Possessing wonderful ideas and creating skills can pay off. Jusk talk to Tommy Wan, a 12th quality scholar at The Village School.
He not long ago obtained a $2,000 scholarship from the city of Houston for his submission to the 30th annual Community Assistance Recognition Week Essay Contest, according to a news launch from the university.
The city invited virtually 300 students from Harris County and encompassing counties to deliver in essays targeted on approaches to boost Houston and improve its residents’ lives.
Wan’s essay, “Empowering Youth Civic Engagement,” took best honors and centered around building a centralized engagement software made to enable today’s young individuals who are living in District F.
“Education is a drive to be reckoned with. It’s a passport to increased chance for operating-class people, a weapon to enact improve, and an avenue to equalize individuals inside of communities,” an excerpt from the essay reads. “The District F Business, Parks and Recreation, and the Mayor’s Workplace of Instruction will realize the have to have for youth intervention and programming. On the other hand, we are missing a decisive factor in youth programming — civic engagement.”
Only five learners received the scholarships that ranged from $500 to $2,000. The mayor’s workplace recently held a ceremony for the award winners at City Corridor.
Wan designs to study civil engineering and govt at the University of Texas at Austin.
Pete Mayes, senior communications specialist for the city of Houston and Essay Contest chair, reported in a different information release that the contest winners were being the finest Greater Houston faculty districts have to give.
“While the contest does present students with an possibility to make funds for higher education and sharpen their composing expertise, it also presents us a glimpse of who our upcoming leaders will be, what is important to them, and how they want to provide their communities,” he reported.
Found in the Houston’s Power Corridor, The Village University educates pre-K by 12th quality college students in a personal working day and boarding faculty. It is an American faculty that offers an global viewpoint, according to the college release.
“Our non-public college is residence to a collaborative, supportive and varied local community,” the faculty launch said. “We pride ourselves on exceptional tutorial achievement, world integration, college excellence and a personalized strategy to instructing and learning.”
To discover additional about The Village School, stop by www.thevillageschool.com.
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