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Congratulations to Brantley Hopkins for being recognized as our Canton ISD Student of the Week. Brantley is the son of Michael and Matraca Hopkins. Brantley enjoys math and loves just about everything that comes with being at school. Brantley enjoys coin parties and spending time with his three dogs, baby brother, and baby sister.

 

When it comes to his future, Brantley is weighing a career in the Army against becoming a professional bull rider. His current frontrunner? Bull riding, which he figures is the safer option!

 

Mrs. Wiley says:

"Brantley shines as a true leader every day! He is respectful, kind, and helpful to everyone around him. He tries his best in all he does and is a friend to all — showing us what Eagle Excellence looks like in action."

Canton ISD is proud to announce that Hanna Clayton and Ryan Thelen have qualified to the 2026 National Speech & Debate Tournament in Richmond, Virginia.

 

The National Speech & Debate Tournament is the capstone of speech and debate competition for more than 100,000 members of the National Speech & Debate Association. More than 7,000 students from 1,500 schools across the United States and the globe will compete at the National Tournament, June 14-19, 2026.

Hanna and Ryan qualified for the National Tournament in Duo Interpretation, an event where two performers present a dramatic or humorous scene from a published work. They rely on vocal expression, facial expression, and limited gestures—without props, costumes, or physical contact—to portray multiple characters and tell the story. The performance is memorized and typically up to 10 minutes long.

 

“I am so proud of Hanna and Ryan. They have worked diligently for the past year for the opportunity to compete for a chance at going to Nationals.” said their coach Anna Coppedge. “It is exciting that not only did they qualify but also surpassed competitors from our district, which is full of large 5A and 6A schools from the metroplex.”

 

Middle school and high school students can compete in a variety of speech and debate events at the National Tournament, where more than 50 champions will be named. To qualify for the tournament, high school students must first compete at their local NSDA district tournament. The public can watch a livestream of the final rounds and the National Awards Assembly on June 18-19, 2026, at www.speechanddebate.org.

Congratulations to our Canton Bands on securing straight 1’s recently at the UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Contest. Both bands sounded amazing. Congratulations to our band members and directors on another outstanding performance.

Over the break the Eaglettes had two district wins, the first, a dramatic 2-1 win over Van, with a walk-off homerun by Lily Cervantes in the bottom of the ninth. We followed that up with a win over Kemp on Friday night.

On Tuesday night our Eagles defeated Brownsboro 5-2 to open district play, but fell to the Bears 2-1 on Friday night. 

Have a great week!

 

Go Eagles & Eaglettes!

Brian Nichols

Superintendent