SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie Elementary School registration set
BOWIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRE-REGISTRATION
May 1–3, 2018
Only students not previously enrolled at Bowie Elementary School need to pre-register. If your child currently attends Head Start or Pre-Kindergarten at Bowie Elementary School, you do not need to pre-register.
Head Start: To qualify for Head Start, a student must be three years old by September 1, 2018. Children are accepted according to family monetary guidelines. For further information, call the office of the Head Start Registrar at 940-689-2950.
Pre-Kindergarten: Student must be four years old on or before September 1, 2018 and meet one of the following criteria: qualifies for free or reduced lunch (based on family size and income), or is homeless; or is Limited English Proficient; or either parent is active duty military, or is the child of a member of the armed services who was injured or killed while on active duty, or if the child has ever been in foster care under the conservatorship of DFPS following an adversary hearing. Placement is not guaranteed.
Pay for Pre-K: BISD will be offering a pay for Pre-K program for the 2018-2019 school year. We will be revising the information for the program and making it available for the interested parties to pick up at Bowie Elementary School.
Kindergarten: Must be five years old on or before September 1, 2018.
Registration for all three programs will be according to the student’s last name:
A-M: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from 8:30-11:00 a.m.
N-Z: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 8:30-11:00 a.m.
Makeup Day for those not able to attend Tuesday or Wednesday:
Thursday, May 3, 2018 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
All pre-registration will require the following:
Copy of Birth Certificate
Immunization Record
Social Security Card
Guardianship Papers (if applicable)
PRE-REGISTRATION PACKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FORMS COMPLETED BEFORE YOU COME TO PRE-REGISTRATION, YOU MAY COME BY THE OFFICE AND REQUEST A PACKET.
For further information or questions, please call the Bowie Elementary office at 940-689-2950.
Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District approved all the offered contracts for professional educators during last week’s meeting.
After a brief executive session the board returned to open session to approved the contracts. Several staff members are retiring include Kathy Green, principal at Bowie Elementary; Chris Cornelison, assistant principal at Bowie Junior High and Kristi Hunt at Bowie High School.
Superintendent Blake Enlow said there are a few who don’t have all their certification completed that did not receive a full contract. There also were no reassignments of staff to other duties as of April 21.
Read the full story in the May 1 Bowie News.
The Hardin and Clark Scholars, the top academic honors at Midwestern State University, and other outstanding students were named during the annual Honors Recognition Banquet April 25 in D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
Rykir J.A. Evans was named Hardin Scholar. Evans is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
The Hardin Scholar is the university’s highest award for academic excellence and was begun in 1962 by the Hardin Foundation. It is presented each spring to a student during his or her senior year and a $3,000 scholarship award is given with the honor.
Read the full story in the May 1 Bowie News.
Rykir J.A. Evans named Hardin Scholar for Midwestern State University stands with Kandace Adam, the Clark Scholar. (Courtesy photo)
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.
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