School Holiday – Just a reminder that Monday, January 19th will be a school holiday.  School will resume at normal time on Tuesday January 20th.
 

Kaylie Bush Signs with Galveston College – Timpson High School senior Kaylie Bush signed a letter of intent to play softball for Galveston College next school year.  Kaylie plans to major in kinesiology and hopes to coach for Timpson following college graduation.  Kaylie is pictured with her parents Kyle and Carla Bush, twin brother Keaton Bush and grandmothers Imogene Ramsey and Nancy Bush.  Congratulations Kaylie!  Your Timpson ISD family is proud of you.

 

Timpson HS STAR Student - According to THS counselor Charlotte Metcalf, Bethany Lindgren has been selected as the Timpson High School STAR Student.  She is a junior who is involved in many extracurricular activities including band, twirling, softball and academic UIL.  Bethany is also an Honor Roll student and enrolled in dual credit courses offered by THS and Panola college.  In the near future, Bethany in looking forward to participating in the calf scrambles at Fort Worth Livestock Show and Rodeo and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  Bethany plans on attending Texas A &M and eventually becoming an optometrist.  Timpson's STAR student is the daughter of Ronald and Darla Lindgren.

 

Pre K News - Submitted by: Penny Ramsey

Today, Friday January 16th, to close out our week of talking about the letter N and different jobs that we do, Nurse Brittany Kimbro came to talk to Pre-K.  She talked about nurse starting with the N sound.  She showed the students different tools that she uses in her day to day job as the school nurse for Timpson ISD.  She showed them the gloves she uses, tongue depressor, flashlight, cotton ball, thermometer, and medicine cup.  Mrs. Brittany, besides being our school nurse, also happens to be Brecken's mom.  We thank Mrs. Brittany very much for coming to our class and spending some of her time with us.  Thank you Mrs. Brittany.

 

More Pre K News - Timpson Elementary School Principal Bubba Carrington visited the Pre-K classes to read a story to students. The story was he Principal of the Black Lagoon. The students enjoyed having their principal read to them.

Food Manager Certification – Timpson High School students who are interested in obtaining a food manager certification should contact THS counselor Charlotte Metcalf.  This certificate is for anyone who wants to obtain a certificate in order to work in a retail food establishment.  This course is State of Texas accredited and has been designed for those who want the best training in the least amount of time.  This food manager course will take you through the fundamentals of food safety for your food managers card, license, permit or certificate.  Once the course has been completed, you should have a good understanding of what foodborne illness is, how it is caused, and what you can do to help prevent it from occurring.  Once the course is successfully completed, you will be able to immediately print a certificate for your records.