Sundown High School is UIL Academic District Champions!! It was a tightly contested contest as you can see and our kids showed up and won!! Congrats to all of the competitors and coaches. We have a whole bunch of kids advancing to regionals, we will get that comprehensive list together soon and get those names out to everyone, but wanted you to know now we won it!!
Final group of 3rd grade Idioms.
More 3rd Grade Idioms!
Sundown Elementary's 3rd Grade English classes did an Idiom Parade this morning for the campus. They did a fantastic job! Can you figure out their idioms??
SMS Principal Miguel Salazar Named Region 17 TASSP Middle School Principal of the Year
Please help us in congratulating Mr. Miguel Salazar as he was just named the TASSP Region 17 Middle School Principal of the Year! Mr. Salazar was recently named by his colleagues in Region 17 to serve as the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Middle School Principal of the Year! Mr. Salazar is currently serving in his 3rd year as the SMS Principal, and is in his 20th year in education. He earned his High School Diploma from Sundown High School (2000), an Associates Degree from South Plains College (2002), a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Texas Tech University (2004), a Masters in Educational Administration from Lubbock Christian University (2010), and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Education from Texas Tech University. Mr. Salazar has been a huge blessing to our students, our campus and our district from the moment we welcomed him back home to Sundown! He will have an opportunity to submit an application for TASSP Middle School Principal of the Year for the State of Texas later this year. If you happen to see him around, please let him know that we are proud of him and are grateful that he is a Sundown Roughneck, again! Congratulations on a well deserved honor, Mr. Salazar, our TASSP Region 17 Middle School Principal of the Year!
Saturday, March 2nd, students from the 5th, 6th, & 7th grades played solos and ensembles to be judged against the "band standard". At the completion of the festival, 90 students made up a variety of 40 entries earning 5 Outstanding ratings, 34 1st division ratings, and 1 2nd division rating. A 2nd division rating is an Excellent rating at the "Meets Expectations" level. A 1st division is a Superior rating at the "Mastery" level. An Outstanding rating is reserved for those students who are judged as a "Perfect Score".
In addition, students were given some guidance during band on what and how to develop solo and ensemble skills, but the majority of their success was self-led, requiring cooperation, patience, and commitment. One judge commented that every group was receptive to suggestions and eager to improve even after their performance was essentially over! Another comment from a judge praised students for continually developing as musicians with obvious growth between grade levels.
We are proud of how these ladies and gentlemen conducted themselves, worked toward a goal, and followed through with commitment even when faced with challenges along the way. Each musician embraced excellence and showed their "Sundown 'Smarts'!" Congratulations to all performers!
Great effort by both teams. Roughnecks come up short 12-13.
Roughnecks up 12-9 going into the bottom of the 7th. Let's go boys!!
Going into the top of the 7th Roughnecks trail 7-9.
Roughnecks up 7-4 going into the bottom of the 6th.
Starting the top of the sixth Roughnecks lead Tahoka 5-4. Roughnecks up to bat! Let's go!
Roughnecks up 5-3 vs Tahoka going into the bottom of the 5th.
Roughettes stay perfect in district with a 14-3 win over Sudan. JV self scrimmage coming up shortly.
After 3 the Roughettes lead Sudan 8-2. Emry liked her 1st HR so much she did it again in the bottom of the 3rd.
Roughettes lead Sudan 6-0 after 2. Emry Jourden went yard in the bottom of the 2nd.
Middle School Track Meet
Today | Start Time 2 PM
@ Seagraves
HS District Track Meet Schedule @ Post
Wednesday (April 3rd) & Friday (April 5th)
JV Roughnecks get a 5-3 win over Tahoka. That puts Sundown baseball/softball going 4-0 on the day. Good stuff!!
Roughnecks get a big district win over Tahoka 16-12. Good job men!
JV Roughettes beat New Deal 15-3. Good work ladies!
