Wellington ISD

🎉 WINNING WEDNESDAY 🎉 Senior Spotlight continues with these fabulous five: Isabella • Jayleigh • Heather • Sabrina • Cool Class of 2026… keep winning! 🚀👩🏽‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓🌟

🎉TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK 🎉 We made it to May!!! 🙌 What. A. Year. Now let’s have a little fun and celebrate the best staff around! 🍎🚀

🎓🚀 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT 🚀🎓 The spotlight continues today with 7 more superstars from the Class of 2026! Keep chasing your dreams—we’re proud of you! 🌟 The best is yet to come! 🚀

Wellington FFA members attended the Greenbelt District Spring Meeting tonight. We won the District Sweepstakes for Speaking Contests and received all of our banners from this spring’s judging and speaking contests. Great way to celebrate an outstanding year for Wellington FFA! 🌾🚀👏

Some of our WHS students had the opportunity to serve at the CASA of the Rolling Plains Gala right here in Wellington this past Saturday. We’re proud of the way they represented our school and community while supporting such an incredible organization! 💙

🚀 Servers included:

Seniors: Noah Cantu, Dixon Dugan, Bryn Phillips
Juniors: Maggie Tillman
Sophomores: Natalee Alvarado, Jax Heflin, Lawson Inman, Alex Orozco
Freshmen: Anna Dwyer, Hartley Kane, Cix Killian, Demi Massey, Ava Peters, Autumn Shatswell

Thank you to these students for stepping up to serve and make a difference! #WHS #SkyrocketsServe 🚀

🔥 Wichita Falls Welding Contest Results 🔥 WHS is proud to celebrate Aison Skelton for an outstanding performance! 🥇 1st Place – SMAW 1F Welding Contest Aison successfully completed his certification weld and advanced to the contest—where his work stood out above the rest, earning 1st place out of more than 230 welds! 🏆 For his accomplishment, Aison was also presented with a championship belt buckle. What an incredible achievement and a true testament to his skill, focus, and hard work. Congratulations, Aison and his teacher Drew Taylor! 🚀

🎓🚀 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT – GRADUATION WEEK 🚀🎓 It’s Graduation Week, and our Class of 2026 Senior Spotlight continues with 8 more incredible students! As we celebrate those featured on our WHS Wall of Fame, we also want to recognize that several of our seniors are still mapping out their next steps—and that’s perfectly okay. 💬 Not being on the Wall of Fame yet doesn’t mean the future isn’t bright. Every student’s journey is different, and we are proud of each and every one of you. The best is still ahead for the Class of 2026! 🌟🚀 #WHS #ClassOf2026 #Skyrockets

🚀 STATE BOUND! 🚀 The Region 1-2A Track Meet at West Texas A&M University is in the books, and the Skyrockets are sending two to Austin! 🏆 STATE QUALIFIERS * Major Brown – 🥇First Place Regional Champion (Triple Jump – 44-03) * Jimmy “Jax” Cantu – 🥈Second Place Silver Medalist (Long Jump – 21-06.75) 📍 See you at the State Track Meet – May 15 in Austin! 🔥 Other Top Performances * Major Brown – 🥉 Long Jump (21-06.75) * Jimmy “Jax” Cantu – 4th in High Jump (6’2) * Girls 4x100 Relay (Angela Lewis, Aleah Lewis, Raelynn Castor, Libby Chandler) – 4th (50.50) * Taytum Kane – 🥉 800m (2:23.04) & 5th in 1600m (5:42) * Girls 4x200 Relay (Angela Lewis, Taytum Kane, Kambrie Fisher, Libby Chandler) – 🥉 School Record 1:46.46 (breaking 1989 record of 1:47.30!) 💥 Incredible effort by all our athletes competing at the regional level. Let’s go represent in Austin! #Skyrockets 🚀

🎓🚀 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT 🚀🎓 The spotlight continues as we highlight 5 more seniors on our WHS Wall of Fame! 📍 Located in the main hallway, the Wall of Fame recognizes students who have turned in their college, university, or trade school acceptance letters—taking the next step toward their future. 👏 Today’s honorees: Rylyn • Oakley • Anna • Damiana • Eryn We are proud of you and excited for what’s ahead! Keep shining, Class of 2026! 🌟🚀

🚀 Region 1-2A Track Meet Update 🚀 Here is your revised Region 1-2A Track Schedule for all our Skyrocket qualifiers competing today at West Texas A&M University in Canyon! 📍 Location: WTAMU – Canyon, TX 📅 Date: Today starting at 3pm & tomorrow starting at 8am 🏃‍♂️ Let’s show up and show out, Lady Rockets & Rockets! Good luck to all of our athletes as they compete at the regional level. Your hard work has earned this opportunity—now go make it count! Let’s go, Rockets! 🚀🔥

Wellington FFA members competed at the Greenbelt District Speaking Contest in Memphis this afternoon. Students placing 1st and 2nd will advance to the Area Contest at WTAMU on May 8. Congratulations to all who competed! Results: * Extemporaneous Speaking – 1st Place: Anna Henard * Senior Prepared Ag Policy – 2nd Place: Raelea Davila * Senior Prepared Ag Business – 2nd Place: Kenady Skelton * Senior Prepared Animal Science – 1st Place: Bailey Page * Senior Prepared Natural Resources: * Jacy Lampe – 5th Place * Jazmyn Garcia – 6th Place * Junior Prepared: * Sophia Derr – 6th Place * Brylnn Kemp – 7th Place Great job representing Wellington FFA! 🌾👏

🎓✨ Senior Spotlight Series Begins! ✨🎓 Starting today and continuing through all the weekdays next week, we’re proud to highlight each member of our incredible Class of 2026! 🚀 We kick things off today by recognizing our Senior Class Officers—the leaders who have helped guide, represent, and serve their class with pride and dedication. Stay tuned each day as we celebrate this outstanding group of seniors leading up to graduation! 🎉 #WHS #ClassOf2026 #SeniorSpotlight #Skyrockets 🚀

🚀🎓 Top of the Class! 🎓🚀 Congratulations to our Class of 2026 highest-ranking honor graduates! Valedictorian: Noah Cantu Salutatorian: Rylyn Colson Your dedication and excellence have set the standard. We are incredibly proud of you both! #Skyrockets

🚀 IT’S PLAYOFF TIME, ROCKET NATION! 🚀 Skyrocket baseball opens the UIL State Playoffs today against Sunray in Stinnett with a 4:00 PM first pitch! ⚾️ Time to bring the energy, pack the stands, and back these boys as they chase a deep playoff run. 🔥 Win bi-district. Advance. Keep it rolling. 🔥 Let’s go, Rockets! 🚀⚾️💪

Congratulations to Wellington FFA senior Jacy Lampe on advancing in the Texas FFA scholarship process! 🎉 Jacy has made it past the first round and has been selected as one of the Top 25 seniors in Area 1, earning the opportunity to advance her application to the state level. She was also honored today by being chosen as one of just six students to serve on the Area 1 Nominating Committee. Jacy will represent Wellington FFA in this role next week at the Area Convention on the campus of West Texas A&M University. We are proud of you, Jacy—keep representing Wellington with excellence! 🚀

Here is our Wellington Athletics Weekly Schedule. Good luck to Skyrocket baseball as we kick off the playoffs and to all our athletes competing in regional track at the end of the week. 🚀⚾️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️‍➡️🚀

It was a GREAT day in Oklahoma City on the senior trip with the Class of 2026! 🚀 The day started bright and early with a 5:00 AM departure from Wellington, but the energy never slowed down. Once in OKC, students kicked things off with breakfast at IHOP, then hit the track for some high-speed fun at Andretti’s. From there, it was lunch at The Parlor OKC, followed by some well-earned time at Okana Indoor Waterpark. The day wrapped up with games and fun at Chicken N Pickle and a final stop at Roxy’s for an ice cream social. A full day of laughs, memories, and time together that these seniors won’t forget. What a trip! 🎓🍦🎉

🎨🚀 STATE VASE SUCCESS FOR WHS! 🚀🎨 The Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) was held today in San Marcos, and our Skyrockets made their mark on a HUGE stage! Out of nearly 32,000 entries statewide, WHS senior Jasmin Moreno placed in the top 7%, earning a prestigious Gold Seal — one of the highest honors in Texas art! 🏅 Her award-winning piece will now travel across the state with other Gold Seal selections. ✨ Jasmin also received a $500 scholarship for being named Outstanding Still Life for her incredible work! 🎥 Be sure to check out the video of Jasmin receiving her award in the comments! We also had more All-State success: 🎨 Elli Ouellette (Jr.) — 2 All-State pieces 🎨 Rilynn Southerland (Sr.) — All-State medalist 👏 Congratulations to these talented artists and a big shoutout to our amazing art teacher Marnie Kane for her leadership and dedication! WHS is proud of you! Keep shining, Skyrockets! 🚀🔥

The Class 2A UIL Region 1 Academic Meet was held today on the campus of West Texas A&M University, and WHS had 13 students competing across multiple events. 🏆 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆 Our Current Issues & Events Team brought home the title and is headed to the State Academic Meet at University of Texas at Austin on May 19! 🥇 Individual Results: * Dixon Dugan – Regional Champion (adds to his District Championship!) and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship to West Texas A&M University * Noah Cantu – 8th Place * Ava Peters – Tied for 12th * Treylea Wiebe – Tied for 17th * Lawson Inman – Alternate Coached by Jermaine Cantu. Congratulations, Skyrockets—now go take care of business in Austin! 🚀🔥

Skyrocket baseball dominates on Senior Night, run-ruling the Memphis Cyclones 10-0 to wrap up district play! 🚀⚾️ The Rockets now set their sights on the UIL State Playoffs, opening next Wednesday in Stinnett with a doubleheader against Sunray. Let’s go, Rockets! 🔥