Viper Nation Academic Booster handed out kindergarten t-shirts to members of the Class of 2032 from River Place Elementary in September. It is Viper Nation’s annual tradition to pass out the shirts at the five local elementary schools in the Vandegrift High School feeder pattern to help show support and encouragement to the youngest LISD students.
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
The Austin area closes out the decade with a record-breaking $13 billion in home sales. Central Texas real estate agents sold more homes in 2019 than any year on record, according to the latest Austin Board of Realtors analysis.
The Year-End 2019 Central Texas Housing Market Report reflects a record-breaking 33,084 home sales and $13,158,737,333 in sales volume.
Austin continued to rank high on “Best of U.S.” lists which have helped in home sales volumes.
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By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News
The Canyon Ridge Middle School 6th grade First Lego League team #6751 “Bat-teries” is helping reduce mosquitos by increasing the local bat population.
The team is made up of eight students: Aaron Plakas, Arnov Sagi, Chase Suthar, Elise Zhou, Matewos Ghebremicael, Mireya Jawahar, Shreya Kumar and William Whitwort.
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Vandegrift has a number of seniors in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their outstanding performances on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Sixteen Viper students are National Merit Semifinalists, 40 are National Merit Commended Scholars, and 15 are National Hispanic Scholars.
“Recognition as a National Merit Scholar is a prestigious, academic accolade,” said Christa Thompson-Martin, dean of instruction at VHS. “By sharing this distinguished achievement with college admissions, our students are set apart in a deep pool of applicants.”
Thompson-Martin said that the benefits of scoring well can be significant.
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