Congratulations to Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning students, Blake Raley, bricklayer, (right) and Ben Jurica, tender (left), for winning First Place at the 2022 SPEC MIX JR. BRICKLAYER 500 North Texas regional championship.
The SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500® and JR. BRICKLAYER 500 contests are the masonry industry’s most celebrated events for highlighting the attributes and passion that define the makings of a great mason: SKILL, SPEED, and STAMINA. The JR. BRICKLAYER 500 builds on SPEC MIX’s commitment to “KEEPING THE TRADE STRONG” by uniting with local masonry contractors, instructors and associations to provide a rewarding experience for the industry’s next generation skilled craftsmen.
Judged like the journeymen event, JR. BRICKLAYER 500 competitors (masonry high school students and apprentices) are challenged by a 20-minute clock and a 9’ 4” starter wall to showcase their skills, compete for prizes and prove they’ll soon be ready to claim the title of “World’s Best Bricklayer.”
After collecting a pair of complete-game shutouts on the road, Ouachita Baptist University senior Michele Snow has once again been named the Great American Conference (GAC) Goalkeeper of the Week.
This is Snow’s second GAC weekly honor this season, and seventh overall for her career.
Snow started the week with her third shutout of the season against Southern Nazarene after her team scored twice in the second half to earn the 2‒0 win over the Crimson Storm. The Birdville High School Alum and the Tigers limited SNU to just one shot on goal in the game, which she grabbed for a save. Two days later, Snow and the Tigers battled Oklahoma Baptist to a scoreless draw. She had five saves in the game, and collected her fourth shutout of the year, which was the 14th overall for her career.
Thank you for hanging in there with me as I share details about BISD’s 2022 Bond election each week.
Last week I shared with you about the ballot language and the state-mandated statement required on each proposition. Once again, this is not true for Birdville ISD. The efficient management of BISD’s existing bond debt over the last ten years has allowed the District to refinance more than $142.2 million of its outstanding bonds at a lower interest rate, saving taxpayers $18.4 million in future interest costs. In addition, the District has also prepaid approximately $29 million of its bonds prior to scheduled maturity, saving an additional
$20.2 million in future interest payments for taxpayers. This is how the District is able to present the $359.8 million bond plan to voters with no tax rate increase.
Remember, the District is presenting the bond proposal as a package and asks voters to cast a vote on each of the threepropositions.
I want to remind you that every vote counts. YOUR vote counts.
Below is Early Voting and Election Day voting Information. Additional details can be found on the Tarrant County Elections website at Tarrant county.com.
Congratulations to the Birdville High School JROTC Hawk Battalion Grand Champion Team which competed at the Top of Texas Military Skills Meet in Wichita Falls. This is the first time in Birdville High School’s 20-year history to be Grand Champions.
Academic Team (L to R):
Cadet Captain Anderson Spisak
Cadet Major Thomas Vaughn
Cadet Lieutenant Morgan Doyle
Cadet Captain Peyton Wright
COED Color Guard (L to R):
Cadet Sergeant Hayden Allen
Cadet Captain Shenouda Youssef
Cadet Sergeant Grayson Hackney
Cadet Corporal Chinenye Onoh
Female Color Guard (L to R):
Cadet Captain Madison Boyle
Cadet Command Sergeant Major Nataly Reyes
Cadet Corporal Jennifer De La Cruz
Cadet Captain Livia Kasjanowicz
Male Color Guard (L to R):
Cadet Sergeant Evan Clark
Cadet First Sergeant Andrew Davila
Cadet Captain Anderson Spisak
Cadet Major Thomas Vaughn
Female Physical Fitness Team (L to R):
Cadet Command Sergeant Major Nataly Reyes (1st Place Standing Long Jump, 2nd Place Overall Individual)
Cadet First Sergeant Autumn Previe (3rd Place Overall Individual, 2nd Place Shuttle Run)
Cadet Captain Peyton Wright
Cadet Captain Livia Kasjanowicz (3rd Place Bent Arm Hang)
Male Physical Fitness Team (L to R):
Cadet First Sergeant Andrew Davila
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Doyle
Cadet Captain Joseph Ray (2nd Place Pullups)
Cadet Major James Anderson (2nd Overall Individual, 2nd Place Shuttle Run)
Unarmed Drill Team (L to R):
Front Row
Cadet Captain Livia Kasjanowicz
Cadet Captain Peyton Wright (Commander)
Cadet First Sergeant Autumn Previe
Cadet Private Andrew Kozlowski
Back Row:
Cadet Captain Madison Boyle
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Doyle
Cadet Corporal Jovanna Gonzalez
Cadet Private Tatiana Barnett
Cadet Private Yasbet Tamayo-Soto
Cadet Private Emmerson Hickey
Cadet Private Angie Lara Gonzales
BHS JROTC Top of Texas Drill Meet Grand Champions
Front Row:
Cadet Major James Anderson
Cadet Captain Peyton Wright
Cadet Captain Shenouda Youssef
Cadet Major Thomas Vaughn
Cadet Sergeant Grayson Hackney
Cadet Corporal Chinenye Onoh
Second Row:
Captain George Jons, Senior Army Instructor
Cadet Corporal Jennifer De La Cruz
Cadet First Sergeant Autumn Previe
Cadet Corporal Jovanna Gonzalez
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Doyle
Cadet Captain Joseph Ray
Cadet First Sergeant Andrew Davila
Cadet Captain Anderson Spisak
Cadet Private Demertria Anderson
Back Row:
Cadet Private Angie Lara Gonzales
Cadet Private Andrew Kozlowski
Cadet Private Tatiana Barnett
Cadet Captain Madison Boyle
Cadet Sergeant Grayson Hackney
Cadet Private Analia Newsome
Cadet Private Yasbet Tamayo-Soto
Cadet Private Emmanuel Cuellar
Cadet Sergeant Hayden Allen
Cadet Sergeant Evan Clark
Command Sergeant Major Richard Barrett, Army Instructor
