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AISD moves to a different learning platform
AISD moves to a different learning platform
Sofia Yordanova, Dispatch Reporter • February 26, 2025

In 2027, Google Classroom, a free education platform, will be making its debut in Austin Independent School District classrooms. Google Classroom an education-focused social feed with a similar infrastructure...

Texas legislation considers school funding
Texas legislation considers school funding
Sara Fowler, Dispatch Reporter • February 25, 2025

English teacher Megan Holden watches her students file into her overcrowded classroom. At the same time, Texas representatives file into the capital, set to decide the path of education funding for the...

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AISD prepares staff for new policies
Katie Grumet, News Editor • February 21, 2025

Imagine sitting in class one day focused on your work and then being interrupted by a blaring announcement. 'We are now on hold'. Your teacher stops what they’re doing and checks that the door is locked....

AWARENESS ARISES: Black Student Alliance (BSA) sponsor Justin Lashley and president Leila Burns both lead a discussion during a BSA meeting. BSA’s goal is create a more inclusive Bowie environment.
Black Student Alliance club spreads cultural awareness
Sydney Murphy, Dispatch Reporter • March 6, 2025

Decorative lights fill the room, the air buzzes with anticipation as students eagerly file into the classroom for Bowie’s Black Student Alliance’s weekly meeting. The Black Student Alliance, or BSA,...

PEDAL TO THE METAL: Daniel Morgali races past another bicyclist during a trail ride, a pair of RideLens set upon his face. Morgali created RideLens in the hopes of making high quality, but cheap, sport-glasses.
Bikers in the shade of success
Charlotte Schwarte and Reagan Tso February 28, 2025

Daniel Morgali and Jack Trumbly fly through the trees on their bikes, tires crunching on the gravel. Branches whip past them as the boys pedal faster and faster, weaving around the trail. One last push...

Senior Julia Low brings encouragement and confidence to Bowie’s debate team
Senior Julia Low brings encouragement and confidence to Bowie’s debate team
Eliza Williams, Dispatch Reporter • February 20, 2025

Words of a persuasive air fill the room, drawing the ears and eyes of the audience, as well as of her fellow debaters. The speaker takes the stage. Congressional and World Schools debater, senior Julia...

SOLID STROKES: Natalia Portilla takes deep breaths as she prepares to preform another stroke. Exerting her upper body strength with the goal of pushes the boat forward.
Senior transitions from court to water
Michael Vienneau, Sports Editor • March 4, 2025

Pushing to exhaustion and slicing through the water, senior Natalia Portilla began rowing in March of 2024, now less than a year later, her sacrifice and commitment to the sport has now led her to pursue...

Ellie Lauer kneels down to prepare for incoming ground balls.
Softball’s awaited dynamic duo
Caroline Baxter, Sports Editor • February 26, 2025

Going up to the plate; getting ready to bat; getting a pep talk from her coach, all things normal for varsity softball player Ellie Lauer. However, in her special case, her coach is her father. Lauer...

Controversy around the Mavs and Lakers
Controversy around the Mavs and Lakers
Sydney Cotsonas, Dispatch Reporter • February 24, 2025

      Just after midnight on February 2nd, 2025 the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers made NBA history. The world found out that the Mavericks and Lakers negotiated a trade ultimately ending...

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TEAMWORK: Students collaborate on their egg contraptions while taping together boxes. Since teams are given about 50 minutes to design and make their egg container, teamwork is used to get work done. “Working in teams made the process much better because we could all work on individual things at once,” senior Havia Goulding said. “It would have been way more difficult if we had to do it alone.”
Which egg drop will come out on top?
Arden Ray, Photo Essay Editor • March 5, 2025

In a creative display of physics and teamwork, the physics students at Bowie High School took on the challenge of creating a structure for an egg to make a two-story drop without cracking.  Students...

Dispatch Podcast | TikTok Ban
Dispatch Podcast | TikTok Ban
Chance East and Logan Cottle March 4, 2025

Chance East and Logan Cottle discuss the TikTok shutdown and repercussions for Bowie students.

Students resolve for a new self in a new year
Students resolve for a new self in a new year
Skylar Haywood, Dispatch Reporter • March 4, 2025

What is a new year's resolution? Well, some people may consider it to be a small goal such as an attempt to learn a new skill or to trying to get a better grade in a class that they had previously struggled...

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ACRYLICS APPEAR: Bristle by bristle junior Amelie Baker carefully puts the last drops of acrylic paint on her VASE submission. Baker's art pieces are inspired by the joy in her friends.
Student creativity conquers
Bentlee Toland, Entertainment Editor • February 27, 2025

Making careful brushstrokes junior Amelie Baker swirls acrylic paints together to reveal her final VASE piece. The Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE), is a Texas visual art competition where students...

Culinary pop-ups
Alice Goss, Dispatch Reporter • February 14, 2025

BEATS BLAST: Layering melodies and beats to create an immersive soundtrack for their club. Each adjustment, members get caught up in the rhythm of their creativity.
Music inspires students to build a creative space
Hannah Kim, Dispatch Reporter • December 13, 2024

A new Music Production Cub at Bowie is quickly getting some student's attention with music. It is a welcoming environment where both beginners and those who have some experience can join, according to...

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