Article Category: Recent School News

Monday, Nov. 3, is a student holiday and NISD teacher and staff development day. Classes will resume on a normal schedule Tuesday, Nov. 4. https://www.nacisd.org/article/2510897

The updated playground at Raguet Elementary is now open for business. The official unveiling took place Tuesday, Oct. 28, during a ribbon cutting ceremony held on the playground located behind the campus. Superintendent Grey Burton was on hand to welcome students and staff, and Principal Julia Wells cut the ribbon. Raguet students – those who […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Earth Sciences and Geologic Resources will host an Earth Science Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Cole STEM Building atrium. This free event is open to the public. Visitors who have minerals, rocks or fossils they would like to have […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship received the Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines Award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers at GCEC’s annual conference hosted by the University of Calgary in October.   This award recognizes ACE as one of the top university entrepreneurship programs in the world for […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Earth Sciences and Geologic Resources will host an Earth Science Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Cole STEM Building atrium. This free event is open to the public. Visitors who have minerals, rocks or fossils they would like to have […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University recently broke its single-day application record with 2,700 submitted applications thanks in part to Free College Application Week.  Administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board the second full week of October, the initiative helps Texas residents apply to public colleges at no cost.  “This is part of […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Sophia Clinger, an education studies senior at Stephen F. Austin State University, was one of 18 college students selected from 500 applicants to participate in the Women and the Constitution conference hosted by the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia recently. Clinger, of Crosby, is the first preservice teacher ever to be selected by […]

An engagement lab that immerses students into lessons opened Oct. 3 at Thomas J. Rusk Elementary. The interactive classroom, housed in the former band hall adjacent to Beall Gym on the TJR campus, provides a 360-degree setting for students as they work on projects ranging from . “The possibilities on what can be done in […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University has been awarded a $134,200 grant through the Data-to-Action for Parenting Students Grant program. The grant is administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in partnership with the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to advance upward mobility and improve the well-being […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s horticulture program will host the seventh annual Fall Plant Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at the SFA Plantery, located at 1924 Wilson Drive behind the Agriculture Building. Plants available for purchase include a variety of winter annuals, native perennials, houseplants and succulents, all […]