BOWIE BULLETIN - March 25, 2018
Bowie Bulletin
BOWIE BULLETIN – March 25, 2018
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Good to know…
· Click here for the school calendar and here for the A/B calendar.
· The bell schedule can be found here (includes late start schedule).
LAST WEEK TO BUILD UP BOWIE – DONATE TODAY!
We are in the last days of this year’s Build up Bowie campaign. We set a BIG GOAL of $10,000! This amount will provide four comfortable seating areas where students can study, collaborate, and recharge their brains, as well as their Chromebooks. We almost have enough for two seating areas! We need your help to help to reach that goal and modernize the Bowie library.
Donations of every amount help us to achieve our goals!
Go to www.bowieptsa.org/buildupbowie to check out all of the videos from our librarian and to donate! Thank you for supporting our bulldogs!
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
GOLF CART REQUEST: Bowie Administration, in an effort to improve security at Bowie, is seeking the donation of an electric golf cart that can be used to better monitor the school grounds. If anyone has a golf cart to donate or has a connection to a source who might be able to donate, please contact Katie Gilman at katie....@austinisd.org.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE: Current sophomores and juniors have until April 5th to apply for the Student Leadership program. Students selected for this program will earn elective credit while they develop and practice a variety of leadership skills such as: interpersonal relations, civic responsibility, decision-making, and problem solving. Students will apply these skills as they serve as mentors to 9th grade students and plan several community and school service projects. Students are encouraged to participate for the entire year, but those students with restrictive schedules can opt to take the class for only one semester. We encourage all current sophomores and juniors with interest to apply regardless of leadership experience. Applications are available on the JBHS website (go to www.jbhs.org > Students > Student Activities) or can be picked up in C102 or the Women's Coaching Office. Please contact Coach Vickie Benson (vickie...@austinisd.org) for more information.
LEARN ABOUT THE TEEN BRAIN WITH DR. YEAGER: Bowie parents are invited to a special presentation from 6:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, March 27th in the Bowie Theater. Dr. David Yeager, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, will be sharing his research and answering questions on adolescent development and behavior change. Let us know if you'll be attending Tuesday's presentation using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/xiIgehgycxa1ESoR2
HAVE A SENIOR?
The Class of 2018 Boosters- Project Graduation needs your help! We host After School Food Sales for two weeks at Bowie beginning March 19th. We need volunteers for a short time at the end of the school day and drink and candy donations. Snack donations can be delivered to the Bowie Front Office. Thank you, Parents! Sign up to Volunteer or Donate.
SENIORS! PTSA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Bowie PTSA Scholarship application is now available and attached to this email. Please return all applications to the Bowie office no later than March 30th.
PATTON ELEMENTARY NEEDS STUDENT VOLUNTEERS!
Come help out at the Spring carnival on Saturday April 14 from 1-5pm. Volunteer then stay and play! Go to www.pattonpta.org and pick a booth to volunteer at or help with set-up and clean-up. You can also sign up as a floater to work at any booth where you are needed. The shifts are 1 hour each starting at 12:30. EVERY VOLUNTEER WILL GET A FREE LARGE 2-TOPPING PIZZA!!!
BOWIE BLAST
We are proud of our students & faculty and encourage teachers and coaches to submit news to Mr. Robinson’s office! (Click HERE for all Bowie Blast News) ~ Go Dawgs!
Bowie World Guard Performs…
The James Bowie World Guard Team competed at the SouthWest WGI Power Regional which was held at the University of North Texas in Denton. It was a great weekend and the students worked hard to prepare to represent our school on the national stage. We will be holding our annual friends and family performance on April 6th at 7:00 pm before heading to State Championships the next day.
Dispatch Newspaper & Lone Star Yearbook Receive Silver Crown Awards…
During spring break, Bowie took seven newspaper and yearbook staff
members and their advisors to New York City for the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association conference. Both The Dispatch newspaper and Lone Star yearbook
received Silver Crown awards. For the yearbook, it was the third straight crown
award, while for the newspaper it was their first in nearly 25 years! Just
seven schools from across the country had both of their print publications win
crowns, so the publication department is in elite company with these two
awards. Only 49 newspapers from across the country won Newspaper Print Crowns
and just 35 Yearbook Print Crowns were given. For both publications to be in the
top-50 overall is quite an achievement. These awards were for products
produced for the 2016-17 school year.
UIL Academics Hays Invitational Winners…
Bowie had two academic teams compete at the Hays Invitation UIL Academic Meet. The Accounting team, coached by Jennifer Vance, came in 1st place overall with Matthew Ankele in 1st, Alex Olah in 2nd, Anna Esaka in 3rd and Talia Hanley in 4th. Hannah Rutt also placed first in Literary Criticism.
Texas Association of Journalism Educators’ "Best in Texas" Journalism Awards…
The Texas Association of Journalism Educators released the 2018 "Best in Texas" individual awards and The Dispatch grabbed an amazing 32 awards. The winners were chosen from among 1200 entries in three publication categories (print newspaper, online newspaper and yearbook) for their journalistic excellence. Congratulations to the following award winning students:
Newspaper: Ashley Ramirez, Avy
Friedman, Shelby Kelly and Victoria Newell – Headline writing: Excellent; Ashley Ramirez – Caption writing:
Superior; Cara Andres – Caption writing: Excellent; Madison Austin – News story:
Excellent;
Abby Ong – Feature story: Excellent; Avy Friedman – Staff editorial:
Excellent; Violet Glenewinkel – In-Depth package: Honorable Mention; Mia Barbosa – Sports feature
story: Superior; Shelby Papst – Entertainment review: Honorable Mention; Violet Glenewinkel – News photo:
Superior; Callie Richards – Original artwork: Honorable Mention; Victoria Newell – Traditional
newspaper page one design: Honorable Mention; Cianna Chairez – News page design:
Honorable Mention; Avy Friedman – Editorial/Opinion page design: Excellent; Abby Ong – Feature page
design: Excellent; Jadon Alvarez – Entertainment page design: Honorable Mention; Ashley Ramirez – Photo Essay page:
Superior;
Violet Glenewinkel – Double Truck design: Superior; Jocelyn Brooks – Alternative copy:
Superior.
Online:
Ashley Ramirez, Cara Andres and Shelby Kelly – Caption writing:
Honorable Mention; Victoria Newell – News feature story: Excellent; Avy Friedman – Staff Editorial:
Excellent; Gracie Angeli – Entertainment review: Honorable Mention; Jake Brien – Entertainment
feature: Excellent; Mia Barbosa – Sports action
photo: Excellent; Violet Glenewinkel – Portrait: Excellent; Mo
Orr – Photo gallery: Superior;
Ian Miller – Editorial
cartoon: Honorable mention; Callie Richards – Original artwork: Superior; Mo Orr – Home page design:
Honorable mention.
The Lone Star Dispatch newspaper on-line: http://thedispatchonline.net
Silver Stars Nationals Awards…
Over Spring Break, the Silver Stars traveled to Hawaii to compete in the Crowd Pleasers Aloha National Championship. We were awarded the following: National Champion Soloist 9th-10th grade - Gabby D'Angelo; Semi Finalist Soloists 11th grade - Chloe Borsch & Trinity Vogel; 1st Runner Up Solo Finalist 11th grade - Kristin Hauck; 1st Runner Up Solo Finalist 12th grade - Celeste Alvarado; 1st Place Trio - (Bedrich/Case/Hauck); 2nd Runner Up Large Ensemble - Jazz Company; 1st Runner Up Large Ensemble - Hip Hop Company; Super Sweepstakes - Team & Officers; 1st Place Officer Contemporary; 1st Place Officer Jazz; 1st Place Officer Modern; Choreography Award - Officers (all routines); Technique Award - Officers (all routines); Precision Award - Officer Contemporary & Modern; Performance Quality Award - Officer Jazz;
Crowd Pleasers Award - Officer Jazz; National Champions Officers; 3rd Runner Up (Overall) Officers; 1st Place Team Jazz; 1st Place Team Contemporary; 1st Place Team Hip Hop;
1st Place Team Kick; Choreography Award - Team (all routines); Technique Award - Team Contemporary, Kick, Jazz; Precision Award - Team Contemporary & Jazz;
National Champions Team; 4th Runner Up (Overall) Team.
SPORTS/BOOSTER CLUBS/ CLASS & PROJECT GRADUATION
Class and Project Graduation booster links have moved!
Booster Club links have moved!
Boys & Girls Soccer: Boys Dawg Varsity Soccer WON district and is advancing to the play-offs!! We will have a "friendly" match against Austin High at 6pm at Burger on Monday, March 26th to prepare for our first playoff game.
We will face Pflugerville in our first Play-off game this Thursday, March 29th at 7:30pm AT Pflugerville High School. Come out early to watch the Lady Dawgs Soccer team as they play their first playoff match against Pflugerville at 5:30. Go Dawg Soccer!!
The Bowie Boys and Girls soccer programs will hold a camp for incoming freshman in the evenings at Austin Soccer Academy June 4-7. Register at www.dawgsoccer.com
Class of 2018: Kendra Scott Gives Back to Class of 2018 Project Graduation!
Please join us for a fun time of shopping with nibbles & drinks. A portion of all sales during this time will be donated to the Bowie Class of 2018. Bring a daughter, Bring friends, Pick out something for Prom…Enjoy some girl time on South Congress! Sunday, April 8th from 4:00- 6:00 pm at the Kendra Scott Store (1400 South Congress Avenue) You may also call the Store at 512-354-4737 to place an order during our shopping time.
French Honor Society: Mme McCoy and Mme Preston would like to officially invite you to our admission-free, museum-style event Thursday, March 29, to learn more about some of the French-speaking cultures in our world. Our event will be held at Bowie HS, in the Fine Arts Hallway, 6-8pm. If you're interested in augmented reality, you'll also get to see some of the work our students have done with the free tool Blippar (available on iOS and Android). Bowie's French 1, 2, & 3 students will also have the opportunity to complete an activity at the event for credit in a class project, in addition to sharing the work they have already done at this event. We hope to see you next Thursday!
If you are coming, feel free to RSVP on the provided link. Merci!
Swim and Dive Team Tryout: Tryouts will be held Saturday April 21 11am-1pm and Monday, August 27 6:30am-8am at the Circle C Pool. Please see Coach Dobrzenski in D225 or email, chanel.d...@austinisd.org for more information.