The Weekly Update #31

Bond Update - As we get closer to the end of the 2025-26 school year, we are also getting closer to the start of the construction phases of our 2025 bond projects. There have been LOTS of design meetings related to the bond. The first project that will be taking place is at the Elementary, where a new security vestibule will be added to the office, along with an awning in the front of the building and one on the east side of the building at the pick-up areas. These projects are planned to start as soon as school is out and will be completed around the first of August.

As for the new High School - we have been meeting regarding the kitchen and culinary arts equipment, the security camera locations, and the types of door hardware. The high school is at the 65% plan stage, with final bids coming in on June 4th. Sitework is scheduled to begin at the beginning of July.

On Friday and Saturday, numerous High School students competed in the Region 3 UIL Academics meet in Brenham, with the top 3 finishers in each contest advancing to the state meet.

Accounting - Connor Colvert - 13th, Austin Solis - 23rd

Calculator - Mason Edwards - 19th

Computer Science - Anderson Cruce - 3rd (STATE QUALIFIER), Bryanna Willis - 8th, Haysten Kent - 9th, Daniel Bonner - 20th (Team was 2nd and will be a State Alternate)

Current Issues and Events - Antonio Jauregui - 2nd (STATE QUALIFIER), Aaron Evans - 20th, Fernanda Ramirez - 24th, Hudson Little - 28th (Team was 2nd and is a STATE QUALIFIER)

Headline Writing - Callie Morgan - 1st (STATE QUALIFIER), Antonio Jauregui - 5th (State Alternate)

Mathematics - Mason Edwards - 9th, Noah Hoskins - 18th, Isaiah Chavez - 24th, Jack Bean - 33rd

Number Sense - Noah Hoskins - 2nd (STATE QUALIFIER), Jack Bean - 27th, Jay Patel - 38th, Isaiah Chavez - 39th (Team was 3rd)

Science - Noah Hoskins - 5th (State Alternate), Mason Edwards - 8th, Jack Bean - 14th, Kaden McCrory - 29th (Team was 3rd)

Social Studies - Aaron Evans - 17th, Kaden McCrory - 38th, Yahir Yepez - 39th

Spelling - Yahir Yepez - 5th (State Alternate), Anderson Cruce - 11th, Antonio Jauregui - T-14th, Paisley Robinson - T-14th (Team 2nd - State Alternate)

Overall - Fairfield finished 5th (out of 60 schools in attendance)

Team Journalism - Fairfield finished 5th out of 10 teams

Congratulations to STATE QUALIFIERS - Anderson Cruce, Antonio Jauregui, Callie Morgan, Noah Hoskins, Aaron Evans, Fernanda Ramirez, and Hudson Little.

On Wednesday, Fairfield ISD celebrated our Administrative Professionals Day. These ladies do a wonderful job of representing our district in a positive way. They are often the first person someone talks with when they call the district or campus, or the first person they speak with when they come to the campus.

Thank you - Mary Ann Masiel and Mandie Judd (Admin Office), Michelle Miller (HS), Kendall Utley (JH), Cristal Banks (Int), Glisa DeFrance (Elem)

Both the Intermediate and Junior High have finished their STAAR testing for the year and the High School is down to their Algebra I test, which will take place on Wednesday of this week.

Results for the tests will be released on May 22nd (HS tests) and May 29th (3rd - 8th). Since students who do not pass the STAAR (or those who chose not to take it) will be required to attend summer school, which starts on June 1st, we will quickly get the final results to parents regarding who is required to attend. We will be reaching out to parents over the next few weeks if our data from throughout the year indicates a student is "likely" to have to attend summer school so plans can be made. Summer school will be held Monday - Thursday from 8:30 - 11:30. It will start on June 1 and end on June 18th.

(STAAR results will be release to parents, in the portal, a few days after the district gets the results)

Here are the STAAR / EOC Testing Dates for the next few weeks.

Intermediate

Thursday, April 9 - Reading STAAR (Grades 3–5) (COMPLETED)

Thursday, April 16 - Science STAAR (Grade 5 ) (COMPLETED)

Thursday, April 23- Math STAAR (Grades 3–5) (COMPLETED)

Junior High

Wednesday, April 8- Reading STAAR (Grades 6–8) (COMPLETED)
Tuesday, April 14 - Social Studies STAAR (Grade 8) (COMPLETED)

Thursday, April 16 - Science STAAR (Grade 8) (COMPLETED)

Tuesday, April 21- Math STAAR (Grades 6–8) (COMPLETED)

High School

Tuesday, April 14 - English I EOC (COMPLETED)

Wednesday, April 15- English II EOC (COMPLETED)

Tuesday, April 21- Biology EOC (COMPLETED)

Wednesday, April 22- US History EOC (COMPLETED)

Wednesday, April 29- Algebra I EOC

The Lady Eagles Softball team won their Bi-District playoff game on Thursday night in Mumford against the Academy Lady Bees 10-7. The Lady Bees stuck early by putting up 2 runs in the first inning, and then scored another in the top of the second inning, behind 2 home runs. The Lady Eagles, trailing 3-0 going into the bottom of the 3rd, exploded for 9 runs in the inning, with a bases clearing double by Cariss Capps and then a home run by Kaylie Ridge. The Lady Bees would continue to chip away at the lead and the Lady Eagles led 10-5 going into the top of the 6th, thanks to a Haylee Allen home run in the bottom of the 4th. In the top of the 6th, Academy would get another home run, but some great work in the field threw out two runners on base and the Lady Eagles held Academy to one run. In the top of the 7th, the Lady Eagles gave up one run, but then sealed the game winning 10-7.

In the Area round of the playoffs, the Lady Eagles will meet up with defending 3A State Champions Grandview. Final plans for this game should be announced on Sunday or Monday on our district Facebook page.

It has been an up and down year for the Eagles baseball team, but they have definitely ended district play on the upside. Needing two wins in their final three games to put themselves into a tie for a playoff spot, the Eagles defeated Teague (in extra innings) and then Mexia to end up in a 3-way tie for 3rd with Elkhart and Buffalo. Buffalo won the coin flip between the three teams, so they received the bye and the automatic playoff bid. The Eagles played Elkhart on Thursday. The Eagles won 6-0 behind a dominant pitching performance by Gustavo Aguilera. Since the playoff seeding was now complete (Groesbeck - DI - 1 seed, Teague - DII - 1 seed, Buffalo - DII - 2 seed, and Fairfield - DI - 2 seed), the Eagles played Buffalo in a warm-up game. The Eagles came out victorious again with an 8-6 win.

The Eagles will match up with the Academy Bees in the Bi-district round of the playoffs. Information on this match-up should be released Sunday or Monday via our district Facebook page.

On Monday, April 27th we will have the 8th grade band concert starting at 7:00 in the Auditorium, followed by the HS band.

On Tuesday, April 28th, the 6th grade band will perform at 7:00 followed by the 7th grade band. This concert is always great because it demonstrates how much growth our young musicians have made since their Christmas concert.

Our HS Jazz band will have their own concert on Friday May 8th at 7:00 pm.

Jazz Concert (FREE to Attend)

Friday, May 8

7:00 PM

FHS Auditorium

Featuring FHS Jazz Band, Janette Gibson, and Dwayne Pugh.

FFA Officer elections will be this week. The group will also have their annual banquet on Thursday, May 7th in the High School Cafeteria starting at 6:30 PM.

We are so proud of all of our CDE teams this past year, we were 3rd overall Sweepstakes in the Sandyland District!

Daley Glass, will be a District Officer for 2026-2027!

We have 2 speakers advancing to the Area speaking contest in two weeks

Avery Strait 1st - Ag Policy

Blake Phillips 1st - Animal Science

Our CDE teams walked away with district banners for the following:

Livestock - 1st

Nursery Landscape - 2nd

Horse - 2nd

Homesite - 2nd

Wildlife - 2nd

FBM - 2nd

Entomology - 2nd

Vet - 3rd

Floriculture - 3rd

Land - 3rd

On Wednesday and Thursday, our Lady Eagles and Eagles Track area qualifiers traveled to Rockdale to compete in the Area track meet and try to advance to the Regional Track meet in Huntsville next Friday and Saturday.

Here are the athletes that finished in the top 4 in their event and qualified for the regional track meet.

LADY EAGLES

4x100 Relay - Keira Alexander, Reese Beaver, Kaylee Williams, Blayke Brackens – (4th Place)

4x200 Relay - Faith King, Blayke Brackens, Reese Beaver, Imani Brackens – (4th Place)

4x400 Relay - Faith King, Blayke Brackens, Imani Brackens, Addison Shipley – (1st Place)

3200 Meter Run - Madison Russell – (1st Place)

1600 Meter Run - Gracie Russell – (4th Place)

800 Meter Run - Addison Shipley – (1st Place), Bella Campise – (2nd Place)

100 Meter Dash - Keira Alexander – (2nd Place)

300 Meter Hurdles - Kaylee Williams – (3rd Place)

High Jump - Tiana Gibson – (3rd Place)

Triple Jump - Blayke Brackens – (1st Place)

Long Jump - Blayke Brackens – (2nd Place)

Pole Vault - Bryanna Willis – (3rd Place)

Discus - Kole Brackens – (4th Place)

EAGLES

Discus - Brayden Thornburg – (1st Place), Will Zachry – (4th Place)

While the official Junior High Athletic season has ended, we do have some 8th grade students who have been learning to play tennis after school with Coach Flori. They are planning to have a couple of dual matches with Elkhart and Groesbeck in the coming weeks.

Our PreK and Kindergarten students had their field day on Friday. There were lots of smiles.

Intermediate celebrated students who were high achieving on their STAAR warmups for science (5th grade)

As part of their leadership class, a group of 7th grade students raised $276 and collected toys, food and treats for LARA's House Animal Shelter and we were able to take a field trip to Mexia and visit the shelter and make the donation on Friday.

This last week, tryouts for 2026-27 JH Flags & Twirlers were held. Here are the students who were selected:

2026-27 JH Flag

Emery Buckner

Maylen Duran

Cayman Elliot

Annabelle Meister

Nayeli Munoz

Jaylah Portillo

Parker Red

Dulce Rodriguez

2026-27 JH Twirlers

Emily Barandiaran

Harper DeFrance

Lily George

Kennedy Heard

Sophia Ivy

Zaraie Jimenez

Carlee Johnston

Brynlee Scott

Paiseleigh Solley

Kaylie Munoz

May Board Meeting - May 11th @ CTE Building

Contact Information:

Joe Craig

joe.craig@fairfieldisd.org

903-389-2532 office

District Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/FISDEagles