SCHOOL NEWS
Nocona School Board to meet March 28
The Nocona School Board will review annual professional contracts and consider a joint election agreement as it meets at 7:30 p.m. on March 28.
Annual review of professional contracts for the 2016-2017 school year will be considered in executive session Monday night.
Amy Murphey, former Nocona school teacher and current Bowie Junior High principal, has been selected to replace Dr. Laura Ice as Nocona Middle School principal.
Dr. Ice has accepted an administrator position with Denton Independent School District.
The board will review the appointment of the election judge, alternate judge, election clerk and early voting clerk for the May 7 joint election agreement, along with an order of cancellation of trustee election due to unopposed candidates.
On the regular agenda, the superintendent will give a facility update report and the principals’ will give their monthly report on curriculum, co-curricular and extracurricular.
The board will hear the February financial reports, budget recap, budget amendment and the tax distribution summary.
A tax resale deed on Nocona Hills Lot 93 will be considered.
The Nocona school board will review instructional material allotment and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) certification.
Trustees will evaluate Policy 104 updates involving local and legal policies in homebound instruction, equal education opportunity and student support services, among others.
Make the transition from junior high to high school easier by attending Jackrabbit Preview Night starting at 5:30 p.m. on April 7 in the high school cafeteria.
Students and parents will complete and sign high school graduation plans. You also will learn about high school classes, degree plans, dual credit and much more. Attendance is encouraged.
Nocona High School’s one-act play competed at district on March 27 and while it did not advance it did received two awards.
“Antigone in Munich: The Sophie Scholl Story,” was the play. Director Chrissy Shubert said they played fifth in the event.
Brayson Resendiz received All Star Cast and Jessie Howard honorable mention All Star Cast.
Adamari Alonso, junior at Bowie High School, has qualified for the state theatrical design competition conducted through the University Interscholastic League in May.
Theater Arts Teacher April Word explained this is Bowie’s first year to enter this contest. Students were entered into marketing, prop, costume and set design as well.
Alonso is the daughter of Eduardo and Angelica Alonso.
Students were given a musical and this year it was “Axoloris” by Shawn Mendelson. Word explained after reading and researching the play they had to create as though they were professionals in the theater industry.
“They started by creating a vision board with the requirement it be inspired by an artist or artistic movement. For hair and makeup they had to choose three characters from the show and map out a design for them, and then create it on a model. Then they wrote an essay justifying the design choices they made,” the teacher explained.
All of this was submitted to UIL and through several rounds they chose six from the state to compete. The UIL theater arts webpage shows a total of 12 finalist for the 1A-3A category.
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