Texarkana ISD Assistant Principal Selected as Region 8 AP of the Year

Andy McCarter, Assistant Principal of Wake Village Elementary School in Texarkana ISD, has been selected to represent the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) as the Region 8 Educational Service Center (ESC) Outstanding Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year...

Texarkana ISD Raises Bus Driver Pay to $25.00/Hour

Texarkana ISD has announced that pay for Bus Drivers is increasing to $25.00/hour. This rate applies to all full-time, part-time, trip, and substitute drivers...

Sherri Penix to Serve as Texarkana ISD Deputy Superintendent

Sherri Penix, current Chief Innovation Officer, has been named the new Deputy Superintendent of Texarkana ISD. As Deputy Superintendent, Mrs. Penix will assist the superintendent with cross-functional initiatives and overall execution of the district's Imagine 2026 Strategic Plan...

Texarkana ISD Education Foundation Announces Restructuring Measures and Grant Awards

The Texarkana ISD Education Foundation (TISDEF), formerly known as Texarkana Public Schools Foundation, has announced a new mission and focus for the organization...

Several Texarkana ISD Elementary School Teams Selected as Breakout Presenters at the 2023 Dallas Leader in Me Symposium

The FranklinCovey company has chosen several Texarkana ISD Elementary School student and adult teams to participate as breakout presenters at the 2023 Dallas Leader in Me Symposium...

Two TISD Elementary Principals Attend the Opening of the 88th Legislative Session with TEPSA

Nash Elementary Principal Liliana Luna and Westlawn Principal Elodia Witterstaetter joined members of the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association committees in Austin, TX, as the 88th Legislative Session began...

Authorization of First Series of Bond Sales and Increased Pay for TISD Bus Drivers Highlight January 2023 TISD Board of Trustees Meeting

Several topics were covered during the January, 2023, regular session of the Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees. They included:...

Texas High School Band Students Selected for Four States Bandmasters Association Honor Band

The Four States Bandmasters Association has selected 14 Texas High band students to participate in this year's Four States Bandmasters Association Honor Band. Band director, Arnie Lawson, nominated these students...

Morriss Elementary Earn Ranking as 2022 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School

The Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary School was recently chosen as a 2022 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll School by Franklin Covey...

Two TISD Teachers Earn National Board Certification

Two Texarkana ISD have earned National Board Certification. Texas High School science teacher Amy Baker, and Wake Village Elementary Instructional Coach, Rachel Sparks, join the over 130,000 teachers across the United States who are Board-certified...

Charlotte Leon Recognized as CTAT Area 3 Administrator of the Year

CTAT Area 3 has chosen Charlotte Leon as the 2022-2023 Administrator of the year. Leon is the Assistant Principal for Student Advancement at Texas High School...

Texarkana ISD Student Research Project Selected for Microgravity Experiment at the International Space Station

A microgravity experiment developed by a group of Texarkana ISD seventh graders is heading to the International Space Station in late Spring/Summer 2023, following a rigorous selection process through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)...

Two Texas High Seniors Chosen as Coca-Cola Scholars Semi-Finalists

John Thomas Borowitz and Joseph Haynes-Stewart have been named Semifinalists for the 2023 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program...

THS Student John Thomas Borowitz Chosen to Serve as Delegate to United States Senate Youth Program

Texas High Senior John Thomas Borowitz was one of two students selected to represent Texas as a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). The program, will be held in Washington, D. C. March 4 - 11, 2023...

TMS Students Experiment Launched to International Space Station

On Saturday, November 26, three Texas Middle School students saw their experiment launched on Mission 16 to the International Space Station. Mission 16 also included two patches celebrating TISD's experiment...

Public Notification of Nondiscrimination in Career and Technical Education Programs