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Sharyland High School Soccer team State Champions
JEHS named 2012 College Board Inspiration Award winner
Johnny G. Economedes High School (JEHS) has received the 2012 College Board Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award. Dr. Peter Negroni, College Board Senior Vice-President presented JEHS Principal Gloria Rivera with the $25,000 award check at the May 1, 2012 Inspiration Assembly in the JEHS gym.
Edinburg CISD Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year
Monica Perez, a fifth grade teacher at Esparza Elementary, and G. Marivel Vela-De la Rosa, a middle school teacher at Brewster School, were named Secondary and Elementary Teachers of the Year at the recent District Teacher of the Year Banquet. The pair wasselected from a list of seven finalists narrowed down by a committee composed of community members, business persons, and educators.
McAllen High Mariachi Concert May 26
Tickets are now on sale for the 4th Annual McAllen High Mariachi Spectacular. The concert will be held on Saturday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) at the James “Nikki” Rowe High School auditorium (2101 N. Ware Rd.).
McAllen ISD raises $36,000 to help March for Babies
McAllen ISD raised $36,000 for babies during the March of Dimes campaign this spring. The District had approximately 600 walkers from toddlers to adults participate in the March of Dimes’ annual March for Babies walk April 28, starting from McAllen Municipal Park. This was McAllen’s third year to participate in the March for Babies. Monies raised will be used to benefit children born with birth defects.
American Heart Association
Sharyland ISD student,
Marissa Muniz, raised $1,200 for the American Heart Association this year.
Sharyland ISD student, Marissa Muniz, raised $1,200 for the American Heart Association this year.
Sharyland High School varsity volleyball players and coaches visit the Vannie E. Cook Children's Cancer Clinic in McAllen, Texas on Tuesday, April 3 to donate over 40 easter baskets for their annual Easter Egg Hunt.
PSJA Memorial's One-Act Play advances to the UIL Regional Contest
Congratulations
to the PSJA Memorial HS Drama Department for placing at the UIL Area One-Act
Play Contest last Saturday, April 14 in
PHARR - Six PSJA ISD graduates recently received a $500 scholarship and a laptop worth $500 from a Dropout Recovery Grant. At one point, all of these students had dropped out of school, but now they are pursuing their post-secondary education at South Texas College.
Many medals won by district
athletes at Special Olympics
spring games
Fifty one students from Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) recently participated in the Area 1 Special Olympics Spring Games. This is the largest Special Olympics track and field meet in the Rio Grande Valley. Mission CISD athletes brought home 29 gold medals, 35 silver medals, 19 bronze medals, and 24 ribbons.
Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) has announced the names of its Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year. The announcement was made during a special luncheon on May 8th, honoring the Teachers of the Year for each of the district’s schools. The event was timed to fall on National Teacher Day, which is also during National Teacher Appreciation Week.
Both the varsity and junior varsity mariachi groups from Veterans Memorial High School recently finished near the top in the Laredo United Culturas Unidas Mariachi Festival.
