Arlington School & Family Magazine October 2016 | Page 28
September 2016
2016 Student
Student of
of the
the Month
Month
September
Megan Nguyen, Arlington High School
Megan is a wonderful, well-rounded student at
Arlington High School.
She participates in UIL Literary Criticism, the
robotics team, National Honor Society, and the
engineering and math clubs. She is a NASA
Texas High School Aerospace Scholar and a
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics intern. Nguyen
was the captain of the Academic Decathlon
team last year where she won gold in Language
and Literature at the state competition.
She volunteers for the Arlington Public Library
Reading Corps and the annual spring Special
Olympics competition. As the current topranked senior in the Class of 2017, Nguyen is
enrolled in AP English, AP physics, AP stats, AP psychology, AP economics and AP calculus. She wants to
major in engineering at the University of Texas at Austin after graduation.
COUNTRY CRITTERS FARM
3709 County Rd. 617
Alvarado, 76009
817-477-3060
www.countrycrittersfarm.com
Pumpkin Patch begins Sept. 24th and runs through November 6th
Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 5pm
Open weekdays for field trips by reservations only
Weekend admission: $12 per child and $10 per adult
Weekday admission: $7 for groups with 30 or more students, $8 for groups with
under 30 kids, kids 2 and under are free
Open on Columbus Day, Oct. 10th from 10 am to 2 pm, no reservations needed
Activities include: Bounce houses, tractor and train playground,
petting zoo, pony ride (weekends only), barrel train ride, hay ride,
wooden maze, duck races (ducks are $1), and game areas. Kids get
to pick a pie sized pumpkin from the pumpkin patch and decorate it
with markers. Kids also get to go to the story teller and hear a great
story, while listening to the story, kids get a cookie and and apple
juice and adults can have a slice of homemade pumpkin bread.
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