TRUSTEES HOLDING AGENDA REVIEW MEETING ON FRIDAY, JAN. 13

Nacogdoches ISD Board of Trustees will hold an agenda review at noon, Friday, Jan. 13, at the E.J. Campbell building at 420 S. Shawnee St. The meeting will be in person. A livestream of the meeting will be available on the district’s YouTube channel Nacogdoches ISD. Anyone wishing to address the board in person during public […]

SFA to host Pineywoods Horn Day

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present the 2023 Pineywoods Horn Day featuring Dr. Eldon Matlick Saturday, Jan. 21, in Wright Music Building on the SFA campus. The second annual Horn Day targets horn players in middle school, high school and college as well as semi-professional performers. Event coordinator […]

Reichert to present piano recital at SFA

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Internationally acclaimed pianist Aviram Reichert will perform works of Frédéric Chopin, Paul Ben-Haim and César Franck in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. The program includes Chopin’s Nocturnes: in B flat Minor Op. 9 no 1; in […]

NISD STUDENTS RETURN TO CLASSES ON TUESDAY, JAN. 3

NISD Staff JAN 02, 2023 Nacogdoches ISD students return to classes on Tuesday, Jan. 3, following the Christmas holiday. (Teachers and district staff were back on Monday, Jan. 2, for a work day.) We hope everyone had a great break, and we wish you a Happy New Year!

Lumberjacks to Host Jackson State in Final Non-Conference Match

Stephen F. Austin vs Jackson State Date: Thursday, December 22nd Time: 2:00 p.m. Live Stream: ESPN+ Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Stadium: William R. Johnson Coliseum Series: 6th meeting (SFA leads 5-1) NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin men’s basketball program non-conference schedule will come to an end this Thursday against Jackson State. The Lumberjacks are 3-0 against Jackson State in Nacogdoches and have […]

SFA art students delight children with Purple Pikachu inflatable

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Art students studying three dimensional design with Professor Lauren Selden at Stephen F. Austin State University created a large-scale inflatable Purple Pikachu as a final group project for fall 2022. Using plastic and packing tape for the sculpture and a blower fan for inflation, the art students planned and organized a public presentation and […]

SFA Gardens lecture series to feature Lufkin-based landscape architect

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Ben Miller, director of landscape architecture with Lufkin-based design firm Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong, will present “Everything you wanted to know about pruning […]

TRUSTEES OK RESOLUTION STARTING DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PROCESS

Nacogdoches ISD’s Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday to initiate the process under Texas Education Code to become a District of Innovation (DOI). Following the adoption of the resolution, the board held a public hearing for comments. Later in the meeting, the board authorized Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo to appoint the members of […]

RAGUET CHOIR MAKES ITS ANNUAL VISIT TO ROTARY CLUB

Raguet Elementary’s choir visit to Rotary Club of Nacogdoches on Wednesday marked the 68th year the school’s students performed for the service club at Christmas. The tradition of an NISD choir visiting Rotary goes back even further, 78 years to 1944. The only interruption in personal appearances, as far as anyone can recall, was in […]