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FUTURE EDUCATORS ADVANCE TO NATIONAL CONTEST

Eight future educators are advancing to a national competition for their award-winning skills in developing lessons and more . Students from the MISD Texas Association of Future Educators ( TAFE ) student organization competed at the state level March 1-4 in Round Rock .

These students will compete in the Educators Rising National Competition in Orlando , Florida , in June :
• Kendra Brazos , Summit High School , 11th Grade
• Rylee Anderson , Mansfield High School , 12th Grade
• Jazmin Ruiz , Frontier STEM Academy , 10th Grade
• Amir Ghani , Frontier STEM Academy , 10th Grade
• Rory Sugito , Lake Ridge High School , 10th Grade
• Samantha McCain , Frontier STEM Academy , 11th Grade
• Noel Kulas , Mansfield High School , 10th Grade
• Presley Rogers , Mansfield High School , 11th Grade
Congratulations to all students who qualified and competed at the state level :
• Visualize Teaching , Gold Project – Jennifer Norris , Summit High School , 11th Grade , and Alex Cardenas , Summit High School , 11th Grade
• Professional Development , Top 5 – Kendra Brazos and Samantha McCain
• Research Learning Challenges , Top 10 National
Qualifiers – Kendra Brazos and Rylee Anderson
• Educator ’ s Rising Moment , Top 10 National Qualifier – Rylee Anderson and Jazmin Ruiz
• Impromptu Speaking , Top 10 National Qualifier – Amir Ghani
• Support Services Job Shadowing , Top 10 National Qualifier – Rory Sugito
• Teacher Created Materials , National Qualifier , and Impromptu Speaking – Samantha McCain
• Children ’ s literature K-3 , Top 10 National Qualifier – Presley Rogers
• Gold Certificate Portfolio – Presley Rogers and Rory Sugito
• Impromptu Lesson , Top 5 – Lillian Frank , Legacy High School , 12th Grade
• Interactive Bulletin Board , National Qualifier – Noel Kulas
TAFE sponsors are Christine Taylor and Jordan Hennington .
Students competed at the state level March 1-4 in Round Rock .

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