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AISD high school valedictorians, salutatorians Alvin High School
No. 1 Sarah Jean Hoffmann with her favorite teacher, Kristi Lively.
No. 2 Michael Curtis with his favorite teacher, Chad McWhirter.
ASSETS Academy
No. 1 is Chris Tusaneza with No. 2 is Isabella Martinez with his favorite teacher, Chris her favorite teacher, Buck Bargas. Windsor.
AISD foundation recognizes top students The Alvin ISD Education Foundation hosted its 16th Annual Celebration of Academic Excellence. This was an opportunity to recognize the success of the top 20 seniors from Alvin High School and Manvel High School and the top two seniors from ASSETS Acad-
emy. During the banquet, videos of students recognizing the teacher who had the most impact on their academic careers were shown, as each student was recognized for being in the top of their class. The banquet was held at the Hilton
Manvel High School
Garden Inn in Pearland. Students shared the difference their teachers had made in encouraging them to achieve their goals. Sarah Hoffmann, Alvin High School valedictorian, said about her most influential teacher, Kristi Bell, “Mrs. Bell opened the door to music for
me, and she was an amazing role model.” “The Academic Excellence Banquet is always a great opportunity for the Education Foundation to provide an avenue to recognize the outstanding students and educators in Alvin ISD,” said Sheila Olson, Alvin ISD Education Foundation executive director. The students honored from Alvin High School were: Valedictorian Sarah Hoffmann, Salutatorian Michael Curtis, Isaac Schauer, Stephanie Castro, Chloe Radigan, Courtney Schlosser, Molly Watson, Sofiz Aguilar, Sydney Dungen, Perry Hector, Jared Stilwell, Anna Elmore, Samantha Evans, Julia Pittman, Jade Collins, Jazmin Medina, Signe Gostomski, Bethany Reed, Taylor Molina and Allie Russ. The students from Manvel High School were: Valedictorian Aaron Shajimon, Salutatorian Alliah Hernandez, Vivek Patel, Laura Dennison, Ankim Nguyen, Vanessa Nuval, May Tio, Maya Iyer, Sam George, Shil Shukla, Khoamartin Pham, Sydney Lac, Logan Harvill, Kamil Riaz, Charles Nguyen, Immaculate Pamintuan, Gurdev Dayal, Heather Roberts, Tobenna Nwokedi and Mark Mejia. The students from ASSETS Academy were Valedictorian Chris Tusaneza and Salutatorian Isabella Martinez.
No. 1 Aaron Shajimon with his favorite teacher, Jade Stenger.
No. 2 Alliah Hernandez with her favorite teacher, Barbara Wells.
Alvin High School May 27 at 10 a.m. NRG Center at 1 NRG Park Houston Manvel High School May 27 at 3 p.m. NRG Center at 1 NRG Park Houston ASSETS Academy May 28 at 2 p.m. Manvel High School