Italy High School was the site of the 61st Annual FCCLA (Family Career & Community Leaders of America) and FFA (Future Farmers of America) banquet this week. Awards were given after a wonderful meal of lasagna, salad, bread and dessert. Steve Gaylord was the special guest speaker for the evening. (Continued…)

The Ellis County Expo came like a whirlwind, as it always does, and is gone in a flash. However, left standing were winners of all categories and levels. From pigs to shop projects, the students in Ellis County 4-H and FFA came from Ennis, Waxahachie, Palmer, Midlothian, Red Oak, Maypearl, Milford, Ferris, and, of course, Italy. (Continued…)

Members of Italy High School’s FCCLA (Family Career Community Leaders of America), under the guidance of Ann Hyles who will be retiring after 39 years of service and support to the students of Italy High School, made a strong showing themselves at the Ellis County Youth Expo. (Continued…)

Results from the Houston Livestock Show™ prove Italy ISD scramble heifer participants are outstanding in their field. Italy’s cowboys and cowgirls rounded up several honors after working many months to earn their places competing among the finest junior livestock competitors in the state. (Continued…)

Members of the Italy FFA, the Ellis County 4-H and the FCCLA entered their lambs, goats, heifers, steers, hogs, desserts, shirts, photos and drawings into the Ellis County Youth Expo Show & Sale with high expectations. By the end of the week long event, expectations were met as Italy’s hard working students left with a trough full off ribbons and even a Grand Champion Buckle to boot! (Continued…)

Italy High School senior, Dan Crownover, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship at the San Antonio Stock Show last Saturday when his heifer, May May, was chosen as Grand Champion over 76 other animals. She beat out 308 heifers and was selected as the Grand Champion at the Ft. Worth Stock Show earlier this year. (Continued…)

The Italy High School junior class will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a telescope. The scope is an 1100mm x 135mm Dobsonian with two eyepieces, a 3x barlow, a halo type spotting scope, and a cherrywood base. It is currently on display in the Italy High School library. (Continued…)

Good luck to members of the Italy FFA who gathered outside Hobbs Feed & Supply this morning to stock up on feed and supplies before leaving for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. (Continued…)

The newly formed Italy FFA Booster Club met this past monday. In a meeting to organize and coordinate goals and action items, it was voted unanimously to move forward with plans to build a new project center building built on the ag farm property off of FM 667. (Continued…)

Parents of Italy FFA students are having a Booster Club organizational meeting tonight (Monday, January 11, 2010) at the Italy High School Ag Building. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm. All persons interested in supporting the Agriculture Program at Italy High School are urged to attend. (Continued…)

The Italy ISD Yearbook staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you have got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we’d like to see them. (Continued…)

Mrs. Ann Hyles and her FCCLA Club members have Italy Gladiator lanyards for sale at $4.00 each as a club fundraiser. Click this article for the details! (Continued…)

The 60th Annual FCCLA & FFA Awards Banquet went off without a hitch Friday night, May 22nd, inside the Gladiators Coliseum. Both groups recognized members for their hardwork during the 2008-2009 school year. (Continued…)

As friends and family gathered around the tables at IHS on Thursday night, the local National Honor Society hosted the 20th annual banquet honoring the students in the association followed by the induction ceremony for next year’s officers and new members. (Continued…)

The 60th annual IHS FFA/FCCLA banquet is coming up. We would like to invite all FFA members and their parents to join us in celebrating the 2008-2009 year. The banquet is on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 7:30 in the Dome. We will be announcing the new officer team for the 2009-2010 school year and presenting awards to FFA members for their hard work this year. (Continued…)

Italy High School is thinking about recycling, which is a good thing these days. NHS and Student Council are pulling together their resources to help our town. If you are interested in eliminating a little clutter around your house, maybe you can coordinate with these students. (Continued…)

If you walked into Italy High School cafeteria on Wednesday afternoon, you would have seen approximately 20 students listening intently on the new rules and goals of the Gold Guild (G²), the newest club at school. (Continued…)

The Italy National Junior Honor Society hosted their annual induction ceremony on Monday night in the band hall. Marjorie Bridge is the Chapter Advisor and she is very proud of her upcoming group. (Continued…)

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education through grade 12. IHS has a great group of organizers this year. (Continued…)

If you want to have a little fun this week, come to Italy’s football field and watch the Junior or Senior girls win the title of Powder Puff Champions 2008. (Continued…)