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During the day on June 5, McDade High School held a ceremony for its graduating seniors. Due to the pandemic, the graduating ceremony was held inside and by invitation-only, with each section of the ceremony being held in a different part of campus. At the end, the senior would walk across a decorated stage to receive their diploma.
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Friends, family members and the McDade community lined Highway 20 to celebrate the 15 seniors graduating from McDade High School with a parade on Thursday evening.
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Despite the challenges presented by a pandemic that has drastically altered the way people can safely gather, the graduating seniors from Elgin High School and Phoenix High School were able to officially end their high school careers and say goodb
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Austin-based Freedom Solar announced on June 1 the completion of solar installations at Frontier Bank of Texas.
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On Memorial Day, May 25, Smithville’s Veterans Memorial Park added a new monument commemorating those who served in the American Revolution. The gray granite memorial was commissioned and installed by the Lost Pines Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
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The Bastrop County Animal Shelter recently took in an unexpected surprise in the form of a check from Frontier Bank of Texas.
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After schools have been shut down for over two months, Elgin’s elementary teachers got to give their students a proper send-off before the summer break with a series of “reverse parades” at the three campuses last week. At these parades, teachers stood on the sidewalk in front of their schools as the families of their students drove by, giving the teachers and students a chance to say goodbye and celebrate the end of the school year. Elgin Elementary School held their reverse parade on Thursday afternoon, while Neidig Elementary School held theirs on Thursday evening. Booker T. Washington Elementary School held a series of reverse parades throughout the past couple of weeks celebrating each grade level.
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This year, you can visit the Elgin Arts Association’s annual Pearls of Youth Art Show with just the click of a mouse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this art show, which is open to students and young artists from Elgin, McDade and Coupland, is being hosted online at the Elgin Arts Association website, www.elginartsassociation.com. The website has links to six different online galleries, sorted by school and grade groups, and viewers can either see a catalog of all of the art pieces or navigate an interactive virtual gallery where each art piece is displayed.
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