Italy High School

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.

Nov/Dec SEL Newsletter

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

HEB Scholarships for students who participated in UIL events (athletic, academic, and music). Deadline to apply is Friday, February 2. https://www.sportsinaction.com/scholarship/application-form/

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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

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

Counselor's Corner October SEL Newsletter

We have careflight landing at the football field with a student football injury. It is not life threatening.

Scholarship Opportunity for Students Participating in UIL! Click on the link for details and to apply: https://www.sportsinaction.com/scholarship/ Deadline is February 2, 2024

Ag Youth of the Month Senior Scholarship Opportunity! Application deadline is Monday, October 30th. Click on the link below to apply: https://agtexas.workflowcloud.com/forms/1cc9ad78-be17-4827-ad23-b03bd13fc7e9

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.

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 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!

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released a new Family Portal on the Texas Assessment website in January 2023. The Family Portal https://www.texasassessment.gov/ makes it easy for parents and guardians to access their child’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) results. It also shows each test question and how the student responded, as well as personalized resources to support learning at home. When you go the the district website and log-in to the Parent Portal, the Texas Assessments Link is on the lower left side of the student summary page, which is the same location that you have accessed before during registration and also to review report cards and progress reports.

Italy ISD welcomes our new staff members to the district! We are thrilled they chose our district to make a difference for our kids!!!