Panther Talk
A LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON AT MART I.S.D.
February 28, 2022
Read Across America Week
Monday, February 28- Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book -Wear PJs
Tuesday, March 1-Green Eggs and Ham Day-Wear Green
Wednesday, March 2-Cat in the Hat Day-Wear a Hat
Thursday, March 3-Fox in Sox Day-Wear Crazy Socks
Friday, March 4-Oh the Places You'll Go! -Dress for Success
This Week
Monday - Gear Up Field Trip to TSTC, Honors English Field Trip
Wednesday - District Band Contest @ Groesbeck, 2:30pm, Youth Connections Conference
Thursday - Youth Congress Gear Up Gives Back Day
Friday - End of the 3rd 9 weeks, Elementary Awards PK-2 (8:30), 3-6 (9:00), 12:30 release
Panther Athletics
Monday - Mart Golf Invitational @ Battle Lake, MS Track Bulldog Relays @ Bosqueville,
Tuesday - Softball vs Bosqueville@ Mart, 6pm
Thursday - HS Track Bulldog Relays @ Bosqueville, Baseball @ Itasca Tourney
Friday - Softball @ Dawson, 5pm, Baseball @ Itasca Tourney
Saturday - Baseball @ Itasca Tourney
New Parent & Family Engagement Newsletter Now Available
Spring Break Events
Tues. March 8 - Baseball @ Axtell 6pm, Softball @ Mart vs Abbott, 6pm
Thurs. March 10 - JV Baseball @ Mart vs Axtell, 5pm
Fri. March 11 - Baseball @ Axtell, 4:00 & 7:00pm , Softball @ Crawford, 4pm
Looking Ahead
March 7 - 11 - Spring Break
March 15 - Elementary Spring Pictures & Class Pictures
March 18 - ES Dairy Farms Assembly
March 21 - 25 - Book Fair
April 12 - Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
April 20 - PreK & Kindergarten Round Up
STAAR Dates
April 5 - English 1 (9th grade)
April 7 - English 2 (10th grade)
May 10 - Algebra 1
May 11 - Biology & 8th grade Science
May 12 - US History & 8th grade Social Studies
May 17 - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade MathMay 18 - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade Reading
May 19 - 5th grade Science
College and Career Readiness Dates:
Important College and Career Readiness Dates:
March 15th - TSI Bootcamp for Sophomores
March 16th - TSI Testing for Sophomores
March 30th - Gear Up Trip to Sam Houston State
April 5th - ACT testing for Juniors
April 13th - Gear Up trip to Texas A&M
April 27th - STAAR Algebra 1 Boot Camp
TSI Testing:
The TSI test will be offered monthly beginning in September
If this is the students first attempt the test is free, if the student is retesting each test will cost $6.
Scholarship Lady of Central Texas Free Resource for Mart ISD Students
Stakeholder Survey
Mart ISD is gathering stakeholder input for our 6 month evaluation of our Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan and use of ARP ESSER III funding. Please fill out the stakeholder survey found here:
COVID-19 Isolation Period & Testing Practices Update
Testing Availability
The district will now be testing using Goodside Health tests. In order to be tested, your child must be registered each time they test at gsh.co/dshs-martisd.
The district does not have the ability to conduct mass testing at this time. Students will only be tested if symptomatic and determined to possibly have COVID-19 by the school nurse, or if they are a household contact wanting to attend school. All others should contact their family doctor for testing.
School COVID-19 tests are rapid tests and have not been found to be as accurate as PCR tests. When in doubt, please contact your family doctor for more thorough testing.
Isolation Periods
If a student tests positive for COVID-19
Stay home and isolate for 10 days.
If you have fever or your symptoms remain severe, continue to stay home until your fever resolves
If a student has a household member test positive for COVID-19, the guardian of that student has 2 options:
Option 1: Quarantine student for 5 days from last exposure.
Classwork will be made available to the student to complete while quarantined. Tutorials may be required when the student returns if there is an academic need.
Option 2: Have student continue to attend school.
Student must be separated from the positive case immediately & rapid test each morning for 5 consecutive days before attending class.
*If day 5 lands on a Saturday or Sunday the student must test on Monday.
Testing will be conducted every morning at the front of the high school from 7:30am-8:00am. Please pull up and stay in your car while testing is conducted.
Athletes that have morning practice will be given special instructions.
Mart ISD COVID-19 Dashboard
Mart I.S.D.
Email: betsy.burnett@mymartisd.org
Website: www.martisd.org
Location: 1100 JL Davis Ave., Mart, TX, USA
Phone: (254) 876-2523
Facebook: facebook.com/MartISD
Twitter: @MartSchoolDistr