SCHOOL NEWS
BISD Trustees move board meeting to Tuesday
Bowie Independent School District Trustees have moved their regular meeting from Monday to Tuesday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m.
The session also will be in the junior high auditorium not the board room at the intermediate school.
Part of the reason for the move may be the presentation of student honors that include introduction of the top 10 percent of the Class of 2021, along with state competitors from girl’s powerlifting, boy’s golf and solo and ensemble band.
In action items the board will consider naming an architect to design plans for the new administrative offices. A request for qualifications was published last month after the district voted to move forward with a new building.
The board will discuss adoption of a new curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten with the instructional materials’ allotment, along with selecting bank depository bid.
Superintendent Blake Enlow will present the board with information on the preliminary property values received from the Montague County Tax Appraisal District. Final values will be available at the end of July.
He also will provide updates on tornado damage repairs and department updates.
Assistant Superintendent Christie Walker will offer federal grant information, followed by the campus principals offering end of year reports and the month financial report.
An executive session is schedule for personnel matters as the board is expected to try and fill any vacancies before the school year ends.
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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