Talkington School for Young Women Leaders -

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! https://donors.vitalant.org/dwp/portal/dwa/appointment/guest/phl/timeSlotsExtr?token=E1kTkA%2FndN5KKBNNeKPJbieP63kmOeG9GzRs%2Fi1Uyuw%3D

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

HS families, Students will follow regular bell schedule on the first day of school and will not have classes at ATC or AgriSTEM. The frist late start is 8/21/24. First period tardy bell rings at 8:15 a.m. On late start Wednesdays, 1st period tardy bell is 8:37 am. Buses to ATC and AgriSTEM will leave at 8:15 am daily. See you August 14!

Our amazing seniors are already starting to get their acceptance letters to colleges. Congratulations to Makayla Mack, who received her West Texas A&M acceptance! Go Buffs! We are well on our way to another year of 100% acceptance to four-year colleges. #collegeboundwarriors #warriorpride #classof2025

LISD is moving to a new communications app, Rooms through Apptegy, that will streamline info from all teachers, sponsors, and coaches. On August 12, a text message will invite parents/guardians to join the app. We will have handouts tonight at Open House; also available online: https://www.lubbockisd.org/o/tsywl/page/communications-through-apptegy

TONIGHT! Here is a list of possible activities for your family at tonight's Open House. Middle school: 5:30-6:30pm High school: 6:30-7:30pm We can't wait to welcome you all!

Hello, Talkington parents! This year, we have changed the student drop-off and pick-up procedure at Talkington to improve safety and traffic concerns. We will now drop off on the south side of campus instead of in front of campus: https://youtu.be/Iml_1EwMtEU

Warrior families, ATC and Agri-STEM will be open this afternoon/evening for open house for students who have classes at these campuses. Talkington will have representatives from both ATC and Agri-STEM at our high school open house today from 6:30-7:30 pm. Middle school open house is today from 5:30-6:30 pm. Hope to see there! Much Love, Dr. Longoria