Arlington School & Family Magazine March/April 2016 | Page 14

Student Accomplishments March Student of the Month Vyveca Wiley, Sam Houston High School Vyveca is a very involved student and a leader at Sam Houston High School. She is a wonderful student who gives her time to many organizations at Sam Houston. Vyveca is the editor-in-chief of the Texans Talk newspaper, she is the captain of the Sam Houston speech team, and she previously was the captain of the Sam Houston debate team. Vyveca was the leader of the Sam Houston Black History Committee this year, as well. Vyveca won third place in a Rotary speech competition in 2015. † 2016 Spelling Bee Winners The AISD Area Spelling Bee was held on Feb. 3 with 30 students competing in the Area 7 contest and 32 in Area 8. Jason Nguyen from Key Elementary was the Area 7 spelling bee winner and Mikayla Erlandsen from Corey Academy was the runner up. In Area 8, Hope Tran from Boles Junior High was the winner, while Haley Wehr from Pope Elementary finished as the runner up. † 12 Arlington School & Family - March/April 2016