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Now that August is here it's time to think "back to school." Here are some important dates this month for students who will be attending school in the Texarkana, Texas Independent School District. Texas High School (THS) will hold schedule pick-up for 11th and 12th grade students on Wednesday, August 12.  Senior students may pick-up schedules from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  Junior students can pick-up schedules from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 Thursday, August 13, THS Sophomore students can pick-up their schedules from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

All Texas High School Schedule Pick-Ups will be in the THS Math & Science Center Grand Foyer, 4001 Summerhill Road.  At the time students pick-up their schedules, they can also visit with Academic Advisors, get school ID’s, bus passes, parking permits and locker assignments.

Schedule Pick-Up for Texas Middle School (TMS) 8th grade students will be on Thursday, August 13 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the TMS Cafeteria, 2100 College Drive. Parents/Guardians must be present with student.  Available information will include: class locations, bus passes, lunch forms, traffic circulation maps and much more.  Textbooks for the upcoming year will also be distributed.

Texas High School Freshman Orientation, known as Tiger Camp, will be held on Saturday, August 15 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the Sullivan Performing Arts Center & John Thomas Theatre, 3941 Summerhill Road.  Student registration will be from 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

During Tiger Camp, Freshmen students will enjoy the opportunity to meet with THS Faculty and Academic Advisors, get ID cards, tour the campus, get information on bus passes, lunch forms, locker assignments and learn about the many THS organizations and departments.  Tiger Camp will end with fun for all – a THS Pep Rally.

For parents of THS Freshmen, a Parent Orientation will be held on Saturday, August 15 from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. in the John Thomas Theatre.

Texas Middle School 7th grade Schedule Pick-Up & Meet the Teacher Night will be Tuesday, August 18 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the TMS Main Gymnasium, 2100 College Drive.  Parents/Guardians MUST BE PRESENT with student.  Students and Parents can pick-up textbooks, get information on class locations, bus passes, lunch forms, meet with teachers and much more.

Texas High School’s Ross Perot STEM Academy will host a  “Meet the Teachernight for 9th & 10th grade students and their parents on Tuesday, August 18 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. in the THS Math & Science Center Grand Foyer, 4001 Summerhill Road.  The evening will allow students and parents to meet with grade-level STEM academy faculty, tour the facilities and learn more about the curriculum.

Texas Middle School will host their 6th Grade Academy Orientation and Schedule Pick-Up on Thursday, August 20.

Students enrolled in the STEM Academy will have their orientation from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.  Those students enrolled in the IDEAs Academy will have their orientation from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. All orientations will be held in the TMS Main Gymnasium, 2100 College Drive.

During Academy Orientations, parents and students will have the opportunity to pick-up textbooks, meet and visit with staff, receive information on class locations, bus passes, lunch forms, traffic circulation maps and more.

Lastly, Meet the Teacher will be held for all elementary students and their parents on Thursday, August 20. 

Dunbar Early Education Center will hold their event by student last name.  Parents with student last name ending in A-L will have their meet the teacher and orientation from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.  For parents with student last name ending in M-Z, your orientation and teacher meeting will be from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Highland Park Elementary will host an Ice Cream Social along with their Meet the Teacher night.  The Ice Cream Social will be from 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. with Meet the Teacher from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Westlawn Elementary School will hold their event times by grade level – Third Grade from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.; Fourth Grade from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.; and Fifth Grade from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

For parents with students attending Morriss Elementary, Nash Elementary, Spring Lake Park Elementary, Theron Jones Early Literacy Center and Wake Village Elementary, your event will be a come and go event from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

The first day of school for all TISD campuses will be Monday, August 24.

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