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Thanksgiving break will be Monday through Friday this year. Based on feedback from the community on the school calendar survey sent out last spring, we are back to a full week for Thanksgiving Break! Enjoy the time with friends and family!

BISD will conduct our annual Food Drive for the Bowie Mission November 12-19, 2026. We are so blessed to live in a community that helps our families, and now they need our help to fill the shelves for the holiday season. You can send the non-perishable items to your child's school. Specific items in need are Cereal, Crackers, Canned soup, Macaroni, Canned chili, or any other items you can give. #bowiebuilt #mission #community

Bowie ISD would be honored to recognize and celebrate the service of all Veterans within our community. We would like to invite you to our Veterans Day Program on:

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
8:45 AM
Bowie High School Gymnasium

Please use the following link to register for the event.

We hope you will join us as our students and staff come together to honor the men and women who have served.

Thank you for your service, and we look forward to celebrating with you.

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In conjunction with Red Ribbon Week each campus did lessons and awareness on bullying. Bowie ISD investigates all bullying and cyberbullying situations using the BISD Bully Checklist. This checklist can be found on the BISD Website by clicking on families in the right-hand corner and then finding the Anti-Bullying page.

This page was created to be transparent to all stakeholders on the definition, flowchart and process we use to determine bullying in our schools. We encourage you to partner with us in helping educate your children on bullying and how being kind and compassionate to others is the best way to stop bullying.

You can report bullying using our Say Something/ See Something - BOJO Tipline.

Our school buses are an extension of the classroom. Rules for buses must be followed in order to keep the students and community safe. Please visit with your students about the importance of staying in your seat, noise levels and general behavior on a bus.

To learn more about BISD bus expectations and behavior consequences check out our transportation page: https://www.bowieisd.net/page/transportation

There is also bus safety for all community members on the following website that explains school bus laws in our state.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety

Senate Bill 1225-Paper Administration of STAAR Test

▪ SB 1225 states that school districts may administer assessments in a paper format to students upon request of parent, guardian, or teacher, up to 3% of district enrollment. BISD plans on honoring requests up to 3% of the total number of students testing.

▪ Parent, guardian, or teacher can make a request.

▪ Request must be submitted to the district via the Paper Request Google Form not later than 12/1/26 for spring administration of assessments.

• Ascender Parent Portal - check grades, absences, alerts, STAAR results
• Lunch Money Now - Add money to your students account
• BISD Code of Conduct
• Discipline Matrix
• Parental Rights
• Anti-Bullying
• BISD Student Handbook
• STAAR Results How To and State Testing Dates
• 26-27 BISD Calendar
• BISD Library Resources

Our website is full of information. We hope you find the answers you were looking for and that it is user friendly.

Our school has adopted The “I Love U Guys” Foundation’s Standard Response Protocol (SRP). This month we would like to explain one of the 5 protocols we have in BISD. An Evacuation would be used for a fire, mechanical failure, gas leak, or bomb threat when we need everyone to get out of the building. In the event of an Evacuation the following protocol is in place on all campuses.

EVACUATE “To a location”

Students are trained to:

• Leave stuff behind if required to
• If possible, bring their phone
• Follow instructions

• Bring roll sheet and Go Bag (unless instructed not to bring anything with them, dependent on reason for evacuation.)
• Lead students to Evacuation location
• Account for students and adults using our Navigate App