November 2021

National Junior Honor Society NJHS students led the book parade with an “I Love Reading” Banner, chanting, “R-E-A-D-I-N-G, Reading is fun for you and me!” The Faith Academy students included the toddler classes all the way through fifth grade and paraded through the hallways of EEC, FALCON, Elementary, junior high and high school buildings. The parade ended at the gym, where the NJHS students presented a skit with Mrs.

From the City Manager… • Open Enrollment Completed, all have made their health selections. • Ashley Barnett, new HR administrator, started work Tuesday so Dayl’s part-time help no longer needed.

I have a special needs son. I write about it frequently on my social media accounts. I use those sharing moments as opportunities to increase awareness; because awareness is the greatest tool that I have in my box of tricks for helping my son live the best quality of life that he can.

Although Sealy football and Bellville volleyball found the ends of their seasons, the fall sports slate is not quite over yet with Bellville and Faith Academy football still alive in the playoffs. Last Friday I crossed another stadium off my list although it came in the somewhat familiar city of Waco which I have now visited thrice.

For the second year in a row, the Bellville Brahmanette volleyball squad fell in their state semifinal match, this time against Decatur, at the Culwell Center in Garland last Thursday, Nov. 18. The Eagles went on to beat Celina in the finals to claim the Class 4A State Championship.

After a 40-30 win over San Antonio Jubilee at home in the state semifinal, the Faith Academy Knights punched their ticket to the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations’ (TAIAO) State Championship against the Northside Lions Saturday, Nov. 27, at Bryan Allen Academy with kickoff set for noon.

The Sealy Lady Tiger basketball squad picked up its first win of the regular season last Tuesday on the road in West Columbia before it competed in a tournament in Ganado over the weekend. Sealy was scheduled for one more non-district tilt against Spring Woods earlier this week before having a week off for Thanksgiving.

The Sealy Lady Tiger volleyball team earned multiple alldistrict recognitions including the Defensive MVP in Bailey Koy, five on all-district teams, four more all-district honorable mentions and 14 academic alldistrict distinctions.

The China Spring Cougars stymied the Sealy Tigers early and often and rolled to a 48-7 win in the Area Championship at Waco ISD Stadium Friday night to eliminate Sealy for the second straight season. The Tigers served as the visitors at the neutral site and although both teams traded three-and-outs on their first drives, Tristan Exline pulled down an interception on the third play of Sealy’s second drive and Kyle Barton cashed in on the other end to open the scoring.