SCHOOL NEWS
BISD Trustees receive update on damage, insurance
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
In a brief called meeting Thursday, Bowie School Trustees learned more about insurance coverage for tornado damage and hired a new boy’s basketball coach.
Andrew Atkins will take over for Jonathan Horton who leaves the boy’s coaching job after two years of nearly a dozen years in the district. Atkins brings 11 years of varsity level coaching experience and comes to Bowie from 6A Marcus High School where he was varsity assistant coach. See more on the new coach in today’s sports.
The Bowie Independent School District properties were hard hit during the May 22 tornado with several of its buildings lying right in the path of the F1 tornado. The administration building located on Wichita Street was significantly damaged and those offices have moved out to the intermediate school. Jackrabbit Stadium and much of the fencing was damaged, along with the high school and the junior high. At the high school the gym floor was damaged, along with the roof.
Superintendent Blake Enlow told the board he has been knee-deep in meetings with insurance officials, the mitigation company, engineers and architects. He said the insurance company has assured him the district will have a say in everything that is addressed.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.
Each class entertained with a song.
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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