The McMurry University senior class’ gift to the school — a ga-ga pit — was presented to the school in the recreation area behind Hunt Residence Hall on Friday.
Ga-ga (or ga-ga ball) is a form of dodgeball. It can involve a large group of people playing individually, opposing teams or one-on-one matches.
“It is Israeli dodgeball, and ga-ga stands for ‘hit, hit’,” according to Jessica Collins-Heath, a member of the McMurry student government. “The senior class chose this gift because the freshman class and all the students that attended Camp Butman during Vision Quest (the school’s four-day orientation program) were able to play ga-ga ball. Everyone that had this opportunity really enjoyed the sport and showed desire to have one on campus.”
Jim Ned kindergarten registration
Jim Ned Elementary School has scheduled an April 15 kindergarten roundup to test students and to provide information to parents.
Any child who is 5 years old on or before Sept. 1 and lives in the Jim Ned school district is invited to attend. The roundup will be at the Tuscola Methodist Church, 502 Seventh St. in Tuscola.
Parents should call the Lawn campus at 583-2256 or the Buffalo Gap campus at 572-3533 before April 12 to set up an appointment.
Abilene students compete in skills competition in Corpus Christi
AISD career and technology students in electrical trades, criminal justice and cosmetology are competing in the SkillsUSA state leadership and skills competition, which concludes today in Corpus Christi.
A total of 33 students from Abilene High School and Cooper High School qualified for the event by finishing among the top performers in the area round of competition.
The following students were scheduled to attend:
n Electrical trades — Alex Filorio, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Daniel Gallo, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Adam Gonzales, AHS, Residential Wiring, Job Skill Demonstration and Quiz Bowl; Adrian Guerra, AHS, Residential Wiring and Quiz Bowl; Luis Hernandez, AHS, Residential Wiring, Job Interview and Quiz Bowl
n Criminal justice — Matthew Caraway, AHS, Building Search; Brad Currie, AHS, Building Search; Ashley Faus, CHS, Crime Scene Investigation and Prepared Speech; Ashley Hickman, CHS, Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl; Camron Holland, CHS, Quiz Bowl; Joe Lair, CHS, Felony Traffic Stop and Job Interview; Feliz Lopez, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Charrany Nam, CHS, Crime Scene Investigation; Cynthia Ramos, CHS, Crime Scene Investigation; Jasmine Rangel, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Jessika Roque, AHS, Quiz Bowl and Extemporaneous Speaking; Maria Siller, AHS, Criminal Justice; Evan Young, AHS, Building Search
n Cosmetology — Alicia Ayers, CHS, Job Interview; Rita Becker, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Typharee Ellis, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Romelia Esparza, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Cecilia Garcia, AHS, Haircutting and SkillsUSA Texas National T-shirt Contest; Breanna Gibson, CHS, Customer Service; Karissa Gunderson, AHS, Emblem Ceremony; Alyssa Lara, AHS, Quiz Bowl; Keyanna Paige, CHS, Emblem Ceremony; Anna Pequeno, AHS, Prepared Speech and SkillsUSA Texas National T-shirt Contest; Natasha Pullin, CHS, Job Skill Demonstration; Sabrina Ramos, AHS, Emblem Ceremony; Daisy Solis, AHS, Nail Care; Crystal Vidana, CHS, Facials and SkillsUSA Texas National T-shirt Contest; Emily Warren, AHS, Quiz Bowl
Cleaning out the reporter’s notebook
On Friday morning, I had chats with Trent school board trustee Lee Castleberry and Superintendent Greg Priddy about a story in the Friday edition of the Reporter-News that reported the Texas Education Agency had conducted an audit of the district’s books in December after receiving a complaint.
In that story, I said that Priddy and Castleberry knew nothing about the investigation or the audit. That was incorrect. They simply declined to comment about the incident.
After my Friday morning conversations with the pair, I now know they have been in the know about what is happening with the audit since the beginning.
They aren’t at liberty, however, to discuss the incident until the TEA releases its report. Both officials said that once the TEA report is made public, they will be free to discuss the audit.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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