You are invited to join Vanguard and the Caldwell family as we watch three-time TAPPS 2A State golf champion and Vanguard senior, Carter Caldwell sign his “letter of intent” to attend Northwood University in Cedar Hill, Texas. The signing will take place at 9:40am on Wednesday May 2, 2012 in the Jawarski Administration building on the Vanguard campus. Let’s celebrate Carter’s accomplishments and send him off with the best of wishes.
Vanguard College Preparatory School seniors Jonathan Dallas and Hannah Howard were named National Merit Finalists school official announced Wednesday, February 8th. Vanguard student’s SAT scores are consistently well above average as confirmed by the school’s history in the National Merit Scholarship program. Vanguard 2012 senior class has 20 students, a fraction of most senior classes in Central Texas; however, Vanguard produces more National Merit Finalists than schools five to 10 times its size. This announcement brings to 45 the number of National Merit Finalists Vanguard has produced since 1995.
Coach Jimmy Smith of Princeton., Texas, congratulates Hannah Howard for being an National Forensics League qualifier for Nationals in Kansas City
National Junior Forensic League competitors (Evan Paul, Alexandra Deaver, Michelle Ramadan, Reece Thompson and Hal Koelsch) competed at Holy Trinity School in May.
National Qualifying debaters for 2010 were Dylan Losey, Moshe Dolejsi, and Hannah Howard. To qualify, debaters had to defeat competitors from 37 schools in the district to earn the right to attend Kansas City Nationals.
Dylan Losey, a Vanguard senior, received the National Forensics League Academic All-American award on November 11. He is one of only 100 students nationwide to receive the award.
To be eligible, a student must be an NFL member with an earned degree of Superior Distinction – 750 points on record in the National Office. Recipients must have a 3.7 minimum GPA out of 4.0 (or its equivalent), an ACT score of 27 or higher and/or SAT score of 1400 or higher (SAT tests taken after 3/1/05 – 2000 or higher). In addition, the student should demonstrate qualities of character, leadership and commitment, as verified by both his debate coach and the principal of his school.
