Every school year, Plano ISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Theresa Williams seeks advice from numerous school and community members, including the Superintendent’s\u00a0Student Advisory Council.<\/p>\n
This group of 11th and 12th graders from Plano ISD senior high schools and Academy High School meets with the superintendent quarterly to provide student feedback on district initiatives and share perspectives from their schools. The council gives students a voice in district matters, helps shape policies and offers insights on issues such as\u00a0college, career and military readiness programs.<\/p>\n
Get to know this year’s council members.<\/p>\n
Antonio Klein<\/p>\n
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Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I am involved in FRC 5431 (Academy Robotics team), Business Professionals of America and\u00a0I have a job at the Plano Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I contribute 40 hours a year with\u00a0Titan Robotics and some other volunteer hours when called. I helped plan much\u00a0of the volunteering events under Titan Robotics, which gave me experience in planning.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject is chemistry and Ms. Carrol is my favorite teacher (AP English Language and Composition)<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0I enjoy writing and making art, and I am interested in law, business and history.\u00a0I find the American Government system to be very interesting.<\/p>\n
Chloe Hatfield<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I\u2019m an active member of my school community. I am a part of 5431, my school\u2019s FRC robotics team\u00a0and I also serve on the Spirit and Learner Outreach Committees, where I will organize school events and lead student tours for incoming freshmen.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I work with lots of nonprofit organizations, where I help with community projects that support organizations such as Children\u2019s Hospital and the Samaritan Inn.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0I absolutely love history. It’s always been such a fun class to learn about different historical periods of time and people, which is probably why it goes without saying that my history teacher is my favorite this year.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0In my free time, I enjoy baking and hanging out with all of my friends.<\/p>\n
Avleen Randhawa (Not Pictured)<\/p>\n
Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0Club and Varsity soccer, Student Senate, Spanish Honor Society<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0Minnie’s Food Pantry, Miracle League, Heard Museum<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0American Studies with Dr. Bower<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0Reading, going to the gym, baking<\/p>\n
Myles-William Dennis<\/p>\n
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Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I’m involved in club and high school soccer as well as Jack and Jill and\u00a0DECA<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0Jack and Jill – we complete over 75 hours of community service a year at food pantries or donations<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite class is AP Pre-Calculus with Mr. Tyree.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0I love to play soccer.<\/p>\n
Brady Griffin<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I am involved in basketball, Student Senate, DECA and NHS.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0Feed My Starving Children, Streetside Showers and Wylie Christian Care<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My Favorite class is AP Pre-Calculus with Mr. Tyree.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0I like to spend time with friends and family, play basketball and golf.<\/p>\n
Natalia Chavez<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I\u2019m involved in Cross Country, Drill Team, the Health Science Academy, Senate, National Honor Society, Superintendent Student Advisory Council\u00a0and Club Soccer. I also have the incredible opportunity to serve as a Dallas Mavericks Ballkid, which has been an exciting and memorable experience.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0Through the Plano Mayor\u2019s Summer Internship Program, I had the opportunity to serve at Minnie\u2019s Food Pantry and I also volunteer at Feed My Starving Children every year.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject is Math because I enjoy problem-solving and the challenge of finding solutions. My favorite teacher is Ms. Davis, she always made learning fun and encouraged me to do my best.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0I enjoy attending and watching sports\u2014especially the Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers\u2014going to concerts, and spending time with my family on vacations.<\/p>\n
Grant Gonzales<\/p>\n
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Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0STUCO, Boy Scouts, Wrestling<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in? STUCO, Boy Scouts<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher? History with Mr. Hunt<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests? Wrestling<\/p>\n
Madison Mosbarger<\/p>\n
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What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0Planoettes Drill team and a part of the Plano senior choir.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I am in NCL the Preston Bluebonnet chapter, where I love to help at Hope Supply Co. and feed starving children.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject in school is anatomy and physiology. I also like my drill team directors, Mrs. Dougherty and Mrs. Ramirez.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0My hobbies include dancing and singing, and whenever I have free time, I like to turn on a show and bake.<\/p>\n
Lael Muyango<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0Speech & Debate, Black Student Union<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0National Honor Society, Serve Empower Volunteer Advocate, Rise & Rebuild<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0English\/American Studies, Mr Hunt & Mr. Cone are my favorite teachers.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0Writing, reading, playing keyboard, photography at my church<\/p>\n
Andrew Drake<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I play hockey and I am a part of JROTC.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I participate in helping out the school in many ways. Some examples are building projects for Ag Mech, JROTC\u00a0and more. I also help out at the football games and support my teachers.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject is Agriculture Mechanics and Metal Technologies.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0In my free time, I work at AutoZone and get my homework done. I am a big sports fan. I watch hockey, football\u00a0and baseball. I also love playing video games and watching tv shows when I get a chance.<\/p>\n
Alex Tran<\/p>\n
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Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with? Band and Soccer<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I am a member of NHS and enjoy volunteering for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), which is a non-profit organization that packs and ships meals to anyone in need around the world.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My current favorite subject is Math (Pre-Calculus) with my favorite teacher Mrs. Pettit.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0My hobbies and interests include going to the gym, playing soccer for Plano West, and also playing music with the Plano West Band.<\/p>\n
Jade Mityas<\/p>\n
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Grade: 12<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0Competitive dance team at KJ Dance, participate in BPA and DECA with Plano West, and advocate for mental health awareness with the St. Andrews Hope Squad.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I love volunteering at local races to cheer people on and help navigate, but I also volunteer at the church and other organizations such as Feed My Starving Children.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subjects are English and Math, and I love my STUCO advisor, Mrs.Dagampat.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0I am interested in entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability; when I\u2019m not dancing, you can find me trying new foods or watching Gossip Girl.<\/p>\n
Peyton Perez<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I play Club Soccer and am also a part of the Plano West Varsity Men’s Soccer team.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I am in YMSL, which is a group that volunteers all around the DFW area in different philanthropies.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject is History, but my favorite teacher is my English teacher, Mr. Melton.<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0Some of my hobbies are soccer, golf\u00a0and fishing. I also enjoy hanging out with friends and family.<\/p>\n
Sarah Kathlyn Borges<\/p>\n
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Grade: 11<\/p>\n
What extra-curricular activities are you involved with?\u00a0I’m involved in HOSA, and I’m the Co-President of the Afterglow Cares Club, where we donate to postpartum women.<\/p>\n
What community service do you participate in?\u00a0I volunteer for various events, usually that involve donating to those in need.<\/p>\n
What is your favorite subject and teacher?\u00a0My favorite subject is either history or health science (I can’t pick).\u00a0My favorite teacher currently is Mrs. Smeltzer, but in my entire educational journey, it’s probably Ms. Havins (Humanities teacher at Shepton).<\/p>\n
What are your hobbies and interests?\u00a0My interests are reading, anything related to the medical field\u00a0and giving back to my community in any way I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every school year, Plano ISD Superintendent of Schools Dr. Theresa Williams seeks advice from numerous school and community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,2610,161,2609],"class_list":{"0":"post-35030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-independent-school-district","11":"tag-plano-news","12":"tag-posts-details-default-board-post-page"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}