7 Jan 2003
Event at Meyerson Spotlights State and National Honorees
DALLAS—The Superintendent's Academic Scholars Reception held Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center recognized the academic accomplishments of outstanding seniors and recent graduates of the Dallas Independent School District.
Superintendent Mike Moses and Mayor Laura Miller congratulated the 260 scholars and acknowledged the commitment of their teachers and families. Those honored included the Advanced Placement Program Scholars and all National Merit Scholarship Program honorees.
The Advanced Placement State Scholar is a designation granted to one male and female in each state and the District of Columbia. The winners are students who score the highest average grade (at least 3.5) on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on the greatest number of exams. This year's winners from Texas are both from Dallas and both from the same DISD school.
• Lucy Angle, a 2002 graduate of Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center School for the Talented and Gifted, is presently attending Vassar College. Lucy passed 14 AP exams.
•Ross William Losher, also a graduate of the School for the Talented and Gifted, is presently attending California Institute of Technology. Ross passed 17 AP exams.
"This is a great honor for the School for the Talented and Gifted and for our city," Moses said. "What our students have accomplished shows that DISD is on the right track with students doing better than ever on these challenging tests."
Other student achievements within the Advanced Placement rankings include having three of the top schools with the greatest percentage of African American students passing the AP exams. Data reflects the number 4 school in the state of Texas is Skyline High School, the number 2 school in the state of Texas is Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center School for the Talented and Gifted and the number 1 school in the state of Texas is Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center School of Science and Engineering.
The School of Science and Engineering also ranked second in the state for the number of Hispanics passing AP exams in the 4 core areas of math, science, English, and social studies.
Bryan Adams
David Banh, Megan Brewer, Thuy Bui, Anthony Carbone, Jessica Card, Lauren Contreras, Marie Cox, Marcus Dillender, Mikel Duke, Erica Finlan, Uyen Lam, Archie Massie, Amber Norris, Nkemdilim Okafor, Jarod Olds, Cybeles Onuegbulem, Angelica Perin, Damian Ramirez, Jennifer Samford, Cheryl Sarles, Henry Stark, Lacey Stephen, Guillermo Vazquez, Thomas Verhoeven, Holly Whitcomb, Stephen Witkowicz
David W. Carter
Byron Hardy
Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Magnet Center for Public Services: Government, Law and Law Enforcement
Christy Erving, Megan McKinney, Ashleigh Thames,
School for the Talented and Gifted
Clare Abreu, Lucy Angle, Eleanor Barry, Justin Berkowitz, Jeffrey Bethke, Leah Butler, Andreadi Byrd, Edgar Castillo, Luis Castillo, Rochelle Cheatham, James Coleman, Evita Cortez, Adam Edris, Cynthia Eguavoen, Megan English, John Ewalt, Annemarie Gan, Jason Goldberg, Joshua Goldstein, Sheena Green, Steve Gutierrez, Kelsey Guy, Jessie Hairgrove, Erin Haley, Edward Hambleton, Elena Harding, Christopher Harkey, Jason Harrell, Elizabeth Hodges, Jill Housewright, Jennifer Lehe, Ross Losher, Chastity Lovely, Nicole Macon, Dailyn Martinez, Roy Maute, Elliot Mayen, Jacquelyn Morrison, William Orr, Michael Ovalle, Stevie Owens, Amelia Potasznik, Alicia Ramirez, Michael Rich, Kenia Ruiz, Kelly Rula, Kristina Russell, Hilary Stanco, Ruth Stefanos, Patrick Stevenson, Zoe Tham, Jose Torres, Maricela Trevino, Brenda Ventura, Rafael Walker, Frederick Wulff
School of Business and Management
Jamie McNeir
School of Education and Social Services
Samout Kettevong
School of Health Professions
Crystal Alleyne, Erendira Alvarez, Allison Coleman, John Deleon, Ana Frederick, Adriana Gonzalez, Adriana Hernandez, Catherine Le, Henrietti Mathis, Monica Ramirez
School of Science and Engineering
Michelle Alcorta, Nicholette Alcorta, Ronny Allen, Yolanda Arteaga, Siobhan Bailey, Brian Barrus, Jacqualine Boyd, Michael Boyles, William Brown, Davis Castillo, Jennifer Cheney, Jennifer Cooper, Jose Delgado, Roberto Espinoza, Karla Faz, Braulio Galarza, Jesus Gomez, Dinora Gonzalez, Michael Hackney, Sarah Halamka, Larry Hendrix, Shayla Hicks, Jonathan Johnson, Rex Kyle, Isaac Labauve, Christopher Liwanag, Tracie Lowe, Israel Macias, Carrie Mayes, Eddrick McQueen, Leonard Medlock, Aurelio Mendoza, Jerome Moore, Joshua Newton, James O'Donnell, Myny Pham, Kyle Ragan, Juan Renteria, Randy Rosales, Joel Schmitt, David Seng, David Sexton, Emory Smith, Leonard Stovall, Raul Tinajero, Bich Truong, Michael Watson, Leon Weathersby, James Webb, Natalie Weber, Ahren Willms, Avidon Wolfson, William Woods, Daniel Wu
Hillcrest
Vanessa Baumann, Stephen Bock, Angela Canas, Drew Davenport, Peter Derman, Oscar Diaz, Gray Garmon, Robert Glen, Casey Hernandez, Elizabeth Jenkins, Kelly Kennon, Jessica Like, John McCarron, Amanda McGlothlin, Leonora Merercord, Aaron Mosqueda, Marci Rosmarin, Paul Santacruz, Rebecca Suffness, Alan Witthoeft
Thomas Jefferson
Sofia Bitela
Lincoln
Markus Hill
Moises Molina
Alphonso Brooks, Elizabeth Rubalcava
North Dallas
Long Hoang
Skyline
Kenitra Brown, Myrandi Brown, Tiesha Burrows, Cristina Castillo, Wylijann Cole, Andrue Craig, Corwyn Davis, Felicia Edoghotu, Rosalba Estrada, Cecilia Freeney, Sandra Hernandez, Xavier Horton, Justin Lowrey, Katherine Morgan, Lap Pham, Jessica Thames, Indira Vazquez, Anika Walker, Alvaro Zuniga
A. Maceo Smtih
Tiesha Henderson
Sunset
Sarahi Ortega, Christina Puga
Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Marcus Bryant, Jenna Burditt, Gillian Chisom, Diana Chong, James Derdeyn, Rebecca Embler, Megan Falfout, Haley Hartsfield, Alexis Herschkowitsch, Latoya Hill, Evan Johnson, Rachel Lamb, Eleanor Mathis, Katherine O'Connor, Katie Ornelas, Naomi Perry, Jonathan Raveneau, Whitney Rios, Justin Rojas, Amy Smith, Rachel Spruance, Lauren Tarbel, Albert Todd, Audrey Udashen, Mary Wegmann, Robert Weiss, Ariel Williams, Emily Wright
W. T. White
Matthew Amend, Amalia Butler, Yim Chan, James Downing, Katie Ferguson, Courtney Hancock, Chris Hays, Lacy Holaday, Philip John, William Jones, Scott Lyday, William Massie, Raul Meneses, Auguste Meyrat, Immaculate Mutoro, Norene Napper, Staci Schwartz, Ashley Shafer, Andrea Stewart
Woodrow Wilson
Charlotte Baker, Zachary Claxton, Kate Mackenzie Dayana Medina, Macy Munn, Stephen Nagler, Andrew Rogers, Laura Sandifer, Marquette Sears, Charlotte Tate, Gable Vines, Jacob Yanofsky, Allison Zaby