(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9-11. This will be the 25th year of Texas’ oldest sales tax holiday.
The Canadian Independent School District Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Dr. Julia McMains is the lone finalist for the position of Canadian ISD Superintendent. After a competitive search that included 19 highly qualified applicants, the Board selected Dr. McMains due to her extensive experience in curriculum, dedication to staff and students, and unwavering commitment to academic excellence.
CANYON — The final tally is 1,129 graduates for West Texas A&M University’s Class of May 2024. West Texas A&M University this week officially released its list of 2024 graduates, as well as the names of students who earned President’s and Dean’s list honors.
Overall, the University awarded 808 baccalaureate degrees and 321 master’s degrees to spring graduates at the May 13 commencement ceremonies, following procedural confirmation from the University’s seven deans.
Dr. Lynn Pulliam notified Canadian ISD board and staff members Monday of his resignation as superintendent, effective July 31.
Pulliam—a Vega High School graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Tech University and a Master of Education from West Texas A&M University—first joined the CISD staff in 2002, when he was hired to take the helm from veteran Canadian Elementary School Principal Karen Minyen, who retired after a 28-year reign on that campus.
During Friday evening’s Canadian Middle School commencement ceremony at the high school gymnasium, Valedictorian Maddlynn Longoria was awarded the 2024 Abraham Cup by Superintendent Lynn Pulliam. The honor is based on leadership, citizenship, sportsmanship, and personality, as well as awards, honors and accomplishments during their 7th and 8th grade years.
“Canadian High School’s most honored award is the Liske Cup,” Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said, as he announced its recipient following the presentation of diplomas to 72 graduates of the Class of 2024 Saturday morning at Wildcat Stadium.
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].
