SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie School Board meets Monday
Bowie School Trustees hope to learn more about the proposed A-F Accountability Rating System when they meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 16.
Micki Wesley of the Region 9 Education Service Center will make a presentation on understanding the new system that will be implemented in 2018 for Texas schools.
The board will consider a resolution that opposes the system. A second resolution focuses on legislative priorities the district supports.
An executive session is scheduled to conduct Superintendent Steven Monkres annual evaluation and review of his contract.
Mark Ashley of Ashley Douglass will be recognized for his “Bowie Pride Pump.” Ashley set up the Pride Pump at his gas station and a portion of the money from sales at that pump are donated to the school district.
Curriculum and Instruction Director Christie Walker will report on professional development activities, mock testing schedule, spring assessment calendar and the instructional material allotment.
SCHOOL NEWS
Nocona senior takes state feature writing title
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie Kindergarten students graduate
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.

Each class entertained with a song.
SCHOOL NEWS
Gold-Burg grad serving NASA internship
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.

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