SCHOOL NEWS
Gold-Burg receives superior FIRST rating
Trustees of the Gold-Burg Independent School District conducted a public hearing on its Financial Integrity Rating System report where the district received a superior rating for 2018-19.
The board later in its meeting on Oct. 23 to accept the report which received 90 of 100 available points. This rating reviews the financial processes of the district.
The remainder of the mid-week meeting centered on monthly reports as Superintendent Roger Ellis said they had nine students take the PSAT and officials from North Central Texas College visit the campus twice a month to answer questions for students during lunch.
The district’s new 14-passenger bus arrived and has been in use on a route.
Two students have applied for the NASA High School Aerospace Scholars program, an authentic learning experience for Texas high school juniors to engage with NASA’s mission and become the next generation of explorers. Like-minded students will complete an online curriculum in exploration and discovery.
The highest achieving students are invited to a six-day residential experience to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during the summer where they will be mentored by NASA scientists and engineers while working in teams to plan a mission to Mars. Both online and onsite portions are free to participants.
The district is undergoing a series of annual audits for its pest control program, cafeteria, special education and Department of Public Safety. Ellis explained in these reviews officials examine documentation for all these activities to make sure procedures and policies are being followed.
Board training will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 30.
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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