A Message from Our Principal

October 1, 2025

Cowboy Nation:

The school year is moving at a fast pace, and we are almost halfway through the first semester! Typically, most schools host a parent-teacher conference night, but Willcox High School does things differently. We run a grade check, and if a student has two or more “Fs” in their core classes, Mrs. Ortega will call families, and we schedule a team meeting with the student, their family, and all of their teachers. During this meeting, everyone works together on a solution to help the student become successful at Willcox High School. This process has been successful in the past and gives the student the opportunity to get back on track before the end of the semester (at the high school level, semester grades count on transcripts – quarterly grades are only used as “progress reports”).

If your student is doing well in their classes and you are not contacted by Mrs. Ortega for a team meeting, but you would still like to visit with their teachers, you are welcome to contact teachers. Teachers can be reached by their school email, classroom phone (please leave a message for them), or you can arrange a face-to-face meeting with them. If you need help scheduling a face-to-face meeting with all of your student’s teachers, please feel free to contact Mrs. Ortega at 520-384-8859, and she will arrange a meeting. Please always have your student present during these meetings (including team meetings), they provide important information and help answer questions that may be asked.

On another note, there has been a lot of confusion about our upcoming M&O Budget Override Reauthorization Special Election on November 24, 2025. Information provided on our fact sheet specific to the override is:

• Will the override cause the tax levy on property located within the district to increase? No. The renewal of the budget override will continue the existing override last approved in 2021, so no increase in property taxes is expected. The estimated cost of the override to an owner of a home with a limited property value of $99,131 (the average value of a home in the district) would be approximately $99 per year, representing an estimated tax rate of $0.99 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The complete fact sheet can be found in this news article in English and Spanish.

Thank you so much for your continued support of our staff, students, and the variety of programs we offer at Willcox High School. If you need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact your student’s teachers, our office staff, or our administrative staff – we are available to help you in any way possible. We Are Willcox!!

Sincerely,

Tammy Hall

Tammy Hall, Principal