SCHOOL NEWS
Scholarship to be given away at financial aid night
Midwestern State University and Vernon College each will give away a scholarship at an upcoming financial aid event in the Dillard College of Business Administration lobby from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Feb. 18.
MSU, in collaboration with Vernon College, the Wichita Falls Independent School District, and the Café con Leche organization, will host the event to assist high school seniors with financial aid questions.
Community volunteers and financial aid officers from MSU and Vernon College will be on hand to help students file free application for federal student aid or Texas application for state financial aid applications.
MSU will give away a $1,000 scholarship and Vernon College will award a $500 scholarship. The event is free and open to any area high school senior.
Bowie Independent School District Trustees meet for the first time in 2026 at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 19.
An executive session listed on the agenda includes the superintendent’s formative evaluation, discussion of Texas Association of School Board staff review and discussion of property valuation.
The regular agenda list the consideration and possible sale of real property, but no specific site is noted. In action items February will recognized as Career Technology Month and review approval of library books.
Superintendent Donna Hale will honor the board as January is School Board Recognition Month. She also will make an operations report, an update on the new scoreboards and discuss Senate Bill 11 which relates to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible and other religious text.
Chad Word also will speak to the board about a junior high soccer club.
Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris will conduct the public hearing for the annual Texas Academic Performance Report on all aspects of BISD.
The Bowie Junior High band Christmas concert will be at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16 in the junior high auditorium. It will feature the sixth grade band, white, maroon and BJH choir.
Families are invited to attend as the Christmas season begins.
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