A student at Pecan Trail Intermediate School in College Station has received an award from the state board of education (BOE).
Sixth grader Kathryn Fouch received the District 8 “Student Heroes Award”, which recognizes acts of kindness and compassion.
According to a BOE news release, Fouch started an initiative that makes sure no student eats alone at lunch.
Additional information from the Texas state board of education.
Though this is a time when the world’s attention is appropriately focused on ways to stop random acts of violence against our children at school, the State Board of Education today is honoring 15 public school students who have demonstrated inspiring acts of kindness and compassion. The students range from a first-grade student to high school seniors.
Their good deeds include blanket drives, raising funds to provide free chemotherapy treatments, and launching efforts to make sure no child eats lunch isolated and alone.
These students are recipients of the 2018 Student Heroes Award. One recipient is selected per State Board district. Local ceremonies are being held to present the award to each student, who receives a plaque and certificate.
“This award reminds us that a good and caring nature most represents our Texas children. These award recipients saw a need and committed to bold action on behalf of others, often engaging their fellow classmates in the effort. They each in their own way have made a profound difference. Their schools and communities are better for their work,” said Donna Bahorich, chair of the State Board of Education.
District 8: As a military dependent who moved frequently, Kathryn Fouch, now a sixth-grade student of Pecan Trail Intermediate School in College Station ISD, knows how hard it can be to make new friends. So she took it upon herself to create the No One Sits Alone Initiative that makes sure no student eats by himself or herself at lunch. This simple concept produces powerful outcomes that help all students feel included and appreciated.
