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Dickinson ISD honors students, showcases CTE excellence and Rodeo Art winners

Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees

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Summary

Trustees recognized alumni volunteers, Houston Rodeo Art Contest honorees, multiple college scholarship recipients and named Dickinson ISD a Career and Technical Education District of Distinction; the board celebrated student achievements across arts, academics and CTE programs.

The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees spent a substantial portion of its meeting recognizing student and alumni achievements across arts, academics and career education.

The board presented a Super Gator Alumni award to Mae Lynn Solberg for ongoing volunteer work supporting Dickinson High School theater, FFA and the Dickinson Diamonds dance team. Trustees also announced Dickinson students selected as honorees for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Program; winners from Silvernagle Elementary, Bay Colony Elementary, Kranz Junior High and Dickinson High School were named and student artwork will be displayed at the Reliant Center gallery during the rodeo.

Board members recognized several college scholarship recipients and semifinalists. The meeting cited scholarship details presented by district staff: Bradley Marshall (scholarship to Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, $30,900 per year mentioned), Bethany Lloyd (full tuition scholarship to Columbia University; Jack Kent Cooke and Yates Scholar semifinalist distinctions noted), Angel Hernandez (QuestBridge and Notre Dame award citing $89,700 per year), Pepper Brown (NROTC scholarship described as valued at over $280,000 plus an additional $60,000 LSU award), and Jayla Otis (a $50,000 academic merit scholarship to Baylor University). The board additionally recognized several junior-high students for near-perfect core-subject scores.

Finally, Dickinson ISD was named a Career and Technical Education (CTE) District of Distinction by the Career and Technical Association of Texas; the district said it plans to open a new CTE facility and event center on the Dickinson High School campus in the 2026–27 school year.