Round Rock Students Attended Lone Star Leadership Academy Over The Summer

ROUND ROCK, TX -- Students from the Round Rock ISD didn't stop learning over the summer, with 23 of them perfecting their leadership skills in the 2016 Lone Star Leadership Academy campus, district officials said.

"Students were selected to attend one of the Lone Star Leadership Academy camps across Texas, which provided them with the opportunity to learn about state leaders and what it means to be a Texas citizen," district officials said in a prepared statement. "Participants also discussed what they learned, completed problem solving and decision-making simulations, exercised creativity, and practiced presentation skills in Leadership Groups."

The various camps took place in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Galveston, San Antonio and Austin.

"Depending on the location of their camp, students also had the chance to learn through various site visits," school officials said. "Venues included the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, the Texas State Capitol, the Bullock Texas State History Museum, the Alamo and NASA. Each site visit also had representatives present to introduce students to a variety of careers."

From across the state, 1,144 students were selected to attend the camps. Students were chosen for the Lone Star Leadership Academy camps based on demonstrated academic success and leadership ability, an educator recommendation, and involvement in school/community activities, district officials said.

The Round Rock ISD students selected to participate in the 2016 Lone Star Leadership Academy camps were:

• David Jones, fifth grade, Cactus Ranch Elementary School;
• Will Chan, eighth grade, Canyon Vista Middle School;
• Brooke Simons, sixth grade, Cedar Valley Middle School;
• Kaia Sarwate, fourth grade, Chandler Oaks Elementary School;
• PJ Gillispie and Colin Harwick, sixth grade, and Elliott Lee, seventh grade, Chisholm Trail Middle School;
• Dominic Escamilla, sixth grade, Deepark Middle School;
• Elizabeth Pieper, fifth grade, Forest North Elementary School;
• Alex Winston and Alexis Winston, fourth grade, Gattis Elementary School;
• Diego Matamoros, fourth grade, Herrington Elementary School;
• Noah Fox, sixth grade, Walsh Middle School;
• Nitin Akella, Faith Chan, Angela Chor, fifth grade, and Ethan Ho, fourth grade, Laurel Mountain Elementary School;
• Maia Escamilla, fourth grade, Live Oak Elementary School;
• Yeva Tcharikova, fourth grade, Purple Sage Elementary;
• Siyona Agnihotri, fourth grade, Spicewood Elementary;
• Rika Chang, fifth grade, Teravista Elementary School;
• Aievee Tryon, fifth grade, Robertson Elementary;
• Ethan Govea, sixth grade, Grisham Middle School.

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