Mr. Marks welding class worked on "learning vertical downs" and also worked on a new cooker/smoker for our Yoakum County Sheriffs Office!! Great job!!

Congratulations to our Book Fair Family Night raffle winner, Kynslee Neufeld!!

Don't forget tonight is Family Night from 5:00-7:00!! Tomorrow is the last day for the book fair to be open, we will close at 11:00!!

Plains Jr. High School would like to thank the Yoakum County Connection for selecting our Destination Imagination program awarding them a grant totaling $600. This grant will help start up the program lead by Mrs Sears!

Plains High School would like to thank the Yoakum County Connection for selecting our OAP program awarding them a grant totaling $2,500. Yoakum County Connection funding helps our local Yoakum County Libraries’ and schools by funding the Summer Youth Arts and Science programs in addition to the monetary grants promoting arts within the schools in the county.

***Update*** Plains ISD will start on time Thursday January 29th. Buses will continue to run on pavement only.

10 am start 1/28/26

***Update*** In order to avoid lingering dangerous travel conditions tomorrow morning. Plains ISD will start at 10 am on Wednesday January 28th with Busses running on pavement only.

Family Night has been moved to Thursday, January 29th! Friday will be the last day for the Book Fair to be open!

***Update**** With conditions still hazardous going into tomorrow afternoon, Plains ISD will not have school on Tuesday January 27th.

“The Book Fair is just days away! The Fair encourages students to read AND raises much-needed funds for our school. The easiest way for kids to pay is with an eWallet. Create one for your child so they can shop cash free and independently! Visit our school homepage to get started: https://scholastic.com/bf/plainselementaryschool7"

💘Senior Class Valentines Day Sale💘

Student Council members attended the annual SUMMIT conference in Lubbock today. They heard motivational speakers and attended several worthwhile breakout sessions.

The games for Friday against Smyer are being moved to Thursday at same start times. We are expecting inclement weather conditions on Friday. The JH tournament games in Whiteface are still on for Thursday as of now. That could change, we will know more tomorrow. GO COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS!!!

‼️ATTENTION PARENTS‼️Ms. Diaz and Mrs. Gonzales will be having a mandatory parent and student cheer meeting! Make sure you are there!!

The Speech & Debate team did fantastic today!!! Jacob was placed 8th in Congress finals, and Iris won best speaker in the room in one of her LD rounds, both were recognized as a VIP contestors!!! Matias broke to semis in both DX and FX. He then made it to Finals in both events, got 2nd in FX, and won DX for the meet!!!Good job guys!!!!

The Plains UIL team had an amazing showing at UIL Tech meet, bringing home the 2nd Place Sweepstakes trophy! 🏆 Our students’ hard work and dedication paid off with outstanding team results: 🥇 1st – Math 🥇 1st – Calculator 🥇 1st – Social Studies 🥇 1st –Current Issues 🥈2nd – Literary Criticism 🥉 3rd- Number Sense 🥉 3rd-science And to top it off, two of our students were awarded scholarships! 🎓 We are so proud of our amazing students and coaches for their effort, teamwork, and excellence. Individual results below 🤠💛🖤 UIL Results Math 1st Place Team Top score 1-6A 12th  grade 1st Taylor Rains($500 scholarship winner) 11th  grade 1st Ivette Magana 10th  grade 2nd Emmie McKenzie 4th Kyson Bunch 5th Macy Bunton 7th Chloa Bearden 9th  grade 1st Fletcher Bell Calculator 1st place team Top score 1-6A 12th   2nd Fermin Luna 11th  grade 1st Ivette Magana 4th Diana Reyes 10th  grade 1st Macy Bunton 2nd  Chloa Bearden 3rd Kyson Bunch 5th Darwin Marquez 9th  grade 1st Taitlyn Rains 2nd Ariah Coronado 2nd Fletcher Bell Current Issues 1st Team 1st Israel Contreras 2nd Fernando Castillo 3rd Zane Costello 4th Roy Herevia Social Studies 1st team 1st  Israel Contreras 2nd Zane Costello, 6th Fernando Castillo, Roy Herevia Brandon Cantù Science 3rd team 1st Fletcher Bell 2nd Taylor Rains 4th Emmie McKenzie 5th Ivette Magana Number Sense 3rd Team 2nd Brandin Cantù 2nd Jacob Williamson 4th Taylor Rains 5th Emmie McKenzie Copy Editing 5th Libby Bell Literary Criticism 2nd Team 6th Alicia Salazar Diana Reyes Taitlyn Rains Ariah Coronado Ready Writing Steven Martinez

‼️Important Information‼️Originally we were going to be out of school on January 16th. However it is January 23rd! Sorry for the confusion.

The Book Fair is coming soon! January 26-30! Family Night will be on Tuesday, January 27 from 5:00-7:00pm. Remember to set up your student’s ewallet for the easy way to pay. We also accept cash, checks, and cards. See you there!

These kids did fantastic today in Legacy Tournament!!! Kyndall placed 2nd in HI, Jacob placed 4th in Congress and after undefeated prelims in CX Merideth and Emmie placed 4th and Taylor and Matias placed 2nd!!