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No slacking for Salutatorian Malori Maddox(0)
May 16, 2013
Frenship High School announced its 2013 salutatorian a few weeks ago, but Malori Maddox is not slowing down after her pursuit of that position. Malori first realized she had a shot at salutatorian when she was a freshman and FHS posted the listing of class ranks. At that time, she was third in her class. [...]
FHS senior wins Miss Teen Texas title
Kylie Boyd has been competing in pageants since she was 5 years old. In April, it all paid off when she won Miss Teen Texas International. She’ll be heading to the Miss Teen International competition in Chicago in July. Kylie said it is a mother-daughter thing to compete in pageants, but it is a father-daughter [...]
Heritage teacher meets president
Heritage Middle School teacher Jeremy Wagner got to speak with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office last week. It’s just one of the perks of being the Texas Teacher of the Year. Wagner said when he was lined up waiting for his turn to speak with the president, he was telling himself to get [...]
Frenship HS student soars to Eagle Scout rank
A former Boy Scout leader said Saturday, April 20, he thought it was his job to teach the Boy Scouts in his troop. But Robert Ward said tearfully that newly minted Eagle Scout Brian Swacina ended up teaching him a lot more, always having a hug and smile for him. More than 60 people showed [...]
Frenship High student gives the socks off his feet
A student new to Frenship High School didn’t give the shirt off his back when a friend was in need of clothing. He gave the socks off his feet. Donté Love, who moved to the area in late fall, is friends with another student who had been wearing his work uniform to school and is [...]
Frenship football player honored for Act of Kindness
When Cole Fontenot walked to chemistry and interacted with a student, he didn’t expect to win any awards for it. But his conversation with a student with special needs led to him receiving the Frenship High School Parent Teacher Student Association’s Acts of Kindness award for the month of February. Cole, a sophomore at FHS, [...]
Frenship graduate wins national woodwind competition
A band director at Frenship High School spoke glowingly of 2012 graduate Omar Haney, who has already won a national music award. “I’m not surprised. In high school, he accomplished many great things,” Tom SoRelle, FHS band director, said, adding that all of the Frenship staff are very proud of Haney. SoRelle predicted that Haney [...]
New library director enthusiastic for books, Wolfforth
Kim Brown had no intention of leaving her position as an attendance secretary at Crestview Elementary School. But then Wolfforth City Secretary Debbie Perkey called and made an offer she couldn’t refuse — although she did spend several weeks thinking and praying about it. Brown is the new director of the Wolfforth Library, a position [...]
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