At the Montague ISD Junior High Awards Banquet, the district proudly named Jonathan David as the Elementary Teacher of the Year for the 2024–2025 school year. Mr. David teaches 3rd–5th grade math and 4th grade social studies. He has dedicated 23 years to education and is currently in his second year at MISD.
Karla Murphey was honored as the Secondary Teacher of the Year. Ms. Murphey teaches junior high ELAR and has 38 years of teaching experience, with the last two at MISD. Both awards were voted on by fellow staff members in recognition of excellence in teaching.
Montague ISD also celebrated the accomplishments of teachers who earned a Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) designation. This year’s recipients included:
Amanda Rhoades, Jesse Romine, Staley and Lila Keck, Denise Bell, Shannon Ward, Patty Richardson, Julia Davis, Emily Davis, Kristi Eldred, Jonathan David, Michael Healer, and Karla Murphey. Collectively, these outstanding educators were awarded $258,060 in performance-based bonuses.
The evening also honored the academic achievements of junior high students, highlighted by Valedictorian Garren Stallcup and Salutatorian Jaymes Migl.
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Montague ISD is proud to announce the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the 8th Grade Class of 2025.
Valedictorian: Garren Stallcup, son of Gary and Barbie Stallcup of Montague. Garren will be attending Henrietta High School.
Salutatorian: Jaymes Migl, son of Shirley Lopez of Bowie. Jaymes will be attending Gold-Burg High School.
Montague’s 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony will take place on May 22nd at 7:00 PM.
The Montague Eagles Track Teams traveled to Bowie HS this past Monday, March 31st for their final meet of the season, the district track meet.
The Lady Eagles were the district’s Runner Up Team with a total of 112 points. Maddie Travis (8th grade) took home 1st place in EVERY individual event she attempted: Long Jump, 100m Dash, and the 200m Dash. Sage Keck (6th grade) also took home 1st place in EVERY event she attempted: 2400m run and 1600m run! Brily Johnson was District Champ in the 800m run and placed 4th overall in the 400m. Kenzi McEwen placed 2nd in the 2400m and 5th overall in the 1600m, Joanna Parr placed 4th overall in the 300m hurdles, Gracie Jones placed 2nd in the 1600m and 3rd in the 200m as well as 3rd in long jump, Lynlee Coffman placed 5th overall in discus and in shot put and finally our girls 4x100m relay team (Gracie Jones, Trinity Hudson, Lynlee Coffman, and Maddie Travis) placed 3rd overall.
The Eagles were 1 point shy of also being the District Runner Up team with a total of 115 points. Levi Newland took home the gold in both the 2400m run and the 1600m run. Caiden Young took home 1st place in the 200m dash, 3rd in the 100m dash, and 3rd in discus. Leevi Brown placed 6th in triple jump, 6th in the 400m run, and 5th in the 100m dash. Brazos Jones took home 5th in both discus and shot put. Cason Harris was runner up in the 110m hurdles, 4th in 300m hurdles, and 3rd in Long Jump. Decker Reese was our District Champion for the 110m hurdles and placed 6th in the 300m hurdles. Jaymes Migl placed 3rd in Shot Put and 5th in the 400m run. Our boys also had two relay teams: 4x100m Relay (Leevi Brown, Cason Harris, Brazos Jones, and Caiden Young) placed 3rd overall and our 4x200m Relay (Decker Reese, Garren Stallcup, Jaymes Migl, and Malcom Conner placed 2nd overall.
Stay tuned for our school records to be posted as we know a few of our kids definitely broke some this year.
Feel free to download pictures at the below link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19KSS_NSZQOKNVqpFa25Pq67apI968wgS?usp=sharing
