Students receive College board national recognition

Rhyan Mar, Student Life Editor

Dec 8, 2023

SMILE. Senior Cinthia Rodrigues poses with her National Hispanic Recognition Award on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Counselor Diane Hernandez held a ceremony for the students who were nationally recognized by College Board in the LGI.

Several students were recognized at the College Board National Recognition ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 26. The event saw the presentation of prestigious awards, including the Rural Recognition Scholar and the National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.

The following students received the National Recognition Scholar; Juniors Addison Blanks, Amberleigh Alvarez, Carlos Alejo, Kathryn Kaminski, Jeremiah Reno, Melany Jimenez, and Tristan Laguna. As well as seniors Cristian Mazariegos, Efren Solis, Humberto Saenz, Jaidyn Hodkinson, Logan Corcoran, Natalia Molina, Thomas Watson, Emma Lacount, and Daniel Lopez. The students listed next received the National Hispanic Recognition Scholar; Seniors Guadalupe Lozano, Isabella Pacheco, Leobardo Perez, Cinthia Rodrigues, Daniel Lopez, Natalia Molina, Cristian Mazariegos, Humberto Saenz and Melany Jimenez. These students qualified by taking eligible administrations of the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT, or AP Exams.

“At first, I was pretty surprised and thought, ‘there’s no way I’m going to get it’ because there were a bunch of people, and I knew some of my friends did better than me,” Alvarez said. “Once I got over that, I was super excited because that was like a stepping stone to getting a lot of scholarship opportunities.”

Rodrigues talks about the impact of the recognition on her academic path.

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“I think this recognition has really helped because I’m seeing all my hard work has paid off,” Rodrigues said. “It opens up a lot of stuff for you, like getting full rides to places, and with scholarships, it helps you with more than just not having to pay anything.”

The awards brought plenty of surprise and joy to the students. College and Career Counselor Diane Hernandez played a crucial role in guiding these students toward their achievements.

“I’ve helped students with college and scholarship applications and helped them plan what to do after high school, whether it’s going to the military, two-year college, or four-year universities and basically all those steps along the way,” Hernandez said. “Whether it’s signing up for SATs or helping them apply anywhere, helping them send all the documents and essays, and pretty much anything related to colleges and careers.”

Hernandez shares her strategies for inspiring other students to strive for similar awards.

“I try to encourage kids toward the top of their class to make sure they’re applying to four-year universities and applying early so that they meet the scholarship deadlines,” Hernandez said. “For other students, we have local scholarships from organizations like the Lions Club or the Montgomery County Fair. Some students don’t take advantage of those or don’t apply, so I try to encourage students to apply for the ones they qualify for.”

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Rhyan Mar, Student Life Editor (Local)

Rhyan Mar is a Reporter for Student Media at Caney Creek High School. He reports events that are involved with todays occurrences at the school and around the world. He's in his first year involved in the organization, and was slightly involved with Key Club in 2022 only as a member, he is also involved with his church. Rhyan is mostly involved with only his classes and getting his work done. He hasn't received any major awards but strives to. A little more about Rhyan is, he's lived in the area all his life, worked as a lifeguard at Big Rivers, and he's the only person in his family with colored eyes. Rhyan also really enjoys shopping, games, and music.

Jayden Solis, Sports Editor (Girls)

Jayden Solis is a photographer at Caney Creek High School, he takes photos of sports, clubs, orgs., and things that happen at the school. This is his first year being apart of staff, and he used to play for the school soccer team his freshman year, and he is in his third year in Culinary arts. He lives in Cut and Shoot with his mom and stepdad. He enjoys listening to music, fashion, video games, and soccer.

Angelica Jasso, Design Editor

Angelica Jasso is the yearbook design editor for the Caney creek high school she is in charge of making sure all the other designers in her group follow the yearbooks rubric and that the design team as a whole doesn't go bananas. In her spare time she enjoys painting , and practicing the many various instruments she owns. As well as playing video games like the legend of Zelda.