Nacogdoches Independent School District

The mold remediation project at Malcolm Rector Technical High School has been completed, and the campus will reopen Monday, Sept. 16 on regular schedule. The Malcolm Rector campus is located at 6003 North St. Students attending Malcolm Rector Technical High School follow an accelerated graduation plan or are part of a high school credit recovery program. The Malcolm Rector campus also houses the Nacogdoches County Discipline Alternative Education Program, or DAEP.

The highly anticipated ground breaking for the new Emeline Carpenter Elementary School is set for 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, at the school’s future site located along Southeast Stallings Drive across from McMichael Middle School.

Nacogdoches ISD interim Superintendent Alton Frailey will hold a Huddle Time town hall meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School, 907 N. Sanders St. The meeting will take place in the school’s cafeteria.

Tickets are on sale this week for the football game pitting longtime rivals Lufkin High School and host Nacogdoches High School. Tickets for Dragon fans are sold only in advance and are available from Sherry Smith with the Nacogdoches High School athletic office located at the back of the competition gym in the 9th-grade building. (Lufkin fans can buy tickets to the game from Lufkin High School.)

Nine schools in Nacogdoches ISD will hold meetings this month to share campus performance results and receive parent input on campus targeted improvement plans. (Thomas J. Rusk Elementary is not required to have a targeted improvement plan.)

NISD welcomed first responder representatives from around the Nacogdoches community and county during an appreciation breakfast held Friday.

Nacogdoches ISD teachers, staff and administration gathered Tuesday for Convocation 2019. The morning started with breakfast and a vendor fair in the main commons of Nacogdoches High School.

Meet the Teacher nights and other back-to-school events begin next week on Nacogdoches ISD campuses.

Nacogdoches ISD’s Back to School Conference for teachers, principals and assistant principals is scheduled for Aug. 19-20 in the Stephen F. Austin State University Student Center and the Miller Science Building.

Nacogdoches ISD teachers and staff will celebrate the start of a new school year with the 2019 Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Nacogdoches ISD Trustee Dr. Tyrrel Grohman, M.D., has been named to the 2020 Leadership TASB Class by the Texas Association of School Boards. Grohman is one of 36 school board members from around the state that will be a part of the leadership group.

It’s been a busy summer for Nacogdoches ISD plant services and facility department. In addition to the normal projects that take place while classes are out, the department is also overseeing completion of a number of priority maintenance projects that are part of the $77.9 million bond proposal approved by voters.

Paulette Tomlinson, Nacogdoches ISD’s new Director of Fine Arts, will oversee the district’s plan to expand its offerings in visual and performing arts, particularly in the younger grades.

The grade level schedules will not be available earlier than the time listed above. If you are unable to pick up your schedule at this time you may come any time after the time listed above but not before.

Registration for Nacogdoches ISD bus service will begin July 22 and run through Aug. 16 and take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, at the NISD Transportation Department located at 3613 NE Stallings Drive adjacent to Nacogdoches High School.

Cynthia Bean was coaxing answers from her first-grader students during a summer school review session.

Titled “Effect of Photodegradation on Dihydroxynaphthalene for Decomposition of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons,” the project by Nacogdoches High School senior and valedictorian of the Class of 2019 defines a process of allowing sunlight to remove oil-like substances from water by breaking down the compounds.

LEARN ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S TEST SCORE IN THE STAAR REPORT CARD Every student who takes the STAAR test receives a STAAR Report Card

On Tuesday, Student Nutrition staffer LaTonya Davis was at her post at Temple Spray Park on Martin Luther King Boulevard. Davis was providing menu items of pizza, nacho cheese Doritos, hummus, fruit juice and milk for children ages 1-18.

Mike Moses Middle School’s Becky Martin was named winner Monday of the Anne K. Wallace Award for Excellence in Teaching. Martin is a math interventionist and Pre-Advanced Placement Algebra I teacher at Mike Moses.

Thirty-seven seniors received their diplomas Thursday night during graduation ceremonies for Malcolm Rector Technical High School.

Nearly from the start, Betty Sanders heard she would be a teacher. And that included no better source than her own first-grade instructor, Mrs. Lockett.

Thursday, May 30th will be the last day of school and early release day for students. We hope you have a wonderful summer break. Students will begin school August 26th.

Nacogdoches High School graduation will be held at 8 p.m., Friday, May 31, in the William R. Johnson Coliseum on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

Forty-six students from Emeline Carpenter Elementary and Fredonia Elementary schools came together Tuesday, May 21, for a Girls Empowerment Banquet at the Fredonia Hotel.

Nacogdoches High School’s Class of 2019 has received scholarship offers and military contracts totaling $4,897,475.

Dragons United is an affiliate of the United Schools Special Olympics initiative. Fifty special needs students, assisted by dozens of their Nacogdoches High School general education peers, participated in 12 events spread around on the turf of Dragon Stadium.

Nacogdoches ISD will provide free meals this summer for children ages 1 to 18 at a number of locations throughout the city.

Sixth- and seventh-graders will get a chance to participate next week. Seventh-graders and their projects will be on display at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, and sixth-graders will show off their projects at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 24.

Dragon’s United takes place 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, May 22, at Nacogdoches High School. Dragons United is an affiliate of the United Schools Special Olympics initiative.

Josh Roy’s project, “Photodegradation of Hydrocarbons,” was recognized in March by the U.S. Metric Association for best use of the international system of units

Sam Jacobs is busy. The Nacogdoches High School junior is a member of the drum line for the Golden Dragons Marching Band (one of 10 instruments Sam can play) and is heavily involved in career and technical courses at NHS, part of his full schedule of classes.

Four Nacogdoches High School students won first place in competitions last month at the Technology Students Association state conference.

This week, May 6-10, is celebrated as Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers change the lives of millions of children every day, and their work and impact extends far beyond the classroom.

On April 10, the dance team competed at the South West Teacher’s Association of Performing Arts State Championship Drill Team and Dance Competition, winning first place in Drill Team, Hip Hop, and Lyrical, won an Overall Championship Award and the Highest Score for the Twirling and Drill Team Competition including a cash prize of $100.

Nacogdoches ISD held its annual teacher job fair Saturday, April 27, in the cafeteria of McMichael Middle School.

Students in Grades 3-5 at NISD elementary campuses gathered in the library at Nacogdoches High School for the annual literary contest that attracts some of the more prolific readers from each school. Team members pushed buttons that set off a light for the chance to answer questions first.

Nacogdoches Independent School District is hosting its annual district-wide Cultural Celebration, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 2, at McMichael Middle School, 4330 SE Stallings Dr. This event will provide opportunities to increase school and parent engagement and community outreach

Nacogdoches ISD Board of Trustees adopted the 2019-2020 instructional calendar during a meeting Thursday, April 18.

Veronica Jones has been named Elementary Teacher of the Year for Nacogdoches ISD, and Becky Martin was selected Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Volunteer readers fanned out across Nacogdoches ISD Monday morning as part of Texas Reads One Book. Third-graders in NISD, along with fellow students around Texas, have started reading “Friendship According to Humphrey” by author Betty G. Birney. Through an exclusive video cast featuring guest reader Jason Garrett, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, students read the first chapter before guest readers from the Nacogdoches community read the second chapter. Copies of “Friendship According to Humphrey" were presented to all NISD third-graders.

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Nacogdoches ISD will hold pre-K and kindergarten registration for the 2019-20 school year 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., April 17.

With the clock ticking, Kevin Venegas had to run down a suspect, identify him from others milling around the area then make a safe arrest, all the while keeping himself and bystanders out of harm’s way.

April is School Library Month, an opportunity to recognize and celebrate school librarians and their programs.

During his Huddle Time town hall-style meeting Tuesday, Nacogdoches ISD interim Superintendent Alton Frailey provided an update on construction projects funded by passage last year of a $77.9 million bond.

Third-graders in Nacogdoches ISD, along with fellow students around Texas, will begin reading “Friendship According to Humphrey” by author Betty G. Birney April 15 as part of Texas Reads One Book. Through an exclusive video cast featuring guest reader Jason Garrett, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, students will read the first chapter of the book in class. Guest readers from the Nacogdoches community will then pick up from there and read the second chapter to the students.

Nacogdoches ISD students begin taking the 2019 STAAR exams (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness) this week and will continue taking the tests periodically through the middle of May.

Nacogdoches ISD interim Superintendent Alton Frailey will hold another “Huddle Time” meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, at Nacogdoches County Exposition & Civic Center, 3805 NW Stallings Dr.

Nicholas Bacarisse was the top finisher at the combined East Texas and Piney Woods Chapters competition last month in MATHCOUNTS.

Nacogdoches ISD has a teacher job fair set for 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 27, in the cafeteria of McMichael Middle School.

Letter to parents and staff from Dr. Rom Crespo, NHS Principal.

"Dedication” is the word Nacogdoches High School debate coach Veronica York keeps coming back to when describing Stuart Beal and Fariha Sultana. The pair will represent NHS March 22-23 at the state CX Debate competition in Austin after winning the regional competition held last month at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Rodeo time in Nacogdoches is coming up, and we’re giving staff and students a chance to celebrate. In honor of the Nacogdoches Pro Rodeo & Steer Show, set for March 21-23, which is spring break here in Nacogdoches, NISD’s Rodeo Day is planned for Friday, March 15.

Nacogdoches High School STEM Academy seniors sent seven of eight science fair projects on to state, and Josh Roy won the best overall award at the East Texas Regional Science and Engineering Fair March 1 at Kilgore College.

Nacogdoches ISD elementary students took part Saturday, March 2, in the district’s Academic UIL Competition held at McMichael Middle School.

Chloe Camacho is the first female lifter from Nacogdoches High School to qualify for the state power powerlifting meet.

Two Nacogdoches High School cosmetology students earned berths in the state competition during the district meet held Feb. 14-16 in Beaumont and Port Arthur.

English Language Arts/Spanish Language Arts instructional materials recommended for adoption, relating to Proclamation 2019, will be available for viewing at Nacogdoches ISD on April 1, 2019.

Nacogdoches ISD campuses Brooks-Quinn Jones Elementary, Emeline Carpenter Elementary and Fredonia Elementary are hosting a Parent Academy 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 9.

Darren Allman has agreed to be the next head football coach and athletic director for Nacogdoches High School. Allman most recently was Executive Director of Athletics at Carroll ISD in Southlake, but before that, he was head football coach at Austin Westlake and Odessa Permian, two of Texas’ storied high school programs

The organization will mark another Black History Month program at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, when the curtain goes up on “An Evening at the Movies” in the NHS auditorium.

Nacogdoches High School junior Jackson Castleberry finished seventh in the 100-yard freestyle at the Class 5A Swimming and Diving Meet Saturday in Austin.

Alyssa Romine is one of two students in Texas to receive this year’s Taylor Marceau Scholarship. Alyssa is a 2018-19 graduate of Malcolm Rector Technical High School.

Nacogdoches High School’s Students of Color is putting on “An Evening At The Movies: A Black History Program,” at 7 p.m. Friday in the campus auditorium.

The children’s author and illustrator is spending the week in Nacogdoches, appearing at all six NISD elementary campuses and both middle schools.

Fredonia Elementary School third-, fourth- and fifth-graders were ready to cast their ballots last month at the Bluebonnet Book Voting held in the campus library. Other NISD elementary campuses voting in the campaign included Emeline Carpenter, Brooks-Quinn-Jones, Thomas J. Rusk and Raguet.

The student council at the campus is creating handmade Valentines cards for veterans living in the Nacogdoches area.

National School Counseling Week is Feb. 4-8, and Nacogdoches ISD wants to recognize its own group of dedicated, caring professionals who go above and beyond what’s required for our students, staff and community.

Five Nacogdoches High School swimmers are bound for the Class 5A Swimming and Diving State Meet Feb. 15-16 in Austin.

Fifty-one students from McMichael Middle School represented nine countries Jan. 17-18 at the Region 7 Model United Nations Competition (Session 1) held at Stephen F. Austin State University.

It was a send-off fit for champions. The District 17-5A champion Nacogdoches Dragons swim team left for College Station in style early Friday for the regional swim meet.

Students at Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School may be too young to know precisely what they want to do with their lives. But they got a chance Friday to see what’s available during BQJ’s annual Career Day.

Black History Month celebrations in Nacogdoches ISD begin this week.

Nacogdoches High School asked for help with its burgeoning mentorship program, and the community responded.

Three Model United Nations teams from Nacogdoches High School earned hardware Saturday during the competition held at Stephen F. Austin State University. Model UN allows students to simulate roles as delegates to the United Nations from a particular nation and serve as representatives of that country's policies. The simulation educates students about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the agenda of the United Nations.

Big words and elaborate costumes were, well… “ubiquitous” Thursday during Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School’s Spelling Bee. And, by the way, “ubiquitous” was the winning word for “Only 3 members, not FORE!,” the golf-themed team sponsored by Etech.