VMT’s first student of the month has had perfect attendance throughout her high school career.
Christina Vasquez, a senior in dance, was surprised about receiving the Border Patrol Head of the Class award for September.
“I was shocked,” Vasquez said.
She credited her parents for receiving the award.
“I think I got it because of my parents’ help through many years of school. It helped me get good grades and become a helpful person,” she said.
Some of the qualifications one needed for this award were to be a high school senior, have a nominating educator, and have an overall average of a B.
Her nominating educator was Carmen Beltran, Algebra II teacher at Martin High School.
She thought this award would help her look good in future careers she embarks on.
“I think it would look good in my resume for college and future jobs. Colleges and employers look for people that are smart and go the extra mile for awards and community service hours,” Vasquez said.
Some of the questions she needed to answer were “Who are your role models and why?” “What do you plan to do after college”, and “How would you help students in prevention to drugs?”
The essay topic she wrote about was ‘Write about yourself as a family member, as a student, and as a person to this community.”
Vasquez is ranked No. 6 in the senior class with a GPA of 102.2. She has close to 1,000 hours of community service hours and has had perfect attendance since Pre-Kinder.
She said everyone is very proud of her.
“I’m still getting congratulated to this day,” Vasquez said.