Greetings, Bulldog Nation! FOOD DRIVE - The Bowie Student Council will be working with the Central Texas Food Bank to host a canned food drive from November 8-18. The Central Texas Food Bank helps provide services for roughly 65,000 Central Texans. About 80 % of Central Texas Food Bank clients had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care in the past year.

Greetings, Bulldog Nation! FACILITIES UPDATE - As you know, Bowie lost water pressure on Monday morning due to a water pipe break, and portable restrooms were brought to supplement the working restrooms available in the new athletics building. Students were also supplied with bottled drinking water. Despite a repair, a second major break was discovered on Tuesday morning. Crews worked late into the night to repair the second break and restore campus-wide water service.

Greetings, Bulldog Nation! NEW AUDITORIUM NAMING - I am excited to announce that Austin ISD is beginning the naming process for our new auditorium which will open at the start of the 2022-23 school year. You can visit the AISD facility renaming website to submit your nomination, now through Monday, November 8. I want to thank our Campus Advisory Council—composed of staff, parents, and community members—for graciously volunteering to serve as the renaming committee. The CAC recently voted in favor of naming the auditorium in honor of Ms. Betsy Cornwell.

Greetings, Bulldog Nation! NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH: Today, October 20, is Unity Day for Bullying Prevention Month, and therefore, an appropriate time to discuss how we are working to disrupt bullying in all forms. Bowie utilizes several strategies including campus-wide student lessons, No Place for Hate events, targeted counseling interventions, and more. On-going staff training is also a key component.

Dear Bowie High School families, As you may have heard, there is a video that has been shared among students showing a physical altercation at Bowie. The situation is being investigated by administrators and Austin ISD Police, but we can say that the content of the video is disturbing. ORIGINAL MESSAGE SENT VIA EMAIL 10/15/21