SCHOOL NEWS
Adventure Fun Run readied
Bowie Elementary students will walk, run, climb and dash to raise money for their school during the Sept. 14 Adventure Dash Fun Run.
Pre-K and kindergarten students will run at 1 p.m. on the front lawn of Bowie Elementary, while first, second and third graders will start at 2 p.m.
According to the Adventure Fun Run website, students will complete five to six obstacles on the course, which will count as one lap. The obstacle course will contain high and low elements to really challenge the runners.
Students have been raising funds for the school through pledgers who donate money to sponsor a student.
Children receive colored wrist bands for every $15 raised, with goals in place for each class. If a class raises $150, they will receive extra recess; $300, a field day frenzy; $500, toilet paper their teacher; $700, slime the athletic director and $1,000, dash bash deejay party.
As of Tuesday, Bowie Elementary had raised $6,939 of its $15,000 goal. To donate, visit https://adventuredash.pledgebrite.org/fund/Bowie/addme.
Pledges will be accepted to the end of the event day. Cash and check donations can be turned into the school, located at 405 Lovers Lane.
Students have participated in lessons each day this week to help learn the importance of physical fitness and working together to accomplish the same goal.
The Nocona Independent School District bands will perform their spring concerts on May 2 in the high school auditorium, 1012 Clay.
The middle school band will play at 6 p.m., followed by the high school band at 7 p.m.
NHS Band Director Erin Hanson has announced she will be leaving after nine years at Nocona to take the assistant director’s job at Hale Center to be closer to family.
Hanson has enjoyed a successful tenure at NHS growing the band numbers and directing the band to marching and concert awards and strong scores.
The Nocona High School Film team competed in the BAM film festival in Clute, TX this last weekend. The competition was open to all films in Texas High schools and Texas universities. More than 2,000 films were entered and NHS placed two films in the top three and made $750 in price money. They were second in narrative with “Beyond the Glass Eyes” and third in animation with “The Legendary Nut.” In March the film teams had two narratives and one animation make the state finals, placing in the top six films in the state. (Courtesy photo)
The cast and crew of “Interview,” Gold-Burg High School’s one-act play will perform at around 2:15 p.m. on April 26 for regional competition in the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Play Director Linda Fitzner said the day will open with the first performance at 8 a.m. and continue in about one hour intervals with a break for lunch. Gold-Burg has drawn the final play of the day that opens with Sidney high, Slidell, Avery, Brookesmith, Koppel and Gold-Burg.
Two plays that represent the Region 3, 1A one-act play contest will advance to the University Interscholastic League State 1A One-Act Play Meet at the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center on May 13.
Admission charge for the regional contest is $5.25 per day and includes a digital ticketing fee, A OAP day pass for access to the full day of show is $15.25.
Tickets are available at seatyourself.com. Seating is limited.
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