Pottsboro Makes It 10- Straight Over Howe, 52-0
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Howe ISD Howe ISD Howe High INSIDE Superintendent’s School Students Lady Bulldogs, pg. 5 report Cross Country, pg. 5 Employee of the Month Gardening, pg. 7 for August Athlete of the week, pg. 8 Spotlight Hot Jobs, pg. 8 Antiques, pg. 9 Howe ISD Super- Howe Middle Freshmen: Business Directory, pg. 11-12 intendent Kevin School Principal Aixalee Vasques Texas History pg. 13 Wilson told the Clay Wilson has Gonzalez and Christian, pg. 14 Finance/Children, pg. 15 Page 3 Pages 4 Page 8 Past front pages, pg. 16-24 Grayson Publishing, LLC © 2020 The Howe Enterprise Volume 58, Edition 20 Monday, September 28, 2020 Subscribe for free $0.00—online only Howe Auto Care to open soon Principals discuss challenges in different environment in 2020 We are the silent majority. We get no air time. We don’t burn things down or The building once known as Frantz Repair Service received a new tear things up. We go to paint job as the auto repair and service business will open soon. work and support our fam- ilies. We love America. Howe Auto Care is soon to This is not the only loca- We want to protect the un- open at 120 N. Collins tion for the ownership School board members social distance during the monthly Septem- born. We salute the flag. Freeway in Howe. The group as they have loca- ber meeting. Staff photo. We sing “The Star Span- owner Moss Yousif says it tions throughout the Dallas gled Banner.” We respect will be an automotive re- area including Garland, law enforcement and obey pair facility and a general Mesquite, Farmers Branch, Principals of each campus puts another burden on the law. We appreciate the mechanic shop that will do Princeton, and others. spoke to the school board them as far as planning, military. We are the very everything from tires, oil to give them an idea of but they’re really taking up backbone of this country. changes to alignments and As soon as the city re- how the first few weeks the slack.” We believe all lives matter any other needs. ceives their Certificate of have gone under the new because that is what we Occupancy, they’re ready state guidelines regarding HHS has also staggered learned from reading the “We want to be a one stop to open their doors. COVID-19 procedures. their times for bus riders Bible. We treat everyone shop and we want to be and car riders for crowd with respect no matter good neighbors,” said “We thank you all in ad- “The kids have done a purposes. Kempson said what color their skin is. Yousif. “You can proba- vance for allowing us to good job. I want to brag desks are being sanitized But we are invisible, until bly see we’ve made a dif- come to Howe and we’re on them about wearing throughout the day by stu- we vote. And you can bet ference already in cleaning looking forward growing their mask,” said Middle dents as well as custodians that come November we that place up.” with you all,” said Yousif. School Principal Clay Wil- with spray guns cleaning will be heard. It will be son. “Some of them let throughout the campus. deafening. God Bless their nose stick out, but we America. Shared from a Pottsboro makes it 10- remind them, and they’ve Intermediate Principal friend. really done a good job with Mike Segleski said they ***** straight over Howe, 52-0 that. They know the ex- have placed a bulletin Trump Parade pectations.” board at the entrance dis- A Trump Tractor Parade is playing proper procedures scheduled to take place Wilson also discussed plas- regarding washing hands, Oct. 3 which will leave tic covers for keyboards in covering their mouth when from Tom Bean High technology classrooms and they cough, etc. They’ve School and head east to seat skipping markers in also placed arrows Whitewright and back. the cafeteria. throughout the hallways The start time is 10 am and similar to driving patterns. everyone is invited to par- High School Principal Phil ticipate in their tractor, Kempson said they “If you’re on the right, you jeep, pickup, or motorcy- changed from two lunches stay on the right side of the cle. The parade will also to three lunches for crowd- wall either way you’re go- honor first responders, vet- ing purposes. Four stu- ing,” said Segleski. “We - erans and healthcare work- Pottsboro’s Titus Lyons (32) hauls in a 44 yard catch over Howe’s dents per table are allowed just try to stay in lines as Photo by Michelle Carney. ers. Contact Larry Jones at Jordan Jones (3). for lunch and breakfast. far apart as we can with 903-815-8468 for more. social distancing in the The Pottsboro Cardinals (3 amassed a total of eight “Once those four chairs fill hallways instead of every- EDITOR’S NOTE—This -1, 1-0) continued their yards of offense and had up at each table, we release one jumbled up.” column is reserved as an dominance over Howe (0- one first down on the night them for class,” said opinion column and may 4, 0-1) with the most lop- which was gained through Kempson. “That creates The intermediate school not necessarily reflect the sided score in the 48-year a Pottsboro penalty. The more time in the classroom has also initiated different policy of this publication. history of the series. Howe Dogs rushed 16 times for with the teachers which (Continued on page 2) HoweEnterprise.com September 28, 2020 2 COVID procedures Students socially distancing in the classrooms. groups and doors for bussing pur- ademically, are not progressing at poses to keep congestion down. the same rate as normal due to missing the end of the school year “We have everything from masks from March through May. to shields and they (the students) do a really good job. There are “We’ve got a lot of kiddos who times we might have to remind need some extra help,” said Doty. them to pull it up over their nose, “We show that they dropped most but they understand it now and with spelling, text-fluency, and have gotten in the routine,” said vocabulary. In talking with my Segleski. teachers, most of them noticed that the kids had a hard time with Temperature checks are being communication skills. When done each morning and teachers they’re trying to talk to kids now, are wiping down all desks be- it seems the kids don’t want to tween each class period. look them in the face. When ask- ing them questions, they also do “In all kinds of ways, it’s a lot not want to verbalize. They just more on everybody,” said shake their head or nod.” Segleski. Doty said that they believe less At Summit Hill Elementary, Prin- paper and pencil homework at cipal Clarissia Doty says that this time in favor of more time at even though the students at that home reading with their parents campus are not required to wear could help speed up the vocabu- masks all the time, those kids lary rehabilitation process. don’t mind wearing them. Kempson said high schoolers “It’s just kind of a normal thing missing the last six-to-eight for them to do,” said Doty. “We weeks hurt scores on their begin- ask them to wear them in the hall- ning of the year STAAR tests as ways as they’re coming in the students took tests in a subject buildings and as they’re walking they haven’t studied in five out at the end of the day, or if months. they’re working with a teacher or aid and sitting together—we ask “It shows where we’re really lag- them to do that.” ging in areas of low performance and we’ll be addressing that at the Doty says they are going to im- beginning of the year in our math plement an online book fair classes and throughout the year in which will take the place of our English classes,” said Kemp- “Goodies with Grands” and son. “We’re going to work to get “Donuts with Dads.” She also those numbers up.” stated that a flu shot clinic is on the schedule. Superintendent Kevin Wilson said they the ISD anticipated the Kindergarten classrooms have “COVID slide” and with all of clear shields installed and are the new situations they are having somewhat different from the sec- to deal with, education is the pri- ond grade shields which is more mary concern for the district. of an independent shield for the student. “We know we’re not going to get completely caught up, but we’re They’ve also initiated a chant to going to stress it,” said Wilson. teach them how to stay at least “We’re going to work on it and arm’s length apart from each oth- get as much of it as we can this er in the hall. year and continue the process next year and make sure this gen- The common theme among all eration is not permanently im- campuses is that the students, ac- pacted. That’s our goal.” HoweEnterprise.com September 28, 2020 3 Howe ISD Superintendent’s report Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin reimbursed. Wilson told the school board that the enrollment at the end of Au- “FEMA paid gust came in at 1,255 students for one clean- which is 25 fewer than the same ing—the first time a year ago.