March 20, 2024

It’s an exciting time to live, work and learn in Sherman, Texas! Construction fencing has gone up at Crutchfield and Fairview so initial work can begin on their new campuses, opening for the 2025-26 school year. 

In addition to those replacement campuses, work will begin later this spring and summer on a new elementary school in northwest Sherman and stadium and additions at Sherman High School. Also funded under the 2023 bond program are a new early childhood center and another brand-new elementary, planned to open in 2026.  

While construction comes with certain unavoidable challenges, these improvements are more than worth it for our students and staff, and we can’t wait for everyone to get into the new spaces!

We’ll be posting bond updates and construction progress at www.shermanisd.net/bond. 

Help us spread the word! Sherman ISD is hiring for multiple positions for the 2024-25 school year: teachers, classroom assistants, special education, food service, maintenance, transportation, custodial and more! Job fairs are planned March 26 and March 28 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Service Center. 

Tell your friends and family why they should join you in Sherman ISD! We’ve compiled several great talking points about reasons to choose a career in Sherman, and we’ve started sharing video and graphic testimonials on social media. Please share these and help us recruit phenomenal new members of the Bearcat family! 

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Thomas O’Neal is serving as acting superintendent. Dr. O’Neal is a former principal of Sherman High School and Fairview Elementary and returned to SISD in 2022 after 14 years in various administrative roles in Anna ISD.

Automated emails will go out in early April with instructions for renewing your contract for the 2024-25 school year. These messages will include a date by which 

you need to accept or decline. 

School-based staff whose contracts are not being renewed should have already been notified by their campus principal.

The transfer window to submit requests to another SISD campus is open in Frontline (TEAMS) Employee Service Center and will remain open through May 17. Please make sure you notify your supervisor/principal if you are requesting a transfer. Transfers are only approved based on the following:

1. Need - specifically student, campus, or program/department area need
2. Agreement between supervisors (both the sending and receiving campus)
3. Budget impact

A committee with teacher representatives from each campus has begun meeting to develop a plan to implement the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) in Sherman ISD. This TEA program provides extra funding to districts to reward, retain and recruit top teachers. Teachers identified as recognized, exemplary or master teachers earn thousands of additional dollars per year as part of their salary. This does not replace, but would be in addition to, any annual salary increases approved by the School Board.  

Sherman ISD plans to apply for the program next month based on the work of the committee. If the application is approved in August, SISD could begin paying out the first round of designations in August 2026. 

Graduation is a major milestone for students and their families, and Sherman High School and Jefferson Learning Center offer the opportunity for SISD employees who have a graduating senior in the Class of 2024 to present their child’s diploma during graduation on May 24.

To participate, please complete this form by May 13 and wait for a confirmation email from Suzi Richardson. Only one employee parent or legal guardian will be permitted to participate due to the lack of space on the staging area. You are also requested to attend a graduation practice on May 24 at 9:30 a.m., and please bring your ID badge to the practice.

The graduation ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. on May 24.

If you are planning to retire at the end of your current contract, please notify Human Resources as soon as possible and no later than April 5. You can contact Human Resources Specialist Alicia Lopez at alopez@shermanisd.net or (903) 891-6410 ext. 2025. 

Sherman ISD will be honoring all of this year’s retirees during a dinner on May 21. Save the date and look for more details coming soon! 

Cigna Dental is Sherman ISD’s dental insurance provider, and you can easily register for an account and receive a card online, over the phone or on their myCigna app, available on Google Play and the App Store.

Sherman ISD will be hosting the Bearcat Palooza learning conference July 16-18 at Sherman High School! There will be sessions covering topics related to PK-12, fine arts, PE, CTE, SPED, bilingual and more, and there will be a chance to network with other area educators as Bearcat Palooza will be open to surrounding districts.

SISD Communications wants to share all the exciting things happening in our campus classrooms from cool lessons to community involvement, and we need your help!

Please fill out the form at www.shermanisd.net/story-submission and tell us about an upcoming lesson or activity that we could highlight with photos, videos, or social media posts. We know there is amazing learning happening on our campuses every day, and we want to capture it and share it with the community!

Ever wonder if you are using the correct district logo or colors? Whether you have the updated SISD letterhead or PowerPoint presentation?

To ensure the Sherman ISD brand is consistent across the district, the Communications Department has made a brand toolkit at www.shermanisd.net/internalresources available to Sherman ISD staff. Inside you’ll find updated campus and district logos, photos taken and used by the Communications team, document templates and more. Templates are also built-in inside Google Docs, Google Slides and Google Forms as well, so be sure to look for them in the template gallery when creating a new document! If you need to double check district colors, you can go to www.shermanisd.net/logos to find color information alongside some of our logos!

Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt

Sherman Parks and Rec’s twist on egg hunting!

March 22, 7:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

Fairview Park

Eggstravaganza

10 a.m., March 23

Fairview Park

Different age groups and special prize eggs!

Egg hunt starts promptly, so be there on time!

Bearcat Baseball

Canopy Cats

Registration is open for your child to be a Canopy Cat!

Canopy Cats take the field and be there for pre-game warmups with the varsity baseball team!

Summer Camp &

Activities Fair

Learn what the community has to offer you and your family!

Find information on summer activities, sports, camps and more!

March 30, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sherman Municipal Ballroom