From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: We hope you can join us in Martinsville tomorrow afternoon as we kick off a new school year of athletic competition! Our girls' and boys' junior high basketball teams will make their 2023 debut as they travel a few miles up Hwy 95 to take on our neighbors to the north. Our ladies will begin with a 5:00 pm tip off while our boys' squad will get underway immediately following the girls' game. Good luck to our players and coaches!
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to Cason Mancill and Barrett Bennefield as they compete at the 2023 Strike King Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors in Anderson, South Carolina! The tournament runs from July 23-29. They will be competing on the largest stage for high school anglers in the world. This week-long event will host a little over 300 boats of the top teams of the nation representing Chireno High School from the Southeast Texas Tournament Series. To get to this stage, both Cason and Barrett worked tirelessly through weather of all kinds to achieve the success they have earned and have always represented our school with character and class. Good luck, guys!
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: This is a reminder to our athletes that the gym will be closed this week for voluntary workouts. Athletes are encouraged to check with their coach for any weight room or conditioning activities that could be planned.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Beginning Monday, July 10, Coach Graves will be conducting voluntary workouts for our Junior High basketball players in the mornings from 9:00-10:00. These workouts will take place Monday through Thursday.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Beginning next week on July 10, Coach Turner will be conducting voluntary workouts for our junior high and high school girls every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning. The junior high sessions will go from 9:00-10:00 while the high school ladies will workout from 10:00-12:00.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Coach Bleile will be offering opportunities for voluntary summer conditioning and weightlifting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 7-9 am. This is open to athletes entering grades 7-12 beginning this week. Basketball players are welcome to attend if they choose. However, please be advised that our basketball coaches will begin their program's voluntary summer workouts in a few of weeks when the gym becomes available.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Second to none! Congratulations to senior Whitley Johnson - The 2023 UIL 2A LD Debate State Champion!!
Texas Senate Bill 9 Information for Parents & Guardians
According to Texas Senate Bill 9, Chireno ISD is required to provide instruction relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, dating violence, and sex trafficking. With guidance from the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), the Board of Trustees has approved the curriculum that will be used to teach each of these topics and has determined the grade level(s) that will receive instruction on each of these topics.
As a parent/guardian, you have the right to preview the curriculum(s) at any time. Before a student may be provided with instruction related to child abuse, family violence, dating violence, and sex trafficking, Chireno ISD must obtain written consent from the student’s parent/guardian.
Please note: not all topics are covered at every grade level.
Below is a link to the Google Form in order to opt in or out for the presentation using Play It Safe Curriculum. You can preview the curriculum at https://www.playitsafe.org/curriculum_gradelevels.php. Presentations will take place May 17th - 24th.
Please complete the google form at this link: https://forms.gle/xpemWNhWvfMZy1GK6
Paper copies will also go home with students on Monday.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Congratulations to our Mighty Owls baseball team on a great season. Just as they have all season, these young men battled all the way to the end last night at Nacogdoches Dragon Field in the loss to Joaquin. The future is bright for our baseball program. Thank you to our outgoing seniors who have certainly done their part to help elevate our baseball program over the last four years.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our Mighty Owls baseball team as they open bi-district play tonight against Joaquin in a best-of-three series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 pm. All games in this series will be played at Nacogdoches High School with admission being $5 for adults and $3 for students. Game 2 will be played at 7:00 pm Friday night. Game 3, if necessary, is scheduled for 1:00 pm Saturday. Le't go Mighty Owls!
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: We have baseball playoff news! Our Mighty Owls will take on the Joaquin Rams at Nacogdoches High School in the bi-district round of the playoffs. This will be a best-of-three series with games 1 and 2 starting at 7:00 pm on Thursday and Friday evenings. Game 3, if necessary, will be played at 1:00 pm on Saturday afternoon. Good luck to our players and coaches!
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Congratulations to our Lady Owls softball team on a great season. Our ladies bowed out of the playoffs this afternoon to Evadale at Jasper High School. We look forward to next year as our returning players will have another year of experience playing at a high level. Thank you to our outgoing seniors for their commitment and contribution to make Chireno's softball the fine program it has become.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Coach Bleile and our baseball team have done a great job of getting our field ready for tonight's Senior night game. We hope you can make plans to come and support our Mighty Owls as they take on West Sabine at home this evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 pm. A win will place our Owls in a tie for first place with West Sabine in District 24-2A. Good luck to our players and coaches!
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Our baseball team is scheduled to play their final home and regular season game Thursday evening at 6:00 pm against West Sabine. This is also Senior Night for our young men playing their final game on the home diamond. This game was originally scheduled for Friday, but was moved up to avoid conflicts with the Regional track meet. Should this game need to be postponed due to wet field conditions, we will announce a rescheduled time as soon as one is agreed upon with West Sabine. Good luck to our Lady Owls softball team as they will play a best of three series with Evadale beginning Friday afternoon at 4:00 pm. Game 2 will be played at 11:00 am on Saturday, and Game 3 (if necessary) will be played at 1:00 pm. These games will be played at Jasper High School's softball field. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
Current 10th and 11th graders and parents/guardians:
In case you missed our dual credit meeting last night, please see the attached smore link for details and deadlines.
https://www.smore.com/0f35x
This is a reminder for those students, current 10th and 11th graders, interested in Dual Credit for the 2023-2024 school year of our meeting in the cafeteria tonight at 5:30 pm.
Following the Dual Credit meeting, we will have a current Junior parent meeting at 6:00 pm. We will inform parents of senior year norms and expectations regarding scholarships and graduation.
This is a reminder that tonight is our current 7th & 8th grade parent meeting in the cafeteria beginning at 5:30 pm. We will discuss student class schedules for next year and course opportunities available for next year as well. Mrs. Pinner will conduct the meeting while our CTE teachers will also be on hand to answer any questions and provide additional information.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Good luck to our softball and baseball teams as both programs will be in action this evening! The Mighty Owls will be traveling to West Sabine to take on the Tigers. Only the varsity will play tonight with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 pm. Meanwhile, our Lady Owls will play their final home game of the season in a Senior Night match up against West Sabine. This game will get underway at 5:00 pm.
On Friday evening, our ladies will travel to Chester for a 4:30 pm contest while our baseball team will be idle. The game originally scheduled with Zavalla on this day has been cancelled. Our JV boys however, will be in action at home Saturday, April 15, against Douglass in a scheduled doubleheader. The first game is set to get underway at 11:00 am with the second game immediately to follow.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: Happy Rainy Thursday!
As you can probably imagine, there will be no ball games today. The baseball game will be rescheduled to a later date to be determined. When that date and time are agreed upon, CISD will make that public. The softball game will now be played on Monday in Woden at noon.
From the Chireno Owls Sports Wire: It's Tuesday, which means it's game day! Good luck to our softball and baseball teams as both programs will be in action at home this evening. Our Lady Owls will host Colmesneil beginning at 5:00 pm. Our JV and Varsity baseball teams will also play Colmesneil with the first game getting underway at 4:00 pm. The varsity will take the field after the JV game with an approximate start time of 6:30 pm. Finally, good luck to our high school track athletes competing in the finals of the District 24-2A track meet in San Augustine at 11:00 am. So far, we have 3 athletes advancing to Area in the high jump and 3200m run.