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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: The film crew sets up for another take in front of the camera. Over two days, the group wrote, filmed, and edited to compete in the San Antonio 48 Hour Project.

Film frenzy: students create short movie in timed event

Charlotte Schwarte, Feature Editor January 8, 2025

Blood is all she can see. Lungs breathing faster and faster. Eyes blinded by panic, she stumbles out of the house. Her heart pounds in her chest, each beat frantic. On August 17, 2024, this scene came...

INSTRUCTING STUDENTS: Olivia Baird stands in front of the Gorzycki Middle Schoolers. Baird and Larkin Bock have been mentoring the students on debate, to prepare them for high school.

Debate team inspires young learners

Alice Goss, Dispatch Reporter January 2, 2025

Searching through the bustling halls of Bowie at the beginning of a new school year, for the first time freshmen will be walking into John Mast’s debate class with prior knowledge and skills all thanks...

STRUMMING ALONG: Senior Jianna Zamora strums along in Guitar class. Zamora is the teachers assistant for the guitar classes.

Senior Jianna Zamora performs for new beginnings

Ava Weaver, Dispatch Reporter December 26, 2024

Jianna Zamora clutches the baton with her right hand while simultaneously moving her arms in swift movements as she conducts Bowie’s guitar class. Zamora has been playing guitar since middle school,...

Winter cheer clinic warms hearts of students

Winter cheer clinic warms hearts of students

Olivia Hunter, Dispatch Reporter December 16, 2024

Buzzing with excitement, cheerleader Jocelynn White waits for the gym doors to open.  On Saturday, December 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. the cheer team holds a clinic for little kids. The winter clinic at...

Senior sizzles with glee for chef school

Isabella Verette, Editor-in-Chief December 13, 2024

Pans sizzling as the grease hits the hot metal, senior Jeremy Duran minces vegetables while preparing a culinary pop-up dish. Next year Duran plans on attending the Culinary Institute of America to further...

Foreign exchange student Eva Clarisse opens up about her experience in America

Foreign exchange student Eva Clarisse opens up about her experience in America

Gracie Ruland, Dispatch Reporter December 12, 2024

Excitement rose as the plane took off from France to America. Eva Clarisse is a foreign exchange student from France who currently attends Bowie and will be enrolled at Bowie till June. Eva has had many...

Beloved Assistant Principal, Hector Munoz, resigns

Sydney Murphy, Dispatch Reporter December 9, 2024

A sorrowful feeling floods throughout the hallways as news that beloved assistant principal, Hector Munoz is moving to San Antonio. This absence will be felt by students and staff alike. Munoz has made...

POSED FOR SUCCESS: Standing in the Bowie hallway, Pelz holds two of his manufactured, but not yet released for sale, clothing pieces. He partners with a manufacturer oversees to produce his drawn designs into the physical items shown.

Sophomore stitches new clothing line

Charlotte Schwarte, Feature Editor December 5, 2024

One hand on the paper to hold it steady, his pen winds around and around. A slash down, and then up, and then more marks are set next to it. As the logo begins to take shape, so does the dream in front...

LOVE FOR ART: Madeleine Vollmer holds in front of her face a drawing she illustrated. Vollmer has been creating and drawing since a young age and continues to express herself through it.

Years of admiration for art manifest into tattoo designs

Alice Goss, Dispatch Reporter December 4, 2024

Sharpie in hand, mind running fast, Madeleine Vollmer quickly thinks of a design to etch onto her friend’s arm while they wait for their turn at the local summer swim meet. A simple task young Vollmer...

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