Strawn ISD

This morning, we honored our high school students and their academic accomplishments! These students put in a lot of hard work and time to keep their grades up and maintain positive attitudes. We are so proud of each of them! Algebra I: • Top Average: Kathryn Holder & Keaton Tunnell • Most Improved: Dejanay Fobbs Algebra II: • Top Average: Woonsen Rodthes & Marcy Rivera Senior Math: • Top Average: Justice Baker, Ashley Figueroa, & Preston Sizemore Chemistry: • Top Average: Woonsen Rodthes & Justin Patton Physics: • Top Average: Hayden Nowak & Itzet Hernandez Biology: • Top Average: Kathryn Holder & Taylor Hubble English I: • Top Average: Kathryn Holder • Most Improved: Kaydee Montgomery English II: • Top Average: Shyye Villanueva • Hardest Worker: Hayden Nowak English III: • Top Average: Marcy Rivera • Best Contribution: Justin Patton College Prep: • Top Average: Isabel Rodriguez • Hardest Workers: Emily Williams & Ashley Figueroa World Geography: • Top Average: Carly Popp, Kathryn Holder, Emily Figueroa, & Keaton Tunnell World History: • Top Average: Hayden Nowak, Itzet Hernandez, & Lilleann Parsons U.S. History: • Top Average: Jessica Marroquin & Marcy Rivera Government & Economics: • Top Average: Isabel Rodriguez, Woonsen Rodthes, Ashley Figueroa Principles of IT: • Top Average: Emily Figueroa & Lilliyana Hernandez • Hardest Worker: Keaton Tunnell Drones: • Top Average: Kyler Tunnell • Hardest Worker: Marcy Rivera Robotics: • Most Helpful: Ashley Figueroa & Kyle Nowak • Hardest Worker: Hayden Nowak • Best Attitude: Jett Millsop Spanish I: • Most Involved: Kathryn Holder • Most Helpful: Manuel Rivera Spanish II: • Best All Around: Itzet Hernandez • Best Attitude: Xavier Marroquin Attendance Awards: • Satisfactory: Milly Hughes • Perfect Attendance: Preston Sizemore & Trenton Sizemore Citizenship Award: • Hayden Nowak, Trenton Sizemore, & Preston Sizemore

The Strawn Greyhound Athletic Banquet will be held tomorrow, May 25th, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM, in the Strawn ISD Cafeteria. Come out and join us in recognizing our hardworking athletes!

Mr. Thornton and his agricultural department held their annual Ag Day this morning! FFA & 4-H members taught students about their animals and ag projects. Students were even able to pet some of the animals and hand-feed the sheep & goat! Thank you to the following for making the morning fun and educational: • Jered Stiles & family - Rabbit and adorable heifer, Ruby • Kathryn Holder and Tina & Kerri Holder - Sheep, goats, chickens, guineas, & ducklings • Brandon & Brooke Roberson from Circle B Show Pigs - Pigs • Sarah Shugart - Showing the goat, Jeff • Jimmy Duncan & Justin Patton - Smoker • Terry Thornton - Support • Mr. Cliff Thornton - Organizing the Event Visit our Facebook page for many more photos of this neat event!

The Strawn High School Academic Awards Ceremony will be held tomorrow, May 24th, at 9:30 AM. Please join us in the gym to honor our students!

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Our Ag Day will start at 10:00 this morning!

5th Graders spent last Wednesday - Friday at Camp Grady Spruce! Students experienced the great outdoors and participated in team building, hiking, canoeing, horseback riding, archery, shelter building, swimming, and so much more! Thank you to the attending class sponsors, Mrs. Mallory, Mrs. Pollock, & Coach Eli! Check out our Facebook page for more great photos of this trip!

This is our last week of school, and what a busy week it is! We have lots of fun and recognition in store! Save our schedule to make sure you don't miss anything. Any updates, additions, or changes will be posted on our website, app, and Facebook page!

SENIORS: Don't forget to submit your Booster Club Scholarship Application by Monday!

Share your prom photos with us in the comments! A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped out with our high school prom this year. Class sponsors Mrs. Coates & Mrs. Cervantes worked tirelessly with the Junior Class and Sherlee Love to make this a truly spectacular and memorable event. Thank you to the Nava family, Mary Tretter, Sherlee Love, and the Juniors for the delicious BBQ meal, to Mrs. Cormack for the vigilant perimeter detail, and to Joni Crawford who donated many of the decorations. We were also graced with the presence of several performers! The staff of Texas Scare Grounds in Mineral Wells came out to greet our students as they arrived, and Spacie Macie, a flow artist from Radiant Souls, thrilled us with her levitation wand routine!

Congratulations, Trenton Sizemore & Isabel Rodriguez - our Prom Royalty!

Students in grades 9, 10, & 12 toured both the Baker Hotel and the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells today! They finished their trip with lunch at Old School Pizza.

Grades 2 & 3 had the opportunity to visit Volleman's dairy farm today. Look at those smiles and the sweet faces of the calves they got to pet and bottle feed!

To end our year, we were visited by a few professionals who use photography in their careers! • Tay Huggins, a social media manager for School of Rock and several other companies, schooled us in social media strategy, marketing, things to consider when building your brand, and the implementation of tags and location to reach a larger audience! • Sarah Carlisle, owner of Saraphim Art, taught us to take our photography to the next level by playing with light and shooting in RAW for more editing options. She let us view some of her amazing work and gave us tips on panoramic photography and creating our own filters! • Venessa Van Winkle & Rebecca Bowman explained how photography in real estate can affect the overall price of the sale. They showed us examples of bad photos of a house versus photos that make the house look much more appealing, gave tips on how to set the house for the best photography including planning your shooting times around the placement of the sun, and explained the benefits of networking and the different ways to do so (for extroverts AND introverts)! We are so thankful for these wonderful presenters who gave their time freely to talk to us and show us different career options in which we can use photography and the skills we have learned in Yearbook!

Bake Sale today at First National Bank!

Strawn High School Prom Friday, May 20, 2022 6:30 - 7:00 PM Red Carpet Arrival/Paparazzi Photo Op 7:15 Barbecue Dinner Join us for a night of dancing, games, and lots of circus fun!

Fourth and Fifth graders who met their reading goals for the second semester were rewarded with a trip to Greystone Castle Sporting Club! Students were able to tour the area, see many different species, and have a picnic! Please visit our Facebook page for more photos!

Milly Hughes finished 7th in the State as a Freshmen at the State Track Meet Yesterday! Way to Represent Strawn Great Job, Milly!!

Strawn Chamber of Commerce Scholarship applications are due Monday, May 16. Directions for submitting are listed on the front page of the application. https://www.strawnschool.net/page/counselors-corner

Coach Cervantes led his class of fourth graders outside yesterday afternoon to present some of their science experiments. Elijah made his own solar oven to make yummy smores! Ellie created a chemical reaction that resulted in elephant toothpaste! Ashton showed us how to make a tornado in a bottle; everyone took turns giving it a spin! Max modeled a volcanic eruption for us using baking soda & vinegar! Sofia made a balloon rocket and demonstrated the difference mass can make! Caydence taught us about diffusion using skittles and warm water! Bella created a lava lamp and explained the effects of density! The experiments quickly drew a crowd with visits from Mrs. Abbott and her second graders, Mrs. Mallory and her sixth graders, Ms. Beyer, and several kindergarteners at recess! Excellent work, Fourth Grade Science! Please visit our Facebook page for many more photos!

Fourth Grade had the opportunity today to visit the Thurber Museum! They first stopped in downtown Strawn to see how the road was paved with Thurber brick and took a moment to make some brick rubbings. Fourth Grade also got to have lunch at the New York Hill Restaurant!