School

Body Alex Moreno, CISD senior and musician extraordinaire, has announced he has committed to Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Composition Department.

Body Local Scout Troop 271 wanted to thank all of their teachers at Canadian ISD for their hard work, love and dedication they have invested in continuing to educate their students during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Body Baker Elementary School

Body The new normal is still a mystery. Will the pandemic cause permanent changes in the American lifestyle? Or are masks and social distancing temporary? At this point, no one knows what life is going to look like three months or six months from now. But experts are talking.

Body C.S. Lewis once said, “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different.”

Body Mitigation is my life. Or so I’m told by the experts who repeat the word over and over again at press conferences. Puzzled members of the TV audience are turning to online dictionaries when they hear words they don’t understand.

Body When light seems hard to find, and skies seem darker than usual, it can be hard to feel hopeful. COVID-19 has slowly made its way to our doorstep, and along the way taken our plans and tossed them by the wayside. We fear the future, the unknown.

Body Homeschooling has been anything but a drag for Ben Bussard (10), and Bridger (11) and Parker Burrus (8). Longtime neighbors in Lipscomb, the boys are best friends and constant companions.

Body After announcing on March 18 that the Canadian Community Center was closing due to the coronavirus outbreak, Director Ike Julian has continued to honor the center’s mission, “to improve the health and vitality of our community.”

Body Summer in March? That’s according to mesquite trees. Mesquites are usually the last trees to put out leaves in May, signaling the end of spring and beginning of the Texas summer. Nobody here has ever seen “skeet” green up in March, but that’s what is happening.