Seniors Earn Commended Status
Five IISD seniors
have been named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship
Program.
Seniors selected as Commended Students
are:
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Pearl
Choi, MacArthur High School
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Andrew
Ellington, MacArthur High School
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Max
Savage, MacArthur High School
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Silvana
Torres, Nimitz High School
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Mauricio
Valdovinos, Nimitz. High School
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About 34,000 Commended Students
throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional
academic promise. They placed among the top five percent of more than
1.4 million students who entered this year’s competition. Students were
qualified according to their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic
Assessment Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test taken during
the junior year of high school.
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13 National Hispanic Scholars
Thirteen Irving ISD
seniors have been named National Hispanic Scholar for their outstanding
performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) among
minority students.
Seniors named National Hispanic Scholar
are:
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Vania Aragon, MacArthur High
School
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Priscilla Escobedo, Nimitz
High School
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Ana Ibanez, Nimitz High
School
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Marlen Lucero, Nimitz High
School
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Karem Montemayor, MacArthur
High School
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Christina Noriega, Irving
High School
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Edgar Nunez, Nimitz High
School
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Carlos Orozco, Nimitz High
School
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Hugo Rodriguez, Irving High
School
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Genesis Sanchez, Nimitz High
School
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Silvana Torres, Nimitz High
School
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Mauricio Valdovinos, Nimitz
High School
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Stephanie Zuniga, Jack E.
Singley Academy
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Recognitions are coordinated through The
College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
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Dugger to Speak at Heritage Society
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Neil Dugger, Ed.D. |
Dr. Neil Dugger,
IISD interim superintendent, will present “100 Years of Learning in the
Irving ISD” at a meeting of the Irving Heritage Society October 12.
The Heritage
Society meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Irving Central Library
auditorium, located at 801 West Irving Blvd. Refreshments will be
served, door prizes awarded, and guests are welcome. For more
information on Irving Heritage Society activities, visit
www.irvingheritage.com or
call 972.252.3838.
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Disability Poster Contest Winners
IISD students will
be recognized at the Irving City Council meeting October 22 for winning
awards in the city’s Disabilities Awareness Month poster art contest.
First place winners include:
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Adriana
Cuevas, Britain Elementary School
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Rene
Gutierrez, Brandenburg Elementary School
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Cynthia
Martinez, Brown Elementary School
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Anthony
Sanichanh, Stipes Elementary School
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Honorable mention winners include
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Madileine
Rowe, Hanes Elementary School
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Helen Ly,
Gilbert Elementary School
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Lizbeth
Hernandez, Brown Elementary School
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Anania
Young, Brown
Elementary School
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Baylee
Janak, Lee Elementary School
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Angela
Kannookkadan, Stipes Elementary School
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Levi
Horn, Stipes
Elementary School
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Helen Le,
Stipes
Elementary School
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Jana
Villanueva, Houston Middle School
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Since 2001, the annual poster contest
has been sponsored by The Irving Advisory Committee on Disabilities and
is open to fifth and sixth grade students. Group photos with students
and Irving Mayor Herbert Gears will be taken. Irving City Council
meetings can be seen on Time Warner Channel 95 or Verizon FiOS Channel
31.
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September Teacher Enrichment Grants
Irving
Schools Foundation has awarded 19 Teacher Enrichment Grants for
September.
Grant awardees include:
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Carol
Caldwell, Davis Elementary School
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Tina
Dugan, Davis Elementary School
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Gabriela
Hernandez, Schulze Elementary School
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Samantha
Howard, Brown Elementary School
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Lisa
Olford, Lee Elementary School
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Blaire
Reagan, Townsell Elementary School
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Erin
Robison, Thomas Haley Elementary School;
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Maria
Rodriguez, John Haley Elementary School
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Joy
Siljan, Farine Elementary School
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Rebekah
Tarvin, Thomas Haley Elementary School
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Alice
Vasquez, Thomas Haley Elementary School
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Barbara
Allen, Houston Middle School
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Lynette
Bachand, Travis Middle School
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Kim
Leitko, Bowie Middle School
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Salinas
Arrendondo Sonya, Travis Middle School
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Samantha
Garza, Nimitz High School
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Kristy
Miller, Nimitz High School
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Patrick
Martin, Jack E. Singley Academy
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Diana
Stephens, Union Bower Center for Learning
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The grants provide teachers with funding
for professional development opportunities including attendance at
seminars and workshops. Applications from teachers are due by the 10th
of each month, are awarded for as much as $500 each, and are distributed
September through May. For more information about the Irving Schools
Foundation or Teacher Enrichment Grants, please visit
www.irvingisd.net/foundation.
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Lamar Parents Visit School
Approximately 300 parents visited Lamar
Middle School for Bring Your Dad to School day sponsored by Strong
Fathers Strong Families September 29.
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Cheerleaders Volunteer at
Diabetes Walk
MacArthur High School cheerleaders
volunteered and cheered at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
walk at American Airlines Center September 26.
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Davis Dedicates Campaign to
Teacher
Staff at Davis Elementary School
dedicated their fundraising efforts for the annual Irving Schools
Foundation payroll deduction campaign to Terry Davis, former
kindergarten teacher at Davis, who passed away during the summer. Davis
staff raised $4,708 for the campaign.
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Follow IISD on Twitter
Keep
up with the latest Irving ISD news and events. Follow Irving ISD on
Twitter with your cell phone or online.
http://twitter.com/IrvingISD.
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