On Saturday, February 11, eight R.L. Turner artists competed in the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) Competition at Coppell High School. We walked away with three medals! They put a lot of hard work and dedication they put into their artwork.
Grace Beason
Tonya Victor
Bridgette Mayo
Mariel Miguel – 4 Rating & Medal in Division 2
Dawson Dominguez – 4 Rating & Medal in Division 3
Michaela Chamberlain
Holden Starzer
Christy Sustaita – 4 Rating & Medal in Division 2
Congratulations to Newman Smith Senior, Jason Zhang. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced that Jason Zhang is a Finalists in the 2017 Competition for National Merit Scholarship honors. Zhang, one of the top secondary science students in America, was the overall UIL Science Champion (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) in 2016. Also, Jason earned a first place award in Physics at UIL Competition in 2016. On a national level Jason Zhang earned a Silver Medal at the U.S. Physics Olympiad and was ranked No. 4 in the United States in Chemistry via the National Chemistry Olympiad in 2016. Zhang has earned a near perfect score on the SAT examination.
The National Merit Scholarship Program earlier this month selected Finalists for the 2017 competition from about 16,000 Semifinalists named in September of 2016. National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists honors are based on a student’s performance on the PSAT exam in their junior year of high school. To earn National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists honors a student must exhibit exemplary academic achievement during their high school career.
Newman Smith National Merit Commended Scholars for 2017 are Chisara Campbell, Emily Clark and Julien Tagnon.
Antonio Camacho is NSHS’s National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar for 2017.
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A huge congratulations to Creekview High School’s Spencer Olson as his documentary short film “Run” has advanced to State semi-finals in the 2017 UIL Young Filmmakers Competition. The semi-finals will take place in Austin at the Paramount Theatre on March 1. Congratulations & good luck to Spencer!
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The following students received medals at Region at this year’s Visual Art Scholastic Event (V.A.S.E.) art competition. Out of 1431 artwork entries, Newman Smith High School received 40 medals and had 4 artworks placed at Area and will advanced to compete at State.
Area Medal Recipients and State Qualifiers:
Zoe Porche
Anna Martinez
Katherine Burchett
Regional Medal Recipients:
Daniella Rios
Shahrukh Ali
Emillano Flores Ruiz
Allen Salas
Katuana Lewis
Anna Martinez
Cooper Jadrych
Madison Diaz
Angel Marquez
Jenmy Mejia
Noah Jaman
Kiana Valladares
Alberto Perez
Katherine Burchett
Nhu Nguyen
Kamyla Ruiz
Brandon Barrientos
Charles Gaddis
Elizabeth Allen
Ashley Arvelo
Courtney Ashwood
Ricky Ayala
Amy De Jesus
Desmond Dunlap
Briana Garcia
Mercedes Gracia
Cami Hood
Romel Martinez
Anastie Nava
Zoe Porche
Maria Ramirez
Alex Ruiz
Pathtreena Sath
Congratulations!
Polk Middle School had 21 students accepted into Early College High School next year. Early College High School is a partnership between the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD and the Dallas County Community College District. ECHS is an innovative high school located on the campus of Brookhaven College that allows students an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and 60 college credit hours. They received their acceptance letters from the Principal, Mr. Arreola on Friday, February 10. Congratulations!
AVID students from Polk Middle School visited Texas A&M on Saturday, February 11, where they toured the campus, learned the great history and traditions, as well as, participated in a program to introduce them to the Engineering field.
AVID students have many opportunities to tour universities, talk with recruiters and explore their post-secondary options with confidence. Students will visit Texas State University and The University of Texas at Austin this Spring.
Central Elementary 3rd graders have committed to picking up 10 pieces of trash each every Tuesday. This is part of their service learning project for the month of February.
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The Cougar News Network wanted to celebrate Valentine’s Day by sharing what students love about Thompson Elementary. The student-led announcements’ crew produced a video, sharing what students Kinder-5th grade love about their school. See the video below.