Talkington School for Young Women Leaders -

Check out the upcoming event at Texas Tech University called Family STEM Night. Family STEM Night is a free come-and-go event for K-12 students and their families to engage in hands-on STEM activities and exploration. This takes place on Monday, November 13, 2023 from 4:00-7:00 PM in the Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom at Texas Tech University. *This is not an LISD event, but it is highly recommended for all interested in STEM.

This Friday, Talkington will honor our service men and women with our second Remember Everyone Deployed (RED) day. Students and staff should wear a school appropriate red top with jeans or uniform bottoms. Joggers and leggings are not allowed. We will also have an assembly at 3:00pm honoring Veterans' Day. We hope to see everyone there.

Our Academic UIL Teams earned 1st Place Sweepstakes at the Texas Tech Fall Fandango this weekend! We are so proud of them and cannot wait to see the TROPHY and all the MEDALS! Here are the individual and team wins: 9th grade Calculator: Abigail Agee 1st place, Francesca Mendoza 3rd place, Melissa Maldonado 6th place, Overall Calculator Abigail Agee 5th place; Copy Editing Christiana McCourt 3rd place, Christine Spears 5th place; Editorial Writing Christiana McCourt 1st place, Christine Spears 3rd place, Anyesia Aviles 4th place; Feature Writing Christiana McCourt 1st place, Anyesia Aviles 2nd place, Christine Spears 3rd place; News Writing Christine Spears 2nd place, Christiana McCourt 3rd place, Anyesia Aviles 4th place; Headline Writing Anyesia Aviles 1st place, Christine Spears 4th place, Christiana McCourt 6th place; These girls were 1st place Journalism Team! Literary Criticism: Aviana Prieto 2nd place; 9th grade Math Jonna Hollis 1st place, Shelby Davis 5th place; 9th grade Number Sense Jonna Hollis 2nd place; Ready Writing Abigail Clayton 5th place; 9th grade Science Francesca Mendoza 3rd place, Emma Onuma 5th place; Spelling and Vocabulary Alexandria Leppert 5th place the team placed 2nd including Alex Leppert, Hannah Agee, Emily Agee! We are so proud of all of our competitors! Huge thanks to all of our UIL coaches for the awesome work you're doing. Way to go! #winning #intelligentwarriors #WeAreLubbockISD

School picture retake day is coming! See Mrs. Turner to get on the retake list before November 14.

Daylight Savings is ending! Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Sunday, Nov. 5!

Here are this week's morning announcements: WINNING: Congratulations to the teams who were chosen to compete in the YWPN STEAM Challenge! High school teams: STEAM Engines - Shelby Davis, Abigail Agee, Nasmah Islam, Maliyah Rodriguez; and the Brainiacs - Talitha Dalton, Emily Agee Middle School Teams: Yeehaws - Charly Iaulualo, Jordana Hollis; Lemon Heads - Tate Stephenson, Violet Delano; and Eckert & Mauchly - Obarita Aarushi, Allison Phillips. Congratulations to the MS Editorial Writing Team: Nadiella Sixtos, Adalynn Brown, Kaylynn Lewis, Shayne Tubbs, and Cassandra Rae. Congratulations to the HS Journalism Recruits: Ellie Fitzhugh and Makayla Slothhower. Talkington FFA competed in the Texas Tech Invitational Leadership Development Contest on Wednesday. Congratulations to Isabel Myers who placed 2nd in the freshman division and Amarachi Uche-Eboh who placed 5th in the senior division for the Creed Speaking contest. Hannah Stuart, Brooklyn Williams, and Rylie Delagarza also placed in Radio Broadcast. Way to go and good luck at your District Competition next Saturday, November 11th! Congratulations to our varsity basketball team who defeated Southland last night! Way to go, ladies! Let's all be sure to give them our support by purchasing some Talkington swag from their online Fan Cloth store before November 16. EVENTS: We have a wonderful volunteer opportunity this evening from 4:45 to 6:16 at Wolfforth Elementary. They are hosting an event to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos and are in need of helpers. Juniors and seniors: this is a reminder that MONDAY is your day to purchase caps, gowns, swag, and class jewelry from Herff Jones from 3:00-5:00pm in the cafeteria. Good luck this weekend to all of our Academic UIL Teams competing in the Texas Tech Fall Fandango! We would also like to wish good luck to our divers competing at the Lubbock Invitational Dive contest and all of our Region Choir students at their clinic and concert.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS go out to Amarachi Uche-Eboh, who has been awarded the Texas Girls Collaborative Project High School STEM Award! The focus of this award is to recognize high school students or student groups/organizations that possess the following attributes: -Demonstrated passion for a STEM and associated careers. -Actively engages in building STEM skills and capabilities. -Embraces available STEM activities and demonstrates leadership in these activities. -Demonstrates willingness to share skills and knowledge through role modeling and mentoring others. -Inspires others by showing enthusiasm and commitment to pursuing a STEM career. She will be recognized at their award assembly on December 1. Way to go!! #warriorsbychoice #womeninSTEM

Tomorrow is College Shirt Day! We look forward to seeing which schools are represented! The first Friday of every month, we wear our college shirts. #collegebound #warriorsbychoice

Juniors and Seniors: It is time to order your class rings, caps and gowns, graduation announcements, and class year swag. Herff Jones will be here to do fittings and sales on Monday, November 6, from 3:00-5:00pm in the cafeteria. Bring your down payments. #anothermilestone #onestepcloser

❗️❗️ NO SCHOOL TODAY ❗️❗️ We'll see everyone back in class tomorrow!

Reminder: Students and staff may wear sweatpants or sweatshirts with jeans tomorrow, October 31, for a $2 donation in our final United Way fundraiser this year. Please help us reach our fundraising goal! Students may turn in their donations to their first period teachers.

The Talkington High School Honor Society will host Salute Our Veterans on Friday, November 10, at 3:00pm in the auditorium. Students are encouraged to invite their immediate family members who are veterans to attend. We would like to recognize all of these wonderful veterans on our Veterans Day website. To recognize your family members, use this link: https://forms.gle/jUhy6pYEmSt63oLK9 This Friday, November 3, is the deadline to add family members to the website, so please get that information in today. Contact Mr. Butler at corey.butler@lubbockisd.org for details about this event.

Francisca Marquez was interviewed by Talkington alumna Mikayla Holmes for an article on the KLBK News website EverythingLubbock.com. She shared information about the Questbridge College Match Program along with her love for Talkington. You can read the article here: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/lubbock-senior-named-finalist-for-national-scholarship-program/

Reminder: For a $2 donation to the United Way of Lubbock, Talkington students and staff may wear Friday dress tomorrow, Wednesday, October 25. Students turn in their donations to their first period teachers.

Congratulations to the 29 honor sweater recipients and the 21 AP Scholars! Talkington Warriors are absolutely impressive! Great job by our speaker, Arai, and Mrs. Cortez and Ms. Cardelli who organized the event. What a day to be a Warrior! You can see all of the photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qcVHjDJttx4i1prg9 #warriorsbychoice #sisterhood #WeAreLubbockISD

We are so grateful for our friends at Amazon and the Vice President of the Black Employee Network department, Neisha Rainwater, for their generous donation of backpacks and markers to our school. Ms. Rainwater grew up in East Lubbock and wanted to give back to the community here. HUGE thank you! #grateful #womenbusinessleaders #sisterhood

Lady Warriors are spreading cheer through their beautiful art! We are so proud to say that Rayne Childress-Westmoreland, an eighth grader, was selected as the 1st place winner, and her design, pictured here, will be one of the LISD holiday cards sent to families this year. Seventh graders Lila Fowler and Abby Hannon also placed in the top 10 in the district--an amazing accomplishment as there were 155 entries! We know their wonderful art teacher, Ms. Bell, is incredibly proud. #warriorsbychoice #STEAM #WeAreLubbockISD

Reminder: Bring $2 to wear Friday dress this Monday! You will turn in the money to your first period teacher.

Support the Lubbock Area United Way! We will be offering the following dress passes as a way to help raise funds: Monday, Oct 16th- Friday Dress- $2.00 Wednesday, Oct 25th- Friday Dress- $2.00 Tuesday, Oct 31st- Sweats- $2.00 Help us support this worthy cause. Bring your money to your first period teacher. If you have an off-campus class for first period, stop by the office when you return to pay for your dress pass.

This week's announcements: Picture Day: Picture day for all 6th-11th grade is Tuesday, October 17th in the auditorium. There will be no flyers or money to turn in to the photographer. You will receive a QR code after your picture is taken, and your parents can order your pictures online. Seniors, if you did not take your picture this summer, you will also have your picture taken on Tuesday. Please see Ms. Turner for any questions. Debate: Any high schooler interested in debate. There will be a short informational meeting, about CX (Cross-Examination) debate on Monday after school until 4:30 in Mr. Mason's room. Theatre: The tech theatre class is looking for cardboard for building set pieces and props. If you have any to spare, please bring it to Ms. Kruse's room. UIL Writing: High School Students: If you are interested in HS Journalism, please sign up outside Mrs. Hamblin's room by Wednesday, October 18. Tryouts will be on Monday, October 23 immediately after school in Mrs. Hamblin's room. Please be aware that Journalism is a long-term commitment! Middle School: If you like to write and you like to debate or argue, please sign up for MS Editorial Writing! Signup sheet is located outside Mrs. Hamblin's room; please sign up by Wednesday, October 18. Tryouts will be on Monday, October 23 immediately after school in Mrs. Hamblin's room. Spirit Day: Next Friday's dress up theme is Blast from the Past. You will dress as your childhood self. SAT Registration: Juniors, if you did not enjoy the digital PSAT, you need to register for the paper SAT. The test is December 2, and the deadline to register is November 2. See Mrs. Couch for help. Contest: We are having our 3rd annual "Book-O-Lantern" contest at the end of October. You decorate a pumpkin as your favorite character or scene from a book to enter. We will award prizes to the top three pumpkins! The information is in our Library Google Classroom or see Mrs. Henricks. Contest: Today is the deadline for the Patriot's Pen and Voices of Democracy contests. Please turn them in on your grade level Google Classrooms.