LaPoynor April District Newsletter ☔🗞️

Posted Date: 04/01/26 (03:30 PM)

LaPoynor ISD Newsletter

Monthly District News and Updates

April 1, 2026

Flyer Community,

Welcome to our monthly newsletter, a reflection of the happenings and achievements within LaPoynor ISD. This edition brings you a roundup of news, events, and updates, keeping you connected and informed about our collective journey in education.

Upcoming Events ☔

Paraprofessional Appreciation Day | April 1st

Let's celebrate the amazing paraprofessionals who help make our school a better place! 💜📚

Madison Andrews

Lynda Barnes

Janelle Hofstetter

Kennison Johnston

Jamie McKinley

Alexandra Meyer

Brandie Parker

Mureen Pearce

Brittany Phillips

Carol Reynolds

Hannah Robison

Shannon Sides

Raynebeaux Sims

Thank you for the countless ways you support our students and staff every day. You are truly the heart of our campus!

We appreciate you more than words can say! 🙌✨ Thank you, Paraprofessionals! 💜

School Librarian Appreciation Day | April 2nd

On April 2nd, let's hear it for our the amazing librarians, Mrs. McClelland and Mrs. Gurley!!

These ladies keep our students excited to explore new worlds through books! 🌎💜

Thank you for creating a space for reading and learning 📚 We appreciate all you do! 💜

JV Baseball Games | April 2nd

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers JV Baseball

📍 Mildred High School

🕗 JV 5 pm & 7 pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

Bad Weather Days | April 3rd & 6th 🐰

No school!

Have a nice, long weekend!

Assistant Principal Appreciation Week 🎉

The week of April 6th, we recognize our incredible secondary campus assistant principal, Mrs. Christy Carnes! 🌟

Thank you Mrs. Carnes for the leadership you bring to our school each day. We appreciate everything you do! 💜✨

Let's show some love and appreciation for Mrs. Carnes all week long!!

Softball & Baseball Games | April 7th

🥎 Lady Flyers Softball

📍 Home vs Wortham

🕗 4:30 pm

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball

📍 Home vs Wortham

🕗 4:30 pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

District Track Meet | April 8th & 9th

April 8th - Running Prelims and Field Events

April 9th - Running Finals

📍 Alba-Golden High School

State Testing Day | April 9th ✏️

3rd Grade ELAR

4th Grade ELAR

5th Grade ELAR

7th Grade ELAR

8th Grade ELAR

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

Pre-K & Kinder Registration Roundup

📅 Thursday, April 10th

📍 Elementary Library

🕗 TBA

Pre-Order Your 2025-2026 Yearbook

Click the image above to pre-order your 2025-2026 LaPoynor Yearbook!

‼️📅 Last day to order is Friday, June 5th! 📅‼️

You can also purchase an ad spot to celebrate your child within that link!

Softball & Baseball Games | April 10th

🥎 Lady Flyers Softball

📍 Wortham High School

🕗 5 pm

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball

📍 Wortham High School

🕗 6 pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

Prom Night | April 11th

Contact the secondary campus for more information! (903) 876-4057 ext 301

Softball & Baseball Games | April 14th & 15th

🥎 Lady Flyers Softball

📅 Tuesday, April 14th

📍 Home vs Cross Roads

🕗 5 pm

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball - Faculty Appreciation Night

📅 Wednesday, April 15th

📍 Home vs Cross Roads

🕗 5 pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

State Testing Day | April 14th ✏️

6th Grade ELAR

5th Grade Science

8th Grade Science

English 1

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

State Testing Day | April 15th ✏️

US History

English 2

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

Kona Ice | April 16th

A link to order will be sent out closer to this date!

State Testing Day | April 16th ✏️

8th Grade Social Studies

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

Softball & Baseball Games | April 17th

🥎 Lady Flyers Softball

📍 Cross Roads High School

🕗 6 pm

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball

📍 Cross Roads High School

🕗 6 pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

Monthly School Board Meeting | April 20th

📅 Monday, April 20th

📍 Administration Board Room

🕗 6 pm

Baseball Game Day | April 21st

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball

📍 Cayuga High School

🕗 JV 5pm | V 7pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

State Testing Day | April 21st ✏️

8th Grade Math

Biology

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

Admin Assistant Appreciation Day | April 22nd

Let's give a huge shoutout to the incredible administrative assistants who keep our school moving every single day!

Thank you to

Mrs. Amy Johnston

Mrs. Tara Johnson, and

Ms. Kiley Nachtrieb

We are so grateful for the heart, patience, and positivity they bring to our campuses 💜

Let us all show them some extra love and appreciation that day! They deserve it! 🎉

State Testing Day | April 22nd & 23rd ✏️

Wednesday, April 22nd

6th Grade Math

7th Grade Math

Thursday, April 23rd

3rd Grade Math

4th Grade Math

5th Grade Math

Algebra

Do your best on the test! You got this! 💜✈️

Title I Spring Meeting & PFE Review

📅 Thursday, April 23rd

📍 Administration Board Room

🕗 5 pm

Baseball Senior Night | April 24th

⚾ LaPoynor Flyers Baseball Senior Night

📍 Home vs Cayuga

🕗 JV 5pm | V 7pm

Times and dates are subject to change.

Piney Woods Quad County Challenge 🚴‍♀️

Our LP seniors are hard at work writing essays and chasing amazing scholarship opportunities! One scholarship comes from the William Foster Lodge in Frankston.

To raise more support for our students they are hosting the Piney Woods Bicycle Tour Scholarship Fundraiser on April 25th. This event will directly benefit some of our senior students!

Please consider joining in on the fun and supporting a great cause that helps our kids go further. For more details, click the image above to check out their event page on Facebook!

Thank you for always supporting our students and cheering them on toward bright futures!

Principal Appreciation Day 🏫 April 29th

Let's take a moment to recognize two incredible leaders who pour their hearts into our campuses every single day.

To our elementary principal, Kelly Hargett, thank you for creating a welcoming and joyful environment where our youngest learners feel safe, supported, and ready to grow 🍎🌈

To our secondary principal, John Miller, thank you for guiding our students with encouragement, high expectations, and a whole lot of dedication 🎓📘

We are grateful for both of you and all the ways you make LaPoynor ISD a better place for our students, staff, and families!

School Lunch Hero Appreciation Day | April 30th

Let's celebrate our lunch heroes who work hard every single day to make sure our kids have healthy meals and a welcoming place to eat 💜

A huge thank you to

Jessica Boyette

Jaime Bass

Kim Mitchell

Jaime Morehead and

Alicia Whitehead

Please join us in showing some love to our amazing lunch heroes today. They make a difference in more ways than they know! 🍽️

March Events 🍀🐝

🎉📚 Dr. Seuss Week 🎉📚

Th Dr. Seuss Week was a success at LaPoynor Elementary! 🎉📚

They celebrated literacy, imagination, and a love for reading all week long for Dr. Seuss Week last week!

Click the image above to see pictures from their fun filled week!

Golf Season Pictures ⛳📸

Click the image above to see pictures from our golf season!

Frankston HS Track Meet Results 🏃

Izzy Young

3rd Place - 100M

Emily White

1st Place - 3200M

3rd Place - 1600 M

Great job Lady Flyers!! 💜✈️

Frankston JH Track Meet Results 🏃

Paisley Roark

1st Place - 400M

5th Place - 100M

Emory Gallo

6th Place - 100M

Audree Kramer

4th Place - 400M

Case Shultz

1st Place - 400M

2nd Place - 200M

3rd Place - 100M

1600 Girls Relay - 6th Place

Emory Gallo

Kinlee Holcomb

Audree Kramer

Paisley Roark

Way to go Flyers and Lady Flyers!! 💜✈️

Frankston UIL Academic Meet Results 📚

Our high school students competed in Frankston's UIL academic meet on Saturday and they represented LaPoynor with pride!!

🏅 Samuel Innes

3rd in Number Sense

2nd in Spelling

1st in Headline Writing

🏅 Grace Singleton

2nd in Social Studies

4th in Spelling

🏅 Peyton Hanks

2nd in Number Sense

2nd in Math

🏅 Graydon Boudreaux

1st in Number Sense

3rd in Copy Editing

1st in Social Studies

1st in Math

👏 A huge thank you to our amazing UIL director Mr. Becker for leading and supporting our students!

Mabank UIL Academic Meet Results ✨📚

The UIL Social Studies team consisting of Graydon Boudreaux, Jadon Voyles, Skyla Pessink, and Jean Innes took 2nd place at the Mabank Invitational meet this past weekend!! Graydon Boudreaux earned 5th place, and Jadon Voyles earned 6th place.

Graydon Boudreaux also earned 6th place in Number Sense!!

Way to go Flyers We are proud of you all 💜✈️

Softball Season Pictures 📸🥎

Click the image above to see pictures from our softball season!

Baseball Season Pictures ⚾📸

Click the image above to see pictures from our baseball season!

Malakoff HS Varsity Track Meet Results 🏃

Izzy Young

1st Place - 100M

2nd Place - 200M

5th Place - Long Jump

Emily White

1st Place - 3200M

3rd Place - 1600M

Bella Dejong

4th Place - High Jump (tied)

Bella Hanks

4th Place - High Jump (tied)

Peyton Hanks

5th Place - 3200M

Way to go Flyers and Lady Flyers!! 💜✈️

Malakoff JV Track Meet Results 🏃

Tucker Jones

5th Place - 200M

Joa Rebelo

3rd Place - 800M

6th Place - 400M

Grayden Boudreaux

5th Place - 1600M

Daniel Sainz Garcia

6th Place - Long Jump

Melanie Ryan

2nd Place - 400M

Gracie Nelson

6th Place - 400M

Abigail Thaw

4th Place - 800M

Jalonda Williams

2nd Place - Shot Put

3rd Place - Discus

Way to go Flyers and Lady Flyers!! 💜✈️

Track and Field Season Pictures 🏃‍♂️📸

Click the image above to see pictures from our track and field season!

Flyers Regional Semifinals Game Photos 🏀📸

Our LaPoynor Flyers basketball season came to an end on Tuesday, March 4 after a tough loss to Chireno with a final score of 58 to 52 in the Regional Semifinals game. The Flyers finished an outstanding season with a record of 28-6.

We are so proud of our boys and their coaches, Coach Reid and Coach Neal 🏀✨

Click the image above to see pictures from the Regional Semifinals game 📸

LaPoynor Lady Flyers All-District Honors 🏀

🎉 Congratulations to our 19-2A All-District Basketball Award recipients for our LaPoynor Lady Flyers 🎉

🏆 Utility Player of the Year

Savannah Reynolds

🏆 First Team All District

Emma Scott

Kylie Morton

🏆 Second Team All District

Haidyn Vandam

Leila Welch

🏆 Honorable Mention

Ashley Thaw

Sophia Ramsey

We are so proud of our Lady Flyers this season! 💜🔥🏀

LaPoynor Flyers All-District Honors 🏀

🎉 Congratulations to our 19-2A All-District Basketball Award recipients for our LaPoynor Flyers 🎉

🏆 Co-Offensive MVP

Rowdy Smith (Academic All-District)

🏆 First Team All District

Cohen Snyder (Academic All-District)

Elijah Williams (Academic All-District)

🏆 Second Team All District

Keshon Williams

Sean Hannigan (Academic All-District)

Matt Williams (Academic All-District)

🏆 Honorable Mention

Andon Penney

Tate Rogers (Academic All-District)

🏆 Academic All-District

Mateo Estrada

Cutter Almon

We are so proud of our LaPoynor Flyers this season!🔥🏀

2026-2027 LaPoynor High School Cheer Squad 📣

Congratulations to our students who made the 2026-2027 LaPoynor High School cheer squad!!

📣✨ And a shout out to everyone who tried out this year! Your courage and school spirit shined today! 💜

2026-2027 LaPoynor Junior High Cheer Squad 📣

Congratulations to our students who made the 2026-2027 LaPoynor Junior High cheer squad!!

📣✨ And a shout out to everyone who tried out this year! Your courage and school spirit shined today! 💜

Neches JH Track Meet Results 🏃

Case Shultz

1st Place - Long Jump

1st Place - 200M

1st Place - 100M

Aubrey Parker

2nd Place - 100M

Camden Swoyer, Case Shultz

Case Howard, & Aubrey Parker

1st Place - 4x200M Relay

Paisley Roark

1st Place - 100M

3rd Place - Long Jump

1st Place - 400M

Emory Gallo

3rd Place - 200M

UIL Academics Advances to Regionals 🏅

Congratulations to our LaPoynor High School students who competed at the District UIL Academic Meet in Martins Mill on March 23rd. Check out our Regional qualifiers below!!

🥈 Graydon Boudreaux placed 2nd in Number Sense

Number Sense is coached by Mr. Becker!

🥇 Our Spelling Team brought home 1st place

🥉 Samuel Innes earned 3rd place in Spelling

🏅Sean Hannigan earned 4th place in Spelling

🏅 Jayden Wade finished 7th in Spelling

💜 Emily White represented the Spelling Team as well

The Spelling team is coached by Mrs. Moltz!

🥉 Graydon Boudreaux placed 3rd in Math

Math is coached by Mr. Becker!

🥇 Our Social Studies Team dominated with a 1st place District finish

🥇 Graydon Boudreaux placed 1st in Social Studies

🏅 Grace Singleton placed 5th in Social Studies

🏅 Jean Innes placed 6th in Social Studies

💜 Jaydon Voyles represented the Social Studies Team as well

The Social Studies team is coached by Coach Stephens!

We are so proud of our LaPoynor students! Keep that energy going as you head to Regionals! And a big thank you to our UIL Director, Mr. Becker!!

Neches HS Track Meet Results 🏃

Peyton Hanks

3rd Place - 3200m

Sean Hannigan

3rd Place - Discus

Keshon Williams

2nd Place - 100m

Tucker Jones

Daniel Garcia

Matt Williams

Keshon Williams

3rd Place - 4x200m relay

Stormy Kennedy

3rd Place - Discus

Emily White

1st Place - 3200m

1st Place - 1600m

Bella Hanks

3rd Place - 1600m

Shaniyah Felder

2nd Place - 100m

Emma Scott

Kylie Morton

Melanie Ryan

Shaniyah Felder

3rd Place - 4x200m relay

HCLS Show Results 🥇

Click the link above to see the results and pictures from the Henderson County Livestock Show!

Alba-Golden JH Track Meet Results 🏃

Case Howard

5th Place - 200m

Isaiah McDaniel

4th Place - Discuss

Emory Gallo

2nd Place - 100m

2nd Place - 400m

3rd Place - 200m

Audree Kramer

3rd Place - 400m

Paisley Roark

3rd Place - 100m

2nd Place - 400m

3rd Place - Long Jump

Case Shultz

2nd Place - 100m

4th Place - 400m

1st Place - 200m

1st Place - Long Jump

Aubrey Parker

3rd Place - 100m

5th Place - 200m

Eli McDaniel

5th Place - 100m

5th Place - 400m

5th Place - Long Jump

Way To Go LaPoynor Little Dribblers 🏀

Congratulations to all our LaPoynor Little Dribblers teams that competed at the Regional Tournament! The following teams are headed to Nationals:

🥇 Rookie Girls

🥇 Junior Girls

🥇 Junior Boys

Contact Information ☎️

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach out via the following links:

(903) 876-4057
www.lapoynorisd.net

LaPoynor Facebook Page

LaPoynor Website

LaPoynor Parent Portal

LaPoynor Student Portal