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Debate
  • Northeast Texas Debate Association State Champions, including best speakers
  • District 17-4A Champion Speech Team
  • Cross-Examination Debate: 17-4A District Champs, with 2nd and 3rd place teams and best speaker
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate: 17-4A district best speaker, 4th place alternate to State
  • Persuasive Speaking: 3rd and 5th place in district (7th place at Regional)
  • Informative Speaking: 2nd and 5th place in district


Band
  • First Division rating at UIL Marching Contest; Sweepstakes for 8 consecutive years
  • Featured Marching Band at Walt Disney World Electric Lights Parade in Orlando, Florida
  • Awarded 27 places in the High School All-Region Band, 38 places in the 9th Grade All-Region Band, 9 places in the High School All-Area Band, and 131 medals at High School UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest
  • Symphonic Band: 4A Honor Band for Region XXI


Choir
  • Sixteen Hallsville High School students in the Region XXI Mixed Choir
  • Three students in the Texas All-State Choir auditions
  • Fifteen members of the Region XXI Honors Choir
  • Twenty-one qualifiers for UIL State Solo/Ensemble Contest with 6 medalists
  • Three choirs named “Sweepstakes” choirs at the Region XII Concert and Sight-Reading Contest
  • First ever “Sweepstakes” Tenor/Bass Choir in the history of the HHS Choir program
  • Thirty-nine Hallsville Junior High students in the Region XXI All Region Choir
  • Eighty-five Hallsville Junior High 1st or 2nd Division Ratings at Solo & Ensemble Contest
  • Ninety-nine member Hallsville Junior High Treble Choir named “Sweepstakes” Choir at the Region XXI Concert and Sight Reading Contest, receiving straight 1st Division ratings.


Academics
  • Third Place District Academic Team
  • Regional qualifiers in Social Studies, Extemporaneous Speaking, Literary Criticism, and Prose Interpretation


Drill Team
  • Sweepstakes award for Belle officers at the Gussie Nell Davis Classic at Kilgore College: Placed 1st in Hip Hop, 1st in Pom, and received the Gussie Nell Davis Award and Outstanding Choreography Award
  • First place awards in Hip Hop and Novelty, runner-up in Jazz, and Applause Award for Crowd Appeal at the Showtime National Competition in Galveston
  • Novelty routine and Applause Award for Crowd Appeal at the Showtime National Competition in Galveston


Drama
  • One Act Play advanced to Zone, District and Alternate to Regional
  • Best Actor at Zone, District and Area
  • All-Star Cast at Zone, District and Area
  • Outstanding Technician at Zone, District and Area
  • 16 consecutive District wins; 11 Area wins; 5 Regional wins; 1 State win


FFA
  • National FFA Chapter Award for the 4th consecutive year
  • Career Development Judging Teams have qualified for State for 28 consecutive years
  • Forestry Judging Team: 7th in State
  • Nursery Landscape Team: 5th in State
  • Over $118,000 in student Livestock Project sales


Hallsville High School Athletic Awards for 2004-2005
  • Football: One player signed with the University of Texas; 5 Individual All-State, 12 Individual All-East Texas, and 3 Individual All-State Academic
  • Volleyball: 2 Individual All-East Texas, 11 consecutive play-off appearances
  • Soccer: 8 Individuals made 1st Team, 2nd Team, or Honorable Mention All-District
  • Cross Country: 7 Regional Qualifiers, Girls Team District Runner–Up
  • Boys Basketball: 2 All-State Academic
  • Girls Basketball: 1 Individual All-East Texas
  • Boys Track: 13 Individual Regional Qualifiers, 1 State Qualifier, District Runner-Up
  • Girls Track: 3 Regional Qualifiers, District Champs
  • Baseball: 2 Individual All-State and 8 Individual All-District
  • Softball: 1 Individual All-East Texas, advanced to playoffs
  • Power Lifting: 3 male and 1 female Regional Qualifiers


Hallsville Junior High School Athletic Awards for 2004-2005
  • 8th Grade Girls Volleyball: Undefeated District Champs for the 2nd year
  • 8th Grade Football: District Champions (9-0)
  • Cross Country: District Champions
  • 7th Grade Track: District Runner-Up
Last Updated ( Jan 18, 2008 at 05:04 AM )
HISD News
News From Around HISD
Hallsville ISD is 100% Highly Qualified
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all core academic subject area teachers meet the highly qualified (HQ) teacher requirements. Each district is required to publicly report the percentage of teachers meeting this status. Hallsville ISD is pleased to report that for the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years that 100% of the core academic teachers in the district meet this federal requirement.

Bus Purchases for 2007-2008
The Board approved the purchase of five new buses. The purchase will include four 71 passenger route buses and 1 bus for children with special needs.

Fuel Bids for the 2007-2008 School Year
The Board approved awarding the fuel contract to Velvin Oil. This is the same company that was awarded last year.

ESL Grade and Language Classification
ESL report of student enrollment by grade language proficiency, as of September 28, 2007, showed: 72 students enrolled in the ESL program, 5 students are non-English speakers, 57 students are limited English speakers, 10 students are fluent English speakers, More than 50% of these students are in grades Pk-2.

Upgrade to EDP Financial and Student Management Software
The Board approved the upgrade from the EDP Financial and Student Management software to the new Windows based EDP system. This upgrade will be scheduled with EDP as soon as possible.

Safe and Drug Free School and Health Advisory Council Membership List
The Board approved the membership list for the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Health Advisory Council, as presented by Ann Newell, Director of Special Programs. The council, which is composed of community members, parents and school staff, meets during the year to make recommendations for the district’s Safe and Drug Free Schools Program and Health programs and issues.

Update on Bond Election
Mr. Wright informed the Board that Hallsville Independent School District is providing two Town Hall Meetings to communicate facts about the upcoming Bond Election. The Town Hall Meetings will be Tuesday, October 9, and Thursday, October 18, 7:30 pm, at the Hallsville High School Auditorium. Everyone in the community is invited to these Bond Election Presentations. A School Bond Election Information Brochure is being distributed throughout the community. Anyone who has not received an information brochure about the Bond Election, please contact Carol Greer (HISD Public Relations), at 903 668-5990, ext. 5012 or visit our website at http://www.hisdbond.info.   Read more...

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Bad weather make-up policies
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Pandemic Flu Information
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Preliminary 2006 AYP Results Now Available
The preliminary 2006 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for all districts and campuses in Texas are now available online.   Read more...

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