Volume 1, Issue 15: 4/11/24
by Superintendent's Blog
Posted on April 11, 2024
Volume 1, Issue 15: 4/11/24
Greetings Bulldogs! Happy Thursday. This is a friendly reminder that we have no school tomorrow (4/12/24).
Today is Therapy Dog Appreciation Day!
Family Movie Night TOMORROW (Friday, 4/12/24):
Abby Jones - ES Counselor name REGION 13 Star Staff of the Month:
Our amazing elementary school counselor Abby Jones continues to be recognized as she earns a huge recognition today from the educational region center!! Staff from every district across region 13 which includes 53 school districts, 27 charter schools, 8 institutions of higher education, and 18 private schools include some you may know; Austin ISD, Round Rock, Leader, Georgetown, Hutto, Taylor, Thrall, and many others!
We are SO proud of her and she deserves all of the recognition she is getting this year!
TISD Bond Community Meeting Reminder:
I want to thank the folks who came out to our Bond Community Presentation on March 20th. We had great conversations and great questions were asked by all.
If you missed the meeting and would still like to hear about the bond proposal I encourage you to join us on April 18th, 2024 at 6pm at the VFW Hall. It is a repeat of the first session.
Also, have you checked out the 2024 TISD Bond informational website?
TISD BOND 2024 WEBSITE: www.thorndale.txed.net/TISDBOND
If you have any questions, at any time, please reach out to us at tisdbond@thorndale.txed.net we will be answering emails as they come in and use questions you ask to expand our frequently asked questions section on our website. You can also reach us at 512-898-2538.
TISD Student Shout Outs:
If you are not able to keep up with us on Facebook, I would hate for you to miss out on all the celebrations! I can’t possibly capture them all in my Blog that comes out every two weeks, but let me give you a glimpse of just a sliver of the excellence here in TISD:
Track Athletes Compete at AREA today (4/11/24) in Thrall
The following athletes have advanced to the Area Track meet:
Lady Dogs -
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4x1 - Emily Northcott, Bethany Preusse, Kassidy Eubanks, Hadley Meadors
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800 - Raven Sandoval, Skilee Bear
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100 - Kassidy Eubanks
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400 - Emily Northcott
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300H - Libby Urbis
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Mile - Raven Sandoval, Skilee Bear
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Emily Northcott- 3rd place Long Jump
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Bethany Preusse - 1st place Shot and Discus - District Champ in both
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Riley Shock - 4th place Discus
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Raven Sandoval - 1st 3200 - District Champ
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Skilee Bear - 2nd 3200
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Nadia Gonzalez - 4th 3200
Bulldogs -
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4x1 - District Champs - Owen Pyeatt, Jayden Clawson, Everton White, Carson McCoy
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800 - Case McDaniel, Kale Meadors
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100 - Carson McCoy (District Champ), Everton White
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400 - Jayden Clawson
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200 - Carson McCoy (District Champ), Everton White
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Mile - Case McDaniel (District Champ)
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Jayden Clawson - 3rd Triple Jump
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Braeden Pickel - 2nd Discus
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Kaleb Yount - 1st Shot Put - District Champ
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Case McDaniel - 4th High Jump
Congratulations to all the THS athletes! All results can be found at -District Track Results
8th Grade Boys Track is District Champs!
We had many great performances at Monday night's Junior High Track meet, hosted at TISD. Especially exciting is the 8th grade boys winning District!
Thorndale High School FCCLA is on the Road to STATE:
Sponsors and students left this morning for Dallas where they will compete today through Sunday. We wish them the best of luck as they represent TISD!
Baseball & Softball:
The baseball and softball teams are still on FIRE!
The boys won a big game last Friday against Thrall to take 1st place in district, and then went on to beat Milano this week to clinch a playoff spot.
Currently, they are ranked 5th in the state for Division 2 2A according to Max Preps:
Softball also had a big win last friday as they overcame Thrall in a spectacular ending! Unfortunately, they did suffer their first district loss this week against Milano but are still securely in first place in the district.
According to Max Preps, they currently sit at #22 in the state for 2A division 2!
Congrats to our 2024-25 TISD Cheerleaders:
Tryouts for the 24-25 TISD cheerleading squad concluded and we are so excited to announce next year's group! We look forward to great things from these kiddos:
Thorndale Fishing Team:
The fishing team had a great tournament on Lake Stillhouse this past weekend. Sixty-one teams competed. Three of our four teams walked across the scales.
Rowdy Casner and Colby McAnulty bagged five fish weighing in at 13.15lbs and placing in 12th. Brady Unnasch and Colton McDonald weighed in three fish for a total of 7.75lbs and placed 24th. Colt Vance and Tayden Cook bagged one fish weighing 2.71 and placed 38.
Our fishing team placed third in the medium school/team overall standings.
All four Thorndale teams qualified to fish in the championships tournament on Saturday, April 27 which will be held on Lake Waco.
TISD FFA Students:
On Saturday, April 6th, five Thorndale FFA judging teams competed at the Texas A&M Area XII CDE contest.
Here are the results:
Livestock Judging: 1st place team- State Qualifier, 1st in District
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Kaylee Beason- 3rd high individual
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Jenna Lindig- 5th high individual
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Carlee Clark- 7th high individual
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Jovanka Gonzalez
Horse Judging- 8th place team, 2nd in District
Floriculture- 13th place team, 3rd in District
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Ally Gerren
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Jocelyn Castillo
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Irene Flores
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Hadley Meadors
Milk Quality-15th place team, 3rd in District
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Wyatt Betak
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Caden Pitman
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Shaylee Towery
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Briggs Casner
Vet Science- 24th place team, 5th in District
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Alyana Ramirez
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Keira Hagadorn
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Aiyanna Steveson
Please congratulate these members when you see them. They compete against schools across Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Lee, Milam, Robertson, Travis, and Williamson counties, regardless of school size, and do an outstanding job representing our chapter and school!
Our livestock judging team will compete at the state CDE contest on April 27th and our Land, Homesite, and Range teams competed at their area contest on Wednesday, April 10th at Tarleton… stay tuned for updates on their success.
High School UIL Academics:
Our students competed at the District UIL Academic meet at Blinn in Brenham on Friday.
Please congratulate the following students -
Calculator Applications
Current Issues and Events
Editorial Writing
Headline Writing
Informative Speaking
Number Sense
Persuasive Speaking
Prose Interpretation
Ready Writing
Science
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2nd place - Bethany Preusse - Regional Qualifier
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5th place - Ethan Schram - Regional Alternate
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Second place team - Regional Alternate
Thorndale Middle School National Junior Honor Society:
NJHS students took all of their donations they collected to Life Works in Austin today. They got some good information about the homeless youth in Austin and how we can continue to help out.
Kaden Kover - SUPER ELITE TEAM:
The Solar Eclipse Was a Huge Success:
In Case You Missed It - 2024-25 UIL Realignment (Spring Sports):
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Most sincerely,
Zack Kleypas
Superintendent
Thorndale ISD
#TISDStrivingForExcellence
“Keep improving, always, in all ways.”
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