District Publications: State of the District 2018-19 | Page 8

MISD SENIOR ON TRACK TO START MEDICAL SCHOOL AT 18 Mansfield High School’s Melody Delatorre graduated high school with her diploma and associate degree in tow. She is on track to get her bachelor’s degree and enter medical school at the age of 18. MISD Points of PRIDE! MANSFIELD ISD TEACHERS OF THE YEAR The MISD 2018 Teachers of the Year are Shaye Anne Atwood (Tarver- Rendon Elementary) and Reginal Wright (Mansfield High). The teachers were nominated by their colleagues and selected by a district committee. NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS Six Mansfield ISD students were named National Merit Scholarship Finalists, making them in the less than 1 percent of high school students to be given the distinction based on their Preliminary SAT scores. COUNSELORS CHOSEN AS FINALISTS FOR STATEWIDE AWARD Three Mansfield ISD school counselors were finalists to be named the best school counselor in the state of Texas. Julia Brown Rea (Mary Jo Sheppard Elementary) was a top five finalist. Jennifer Douglas (Della Icenhower Intermediate) and Tonya Willis (Danny Jones Middle) were semifinalists. EIGHTEEN MISD STUDENTS CHOSEN AS ALL-STATE MUSICIANS Eighteen Mansfield ISD fine arts students proved they are among the top high school musicians in Texas by earning the All- State musician distinction from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA). 6 | 2018-2019 #WEAREMISD WHAT YOU DO TODAY CAN improve all your tomorrows. ~ Ralph Marston