Sundown ISD

IMPORTANT!!! Please read, share, and spread the word! As many of you know, KCBD will be doing a feature on our amazing Sundown community on Tuesday, July 20. Sundown will be featured live on the 5:00 and 6:00 news. The City of Sundown, Sundown Chamber of Commerce, Sundown ISD, Boosters, our fire department, and many others are working to make this a special day! We need as many of our band members as possible to perform the fight song for this event! If you are not on vacation, we need your help. Our band is a huge part of this community, and we want to put it on display! And I understand there will be food. 😎 ***We will hold a practice in the band hall on Monday, July 19 at 1:00 pm to review the fight song. Please contact every band member you know and let them know! I will also communicate this through our Facebook page and the school's social media. ***At the event on Tuesday, July 20th, report time will be 4:30 pm at Sunset Park. I will share more details when I have them. One more thing…I will be out of town from July 10th through the 16th, so I could really use your help to spread the word! Please make sure all of your Roughneck Band friends know about the practice on the 19th and the event on the 20th. See you soon! Justin Mauldin Director of Bands Sundown High School

The Roughneck Band Fireworks Stand opens tomorrow (Monday) at 1:00 pm! We are located just north of the city limits on FM 303, a little past the Kenco building. Here are the hours of operation (weather permitting): *M - F 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm *Saturday 10:00 am to midnight *Sunday 1:30 pm to midnight

The 2021 school reunion will be held on July 17th in the high school cafeteria from 1:00 pm till 5:00 pm. There will be refreshments but we will not have a meal this year. There will be a raffle for a lap quilt to help support a scholarship fund at South Pains College for a Sundown senior next spring. Please come and reconnect with old friends. With no reunion last year we are ready to see a lot of you.

Sundown community- Our HS Apollo operated clothing closet "The Hanger" will be open throughout the summer on Saturday mornings from 9-11am. The Hanger is located at the San Isidro Church, and you can enter at the west doors. We have a TON of clothing, so be sure to come shop for free 😊😊😊

Parents and Families: The application for P-EBT benefits is now open until Aug. 13. P-EBT provides food benefits to families with eligible children who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-priced meals during the 2020-21 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, please visit hhs.texas.gov/pebt or call 1-833-442-1255. Padres y familias: Se pueden solicitar beneficios de P-EBT desde ahora hasta el 13 de agosto. El programa P-EBT proporciona beneficios de alimentos a las familias con hijos que reúnen los requisitos y que temporalmente dejaron de recibir comidas gratuitas o a precio reducido durante el año escolar 2020-21 debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. Para más información visita hhs.texas.gov/pebt o llame al 1-833-442-1255.

Week 2 of our Summer Strength & Speed Development starts tonight at the field house! 7/8 grade athletes from 6:30-7:30pm and all HS athletes from 7:30-9:00pm. Come out and join your fellow Roughettes and Roughnecks and get better this week! See you there!

What a first night for Sundown Strength and Speed Development!!! Over 40 Middle Schoolers and almost 70 High School kids tonight! Great start to summer workouts! Proud of these kids!

Sundown HIGH SCHOOL Summer School will begin Wednesday, June 2 and continue to Tuesday, June 22. Students will meet at 7:55 in the Commons Area (or locker area) for information concerning Chrome books, schedules, attendance, behavior, and free lunches on Wednesday, June 2.

Don’t forget about summer track. Free to participate, 1 hour in the evening only 3 days a week. Great way for the kids to burn off some energy before bedtime!

Due to the rain, Roughneck baseball camp will be pushed back 1 day and will now be Tuesday-Thursday of this week. Times are the same.

Summer Strength & Speed Development Starts Tuesday, 6/1 at the Field House. 7th/8th graders will be 6:30-7:30pm, Mon. through Thur. 9th-12th graders will be 7:30-9pm, Mon. through Thur. 7th grade must have a medical history & physical turned in before they’re allowed to workout.

KLVT Radio will be broadcasting tonights's graduation ceremonies LIVE on KLVT AM1230, www.klvtradio.com, KLVT Facebook Live and on Sundown Sports Nation on Facebook! Thank you KLVT for your continued support of the Sundown Roughnecks!

Tonight’s graduation ceremony has been moved to the auditorium. Those without a ticket will not be admitted. Seniors have been given an allotted number of tickets for their family and friends. The ceremony will be broadcast online for those who cannot attend. Thank you.

Seniors and families, The graduation ceremony will be held in the auditorium. Each family has 14 tickets. 6 seats are reserved for each family in the center aisles. The extra 8 seats for each family are first come first serve. We still plan on parents presenting diplomas to their graduate(s). Parents please sit in the outside seats of your row so that you can get to the stage without having to move around family members and others. The parade is still on for tonight as long as it is not raining. Seniors and their drivers will go to the back of the school building and get in their cars, while everyone else exits the front of the building and prepares for the parade. If it is raining kids will hang around and take pictures in the auditorium. Thank you and see you all tonight! Mr. Evans

Congratulations to all the scholarship recipients in the Class of 2021!

Seniors and families…(Thursday, May 27th) There have been questions tonight about tomorrow’s graduation ceremony. Will it be outside or inside? As of this evening our plan is to have the ceremony at Slaughter Field. Currently we have placed the chairs on the field and we have set up the stage. Our concern at this time is the forecast for tomorrow. The chance for rain is 50% during our ceremony. The chances are higher earlier in the evening and they are still at 40% when the ceremony should end. Will it rain? Who knows for sure? However, if it rains beforehand as predicted, then it doesn’t give us much time to set up the stage. This will also create wet stands and seats for everyone in attendance. On a football night that’s okay, but not at a nice event like graduation. It may not rain beforehand, but it could still rain during the ceremony or there may even be a lightning delay. So, the plan at this time is to practice tomorrow at 10am at Slaughter Field followed by a run through in the auditorium. Around noon tomorrow we will make a decision based on the projected weather forecast for the evening. Maybe the forecast will change...who knows? I hope so, but it isn't likely. We have printed 2 more tickets per family if we have to go to the auditorium. That will give each family 14 tickets. Remember that tickets will be given to seniors tomorrow during rehearsal. Family members without a ticket will not be allowed into the ceremony. The ceremony will be broadcast by KLVT for those who will not be able to attend. Weather permitting, we still plan on a parade after the ceremony. I would just plan on no convertibles or open-air vehicles. Thank you... and Seniors...I will see you at 10am tomorrow. Mr. Evans

So proud of our UIL state speech finalists today! In Poetry, Karli Torrez placed fifth. In Prose, Lexie Lee placed third, and Jonna Pool is the State Champion! Congratulations to these amazing young ladies!

Congrats to our prose and poetry state competitors! Today Lexie Lee, Jonna Pool, and Karli Torrez each won their respective rooms and advanced to the state finals!! They will compete again tomorrow! Great Job and Good Luck!

Parents, Here is information regarding this Friday's Graduation Ceremony! See you there!

Two Schools...One Play!! Sundown and Plains Theatre Departments will be performing the play “The Stinky Cheese Man...and Other Fairy Stupid Tales” together in Sundown on Saturday, May 29th at 7:30pm. There will be a second performance in Plains on Sunday, May 30th at 4:00. The cast and crew are made up of theatre students from both Plains and Sundown schools. Tickets will be available at the door! $5 for students, $7 for adults.