Achievers

Idigo was awarded the 2008 Association on Higher Education and Disability in Texas scholarship in the amount of $500.

Ritcheson is a junior-level student earning a business management major.

The scholarship provides $11,000 a year for two years. Students are selected after a rigorous interview by the trustees of the Sumners Foundation.

Ashton Brey of Lindale and Heather Hirsch, of Malakoff, recently were recognized at a regional stockholder appreciation dinner.

Miss Johnson has also been awarded academic and music scholarships for 2008-09 from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas where she will major in vocal performance and minor in theatre.

Having studied voice for five years with Ms. Andrea Trent, voice instructor at Tyler Junior College, she has participated in summer voice programs at Rice University in Houston and Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio. Grace has competed in the National Association for Teachers of Singing competitions regularly placing in the semi-finals and advancing to finals winning both first and second place in her divisions.

Grace's theatre credits include Tyler Junior College productions of Scrooge, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland also UT Tyler production of Beauty and the Beast and Tyler Civic Theatre productions of Rip Van Winkle's Sleepy Hollow and Alice in Wonderland and also served as assistant teacher in the S.T.A.R program sponsored by Tyler Civic Theatre. She has performed community service in the east Texas area through singing in nursing homes, hurricane shelters, churches and a cancer survival camp.

Grace is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John Johnson of Tyler.

College of Human Sciences: Megan Rachelle Felty, an early childhood major from Gun Barrel City; Tiffany Lea Kindle, an early childhood major from Tyler.

Brownsboro student Sally Ham received recognition for Outstanding Sophomore in Organic Chemistry. She is the daughter of Stephen Ham and Julie Ham.

Two area students were recognized recently for superior academic achievement by the National Society of High School Scholars.

The Brook Hill School student Abigail Clements, of Tyler, and Robert E. Lee student Micheal McCaslin, of Flint were selected for membership.

Membership in NSHSS entitles qualified students to enjoy benefits, including scholarship opportunities, academic competitions, free events, member-only resources, publications, participation in programs offered by educational partners, online forums, personalized recognition items and publicity honors.

Formed in 2002, the NSHSS has more than 300,000 members.