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Sounds of the season.The 2nd annual Northside Spectacular featuring middle and high school bands will be held Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Dub Farris Athletic Complex. Beginning at 6:30 pm, each of the 14 middle schools will converge to provide entertainment both before and during the high school marching band segment. At 7 pm, the “Marching Band Spectacular” begins with Jay HS taking the field, followed by Holmes, Warren, Clark, Taft, Marshall, and O’Connor high schools. Guest conductor will be the founder of the fine arts curriculum in Northside, former Director of Fine Arts, Bob Lewis. The finale will feature the NISD Massed Band. For information, contact the Fine Arts Department at 397-8649. The performance is free to the public.
Dinosaur George comes to Howsman. “Dinosaur George” Blasing, local amateur Paleontologist, visited the students at Howsman ES recently. He addressed how animals and plants we see today have adapted or ceased to exist over millions of years.
Stars in the making. Look for students from Cable ES in an upcoming commercial for Communities In Schools of San Antonio sponsored by
KENS-TV and HEB. Rhodes ES will be featured in the 2004-05 commercial spots for KENS-TV and San Antonio Credit Union promoting the Excel Awards. Galm wins award. Galm ES was awarded the World Savings Chairman’s Award for the 2004-05 school year. This award provides the school with $1,000 to continue the mentorship program with World Savings employees and Galm students.
A national audience. Debra Torres, senior at Marshall HS, and Ernest Sauceda, sophomore at Communications Arts HS, participated with the Mariachi Campanas de America in the opening act at the Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center . The Hispanic Heritage Awards was televised nationwide on NBC last week.
NISD holds College Night. The annual Northside College Night will be held on Monday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Paul Taylor Field House. This gives an opportunity for NISD seniors to visit with reps from over 80 colleges. For more information, call 397-1257.
Pillar of Caring: Robert Reyes
Pillar of Caring: Robert Reyes, Taft HS—Class of ’98. During the Northside Education Endowment Banquet and Pillar Recognition, six Northside graduates were named pillars of character. Among them is Naval Petty Officer First Class Robert Reyes, an example of caring in the truest sense.
Reyes, a member of the Taft HS water polo and swim teams just five years ago, was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. He received the medal for rescuing four shipmates whose helicopter crashed in rough seas while operating from the USS Kearsarge just off the coast of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea in June 2001.
While sports and ROTC kept him busy during high school, he now stays busy serving in a Search and Rescue Squadron in Pensacol, Fla. When asked by news reporters where he learned to save lives, Reyes replied, “Taft High School, sir!”
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