BIG thank you to the Escobedo family, owners of Fuzzy's Taco Shop, for their incredibly generous donation of ALL OF THE MEALS delivered to all Lubbock first responders at fire stations, EMS, and police stations for First Responders Appreciation on September 11. It was such an honor to deliver these delicious meals to our heroes.
Once again, Talkington showed our commitment to honoring our first responders on September 11 , Patriot's Day and National Day of Service. For our annual 9/11 First Responders Appreciation project, students made cards and bags with donated snack items. These photos capture the students, families, and PTA members preparing the bags, and the wonderful first responders who visited to show us some of their amazing, life-saving tools.
Thank you to PTA for the dinner donation for our hard workers on the set-up day, to our first first responders for the education and tour of the vehicles, and to our Warrior families for your donations of time and snacks! Great job, Ms. Cardelli and PTA, who organized this event.
Our 7th graders are doing loads of creative thinking and deep analysis in their Reading-Language Arts class. Mrs. Hamblin has taught them to use hexagonal thinking, to take poetry line-by-line, and to figure out character motivation with STEAL Characterization. With activities like this, students certainly love learning, which will help their skills continue to grow.
#teamwork #readersareleaders
Good morning, Talkington parents, grandparents, and guardians! Due to high demand, the PTSA T-Shirt Store has been re-opened until Saturday, September 14 at https://www.goodideashirts.com/talkington-warriors/
Talkington Warrior parents: Want to know more about Lubbock ISD's operations? The district is seeking applicants for the Community Leadership Academy! Over an eight month journey, with a meeting once per month, community members will learn about school finance, structure, and operations. Apply now at https://www.lubbockisd.org/o/lisd/page/community-leadership-academy
Look at these delighted faces! Students in Mrs. Sanders' classes explored science phenomena to investigate chemical and physical changes. It is wonderful to see our Warriors valuing the learning process and diving into STEM. Thank you, Mrs. Sanders, for sparking joy.
#womeninSTEM #WarriorsLoveLearning
Hooray for Labor Day! Before you get too relaxed, read our upcoming week's events and info at: https://secure.smore.com/n/a10kh-weekly-faculty-and-staff-update
We've made it to our first 3-week progress report; where does the time go? To know what's coming next, please read: https://secure.smore.com/n/8wt5uj-talkington-warrior-weekly
Published Poets Alert!! Last year’s 7th graders submitted poems to the Poetic Power Poetry Contest by Creative Communications in their English class. The results are in!!
Only the Top 55% of entries in the NATION are invited to be published. The following 39 students had poems that were selected to be published in a student poetry anthology! Please congratulate the following published poets on their writing success!
Allison Elizondo
Emily Spinhirne
Vera Bray
Marisela Woodard
Lindy Davis
Claire Taylor
Breanna Conde
Lila Fowler
Cassandra Rae
Aislyn Boles
Liv DeLong
Camille Smith
Lorelei Jordan
Katherine Schmidt
Nayeli Sanchez
Katharine Rinehart
Charlott Cachimaille
Cana Dalton
Yaneht Castorena
Charly Iaulualo
Alicia Tarver
Gabrielle Outsey
Zariah Thomas
Kagan Hernandez
Jordana Hollis
Abby Hannon
Shayne Tubbs
Bri’Ele Torrez
Allison Phillips
Amelia Meyers
Isabella Hinton
Eve Crider
Faith Dunn
Nicole Marston
Madison Roberts
Edith Christopher
Lyndie Partain
Allison Ward
Way to go, Warrior Poets! HUGE congratulations to their fabulous teacher, Mrs. Hamblin. This is an incredible accomplishment.
BLOOD DRIVE
Friday, September 13
Please sign up to save lives!
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GAMES WITH GRANDPARENTS!
All Warriors are encouraged to spend an evening with their grandparents or elder family members, playing games and enjoying each other's company here in our Talkington cafeteria.
Please RSVP if your family can join us on September 12 from 4:30-5:30pm.
https://forms.gle/fPS8cdnUoLohjyKn6
Read the Smore for August 26 - September 1: https://secure.smore.com/n/hye57-talkington-warrior-weekly
We will have our back to school pep rally this Monday, August 26. Our wonderful cheerleaders have selected a fun theme based on Teen Beach Movie, so all students are invited to dress up as either bikers or surfers.
All costumes must be school appropriate (no excess skin showing, no inappropriate images, no bare feet).
We are excited to cheer on our athletes and show our Warrior pride.
Our first Wednesday Enrichment activity encouraged our students to think about what it means to be a Warrior. Using our Student Creed, students worked in groups to explain what a Warrior should sound like, look like, and act like. We look forward to weekly SEL and leadership training for our middle school students during their enrichment time.
Good morning, Talkington!
High schoolers being dropped off for late start on Wednesday mornings will also be dropped off on the south side of campus by door 6; same procedure as other days!
Thank you!
Morning Announcements
Never miss an important announcement just because you are off campus during first period or absent. Students can always see what our daily announcements are by checking their grade level Google Classroom under the Talkington Info topic.
Swim Tryouts this week!
Best of luck to all of our Warrior swimmers.
Congratulations on an epic first week of the '24-'25 school year! Check out our new Smore to see what amazing things are coming up at Talkington: https://secure.smore.com/n/q2tv1-talkington-warrior-weekly
Thank you for bearing with us as we implement our new drop-off and pick-up procedures at Talkington!
For both, please pull up ALL the way to Door 6 (last cone). This will ensure the line doesn't back up as much.
For pick-up, it would be helpful to have a sheet of paper with your student's name and grade level in BOLD so we can circulate the name.
Good afternoon, Talkington Warriors! Check out our updates for tomorrow, including the new bus schedule: https://secure.smore.com/n/q4ebw-warrior-weekly-for-august-12-16
