Category: Malakoff

Storm damages Malakoff Flagg House

By Michael V. Hannigan/HCNow

A violent storm National Weather Service-verified EFO tornado that ripped through Malakoff Tuesday afternoon left the city’s historic Flagg House in shambles.

The house was built in the 1920s and purchased by the Malakoff Historical Society in January 2011. Since then, it has become home to the historical society, the Malakoff Museum, the Malakoff ISD Alumni Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.

The heart of the Flagg House is former Malakoff Mayor Pat Isaacson, who heads up the Chamber and offices out of the house, giving dozens of tours a month. Now the heart, as well as the house, is breaking.

“I need everybody’s help,” Isaacson said. “This is a disaster.”

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Food trailer for first responders in Malakoff; Disaster Response Team in city

From First Baptist Church Malakoff:

There will be a food trailer setup in our church parking lot around 1-1:30 p.m. today to feed any of the first responders or crews helping with damage in our area. They will be there all evening.

The Southern Baptist of Texas Convention Disaster Response Team is in Makakoff and looking for people whose homes have trees on them or are needing repair from the storm damage. Please contact FBC Malakoff with info.

Malakoff Elementary’s Ronny Snow a National Distinguished Principal Finalist

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Ronny Snow

Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association press release

Malakoff Elementary School Principal Ronny Snow was one of nine Texas principals recently selected as Texas National Distinguished Principal (NDP) finalists by the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). The award recipient will be announced in May at a surprise school visit. That principal will receive $10,000 and represent Texas in Washington, D.C. as the 2016 NDP.

The 2016 National Distinguished Principal Finalists are:

  • Amber Barbarow, Arredondo Elementary School, Lamar CISD
  • Dana Boyd, East Point Elementary School, Ysleta ISD
  • Alisha Crumley, Crockett Early Education School, Grand Prairie ISD
  • Jay Fischer, Spring Valley Elementary School, Midway ISD
  • Julie Gauthier, Ridgewood Elementary School, Port Neches-­‐Groves ISD
  • Monica Jackson, Anderson Elementary School, Frisco ISD
  • Aaron Peña, Woodway Elementary School, Midway ISD
  • Nickolas Smith, Woodgate Intermediate School, Midway ISD
  • Ronny Snow, Malakoff Elementary School, Malakoff ISD

“I have the best staff in the state and I don’t see this as a personal award,” Snow said, “I see this also as a campus award for the truly special staff I have been blessed to lead this past 11 years here at MES.”

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Malakoff High School students collect clothes for Salvation Army

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IMG_02181Students at Malakoff High School have a giving spirit. Mrs. Hancock’s Community Services class decided that the local Salvation Army needed more clothes for young people in the clothes closet, so they organized a clothes drive to help collect items. Students competed by grade level to see who could bring the most clothes. In just two weeks, students at MHS collected over 1,300 pounds of clothes! The freshmen brought the most items, followed closely by the sophomores. Pictured: items are sorted, washed and repaired in preparation for donation. (Courtesy photos)