Windcrest Optimists recognize area students

At its monthly program, the Windcrest Optimist Club gave special recognition to students from campus within the Roosevelt High School cluster for their conduct, citizenship, scholastic success and optimistic attitude in November. Following introductions and words of praise from their school teachers and principals, the students were presented special Optimist Club plaques for their achievements: Kendall McCree, Windcrest Elementary; Caitlin Bentley, Roosevelt High School; McKenzie Honeycutt, East Terrell Hills Elementary; Jordan Bonds, Montgomery Elementary; Michael Ray, Krueger Middle School; and Paris Singleton, Ed White Middle School.

Recognized as JOOI Club members of the month were Akin Ramirez from the Ed White Soaring Eagles Junior Optimist Club and Elizabeth Freeman from the Roosevelt Roughrider Junior Optimist Club.

Judson sets United Way mark

Judson School District employees set a district record for contributions to the United Way Combined Charitable Campaign, pledging $104,663.20 to this year’s fundraising effort.

Campus and departmental coordinators were thanked for finishing at the top of several categories during a Nov. 14 reception and at the Nov. 15 school board meeting.

Schools reaching 100 percent giving, and that school’s campaign coordinator, are: Converse Elementary, Melita Wise; Coronado Village Elementary, Diana Colunga; Hartman Elementary, Nicola Harcut-Alba; Miller’s Point Elementary, Susan McIlhenny; Park Village Elementary, Deborah Gale; and Spring Meadows Elementary, Jacob Saucedo.

Windcrest Lions complete dictionary drive

The Windcrest Lions Club has completed its annual distribution of dictionaries to local North East School District campus. The club this fall provided 632 students at Camelot, Montgomery, Walzem and Windcrest elementary schools with dictionaries that the youngsters can retain as they progress in their education.

This is the third year for Walzem and Windcrest, meaning that all schools in grades three through fifth have received dictionaries while Camelot and Montgomery are in their first year of distribution.

Each year the Windcrest Lions repeat the project so that new third graders in 2008-09 will receive their personal copies.

New students entering fourth or fifth graders who did not receive dictionaries last year, also received copies. For more information about the dictionary project, visit online at: www.windcresttx.lionwrap.org.