SCHOOL NEWS
Meet the Teacher events readied
The new school year is about ready to kick off the first week of August.
Bowie Independent School District opened online registration on July 14. School officials report returning student guardians should have received an email with details on the Ascender Parent Portal. To access the portal visit bowieisd.net, click families in the top right corner and select the portal link.
If any family needs assistance campus registrars will be able to assist, call or visit the specific campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday. New students must pick up a packet at their respective campus in the office.
Meet the Teacher for BISD will be 5-6:30 p.m. for the elementary and intermediate schools on Aug. 4 and 6-7:30 p.m. for the junior and senior high school. Registration must be complete to receive a schedule. Help with online registration will be available.
The first day of school for Bowie will be Aug. 6. The full school calendar with daily start and end times is available at https://bit.ly/4kQPTV8 and on the district webpage at bisd.net.
Gold-Burg ISD student registration runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 22-25. Meet the Teacher will be at 5:30 p.m. on July 31. The first day of school will be Aug. 5.
Forestburg ISD starts the new year on Aug. 4. Meet the Teacher will be 5-7 p.m. on July 31.
Montague School opens the year on Aug. 7. Meet the Teacher will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 4. Students will be able to meet school staff, drop off school supplies, decorate their lockers and tour the school. Schedules for fourth-eighth graders will be in their labeled lockers.
Nocona ISD will have returning student online registration through Aug. 31 whose guardians can register through the Ascender Parent Portal.
New student registration requires a family pick up an enrollment packet from their campus between 8 a.m. and 3:30 through Aug. 31. Transfer papers must be returned and approved before children can be enrolled.
The first day of school for Nocona students is Aug. 7. Meet the Teacher for the elementary will be 4-5:30 p.m. on Aug. 5. At the middle school Meet the Teacher is 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 5.
Prairie Valley ISD starts the new year on Aug. 7. Meet the Teacher Night will be on Aug. 5 when there will be a pep rally and parent meet at 5:30 p.m., followed by classroom visits from 6-7 p.m.
Saint Jo ISD opens the new year on Aug. 12. Meet the Teacher will be at 5 p.m. on Aug. 7.
Bellevue School’s first day is Aug. 14 with the traditional bell ringing ceremony at 8 p.m. Meet the Teacher is at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11.
The Bellevue Ex Student Association is hosting a music and hamburgers event at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Bellevue Community Center (Bellevue Fire Hall) to raise funds for scholarships.
A $20 donation includes a hamburger, fixings, dessert, a drink and an evening of entertainment. Everyone is cordially invited to come out for a fun evening.
“Texas and the Letter W” will be presented by Kenny and Susan Mayo with the Post Oak Band.
All of the music will be from musicians whoare Texans who have a name beginning with the letter “W.”
A drawing for a DeWalt power tool set and the auction of some sweets to take home will round out the evening of fellowship.
All money raised will go into the Bellevue Ex Student’s Scholarship fund and are tax-deductible.
Forestburg Independent School staff announced its 2026 homecoming king nominees (back): Houston Johnson, Caleb Rich and John Carranza. Queen nominees (front): Delilah Petch-Raney, Dori Gonzalez, Megan Bain, Jocelyn Rich and Brenna Briles. Not pictured: Taylor Griggs. The Forestburg Longhorns will take on Perrin-Whitt for its homecoming game. (Photo by Rashonda Hobbs)
The staff of Bowie Elementary School will host open house/curriculum night on Sept. 24.
The program on curriculum will be from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria, and from 6 to 7 p.m. visit the classrooms.
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