:15 in the cafeteria.
After the workshop, we would love to have parents and guardians join us from 5:15-6:00 to discuss the entire scholarship application process and to help their child set goals for applying. We will look at college costs specific to your family to help determine the intensity with which your child needs to pursue scholarships. Free money is ALWAYS a good thing!
Students and their families who would like to join the meetings virtually may do so! Here's the Google Meet Link:
https://meet.google.com/tfm-ggiu-kwb
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Brandi.Couch@lubbockisd.org.
Don't you love to be Warrior aware? Show your heart for preparedness by reading the Talkington Smore for February 9-14: https://app.smore.com/n/28ybv-talkington-warrior-weekly
Thank you so much for supporting the Junior class with their Dominos Slice the Price pizza card. We raised $1,380.
If you missed your chance and still want to buy a Slice the Price Pizza Card we have a limited number available to purchase for $20. Please send money with your student or email Mrs. Multer at sabrina.multer@lubbockisd.org if you are interested.
If you missed your chance and still want to buy a Slice the Price Pizza Card we have a limited number available to purchase for $20. Please send money with your student or email Mrs. Multer at sabrina.multer@lubbockisd.org if you are interested.
It is an absolute joy to officially welcome our newest member of the Talkington family, Nancy Miller, our new Registrar! As part of our front office team, Mrs. Miller will be working closely with our families, and we know everyone will love her!
While she may be “new” in title, she is certainly not new to Talkington. As a long-time, trusted, and faithful substitute, she already knows our students, our families, our culture, and our heart. We are beyond excited that she is now a permanent part of our Warrior family.
Over the past few years, she has faithfully served as a caregiver for her grandmother while also working part-time here at Talkington and raising 3 amazing children with her husband. She shared, “I am thrilled for the opportunity to now be full time here at Talkington! I have never seen a more dedicated staff or great group of young ladies!” We are so grateful that this season has brought her fully home to us.
Please join us in giving her a huge Talkington welcome as she steps into this role.
While she may be “new” in title, she is certainly not new to Talkington. As a long-time, trusted, and faithful substitute, she already knows our students, our families, our culture, and our heart. We are beyond excited that she is now a permanent part of our Warrior family.
Over the past few years, she has faithfully served as a caregiver for her grandmother while also working part-time here at Talkington and raising 3 amazing children with her husband. She shared, “I am thrilled for the opportunity to now be full time here at Talkington! I have never seen a more dedicated staff or great group of young ladies!” We are so grateful that this season has brought her fully home to us.
Please join us in giving her a huge Talkington welcome as she steps into this role.
Congratulations to the 6 Writing Warriors selected to have works published in "Stranger Sagas" through Young Writers USA! This was a great intro for them in writing "mini-sagas" (100 words or less), along with an opportunity to have their works published in a real book!
We are so proud to have them representing Talkington and can't wait to see what they do next!
Shout out to our newly published writers and big thank you to Ms. A and Ms. Parker for your support of this writing group! 🎉🎉
Eziuche Chilaka
Tamara Karsnok
Cambra Young
Alessandra Lysiak
Ramona Northcutt
Gianna Ioppolo
We are so proud to have them representing Talkington and can't wait to see what they do next!
Shout out to our newly published writers and big thank you to Ms. A and Ms. Parker for your support of this writing group! 🎉🎉
Eziuche Chilaka
Tamara Karsnok
Cambra Young
Alessandra Lysiak
Ramona Northcutt
Gianna Ioppolo
Huge congratulations to Sierra Marston and Allison Phillips for representing our program well at the District CX tournament! They competed in 3 rounds with focus, grit, and professionalism — especially impressive for a first-year team. We are all proud of the work they put in and the way the students showed up and embraced excellence. The future is bright. 👏
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders invites you to join us in celebrating our AMAZING school counselors this week. Please comment below or reach out to them directly to let them know how much we appreciate their incredible work!
Our lead counselor, Sally Jackson, pours her heart and soul into this job to make sure our high school students are well taken care of. Beatrice Aguilar, our middle school counselor, gives all that she has to help our Warriors thrive!
These two definitely help Talkington reach new levels! Thank you for all you do!
Our lead counselor, Sally Jackson, pours her heart and soul into this job to make sure our high school students are well taken care of. Beatrice Aguilar, our middle school counselor, gives all that she has to help our Warriors thrive!
These two definitely help Talkington reach new levels! Thank you for all you do!
Start your February fabulously by staying Warrior aware with the Talkington Smore for Feb. 2-7: https://app.smore.com/n/ejvnb-talkington-warrior-weekly
Dear Lubbock ISD families & staff,
The Texas Education Agency requires all public schools in Texas to provide at least 75,600 minutes of instruction for students each school year. Any time a school day is canceled, started late or dismissed early, the district evaluates if there is a need for makeup days to ensure we meet the instructional minutes requirement for the school year.
After considering our three recent snow days (Friday, Monday and Tuesday of this week) and our late-start on Wednesday due to weather, we found that we will not need to make any schedule changes for our elementary and middle school students to meet the requirement. However, to ensure that we complete the required number of instructional minutes for our high school students, late-start Wednesdays are canceled for the rest of the spring semester, beginning this Wednesday (Feb. 4).
With this change, we will meet the instructional minutes requirement for all students across the district. This means that we will not need to use the student holiday on March 23 or the student and staff holiday on April 6 as makeup days – for now, these will remain as holidays.
If we experience more inclement weather this spring that requires cancelations, delays or early dismissals, we will reevaluate at that time to determine if schedule changes and/or make up days are needed.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Amanda Castro-Crist in our Communications & Community Relations department at (806) 219-0014.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kathy Rollo
Superintendent, Lubbock ISD
The Texas Education Agency requires all public schools in Texas to provide at least 75,600 minutes of instruction for students each school year. Any time a school day is canceled, started late or dismissed early, the district evaluates if there is a need for makeup days to ensure we meet the instructional minutes requirement for the school year.
After considering our three recent snow days (Friday, Monday and Tuesday of this week) and our late-start on Wednesday due to weather, we found that we will not need to make any schedule changes for our elementary and middle school students to meet the requirement. However, to ensure that we complete the required number of instructional minutes for our high school students, late-start Wednesdays are canceled for the rest of the spring semester, beginning this Wednesday (Feb. 4).
With this change, we will meet the instructional minutes requirement for all students across the district. This means that we will not need to use the student holiday on March 23 or the student and staff holiday on April 6 as makeup days – for now, these will remain as holidays.
If we experience more inclement weather this spring that requires cancelations, delays or early dismissals, we will reevaluate at that time to determine if schedule changes and/or make up days are needed.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Amanda Castro-Crist in our Communications & Community Relations department at (806) 219-0014.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kathy Rollo
Superintendent, Lubbock ISD
🏃♂️🏃♀️ Future Track & Field Warriors! 🏅
There will be a Track & Field Parent Meeting on Monday, February 2nd at 5:45 PM in the Talkington Cafeteria.
Please join us to:
Learn about the upcoming season
Meet the Track & Field coaches
Receive important information about practices, meets, and expectations
We look forward to seeing all athletes and parents there! 💪🔥
There will be a Track & Field Parent Meeting on Monday, February 2nd at 5:45 PM in the Talkington Cafeteria.
Please join us to:
Learn about the upcoming season
Meet the Track & Field coaches
Receive important information about practices, meets, and expectations
We look forward to seeing all athletes and parents there! 💪🔥
LAST CHANCE! Order TODAY before our sale ends!
🍕 Do you love Domino’s Pizza? 🍕
Then this is a deal you don’t want to miss!
For just $20, you get a Buy One, Get One FREE Large Pizza Card that you can use all year long through December — and every purchase helps support our Junior Class as they raise money for:
🎉 Prom
🎓 Senior Activities
🎁 Their Senior Gift to the School
✅ Use it at Domino’s locations across the U.S. (see link below)
✅ Use it unlimited times until it expires
✅ Use it for multiple pizzas at once
🍕 Example: Buy 10 large pizzas, get 10 large pizzas FREE — 20 pizzas total!
👉 Just click the store link below, pick a student to support, check out, and your card will be sent directly to you.
Thank you for supporting our students! ❤️🍕
https://store.dominos.cards/52613
🍕 Do you love Domino’s Pizza? 🍕
Then this is a deal you don’t want to miss!
For just $20, you get a Buy One, Get One FREE Large Pizza Card that you can use all year long through December — and every purchase helps support our Junior Class as they raise money for:
🎉 Prom
🎓 Senior Activities
🎁 Their Senior Gift to the School
✅ Use it at Domino’s locations across the U.S. (see link below)
✅ Use it unlimited times until it expires
✅ Use it for multiple pizzas at once
🍕 Example: Buy 10 large pizzas, get 10 large pizzas FREE — 20 pizzas total!
👉 Just click the store link below, pick a student to support, check out, and your card will be sent directly to you.
Thank you for supporting our students! ❤️🍕
https://store.dominos.cards/52613
