POSTED: Monday, May 7, 2012 - 9:44pm
UPDATED: Monday, May 7, 2012 - 9:59pm
Kilgore, TX — Seventeen students from across Gregg, Upshur and Rusk counties will be inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society by the Kilgore College Adult Education Program at its annual convocation ceremony.
The ceremony is set for 6:45 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the KC—Longview North Building, 209 South Center Street, in the Special Events Room number 102.
Guest speaker will be Joyce Sloan, superintendent of New Diana Independent School District.
According to Bobbie McGee-Benson, KC’s director of adult education, to qualify for NAEHS membership, adult education students must demonstrate effort, achievement, perseverance, initiative and desire.
Selections were made from more than 1,200 students enrolled in adult education classes in the three-county area during the 2011/2012 program year including Literacy, ESL, Adult Basic Education and GED students.
Inductees:
Big Sandy: Leslie Isitt
Gilmer: Kimberly Watts
Gladewater: Roberto Chavez and Allen Ellis
Hallsville: Jason Lauer
Kilgore Agustin Martinez, Carmen Martinez, Maria Martinez and Nakoa Villa
Longview: Ruangrong Barclay, Marvin Franco, Natzyeli Hernandez, Maria Juarez, Maria Monreal, Shenet Norton and April Winegart
Overton: Pedro Ponce