SCHOOL NEWS
‘Mad’ advances to bi-district; public show Thursday
Bowie High School’s production of “Mad” is one of three schools advancing to one-act play bi-district competition on March 22.
“Mad” performed at district on March 4 at Graham Memorial Auditorium with seven other schools. A time has not been announced.
“Mad” will be performed for the public at 6 p.m. on March 11 in the junior high auditorium. There is no admission and the public is invited.
Bowie will compete with Holliday, Breckenridge, Bangs, Brock and Early on March 22.
“It will be a tense competition full of really great competitors. We look forward to it. We keep growing our program and each year we get better,” said Director Candace Mercer.
She added while they did advance out of district last year, the journey was cut short due to the pandemic, “we are not doing the same show, but we are honored to advance to this next level two years in a row.”
“Mad’s” technical crew was named best overall technical crew at the district contest. It includes Lance Jones, Kami Young and Kris Torres. Laci Hawkins received All Star Cast and Paris Waters and Alicia Marshall received honorable mention All Star Cast.
Mercer said they received excellent critiques from the judges and they plan to work hard to develop the show even more before bi-district.
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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