February 14, 2017 - Timpson ISD Bear Update
Collegiate Center News
The Timpson High School Collegiate Center staff met with Mary Francis Bradford, director of the Nacogdoches Economic Development to determine which jobs local businesses, schools and industries are needing to fill.
This information helps the staff guide students in regard to the courses they need to take in order to get a job that relates to the students’ interests and abilities and to employment opportunities. Some of the jobs required 2-4 year college degrees such as teaching, registered nursing and many of them require certifications and licenses that can be completed in a shorter time such as computer skills, welding, machine/equipment operators, plumbing and electrical.
The Collegiate Center staff also met with the President/CEO of the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce, C. Wayne Mitchell, who was a recent guest speaker at the Timpson Chamber of Commerce banquet this year. He told the staff he would be inviting them to future business lunches with local business/industry leaders to keep them updated on business and employment opportunities for students following graduation.
TISD Board Member Spotlight
Mr. Stephen Burgay serves as a member of the Timpson ISD Board of Trustees. He has been a member for 6 years. He is a proud graduate of Timpson High School. Mr. Burgay and wife, Belinda, have 2 children, Chandler and McKensie.
Chandler is a freshman at Stephen F. Austin State University who graduated from THS in 2016 as salutatorian. McKensie is a sophomore at THS. The Burgay family attends Good Hope Baptist Church. Part of what motivates Mr. Burgay to serve on the board is that he wants for all children in TISD the same thing he wants for his own children which is to have the opportunity to be successful in a academics and have the opportunity to be involved in extra-curricular activities.
Mr. Burgay also decided to serve on the board because it gives him the ability to serve the school from which he graduated and to do whatever possible to assist the district in whatever is needed.
As a manager at Tyson foods, Mr. Burgay understands the importance of maintaining and upgrading facilities. He is excited about the passage of the bond election which will allow the district to upgade facilities and build new buildings that will allow the district to stay with ever-changing student needs and to be able to have a school district that students, staff and community can be proud of and to provide the safest possible environment for TISD’s students and staff.
Mr. Burgay said he really enjoys serving on the board and being able to give back to the school that gave him so much. He enjoys the close knit environment of everyone from the board to the administration to the staff and students. TISD staff and students appreciate Mr. Burgay and his service to our school district.
