Finley Junior High - Waxahachie ISD

Friendly Reminder Football camp starts Monday!! 🙂

Our upcoming important dates for Finley Junior High! 😊

Introducing our newest member of our admin team Mr.Walker!!

Come out and support our Chey-Annes! 🙂

Welcome To Waxahachie , Barnard Family!! 🎉💚

Parents just a friendly reminder that our Junior High Football Camp is right around the corner. Don't miss out sign your student up! 😀

WISD will always be ... but for the upcoming school year, our theme is going to be "Happy Hachie"!!

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We can't wait to see how our staff members implement this with their students and teams!


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Please join us in congratulating our 8th Grade Science Make an Animal May Madness winners!

1st Place- Dana Spruill with the Tigorilla

Tied for 2nd Place- Abby Moriarty with the Jagmeleon and Cassie Sims with the Orcotter

4th Place- Addyson Gonzales with the Jellyfly

Today was "Dress like the students" at Finley. The Finley staff truly excelled in their participation! 👏🏻 What a fun way to wrap up the second to last day of school ! Our students definitely got a kick out of it too!!

Friendly reminder tonight is our Awards Ceremony! Fine Arts

We are immensely grateful for our beloved Finley Sisters Minyon and Deborah for their kind gesture every year of treating our entire staff to lunch. Their generosity is truly heartwarming, and we cannot thank them enough. We also want to thank Mrs.Kriegel for joining us. 💚

Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Finley NJHS inductees!

Also pictured are the winners of the 2023-2024 NJHS five pillars and community service awards.
Scholarship: Alexa Rain Yap
Service: Lidia Rodriguez
Leadership: Jose Adrian Gutierrez
Character: Cassie Sims
Citizenship: Michael Macias

Most total community service hours: Danica Alexander
Most in school community service hours: Jose Adrian Gutierrez
Most out of school community service hours: Alexander Reynolds

Please congratulate our incoming members and our outgoing winners!

The Spring Concert showcased the exceptional talents of our symphonic, concert, beginner, and jazz bands.
Congratulations Finley Junior Band!

We captured a quick picture of Mrs.Jacksons first PA announcement here at Finley!!!👏🏻😊

Our Symphonic band got to perform and record on this beautiful stage at Sam Houston State!
What a great opportunity for our students! 😊

Congratulations to our May Students of the Month 🙂

6th grade
Front row: Gracin Babine, Samantha Boatman, Sachiko Alcaraz
Back row: Dreienna Flores, Noah Benavides, Kenzie Barr

7th grade:
Front row: Alexis Villafranco, Macey Walker, Carter McLean
Back Row: Avagrace Lopez, Keeley Tolleson, Manuel Benavides

8th grade:
Front row: Makayla Rogers, Mason Carpenter
Back row: Alexia Rain Yap, Donna Sierra
Not pictured: Ellie Child, Joy Ngugi

We deeply appreciate all the efforts our PTO puts in for our staff here at Finley Jr. High!

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📣📣📣Here is what we have planned for teacher appreciation week!

It’s not too late to sponsor teacher massages for the upcoming week! Any amount is helpful!

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NJHS took current members and Student Council members to Turner Field Day today. We think our big kids had even more fun than the little ones! They continue to impress us with their hard work and dedication to our community. 💚

Another successful year in the books!
Here are the 2023-2024 Lady Warrior Award recipients! 💚

Introducing our newest addition to the team!
Please help us in extending a warm welcome to our new assistant principal, Mrs. Jackson. We’re excited to embark on this new journey together and make a positive impact in our school community!
Welcome to Finley Mrs.Jackson! 💚

Happy National Principal Day!! 🎉

We are honoring Mr. Blanco today for his exceptional leadership, guidance, humor, and creativity that have contributed to our success as a team here at Finley. A big plus is our Waffle Wednesdays !!! 💚
Thank you for all that you do Mr. Blanco!

What a great performance! 👏🏻🙂

Great performance tonight by our jazz band! You can catch our performance again at our Spring concert on May 14th.

Finley National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) students who achieved their community service objectives had the opportunity to visit Tarleton State University, where they were given a tour of the campus and attended a baseball game. What a great experience!! 👏🏻🙂💚

APRIL STUDENT OF THE MONTH !! 🙂👏🏻💚

CONGRATULATIONS!!

6th Grade -
Front Row: Liam Vadbunker, Gracin Babine, Jake Morales
Back Row: Samuel Dominic, Ava Esparza, Olivia McColley

7th Grade -
Front Row: Syafira Rimoe, Kristen Hurtado, Yamilet Garza-Ponce
Back Row: Julian Arriaga, Gael Gonzalez, Stella Bridges

8th Grade -
Front Row: Ethan Hernandez, Jasleen Balderas, Charles Urizar
Back Row: Langston Chalk, Elizabeth Moya, Cheyanne Campbell

We express our gratitude to our incredible PTO and the numerous volunteers who collaborated to organize an uplifting “Chalk the Walk “ event for our students!

This event has provided a fantastic beginning to STAAR DAY, and we are fully prepared and enthusiastic for it!

Let's go! STAAR READY! 👏🏻💚

• Our campus will be closed to visitors and food deliveries on these following dates Tuesday April 16th (RLA 6-8th), Tuesday April 23rd (Science) 8th grade only ,Wednesday April 24th (Social Studies ) 8th grade only and Tuesday April 30th (Math 6-8th)

• All students may enjoy a FREE breakfast on all state testing dates.

STAAR Testing begins tomorrow throughout WISD. Please make note of these important dates and reminders!

Visit our website for all testing related procedures and details!
https://www.wisd.org/Page/538


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Warrior Tribe Challenge #2

What is the meaning behind your tribe’s name ?

Our Finley staff joined together with their tribe on designing a poster that showcases their tribe's name, color, and its meaning.
It was a great way to show collaboration amongst our staff!💚

Today was WISD’s Special Olympics annual track meet!!
It was filled with exciting , heartwarming moments of triumph, and unforgettable performances by remarkable athletes 💚💚