Taylor ISD News

  tcrow@taylorisd.org   Anita Allen Volek has been an active supporter of the TEE Foundation since it’s reactivation in 2016. Awarding grants during Mallard Mania has been one of her all-time favorite events, and she and husband Dannie have participated in Food Dudes, most recently serving up Dannie’s homemade dressing and gravy from an old Volek family recipe.

tcrow@taylorisd.org  From Duck Bucks to Game Changers, Food Dudes to Purse Bingo, and Mallard Mania events that celebrate and support classroom learning, Moppy Miller’s latest TISD adventure as Executive Director of the Taylor Educational Enrichment (TEE) Foundation has been filled with creativity, forward thinking and a strong sense of networking that has come to be known as Team Taylor.  

The Taylor High School Academic Decathlon team competed in the Texas State Academic Decathlon Competition at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio and returned with the Bronze team medal and scholarship money.   Medal winners in the individual categories include:   Essay –Scholastic Silver, Tristyn Davy   Interview – Honors Gold, Samantha McIntire; Scholastic Gold, Tristyn Davy; Varsity Gold, Richard Davis   Speech – Honors Silver, Samantha McIntire; Scholastic Gold, Tristyn Davy; Scholastic Bronze, Lluvia Allen-Correa; Gabriella Howell, Varsity Gold; Varsity Bronze, Richard Davis   Art – Honors Silver, Zane Talavera; Scholastic Bronze, Tristyn Davy   Music – Honors Bronze, Zane Talavera; Scholastic Silver, Tristyn Davy; Varsity Gold, Gabriella Howell; Varsity Bronze, Richard Davis   Literature – Honors Gold, Zane Talavera; Honors Bronze, Samantha McIntire; Scholastic Gold, Tristyn Davy   Social Science – Scholastic Silver, Tristyn Davy   Overall winners include: Honors 5 th

tcrow@taylorisd.org   " It takes a village to raise a child"  is a popular proverb with a clear message: the whole community has an essential role to play in the growth and development of its young people. Now, thanks to the new initiative Taylor-Aides, volunteering in the Taylor public schools has never been easier.    “Community involvement is so essential to our children's success, and Taylor-Aides provides a wide avenue of opportunities to get involved with as little as thirty minutes a month,” said Susan Green, Taylor-Aides volunteer. “It's so important to me that we work together, as a community, to create a better future for our kids.”   Volunteer opportunities include Munch Mentors, meeting with students for 30 minutes a week at lunch. Reading Ducks, spending 30 minutes a week reading with kids. Watch Ducks, monitoring the high school hallways. Hot Shots, help with last minute needs. Also, events or occasional volunteering around your schedule and at your pref

The Taylor High School Academic Decathlon team is heading to state competition in San Antonio on February 24 th   for the 18 th   CONSECUTIVE YEAR of representing Taylor, Texas at the state level.  The Taylor team returned from the 2022 regional competition in Corpus Christi as the silver medal team overall. They are currently ranked 3 rd   in the State Small School Division.  Medal winners include: SPEECH – Samantha McIntire, Honors Bronze Medal; Tristyn Davy, Scholastic Gold Medal with a perfect score; Richard Davis, Varsity Silver Medal INTERVIEW –Samantha McIntire, Honors Gold Medal with a perfect score; Tristyn Davy, Scholastic Gold Medal with a perfect score; Gabriella Howell, Varsity Bronze Medal  ESSAY –Tristyn Davy, Scholastic Bronze Medal; Gabriella Howell, Varsity Gold Medal MUSIC – Zane Talavera, Honors Silver Medal; Gabriella Howell and Richard Davis, tie for the Varsity Bronze Medal ART – Zane Talavera, Honors Gold Medal; Tristyn Davy, Scholastic Silver Medal LANGUAGE AND

tcrow@taylorisd.org   Twenty-eight years ago, Maria Chavana applied for a job as a teacher’s aide with Taylor ISD. There were no openings for aide positions at that time, so she interviewed by phone with then East Williamson County Cooperative (EWCC) director, Barbara Burton, for a secretarial position in the special education office.   “She called me the very next day and offered me the job,” said Chavana. “That’s when central office was on Twelfth Street, and the EWCC office was in a small portable out back that was divided into two smaller rooms. I was on one side with Jane Crow and Carolyn Ging and we were like sardines in that little room. Barbara’s office was on the on the other side which was just as small. That was the East Williamson County Co-op office at that time, and I liked my job so much that I never wanted to leave.”    Shortly after Chavana was hired, the department moved into the newly expanded central office building. Later, the EWCC moved into the first wing of the