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The Newman Smith Leadership class delivered some appreciation goodies to our local police and fire departments this morning on behalf of NSHS. This is something we have done annually to show our appreciation for everything they do for our community in remembrance of 9/11 since the attacks in 2001.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected a Newman Smith graduate as a winner of its 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards for 2016.

Echo Wu, Class of 2012 , was voted by the Academy as one of 17 student winners in its prestigious competition. Her winning film is The Wishgranter (animation).

Wu, a student at Ringling College of Arts and Design, will be presented with a Student Academy Award during ceremonies in Los Angeles Sept. 22, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. Spike Lee, Cary Fukunaga, and John Lasseter are past Student Academy Awards winners. Congratulations to Echo Wu.

The Academy received student entries totaling 1,749 films from 286 domestic and 95 international colleges and universities.

Congratulation to NSHS AP Government Teacher Amanda Ledwon for being named a Fulbright-Hays Scholar for 2016.

Ledwon received the prestigious scholarship recently and will participate in an extensive five week study assignment in Jordan later this summer.
The topic of the study assignment is “Through the Lens of Jordan: Integrating Middle Eastern Narratives into North Texas Social Studies Curriculum.”

She and nine other North Texas social studies teachers will visit historic Jordanian sites and conference/study with scholars from various countries in the Middle East this summer.