TISD - Morriss Elementary

08/25/2026

It’s National Banana Split day, and our students are sharing their favorite toppings! 🍨🍌

08/24/2026

We are proud to recognize Chance Ray for a Positive Bus Referral.

Chance was recognized for demonstrating outstanding behavior and making positive choices while riding the bus. We are so proud of the way he represented Morriss Elementary by showing respect, responsibility, and kindness.

Way to go, Chance! Keep leading the way and showing us what it means to be a Morriss Tiger! 🧡🖤

08/23/2026

Reminder: Tiger Tracks T-shirt orders are due by noon tomorrow!

08/21/2026

The good news never ends for Morriss Elementary. Congratulations to our amazing TLC afterschool program for this outstanding achievement! ⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FOUR STARS FOR MORRISS TIGER LEARNING CENTER! We have BIG news to celebrate! 🎉 Morriss Tiger Learning Center has officially earned the highest-level Four-Star certification through the Texas Rising Star program!

Following an assessment on August 13, Morriss received an overall FOUR-STAR rating, including four stars in:

⭐ Director & Staff Qualifications and Training
⭐ Teacher-Child Interactions
⭐ Program Administration

But those stars represent so much more than a rating. They represent the warm welcomes, patient conversations, meaningful learning experiences, dedicated educators, and nurturing environment our children experience every day. 🧡

Evaluators saw our teachers doing what they do best, listening to children, giving them choices, encouraging conversations, responding to their individual needs, and creating classrooms where children feel safe, valued, supported, and excited to learn.

A special congratulations to Jennifer Treadway, Director of Childcare Services; Debra Morrison, Morriss Tiger Learning Center Supervisor; and the entire Morriss Tiger Learning Center team for their commitment to our youngest Tigers and their families.

Four Stars. The highest designation. One incredible Tiger team. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Congratulations, Morriss Tiger Learning Center! We are so proud of you! 🐯🎉🧡

08/21/2026

Math just got a whole lot more interactive at Morriss!

Mrs. Morriss has wasted no time getting her 3rd grade math students engaged with our campus’s NEW interactive Smart Boards! Students are working together, solving problems, showing their thinking, and putting their math skills into action.

We love seeing our Tigers learning in a hands-on, collaborative way while taking advantage of technology that makes learning even more engaging!

At Morriss, we’re building strong learners for the future! 🧡🖤

08/20/2026

🚌✨ Positive Bus Referral Spotlight! ✨🚌

We are so excited to celebrate our very FIRST positive bus referral of the school year!

Congratulations to Alaric Hillis for being recognized for making a positive choice and demonstrating outstanding behavior on the bus! Your actions help make the ride to and from school a safe, respectful, and positive experience for everyone.

We are proud of you! Keep making a difference and showing what it means to be a Morriss Tiger! 🐯🧡

08/20/2026

We are shouting out the BIG news!!! Morriss Elementary is ecstatic about Region 8 Education Service Center’s selection of Mrs. Nolen as their teacher of the year. Excellent choice!!! Way to go, Mrs. Nolen. 🧡

🏆 REGION 8 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR! 🏆 Congratulations to Lauren Nolen, fourth-grade science teacher at Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics and Engineering Elementary School, on being named the Region 8 Elementary Teacher of the Year! 🎉

Mrs. Nolen brings science to life through hands-on learning, creativity, technology, and discovery, but her greatest impact goes far beyond academics. She makes her students feel seen, supported, challenged, and capable every single day.

From mentoring fellow educators to building strong relationships with students and families, Mrs. Nolen represents the very best of what it means to be a Tiger educator.

As Morriss Elementary Principal Patti O’Bannon shared, “She is the kind of teacher every parent hopes their child will have and every school district hopes to keep.” 🧡

Mrs. Nolen will be formally recognized by the Region 8 Education Service Center on September 2, and we could not be more excited to celebrate her!

Congratulations, Mrs. Nolen! Your Morriss Elementary and Texarkana ISD families are incredibly proud of you! 🐯🏆🧡

Region 8 Elementary Teacher of the Year has a pretty great ring to it!

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08/20/2026

08/20/2026

Morriss Parents- Monday @ noon the Tiger Tracks store will close. Please don't forget to order your child's t-shirt for Tiger Tracks!

08/17/2026

🐯 BIG TIGER SHOUT-OUT TO AVALENE! 🧡

Some of the greatest acts of leadership begin with a simple idea and a heart that wants to help others.

This summer, Avalene reached out to Morriss Elementary with a question: Could she donate snacks to our students? Rather than simply wishing she could help, Avalene made a plan and took action. With the help of her dad and brother, she built a lemonade stand, worked hard to raise money, and used what she earned to purchase snacks for students at Morriss.

That is leadership in action.

Avalene didn’t wait for someone else to make a difference. She saw a need, created a plan, persevered, and made something good happen for her school and her community.

THIS is what Leader In Me is all about. We want our students to know that they have the power to make a difference, no matter their age. Leadership isn’t about having a title. It’s about seeing a need, choosing to help, and taking action.

Avalene, thank you for being a light at Morriss and for reminding all of us that one person with a caring heart and a good idea can make a BIG difference. We are so proud of you! 🧡🐯