Dora school news - Dec. 1

Basketball

• Today — Saturday – JP Stone Tournament; brackets are on the school website at http://www.doraschools.com

• Monday — Junior High teams play Elida in Dora, 4 p.m.

BPA food drive

The Dora BPA Chapter sponsored a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico. The students began gathering non-perishable food items on Nov. 17 by placing advertisements and empty boxes in each classroom of the elementary and high school and various places around the community. The fourth grade and junior classes won a pizza party to be hosted by the BPA members for gathering the most food. Through the generous support of the students and community, 589 non-perishable food items were taken to the food bank on Nov. 22.

Early release

Students will be released early today with buses running at 12:35 p.m. Lunch will be served to all grades. High school will be on a seven-period, abbreviated class time schedule.

Book fair

Audrey Powell, librarian, will have the Scholastic Book Fair set up in the library Monday through Thursday. Students and adults may shop during school hours for buy one, get one free items.

FFA news

Four Dora FFA students, along with sponsor Lance Widner, will be competing at a public speaking contest in House on Wednesday. Students Raigan Beggs, Jacob Higgins, Dakota Newman and Kaitlyn Rooney will compete in a variety of activities, including prepared public speaking, extemporaneous speech and job preparedness presentations.