The Gonzales girls seem a little unsure about the whole "horsey ride" concept.
Ask a former student of Skidmore-Tynan ISD about the annual Fall Festival and they will invariably have fond memories to share. When I was a kid (not that long ago), the festival was held in the High School and Elementary buildings. Back then the popular annual events included a country store complete with a "Wheel of Fortune" style gaming wheel (winners won a mystery bag of canned goods), and a movie room showing old-timey cartoons on actual film reels. Times have changed but the S-T Fall Festival is still a big hit thanks to the combined efforts of students, parents, faculty, and staff members who help in organizing the event.
This year's Elementary portion of the festival kicked off around 4:00 p.m. Saturday with booths, games, horse rides, and more. Lots of cute little princesses, superheroes, and skeletons enjoyed the toy-walk, fish-pond, ring toss, and other activities.
High School festivities began around 6:00 p.m. at the S-T Events Center. Members of the Bobcat Athletic Booster Club spent most of the day barbecueing chickens to be sold by the Sophomore Class. BBQ plate sales were reported in excess of $3,000. The Senior Class held its ever-popular cakewalk while the Freshman Class handled the ring and basketball-toss. As in years past, the Junior Class bingo drew the largest crowd and kept everyone up till near midnight.
Robert Brown and Josh Owen try (unsuccessfully) to keep a straight face during the drama department production of "The Paper Bag Bandit Rides Again." Mr. Brown would later be dropped on his head, which we were told was NOT part of the act.
There were lots of costumed cuties at this year's Fall Festival.
A couple of happy horse riders. (That's S-T ISD Trustee Ezequiel Ortiz in the cowboy hat)
Skidmore-Tynan Elementary School and Skidmore-Tynan Junior High in the Skidmore-Tynan ISD have both received Gold Performance Acknowledgment for Commended Performance from the Texas Education Agency. To receive Commended Performance in the Gold Performance Acknowledgement Program, the percent of students scoring at or above the established commended performance standard on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) must be 20 percent or higher.
Congratulations to the following hard-working students for making the honor roll in their first six weeks of studies. Keep up the good work!
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Skidmore Baptist Church's Children in Action will be hosting a Fall Fun Fest October 31st from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. The community is invited to join in an evening of fun. Costumed children from the group will be manning the booths, giving out candy and prizes. There will be something for everyone with games ranging from basketball, ring toss, fishing pond, and possibly 'milk the cow' to face painting. -- Submitted by Frankie Kreis
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