Author: Howe Enterprise

AUSTIN – The first try for most high school students taking the five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR^®) end-of-course exams was a successful one, according to preliminary statewide results released today by the Texas Education Agency. The results reflect passing rates for the spring 2015 administration of STAAR.

Texas students are required to pass five STAAR end-of-course exams – Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S. History – in order to receive a high school diploma. In preliminary statewide results for the 2014–2015 school year for first-time testers, Texas students posted the highest statewide passing rates across the five tests in Biology, U.S. History and Algebra I.

 

“Across the five required subject areas, most high school students taking STAAR end-of-course exams are passing on their very first try,” said Commissioner of Education Michael Williams. “That’s good news for students who are completing this component of their graduation requirement, often times successfully completing their end-of-course exams before beginning their senior year.”

Heading into the 2014–2015 school year, 83.5 percent of students in the Class of 2015 had already passed all five assessments and faced no state-mandated tests during their senior year. Currently, the Texas Education Agency does not have comparable information for Class of 2016 students starting their senior year.

The 2014–2015 school year represented the second time the STAAR U.S. History end-of-course exam was administered statewide. Students posted a passing rate of 92 percent, equaling last year’s inaugural rate.

Students who did not pass STAAR end-of-course exams required for graduation will have the opportunity to retake the tests during the week of July 6–10.

Please note that TEA does not have district-level test results at this time. Those results are available from your local school districts and charters.

Comparison charts of statewide results and summary charts provide greater detail on all STAAR results. To review state-level reports, visit the Texas Education Agency website at http://tea.texas.gov/staar/rpt/sum/.

 

The Summit Salsa Company announced that they will soon be available in July in 144 stores in Kroger throughout Texas and Louisiana.  The company, owned by Darrin Savage and wife Amber Tomberlin Savage.  Full story in Monday’s Howe Enterprise.

 

On May 30 at approximately 11:50pm, Howe police officers Keith Milks and Jordan Clark arrested two women, both of Comanche, TX, late Saturday night after stopping them on US 75 at Haning Street for a traffic violation.  Police reports state that a consent search led to the recovery of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia from inside the women’s vehicle.  The 38-year-old driver was arrested for Driving While License Invalid.  Police say the 39-year-old passenger claimed ownership of the drugs and that she was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1, Less than one gram.

On May 31 at approximately 1:15am, Howe police officer Jordan Clark arrested a 20-year-old Heath, TX man for DWI after stopping him on SH 5 at N. Collins Frwy for a traffic violation.  A police press release states that the suspect failed sobriety testing, and that he subsequently consented to providing a blood sample for alcohol testing.  The suspect was taken to a local hospital for the blood draw and then booked into the Grayson County Jail.

Rare color footage of the 1957 spillway burst of Lake Texoma.  The footage was uploaded to YouTube by Gil Nelson.

Howe Youth Football signups are online now.  Click on the following link (http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?sid=76734126&url=howeyouthfootball) and click the “Register Online” link on the right-hand side of the screen.  Registration is $90 and available for kids that will be entering kindergarten through the 6th grade.

 

 

Tonight is the night for the first Howe Area Chamber of Commerce mixer in downtown Howe.  Chamber President Robert Cannaday says that they are in the business of helping other business and tonight is the first of many big nights planned.  The mixer will be held in the new Howe Development Alliance building, which is now complete and ready for the event tonight at 6:30 pm.  The address of the new office is 101 E. Haning St., Howe, TX 75459.  Abby’s Restaurant is providing some finger foods and the chamber will have coffee /punch and provide an opportunity to meet a lot of business leaders in the community.  More information can be found on the chamber website at http://www.howechamber.com/.

“It’s an exciting new time in Howe and we’re anxious to see what prospers from evenings like this in our new revitalized downtown.” – Howe Development Alliance Director Monte Walker

Some students from Howe High School recreated a photo from 1955 taken in the exact same building, in the exact same place 60 years ago.  In 1955, 101 E. Haning St. in Howe, Texas was a classic 50’s diner named Ray’s Cafe.  The building was recently refurbished and the 1955 photo was found.  Beverly Jay Martin, the lady in the 2015 photo at the bar was the girl sitting down (far right) in the 1955 photo.

The new photo was taken by Victory Light Sports Photography in Howe.

In the photo:

At table-
1955 – Jack Norman; 2015 – Easton Ross
1955 – Elvis Arterbury; 2015 – Anthony Hawthorne
1955 – Beverly (Jay) Martin; 2015 – Kendall Nelms
At Bar-
1955 – Pat (Thompson) Anderson; 2015 – Bailey Tyler
1955 – Peggy (McReynolds) Estes; 2015 – Tiffany Lallier
1955 – Sue Thompson; 2015 – Meg Wilson
1955 – Unknown patron; 2015 – Beverly (Jay) Martin
1955 – Unknown patron; 2015 – Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman
1955 – Guy with bottle drink- Melton Vrla; 2015 – Quinton Harris
1955 – Jeanette (Davis) Sizemore; 2015 – Christina Counts
1955 – Jerry Buckner; 2015 – Levi Mrozinski
1955 – Sue (Chumbley) Schiffer; 2015 – Kaelen Powless
1955 – Behind the Bar- Onnie Ray Owner of Ray’s Cafe; 2015 – Monte Walker

Howe High School announced the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2015 on Wednesday morning during the awards ceremony.  Tori Abner was announced as valedictorian and Leslie Rodriguez was announced as salutatorian.  More in Monday’s Howe Enterprise.