The junior high basketball games versus Van Horn scheduled for Thursday, November 18, have been cancelled.
Please join FDISD in our Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday, November 11, at 11:00 am, in the high school auditorium. We ask that all veterans please check in and provide their name and branch of service. We thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your service and sacrifice to keep our nation and way of life free.
The FDHS Area Championship volleyball game will be held in Andrews, on Saturday, November 6, at 4 pm. We will be playing Wildorado HS. We hope to see lots of Fort Davis folks there! Go GREEN!
Sara Pittman, Fort Davis High School teacher and High School UIL Coordinator presented at the UIL Super Conference in Austin. Her lecture was on an Introduction to Cross Examination Debate.
The Fort Davis High School Spanish classes invite the public to a showing of "The Day of the Dead" on Tuesday, November 2nd, from 4:30 to 6:30 in the High School library. Refreshments will be served. For more information call: (432) 294-1430.
FDISD will be releasing students at lunch on Friday, November 5, so that staff, students, and families may attend the AREA volleyball championship (time and place TBD). FDISD will have NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 12, to allow for staff development. FDISD will release students at lunch on Friday, November 19, for the Thanksgiving Holidays.
How about those INDIANS! Volleyball District Champs! Next up will be the Area championship on Friday, or Saturday, Nov 5, or 6....opponent to be determined....location to be determined.
The FDHS Student Council will recognize our first responders before tomorrow night's football game against Marfa. First responders should meet on the field with student council members at 7:15 pm.
Parents, please remember our Dirks-Anderson elementary open house event tonight from 5 to 6 pm. We hope to see everyone there!
Tomorrow's Pep Rally for the Fort Davis-Klondike football game will be held at 11:45 A.M.
The junior high football game will be held AT Marfa on Thursday, Oct 7, at 5:30 pm. The high school football game against Klondike has been moved to Rankin on Friday, Oct 8, at 7:00 pm.
Indian Day is tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 24. If your child received a note, or instructions, from their teacher then they are required to attend tutorials tomorrow, at school, following our normal bell schedule. Call the campus principals if you have questions.
There is a time change for this weeks Junior High football game in Dell City. The game will start at 6:00 Central time.
FDISD will be closing the Dirks-Anderson elementary campus tomorrow, Wednesday, September 1, for one day. A number of students and/or staff have tested positive for COVID-19, so the district will take this day to clean and disinfect. Students will return to normal schedules on Thursday, September 2. Please monitor your child for symptoms related to COVID. The district is prepared to test any student and/or family member that requests it. Students with fever should not be sent to school, but should remain home until they are fever free for 24 hours.
On Monday August 23, Junior High Students will continue to be dropped off in front of the junior high building. Following a morning assembly, students will report to homeroom teachers, which will be assigned at assembly, to finalize schedules and turn in any paperwork.
Parent and Family Engagement Newsletter
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Public Notice of School Board Vacancy
The Fort Davis Independent School District Board of Trustees is seeking to fill the vacant seat for Single Member District 4, with the term expiring November 2022. The Qualifications to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees include:
Being at least 18 years of age
Reside within the single member district area
Being a resident of the school district for at least one year
Being a registered voter
Individuals should make their interest known in writing by submitting a one page letter stating their qualifications for serving in this position. Letters should be sent to the attention of James Weaver, Board President, at the Fort Davis ISD Administration office located at 401 W. Webster Avenue, PO Box 1339, Fort Davis, Texas, no later than August 31, 2021. It is the intention of the Board of Trustees to review the candidate information and potentially announce a selection at the September 13 regularly scheduled board meeting. The successful candidates will serve in this position until the regular trustee elections, to be held on November 8, 2022. For additional information, interested citizens may contact Graydon Hicks III, Superintendent at (432) 426-4440.
Some county residents and property owners have received inaccurate information regarding the school district tax rate. The approved tax rate for 2021 is $1.035/$100 valuation, NOT $1.35. Please call the superintendent's office if you have any other questions.
New student registration begins today, August 2nd. Registration will continue through the week.
Families new to the district can come pick up registration packets for Junior High or High School students at the High School office.
Families will need to provide: proof of residence, child's birth certificate, social security card and immunization records.
You can contact the school office at (432) 426-4444
FDISD owes Borderplex Workforce Solutions, from El Paso, and Odette Flores-Ruiz and huge THANK YOU for the shop displays. They will also be helping us renovate and update our welding equipment and set up, including the gift of all these welder hoods and personal equipment!
