Nikki White destroyed 11 year pool record in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4.50.38.
Freshman Erin Flanigan broke Andrea Axtell's (ex-Bowie swimmer) pool record in the 100 Butterfly. Erin also broke the 200 Freestyle pool record edging out Nikki White for 1st place.
Girls 400 Freestyle Relay took the pool record by 2 seconds with Erin Flaningan, Megan Runyan, Jessica Gardner, and Nikki White.
BOWIE
WRESTLING TEAM WINS!
Bowie wrestling team is ranked in the top 10 wrestling teams in the STATE!!
The Bowie Wrestling Team wrestled at the Cypress Springs Wrestling Tournament
in Houston on Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st.
Overall the team placed 2nd out
of 32 teams.
1st Placers- Dustin Stiegemeyer (103) and Greg Gogonas (119)
(Greg Gogonas got awarded Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament)
2nd Placer - Luke Hoenes (125)
3rd Placer -Nathan Ruggles (135)
4th Placers - Ryan Norton (145), Kevin Macklin (189), Jaime
Lopez (285), & * JB Bridgers (152)
* JB couldn't wrestle for 3rd because of 5 match rule per day
5th Placers - Josh Vasquez (130) and Gregg Hase (189)
8th Place- Riley Walker (171) - Congratulations to Riley on one of the
most exciting matches of the tournament coming back from a 5-9 deficit
to win 12-10 at the buzzer!
We're all very proud of our wrestlers. Coach Smith commented on well they
performed for so early in the season and how much heart they showed throughout
the tournament.
BOWIE DEBATE TEAM WINS AGAINS
MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL TFA Qualifying Tournament (32 Schools!)
Debate Topic - Resolved: The Actions of Corporations Ought To Be Held
To The Same Moral Standards As The Actions Of Individuals
FYI: How do the kids win debate tournaments:
All debaters/speakers, varsity and novice, are required to debate four
- 1hr preliminary rounds before they qualify to advance to the 'out rounds.'
Students must debate BOTH sides of the resolution. (Flip-Flop)
Students with the best of 4 wins advance to the out-rounds. The 'out-rounds'
are octofinals- 16 teams, quarterfinals- 8 teams, semifinals- 4 teams
and finals-2 teams. The last debater standing WINS the tournament!.
Debate Results FINALS
Jacob Baum Champion - 1st Place Lincoln - Douglas Debate
Ali Khan 3rd Place Lincoln - Douglas Debate
Lauren Cooper 4th Place Lincoln - Douglas Debate
Extemporaneous Speaking Results
Wesley Fang Champion 1st Place
Prose Interpretation
Tobias Ricco Visser 3rd Place
Hendrik Hackfeld 6th Place
Semifinalists:
Alise Crain Poetry/Prose
LIBRARY EXHIBIT OF THE AESTETICS
IN ART
The Aestetics in Art class has created a "dinner party"
and it's taking place now in the library and will be up for about two
weeks. The premise started as an art history project and each student
selected an artist of their choice and art field. They were to create
a place setting based on their artist that would represent the contribution
made to that particular field. Each place setting was to include everything
from the actual setting to menu to list of possible guests and a place
mat. The artists represented range from Twiggy (oh my gosh how could they
even know who she was?!) to Hawthorne to Dali to Andy Goldsworthy. Picasso
is represented along with Andy Warhol and many, many more. We invite you
to come by and see this amazing work done by these amazing students. To
view photoshraphs of their work just click
on Dinner
Party.
BOWIE POSTER CONTEST
Bowie Poster Contest submissions are in. Many students submitted poster
ideas for the contest. The winning poster will be used by AISD to help
celebrate the 100th year anniversary for our district. The winning entry
for Bowie was submitted by Chloe Tetz. To view some of the submissions
click
on Bowie
Poster Contest
SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS
Science Fair has just wrapped up. Click here
to see the winners for the different categories.
BOWIE CHEERLEADERS HEADED TO NATIONALS
The Bowie cheerleaders competed at State this weekend and received 2nd
place. They were very close to first, about 2.5 points! We also have a
state champion mascot here at Bowie...Please congratulate Jessica Oliveria
for winning the state title this weekend! The cheerleaders and mascots
will be heading to Orlando, Florida for nationals on the 9th of February
- wish them luck!
BOWIE
FFA BRINGS HOME THE BACON FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW
The Bowie FFA members
represented Bowie High School at the Travis County Livestock Show last
week. In spite of the weather conditions, all members represented us well.
The top placing students were allowed to sell one large animal and one
small animal if they placed them in the top percentage. The following
is a list of their accomplishments. (auction premiums for a few are listed
beside their names)
Steers (each student could have shown 2)
Britney Meurin - Grand Champion - $17,000
Kaitlin Meurin - 1st Place - $1700
Ali Rhyan - 2nd Place and 6th Place - $1700
Patrick Williams - 5th and 5th Place
Andy Bossley - 6th Place
Sheep (each student could have shown 2)
Courtney Bargsley - Champion Southdown - $1400; Reserve Champion Cross
Katy Adams - 1st and 15th Place - $3000
Erin Rech - 5th Place - $600
Morgan Rech - 3rd Place
Amanda Coe - 2nd Place - $900
Jessica Werchan - 5th and 6th Place
Olivia Prince - 4th Place - $700
Ashley Timmerman - 7th Place - $1000
Rachel Denton - 8th Place - $750
Corey Wunneburger - 9th Place - $900
Tyna Keifer - 12th Place - $700
Brianna Reed - 12th Place - $800
Ashley Magro - 7th and 20th Place
Ali Rhyan - 6th and 19th Place
Kaitlin Meurin - Reserve Champion Finewool and 2nd Place
Britney Meurin - 1st and 6th Place
Brittany Munden - 9th and 5th Place
Goats (each student could have shown 2)
Lindsey Torpey - Reserve Champion Goat - $4800
David Anderson - 1st -
Kaitlin Meurin - 1st and Reserve Champion Showman
Robyn Torpey - 3rd
Brittany Munden - 4th and 20th
Julia McKensie - 11th
Ali Rhyan - 11th and 19th
Jessica Werchan - 5th
Hannah McIntosh - 25th
Hogs (each student could have shown 2)
Ali Rhyan - 1st place
Jessica Werchan - 1st Place - $3300
Ryan McAfee - 5th - $1100
Clifford Roberson - 6th - $3000
Lauren Creasy - 6th - $1500
Holli Hess - 7th - $2500
Andi Rodriguez - 9th - $1400
Haley Patke - 11th -
William McAfee - 10th and 13th
Brandy Williams - 15th
Courtney Bargsley - 6th and 11th
Kaitlin Meurin - 4th Place
Britney Meurin - 8th Place
Nick Carrington - 10th
Fryers
Emily Lim - 3rd Place - $1000
Missy Natoli - 4th Place -
Britney Meurin - 7th Place - $550
Sara Heavner - 9th $750
Todd Danz - 10th - $1700
Courtney Barglsey - 11th - $1100
Andy Bossley - 15th -
Rabbits
Ryan McAfee - 10th - $850
Andie Rodriguez - 19th - $850
Robyn Torpey - 23rd -
YOUTH FAIR (each student could have shown 5)
Ali Rhyan - Grand Champion Bar Cookies - $400
Brandy Williams - Grand Champion Herb Collection - $450; Blue Ribbon Landscape
Photo $300
Britney Meurin - Grand Champion Pillow - $750
Ryan McAfee - Grand Champion Oil Painting - $450
Kaitlin Meurin - Grand Champion Dish Garden - ; Grand Champion Pillow
- $650
Andy Bossley - Grand Champion People Photograph - $400
Jason Lewis - Grand Champion Outdoor Equipment (BBQ Pit Trailer) - $5500
Missy Natoli - Reserve Champion Oil Painting - $300
Trevor Rech - Champion Color Pencil Drawing - $400Gary and I are very
proud of this group of students.
Sincerely
Beverley Schroedter
Agriculture Science Instructor
FFA Advisor
James Bowie High School
Austin ISD
BOWIE CANNED FOOD
DRIVE BRINGS
IN 1800 CANS
Thank you Papa Johns
at Brodie Lane for donating the pizzas for the winning class - Gayla Hayes 506 cans donated!
The Photography Club at Bowie High School completed their
canned food drive. The Photography Club asked all 7th period teachers
to collect canned food for the canned food drive to help feed those less
fortunate during the holidays. Bowie staff and students collected almost
1500 cans of food during the two week period! There were many classes
that went above and beyond what was expected. A special thanks to Gayla
Hayes (506 cans), Kimberly Price (345 cans), Pam Platt (100 cans), Ignacio
Ruiz (74 cans), Charloote May (52 cans), Jill Harding (67 cans), Danielle
Lutzke (a whole bunch!), and all of the other teachers and their fabulous
students who helped out this year. When it was all said and done Bowie
staff and students collected almost 1800 non-perishable food items! The
food is being donated to Southwest Hills Community Church, which will
be providing the food to over 100 deserving families this Saturday.
A special thanks goes out to Papa
John's Pizza at 8106 Brodie Lane, for donating the pizzas
to feed Gayla Hayes and her incredible 7th period class
for having the most donations, 506 cans! Please visit
our sponsor, Papa Johns on Brodie Lane, to show our appreciation of their
generous donation of 8 large single topping pizzas to help feed those
hungry 7th period students of Ms. Hayes. Thank you to all those at Bowie,
students, and the parents who have suddenly realized that their pantry's
are bare - you are the best!
Industrial Vocational
Education Class
at Bowie High Earns American Cancer Society's
Spirit of Hope Award
Dear Matt Raby,
We are pleased to inform you that the Industrial Vocational
Education Class at Bowie High School has earned the American Cancer Society’s
Spirit of Hope Award. The Spirit of Hope Award is an in-kind award program
which recognizes non-monetary contributions with a $20,000 value or more.
This award is presented annually to community partners for
two types of contributions:
non-monetary or combined, and
media contributions of editorial and advertising
space or time.
Either type of contribution should have a fair market value of $20,000
or more. Fair market value is the price at which property would change
hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being required
to buy or sell, and both having reasonable knowledge of all the relevant
facts.
Bowie High School Industrial Vocational Education Class
has earned this prestigious award for the collation of materials for over
60,000 Relay For Life team captain packets. Relay For Life is the American
Cancer Society’s signature activity. It offers everyone in a community
an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer.
One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer within
their lifetime. The money raised at Relay saves lives by funding cutting-edge
cancer research, early detection and prevention education, advocacy efforts,
and life-affirming patient services. Your involvement makes this all possible.
Your class provided the American Cancer Society a cost savings
of approximately $27,000 for their participation in the coalation of Relay
For Life packet materials. We could not have been as successful without
your support.
We would like to present you, your students as well as your
administrator, Stephen Kane the Spirit of Hope award on Wednesday, November
15, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. at your school or on another day that is most convenient
for everyone involved.
Please let us know at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Doug Huggett
Amy Hoge Hajdu
Flor Zapotechne
American Cancer Society staff partn
Bowie Silver Stars
Starmakers Dance & Performance Contest for teams, ensembles, officers, and solos was awesome!
Congratulations to all!!!
Bowie Silver Stars Contest @ Westwood 2008
TEAM AWARDS INCLUDED
Perfect Sweepstakes
Circle of Stars Award
Award for Excellence in Technique
Award for Excellence in Entertainment
Award for Excellence in Choreography
Gold Star Award - Team Modern
Gold Star Award - Team Jazz
Silver Star Award - Team Lyrical
OFFICER AWARDS INCLUDED
Perfect Sweepstakes
Circle of Stars Award
Award for Excellence in Technique
Award for Excellence in Showmanship
Award for Excellence in Choreography for Open Category
Award for Excellence in Choreography for Lyrical Category
Gold Star Award - Officer Lyrical
Gold Star Award - Officer Open
Silver Star Award - Officer Jazz
ENSEMBLE AWARDS INCLUDED
Gold Star Award - Steering Committee Small Ensemble
Outstanding Choreography for Modern
Outstanding Choreography for Lyrical
SOLO FINALISTS INCLUDED
Megan Marvin 4th Runner Up
Science Fair Winners!
The 1st four places of each category will advance to the Regional Fair on February 21st.
Cynthia was Bowie's Teacher of the Year for 2007.
Mrs. Beenken-Carrol is a math teacher at Bowie high school and also the math
department chair . Her dedication to her students and to the improvement
of our math department has been tremendous as our TAKS scores show for
our students. Her innovative programs, classroom creativity, and leadership
of her department have made her stand out among the many fine teachers
at Bowie. Congratulations Mrs. Beenken-Carrol, Bowie's 2007 Teacher of the Year,
and thank you for your outstanding contributions to our school.
Cindi Beenken-Carroll received a $25,000 Milken Family National Education Award during a surprise presentation attended by Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Education Agency acting commissioner Robert Scott, football legend Rosey Grier and Austin school district Superintendent Pat Forgione.
The award is given to educators who provide exemplary leadership in their classrooms and the community. Way to go Mrs. Beenken-Carroll!
Did you know Bowie High School has its own television show on the Internet at www.bdtelevison.net?
Did you know this is our second season? Last season, January 2007, we broadcast on Time Warner Cable every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Channel 16. Some of our guests included four-time heavy-weight champion of the world Evander Holyfield and the members of the local band Ghostland Observatory. We also interviewed local radio personality Bobby Bones, Miss Austin Teen Holly Kuhn, and Nina Proctor who designed the costumes for Robert Rodriguez's film, Grindhouse . And bet you didn't know that our show has won three high school Emmys from the Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television and placed in the top 20 films with both the South-by-Southwest Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival. Check us out! Our studio on campus is in D219 . For more information or donations call executive producer: Donna Marie Miller at: 841-4180 or email her at dmmiller@austinisd.org.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2007 AWARDS CEREMONY
The movie below shows you some of the highlights from
the ceremony. To view all of the photos from the awards ceremony click
on German
Photo Awards. A special thanks to Fizbin Photography for
their donation of time and great photos of this event.
BOWIE STUDENTS SELECTED TO VISIT NASA THIS SUMMER
- Reece Parker, Andy Moore, and Daniel Cleveland of Bowie High
School in Southwest Austin will travel to NASA’s Johnson Space
Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas to participate in a one-week summer internship.
Nominated by Senator Jeff Wentworth, they have been selected out of
314 high school juniors from across Texas to be part of High School
Aerospace Scholars (HAS). They have been working to complete 10 Web-based
assignments during the school year. They will apply what they have learned
during the year, which will challenge them to work as part of a team
to design a mission to Mars. The weeklong experience at JSC includes
a tour of JSC facilities and briefings by noted NASA employees—including
astronauts. These young men and their teammates will conclude their
experience by presenting their proposal at a luncheon to their parents,
members of the Texas Legislature, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo,
Rotary NASA, and JSC senior management. The State of Texas, in partnership
with JSC and the Texas educational community, developed HAS in 1999
to encourage more students to pursue studies and careers in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). More than 1200 students
from across Texas have participated in the program since its inception.
With this program, NASA continues the Agency’s tradition of investing
in the nation’s educational programs.
GT TEACHER OF THE YEAR - The Austin Association
of GT has named our very own Mr. Ellerbrock the Austin Area GT High
School Teacher of the Year. Congratulations Mr. Ellerbrock!
JROTC - Bowie's JROTC Drill and Rocketry
teams competed March 31. At McNeill High School, more than 20 schools
were represented. Our Inspection team led by Victoria Saucedo took 2nd
place and scored a perfect 100 in the event. John Garcia took third
place in the solo event. Bowie's unarmed team led by Nathan Wrzesinski
took third place. More than 100 cadets competed in a "drill down."
The event was won by Melody Seberger, with Alexis Jackson taking second
and Aaron Elizondo, third. At Wharton, Texas, the Rocketry team won
first place. Way to go JROTC!
SCIENCE - Bowie, please also congratulate
Daniel Hobbes for a first place tie in the Biology division of the Science
UIL competition. He will advance to regional. He tied with a senior
from Westlake and Daniel is just a sophomore!! Also congratulate Jessica
Hutcheson for a 4th place overall science (bio, chem, physics) score.
She will be an alternate for Regional.
MATH - At the UIL District meet Saturday,
the Bowie Math team successfully defended its crown, winning three of
the top five individual awards and surpassing the next best team by
a full 70 points with a team score of 596. The team will next compete
at the Regional meet in San Antonio on April 14. Competing members of
the team were: Lauren Guckert (Junior), Lewis Chang (Senior),
Daeun Yoon (Junior), and Ben White (Senior).
TRACK - Please congratulate the Varsity
Boys track team for a fine showing at Brenham. Ben Marvin got 1st in
the High Jump (6'8") and 3rd in the long jump (22'). He has also
qualified for the Texas Relays in the High Jump. We had two pole vaulters,
Jordan Wehr and Max Bade, clear 14'. Geulian Brisco set a new school
record in the triple jump (for the second week in a row) with a jump
of 44'. He also got 3rd place in the High Jump with a jump of 6'4".
Next week is our district meet on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please come
out and support our athletes.
DANCE - The Bowie Dance Company attended
the Creation Dance Regional Championships this past Saturday. They represented
our school in an amazing way. We received an Ultimate Victory on our
Jazz Dance, a 1st place on our Lyrical, and a 1st place on our Open
Routine. They also give overall awards for the 6 best dances of the
competition (there over 100 dances). We received 5th runner up for our
Open Routine, 2nd runner up for our Lyrical, and 1st place overall winner
for our Jazz dance. The Bowie Dance Company took 3 out of the top 6
awards for the entire competition! Valerie Plevich won 4th overall for
her solo, and Philip Ancheta won 1st place out of the whole competition
for his solo. Please congratulate the following members of our dance
company: Philip Ancheta, Aimee Crowther, Bethany Disbro, Rebecca Flores,
Valerie Plevich, and Treva Richards.
JROTC - Bowie's JROTC Drill and Rocketry
teams competed March 31. At McNeill High School, more than 20 schools
were represented. Our Inspection team led by Victoria Saucedo took 2nd
place and scored a perfect 100 in the event. John Garcia took third place
in the solo event. Bowie's unarmed team led by Nathan Wrzesinski took
third place. More than 100 cadets competed in a "drill down."
The event was won by Melody Seberger, with Alexis Jackson taking second
and Aaron Elizondo, third. At Wharton, Texas, the Rocketry team won first
place. Way to go JROTC!
SCIENCE - Bowie, please also congratulate
Daniel Hobbes for a first place tie in the Biology division of the Science
UIL competition. He will advance to regional. He tied with a senior from
Westlake and Daniel is just a sophomore!! Also congratulate Jessica Hutcheson
for a 4th place overall science (bio, chem, physics) score. She will be
an alternate for Regional.
MATH - At the UIL District meet Saturday,
the Bowie Math team successfully defended its crown, winning three of
the top five individual awards and surpassing the next best team by a
full 70 points with a team score of 596. The team will next compete at
the Regional meet in San Antonio on April 14. Competing members of the
team were: Lauren Guckert (Junior), Lewis Chang (Senior),
Daeun Yoon (Junior), and Ben White (Senior).
UIL AND V.A.S.E. STUDENTS WIN BIG!
ACCOUNTING UIL RESULTS - The following
UIL Accounting students sponsored by Jennifer Vance competed at the UIL
Invitational meet at Del Valle High School on Saturday. The competition
results are Drew Ingram placed 1st, Vivian Hui placed 3rd,and Hiu Phan
placed 6th. The Bowie Accounting team placed 1st. Please congratulate
these students for their hard work.
MATH UIL RESULTS - Four students from Bill Russel's
UIL Math team posted four of the top five scores in the math competition
(first, second, third, and fifth) at the UIL Invitational meet at Del
Valle High School. The team score blew out the next closest school by
more than a 50% margin. The Bowie team arrived late to the competition
due to a schedule change that they were not notified of in time, and therefore
they were not able to receive a trophy or garner any team points for their
efforts. Despite this set back, they wanted to still compete for the pure
joy of competition and for the personal satisfaction of a job well done.
Bill Russell said, "I was extremely proud of how my students handled
this situation. They gave up a Saturday afternoon to attend this competition
only to find out that we had arrived too late for them to qualify for
awards. To a person, they kept their senses of humor and remained positive
throughout an experience which would have caused lesser students to become
angry or upset. " Bowie is proud of these outstanding young men and
women for exemplifying our school motto, Pride in Performance,
through their actions and competitive spirit. Team members include Lewis
Chang, Lauren Guckert, Sam Graves, and Daeun Yoon.
V.A.S.E. RESULTS - Bowie is proud to announce results
from the V.A.S.E. (Visual Arts Scholastic Event) competition held this
weekend. This competition is held every year, first as a Regional Event
and then selected work goes to a State-wide competition. This year 11
students from Martha Anne Kuntz's Art 3 and Advanced Placement took a
total of 18 pieces for competition. There were over 900 entries. By the
end of the day, we took home 15 Golds and two of the student's pieces
were selected to go on to State! Please congratulate the following students
for wining the following honors: Kevin Blackmore - Gold, Kristen Cloyd
- Gold and on to State, Jessica Elaban - 2 Golds, Autumnn Embrey - Gold,
Lauren Hebert - Gold, Erika Jenkins - 2 Golds and on to State, Cynthia
Kim - 2 Golds, Sujin Lee - 2 Golds, Laura Morales-Ramirez - Gold, and
Justin Pham - 2 Golds.
JV WRESTLERS BRING
HOME HONORS
Please congradulate the following wrestlers for thier fantastic efforts
at the JV state champoinships at Arlington Bowie High. First placers:
Dustin Steigemeyer, Luke Hoenes, and Zach Jonas. Third Placers: Cahse
Trejo, Davis McQueen, Josh Varella, and Elias Hoban. Fourth placers: Chris
Fey, Taylor Howard, and Easton Trejo.
CONGRATULATIONS
BOWIE SWIMMERS
FOR STATE RESULTS!
The Men's Team was 24th overall in state and the Women's Team was 5th
overall in state swim meet competition. Nikki White was 9th in the 200
Freestyle and 1st in the 500 Free and now is the STATE RECORD HOLDER for
this event. The follwoing swimmers also did well:
Jessica Gardner 10th 200 Freestyle 12th 500 Freestyle, Nathan Edwards
7th 200 Individual Medley 12th 100 Fly, Conor Sweeney 12th 500 Freestyle,
Allyson Sweeney 6th 50 Freestyle 3rd 100 Freestyle, and
Mark McCombs 11th 100 Breast. The Girls 200 Freestyle Relay was 9th in
state - White, Gardner, Sweeney, and Megan Runyan and placed
7th in the Girls 400 Freestyle Relay - White Gardner, Sweeney, and Megan
Runyan. Congratulations swimmers!
BOWIE WRESTLING TAKES REGIONALS
AND
COACH SMITH RECIEVES REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS
Bowie Wrestlers Win Regional Championship
Congratulations
to the Bowie Wrestling team for winning the regional
championship in San Antonio this weekend and to Coach Kevin Smith
for winning regional coach of the year. Here are the Wrestling
Boys high school Wrestling Results from Region IV from the Blossom
Athletic Center in San Antonio TX, Friday and Saturday Feb -9-10,
2007.
BOYS RESULTS - Boys Top Six Team Scores
1.) 167.0 Austin Bowie
2.) 114.0 San Antonio MacArthur
3.) 103.0 Austin Andersen
4.) 102.5 Austin Westlake
5.) 100.0 Weslaco
6.) 96.0 Cedar Park
I wanted to share with you some very positive moments from
yesterday's band competition. As many of you know, Bowie
did make it to the State UIL Finals. They competed with a group of phenomenal
bands, and they were selected to be in the finals competition which began
at 7:45 last night.
This was after a very difficult trip to San Antonio which
involved a bus that broke down and the equipment trailer getting stuck
on I-35 behind a huge traffic snarl that actually delayed the equipment's
arrival and caused our band to have to be rescheduled for preliminaries.
They had a wonderful performance in the finals, and they
came in 8th in the State. I know they are very proud of this as they leave
on their trip to Indianopolis today. But, I think you should be proud
of them for more than just this accomplishment. Our students were so impressive
in their conduct at the event. They sat together throughout the finals,
watched attentively as each band competed, and when Akins came on the
field in the finals, our students stood up and cheered for them. I thought
it was wonderful that they were so supportive of our neighboring school,
and I was very proud of them.
When they return, I hope you will have an opportunity to
praise them for their conduct and for their spirit.
