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Every Kid Healthy™ Week is an annual observance created in 2013 to celebrate school health and wellness achievements. Recognized on the calendar of National Health Observances and observed the last full week of April each year (April 21-25, 2025), each day of the week shines a spotlight on the great actions schools and families are taking to improve the health and wellness of their kids and the link between nutrition, physical activity, mental health, and learning – because healthy kids are better prepared to learn and thrive! We are encouraging families to continue this week with scheduled activities to complete and have fun while staying healthy and staying at home, but also provide schools with activities to do with their students safely!

Thorndale ISD held a groundbreaking for the new Thorndale High School on April 11. Thorndale ISD voters passed a $34.5 million bond for the district last May. Voters approved the measure 467 votes to 131 votes. The bond will fund a new high school building on land that was purchased last year with new classrooms, cafeteria, ag facility and barn along with other career and technology facilities, band hall and new field house. The bond will also fund changes to the middle and elementary schools. The current high school building will transition to the middle school and add a new secure entry vestibule and fire alarm and renovate the band hall and transition the Special Education Department from portable buildings to the middle school. The middle school will then be used for upper elementary.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of Milam County is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers, and help end child abuse and neglect, through supporting children and their families.