Great job to all TREA member district individuals and teams that competed at the State Meet, there were a lot!  Here are the TREA districts that placed as a top three team:

1A Girls - 1st - Gordon; 3rd - McMullen County

Flow Forms and TREA Launch Pilot to Digitize PD Requests for Rural Texas Districts

Rural school districts in Texas run leaner than most. A single secretary or curriculum director often handles workflows that larger districts split across an entire department. So when a process like a Professional Development Request moves through a building, the friction lands hard: a form gets walked from a teacher to a principal, sits on a desk, gets re-keyed somewhere downstream, and a week later somebody is asking where the approval went.

Flow Forms is partnering with the Texas Rural Education Association to do something about that.

https://web.cvent.com/event/bcf09898-28d5-47f2-a16c-06b3ba8da71a/summary

Our national affiliate, NREA, is coming to Texas in October.  It doesn't make it here very often, so we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.  

https://home.catch.org/heb-grant-expansion

Check out this opportunity that has now expanded to 500 small and rural school districts. Click on the link to see if your school is eligible and to learn about the program.   As always, pass this on to others as you see fit.  

https://heblovesteachers.com/

The 2026 Awards have been given, and 2027 nominations are open in 6 categories.  PLEASE, PLEASE, nominate deserving educators from your small and rural districts - we know they're out there!  Nominations don't close until October, but please take advantage of this prestigious awards program.  As always, pass this on to your staff as you see fit.  

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXTEA/bulletins/416ef3a

Please check this out and distribute the information as you see fit.  

https://tasanet.org/desmontes-stewart-to-represent-texas-on-aasa-governing-board/

Congratulations to Des Stewart for winning this prestigious election to represent Texas at the national level!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18MMPvrWqF/

Typical of TREA Member District Students.  Way to represent, CyLynn! 

https://www.connectusagency.com/

Contact Trisha Hogan at:        [email protected]

Del Mar College and London High School are partnering on a pathway to lead high school graduates directly into the college's registered nursing program.
The new "Viking Voyage to Nursing" initiative between Del Mar College and London Independent School District aims to address Texas' nursing shortage.
“This partnership creates a clear and intentional pathway for students to move from high school into one of the most critical fields in our community,” Del Mar College President Mark Escamilla said in a news release.
The partnership was announced during London ISD's State of the District event on April 30. The program will begin next fall with London High School freshmen. During their freshman year, students will take the Texas Success Initiative test, which assesses college readiness, and apply to Del Mar College's dual credit program.
Participants will be able to complete 14 semester credit hours before officially
entering the registered nursing program. Students are recommended to take dual credit speech, philosophy and English composition classes, along with industry-specific classes such as general psychology and anatomy and physiology I and II. Students will take the nurse education entrance test in their senior year of high school.

During senior year, participants will also apply for the college's registered nursing program. "Our students will not only be able to complete high school but also get their nursing degree even faster than before resulting in a real impact on our local healthcare workforce," London ISD Superintendent Bill Chapman said in the news release.
They will be able to enter the registered nursing program in the summer or fall after high school graduation, jumping into introduction to health care concepts and professional nursing concepts courses. The registered nursing program is a two-year associate degree program. Students can also exit after three semesters if they instead choose to practice as a licensed vocational nurse.
However, the college also offers a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree.
Del Mar College's dual credit program is free for students in participating school
districts, which includes London ISD.
The college also currently offers a free tuition waiver program that covers the costs of earning an associate degree for full-time students living in the Del Mar College district, which currently includes some parts of London ISD.

https://blog.smu.edu/leadershipimpact/2026/01/28/applications-open-for-2026-2027-district-leadership-fellows/

https://nrea.net/further-reading/

Please feel free to access, as well as contribute to, this new website from our national affiliate, NREA.  

Cindy Ashby

Executive Director, Strategic Events

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/19586a817a.html#page/1

Feel free to use any/all of this 42 page Flipbook on Child Abuse Prevention strategies from the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center Foundation.  A special thanks goes to Mike Nelson for reaching out to TREA, and allowing us to be the first organization in Texas to pass these high quality materials along to our districts free of charge.