Houston: Year Two

We only have 2 weeks of school left! The seniors are finishing up their finals today. It has been a great year! I got nominated for my second regional Emmy for the story I did on Howard Chandler in Poland. I flew to Pittsburgh in September for the ceremony. I didn't win this time, but it was a nice. One of my seniors, Ashley Vasquez, did win a Lone Star Emmy Student Production Award for her documentary from last school year called 'Now or Never'. I was very proud of her. This year my journalist students completed two documentaries, recorded their 200th podcast, and did their first news packages. Nightline anchor Juju Chang and Holocaust survivor Ruth Steinfeld spoke to the students. It was pretty neat. I almost forgot! I got named teacher of the year at Spring Woods High School and I was also named district secondary teacher of the year! They had the banquet to honor all the teachers of the year last Friday. I took my dad. This summer I will be heading to Hungary and Serbia with the non-profit Centropa to learn more about the Holocaust and Jewish culture. I also made a trip to Corpus Christi and stopped by the Selena Museum. I got to meet Selena's dad, Abraham. Selena and I have the same birthday (April 16). Houston year two was pretty great.