30 Apr 2003
Superintendent Presents Seniors Scholarships and Professional Teaching Contracts to Work for District After Becoming Fully Certified
DALLAS–The general superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District Tuesday awarded 57 seniors $2,000 scholarships and offered them teaching positions in the district upon graduation and certification as teachers. Superintendent Mike Moses presented the scholarships and professional teaching contracts at the DISD's annual Superintendent's Scholarship Reception held at The Science Place at Fair Park.
The scholarship recipients represented some of the most outstanding members of the district's 2003 graduating class and consisted of at least one senior from every DISD high school. The scholarship awards were made in recognition of the students' outstanding community service, academic achievement and character recommendations.
"It is always a special event to recognize students for their commitment to their high school education," Moses said. "The scholarship is to reward them for their achievement and to provide financial support for a college education."
The graduating seniors will share in $114,000 in scholarships. The scholarships are funded through the proceeds received from the Superintendent's Golf Classic.
For the second year, the superintendent offered an employment contract to work for the district to recipients of the Superintendent's Scholarship. The recipients, along with other students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class, will be guaranteed a teaching position in the Dallas Independent School District if they complete all graduation requirements of a university and become fully certified teachers within the next five years.
The scholarship recipients are:
Charles Ackerman - Woodrow Wilson
Jim Alfaro - W. W. Samuell
Demetria Allen - School of Health Professions
Rhena Ansley - Skyline
Carlos Arellano - W.H. Adamson
Joe Ayala - W.H. Adamson
Justin Banks - Franklin Roosevelt
Ryan Bonser - H. Grady Spruce
Meredith Booth - Seagoville
Shannon Brown - Middle College
Jessica Card - Bryan Adams
Miriam Carrillo - L.G. Pinkston
Connie Chambliss - David W. Carter
Linda Chan - Magnet Center for Public Services:
Government, Law & Law Enforcement
Troy Charleston - James Madison
Gillian Chisom - Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts Adrianne Cobb - South Oak Cliff
Lauren Contreras - Bryan Adams
Jarred Davis - School of Education & Social Services
Carolina De Los Rios - North Dallas
Peter Derman - Hillcrest
Ferrell Drew - Magnet Center for Public Services: Government, Law & Law Enforcement
Braulio Galarza Jr. - School of Science & Engineering
Ana Garay - Moises Molina
Gray Garmon - Hillcrest
Eva Godinez - Moises Molina
Lawanda Grant - School of Business & Management
Lakrisha Greene - A. Maceo Smith
Tiesha Henderson - A. Maceo Smith
Latoya Hill - Booker T. Washington High Schoo for the Performing and Visual Arts
Amanda Jaquez - Sunset
Yaimi Jaramillo - School of Health Professions
Fredricka Johnson - W.T. White
Kendra Knight - School of Education and Social Services
Marcus Lockhart - South Oak Cliff
Ana Lucero - Sunset
Ngoc Luong - North Dallas
Koren McNeil - Lincoln Humanities/Communications
Kristi Medrano - H. Grady Spruce
Vanessa Mendez - Franklin Roosevelt High
Tyrone Nichols - Justin Kimball
Michael Ovalle - School for the Talented and Gifted
Pierre Parker - W.W. Samuell
Archita Patel - Thomas Jefferson
Savannah Person - Seagoville
Amelia Potasznik - School for the Talented and Gifted
Norma Rangel - Skyline
Maria Reveles - L.G. Pinkston
Chae'dria Robinson - David W. Carter
David Robinson - Justin Kimball
Claudia Rodriguez - W.T. White
Shaquela Stanley - James Madison
Ariawna Talton - Lincoln Humanities/Communications
Alejandro Tovar - Thomas Jefferson
Blanca Vazquez - School of Business and Management
Keneisha Wilson - Woodrow Wilson
Avidon Wolfson - School of Science and Engineering