Katie Calder from Communitie Marfa presented Marfa ISD’s Ballet Folklorico with a donation for their performance at the 2022 Marfa Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Bazaar.
Thank you to the following sponsors for your generous support of Marfa ISD and our students!
Marfa ISD and the City of Marfa are looking to hire a Student Resource Office (SRO). The application and information can be found at the following link.
https://cityofmarfa.com/jobs
A campus Christmas party with good food, ornament decorating, and an amazing group of professionals...Such a wonderful family to be a part of here in our Shorthorn nation!
We have our very own Christmas elves! Thank you for making our campus Christmas party a big hit!
MARFA ISD has a vacancy on the School Board
This vacancy for the unexpired term will be filled at a Regular meeting on January 16, 2023, at 6pm.
Interested in serving on the board? Please review the qualifications and submit a letter in writing to Teresa Nunez, board president, expressing your interest in serving on the board. This letter must be received at the Superintendent’s office no later than 3:30 pm on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
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You may wish to attend the meeting on January 16, 2023 in case the board decides to interview you.
Qualifications to be a Board Member:
To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of Board member, a person must:
1. Be a United States citizen.
2. Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable.
3. Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: Totally mental incapacitated and the person’s mental capacity has not subsequently been completely restored by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction; or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote and person’s guardianship has not been modified to include the right to vote or the person’s mental capacity has not been completely restored by a subsequent final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction.
4. Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or
otherwise released from the resulting disabilities. Atty. Gen. Op. LO 96-114 (1996).
5. Be a resident of Texas and the District for the period of time described at CANDIDATE’S RESIDENCY TERM (This is a resident of the state of Texas for the past 12 months, a resident of the Marfa ISD six months).
6. A qualified voter
SUBMIT LETTER TO:
Teresa Nunez
Marfa ISD Board of Trustees
P.O. Box T
Marfa, TX 79843
6th, 7th, and 8th graders visited Mimms Ranch.
Phil Boyd who works with the Dixon Water Foundation organized different organizations to set up learning stations.
The stations included information on watersheds, wildlife skulls and skins, ranch land conservation, and bird research.
The organizations presenting included the Dixon water foundation, wildlife biologist from TPWD, bird conservancy of the Rockies, and the ranch hand from Mimms ranch.
Thank you to the Dixon Water Foundation and all the organizations that made this field trip a success.
And thank you to Coach Loya for being part of our outstanding Marfa team of educators!
In memory of Athena Strand, Marfa ISD will join all Texas school districts by wearing pink on Monday, December 5. Please join us as we show support for the Strand family and Paradise ISD. #pinkout4Athena
Due to the fact that we have not had to use any of our emergency closure days this semester, Marfa ISD is announcing that this semester’s last day of instruction will be Friday, December 16, 2022. Winter Break will be from December 19, 2022 through January 10, 2023.
Happy Thanksgiving from Marfa ISD!
The Marfa Education Foundation is offering scholarships for Marfa ISD alums that are currently attending college or a trade school. Deadline to apply is January 3, 2023. The application can be found at the following link.
www.marfaeducationfoundation.org
Marfa ISD wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Marfa Junior-Senior High School teachers let their students know they are supported and have a bright future as they get down with Jason Lewis in his The Beautiful Tomorrow assembly! Bull-It and Janayah Villa were our high energy mascots for the program!
The Beautiful Tomorrow Assembly has a goal to challenge the minds of the youth in attendance, and spark an excited desire to pursue their future and its endless potential. Thank you to SRSU Gear Up Program for providing this awesome experience for our students!
Marfa Junior-Senior High School students get pumped about themselves and their future with Jason Lewis in his The Beautiful Tomorrow assembly!
The Beautiful Tomorrow Assembly has a goal to challenge the minds of the youth in attendance, and spark an excited desire to pursue their future and its endless potential.
Thank you to SRSU Gear Up Program for providing this awesome experience for our students!
Marfa Junior-Senior High School hosted Jason Lewis with his The Beautiful Tomorrow assembly with an afternoon full of high energy and positive messaging for our students!
The Beautiful Tomorrow Assembly has a goal to challenge the minds of the youth in attendance, and spark an excited desire to pursue their future and its endless potential.
Thank you to SRSU Gear Up Program for providing this awesome experience for our students!
Remember to join us today, November 11th at 10:00 am as we say Thank You to all of our honored veterans!
Another Shorthorn making her voice count!
Thank you Coach Alferez for teaching our students about this precious American civic duty and facilitating this process with our eligible seniors. Marfa ISD is overflowing with amazing educators!
Join us on Friday, November 11th at 10:00 am as we say Thank You to all of our honored veterans!
Celebrate the Shorthorns who have been working on Big Bend Conservation Alliance's lighting incentive program.
Cash prizes will be distributed to the four teams working on the project and we will celebrate with a star party with Allen Gilchrist from the Big Bend Astronomer's Club that will include a sky tour and telescope views of star clusters, Jupiter, Saturn, and the moon.
Friends, families, and faculty are all welcome for this celebration and night sky tour.
Ms. Powers’ journalism class worked on their election skills by planning and hosting a mock election today at the junior-senior high school. On the ballot were two issues, the governor’s race and the school bond.
