Bastrop Education Foundation honors 25 “Rising Stars” and their mentors
Twenty Five outstanding Bastrop High School students—and the educators those students
named as having made a significant difference in their lives—were celebrated on May 26 at the
fifth annual Bastrop Education Foundation “Rising Stars” Banquet.
Held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, the event drew more than 250 parents,
Foundation board members, Bastrop ISD officials, and Foundation sponsors. The Rising Star
program supports and recognizes excellence in student achievement and in the essential role
that educators play. The Foundation so proud of these students—both honorees and
nominees—and of the recognized teachers and counselors. Together they exemplify Bastrop’s
best!”
Honored as “Rising Stars” for 2011 were 25 students selected from a field of 107 students
nominated by Bastrop and Cedar Creek High School teachers as exemplary, in terms of
academics and leadership as well as participation in extracurricular activities and community
service.
Each selected student was asked to identify the educator whom the student credits as having
made a significant difference in the student’s academic success, served as a positive role
model or mentor, or helped shape the student’s hopes for the future. The students’
selections were also honored at the event.
This celebrates the connection students and their teachers make. The Foundation believes
this teacher-student connection has a profound impact on student achievement and lies at
the heart of teaching excellence.
The 2011 “Rising Stars” and the educators they saluted are:
Twenty Five outstanding Bastrop High School students—and the educators those students
named as having made a significant difference in their lives—were celebrated on May 26 at the
fifth annual Bastrop Education Foundation “Rising Stars” Banquet.
Held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, the event drew more than 250 parents,
Foundation board members, Bastrop ISD officials, and Foundation sponsors. The Rising Star
program supports and recognizes excellence in student achievement and in the essential role
that educators play. The Foundation so proud of these students—both honorees and
nominees—and of the recognized teachers and counselors. Together they exemplify Bastrop’s
best!”
Honored as “Rising Stars” for 2011 were 25 students selected from a field of 107 students
nominated by Bastrop and Cedar Creek High School teachers as exemplary, in terms of
academics and leadership as well as participation in extracurricular activities and community
service.
Each selected student was asked to identify the educator whom the student credits as having
made a significant difference in the student’s academic success, served as a positive role
model or mentor, or helped shape the student’s hopes for the future. The students’
selections were also honored at the event.
This celebrates the connection students and their teachers make. The Foundation believes
this teacher-student connection has a profound impact on student achievement and lies at
the heart of teaching excellence.
The 2011 “Rising Stars” and the educators they saluted are:
STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITION
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Senior Gabriela Barron
Senior Amanda Dailey
Sophomore Elizabeth Duggan
Senior Kimberly Evans
Junior Krystall Greenwell
Sophomore Payne Keinarth
Senior Rachel Kitchens
Junior Nicole Klaus
Junior Aaron Longoria
Senior Samantha T. Marquez
Senior Sherah Mills
Senior Brooke Moore
Junior Samantha Moore
Sophomore Amanda Muehr
Senior Shelbi Randall
Senior Molly Shigemoto
Senior Brandy Shigemoto
Senior Ashley Skidmore
Senior Sydney Taylor
Senior Adriana Ilyssa Trevino
Senior Andrea Tuttrup
Senior Mitchell Vasquez
Junior Rebekah Voigt
Junior Lee Bryan Whitten, III
Junior Julie Wier
Senior Amanda Dailey
Sophomore Elizabeth Duggan
Senior Kimberly Evans
Junior Krystall Greenwell
Sophomore Payne Keinarth
Senior Rachel Kitchens
Junior Nicole Klaus
Junior Aaron Longoria
Senior Samantha T. Marquez
Senior Sherah Mills
Senior Brooke Moore
Junior Samantha Moore
Sophomore Amanda Muehr
Senior Shelbi Randall
Senior Molly Shigemoto
Senior Brandy Shigemoto
Senior Ashley Skidmore
Senior Sydney Taylor
Senior Adriana Ilyssa Trevino
Senior Andrea Tuttrup
Senior Mitchell Vasquez
Junior Rebekah Voigt
Junior Lee Bryan Whitten, III
Junior Julie Wier
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
BHS English Teacher Monica Roffol
CCHS Art Teacher Dawn Vinklarek
BHS Band Teacher Chris Mendez
BHS Athletic Trainer Greg Moore
BIS GT Teacher Christine Hansen
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
BHS Science Teacher Vivian Kreitner
BHS History Teacher Trent Jimenez
BHS Math Teacher Patsy Trigg
BHS Agriculture Teacher Travis Turner
BHS English & Yearbook teacher John Gosselink
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
BHS English Teacher Becky Bennett
BHS Piano Teacher JoElla James
BHS History Teacher and Coach Melissa Penney
BHS Athletic Trainer Kristine White
BHS English and PALS Teacher Barbara Wolanski
BHS Photography Teacher Sheryl Bucsanyi
BHS English Teacher Monica Roffol
BHS English teacher Becky Bennett
BHS English and PALS teacher Barbara Wolanski
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
Emile Elementary Librarian Janean Whitten
BHS History Teacher Trent Jimenez
BHS English Teacher Monica Roffol
CCHS Art Teacher Dawn Vinklarek
BHS Band Teacher Chris Mendez
BHS Athletic Trainer Greg Moore
BIS GT Teacher Christine Hansen
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
BHS Science Teacher Vivian Kreitner
BHS History Teacher Trent Jimenez
BHS Math Teacher Patsy Trigg
BHS Agriculture Teacher Travis Turner
BHS English & Yearbook teacher John Gosselink
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
BHS English Teacher Becky Bennett
BHS Piano Teacher JoElla James
BHS History Teacher and Coach Melissa Penney
BHS Athletic Trainer Kristine White
BHS English and PALS Teacher Barbara Wolanski
BHS Photography Teacher Sheryl Bucsanyi
BHS English Teacher Monica Roffol
BHS English teacher Becky Bennett
BHS English and PALS teacher Barbara Wolanski
BHS History Teacher Leona Jones
Emile Elementary Librarian Janean Whitten
BHS History Teacher Trent Jimenez
