BES Top Cats, 3rd Six Weeks
Third-Grade Top Cats: Pyper Daniel, Natalina Rodriguez, Cindy Escamilla, and Parker Burrus. Fourth-Grade Top Cats: Kaylee Marquez, Brynne Krehbiel, Axel Talavera, and Abraham Valenzuela.
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Baker Elementary announces 3rd Six Weeks Honor Rolls
“All A” Honor Roll Fifth Grade: Kendall Bell, Alex Castaneda, Alan Chavez, Isaac English, Kate Escarcega, Ashley Frayre, Ava Johnson, Allie Lewis, Maddy Longoria, Weston Mitchell, Abby Moreno, Tyson Orrell, Ryan Purcell, Isaac Saenz, Brooks Wall, Ryahn Whitson.
Notre Dame…Here Comes Jackie!
After a long process of applying to 12 Ivy League schools, senior Jackie Perez was accepted to the University of Notre Dame. Perez is the first student at CHS to apply to the Quest Bridge program. Quest Bridge made it possible for Perez to achieve a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Plain English
TURNING POINTS are sometimes subtle. No one knows exactly when it started to happen, but everyone in town is now donning masks before they go in the post office. I’ve written before about my community’s lack of masks.
Hemphill County Junior Livestock Show rolls into the ring
Fifty-one FFA and 4-H students overcame pandemic res13rictions, quarantines, revised rules, adapted schedules, and a flagging economy to successfully compete in last weekend’s 2020 Hemphill County Junior Livestock Show and Sale, showing 81 animals.
School trustees mull the future of CMS graduation ceremonies
In a school board agenda filled with fairly routine reports last Thursday evening, one stood out. The eighth-grade graduation report inspired a spirited discussion on the subject of whether or not to continue the tradition of graduation ceremonies for the Canadian Middle School’s eighth-grade class.
CMS Honor Roll 3rd Six Weeks
“All A” Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Brooklyn Beedy, Jessa Bell, Arionna Black, Lilly Bradford, Landry Cantu, Paula Castaneda, Connor Cipollone, William Davis, Julian Dominguez, Mackenzie Flowers, Margaret Hanes, Jacob Hayes, Delaney Huntress, Tucker Landry, Konnar McClendon, Iris Mondragon, Lucas...
Rural students and higher education
Reading the Chronicle of Higher Education on Jan. 6, I came across an advertising banner that gave me pause. It read, “A College Lifeline: Higher Education for incarcerated and rural students—and why it matters.”
West Texas A&M recruits for AmeriCorps program
AUSTIN—Canyon’s West Texas A&M University is partnering with area high schools, community colleges, and other organizations to generate more career opportunities through the AmeriCorps program.
Emori Beattie earns BSN/RN from UCO
Emori (Brewer) Beattie, Canadian High School Class of 2016, graduated summa cum laude with her BSN/RN from the University of Central Oklahoma. UCO is the top nursing school in Oklahoma, and very few out-of-state residents are accepted.
