Ex-student praises REL faculty and staff at Robert E. Lee High
Marilyn Padgett Critzer of Arlington, a 1998 Top Ten Texas Teacher honoree, recalls Baytown roots and mentors who shaped her. She lauds principal R B Sparks, English teacher Eula Potter, guidance counselor Winnie Brown, choir director Tommy Seale, band director J C Burkett, drama mentor Clare Farrar, geometry teacher R M Wedgeworth, biology teacher Edith Hodges, and senior English teacher Jane Mitcham. She recalls performances in Chicago and Jackson, and notes how these educators inspired her pursuit of English and merit scholarship success.
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Texas
Marilyn Padgett Critzer
Arlington
Baytown
R.B. Sparks
Robert E. Lee
Eula Potter
Winnie Brown
Marilyn
Tommy Seale
REL
Mr. Seale
J.C. Burkett
United States
Chicago
Sons of the Confederate Veterans Convention
Jackson
Miss
Dixie
Clare Farrar
Mrs. Farrar
R.M. Wedgeworth
Edith Hodges
Jane Mitcham
Lady Jane
Wedgeworth
Goose Creek students win multiple places at state history fair
Twenty five Goose Creek CISD students advance to the State History Fair in Austin after top finishes at the Lee College Regional History Fair. Winners include Katey Hoffman and Meagan Carnew of Ross S. Sterling High School in senior events, Lauren Whitley and Kaitlyn Martin in junior divisions, plus multiple firsts in papers, performances, web pages, and documentaries. Additional honors and honorable mentions span Baytown Junior, Gentry, Horace Mann, Cedar Bayou, and Robert E. Lee.
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Goose Creek Cisd
Lee College
Katey Hoffman
Ross S. Sterling High School
Meagan Carnew
Sterling
Sarah James
Katie Kenny
Lauren Whitley
Cedar Bayou
Jack Childress
Baytown
Gentry
Ashley Bigham
Mary York
Kaitlyn Martin
Zack Newman
Horace Mann
Tarun Jain
Adi
Enrique Mendez
Carrie Pryor-Newman
Mary Grosjean
Karsyn Jackson
Nichole Neff
Ayla Casey A community leader from Baytown speaks up
Ayla Casey, a senior at Lee High School, highlights her extensive volunteer work with YMCA Gator Ride, Special Olympics, Trash Bash events, and seniors programs. She leads as Debate Captain, Key Club President, NHS Historian, and Baytown Youth Advisory Chair, and aims to become a museum curator while easing student loan burdens.
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Ayla Casey
Lee High School
Ayla
Baytown
Port Authority
YAC
Relay For Life
Goose Creek
Key Club
Crime Stoppers
National Honor Society
Bob Bullock
Texas State History Museum
Austin
Brat Pack
Molly Ringwald
Evening with the Authors Sisters at Sterling Library
National Library Week events include a 7 p.m. Tuesday talk by Joyce and Kristinea Atkinson, debut novelists from Woodlands. The sisters present The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason, a scrapbook style mystery blending text, clippings, and emails.
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Sterling Municipal Library
American Library Association
Friends of Sterling Municipal Library
Friends of the Library
Joyce
Kristinea
Atkinson
Woodlands
Houston Area
Amy Zoe Mason
Amy
Kristine Atkinson
Journal
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Wanda Orton
Ctesc.net
Cory Arnold
Alexis Stafford
Jordan Jacobs
Kristen Murray
Kyle Murray
Hilary Hopson
Tanya Estrada
Paulina Cantu
Kelsey Thain
Jenny Epperson
Jose Perez
Francisco Rios
Chance Ners
Sonali Rahlon
Melissa Taylor
Daisy Chapa
Leslie Chapa
Joshua Escheverria
Ted Contreras
Imani Lee
Demontrey Mitchell
Olivia Richard
Imani
Olivia
Demontrey
Is Ayla Casey
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