2009-2010 Awards/Celebrations
2009 Summer Reading Celebrations
August 2009-Four R.L. Turner students were awarded a $1,000.00 grant for their Issues to Action presentation from the Hispanic College Fund in partnership with Youth Venture. The students created a proposal to decrease the drop-out rate amongst all students at R. L. Turner High School and presented to a panel of judges at the Hispanic Youth Leadership Conference this summer at SMU. The judges were impressed by their passion for the issue at hand, as well as their practical and well-presented plan. We will be working with these four young women to put their plan into action at R. L.Turner!
Congratulations to Marco Tamayo for becoming an All- American this past weekend. Marco placed 6th out of 68 wrestlers in the 112 high school division at Preseason Nationals up in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
On Saturday October 24th, UN Day, the RL Turner Model United Nations Organization attended North Texas Invitational Model United Nations. Seniors Matt Shor, Jeamilette Berastain, and Roman Stolyarov and freshmen Paige Dorn and Humsini Murali represented the nation of Viet Nam. Senior Roman Stolyarov earned the Distinguished Delegate award for his work on the Security Council.
The Lion Marching Band competed at the UIL Region 24 Marching Contest at Standridge Stadium. For the second year in a row, the Lion Band received straight 1st division (superior) ratings from all three judges! This qualifies the band to compete at the Area B Marching Contest this coming Saturday for a chance to advance to the State Marching Band Championships.