COUNTY LIFE
Back to school 2021 countdown begins
It is hard to believe summer is winding down as athletic and band practices began this week, and Meet the Teacher events are scheduled during the next two weeks across Montague County.
Prairie Valley Independent School District opens the season with Meet the Teacher on Aug. 5 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The evening begins with a pep rally in the gym, followed by a volleyball team salad supper fundraiser.
Families can go to their classrooms to meet the staff and drop off supplies. The first day of school is Aug. 10.
Forestburg, Gold-Burg, Montague and Saint Jo all have Meet the Teacher on Aug. 12.
Forestburg Meet the Teacher is 5-7 p.m., and stop in to meet Principal Jason Biles. Meet the Longhorns will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 12 with the first day on Aug. 16.
Gold-Burg will be at 6 p.m., followed by Meet the Bears at 7 p.m. on the football field. The first day is Aug. 16.
It is hard to believe summer is winding down as athletic and band practices began this week, and Meet the Teacher events are scheduled during the next two weeks across Montague County.
Prairie Valley Independent School District opens the season with Meet the Teacher on Aug. 5 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The evening begins with a pep rally in the gym, followed by a volleyball team salad supper fundraiser.
Families can go to their classrooms to meet the staff and drop off supplies. The first day of school is Aug. 10.
Forestburg, Gold-Burg, Montague and Saint Jo all have Meet the Teacher on Aug. 12.
Forestburg Meet the Teacher is 5-7 p.m., and stop in to meet Principal Jason Biles. Meet the Longhorns will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 12 with the first day on Aug. 16.
Gold-Burg will be at 6 p.m., followed by Meet the Bears at 7 p.m. on the football field. The first day is Aug. 16.
Montague School will present Meet the Teacher 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 12. Students can meet their teachers and bus drivers and drop off supplies. Schedules for fifth-eighth grade will be in their labeled lockers.
Snowcones will be available for students in the parking lots provided by the PTO through the Kona Ice Truck. First day is Aug. 16.
Saint Jo’s back to school kick-off with Meet the Teacher and schedule distribution will be 5:30-6:30 p.m. for elementary and 5-6 p.m. for junior high and high school.
Bowie ISD will have Meet the Teacher on Aug. 16. Superintendent Blake Enlow said they have broken up the last names alphabetically to spread out people.
Letters A-L will be 4:30 to 6 p.m. and M-Z 5:30 to 7 p.m. He said they also understand there may be some overlap with families that have several children on different campuses.
Meet the Rabbits is at 6 p.m. on Aug. 7 at the football field. The first day of school is Aug. 18.
A Back to School Fair will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 7 at the high school gym. There will be free school supplies, help with online registration, food trucks, free eye exams and hair cuts and more. For details email Ashley.Atkins@bowieisd.net.
Nocona ISD’s first day of school is Aug. 17 with Meet the Indians on Aug. 18.
Meet the Teacher for Nocona Junior High will be 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 13. Nocona Elementary will welcome families from 4-5:30- p.m. on Aug. 13.
Schedule pick-up for high school students has been set. Seniors, Aug. 11, juniors, Aug. 12 and sophomores, Aug. 13. All pick-ups are 1-3 p.m.
Chromebooks also can be picked up as well with completed paperwork. If you cannot come on your assigned day pick it up on Aug. 16.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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