School

Seventy-two Canadian High School seniors will receive their diplomas during graduation ceremonies held at 10 am this Saturday, May 18, at Wildcat Stadium.

Next Saturday, May 11, Canadian High School alumnae (Class of 2020) Violeta and Jazmin Talavera will be among 1,500 students who will receive their diplomas in commencement ceremonies at West Texas A&M University.

The two sisters are both graduates of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. They have been hired at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, where Violeta will be work in NICU and Jazmin in Med-Surge.

CANYON — Student scholars for the 2024-2025 cohort of a prestigious West Texas A&M University program have been announced. Among those named to this year’s Rogers Lead WT cohort is Oscar Navarro, a sophomore accounting major from Canadian.

The Dyke and Terry Rogers Leadership Education and Development Program, or Rogers LEAD WT, was created in 2012 to challenge high-achieving students to further develop their leadership potential.

Voters will head to the polls this Saturday, May 4, to determine the results of two contested races—one, for the Canadian ISD Board of Trustees, and the other, for the Hemphill County Hospital District Board of Directors—and to decide the fate of the $20 million bond issue proposed by Canadian ISD [see related story].                     

I am excited and honored to be running for one of the CISD School Board Trustee positions. I would like to share some information about myself for those of you who would like to know more about me.

•I’ve been married to my husband Craig, for 11+ years and together, we have 3 beautiful children: Conner-10, Creed-7 and Courtney “Coco”-6.

•Our children currently attend school at Canadian Elementary and Baker Elementary.

Canadian High School won the 3A District 1 UIL Academic Meet April 2 with a staggering 688 points, beating Bushland’s second place score of only 281 points. The top three individuals in each event and first place teams will advance to the Region 1 UIL Academic Meet April 26-27 in Abilene.

Here are the results for each team and individual placement.

Accounting

• 1st Place-Will Fry

• 3rd Place-Anderson Perkins

• 4th Place-Carlos Sanchez

STATEMENT

• The Canadian Independent School District has called for a $20 million Bond Issue Election to be held this Saturday, May 4, 2024. 

OBJECTIVE OF THE BONDS

• To adequately fund existing expenses in such a way that less local revenue is sent away to the State in Recapture and more is kept for Canadian ISD students.

WHAT SPECIFIC ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2024 BOND PROPOSAL

Canadian High School Senior Karson Thompson placed third in the Regional power-lifting competition two weeks ago, and will compete in the 2024 Texas High School Powerlifting Association Finals this Saturday, March, 22 in Abilene. The event will be held at the Taylor County Expo Center, located at 1700 Hwy 36. Karson is the son of Michelle and Dee Thompson of Canadian.

I am excited to announce my candidacy for the Canadian ISD Board of Trustees. I have long been an advocate for education and Canadian’s reputation for its academic excellence was a major reason for my decision to locate here in 2011. I personally have experience with education at a variety of levels and know the value of having a strong foundation in the K-12 level.

Canadian High School senior Laney Hood learned last week that she had been named a 2024 National Merit Scholar finalist. In doing so, she joins an elite group of only 15,000 students nationwide—about half of whom will share nearly $28 million in awards this year. She also becomes only the fourth CHS student (see list below) to reach that lofty level since the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) program began in 1955.