Waltrip Student Gift Giving Tree
Waltrip’s Counseling Department is hosting our annual Gift Giving Tree, and we’re calling on our generous families and community to sponsor a student this holiday season.
How to participate:
Drop off wrapped or gift-bagged items to the Counseling Department by Thursday, December 18
- Visit the digital wish list
- Select a student and click the green “reserve it” button
- Add your name and email to claim the gift
- Drop off wrapped or gift-bagged items to the Counseling Department by Thursday, December 18
Want to team up? Use the “Comment/Participate” button to coordinate with others or contribute toward a group gift.
Your kindness will make this holiday season truly special for our Rams. Thank you for being such an incredible community!
Winter Choir Concert This Thursday
Come on out this Thursday at 7PM to enjoy the men’s and women’s choir concert. Tickets are $2.
Waltrip Robotics Going Strong
BattleRams came in strong at VEX Holiday Push It!, bringing home another Excellence Award. The team made a deep run and reached the semifinals, where a tough on-field tangle with another robot cut the match short. Not the finish they were aiming for, but still a standout showing and a well-earned recognition of the work they put in.
Texas Best UIL Robotics was a big moment for Waltrip, earning our inaugural UIL Award for Booth Design and Construction. Huge thanks to Spoony’s production house for creating an immersive and unforgettable playground for the BEST team. Waltrip’s BEST Robotics Team is made up of six departments: Robot, Exhibit, Programming, Engineering Notebook, Marketing, and Spirit. From kickoff to competition, it’s eight weeks to game day and ten weeks to UIL, with hundreds of hours of hard work behind the scenes.
December Spirit Days
Midterms This Week
Midterms are happening today through Friday, December 19th and are required for semester credit.
3DE Quanta Case Challenge
Waltrip 3DE students recently participated in the Quanta Case Challenge 2025. This year, 19 volunteers dedicated 29.5 hours to support freshmen at Austin and Waltrip High Schools as they worked through a real-world case and continued building their problem-solving skills.
Happy Holidays, Ram Nation!
This Friday, December 19th is the last day of school before Winter Break.
January 5th is a staff preparation day and classes resume on Tuesday, January 6th.
Upcoming Events
- 12/17 Wear your Santa hat
- 12/18 Wear green or a Grinch-themed outfit
- 12/19 Wear your holiday PJs
- 12/19 Teacher Appreciation Holiday Lunch
- 12/19 Class Wars Victory Day
- 12/20 Girls Basketball vs. Austin, 10:00 (Delmar)
- 12/20 Boys Basketball vs. Austin, 11:15 (Delmar)
- 12/30 Girls Basketball vs. Furr, 11:30 (Waltrip)
- 12/30 Boys Basketball vs Worthing, 1:00 (Waltrip)
- 12/22 – 1/5 Winter Break, No Classes
- 1/19 MLK Jr Day, No Classes
- 1/20 PTO Meeting + Coffee with the Principal
- 1/21 La Viva Spirit Night
- 1/25 Post Holiday Regift Exchange (Jazz on 34th Social)
- 1/30 Class Wars Victory Day
- 2/5 Pizza, Prosecco, and Party with the Principal (Jazz on 34th Social)
- 2/7 Mardi Gras Mambo (Jazz on 34th Social)
- 2/13 Staff PD Day, No Classes
- 2/16 President’s Day, No Classes
- 2/17 PTO Meeting + Coffee with the Principal
- 2/20 Waltrip Moms Bunco Night (Jazz on 34th Social)
- 2/27 Ram Festival Days – GO TEXAN
- 2/27 Ram Sand Slam (Jazz on 34th Social)
