Welcome to the 2019-2020 School Year

Celebrate Excellence
Welcome back, Carthage ISD.  I hope that you have had a fantastic summer.  This summer has been extremely busy getting everything together to make sure that the first day of school is the best day ever for every student.

This summer, we have had the following accomplishments:

The Champions Closet was established this summer to
provide students in need school clothes and toiletry items.
If you would like to be a part of this fantastic project or
need assistance with school clothes, go to
the Champions Closet on Facebook or text 903-806-1229.

• The proposed tax rate will decrease by $0.07 this year.
• All teachers will receive a raise this year with 0-5 year teachers getting $3500, and 6-20+ years getting a $4000 raise.
• Recapture will decrease significantly due to the tax rate reduction.
• The teachers and staff have been busy earning 5 days of professional learning to prepare for the upcoming year.
• CISD facilities have seen upgrades and deep cleaning on every campus.
• CISD Summer School served over 100 students in a collaborative partnership with AYEP for 6 weeks.
• Carthage HS TSA earned 8th place at the National TSA Convention in Washington D.C.
• Athletic workouts have seen extremely high turnout all summer long.
• Band, Cheer, and Belles worked hard this summer at camps and rehearsals gearing up for the year.
• The Carthage ISD Champions Closet has lots of clothes and has already been helping several Carthage ISD families with school clothes.
• We have hired some outstanding new employees at all campuses this summer.

This is not all that has happened in Carthage ISD.  There are a lot more things that have happened thanks to our outstanding leaders and employees.  The summer work they have done will no doubt set a strong foundation for the upcoming year.

Start of the School Year Info

Below are important district dates that you need to be aware of.  For dates pertaining to your child's campus specifically, please check either the campus calendars below or the campus Facebook pages.

• Tue, Aug 6 - Central Baptist hosts National Night Out at JH Stadium from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
• Wed, Aug 7 - CISD teachers and staff report to campuses
• Fri, Aug 9 - CISD will be closed
• Sat, Aug 10 - Bulldog Media Day begins at 8 a.m.
• Mon, Aug 12 - CISD District Convocation and Professional Development Day at CHS from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Mon, Aug 12 - CISD Board Meeting for Budget Workshop at 6:30 p.m.
• Mon, Aug 19 - 1st Day of School for Students
• Mon, Aug 19 - Meet the Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. at CHS Gym
• Mon, Aug 19 - CISD Board Meeting begins at 6:15 p.m.

Thank you Mission Carthage for hosting the Back to School Bash
on Sat, August 3 and to all of the churches and organizations
for supporting all of the kids in Panola County.

Thank you to our maintenance and custodial
staff for all of your work getting the schools
ready for August 19.

Click Links below to each School Calendar
Carthage HS Calendar
Carthage JH Calendar
Baker-Koonce Calendar
Libby Elementary Calendar
Carthage Primary Calendar

Your Input Matters
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