SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie School Board to resume safety plan talks
Bowie School Trustees are expected to continued their discussions on school safety plans when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on July 16.
Last month the board met in called session to discuss safety plan ideas including an additional school resource officer and further review of allowing selected staff members to conceal carry weapons. A series of activities were proposed.
School officials have met with Bowie Police and city officials and the addition of a second SRO will be considered in the new city budget and is on a July 17 council agenda for action.
Superintendent Steven Monkres will report on the energy savings project as the contractor begins installation of the various equipment and systems in the district. The board also will call the November board election.
During July the board will begin hammering out the budget. Finance Director Jonathan Pastusek will give a preliminary budget update Monday and present the financial reports.
A budget workshop is set for Aug. 13 and a budget hearing and tax rate and budget adoption on Aug. 31.
In action items trustees will consider engaging Adams Lynch and Loftin for legal services; adopt the 2018-19 student code of conduct; discuss facility and transportation needs and consider renewal of its worker’s compensation coverage.
Monkres also will report on a long list of training programs and committee meetings throughout the summer
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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