You literally have to be “one in a thousand” to receive a Gates Millennium Scholarship. For Lamar CISD, it was three in a thousand. Terry High School’s Shelby Rae Guel, Foster High School’s Cyrus Montanya and Lamar Consolidated High School’s Chimsom Faith Orakwue are the District’s fourth, fifth and sixth Gates Scholars – the first [...]
Glover Elementary School has embraced a unique, parent-driven program that builds self esteem in young girls. Through “The I C Beauty Project,” founded by Glover parent Abigail Dillon, first and second-grade girls are learning to find value in themselves and their fellow schoolmates while learning about art. Now in its second year of implementation at [...]
• “DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition” – an “exergame” demonstrated to encourage physical activity – now incorporated into physical education curriculum at Glover Elementary in Missouri City • Special collaboration between the companies part of a nationwide effort to improve the health and wellbeing of young people UnitedHealthcare and KONAMI Digital Entertainment, Inc., announced a joint effort [...]
From frostbite to diabetes ulcers Peter Fenelon of Sugar Land traveled more than 8,000 miles for the adventure of a lifetime. But when his trip was cut short due to a medical emergency, he found the specialized care he needed right in his home town, thanks to Dr. Nicholas Desai and the Advanced Wound Care [...]
A mentor said the odds were against him, yet Justin Redding, Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy Class of 2013, is about to embark on life with a doctorate in pharmacy. Redding was born in Chicago and grew up in Sugar Land, Texas, with a single mom. “The first [...]
Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas (MOST) and Methodist Sugar Land Hospital are now offering an accredited primary care sports medicine fellowship program, designed to provide new physicians with the in-depth training needed to care for today’s athlete. The program will begin this year with one fellow and is expected to grow in the future, said [...]
Carolyn Ramirez, a Gifted/Talented (GT) Mentorship student and Austin High School senior, is recipient of a 2013 Texas Association of Gifted and Talented/Laura Allard Future Vision Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating GT high school senior who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, possesses a strong sense of purpose and clearly defined [...]
The TW Davis Family YMCA was recently awarded a $5,000 Community Assistance Fund (CAF) Grant from the Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL). These funds will help the TW Davis Family YMCA provide swim lessons during the 2013 summer at several low-income apartment complexes in the Richmond/Rosenberg area. Over the course of this coming summer, [...]
During the recent Clements NJROTC End of Year Awards Ceremony, two of the Clements Cadets were given a special honor. The Texas Lone Star Chapter Of Korean War Veterans, Inc., presented the Sergeant Thomas J. Campion Memorial Scholarship Award to Cadet Lieutenant Commander Christopher Mann, the Unit’s Commanding Officer, and the runner-up award to Lieutenant [...]
Fort Bend ISD is proud to announce that three of its Destination Imagination (DI) teams have advanced to the DI Global Competition after earning top awards at the state tournament. The students were challenged to think on their feet, work as a team and devise original and creative solutions that met the requirements of specific [...]
