Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2006 Page: 2 of 6
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The Rio Grande Herald-Thursday, December 7, 2006. Paee 2
Gen. Sanchez Elementary
1st six weeks honor roll
Mrs. Cynthia G. Bazan,
principal at General Ricardo
Sanchez Elementary is proud to
announce the 1st Six
Weeks Honor Roll.
First Grade
Ma. Del Carmen Garcia
"A" Honor Roll
Nhilze T. Campos, Aurora
Garza, Jackie L. Hinojosa, Juan
Landa, Mariana Reyes & Rosbel
Vasquez
"A&B" Honor Roll
Alejandra Ozuna, Derik Pena,
Glendv Saenz, & Jorge Salinas
III
Priscilla Garcia
"A" Honor Roll
Magdalena De La Cruz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Guadalupe E. Benavides,
Gabriela Corpus, Angie G.
Quezada, Gabriela Reyes &
Mariano Reyes
Imelda Ortiz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Aylin Alanis, Ayline Anzaldua,
Adalberto Barrera, Abraham
Benavidez, Sayan Flores, Jason
Gonzalez, Richard Hernandez,
Shehryar Khursheed & Juan
Rojas
Pamela Pefia
"A" Honor Roll
Ryan Barrera, William Calderon
& Denica Zavala
"A&B" Honor Roll
Hope Guillen, Jorge Martinez,
llenia Mascorro, Giovanny
Mufloz & Sebastian Valdez
Ariana Solis
"A" Honor Roll
Monico U. Fernandez, Daniela
Guerra, Joseph A. Mirelez &
Oscar D. Soto
"A&B" Honor Roll
Brandon A. Gracia, Aylin A.
Hinojosa, Britney A. Lemming
& Ricardo L. Pefia Jr.
Second Grade
Karla Arredondo
"A&B" Honor Roll
Erick A. Saldaila
Gladys Garza
"A" Honor Roll
Julaika Moreno
"A&B Honor Roll
Esmeralda Garza, Kobe Garza,
Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Rafael
Gutierrez, Rigoberto Marroquin,
Hendrick Palacios & Shania
Ramirez
Sandra Laurel
"A" Honor Roll
Silvano Alvarez, Andrea Barron
& Aaron Garcia
"A&B" Honor Rcl)
Emily Arredondo, Samantha
Garcia, Bryan Gonzalez &
Pamela Saenz
Adriana Sanchez
"A" Honor Roll
Yarely Alanis, Nallely De La
Cruz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Michelle Alaniz, Christopher
Cavasos, Gabriela Cavazos,
Kendra Garza, Georgina Salmon
& Jenna Villarreal
Rosa Vela
"A" Honor Roll
Gilberto Garcia
"A&B" Honor Roll
Aylin Aguilar, Adan Figueroa,
Anahi Garza, Tiffany Guajardo,
Marlisa Marquez, Jaqueline
Olivarez, Gabrielle Pena, Odalys
Rodriguez, Rebecca Saenz &
Marlon Sanchez
Nancy Villavicencio
"A" Honor Roll
Francisko Bermear &
Christopher Garza
Third Grade
Nicolas Castillo
"A&B" Honor Roll
Nicholas M. Castillo, Iram
Galvan, Cecilia Garza, Daniel
Garza & Arturo Ozuna
Marlen Cortez
"A&B" Honor Roll
Gheira Gonzalez, Vanessa
Gonzalez, Luis A. Guerra,
Valeria Hernandez, Claudia
Lopez & Martin Muftoz
Marisa Eguia
"A" Honor Roll
Cassandra Hernandez
"A&B" Honor Roll
Aaron Castillo, Franisico Lopez
& Luis Rodriguez
Enedina Figueroa
"A" Honor Roll
Oscar Garcia, Devin Ramirez &
Martin Reyes
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"A&B" Honor Roll
Jose Ruben Nuflez & Abraham
Reyes
Amanda Sanchez
"A" Honor Roll
Derrick Hernandez, Jacquelynn
Hernandez & Ethan Saenz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Lizabeth Barrera, Alyssa Garza,
Melanie Martinez, Briann Perez
& Marlett Treviflo
Fourth Grade
Melinda Barrera
"A" Honor Roll
Ashley Anzaldua
"A&B" Honor Roll
AlejandraCavazos, Alejandro
Hinojosa Jr. & Heraldo Solis
Priscilla Gonzalez
"A" Honor Roll
Gabriela Garcia, Gabriella
Reyna & Ivan Villavicencio
"A&B" Honor Roll
David Landa
Yvette Gonzalez
"A" Honor Roll
Kelsey J. Hiles & Giovanna E.
Rosa
"A&B" Honor Roll
Juan A. Aguirre, Luis L. Lucero.
Alyssa J. Martinez & Victor H.
Saenz
Lorena Guerra
"A" Honor Roll
Alexia Andrade
"A&B" Honor Roll
Lydia Garza, Odon Gomez &
Oscar Nacianceno
Zaida Rodriguez
"A" Honor Roll
Agustin Garcia & Larissa
Mompaz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Francisco Flores & Karla Flores
Lisa Serna
"A&B" Honor Roll
Haulen Garcia, Jose O. Garcia &
Jenick Villarreal
Fifth Grade
Ricardo Alaniz
"A&B" Honor Roll
Alyssa Anzaluda, Rafael Cantu,
Sabrina Chavarria, Dayna
Gonzalez, Noe Gonzalez, Mario
Medrano & Jorge Zamora
Laura Barrera
"A&B" Honor Roll
Elsa C. Cabrera
Magdalena Fernandez
"A" Honor Roll
Cielo Moreno
"A&B" Honor Roll
Aimee Garcia, Amaris Hinojosa,
Alonzo Ibanez, Mario
Rodriguez & Karina Zamora
David Ramirez
(See SANCHEZ, Page 6)
RMS holds panel discussion on education
Ringgold Middle School hosted a Career Panel discussion on the Education field on Nov. 28. 2006
The panel consisted of professionals in the education field, including a Teacher (Eliamar Garcia). 4
Counselor (Elma Compean), Librarian (Velma Guerrero), Coordinator (Lee Lopez), Dean nl
Instruction (Patricia Soto), Principal (Adolfo Pena), and Director (Arturo Menchaca). The purpose ol
the Panel Discussion is to create an awareness of the opportunities available to students interested in
pursuing a career in this field. The Ringgold Middle School Counseling Department will be hostiny
Panel Discussions in different career pathways throughout the school year. (RGCCISD Photo).
STC ranks above national averages
in student engagement scores '
ft
The Community College
Leadership Program at The
University of Texas at Austin
recently released the findings of
its national Community College
Survey of Student Engagement.
South Texas College scored
higher than the national average
on each of the five benchmark
scoring areas, including active
and collaborative learning,
student effort, academic
challenge, student-faculty
interaction, and support for
learners.
The college's full-time and
part-time students rated the
college based on these areas and
determined that they are more
highly engaged in learning than
90 percent of students in all
community colleges and 99
percent of students in extra-large
community colleges.
"This is a major
accomplishment and speaks to
the quality of education we offer
the students of STC," said Juan
Mejia, vice president for
instruction at STC.
More than 2.6 million
students from community
colleges across the nation
participated in the survev,
providing feedback to help
colleges like STC understand
how students are engaged in
learning through their college
experience.
Nationally, 57 percent of
students felt they were
challenged to synthesize and
organize ideas and information
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in their courses, whereas 65
percent of STC felt this was a
key concept taught in their
courses. Also 49 percent of
students nationally believe that
instructors focused on helping
them make their own judgments
about the value of information
and arguments, whereas 55
percent of STC students felt this
was an important value taught
by instructors.
"We scored well above the
national average in key areas
such as academic advising, the
empowering of students to make
their own judgments about the
value of information and
arguments, and the assistance to
students to synthesize and
organize information. One key
reason STC is being recognized
as a premier institution of higher
learning is the importance we
place on the student as an
individual rather than as a
number," added Mejia. "We
continue to analyze data to
identify potential obstacles to
student success and strategize to
identify solutions. These
findings validate initiatives that
have been established as part of
the ongoing improvement
process."
In terms of academic
advising and planning, 43
percent of students nationally
turned to college faculty for,
advisement, whereas 51 percent
of STC students seek
advisement and guidance from
their instructors.
"We feel that this is just the
tip of the iceberg in faculty
advisement,' said Paul
Hernandez, dean of Counseling
and Advising at STC. "Our
Beacon Advising Program,
which is being modeled by other
community colleges across the
nation, is the tool that is making
the difference. We have trained
more than 200 faculty to provide
academic advisement and that
number is increasing each
semester. These faculty are
paired with between 10 and 15
students and track their progress
during the semester and are
available to answer their
questions and help them solve
issues. It's just another way we
are working to ensure student
success and positive
experiences."
STC ranked high in other
areas. Nationally, 28 percent of
students said they were
challenged to give classroom
presentations, whereas 51
percent of STC students
responded that this was an
integral part of their classroom
experience. Only 21 percent of
students nationally reported
working with other classmates
outside of the classroom,
whereas 37 percent of STC
students say they collaborate
with other students. Lastly, only
45 percent of students nationally
said they are asked to work with
other students on projects during
class. At STC, 56 percent of
students were asked to
collaborate on an in-class
project.
"These figures further
support the value STC faculty
place on having students utilize
critical thinking to communicate
ideas, challenge or defend
concepts, and make informed
decisions," added Mejia. "The
'traditional' course lecture by
faculty can be effective.
However the engagement of
students through an environment
of free flowing communication,
integration of technology, and
high academic expectations
should be a hallmark of an
institution committed to student
success."
To view the full results of the
CCSSE Report visit
http://www.southtexascollege.ed
u/~research/CCSSE.html For
more information about STC's
results contact the college's
Office of Institutional Research
& Effectiveness at 872-5584.
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