Dear Vega ISD Community,
Our students and teachers have been working hard on their STAAR tests this week. Our elementary and middle school students took the STAAR Reading test this week and our high school students took the EOC for English 1 and English 2 this week. For high school students, these EOC tests are a component of their graduation requirements. We will have more STAAR testing next week as well for math (grades 3-8), science (5th grade & 8th grade), social studies (8th grade), and EOC tests for Algebra 1, Biology, and US History. Please help to make sure your students have plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast before they take their tests. Also, be sure to let them know that while the STAAR is an important part of measuring student learning and for the Texas Education Agency’s school accountability system, our students’ value is more than a test score and that we are so proud of all of our Vega students!
Last weekend our junior high art students participated in the VASE competition in Amarillo where they were able to showcase their artwork. We had so many students win medals and brought home lots of gold! Our junior high tennis team was also in action and the boys doubles team won first place at their tournament. Be sure to check out our facebook page and webpage for more information and for pictures.
We also want to congratulate our students who competed this past weekend at the State FCCLA contest. We had a great showing at the Area Track meet last week and are so proud of our students who competed so well this season and for those students who advanced to the Regional Track Meet this weekend. Both of our boys and girls golf teams qualified for the Regional Golf meet this week in Amarillo and we are very proud of their accomplishments this season. Be sure to check out our facebook page and webpage for more information and for pictures.
Our district has kicked off a transfer campaign on our website and social media in order to increase our student enrollment. An increase of 25 students throughout the district (that’s about two students per grade level or about eight families of three school-age children each) would go a long way in reducing our deficit budget. Please note that to be eligible to be accepted as a transfer student to Vega ISD, all students must be in good standing with their current school district, have good attendance, and have no discipline issues. Check out our transfer landing page on the district’s website that talks about our school and how to apply for a transfer. If you feel comfortable doing so, please “like” the social media posts and share them on your own social media pages. If you need any help in doing this, please reach out to our office. We would be glad to help.
More students means more funding from the state. An increase in student enrollment is one of the ways the state allows school districts to gain revenue since there was no increased funding provided for public schools in this past legislative session.
As always, if you have any questions or if we can help in any way, please reach out to your campus principal or to my office.
Thank you,
Jerry Adams
Superintendent
Vega ISD