11 Students Representing HHS Honored

Lewisville ISD (LISD) is pleased to announce 68 high school seniors were recently named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP). There are 37 finalists representing Flower Mound High School (FMHS), 11 representing Hebron High School (HHS), one representing Lewisville High School (LHS), 14 representing Marcus High School (MHS) and five representing The Colony High School (TCHS). Ninety-nine percent of these students have attended LISD elementary and/or middle schools. They are also 68 of the only 1,300 elite students who are National Merit Finalists nationwide.

Check out the next edition of Hawk Pride on March 26 to find out what HHS feeder elementary and middle schools these finalists attended and how they feel these schools have helped prepare them for academic success and college readiness! 

Polser Elementary Students Receive Writing Lesson From Children's Author 

Author Pam Calvert Presents Story Techniques 

Polser Elementary (Polser) received an exciting visit last week from Pam Calvert, author of Princess Peepers, Multiplying Menace and more. The visit wasn't a book reading or signing; it was an engaging learning experience that included an English lesson, science experiments, motivational speech and a book re-enactment.

On Thursday, Feb. 27, Calvert stopped by Polser for one of her 30 annual presentations to students nation-wide. She spoke to prekindergarten through fifth-grade students about what to include when writing a story and to never give up on their dreams.  

The presentation started with a motivational speech that encouraged students to follow their dreams no matter where their lives lead them. Calvert shared a little bit of her background telling students her story as a a chemistry teacher after graduating college, while also writing for a running magazine before deciding to quit teaching in order to expand her writing to children's books. 

 Hebron High School Advanced Placement Art Students Reach Out 

Students Create Portraits for Less Fortunate Children

While some art classes ask students to create portraits of themselves, Hebron High School (HHS) Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art students decided to participate in a more meaningful portrait project - The Memory Project.

The nationwide initiative encourages art students create portraits for children and teens around the world that are living in orphanages or similar homes. Considering youth in such situations usually have few personal keepsakes, the purpose of the portraits is to provide them with meaningful reminders of their childhood. The project also allows art students to practice kindness and service to others while enriching their portraiture skills.

The Memory Project made its way to HHS through AP Art Teacher Ellen Kudlicki, who was contacted by the organization last year through a mailer for AP Studio Art teachers. Kudlicki decided she wanted her students to contribute to a project that benefits others as well as themselves.