WSRE Press Room
Escambia Elementary Students Become “Shining Stars” 36 To Be Honored with the District’s Shining Star Award
The Greater Escambia Community Foundation and WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, will present the Shining Star Award to 36 Escambia County elementary students in a ceremony on Sunday, April 25, 2010, 3 p.m., at WSRE’s Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio on the main campus of Pensacola Junior College.
Area principals and teachers selected the winners based on good citizenship, community service and adherence to the core values of the Escambia County School District: equality, responsibility, integrity, respect, honesty and patriotism. Each winner will be awarded a certificate of achievement and a new bicycle and helmet. In addition, the winners autographed a billboard, donated by Lamar Advertising, which has been erected in their honor and is proudly displayed on 9th Avenue, south of Hayes Street in Pensacola.
Former Florida State Representative DeeDee Ritchie and Mayor Mike Wiggins will be the Masters of Ceremonies. Escambia County Superintendent Malcolm Thomas will speak at the festivities. Principals and teachers from each school, as well as the winners’ families and friends, are invited to attend.
Students honored this year provided a variety of inspiration. Some honored WWII Veterans by raising money for the Emerald Coast Honor Flight; some forged friendships with the elderly in a local assisted-living facility; and others worked in their school’s garden, volunteered to push a classmate’s wheelchair, participated in Jump Rope for Heart, or reached out to their peers with help and encouragement.
For more information regarding the Shining Star Awards, contact WSRE's Educational Services department at (850) 484-1253 or email education@wsre.org.
The Greater Escambia Community Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps charitable donors establish permanent giving funds to benefit charities and non-profit organizations in the community.
2010 SHINING STAR AWARD WINNERS
ALLIE YNIESTRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - JOSE BONILLA
BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - SAMANTHA WILLIAMS
BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LUKE FINA
BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - JADA TUCKER
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - DELAJAH HEDRICK
BYRNEVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL - SHELLIE HARRELSON
C. A. WEIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - DONTASIA CONNER
CORDOVA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LINDSEY MITCHELL
ENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ADAMARY ARREDONDO
EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL - ELISABETH WRIGHT
ESCAMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - DALTON MCMENAMIN
FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MADELINE CARANCI
HALLMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ALESHIA ODOM
HELLEN CARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MAYA WOODS
HOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ELISA JOHNSON
JIM ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - OLIVIA GUNTNER
LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - JAQUERA SIMPSON
LITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC SCHOOL - TYLER MCOMBER
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ROBERT SETTLE
MCARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LAYNE WALKER
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MEGHAN WATSON
N. B. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - LORRAINE LOESCH
OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - SECIA RODRIGUEZ
PENSACOLA BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - MADDIE GRACE MCCURDY
PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY - LIA DAVIS
PINE MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - DAKOTA HULL
R. C. LIPSCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - BRANDON SCHONOUR
REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL - GABRIELLE VELA
SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL SCHOOL - MACY CALVASINA
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - HALLIE MILLHAM
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - JOHN EARL
SPENCER BIBBS LEARNING ACADEMY - WYNTER CAMPBELL
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC SCH - TRAVIS WICKER
SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - KRISLYN YOAKUM
WARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - CAIO CARDOSO
WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - KALYN CARTER