NHSInduction2012
March 26, 2012 • Vanguard News • by

On Wednesday evening, March 21st, the following students were inducted into the Vanguard Chapter of the National Honor Society:  Lilia Adra, Mills Chenot, Alexandra Deaver, Macallan Goaley, Evan Paul, Dana Nguyen, Mykala Prado, Michelle Ramadan, Jennifer Reese, and Lauren Willis

The highlight of the ceremony was a presentation by Dr. Mona Choucair, a Baylor University Professor, who talked about the four cornerstones of the National Honor Society:  Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character.

During the school year, members of the National Honor Society offer tutoring to fellow students and participate in many community events. The community events include providing a rest stop for the Wild West Century bike ride in September and providing helpers for all the events sponsored by the Cameron Park Zoo, Including Kids Zoobilee, Zoo Boo, and the Great Zoo Stampede.

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February 13, 2012 • Vanguard News • by

Last Saturday, February 11, 2012, members of the Vanguard Debate Team competed in the TAPPS Regional Debate Tournament hosted by Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Temple. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Hannah Howard placed 3rd and Reece Thompson 5th, both qualifying for State. In Public Forum debate, we had three teams qualify for State, those being Garrett Faulkenberry & Elizabeth Powell with 2nd place, Reece Thompson & Hannah Howard with 3rd, and Parry Thompson & Breann Ware with 5th. Additional congratulations to Breann for winning top speaker in Public Forum. The debate team will soon compete in Center, Texas for National Qualifiers in the National Forensics League division this Thursday.

March 17, 2011 • Vanguard News • by

Campus will be abuzz with a 3-day Spring Preview for prospective students March 22-24. Students in grades 5-10 are invited to shadow a current Vanguard student for a day, attending classes and extracurricular activities from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parents are invited to coffee with the Head of School 8-9 a.m.. Reservations are required for shadows. Please call the school at 254.772.8111 to make an appointment. Vanguard is located at 2517 Mt. Carmel Drive.

February 28, 2011 • Vanguard Letterman Association, Vanguard News • by

The Vanguard Vikings Boys Basketball Team will be playing on Friday night at 9:00pm in the state semi-final game at Ft. Worth Nolan Catholic High School. This will be the boys team’s first ever state final four appearance. Calling all Alumni, Letterman, Friends, Families and Vanguard Fans, come watch history in the making! Don’t miss these games. More info and directions can be found under athletics or at vanguardvikings.com.

February 23, 2011 • Vanguard News • by

Vanguard College Preparatory School was named Academic and Speech District Champion in the TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) 2A district meet on Tuesday, February 22 in Rockwall. Bringing home six 1st place awards, four 2nd place awards, two 3rd place awards and four 4th place awards, the team and sponsor Sarah Lieber look forward to the state competition set for April in Austin.

The following students advance to State Competition in April:
Alex Probe (Science 2nd Place, Calculator 4th Place)
Savannah Lawler (Ready Writing 1st Place)
Rodrigo Concepcion (Spanish 1st Place)
Maria Kirkpatrick (Spanish 4th Place)
Ewan Hamilton (Literary Criticism 1st Place)
Dallas Atchley (Literary Criticism 2nd Place)
Michael VanHoose (Literary Criticism 4th Place, Math 4th Place)
Michael Ramadan (Social Studies 1st Place)
Pfavery Bennett (Original Oratory 3rd Place)
Jonathan Dallas (Math 1st Place)
Russell Johnson (Math 3rd Place)
Lauren Willis (Poetry Interpretation 2nd Place)
Vanguard Review (Newspaper 1st Place)
BiFrost (Yearbook 2nd Place)

Congratulations also to the following students who placed in their events:
Dana Nguyen (Prose Interpretation, Social Studies)
Alex Mark (Number Sense)
TJ Goaley (Current Events)
Randy Olmsted (Advanced Math)

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