Talkington School for Young Women Leaders -

Hi, Lubbock ISD families! 👋 This is a friendly reminder that there is early dismissal for all schools on Friday! We hope that everyone has a great last week of school! #WeAreLubbockISD

Violet Delano wins the American History Award! The American History Award is given to one 8th grader a year who has demonstrated an exceptional work ethic, been an extraordinary classmate, shown a unique passion for the history of her country, and exceeded all of her teacher's expectations. The plaque hangs in the history hallway, displaying all of our previous winners. Congratulations, Violet! Thank you, Mr. S. and Mr. Mason, for your work teaching American history.

The Young Women’s Preparatory Network has selected our own Casey Wilkins as a YWPN Educators of Excellence Award winner. This incentive program was established to help celebrate the hard work and commitment of the educators serving the young women in the YWPN schools located throughout the state of Texas. The honorees were nominated by their principals and selected to undergo a rigorous selection process, which included a comprehensive application and an interview. Mrs. Wilkins has been an educator for 16 years, 12 of those at Talkington. She teaches math, oversees our high school academic UIL Program, serves as senior class sponsor, and has been a department lead. She exhibits all of the wonderful traits this award seeks to recognize in quality educators. Talkington is very lucky to have such a dedicated, caring, and supportive teacher. She has changed so many lives and certainly deserves this award. Congratulations, Mrs. Wilkins.

Scholarship Winner! Mackenzie Mason was awarded a $1000 scholarship for her excellent art and animation portfolio presented at the Texas Tech School of Art/LISD Scholarship Competition. In addition, she was also awarded a $250 scholarship to attend the TTU School of Art pre-immersion program this summer. These are just some of her fabulous images she created for this portfolio!

Academic Enrichment Day! Student Council organized a great AE Day, filled with learning, games, dancing, talent, and senior milestones. We laughed, we cried, we formed stronger bonds. To see many amazing pictures from the event, click this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/fv9SrUsGFgzfxzZn6 If you have your own photos of the fun, feel free to share those as well.

Congratulation to these fabulous Top 10 graduates from the Class of 2024 and to their Top 10 Educators! This week, we hosted the Top Ten Dinner at the Texas Tech Club to celebrate our students' accomplishments. Each student was allowed to choose one Talkington educator who has had a profound impact on their lives to accompany them to this event. To see the photo gallery, click here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GpwD8HzUtJ387Ao28 We are so proud of these Warriors!

AE DAY IS ALMOST HERE! Student Council is so excited to host this event, and we hope that everyone is ready to have a blast and learn some new skills. See you all Monday!

Warrior Families, House Bill 3908 mandates that a Fentanyl prevention presentation be shared with students in grades 6th-12th. As a parent, you have the right to opt-out of viewing this presentation. Links are below for you to print, sign, and return. Or you may pick up a letter at the front office. https://5il.co/2lk3x https://5il.co/2lk3z

We had many more students than we anticipated sign up for the crafting sessions on Academic Enrichment Day. In order to allow more students to get their first choice of activity, we need your help. If you have old t-shirts, shirt buttons, sewing thread, or bracelet-making supplies, please bring those to Mrs. Couch's office by this Friday, May 17. Thank you for your support.

Thank you so much for the wonderful morning treat PTSA & The Soda Shack!!!! Our teachers and staff greatly appreciated it!!!!

College Signing Day highlighted the successes of the Class of 2024. Seniors took home over $30,000 in scholarships (putting them very close to $8 million in total scholarship awards) and heard great advice from the fabulous speakers. Christiana McCourt was named Miss THS. We are so proud of these amazing Warriors, and we know you are all off to do great things in college. To see the LISD photo gallery, follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/rEnHFCf7UJVxedbC6

TODAY IS THE DAY! We are so excited to hear our seniors choose their colleges and to give away over $30,000 in scholarships! Families and friends who are attending should enter door 8 by the auditorium to get a visitors' badges.

Our Academic Enrichment Day on May 20 will be a blast! We are still looking for parent volunteers to help monitor stations. Please consider signing up for a time slot to help our day run smoothly: https://forms.gle/q1c5L9qm3pKAuGYm7 Students, you don't want to miss this!

To transition from a poetry unit to their Holocaust unit, students in Mrs. Fitzhugh's 8th grade ELA classes analyzed poetry from "I Never Saw Another Butterfly ... Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp." Students then designed a paper butterfly to represent the poem's themes, tone, and overall message. These students did an amazing job with their analysis and were able to showcase their artistic abilities. Thank you, Mrs. Fitzhugh, for providing such a powerful lesson. Great job, Warriors!

On May 20, we will have our final Academic Enrichment Day of the year. Our students have asked to have classes on life skills they will need as adults, and we are looking for experts to serve as teachers for these classes. If you are able to help, please sign up using the link on the flyer, or contact Brandi Couch at 806-219-2211.

We would like to give a shout out to all teams that presented last night for our Incubator Final Pitch Night. Our People's Choice Award selected by the audience went to SoulKure: Triniti McKinney, Emely Castro-Ramos, Caroline McAfee and My'Kaya Fulcher. The 1st place winner selected by the judges, and the group moving on to the national competition, was Speedy Sewlutions: Makalya Mack, Lexi Chavez, Brooklyn Williams and Christine Spears! Congratulations! We loved seeing all of your hard work pay off. Great job everyone.

Our choir students continue to amaze us! Way to go, Lady Warriors and Ms. Barbee!

Talkington Middle School Theatre presents the musical, Alice in Wonderland Jr., this Friday and Saturday, May 3rd and 4th, at 7 pm. The show is about an hour long. Tickets are only $5. Reserve yours today with the link below. You don't want to miss this! https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/landing/42365?authuser=0

Shark Tank--Talkington Style! Come out and support our Lady Warriors for their Final Pitch Night. Learn about their great business ideas and vote for your favorite team! Join us to celebrate all that these students have accomplished in INCubator.

Warrior Families, I want to thank you for the congratulations! As a proud first-generation graduate, I am passionate about the transformative power of education. Thank you for your support and together, we can inspire and empower the next generation of young women leaders! Here is your May News! https://www.smore.com/n/jgbd0 Much Love, Dr. Longoria