Fort Davis ISD

On to state competition it is! Fort Davis students competed in the local History Fair at Sul Ross State University and will be attending the state competition in Austin at the end of April. Sam Maxam and Evan Clark--participants Bowen Corbin, Michael Haller, and Mason Hardy--2nd place Group Exhibit and state qualifiers Alissa Ferguson--1st place Paper and state qualifier Paul Pittman--1st place Performance and state qualifier Victoria Ferguson--2nd place Performance and state qualifier Good luck Indians!

Fifth graders are hard at work in Mrs. Merrill's math class. Thanks Region 18 for these great math games. Learning is fun! #esc18 #region18 #mathgames #mathisfun

Congratulations to our State Qualifiers in UIL Academics! We will be sending 4 students to the State UIL Academic Meet in Austin in May. Faith Boultinghouse--3rd place Feature Writing Victoria Ferguson--6th place Persuasive Speaking Rebekah Hicks--3rd place Computer Applications Paul Pittman--2nd place Chemistry Good luck Indians!

A big celebration for our HS Track Team for a proud performance at the district track meet! Congratulations on your district awards! We have 15 students competing in the area track meet today. Good luck Indians!

Congratulations to our JH Track Team. They brought home numerous awards! Way to go Indians!

FFA Milk Quality Team competed at the Area meet in Lubbock this past weekend. Way to represent Fort Davis!

FFA is prepared for a cold, rainy day of horse judging at the area competition at Texas Tech University. Good luck Indians!

Dirks-Anderson 6-weeks awards program is today at 8 a.m. in the gym. All are welcome! Please use the east door to enter gym.

Grade 4 students took a hike this morning at Fort Davis National Historic Site

Congratulations to our HS Tennis Team for an awesome showing at the district meet! We will be sending 6 students to the regional tournament in San Angelo next week, April 16-18. HS Girls' Team--District Champs Girls' Singles--2nd place, Miranda Valenzuela Girls' Doubles--2nd place, Faith Boultinghouse and Ashley Caswell Mixed Doubles--1st place, Alex Granado and Damien Tercero 3rd place, Abby Naegele and Max Williamson Boys' Singles--3rd place, Oscar Morales Boys' Doubles--4th place, Ruben Gallegos and Anthony Muniz Good luck Indians!

Fort Davis Cheer is beginning a Spirit Fundraiser today that will run through April 19th. The sale is all online, so click the link below to check out all of the awesome Fort Davis spirit items and support your home team! Items should be delivered the first week of May. Go Indians! Proceeds will assist with extra costs of Cheer going to UCA Cheer Camp in San Angelo, Texas this summer, as well as items needed for the fall. Thank you all for supporting Cheer, and treat yourself to some awesome FD spirit gear!! https://app.spiritbooster.com/19FDIC/

Marcos Renteria is the Dirks-Anderson first place winner in the Friends of the Jeff Davis County Library art and writing contest. Cashlyn Trussell won Honorable Mention. The students submitted drawings of West Texas Animals in conjunction with the recent Wayne Baize art exhibit

Felicia Locke, Dirks-Anderson fifth grade and gifted/talented teacher, is this year’s Texas Conservation Teach of the Year. She was nominated by the Toyah-Limpia Soil and Water Conservation District. Locke is also the Area 2 Texas SWCBC teacher of the year. Locke will be honored at the state convention in San Antonio in October

Students at Fort Davis JSHS and Dirks-Anderson will be taking STAAR tests next week from April 9th-11th. Some students may have to test through lunch, so sending your student to school with a lunch on their testing days may be beneficial. Please help your student get plenty of rest and a breakfast before they test. Also, please keep distractions or visitations to the school at a minimum during these testing days. We look forward to a successful week of testing, thank you!

Congratulations to our 2019-2020 Cheer Squad! High School Cheer Squad proudly representing Fort Davis next school year will be: Rebekah Hicks Lariot Urias Natalie Gallegos Miranda Valenzuela Ashley Caswell Ellie Grado Irene Granado Kayden Gray Captains will be Rebekah Hicks and Miranda Valenzuela Junior High Cheer Squad proudly representing Fort Davis next year will be: Juliet Guerrero Maite Morales Danna Ramirez Selene Duarte Chelsea Hernandez Nubia Nunez Sian Chavez Way to go Indians!

More pictures from yesterday's district golf tournament. Way to go Indians!

More pictures from yesterday's district golf tournament. Way to go Indians!

Congratulations to our HS Golf Team! The girls' team place 3rd and the boys' team (group A) placed 3rd. Jayden Parker, Lariot Urias, and Jason Woosley will be advancing to Regionals in San Angelo on April 23-24. Good luck Indians!

Congratulations to our High School One Act Play Troupe! They are advancing to area competition in San Angelo on April 6th! Students brought home a number of awards at the bi-district competition in Fort Stockton last week. Jeremy Miles--Honorable Mention Crew Ashley Caswell--Honorable Mention All Star Cast Jodi Pearson--Honorable Mention All Star Cast Allison Martini--Honorable Mention All Star Cast Ellie Grado--All Star Cast Charis Miles--All Star Cast Fort Davis is one of six advancing plays to area competition in San Angelo on April 6th. Good luck Indians!

Congratulations to our HS UIL Academic Meet Participants! Fort Davis had 43 students proudly represent our district at the meet on Monday, March 25th. They won 1st place overall in the district meet with 709 points, with the closest school at only 487 points!! Accounting--1st place team Abby Naegele--1st place Ashley Burkett--2nd place Zenayda Lara--3rd place Kayla Grado--4th place Calculator Applications--2nd place team Wendy Chavez--3rd place Gerardo Yanez--6th place Current Issues Rebekah Hicks--1st place Computer Applications Rebekah Hicks--1st place Jeremy Miles--5th place Jonah Donaldson--6th place Computer Science Rebekah Hicks--3rd place Jake Guthrie--5th place Austyn Simpson--6th place Journalism--2nd place team Editorial Writing Miranda Valenzuela--2nd place Faith Boultinghouse--4th place Paul Pittman--6th place Feature Writing Faith Boultinghouse--2nd place Lorena Leach--5th place Headline Writing Miranda Valenzuela--2nd place Faith Boultinghouse--4th place Speech--1st place team Informative Speaking Rebekah Hicks--1st place Faith Boultinghouse--2nd place Shadix Wetzel--5th place Lincoln Douglas Debate James Hutchins--1st place Robert Nichols--2nd place Literary Criticism--1st place team Paul Pittman--3rd place Rebekah Hicks--4th place Jayden Parker--6th place Mathematics--1st place team Rebekah Hicks--1st place Abby Naegele--2nd place Jennifer Harrison--5th place Allison Martini--6th place Number Sense--2nd place team Ashley Caswell--3rd place Abby Naegele--4th place News Writing Faith Boultinghouse--2nd place Lorena Leach--6th place Persuasive Speaking Victoria Ferguson--1st place Charis Miles--2nd place Ashley Martini--6th place Poetry Interpretation Shadix Wetzel--1st place Victoria Ferguson--2nd place Paul Pittman--3rd place Prose Interpretation Charis Miles--3rd place Jason Woosley--6th place Ready Writing Ashley Burkett--2nd place Science--1st place team Biology Penn Merrill--1st place Science Paul Pittman--2nd place Penn Merrill--2nd place Social Studies--2nd place team Jayden Parker--2nd place Max Williamson--5th place Spelling and Vocabulary--1st place team Ashley Burkett--1st place Jeremy Miles--2nd place Faith Farrer--3rd place Fort Davis will be sending 23 students to Regionals in San Angelo on April 13th. GOOD LUCK INDIANS!