Sundown ISD

Sundown ISD Board Member Ricky King Serves at his Last Sundown Board Meeting Sundown ISD would like to wish Ricky King farewell as he leaves his seat on the Sundown ISD School Board! He served as a teacher and coach in Sundown for 10 years, and served as a Board member for the past 5 years! We are grateful for his guidance, wisdom and leadership during his time as a teacher, coach and board member. Coach King has been instrumental in continuing the strong traditions and high expectations for Sundown in his collective 15 years. He will be missed! Thank you to Mr. Ricky King, front and center, for your service to our school, our community and most importantly for our kids!

As we travel around South Texas, we represent something bigger than ourselves. We travel in 2 beautiful buses with the words “Sundown Roughnecks” plastered across the sides of these massive vehicles. People see us coming, and our goal is to always leave them thinking “that’s a pretty special group right there!” This trip wasn’t any different. For those that are not familiar with our process, we always leave a hotel room mindful of the staff that is paid to clean up after us. To Mr. Mauldin and our band sponsors credit, we always have our students clean their room, but we also remove all sheets and covers and neatly fold them at the edge of the bed. This allows the staff to come in and quickly clean the room to prepare it for the next customer. Mr. Mauldin received a phone call from the hotel manager, after we left, almost in tears because of the way the Sundown Roughnecks carried themselves. In her words, “I’ve been in the hotel business for 16 years, and I have never witnessed such a kind gesture. We would LOVE to have y’all come back to our hotel and teach other schools and church organizations how to do this! Please, please, please come back and see us.” To our Band Director, Mr. Mauldin…..Thank you! Thank you for this trip! Thank you for the hours of planning to make this the absolute best experience for our students. Thank you for your attention to detail, and for your passion to make this the best trip possible! Thank you for leading our children to leave such an impression on people that they ask for us to come back! Something as simple as folding our bed sheets and leaving them on the beds to make life easier for those that have to clean up after us! Thank you! We also want to thank our Band Sponsors for their hard work throughout the week! They endured long days in the sun, check-ins with the students, and have been absolute troopers in helping to organize the chaos of taking all of these students on a 10 hour bus trip to the southern tip of Texas! They have helped to keep the water iced down, loading and unloading the bus, doing a headcount at every stop so that we can come home with all of the kids that we brought, and most importantly for their genuine love of our children. Parents, rest assured that your children were with loving adults that sacrificed a week of their time to care for your kids! So thank you to Assistant Band Director Ashley Blount, sponsors John & Mandee Russell, Robert & Diana Garza, Jonna Evans, A’ndrea McAdams, Amber Mauldin and our bus drivers Coach Watson and Lacy McAdams… THANK YOU!!! This trip wouldn’t have been possible without your servant hearts! Here at Sundown… we are the GOLD standard in all that we do! From performing at a high level in band, academics and athletics to how we carry ourselves and the values we instill in our students like cleaning up after ourselves in a hotel! We have great people leading our children, and we have great children that will go on to change the world for the better! It pays to be kind! #WeHaveSundownHeart #ItsAGreatDayToBeASundownRoughneck Shortly after the last post… our bus literally broke down outside of Sands CISD! A couple phone calls were made, and our Guardian Angels sent us Sands CISD Superintendent Wayne Henderson to the rescue. He provided us with one of their Sands buses to transport our students home safely! Thank you Sands CISD and Wayne Henderson for your generosity! Now we can continue on our trek home… we hope to make it home by 5:30 now! (For the record, I made Wayne stand for the picture… he didn’t want any recognition for his kindness… but that’s not the Sundown way, we wanted to show our appreciation for what he did!)

As we travel around South Texas, we represent something bigger than ourselves. We travel in 2 beautiful buses with the words “Sundown Roughnecks” plastered across the sides of these massive vehicles. People see us coming, and our goal is to always leave them thinking “that’s a pretty special group right there!” This trip wasn’t any different. For those that are not familiar with our process, we always leave a hotel room mindful of the staff that is paid to clean up after us. To Mr. Mauldin and our band sponsors credit, we always have our students clean their room, but we also remove all sheets and covers and neatly fold them at the edge of the bed. This allows the staff to come in and quickly clean the room to prepare it for the next customer. Mr. Mauldin received a phone call from the hotel manager, after we left, almost in tears because of the way the Sundown Roughnecks carried themselves. In her words, “I’ve been in the hotel business for 16 years, and I have never witnessed such a kind gesture. We would LOVE to have y’all come back to our hotel and teach other schools and church organizations how to do this! Please, please, please come back and see us.” To our Band Director, Mr. Mauldin…..Thank you! Thank you for this trip! Thank you for the hours of planning to make this the absolute best experience for our students. Thank you for your attention to detail, and for your passion to make this the best trip possible! Thank you for leading our children to leave such an impression on people that they ask for us to come back! Something as simple as folding our bed sheets and leaving them on the beds to make life easier for those that have to clean up after us! Thank you! We also want to thank our Band Sponsors for their hard work throughout the week! They endured long days in the sun, check-ins with the students, and have been absolute troopers in helping to organize the chaos of taking all of these students on a 10 hour bus trip to the southern tip of Texas! They have helped to keep the water iced down, loading and unloading the bus, doing a headcount at every stop so that we can come home with all of the kids that we brought, and most importantly for their genuine love of our children. Parents, rest assured that your children were with loving adults that sacrificed a week of their time to care for your kids! So thank you to Assistant Band Director Ashley Blount, sponsors John & Mandee Russell, Robert & Diana Garza, Jonna Evans, A’ndrea McAdams, Amber Mauldin and our bus drivers Coach Watson and Lacy McAdams… THANK YOU!!! This trip wouldn’t have been possible without your servant hearts! Here at Sundown… we are the GOLD standard in all that we do! From performing at a high level in band, academics and athletics to how we carry ourselves and the values we instill in our students like cleaning up after ourselves in a hotel! We have great people leading our children, and we have great children that will go on to change the world for the better! It pays to be kind! #WeHaveSundownHeart #ItsAGreatDayToBeASundownRoughneck

Congratulations to our Sundown Roughneck Baseball Team for their All-District Honors! We also had an Academic All State student athlete! Congratulations to Coach Torres, Coach Holson and our Roughnecks for a great season! Very well deserved honors for these gentlemen. Mathayus McGalsson. Academic All-State 2nd team Koy Torres Co-Defensive MVP Jeffery Rodriguez. 1st Team Pitcher Hunter Tindol 1st Team Infield Jayson Martinez 1st Team Infield Jaryn Flores 1st Team Outfield Jaxon Rodriguez 1st Team Catcher Briar Miller 2nd Team Outfield Isaac Lopez 2nd Team Pitcher

We are looking to add to our Sundown Family district wide! If you know of any families that need a special invitation to come check us out… send them this flyer! We want to add to our District, yet maintain the core values we have worked so hard to maintain over the years! We will host a “Transfer to Sundown Day” on Wednesday, June 1st in the Auditorium. Families will have an opportunity to hear what we are about, tour the school and visit with Administrators.

Lizzie Corely competed today in the U.IL.State solo and ensemble contest. She sang a solo and is a state gold medalist!! Lizzie is the beautiful voice you heard that started the marching show this year. Congrats Lizzie!! We are super excited for and proud of you!!

Gabby Peralta signed a letter of intent to run XC at Tarleton State University. Congratulations to Gabby!

Gabby Peralta will be signing a letter of intent to run XC at Tarleton at 1:00 on the football field. If you are free please come celebrate this occasion with her.

Important Graduation Info: We need all graduating seniors in the auditorium for practice at 10:00 on Friday morning. They will then report back at 6:00 to get ready. Doors to the auditorium will open at 6:45 for the ceremony that begins at 7:30. Looking forward to a great evening celebrating the class of 2022.

Attention Middle School Parents: Information Regarding STAAR Results & Summer School STAAR Results: We have received partial scores from the STAAR Test. If you are wanting to know your child's results, Mr. Salazar will be available at the Middle School Office from 10 AM - Noon on Friday, May 27th to give student's their results. We still don't have any results from tests that were taken on paper. We do have the results of the tests that students took online (6th-8th Reading, 8th Science, 8th Social Studies). If you are not available to come by, we will mail home results next week. For those that are required to come for Summer school, we will make phone calls on Friday morning (May 27th) to inform the student and parent of their required attendance. We will also make the phone call to those students that are required to stay based on grades. Summer School Information: June 1st - June 21st Session 1: 8 AM - 10 AM (Breakfast from 8-8:30) Session 1 (Math): 6th & 7th Grade Math with Mrs. Terry Session 1 (ELA): 8th Grade ELA with Mrs. Click-Maynard Session 2: 10 AM - 12 PM (Lunch from 11:30-12) Session 2 (Math): 8th Grade Math with Mrs. Terry Session 2 (ELA): 6th & 7th Grade ELA with Mrs. Click-Maynard

Parents, I just wanted to give you all an update on STAAR scores. Paper test results have been delayed across the state. It will be at least next week before we know how your child did. Because of this, we will be pushing back the start of summer school from May 31st to June 6th. This will give us time to get STAAR scores in, analyze them, and to get a more accurate idea of who would benefit from extended education through the summer. Thank you for your patience as we wait on results. Thanks, Jason Powell

Congrats to these state medalists and their coach! Karli Torrez State Champion Poetry! Watson Evans Silver medalist Poetry! Hunter Russell 4th place medalist Prose! Their coach…Emily King!! Great Job!

Good luck to our State Qualifiers competing in Austin this morning at the STATE Academic UIL Meet in Speech and Debate! They have all qualified for the Finals Round! Wow! We are so blessed to have Mrs. Emily King leading the pack! She is a familiar face in Austin at the State Meet as many former Roughnecks and Roughettes have been fortunate enough to have her as their speech and debate coach! Watson Evans - Poetry Interpretation Karolynn Torrez - Poetry Interpretation Hunter Russell - Prose Interpretation #WeAreSundownSmart

Our heartfelt condolences to Robb Elementary and Uvalde ISD. Students, educators and families from Robb Elementary have been shaken to their core today. We pray that they feel the love and support from communities like Sundown ISD and numerous others in our region, our state, and our nation during these difficult times. We pray for healing and for a blanket of comfort and security as they take on the challenge of what the future holds for the families, the school and the community of those that were affected. This is yet another reminder how valuable and precious life is. Hold your loved ones close today and remind them how much you love them. Prayers for Uvalde. Our Sundown Heart is with you today.

Softball All-District Honors: Congratulations to these Roughettes for a great season! Academic All State 1st Team - Alice Melendez Academic All State Honorable Mention - Kaitlyn Lujan 1st Team Pitcher - Daniella Reyna 1st Team Outfielder - Ashlyn Lara 1st Team DH - Ariel Hernandez 1st Team Utility - Alice Melendez 2nd Team Catcher - Sahaira Reyes 2nd Team Infielder - Ella McCormick 2nd Team Outfielder - Allie McCormick Honorable Mention - Ericka Posadas

Updated Summer Facility Hours: 7 AM - 11 PM Everyday! Questions: Email msalazar@sundownisd.com Facility Cards are available in the MS Office ($25 for Community Members over 21). Those that have requested cards, they are ready for pickup at the MS Office!

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Graduation Information

Message for the Pride of the Oil Patch members going to South Padre. We are just over 2 weeks away from South Padre Island! A full itinerary will be available later today, as well as suggestions of what to pack and a few other details. This information will be available ONLY to students, their parents, and sponsors going on the trip, and ONLY through the "Remind" groups listed below. Please sign up ONLY for the one that applies to you...I will approve certain people for certain groups. **We have decided not to have another parent meeting before the trip! However, if you have questions or would like to visit after reading over the itinerary and other information, I will be glad to do so! Email or message me on Facebook. STUDENTS Send this text message: @spirough To this number: 81010 TRIP SPONSORS Send this text message: @spisponsor To this number: 81010 PARENTS Send this text message: @spiparent To this number: 81010

SHS enjoyed an end of year play day on Monday. Special thanks to United Supermarkets in Levelland for their $50 donation for food to help feed all 181 high school students. Students ate hot dogs and hamburgers, then played games indoors and outside. In the pic below, seniors Kylee Newsom and Avery Avery cooled down on the water slide once the temperature neared 100 degrees.