Italy Independent School District

Italy ISD Board of Trustees Vacancy The Italy ISD Board of Trustees currently has a vacant seat on the board with the recent resignation of Shawn Holden. The School Board will be accepting applications from now through 4:00 PM on November 16, 2023. Guidelines for applying as well as the application can be found on the district website at the following link: Application for Italy ISD School Board Vacancy https://5il.co/276y2 Guidelines for Filling a Vacancy on the Italy ISD School Board https://5il.co/276y3 See Above

Italy ISD: Basketball Spectator Guidelines We have jumped into basketball season, which carries with it the same excitement and passion that Gladiators show when supporting all our teams. However, the Dome is a much different venue than our stadium. Voices carry, which is wonderful when what we hear is cheering. What is not good is when the voices that carry are cussing, jeering or personally criticizing the referees, coaches, or players. Your price of admission to the game gives you just that, admission. It does not give you permission to be anything but respectful in your words and actions. Failure to exercise control can result in ejection from a game and further suspension from future games. It is the Italy Gladiator expectation that we bring pride and good sportsmanship to every game and set the example for all students and other spectators that Italy Gladiators know how to properly support their teams. Thank you for your support and accountability in making this happen. For more specific expectations, review the UIL Parent Information Manual at www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/manuals/Parent_Info_Handbook_23.pdf

Italy ISD Board of Trustees Vacancy The Italy ISD Board of Trustees currently has a vacant seat on the board with the recent resignation of Shawn Holden. The School Board will be accepting applications from now through 4:00 PM on November 16, 2023. Guidelines for applying as well as the application can be found on the district website at the following link: Application for Italy ISD School Board Vacancy https://5il.co/276y2 Guidelines for Filling a Vacancy on the Italy ISD School Board https://5il.co/276y3

The NEW 2023-24 Yearbook is now on Sale! ORDER TODAY! The yearbook is at the lowest price right now, why pay more later? Order the yearbook for your student by Friday, November 17, 2023. The 2023-24 Yearbook will include all of Italy ISD including PK-12 grade. Parents, Students, and Staff do not be concerned that the website says Italy High School the book will include our entire district! Our yearbook theme is Face the Music and we are super excited about all the great memories we plan on sharing with you this year! Reminder our yearbook is a FALL Delivery so the book will be given out at the beginning of next school year that way we can include all graduation and early summer events. We will only accept online orders! LIMITED TIME OFFER Get four free icons (valued at $20.00) when you upgrade the cover by adding a student name for $8.00. The offer ends Friday, November 17, 2023. ITALY HIGH SCHOOL ITALY, TX - 2024 Yearbook jostens.com favicon.ico

Dear Parents and Families, We will be honoring and celebrating our veterans on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 AM. This celebratory program will be in the Old Gym at Italy High School. We would be honored for you to be our guest for this event. Our Civil Air Patrol will present the colors, our band will play a tribute to the armed forces, and we will have a guest speaker. We hope that you will be able to join us for this special program.

Internet is down in the district, it affects possible incoming and outgoing calls as well as Internet in the district. Thank you for your patience and understanding we will keep you updated as soon as we have any more information.

Italy ISD Board of Trustees Vacancy The Italy ISD Board of Trustees currently has a vacant seat on the board with the recent resignation of Shawn Holden. The School Board will be accepting applications from now through 4:00 PM on November 16, 2023. Guidelines for applying as well as the application can be found on the district website at the following link: Application for Italy ISD School Board Vacancy https://5il.co/276y2 Guidelines for Filling a Vacancy on the Italy ISD School Board https://5il.co/276y3 See Above

Attention Italy, we have an air medical transport, flying in to the stadium. It is not school related.

Junior High Dance Information Winter Wonderland Junior High Dance December 19th 2023 Tickets will be $10.00 pre-ordered, or $15.00 at the door

Attendance Matters The school day, from start to finish, is vital for the proper educational development and learning for every student. School Hours Italy JH/HS 7:35-4:05 Stafford Elementary 7:45-4:15 Tardies/Early Pick-Ups/Absences are counted throughout the school year, and when a student reaches a certain amount, attendance/learning recovery will be required. Promotion/Course Credit Students risk promotion to the next grade or loss of course credit, even if they are passed, if they have not been in school 90% of the days. Parent Portal Log into your parent portal to see your student’s attendance, grades, and test scores. More Information on Attendance Refer to the Student Handbook at 23-24 Italy Student Handbook

ITALY HOMECOMING ALUMNI RECOGNITION

Italy Homecoming Week September 25-29, 2023 Schedule of Events Monday, September 25th Spirit Theme: ​​R-Rewind (decades) 4:30​​​JH Volleyball Game at Rio Vista Tuesday, September 26th Spirit Theme: ​​O-Out of This World - Tailgate TuesdayDRAFT 5:00 PM​​JV/Varsity Volleyball game @ Penelope 6:30 - 8:30 PM​Italy GladiatorTailgate Party ​​​​*Come out to the HS football stadium parking lot. Bring your families, friends, grills, canopies, chairs, music and favorite backyard BBQ games (Cornhole, ladder ball, etc). Fun for the whole family. PLEASE NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED. This is a school function.​ ​8:00 PM​​Italy Gladiator Band performance at the stadium Wednesday, September 27th Spirit Theme: ​​W-Western Wear Thursday, September 28th Spirit Theme: ​​Die Hard Gladiator - Gold Out 5:00/6:00 PM​​JH/JV Football at Rio Vista 7:30-11:30 PM​​Homecoming Dance in the IHS Old Gym (Grades 9-12 only) Friday, September 29th​No School Spirit Theme: ​​Y-Yell It Loud & Proud - Gold Out 1:30 PM ​Homecoming Parade Line-up *Meet in the parking lot of the Italy Gladiator Stadium. The parade will exit on the new drive entry and head up College Street toward downtown. 2:00 PM ​​Homecoming Parade 3:00 PM ​​Homecoming Pep Rally at the Italy Pavilion downtown 4:30-6:30 PM​​Athletic Booster Club Spaghetti Dinner @ IHS Cafetorium 6:30 PM​​Rio Vista High School Band performance 6:45 PM​​Alumni Recognition for Classes ending in a “3” ​​​​*Class members being recognized need to meet on the north end of the track by the concession stand by 6:40 PM. 7:00 PM​​Football Game Kick-Off versus Rio Vista Halftime​​Italy Gladiator Band Performance Homecoming Coronation

Italy Homecoming Alumni Recognition Information

College Fair

ITALY HS & JHS PHOTO PASS Italy Yearbook staff is starting a new fundraiser campaign. We are selling different option photo passes of your students. Yearbook students spend many hours taking photos and editing them to make the perfect action and candid photographs. After much research and consideration we decided to sell our photos to help us raise funds for events, trips and new equipment. Attached is the different photo packages and order form to sign up. We will be collecting payments and forms during the normal school day and during games when I have staff available. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Glover at jglover@italyisd.org Link to Italy HS JHS Photo Pass https://5il.co/24nh8

See Tailgate Tuesday Announcement for Homecoming week.

Please see 2023 2024 Homecoming Week announcement

Senior Slideshow Photos Please provide 3-5 pictures of you in your youth. This can be baby pictures, little league sports pictures, or any type of photo you want included in your senior slideshow. If you could send them digitally to Mr. Glover through the Google Classroom assignment or email them to jglover@italyisd.org. If you have no way to make your pictures digital we can scan them in as a last resort. All photos that need to be scanned should be delivered in person to Mr. Glover in Room 307 before the due date of October 12, 2023.

PICTURE DAY IS COMING!!! We will be doing Individual pictures and group pictures all day on Monday, September 11, 2023. Below are the time slots that students will be called out of class to get their pictures taken. There are many students who will be pulled out throughout the day multiple times. I’m sorry for these disruptions. I will do my best to get the students photographed and back to class throughout the day. Individual Photos will be in the Old Gym during the day. Athletes and Extracurriculars ALL Group pictures will be in the dome. Please check with your coaches and advisors about what you need to wear for your group picture. Every group listed will take one picture i.e.: Varsity & JV Football will be in the same picture but with different uniforms. If you play both JV and Varsity you will wear the Varsity uniforms unless the coach tells you otherwise, if you play JV only you will wear the different color JV uniform. If you have any questions or concerns about the scheduling please let me know. Extracurricular students, please check with your advisors on what you are wearing for your group pictures. 7:35-7:45 Varsity & JV Football (Dome) 7:45-7:55 JH Volleyball (Dome) 7:55-8:05 JH Football (Dome) 8:05-8:15 JH Cross Country (Dome) 8:30-8:40 Mr. Clark, Ms. Eason, Ms. Ruiz Individual Photos (Old Gym) 8:40-9:00 9th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 9:00-9:20 10th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 9:20-9:40 11th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 9:40-10:00 12th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 10:00-10:20 7th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 10:20-10:40 8th Grade Individual Photos (Old Gym) NO BAND 10:40-11:00 7th-12th Grade BAND Individual Students (Old Gym) 11:10-11:15 Varsity BAND (Dome) 11:15-11:20 JH Band (Dome) 11:20-11:25 Yearbook (Dome) 1:10-1:20 HS Civil Air Patrol (Dome) 1:20-1:30 JH Civil Air Patrol (Dome) 1:30-1:40 Book Club (Dome) 1:40-1:50 Circle of Friends (Dome) 1:50-2:00 National Art Honor Society (Dome) 2:00-2:10 National Junior Art Honor Society (Dome) 2:10-2:20 JH Cheerleading (Dome) 2:20-2:30 Varsity & JV Cheerleading (Dome) 2:45-2:55 HS Cross Country (Dome) 2:55-3:05 Varsity & JV Volleyball (Dome)

Italy ISD Friday Night Lights and Football Safety & Security Reminders Friday Night Lights in Italy, watching our Gladiator Football Team, is an exciting and fun family-friendly event to show our Italy pride and support our students. Safety and security is of utmost importance not only in our schools but also at all our extracurricular events. For all home football games, all spectators are being asked to remain behind the fence that separates the bleachers/concessions from the track and the field at all times. Spectators will not be allowed on the track or the field before, during or after the game. Staff, students and other individuals working the game will be wearing lanyards with access tags in order to fulfill their responsibilities and provide support for students, spectators and guests. At all times, please make sure the only thing our players and fellow spectators hear from us is cheering on our students. Please refrain from heckling, yelling or using inappropriate language towards our coaches and staff or in front of families, students and small children. Let’s keep this a family-friendly event. At the conclusion of the football game, players will have a few minutes to meet their families at the fence, however, players will remain on the track and families will remain behind the fence. We look forward to seeing everyone at the game! Have fun cheering on our students and spending time with your family and friends! Go Italy Gladiators!