Six Weeks Tests: Six weeks exams are still going on Tuesday, April 7, to Thursday, April 9. These tests may take place while STAAR tests are also taking place! There is just ONE six weeks left after this one. Be sure your child is studying for their exams and is well prepared for their tests.
STAAR Upcoming Tests: Our STAAR tests start THIS WEEK!! These tests are VERY important and students need to be present at school on the day of their tests. Please review the information below to see which tests will be offered on which dates. We ask that you schedule needed appointments around these dates, this includes picking your child up early on these dates. The tests do not have a time limit, so students could be testing all day. More dates coming soon!
Thursday, April 9
Grade 7 Reading
Friday, April 10
Grade 6 Reading
Monday, April 13
Grades 4, 5, 8 Reading
Tuesday, April 14
Grade 3 Reading
English I EOC
Wednesday, April 15
English 2 EOC
Friday, April 16
Grade 8 Science
Senior Scholarships: Don’t forget about scholarships available for seniors. They are in the HS hallway, for student’s convenience to pick up and fill out. Several NEW scholarships were posted last week! Be sure you get applications in by the due dates!
Due Friday, April 10:
Navasota Valley Electric
Due Monday, April 13:
RCFA Scholarship.
Due Friday, April 17
Robertson County Retired Personal Scholarship
Hearne Lion’s Club
Please NOTE: the Hearne Lion’s Club Deadline has been MOVED UP from what is listed on the application and students that apply to the Lion’s Club Scholarship will have interviews on the due date. Seniors – be sure you’re are applying!
Dual Credit Info: Current Juniors and Sophomores that have NOT taken dual credit classes before and WANT to take classes please attend an informational meeting on Friday April 10, at 2:30 (8th period), in the elementary computer lab. We will discuss the application process; class options and what tests are needed and forms are required. This is a MUST ATTEND meeting. Juniors currently taking ducal credit classes who would like to continue taking classes, need to sign up for classes using the dual credit approval form found in the High School Office. These are NO longer in your Blinn Portals. Be sure that the class has been approved by Ms. McDonough. All students need to have all forms completed by May 1.
Baseball: Check out our baseball games coming up this week - Please come out and support our teams! At the time of this bulletin these were the current dates and times of games:
• Tuesday, April 7: HS JV & Varsity vs. Iola @ 4:30 - away
• Friday, April 10: HS JV & Varsity vs. Iola @ 4:30 – HERE
• Monday, April 13: HS JV vs. Mildred @ 4:30 - HERE
Softball: Come out and support our girls’ softball team. Check the Mumford Athletics Facebook page for changes.
• Tuesday, April 7: HS Varsity vs. Somerville @ 6:00 – away
• Friday, April 10: JH – HS Varsity vs. Somerville @ 4:00 – HERE
Tennis: Members of our Tennis Team are heading to Regionals after a strong district performance. The district results were:
Boys Singles: 1st Place - Jonas Bucknum, 2nd Place - Dyan Pemberton
Girls Singles: 2nd Place - Rylie Lloyd
Girls Doubles: 1st place - Jordan Bucknum & Jayla Martinez
Mixed Doubles: 2nd Place - Isai Bautista & Lily Beamon; 3rd place - Christopher Martinez & Jessie Ellis.
All students who finished 1st and 2nd will be heading to Regionals on April 20 and 21. Good luck!
Students Signing Day (to play college sports): Mark your calendars now! We have four seniors that are making plans to continue to play sport at the college level and we will be honoring this decision for these students on Wednesday, April 22. The signing day event will take place at 2:30 on that Wednesday, more information to come!
4-H Meeting: Our next 4-H meeting will take place on Thursday, April 9, in the primary cafeteria at 5:30. Come out and join us for our meeting after our great showing at the Robertson County Fair.
One Act Play Area Contest: Our One Act Play kids will be competing in the Area OAP contest on this Friday, April 10, at Hendrickson High School. We wish them luck and hope they “Break a Leg!” at the area contest.
Fair Results: We will be announcing over the next several weeks how our students did in the RCFA. Each week we will focus on different divisions and categories. We will not be able to announce every participant but we will try to announce all those that placed on made the sale. This week we are highlighting the Ag Mechanics division.
Trailer Division: Reserve Champion and 3rd place overall – Logan Rekieta
Shop Category: Division Champion – 1st place Individual – Cullen Skiles; Division Reserve Champion and 1st place Group – Logan Lightsey & Clay Freeman
Furniture Category: 2nd place individual – Luke Beamon; 3rd place group – Weston Stevens, Cayce Stripling, Wyatt Ferguson, and Jonas Bucknum
Stay tuned next week for our next group of students.