YWA Updates

Please help us monitor your student's grades! Progress reports were sent home on Friday, and you can also check your student's grades via the Parent Portal. Celebrate their achievements!

If your student is falling behind, encourage them to check in with their teacher. There’s still time to make up assignments and improve their grades if needed. We want our students to take the lead in this process to learn self-advocacy and become self-directed! We're here to support them as needed. Please note that students not passing their courses by the end of the fall semester will be placed on academic probation, and their transfer may be revoked.

The fall semester wraps up in December, and the next few weeks will go by quickly! Please make sure your student stays on top of their grades. High school students are required to take semester exams but may qualify for a waiver. See the criteria below:

High School students may qualify for a semester exam waiver if they meet the following requirements

1. Enrolled in an AP Course

2. Have a GPA of 90% or higher in the AP Course

3. Have three or fewer absences for the AP Course

Please support our PTSO’s biggest fundraiser of the year! Our goal is to raise $30,000, which we can achieve if every student reaches $65 in donations. We have big dreams of updating our current marquee to a digital one and constructing a concession stand that will benefit our Warriors for years to come. Every donation counts! Students who reach their goal of $65 will be given a free dress day pass and much more!

To donate, go to: https://vraise.org/gKTkdZ. Share the link with family, friends, and colleagues! Donations can be a tax write-off for you and any participating business.

We will host our Fall Middle School Dance this Friday! Admission is $5.00. The dance will take place during school hours, from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Concessions will be available for students to purchase snacks. Students are required to be in uniform due to visitors on campus.

Please make sure we follow Dress code this Week! We have visitors on Wednesday and Friday! Please help us and make sure students are in correct uniform! High Schoolers will be asked to wear their polo and black bottoms for our visit on Friday with Texas School Board Members!! Thank you for helping us ensure we look professional!

We are excited to launch our Food and Toy Drive this week! Each year, we ask students to donate food pantry items to support families in need and toys for children during the holiday season. This is our way of bringing the community together to give back and encouraging students to volunteer for two deserving causes.

Thanksgiving Food Drive: A flyer with specific details will be sent home. Each grade level will be assigned a category of food to donate. StuCo will collect donations in the cafeteria each morning from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. through 11/20. Those who donate will receive a free dress day on our early release day, 11/22- This is an Early Release Day!

Toy Drive: Dr. Plaza's 6th-grade advisory class is organizing a campus-wide toy drive! Stay tuned for more information.

We are revising our application requirements for the 2025-2026 school year for all incoming students, new to YWA! All students enrolled in YWA do not need to reapply! The new criteria will be for any incoming student:

• Students must have a combined GPA average of 80% or better
• Students must maintain 90% or better Attendance
• No Discipline Referrals
• STAAR Scores/State Assessment must be Approached, Meets, or Mastered. *Students who do not have STAAR scores will be asked to take an entrance assessment.

Students who do not meet these requirements will be reviewed by a committee and considered on a case by case basis. For more information contact Mr. Carlos Gomez.

Save the date! Check the calendar for live updates: https://tinyurl.com/YWAcalendar2425

Nov 12

YWA Basketball at Clint- 9th 4:30pm, JV 6:00pm and Varsity 7:30pm

Nov 13

Young Women's Preparatory Network will be visiting with our teachers during their planning period. The purpose of this visit is to meet the Chief Academic and Accountability Officer, Mrs. Berta Fogerson and Executive Director of Teacher Development and School Support, Mrs. Janna Burns! We need students to look sharp in their uniforms/wear your blazer if you have one!

Nov 14

Parent Engagement Class on Diabetes 5:15pm in Room B100

Nov 15

-New Tech Network visiting YWA to meet with staff and discuss college readiness plans for students!

-Fall Dance- Assembly Schedule Dance at 2:45pm (students only) $5.00 - no free dress

-Texas Association of School Board Members (TASB)- approximately 40 Board Members from across Texas will be meeting with staff/admin and will be visiting classrooms to see the amazing work at YWA! Please make sure students are in uniform! We need all high school students in uniform as well today! Dress to impress!

Nov 16

MS Soccer HOME vs Murphree 9am & 10am

Nov 18

-Coffee with the Principal 8:30am in B100

Nov 19

-YWA High School Basketball Home Game vs. Tornillo 4:30, 6pm 7:30pm

-National History Day- Judging begins!

Nov. 20

-YWA Thanksgiving Lunch 12pm - 1pm- (Tickets sold out!)

Nov 21

-Campus Improvement Team Meeting (CIT) 4:15pm in B100

Nov 22

-Early Release for Students 12:30pm

Nov 23

-YWA in Parade of Lights

-MS Soccer at Bobby Joe Hill 9am and 10am

Nov 25-29- Thanksgiving Break- Campus closed

-YWA in Thanksgiving Parade

Nov 26

-YWA High School Basketball at Del Valle 4:30, 6pm 7:30pm

Dec 2- Return to School