HOLIDAY CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES FILL THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AT NISD

NISD Communications DEC 01, 2023 There’s a full holiday schedule on tap for Nacogdoches ISD this month. A number of Christmas events are on the calendar the next three weeks, including annual events that have been around for decades. Here’s a list of choir, band and dance performances coming up in December:  Tuesday, Dec. 5 […]

SFA’s construction management program to host open house for tiny home

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University construction management students in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s School of Human Sciences will host an open house featuring the tiny home they built this fall from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 9 at the Village Nac community at 1188 County Road 823 in Nacogdoches. Starting […]

SFA students explore local businesses to generate entrepreneurial ideas

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — More than two dozen Stephen F. Austin State University students majoring in a variety of subjects spent the semester exploring local businesses to learn about the challenges owners faced on their paths to success. The students, who are either members of the Rusche College of Business Economics Reading Group or participants in the college’s “Discovering Business […]

NISD EARNS ‘SUPERIOR’ FIRST RATING FOR 12TH STRAIGHT YEAR

Nacogdoches Independent School District received a rating of “A” for “Superior Achievement” under Texas’ School FIRST financial accountability rating system. The “Superior Achievement” rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating the quality of Nacogdoches ISD’s financial management and reporting system. The report was presented Nov. 16 to NISD’s Board of Trustees. The Texas Education Agency assigns […]

SFA’s Electric Guitar Ensemble to perform jazz standards, Christmas favorites

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Electric Guitar Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform a varied program ranging from jazz standards to Christmas favorites when the student group performs at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus. Directed by School of Music faculty member […]

Dailey & Vincent return to SFA campus for holiday show

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The University Series at Stephen F. Austin State University will celebrate the return of a favorite entertainment duo and their world-class band when Dailey & Vincent performs a holiday show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, in Turner Auditorium in Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus. Ring in the festive […]

ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GET LOOK AT NHS ROBOTICS TEAMS IN ACTION

Nacogdoches ISD students in fourth through eighth grades got a chance to see a robotics competition Thursday at the Malcolm Rector Center for Advanced Careers & Innovation. The younger students watched some of the top NHS robotics teams compete against each other in matches. The high school students are in Andrew Touchette’s class in the […]

LAMAR COLLEGE AGREEMENT PUTS NHS COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS ON TRACK FOR DEGREE

Nacogdoches High School students entering the cosmetology program this year can begin work on obtaining 33 college hours before graduating in 2026, part of a plan that will also earn an Applied Science in Cosmetology degree through Lamar State College in Orange, near Beaumont. “The partnership with Lamar State College-Orange is a game-changer for our […]

NHS FORENSIC STUDENTS EXAMINE FICTIONAL CRIME SCENE

Professor Farfanoogan never had a chance. Inventor of something called the “elixir of life,” Farfanoogan was done in after he refused to sell the potion to a motivated buyer who then made the Harvard instructor an offer he couldn’t refuse. And Nacogdoches High School students in Roya Dinbali’s Forensics class were assigned to examine the […]