SISD News

Posted Date: 11/18/2024

Every year, SISD has Aim for Success assemblies to address at-risk behaviors with our junior high and high school students. The results were shared with the school board at the most recent meeting, but I wanted to share some of the information via this format as well. A total of 40% of our boys who are between 14 and 15 years of age reported to have been involved in sending/receiving inappropriate images. The percentage was just a little higher for our boys who are 16 years of age or older (48.4%). For the girls the percentages were 34.8% (14-15 years of age) and 40% (16 years of age and older). This information is frightening and I hope that those of you with children will use this information as a conversation starter with your children. Making a quick decision, to send an inappropriate message, can have life-altering consequences for our children. If you have questions or concerns related to this issue, please reach out to Nurse Hauser (school nurse) or Mrs. Lavake (school counselor). We want to serve as a resource for you as you have these conversations with your children.

As we near the end of the semester (that is really hard for me to believe), our current enrollment is 526 students. This is up from 516 after the first week of school, but is still down to this same time last year when we had 532 students and 2 years ago when we had 571 students enrolled. Or ADA (attendance x enrollment) is 480 compared to 491 this time last year and 526 during the 2022-23 school year. Please continue to make school attendance a priority for your children.

The Lady Elks went to Slaton for a tournament last weekend and returned home with a perfect 4-0 record for the tournament. This capped off a great week for the Lady Elks as they beat Nazareth last Tuesday in a hard-fought game. The Elks won their playoff game last week and will play Wink this week in Lubbock. This will be a tough game and we need as many fans as possible to pack the stands Friday night at Lowrey. I hope to see a large crowd at the Thanksgiving meal this week. Have a great week and Go Elks.

Paul Uttley