March 2023

School board talks attendance and grant awards

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The regularly scheduled meeting of the Alpine ISD Board of Trustees was held on March 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the AISD administration building. The focus of the meeting was attendance improvement and grant awards to help make up funding shortages not allocated by the state. Board members Haley Babb and Dr. Adrian Billings were not in attendance.
School board talks attendance and grant awards

Lady Buck track and field takes 2nd at Pecos

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The Lady Buck track and field team competed last Friday in Pecos and had a good showing despite an abbreviated team. Coach Cory Cason said, “We were missing several of our mulit-sport athletes at this event. We did not have any relay teams or throwers, but we did well overall.”
Danica Mulholland clears the bar during the high jump event. Mulholland placed third recently at the Pecos Relays. Photo by Shawn Yorks

Bucks struggle against Blanco, El Dorado

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The Alpine Bucks baseball team travelled to Sonora last week for tournament play and faced tough competition on Friday and Saturday. Friday saw the Buck varsity face the Blanco Panthers, in what would be a near shut out for the Blanco team who ended the game defeating the Bucks 9-1.
Iden Lujan hurls the ball towards homeplate in a recent game. The Bucks struggled this past weekend in tournament play but are set to face Eunice at home this Friday. Photo by Shawn Yorks

Lady Bucks bats on display at tourney

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In the three games prior to the Brownfield tournament last weekend, the Alpine Lady Bucks softball team had outscored Van Horn, Wink and Midland TLCA by a combined score of 53-2 and were looking forward to similar offensive output in Brownfield.
Kody Hawkins has become a leader at the plate and on the mound for the Lady Bucks this season. Photo by Shawn Yorks

Attendance matters every day

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School attendance matters. Attendance affects our students’ ability to learn new concepts and our schools’ ability to fund exceptional learning opportunities.
Attendance matters every day

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Many Thanks The Knights of Columbus would like to thank all the people that supported our fish fry fundraiser on Friday, March 3. Funds raised will be used to assist persons in need in the tri-county area.