Points of Pride (Week of May 8)
Alief ISD Spotlights, Communications and Announcements
Congratulations to Alief ISD's middle school and high school speech and debate national qualifiers!
In total, 15 middle school and 23 high school students qualified for national competitions this summer:
- Albright Middle School: Maryam Al Gailani, Gerardo Diaz, Sophia Ghebrelul, Dat Nguyen, N. Ephraim Nwabuko, Joshua Uduma, Shirley La and Michael Uzoechi
- Olle Middle School: Asul Chavez, Holman Chavez, Dudimell Mendez De La Rosa, Catherine Nneji, Ruth Solis Fuentes, Faith Omoruyi and Leah Murray
- Alief Early College High School: Kelsey Mosely, Oyindamola Akintola, Deborah Akpeki
- Marvellous Nans and Ololade Yerokun
- Elsik High School: Ebenezer Appiah, Rubick Hernandez, Nhung Huynh, Oluwadara Adebanjo, Gabriel Ajaegbu, Sony Alvarez, Abigail Egbujor, Kaden Sanders and Toluwalase Shobogun
- Hastings High School: Victory Okoroji, Oluwatosin Bello, Ashland Anderson, Kenneth Jolivet, Caleb Adams and Moska Mehri
- Kerr High School: Nyla Whiteside and Erica Carranza
- Taylor High School: Kathleen Tran
Hastings High School students were recognized for their community service work by the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) and InnerView in the 6th Annual Community Service Awards.
- Honor Awardees: Quynh Doan, Rudy Gonzalez, Adriana Tzorin
- Merit Awardees: Yenifer Arevalo, Kop Nu, Seth Rios, Yanixa Salazar, Duyen Thai
- Zero Hero Awardees: Nastaran Bastani, Rudy Gonzalez, Irving Gutierrez, Yesica Pillado
District 23-6A All-District Teams for Soccer
All-Academic:
- Elsik Girls Soccer: Melanie Aguirre, Kenys Cerna, Alejandra Hernandez, GIa Huynh, Jayshiri Landeros, Grecia Luna, Nicole Mendoza, Jocelyn Ortez, Nayara Reis, Anamercedes Sanchez, Ashley Tinoco and Rocio Villarruel
- Taylor Boys Soccer: Abdul Qayuum Adewale Salami, Luis Javier Chirinos and Sandro Cristobal Argueta Maldonado
First Team:
- Elsik Girls Soccer: Margarita Baltazar, Lizbeth Martinez and Nayr Moreno
- Hastings Boys Soccer: Michael Salgado and Joan Marulanda
- Taylor Boys Soccer: Luis Chirinos, Raul Velazquez and Edwin Vargas
Newcomer of the Year - Mainor Suazo (Hastings High School)
Coach of the Year: Connie Koehn (Elsik High School)
Alief ISD CTE student Ha Truong graduated from a year-long program co-sponsored by the Norman Borlaug Youth in Agriculture and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service at Texas A&M University.
Truong, a senior at Hastings High School, received a $2,500 scholarship as a part of the graduation to be used for post-secondary education. Students in this program are trained by top leaders within the agriculture field.
Elsik High School teacher Keri Reynolds was published in School Arts, a national magazine for art educators.
The article, titled "Revisiting the Sketchbook," featured one of her classroom lessons and also included the artwork of Elsik Class of 2020 graduate Sandra Gutierrez.
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