Big Sandy ISD

Attention Big Sandy: Our Elementary and Junior High students have done an outstanding job with District UIL Academic Competition this week! Thank you for allowing your child(ren) to compete in these academic events! Thank you to all of the coaches for their time and effort into helping to get our kids prepared! The Elementary came in as District Runner-up! What an amazing run! We will post a list of individual accomplishments and places as soon as it is finalized! The Junior High is currently in Third Place in the district, awaiting the outcome of the Junior High One-Act Play Results! We are very close with Hawkins ISD Junior High, which is currently in Second Place! We are 23.5 points behind them! The One-Act Play event could change all of that! Again, we are so proud of all of our Elementary and Junior High students for their courage and accomplishments! Go Wildcats!

Hey Everybody: We are so excited for Lil Miss Kimber De La Cruz, as she was selected as this year’s Children’s Miracle Network child! How amazing! She is such an outstanding young lady that does not let anything stand in her way! She is such a wonderful child! She is well-deserving of this honor and we are very excited for she and her family! https://www.kltv.com/2019/12/04/miracle-child-has-infectious-smile/ https://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/top-stories/big-sandy-girl-to-light-city-of-tyler-christmas-tree-thursday/ https://www.cbs19.tv/mobile/article/life/heartwarming/2020-miracle-child-said-to-light-up-room-with-infectious-smile/501-ec4b8327-afcb-49b7-940b-614a0cf0d0ca Go Ladycat!

Hey Big Sandy and Wildcat Community: Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break! We hope that everyone had a restful time and enjoyed family and friends! Tonight, we have our Wildcat Band Concert, starting at 6:30 pm. All bands will perform, starting with the Beginner Band, then Intermediate, and followed by the High School Wildcat Band! This will be taking place in the Auditorium! Everyone is invited to this event! Please come, enjoy the show, and bid on a Silent Auction Holiday Dessert! Also, as a reminder, we will have Early Release for students only tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3rd and Wednesday, December 4th. Staff will work a regular day. This is due to Big Sandy hosting UIL Academic Competition for Junior High. Also, lots of Basketball this week! Junior High Girls- 12/2 vs Hawkins (AWAY), starting at 4:00 pm, 7th/8th Junior High Boys- 12/2 vs Hawkins (HOME), starting at 4:00 pm, 7th/8th 12/5-7, Big Sandy Tourney, Times TBA, 7th/8th High School Girls- 12/3 vs Cumberland (AWAY), starting at 5:00, JV/V 12/5-7, Spring Hill Tourney, Varsity Only, Times TBA High School Boys- 12/3 vs New Diana (HOME), starting at 5:30 pm, JV/V 12/5-7, Brookhill Tourney in Bullard, Varsity Only, 6:30 pm, 6:30 pm, and 3:00 pm respectively Go Wildcats!

We hope that you all have had a blessed day today with family and friends! We have so much to be thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving! Go Wildcats!

Good Friday morning to everyone! Today, Friday, November 22, 2019, we have an Early Release for everyone, including staff, at 12:18 pm! Also, it's Turkey Trot Day, which starts at 9:00 am, on Wildcat Drive in front of the Elementary and ends up in Wildcat Stadium! We hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! Time with family and friends is priceless, so take the time you can to spend with those you love and are thankful for! We are out ALL NEXT WEEK for Thanksgiving Break! We will return to school on Monday, December 2, 2019! The day we return, Monday, December 2, 2019, we will have a Christmas Band Concert at 6:30 pm, in the Auditorium! The Wildcat Band has been working so hard for this concert and they are ready to put on a show for everyone that attends! The entire community is invited! Tonight, the Varsity Football Wildcats play in the Second Round of the State Championship Playoffs vs Groveton, at Rusk ISD Stadium, at 7:00 pm! Go Wildcats!

Hey Big Sandy Wildcat Band Fans: The Big Sandy Wildcat Band will put on a wonderful Christmas Concert on Monday, December 2nd, at 6:30 pm, in the Auditorium! The concert will begin at 6:30 pm. Everyone is invited! Go Wildcat Band!

Upcoming events this week and as soon as we return from Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, 11/20: Area FFA Competition Thursday, 11/21: American Education Week Program at 9:00 am, in the Auditorium. This program is put on by the Big Sandy Elementary every year! Everyone is invited! This is followed by Thanksgiving Dinner in the Cafeteria! Come enjoy lunch with your student(s). Tickets are available! Friday, 11/22: Early Release at 12:18 pm, for everyone, including staff! Turkey Trot at 9:00 am. Pep Rally at the end of the Early Release Day. High School Girls Basketball vs Grace Community has been cancelled. Tuesday, 11/26: HS boys Basketball (JV and Varsity) vs Bishop Gorman at Home, starting at 1:00 pm. Monday, 12/2: JH Girls Basketball vs Hawkins (Away) at 4:00 pm. JH Boys Basketball vs Hawkins at Home, starting at 4:00 pm. Tuesday, 12/3: HS Girls Basketball vs Cumberland (JV and Varsity), AWAY, starting at 5:00 pm. HS Boys Basketball (JV and Varsity) vs New Diana (Home), starting at 5:00 pm. Go Wildcats!

Hey Wildcats Community: Thanksgiving Break will last from Monday, November 25th, through Friday, November 29th. School will resume on Monday, December 2nd! Take time to rest and enjoy time with your loved ones! We have so much to be thankful for in our lives! Go Wildcats!

Attention Big Sandy: The Big Sandy Student Council is holding a Blood Drive tomorrow, Tuesday, November 19, 2019, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, in the Main Gym Foyer. Please come and consider giving blood, as the donations save lives. Each donation could potentially save 3 lives! Go Wildcats!

FYI....information from the Big Sandy FFA: If your child sold any Fresh Country Meat & Fruit Products, it will be delivered at 11:00 am TODAY! Please make arrangements to pick up all items before 4:00 pm at the Ag Building. Go Wildcats!

And the Big Sandy Wildcats rolled over Centerville 39-32 last Friday night in Palestine Westwood! And of course, we always win halftime! The Big Sandy Wildcat Band did an amazing job and our Cheerleaders never stopped cheering! What an exciting game for the football team and coaches, the band and directors, the cheerleaders and sponsor, the fans, and such a great win for all of Big Sandy, TX! We showed up and showed out! Now, on to Round 2 of the State Championship Football Playoffs! We play Groveton this coming Friday night, November 22nd, at 7:00 pm, at Rusk ISD Stadium! The start time is different than normal. We will start at 7:00 pm, not 7:30 pm! Go Wildcats!

Hey Big Sandy Community: Well, the cold front has come in! In the morning, at the bus stop, the weather forecast shows the temperatures to be in the 20s. The precipitation is supposed to stop before any freezing temperatures hit, and with the amount of wind we will experience this evening, the precipitation should all be dried out. We will keep you updated if anything changes. Bundle them babies up before they head out to the bus stop in the morning! Go Wildcats!

Wow! What a week we had last week! Yamboree is always a 'yamming' good time, and our kids came out to shine in all that they did! We are so proud of all of our organizations that took part in the Yamboree Contests, not to mention the Cross Country Teams on Monday, the UIL Marching Contest last Tuesday, the Volleyball games, and the several Football games! It all started on Monday, with the Cross Country Teams competing in the District Cross Country Meet in Union Grove! The Varsity Boys advanced to the Regional Cross Country Meet, to be held in the coming weeks! They finished as District Runner-up! Then, on Tuesday, the Wildcat Band scored STRAIGHT 1s at the UIL Marching Contest, to begin their straight 3rd year of Sweepstakes Band! On Tuesday, the Volleyball Teams won vs Union Grove in 3 straight sets! On Thursday evening, at Union Grove, the Varsity Football Wildcats got that "W", 27-19! For the Yamboree, we had many students in both parades, on Friday and Saturday, anchored by our very own Miss Big Sandy, Katie Parker, and Mrs. Big Sandy High School, Maci Childress! We had so many kids involved on floats, such as Pee Wee Cheer and others! At the Yamboree Fairgrounds, the Wildcats FFA and Ag Mechanics students cleaned up and I mean cleaned up, once again! We won the Overall Reserve Champion Sweepstakes FFA/Ag Mechanics Program! James Briscoe won Grand Champion Swine and Jaxson Croley won Grand Champion Goat! We also won Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Non-Sale Shop Project, as well as Reserve Grand Champion Sale Project! Many of our kids won Blue Ribbons, as we had almost 50 shop projects entered into the Ag Mechanics show! We had 11 FFA students make the sale on Saturday, with their Animal Projects, in all 5 Animal Shows! We had students make the sale in Broiler Chickens, Market Rabbits, Goats, Swine, and Steers! The following is a list of those kids that made the sale: Jaxson Croley- Grand Champion Goat Lorin Drennan- Goat Kaiden Dunn- Goat Lainey Childress- Goat Victoria Hill- Goat Canyon Minter- Swine Madison Ratcliff- Broiler Chickens Raven Williamson- Market Rabbits James Briscoe- Grand Champion Swine Lane Carlson- Swine Kenzie Johnston- Steer Thank you to the sponsors of the FFA, the Wildcat Band Directors, our Coaches, our Cheer Sponsors, and the many parents and volunteers it always takes to pull off a successful Yamboree Week! Thank you to all of the sponsors and directors for working together to get all of our kids to where they needed to be on time each day! And remember, it's a great day to be alive, and a great day to be a Wildcat! Go Wildcats!

Well, it is cold, football is in the air on a Texas Friday night, and the Wildcat Band and Cheer are ready to roll! Tonight is Homecoming! The rain is supposed to move out by 4:30 pm today! Tonight's event schedule is as follows: 6:55...The Wildcat Band enters for Homecoming 7:00 pm...Homecoming Event Festivities begin 7:18...opening remarks by student 7:20...School songs 7:24...Teams come onto the field 7:26...National Anthem (special treat this evening) 7:28...Coin toss 7:30...Kick-off Go Wildcats!

Hey Everybody: It’s Homecoming Week and the rest of the week’s dress up days are: Wednesday- Snapchat filter Thursday- throwback Thursday (dress like any decade) Friday-Wildcats dominate social media (blue and gold day) Also, due to burn ban, we will hold only one Pep Rally this week, and it will be at regular time on Friday, October 11th! Go Wildcats!

Just a reminder: Today, Friday, October 4, 2019, is an early release for our students at 12:18 PM. Go Wildcats!

Hey Big Sandy: Please come to our pep rally today at 11:30 AM, as we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness! Our kids have a wonderful pep rally planned in this honor! Go Wildcats!

Recent post update: The varsity football game versus Rivercrest, on Friday, October 4, at 7:30 PM, is in River crest. The game is not at home! My mistake! I apologize for the confusion!

Hey Big Sandy Community: The Ladycats and Wildcats, at both Junior High and High School levels, have many events this week, and we would love to see all of you come out and support them! Monday, September 30th, at 4:30 pm, the Junior High Volleyball team will play vs Hawkins, AWAY! Tuesday, October 1st, at 4:30 pm, the High School Volleyball team will play vs East Texas Christian Academy, AWAY! Thursday, October 3rd, at 5:00 pm, the Junior High and Junior Varsity Football teams will play vs Rivercrest, at HOME! Friday, October 4th, at 4:30 pm, the High School Volleyball team will play vs Overton, at HOME! Also, on Friday, October 4th, at 7:30 pm, the Varsity Football team, the High School Wildcats Cheerleaders, and that Wildcat Band will be in action vs Rivercrest, at HOME! Go Wildcats!

Hey Big Sandy: We have lots of events this week! Today, Monday, September 16th, the Junior High Volleyball Teams will be traveling to Linden-Kildare! Match play will start at 4:30 pm. Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17th, High School Volleyball will travel to Linden-KIldare! Match play will start at 4:30 pm. Thursday, September 19th, the Junior High and Junior Varsity Football Teams will travel to Mineola! Junior High will play first, followed by the Junior Varsity team! Games will start at 5:00 pm. The current schedule on our website reflects a wrong entry and shows both Junior High and Junior Varsity Football playing at home, but this is not the case. Both teams play in Mineola on Thursday, September 19th. On Friday, September 20th, the High School Volleyball teams will be in action vs Union Grove at Home! Match play starts at 4:30 pm. Also, on Friday, September 20th, the Varsity Football team will play vs Mineola at Home, starting at 7:30 pm! Go Ladycats and Wildcats!