Sweetwater Independent School District
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Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district
School district
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 based in Sweetwater
Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is the county seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2000 census.-History:Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway started service in 1881, with the first train arriving on March 12 of that year, beginning...

, Texas
Texas
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 (USA
United States
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).

Located in Nolan County, the district extends into a portion of Fisher County.

In 2010, the school district was rated "Recognized
Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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.
ABOUT SWEETWATER ISD:

The Sweetwater Independent School District serves approximately 2,253 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 on six campuses; high school, middle school, intermediate school, two elementary schools, and an early childhood center.

Sweetwater ISD is also the fiscal agent for a nine-member school special education shared service arrangement. In Sweetwater, excellence is not only a goal, it is a standard. Students have opportunities to participate in UIL academic competitions. The fine arts program enjoys outstanding successes, especially in band and choral music. In athletics, teams consistently excel in football, basketball, baseball, track, softball, power lifting, volleyball, golf, and tennis.
ADMINISTRATION:

Terry Pittman, SISD Superintendent

Kathy Smartt, SISD Assistant Superintendent

Nathan Ehlert, SISD Business Manager

Scarlett Whitteker, Special Education Director

Mike Marlett, SISD Educational Technology Director

Tracey Smola, SISD Testing/Special Programs Coordinator

Craig Slaughter, SISD Athletic Director

Scott Lambert, SISD Transportation/Maintenance Director

Barbara Woolsey, SISD Food Services Director

Stacy Jones, Principal Sweetwater High School

Roddy Alexander, Assistant Principal Sweetwater High School

Jeff Withrow, Principal Sweetwater Middle School

Danette Price, Assistant Principal Sweetwater Middle School

Heather Moore, Principal Sweetwater Intermediate School

Vicki Mayberry, Principal East Ridge Elementary School

Peggy Elliott, Principal Southeast Elementary School

Kirk Stroman, Director J. P. Cowen Early Childhood Center
PEOPLE:
  • Willie Amos
    Willie Amos
    Willie Amos is an American football defensive back currently playing with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, who traded for Amos on June 14, 2009. He was previously on the practice squad of the Chicago Bears, who signed him as an undrafted free agent out of the University of...

    , CFL
    Canadian Football League
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     player of the Edmonton Eskimos
    Edmonton Eskimos
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  • Temple Dickson
    Temple Dickson
    Robert Temple Dickson, III , was a prominent trial lawyer, rancher, and a former Democratic state legislator, having served in both the Texas House of Representatives, from 1965 to 1971, and the Texas Senate, from 1989 to 1993.-Early years:Dickson was born in Seymour, the seat of Baylor County, to...

    , a Sweetwater attorney who served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature, graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1953.

  • Charles Perry
    Charles Perry (Texas politician)
    Charles Lee Perry is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83 based in Lubbock, Texas. A certified public accountant, Perry unseated incumbent Representative Delwin L. Jones, the oldest current member of the Texas House, in the April 13, 2010, runoff election. He...

    , an incoming Republican member of the Texas House from Lubbock
    Lubbock, Texas
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    , graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1980.

  • Rupert N. Richardson
    Rupert N. Richardson
    Rupert Norval Richardson, Sr. , was an American historian and a former president of Baptist-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas...

    , a Texas historian
    Historian
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     and later president of Hardin-Simmons University
    Hardin-Simmons University
    Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...

     in Abilene
    Abilene, Texas
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    , was principal of Sweetwater High School from 1916-1917, when he resigned the position to enter World War I
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    .

  • Sammy Baugh
    Sammy Baugh
    Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...

    , Known as Slingin Sammy Baugh, played for the Sweetwater Mustangs(quarter back), also played for TCU, (Texas Christian University). Played for the Washington Redskins(1937-1952). ACHIEVEMENTS: Pro Football Hall of Fame(1963), Collage Football Hall of Fame(1951), 5x All Star selection(1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942), Probowl selection (1951), 7X First-Team All-Pro selection (1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948), 2x Second-Team All-Pro selection(1938, 1941), 2x NFL player of the year(1947, 1948), (NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team), (NFL 1940's All-Decade Team),(1937 Cotton Bowl Classic MVP), (70 Greatest Redskins), (Redskins Ring Hall of Fame), (Washington Redskins #33 retired), (Sweetwater Mustangs #11 retired)

SCHOOLS:
  • Sweetwater High School [SHS](Grades 9-12)

  • Sweetwater Middle School [SMS] (Grades 6-8)

  • Sweetwater Intermediate School (Grades 4-5)

  • East Ridge Elementary School (Grades K-3)

  • Southeast Elementary School (Grades K-3)

  • J.P. Cowen Elementary School (Pre-Kindergarten)

LINKS:

Sammy Baugh College Hall of Fame
Sammy Baugh Pro Football Hall of Fame
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