The Collingsworth County Chamber of Commerce Banquet was held tonight at our beautiful community building. Wellington Elementary Principal, Deidre Kane, was named the 2024 Educator of the Year. Deidre is a 19 year educator who has been a teacher, elementary counselor and now principal. She has led the elementary to high levels of achievement. She is not only passionate about her teachers, staff and students, but she is also the WHS cheer sponsor, wife to Lance Kane and proud mother of four amazing daughters.
WHS Senior, Caleb Strickland, was named Student of the Year! Caleb is a captain for the Skyrocket football team. He is Student Council and Senior Class President and is in the top ten academically of his class. He made two state appearances as an actor for the one act play. His junior year, he earned an industry based certification in welding. Caleb has already been accepted to Texas Tech University for the Fall 2025 semester.
Both were presented their awards by WHS Principal, Jermaine Cantu. Serving a very large crowd tonight were 17 amazing high school students.
Congratulations Deidre and Caleb! 🚀🏆🏅🚀
The Rocket Regiment earned straight 2's at the UIL Region 1 Marching Contest today in Amarillo. Coach Proffitt brought some members of the Skyrocket football team to support the band today. We are so proud of our band. The performances keep getting better! 🚀🎼🎺🎷🚀
It's a big day for our Rocket Regiment as we compete in the UIL Region 1 Marching Contest at 11:30am at Bivins Stadium in Amarillo. Cost is $5 per person. The band has the opportunity to advance to area so stay tuned for results. Post your love for the band in the comments! Go Rocket Regiment! 🚀🎼🎷🎺🎸🚀
Skyrockets defeated the Quanah Indians tonight by a final score of 49 to 6 moving to 5-2 on the season and 2-0 in district play. Join us in Shamrock next week for another district battle. 🚀🏈🚀
It's our pink out game in honor of Cancer Awareness Month! Our Rockets will take on Quanah at 7pm. Wear your pink and cheer for the red and white. Purchase your tickets by clicking on the link below. 🚀🏈🚀
https://www.ticketleap.events/events/wellingtonisd
JV Skyrockets win big by a final score of 54 to 6 tonight on the road over Quanah. Tomorrow, the pink out pep rally will be at the football field at 3:15 The band will perform their entire halftime show at the pep rally! 🚀🏈🚀
WHS hosted a Financial Aid Night for seniors and their parents on Tuesday night with a representative from Panhandle Plains Higher Education Foundation. Students and parents were informed on planning to pay for college and filling out the new FAFSA form which is scheduled to open on December 1st. Two lucky winners' names were drawn for a scholarship. Congratulations to Lilliana Saldana and Gracie Lampe!
JV Rockets take on Quanah tonight in Quanah at 6:30pm after the 8th grade game. To purchase your tickets, click on the link below. Go Rockets! 🚀🏈🚀
https://quanahisd.ticketleap.com
Western Photo will be here tomorrow (Tuesday, October 15th) to take girls basketball pictures for junior high and high school. They will start with the junior high basketball teams at 10am and then finish with JV and varsity girls. You do not need to order in advance as they will send proofs after the pictures are taken to help you better decide if you would like to order or not.
Hope you are enjoying your day off! Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 15th) is Financial Aid Night at 5:30pm in the WHS Auditorium. Class of 2025 parents and students will receive information about college admissions, FASFA, scholarships and more. We will give away two scholarships and you must be present to win. 🚀
Here is this week in athletics! 🚀🏈🏃♀️⛹🏼♀️
Skyrockets win the district opener over the Clarendon Broncos by a final score of 63 to 6. Join us next Friday for our pink out game in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 🚀🏈🚀
Angels Subs and Sweets and Brothers-Sisters of our Military Adventures continue to team up on Fridays to give away a free lunch gift certificate to WHS students. Every WHS student was put into the drawing and our fifth round of winners were Yobani Moreno, Anali Cortez, Heather Peters and Brynlee Proffitt. Congratulations! 🚀
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Marnie Kane and her nine art students did a phenomenal job painting the varsity cheerleaders for the black light pep rally today. This is not a small undertaking and Marnie's art students did an amazing job once again. The crowd loved the black light pep rally today! 🚀🏈🚀
It's gameday for our Rockets as we open district play at home against the Broncos. Purchase your tickets in advance by clicking on the link below. Go Rockets! 🚀🏈🚀🏈
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/wellingtonisd/varsity-football-vs-clarendon
We are glowing at WHS today! The Black Light Pep Rally is at 3:15 in the high school auditorium. We will begin seating WISD students at 3pm. We will NOT open doors for the general public until all WISD students are seated. Seating will be extremely limited. For the safety of our staff and students, the outside doors will lock promptly at 3:15. 🚀🚀🚀
WHS will be on the pep rally bell schedule today with 8th and 1st periods switched. 🚀
Blacklight pep rally shirts are in! If you have already paid, they have been delivered to the respective campuses. If you haven't paid yet, please come to the high school office, pay Mrs. Guy and get your shirts. Also, we have a few extras available. First ones to comment and come pay at the high school will get the extras we have available. Let's glow Wellington! Thanks Angels Subs and Sweets and Plas-Mac Inc for being our sponsors this year. 🚀
Extra youth sizes available
3 youth smalls
5 youth larges
1 youth XL
Extra adult sizes available
3 adult smalls
6 adult mediums
5 adult larges
It's game day Skyrocket fans! JV Rockets will travel to Canadian for a 7pm kickoff. You can buy your tickets at the gate in Canadian. 🚀🏈🚀🏈
Congratulations to the Lady Rocket Cross Country team who finished in 3rd place in the team standings at the district cross country meet today in Wheeler. Top three teams advance to regionals so Lady Rockets are regional bound! Individually, freshman Taytum Kane was the second place silver medalist while Leslie Orozco was the 8th place medalist. Also on the team was Sabrina Segovia in 11th, Aleah Lewis in 15th place, Addy English in 23rd and Anna Henard in 24th. The girls are coached by Savannah Sumrall Henderson. Regionals is October 21st at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock at 9am. 🚀🏃🏼♀️➡️🥉🚀
