Center Garden Club’s 2015 Speech and Essay Awards

From left: Shirley Owens (Garden Club), Doug Moore (UIL Coordinator), Brittany Lawrence, Emmalee Tomazewski, Pablo Valdez, and Robbie Kerr (Garden Club President)

May 19, 2016 - Center Garden Club members recently presented awards and prize money to the winners of the Center Garden Club’s 2015 High School Awards Contests during the May 12th Center ISD School Board meeting.

Pablo Valdez

  • Winner: $25 - Center Garden Club TGC Texas High School Speech Award
  • Winner: $100 - District III TGC Texas High School Speech Award
  • Winner: $500 - Texas State TGC High School Speech Award

Brittany Lawrence

  • 2nd Place: $75 -  District III TGC Texas High School Speech Award
  • 2nd Place: $250 - Texas State TGC High School Speech Award
  • Winner: $25 - Center Garden Club NGC High School Essay Award
  • 2nd Place: $75 - District III NGC High School Essay Award
  • 1st Place: $100 - Texas State NGC High School Essay Award
  • 1st Place: South Central Region NGC High School Essay Award

Hario Salazar

  • 3rd Place: $50 - District III TGC Texas High School Speech Award
  • 3rd Place: $100 - Texas State TGC High School Speech Award

Rachel Lawson

  • Honorable Mention: TGC District III Texas High School Speech Award
  • Honorable Mention: TGC Texas State High School Speech Award

Emmalee Tomazewski

  • Honorable Mention: TGC District III Texas High School Speech Award
  • Honorable Mention: TGC Texas State High School Speech Award

Shirley Owens, Texas State Speech Contest Chair said, "I am so proud of our Center High School Students that participated in the Center Garden Club’s 2015 High School Awards Contests. Their hard work paid off with some really nice monetary awards."

Submitted by Shirley Owens