The sky is the limit for Christiana McCourt! She was awarded a Journalism scholarship from the College of Media & Communications at Texas Tech University. Christiana placed 1st overall in Journalism at the "Fearless Champions" Invitational on February 10, 2024. Congratulations to her coach, Mrs. Hamblin, who led her to this victory!
Congratulations to our students who participated in the TAME (Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering) contest! We are proud to share the following winners:
TAME Senior Awards: $200 Cash Scholarship
Lauren Leppert
My’Kaya Fulcher
TAME Overall Scoring Teams
2nd Place-Emma Onuma
3rd Place-Meghan Boit
4th Place- Camille Powell
5th Place-Amarachi Uche-Eboh
6th Place-Jaycie Baxter
Engineering Mindset Awards
Saniah McCullough
Awesome job, Warriors! Thank you to Mrs. Multer for sponsoring this group of students. #womeninstem
Congratulations to the HUGE NUMBER OF WINNERS we had at the Fearless Champion UIL Contest over the weekend! Super excited to have the first place journalism team, second place literary criticism team, and second place mathematics team on top of all of these incredible individual performances! Way to go, Warriors!
Congratulations to the Swimming and Diving teams for an amazing regional championship!! Several young ladies from Talkington had an amazing meet this weekend.
Alexandria Leppert – 1st place in diving
She was also named TISCA Regional diver of the meet and advanced to the state championship in Austin on February 23-24.
Zoey Reeves made championship finals in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay.
Janae Smith made the championship finals in the 100 Backstroke and helped the Coronado Girls finish 3rd in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay.
Gianna Ioppolo, Lucy Peterson, Margaret Sawyer and Natalie Partin were all a part of relays that advanced to finals on Saturday.
Thank you all for the great support of our 8th grade Lady Warriors. This is their final fundraiser for the banquet. Parents and students will be selling pickles after school on Wednesday, February 14th. Pickles are $2 and Pickle Pops are a $1 (Tajin Chamoy included)
We hope our Lubbock ISD family is staying safe and warm on this snowy Sunday! This is a friendly reminder about how we communicate weather delays or cancellations. We share information by using:
1. Our social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and X).
2. Our website (www.LubbockISD.org).
3. Our district notification system (phone call, text message, email, and app push notification).
4. Our district television station (Lubbock ISD-TV).
5. Our local media outlets
You can find more information about how we make these decisions and when we communicate about them at our weather information page at www.LubbockISD.org/weather.
Lubbock ISD classes are on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Monday, February 12, due to the increased possibility of icy conditions impacting travel to school and work. School start times will be adjusted as follows: elementary schools will begin at 9:45 a.m., middle schools will begin at 10:20 a.m., and high schools will begin at 10:15 a.m. Buses will run on a two-hour delay schedule. There will be no classes tomorrow at the Byron Martin ATC or the Agri-STEM Complex.
Weather conditions will continue to be monitored, and we will provide additional communication tomorrow morning no later than 7 a.m. if there are any changes.
Please stay safe and warm!
Warrior families,
2023 Federal Report Cards are now available on the Lubbock ISD Assessment and Accountability department website on the left navigation pane under Accountability Ratings and Reports:specific campus. Links below have more information.
English: https://5il.co/2eez2 Spanish: https://5il.co/2eez3
WOW! Check out this newsletter featuring our own Mrs. Farrell! Way to go!
https://www.smore.com/gs54v-in-the-know-with-cte?ref=email
Sick Children's Clinic for the week of February 5th-9th. If you are in need of your student to be seen by a physician, here is a great free resource.
Congratulations to our Middle School UIL competitors and their coaches! They took FIRST PLACE SWEEPSTAKES at the LISD UIL A+ contest this weekend!
To see all of the individual results, please check out this slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_ObPq5J65w3HUDjS9xSNYLHGUHUPgP-hR9ylu44AxlM/edit?usp=sharing
Wow! Seventeen THS students are vocal solo state qualifiers! Absolutely incredible work! We are so excited for these performers and their teacher, Ms. Barbee.
Students in 8th-11th grade have completed their course requests for next school year. These require a parent/guardian signature. Please look over your child's requests, and then sign and return the form to Mrs. Graham. Contact kami.graham@lubbockisd.org for questions or concerns.
We are proud to announce our December/January volunteers of the month.
Middle School: Jade Achin
High School: Leilani Olbeter
Both students received a free dessert from Bubba's restaurant! Congratulations, Warriors! You are amazing!
Students, please remember to record your service hours in X2Vol. Service learning is a Talkington requirement! See Ms. Cardelli for help finding places to volunteer.
Congratulations to the Teens of the Month for January. Meet these amazing individuals and discover what makes them special.
Congratulations to the Teens of the Month for January. Meet these amazing individuals and discover what makes them special.
Warrior Family,
I wanted to inform you that unfortunately, tonight's high school game in Jayton has been canceled. Our students will not travel to Jayton. Due to illnesses affecting several players from the opposing team, they were unable to have enough players to proceed with the game. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Dr. Longoria
SAVE THE DATE! Talkington PTSA and Student Council are teaming up to host Family. Future. Fun., an evening event for your entire family! PTSA will provide dinner, and Student Council and our College Success Advisor, Mrs. Couch, will provide games and interactive workshops for students and parents to help everyone feel energized and on the road to success! Please help us plan for the event by registering your family if you can attend: https://forms.gle/xmpZcPu5E1vJe7Sy5.
If you have questions about the event, email brandi.couch@lubbockisd.org.
Congratulations to our Academic Decathlon team. They did an amazing job at their regional contest this weekend.
Honors: Jaycie Baxter: 1st in Music; 1st in Art
Catherine Lituania: 2nd Interview; 3rd Music
Sarah Chen: 2nd essay; 2nd math; 2nd music; top honors overall team score
Scholastic: Raven Ward: 3rd speech; 1st Interview with a perfect 1000 score!
Ashely Loredo: top scholastic overall team score.
Varsity: Lillian Escobedo: 3rd Science, 3rd music
Marina Fllores-Torrez: 3rd interview; 3rd math; top varsity overall team score.
The team came in 3rd place over in the Small school division. Great job, Lady Warriors!
Congratulations to these amazing choir students for their performances at the Middle School UIL contest!
