The North East ISD Board of Trustees met for its regular public board meeting on Monday, March 4. Two outstanding students from Driscoll Middle School kicked off the meeting with the invocation and pledge. James Salazar lead the invocation while Lily Kinsel recited the pledges to the U.S. and Texas flags.
James is president of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) and an active member of the UIL Academics and Robotics teams. He is also a three-sport athlete who plays percussion in the band.
Lily is the student council president and a member of the UIL Academics Team. She’s also a golf team member and plays oboe in the band.
2019 Student Voice Scholarship Recipient
International School of the Americas (ISA) senior Audrey Herrera is one of four 2019 Student Voice Scholarship Recipients. The recipients attended the TASB Winter Governance Conference and sat on the scholarship award panel. Audrey has a passion for youth advocacy, educational equity, and civic engagement. She dreams of one day being a trailblazer in public service, possibly on the city council. She has worked for councilmen and is the mayoral appointee and chair of the San Antonio Youth Commission.
UIL State Cheerleading Champions
Each year hundreds of cheerleaders flood the Fort Worth Convention Center in hopes of earning the top spot in the Texas UIL State Cheerleading Competition. Students compete in a Game Day competition that includes three categories: crowd leading, fight song and band dance. Cheerleading has been a UIL sport for four years, and our very own Johnson High School cheerleaders have held the top spot for each one of them. For the 4th year in a row, Johnson brought home the 6A Division I championship title. Congratulations to the students leading the way in this top-notch program run by coach Shannon Wylie.
JROTC CyberPatriot National Finalist
Five Roosevelt High School JROTC cadets were recognized by the Board of Trustees for advancing to the National Finals in CyberPatriot XI competition in Baltimore, Maryland next month. These students are part of the JROTC and Engineering and Technology Academy (ETA) at Roosevelt. They have dedicated many hours of studying to understand software applications to neutralize potential threats to the electronic media and information systems we all depend on. To make it to the national finals they competed in three online rounds of competition, each lasting six hours in duration. Congratulations and good luck to team members Fardeen Bhimani, Harrison Lewis, Samantha Peace, Tristan Lee, and Jacob Rahimi.
Healthier US School Challenge Award
In January, School Nutrition Services received notification from the Texas Department of Agriculture that Colonial Hills Elementary School received a Bronze Award for the 2018 Healthier US School Challenge (or HUSSC). This is a voluntary certification initiative established in 2004 with the goal to improve children’s health by promoting healthier school environments and to recognize schools that have achieved this objective through the promotion of nutrition and physical activity. Since the program’s inception almost 15 years ago, 23 additional North East ISD schools have been recipients of a Healthier US School Challenge award. Congratulations to the dedicated team at Colonial Hills.
