Howe Elementary Top Dogs

Fourth grade: Jakob Griffo, Keelan Davis, Edward Bernal, Brenyn Oswalt, Lucas Murphy

Third grade: Ella Owens Dana Rico Vera, Carson Allen, Hadlee Phillips, Gavin Snapp

Second grade: Katheryne Erbst, Brynnadi Blaylock, Bruce Steward, Canyon Nitchman

First grade: Jude Christman Aly Garrison, Miah Vazquez, Kennedy Kirk,

Kindergarten: Enid Noble Devon Patterson, Savanna Nitchman, Isabella Arteaga, Juan Perez

Multi-chamber luncheon tomorrow featuring Collin County Commissioner

The Interurban Alley quarterly luncheon will take place Tuesday at Hurricane Creek Golf Course from 11:30 am to 1 pm The Interurban Alley is the name of the four chambers of commerce, Anna, Melissa, Van Alstyne, and Howe, that partner together to provide multi-level networking opportunities

The guest speaker will be Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Judge Darrell Hale The commissioner is a US Army veteran who attained the rank of captain Hale graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point which routinely tops the top public educations in the United States with multiple number one rankings by Forbes, US News and World Report, and

the Princeton Review

The luncheon is $25 at the door and will allow each person to give a brief description of their business

Props

Deren) just jumped in and put the artwork to my idea "

The two girls enlisted the help of freshman Riley Burris and spend many hours working on the projects

"We just stayed after school and asked if she needed help with anything and one thing led to another," said junior Kaden Bateman

Bateman said all three girls came up with the design and made it look like a child painted it

Bethany Van Deren, a junior, said she volunteered to do the work and stayed after school until 9 pm for two weeks

Rylee Burris said she wasn't in art class but said she is a creative and that helped with the prop design which was for the theme "Child's Play"

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Bateman said that Liss gave them some direction, but let them freely go on their own with their ideas

"She told us to do what we thought would look best and gave us the reigns," said Bateman

Liss said that she could not be more happy with the outcome and stated that it turned out better than anything she could have ordered

"I even had other schools asking where we got ours," said Liss

"A lot of people were proud of the work that we did and Mrs Liss was especially proud," said Bateman

The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce decided to theme the Christmas parade this year as "TOYLAND" which will give the band an opportunity to once again use the props that the band students designed The three girls were thrilled to find out the news of the