News and Announcements

Ninth Grade Center’s Teacher of the Year is Natalie Hansen. She received her Bachelor’s degree in History from Texas Tech University in 2007 and currently teaches World Geography and Art II – Photography. Natalie enjoys crashing lessons with the integration of technology and new ideas, and is always trying to come up with ways to make the campus generally more awesome! Her passions include experimenting with photography, playing with her dog, Ranger, boating with her husband, exploring the great outdoors, and getting her hands dirty in her studio.

The varsity tennis team competed in the Birdville Valentine's Day tournament last Friday. The tournament involved teams from 16 schools and had a competitive draw. Please congratulate the following who brought home medals in their events.

Boys A Doubles team of junior Dakota Thompson and freshman Preston Spivey won 2nd place. They pulled out a 7-5, 7-5 win in an intense semi-finals match against the Colony but fell to LD Bell in the finals.

Varsity travels this Friday to compete in the Richland tournament as we continue prepare for the district tournament in April. Go Roo Tennis!!

Our campus is very excited to have added a docking station in our library thanks to some fantastic community partners! Now students can come in and charge their devices so they are ready to use when they need them. McDonald's on Main is sponsoring the NGC station for the next 2 years. Ebsco Professional Partnership Group is the company that supplies them and then goes around and gets local support through advertising sales. For more information on how to bring a docking system to your school, please visit http://ebscoppg.com/
Students love it and think it is "cool"! It charges faster than a normal charge so students only need to leave device for a few minutes to get a good supply of additional charge. We are grateful to live in such a supportive community!

Alayna Segura received third place with her environmental self-portrait entry to the Association of Texas Photography Instructors Winter Conference in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, the winter weather cancelled the opportunity for WISD student photographers to attend the ATPI Winter Conference in person. NGC photographers competed against photographers from across the state and in grades 9-12. According to the ATPI website and contest guidelines, an environmental self-portrait is an image that tells the viewer something about the subject, either through other elements within the image or as a psychological study.