The Paris ISD Board of Trustees are expected to accept the resignation of Place 4 trustee Mihir Pankaj at its 5:30 p.m. Monday meeting at the Elaine Ballard Administration Building, 1920 Clarksville St. Pankaj recently won election to the Paris City Council.

Paris High School junior Davis Green placed third in the Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking event at Regionals, held virtually at Lindale High School.

Students at Aikin Elementary celebrated National Poetry Month with an outdoor Poetry Parade. Librarian Melanie Loughmiller placed poetry posters around the fence on the west playground.

The Joseph Ligon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has selected four area high school seniors as Good Citizens.

Paris ISD named Nelisa Kelley as Elementary Teacher of the Year and Dr. James Ludyen as Secondary Teacher of the Year at a celebration last week held at Wildcat Stadium. 

The newly released funds come after educators and state Democrats urged the governor to unlock the pandemic relief money as schools plan their budgets for the next school year.

The expo was virtual this year, but still provided area eighth grade students with the opportunity to speak with local professionals to better understand career pathways.

A team representing Paris ISD achieved Highest Honors in the recent WordMasters Challenge — a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students annually. 

Crockett Intermediate School has found a way to encourage students to continue in extracurricular activities offered at Paris Junior High School.

Paris ISD students will participate in the Texas Future Problem Solving Program’s State Bowl. Students will compete virtually in the state bowl this week.