Woodroe Petty Elementary School

The Princess Ball is a great way to begin the long weekend.

This post is to inform you that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is coordinating a statewide public warning drill to test emergency alerting systems today from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. This post is only to notify you of this drill and no response is required.

Phones lines are down throughout the district today. Please use the listed emergency numbers to contact campuses. Thanks for your patience.

Tonight, we recognized our 2025-2026 Campus Teachers of the Year, Lady Greyhound Basketball team, Powerlifting Teams and the Taft Ultimate Impact Winterguard team! Our campus Teachers of the Year are:

--Naomi Moreno, Woodroe Petty Elementary
--Samuel Loyd, Trevino Jr. High
--William Worthington, Taft High School

Our girls basketball team made a historic run to the Conference 3A Division II Elite Eight. Our boys powerlifting team had 4 Greyhounds qualify for State with Sergio Leal winning a state championship. Our girls powerlifting team had 1 athlete qualify for state with other outstanding regional performances. Our Winterguard team returned to competition and placed 6th in the State South Zone competition in their division. #TPND

Thanks to our teachers and staff who participated in the Superintendent Advisory Committee meetings that past 2 days! We value your feedback and participation to brainstorm ways to improve our school district in all areas. Your time and commitment is very much appreciated at all levels! #TPND

Staff on all campuses in the district were recognized for Perfect Attendance for the 4th Six Weeks! Thanks to these Taft ISD staff members who made it a point to show up every day for their students and colleagues. All staff members received a free lunch in their campus cafeteria on a day they choose. Just a small token to show our appreciation for your efforts! #TaftPride

Taft ISD is currently experiencing an issue with in-bound calls to our phone system at all campuses. This issue is under investigation. We will update once we have more information as to a resolution.

Reminder that classes resume in Taft ISD on Monday, March 16th (tomorrow) at their regular times! We can't wait to see everyone and hope you enjoyed your spring break!

For the past 4 years, our district has used our staff development day before Spring Break to give our staff at all of our campuses and district a day collaborate with each other, recharge and hopefully get their minds ready for a week of relaxation. To address these mental health needs, we allow our staff to choose areas where they might feel comfortable to have a little fun.

Staff could choose to work/play in the Education Foundation golf tournament, go on a nature walk/hike at the beach or participate in Greyhound Camp sessions. Here are some pics from some of the activities that took place on Friday (see previous post for staff participating in golf tourney). We hope everyone enjoyed their day and wish all of our staff a relaxing Spring Break!

Taft ISD was represented with such pride as Ezra Maldonado finished in 5th place at the Coastal Bend Spelling Bee! There were over 70 students from ages 8-14 at this morning's contest. Congrats to this Petty Pup who definitely has a very bright future! #TaftPrideNeverDies

Come on Greyhound Nation! Let's support our girls basketball team as they prepare for the regional final! #TaftPride

We hope to see all of Greyhound Nation show up again to support our Lady Greyhounds in the Area Round! #TaftPride

Congratulations to our Petty Spotlight Pups. We want to be sure to recognize how remarkable you both are. Thank you for making Petty such an amazing school.

Congratulations to all of our Taft FFA & Jr. FFA members who showed & placed at the San Patricio & Aransas County A&H Show in January! They were recognized at Wednesday night's board meeting. #TaftPride

Congratulations to our Petty Pups who competed and placed at the Coastal Bend Regional Science Fair at TAMU-CC on Saturday, Feb. 14th! #TaftPride

Best of luck to Petty Elementary Spelling Bee champion, Ezra Maldonado, who will represent Taft ISD at the Coastal Bend Regional Spelling Bee in Flour Bluff on February 28th! Wishing you the best of luck! #TaftPride

Congratulations to our Greyhound Spotlight recipients who were recognized at the Board meeting on Wednesday night! Taft HS Bob Klepac--teacher Amy Elliott--child nutrition worker Daviana Mendez--student Lawrence Stansel--student Trevino JH Adrian Almendarez--teacher Aldina Carrera--paraprofessional Abriella Garcia--student Petty Elementary Angeline Alcantara--teacher Jessica Aguilar--paraprofessional John Whiting--student

SpawGlass will be performing another concrete pour in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 23rd. We want to thank all of our neighbors for their patience as we move forward with our construction!

If any Taft ISD parents are interested in attending, please contact Katy Ballesteros by March 4th!