Gorman named Honor Roll School for 14th year

Tyler Catholic Schools President Fr. Anthony Stoeppel and Principal Robin Perry are pleased to announce that Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School has been recognized as a Catholic Education Honor Roll School by The Cardinal Newman Society. This honor is not bestowed on every school that applies, but only those schools that have distinguished themselves in the areas of Catholic identity and academic excellence.

Schools recognized with this prestigious honor commit to and model the Principles of Catholic Identity in Education. This nationally recognized status enables schools to tell not just their local populations but also colleges, universities and a broad national audience that they excel as outstanding Catholic schools.

Bishop Gorman has been recognized as a school of excellence by the Cardinal Newman National Catholic Honor Roll since 2004. Bishop Gorman is the only school to be recognized every single year since this honor was established.

— Bishop T.K. Gorman Catholic School

All Saints 5K event to honor Kasold Saturday

All Saints Episcopal School students will hit the pavement for a special race to honor a teacher who passed away after a battle with lung cancer.

On Saturday, the All Saints Leader Academy will host a 5K run and 1 mile walk Kolor Run in memory of Steve Kasold, who taught English at the school. Proceeds from the race will benefit lung cancer awareness.

The $45 entry fee also includes a T-shirt. Event check in begins at 8:30 a.m. at Mewbourne Field on the All Saints campus, 2695 SSW Loop 323.

Register by visiting all-saints.org and searching Kolor Run.

— Cory McCoy

TJC Phi Theta Kappa chapter earns awards

The Tyler Junior College Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society recently returned from the 2018 International Convention in Kansas City, celebrating Phi Theta Kappa’s 100th anniversary. TJC’s Alpha Omicron chapter earned a record-breaking sixth continuous Beta Alpha Continued Excellence Award, making Alpha Omicron one of the top 25 chapters in all 50 states and nine countries.

If a chapter has previously been named a Distinguished Chapter for three years consecutively and continues to perform at the height of chapter programming, they may earn the prestigious Beta Alpha Award, which was named for the chapter at Blinn College in Br enham for their dominance in the early days of Phi Theta Kappa.

Chapter adviser Gigi Delk said, “To be considered for a Distinguished Chapter award, a chapter must submit top-10-percent entries in both College Project and Honors in Action categories, representing the major projects undertaken by the chapter during the past year.

“It is exceptionally difficult to maintain such a high level of chapter performance as each year begins with new members, new officer teams, and new projects. Only nine out of nearly 1,400 chapters total were named Beta Alpha Chapters this year.”

TJC was also named a 5-Star Chapter, indicating success in all aspects of Phi Theta Kappa Leadership development, community service and scholarship, and was one of 14 Texas chapters (out of 99) named to the Top 100 Chapters list.

Five TJC chapter members were presented scholarships and recognized on stage as 2018 Coca-Cola All-USA Academic Team Scholars, Leaders of Promise Scholars, or Oberndorf Scholars: Tal Carson of Tyler, Coca-Cola Gold Scholar; Cassi Beckham of Athens, Coca-Cola Bronze Scholar; Ebony Griffin of Rusk, Coca-Cola Bronze Scholar; Madison Jantzen of Frisco, Coca-Cola Leader of Promise Scholar; and Bailey Miley of Caddo Mills, Oberndorf Lifeline to Completion Scholarship

Selection as a Coca-Cola Scholar was based on scores the students earned in the All-USA Academic Team competition, for which more than 2,000 applications were received this year.

Individual members earning recognition included: Distinguished Chapter Officer Award, Chapter President James Loya of Tyler; Distinguished Chapter Member Award, Justin Crowe of Jacksonville.