IHS Student Wins Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest
Irving High senior Nicole Martella is the winner of
the 2002 Eddie Bernice Johnson Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest.
Martella was recognized and given the award by Congresswoman Johnson at
a ceremony at the Trinity River Arts Center May 5. The theme of this
year’s contest was International Peace.
Martella’s work will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one
year. She will travel to Washington, D.C. in June to be recognized again
for her talent.
Martella is the daughter of Terri Martella,
principal’s secretary at Crockett.
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Travis Students Send Support to Persian Gulf
Travis students presented Navy officers with flags
they created in their homeroom classes last week. The flags will be
displayed aboard the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship in the Persian
Gulf.
Students created the flags after hearing about a
contest between the Wasp and a sister ship over who could receive the
most mementos from home. Life Skills and Career Investigations Teacher
Lillie Smith told students about the contest and organized the donation.
The flags contain messages of encouragement and
gratitude to the service men and women. They were presented to officers
from the Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Friday during a special
assembly at Travis.
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Nimitz Students Read at Brown
In honor of National Library Week and Read Across
America, sophomore TEAMS students from Nimitz read children's books to
students at Brown recently. Many of the Nimitz students had taken part
in similar activities during Teen Read Week last fall.
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IPD Honors IISD Students
Eight Irving ISD student were recognized for their
scholarship and citizenship by the Irving Police Department recently.
As part of Cruising In the Right Lane, a North Texas
crime prevention program that recognizes students for their
contributions to school, family and community, police awarded
certificates, T-shirts, and coupons from local merchants to 12 Irving
youngsters, eight of which attend IISD schools. Two students also
received $100 savings bonds.
The IISD students are Stormie Enyart, Johnston; Cindy
Hernandez, Barton; Nicky Kammerer, Lively; Karen Caldwell, Travis; James
Cannon, Davis; Matt Capps, Lamar; Lurtina Jones, Thomas Haley; and
Ashleigh Wolbrueck, Travis.
The awards ceremony was held at the Irving Garden &
Arts Center April 27. Awards were presented by Police Capt. Bob Jones,
Sgt. Mike McBride, and officer Rick Rosenblad, who is also the school
resource officer at Nimitz.
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Sneed Awarded John Haley Scholarship
Nimitz senior Casey Sneed was awarded a $300
scholarship from the John Haley PTA May 2. The PTA gives the scholarship
every year to show its support and pride for its former students. It is
given to a graduating IISD senior who attended John Haley.
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More Seniors Get Scholarships
Two Nimitz students have been offered
college-sponsored Merit Scholarships pursuant to an agreement with the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation. If they accept the awards and
attend the sponsoring universities, Lauren Campbell will receive a
scholarship from the University of Oklahoma and Audrea Harrington will
receive one from Texas A&M University.
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Junior Achievement Volunteers Overachieve
About 90 Accenture employees will visit Elliott on
Friday to teach the Junior Achievement curriculum to the entire school
in one day as part of the Junior Achievement Done In A Day Program. The
program was implemented to compliment the busy and unpredictable
schedules of business volunteers.
Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that
seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise,
business and economics by providing real-world teaching and mentoring
from real-world business volunteers.
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