One hundred and sixty-six area students were honored at a ceremony Monday night for earning the designation of Texas Scholar.
âTonight is especially meaningful, because in 2007, I was a senior at North Lamar High School and a Texas Scholar,â United Way Board President Mihir Pankaj said to the crowd at Wildcat Stadium. âYou have made your parents proud, your school district proud and your community proud. Now it is up to you to continue to set high goals for yourself and keep achieving them.â
Students from North Lamar, Clarksville, Chisum, Paris and Prairiland ISDs were honored for going above and beyond academic requirements before graduating high school. Superintendents, principals and other school administrators were on hand, first recognizing the valedictorians and salutatorians of each district and then the other students who achieved the designation.
The Chisum High School Beta students will go on to the national competition. Several students placed in their respective events and will go on to national at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
âThis was Betaâs first virtual State Convention,â Beta Sponsor Terri Hutto said. âI am incredibly proud of our Betas for competing so well against all classifications of schools across the state of Texas. The students have put in hours of hard work and to qualify for national competition is extraordinary.â
Students had a run-through of what the state convention would be like with the virtual fall leadership conference last semester, she said.