🌟 October Student of the Month: 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 🌟

Congratulations to Oliver Chambers, a second grader at Caldwell Elementary School! Oliver is the epitome of what a true leader should look like in second grade. He is smart, kind, motivated and an exceptional gentleman who consistently goes above and beyond without being asked.

Whether he is holding the door for teachers and students or looking for another way to help, Oliver’s kindness, respect and willingness to serve make him a wonderful role model for his classmates.

We are proud of you, Oliver! 🧡 #CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

October is 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵! 🧡

We are grateful for the leadership, dedication and heart our principals bring to their campuses each day:

Erin Meadows — Caldwell High School
Bea English — Caldwell Junior High
Nicki Drgac — Caldwell Intermediate School
Andy Gandrud — Caldwell Elementary School

Thank you for supporting our students, encouraging our staff and helping Caldwell ISD grow!
#NationalPrincipalsMonth #CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

Catch up on student and staff recognitions, Board Meeting highlights and some of our favorite moments from across Caldwell ISD.

➡️ Read it here: https://app.smore.com/n/rs9y2

#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🏐📚 Last night, our Lady Hornets traded the spotlight to recognize some of the teachers who have made a lasting impact on their lives. We are grateful for the educators who support, encourage and inspire our students both in the classroom and beyond!

#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

Big Future with College Board has announced its 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺!
Students are selected based on the following criteria:
Completing eligible exams (PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 or AP Exams), maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, and scoring in the top 10% of test-takers in their high school or state.

👏 Congratulations to our recipients:

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗯𝗻𝗲𝗿 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗗𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿 – First-Generation Recognition
𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗮 – Rural/Small Town, First-Generation & School Recognition
𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 – Rural/Small Town, First-Generation & School Recognition
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗻𝗲𝗿 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗟𝘆𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗛𝘂𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗱 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition
𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗩𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 – Rural/Small Town & School Recognition

We are so proud of these students for representing Caldwell with excellence!
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🏃 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘! 🏅
Our Hornet and Lady Hornet Cross Country teams turned in a strong performance at the Yegua Invitational!

🏆 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 – 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺
• Landon Vykukal – 2nd Place Medalist
• Tyler Muzny – 3rd Place Medalist

🥉 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 – 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺
• Savanah Faust – 7th Place Medalist
• Greenlee Conway – 8th Place Medalist

𝗝𝗩 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀
• Aksel Gutierrez – 2nd Place
• Marcos Nunez – 4th Place
• Antonio Aguilar – 9th Place

𝗝𝗛 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀
• Dakoda Clark – 5th Place
• Ava Ruiz – 6th Place

Congratulations to all of our runners on another outstanding meet!
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🎶 𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡! 🎶

Congratulations to the 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 & 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘀 on a great showing at the Blinn Marching Festival! 🧡🖤
The Hornets earned 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀, and drum majors 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀! 👏
Way to kick off contest season, Hornets! We can’t wait to see what’s ahead! 🎺🥁

🎓 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧’𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧

Caldwell High School juniors and seniors had the opportunity to explore future possibilities at today’s Career Fair! Students visited with representatives, asked questions and gathered information to help them begin planning for life after high school.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped our students discover the many paths available to them!
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

📅 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 | 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧. 𝟮𝟴–𝗢𝗖𝗧. 𝟯

A new week is almost here! Take a look at what’s happening across Caldwell ISD and make plans to support our Hornets! 🧡
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🏆 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝟒 | 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐔𝐏. 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐆!

CIS takes the top spot this week with 96.29% attendance, while CES and CJH were separated by just 0.03%! Talk about a close race! 👀

Attendance Awareness Month is almost in the books, which means our overall campus champion will be announced soon. Keep showing up, Hornets—every day counts! #CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD #EveryDayCounts

🏈 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗦 🧡

This morning, our Hornet football players invited some of the heroes in their lives to help place the decals on their helmets. It was a special opportunity to honor the people who encourage them, support them, and help shape who they are—both on and off the field.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this meaningful Hornet tradition!
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

This morning, we gathered around the pole to pray for our high school, our students, our teachers, our families, our community, and our nation. 🇺🇸 Thank you to everyone who came together, bowed their heads, and joined together in prayer this morning. What a powerful way to start the day! 🙏🏼

🐄🎡 It’s one of our favorite Burleson County Fair traditions!

Caldwell Elementary students spent the morning touring the fairgrounds, meeting animals and learning more about agriculture from our high school and junior high FFA students.

Thank you to our FFA members for being wonderful tour guides and creating such a fun, hands-on experience for our younger Hornets! 🐖🐑🧡
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🚨 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗦 🚨

Varsity Football Players and Their Heroes - Don't forget to join us on Friday, September 25th at 8:00 AM in the CHS Competition Gym for Helmets with Heroes.

🔬 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗿𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗱’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺!

Students became scientists as they investigated and observed different materials, then used their physical properties to separate each mixture. Hands-on learning makes science stick! #CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD

🏃 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗫𝗖 had another strong week of competition!

Our junior high runners competed Wednesday at the La Grange Invitational, with Dakoda Clark finishing 4th and Ava Ruiz finishing 5th—both earning medals!

High school runners competed Saturday at the Dale Keen Invitational:

🏅 Varsity Boys
Landon Vykukal – 1st
Tyler Muzny – 11th

JV Boys
Marcos Nunez – 21st
Aksel Gutierrez – 23rd

🏅 Varsity Girls
Savanah Faust – 10th
Greenlee Conway – 21st
Ajriana Sims – 23rd

JV Girls
Grace Cadan – 17th
Itzel Barrera – 22nd

The Hornets will race again Saturday at the Yegua Invitational in Somerville. Great job, runners!

🏈 It’s game week against Lorena!

Our varsity Hornets will take on the Leopards Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Hornet Stadium. Varsity tickets are available at the link shown on the graphic.

The JV Hornets will play Thursday in Lorena. Purchase tickets for the JV game here:
https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDZhYjA1NWVmYmYxOWUzNjlhMzU5NDA1ZQ==

Let’s go, Hornets! 🧡

📅 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: There will be no school for students 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰, 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱, due to parent-teacher conferences.

Parents who have not scheduled a conference but would like one should contact their child’s campus.

👑 𝗔 𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞! 👑 Congratulations to Caldwell High School senior Jolee Telschow, who was crowned the 2026 Burleson County Fair Queen last night! We are incredibly proud to see one of our Hornets earn this special honor and represent our community throughout the year. Congratulations, Queen Jolee—and happy Burleson County Fair Week! #caldwellproud #CaldwellISD

📸🎨 𝐂𝐇𝐒 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲!
Art II and III students designed murals inspired by Caldwell, while Photography and Yearbook students took their cameras outside to capture everything from motion and color to school spirit and storytelling.

We can’t wait to see which photos earn Best of Show! 🧡
#CaldwellProud #CaldwellISD