Robstown teen gets both high school diploma and college degree
and last updated 2021-05-10 13:33:51-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Marissa Moreno is about to do something no young athlete has done in the history of Robstown Early College High School.
When she graduates next month, she ll already have earned her associates degree in liberal arts from Del Mar College.
âThis is something that people donât really get the opportunity to do, she said. And I wanted to take advantage of this, because it benefits me towards my education.
While taking both high school and college classes, the 18-year-old was also a member of the cheerleading squad and she participated in several sports and other extracurricular activities.
Robstown ISD will hold a COIVD-19 vaccination clinic Monday, May 10 at Robstown Early College High School.
The clinic will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. for employees, parents and community members. It will be in the auditorium at 609 W. Highway 44.
The Pfizer vaccine will be used, so students 16 and older may receive their shot with parental consent. Parents do not have to be present, but a written consent form is required.
Participants will be required to stay for 15 minutes after the vaccine is administered to be monitored.
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Robstown Independent School District (RISD), held its board meeting on Monday, April 19, recognizing the area district s teacher of the year awards and honoring the annual Cotton Picker Award along with the regional and state final championships for the RISD powerlifting teams.
Teachers of the year:
Melinda Venecia from Ortiz Intermediate
Martha Martinez from Robert Driscoll Elementary
Tracy Ramirez from San Pedro Elementary
Maria Garcia from Lotspeich Elementary
Bellanira Flores-Arias from the Robstown Early College High School
Additionally, two teachers will represent Robstown ISD as they advance to the regional level at the Education Service Center.
Elementary Teacher of the Year- Melinda Venecia
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USA Today is on the warpath against high schools with so-called racially insensitive nicknames. In separate stories,
USA Today pressured Red Mesa High School in Arizona to drop “Redskins” and Robstown Early College High School in Texas to replace the nickname “Cotton Pickers.”
There’s a big catch to these stories. Red Mesa is a predominantly Navajo school located on the Navajo Reservation. Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, Robstown is 94 percent Hispanic or Latino. Minorities quoted in the two stories are proud of their schools’ respective nicknames and resist politically correct efforts to erase them.
In the story by Analis Bailey, fourth-generation Robstown grad Bianca Prado says of Cotton Pickers, “It’s merely a label that is accurately portraying what your grandmother did.” Prado was furious over an outpouring of social media opposition to the nickname, as she believes the name carries a sense of pride and admiration for migra