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G L R Jessica Jones Student Government names new officers FOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES WOODROW WILSON CAMPUS Kayla Sheridan wins prestigious TSUS Kuempel scholarship STATISTICAL SOURCES: Early College High School Initiative Student Information System, Jobs for the Future; U.S. Census Bureau; and National Center for Education Statistics. Dr. Mark Porterie, superintendent of Port Arthur Independent School District, and Dr. Betty Reynard, president of Lamar State College Port Arthur, took time out for a photo to celebrate the new partnership creating the Early College High School on the LSCPA campus. EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Kayla Sheridan, a freshman softball player, has earned the prestigious Edmund P. Kuempel Scholarship from the Texas State University System Foundation. Sheridan, who maintained a 4.0 grade point average in her first year at LSCPA, was one of just five students selected to receive the scholarship. The scholarship is for $5,000, split equally over the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters. Kayla, a 2015 graduate of Sulphur High School in Sulphur, La., is the daughter of Wade and Trisha Sheridan. The Student Government Association inducted its newest class of officers and senators during a ceremony in May 2016. President Jessica Jones, a Medical Office Administration major from Vidor was elected for a second term. Also taking office during the ceremony were Vice President Bradley Fant, a Business Administration major from Port Arthur, and Secretary Natashia Barker, a Business Administration major from Groves. Senators who joined the SGA during the annual ceremony were Keilah Baaheth, an Academic Studies major from Groves; Antonio Banda, a Teaching, Emphasis in Art, major from Port Arthur; Kayla Kay, a Commercial Music Sound Engineer major from Nederland; and Jessica Terrell, a Medical Office Administration major from Bridge City. 2015-2016 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY | |PAGE 2 PAGE219