Category: Devine ISD

Devine High School students McKailee Sorrell and Esai Sanchez were honored as Students of the Month at a recent Devine Lions Club meeting. Both are seniors at DHS.
McKailee Sorrell
McKailee is a senior at Devine High School. Throughout her high school years, McKailee has been involved in many areas of school and community life while taking on leadership opportunities and challenging herself academically.
She has been very involved in FCCLA throughout all four years of high school, serving as Co-Peer Involvement Chair her sophomore year, President her junior year, and Historian her senior year. She has competed in FCCLA each year, advancing from Regionals to State. During her junior year, she and her partner, Paige, traveled to Washington, D.C., where they received a Gold Medal and placed 26th in the nation for their project “Read to Succeed”. She has also been involved in Student Council, serving as Vice President her sophomore year, Secretary her junior year and Social Media Coordinator her senior year.
She currently serves as Secretary of the National Honor Society and has been involved in FCA/Youth Alive throughout high school, serving as President her sophomore year and as a student leader her junior and senior years. She played JV tennis from her freshman through junior years and is participating in UIL Literacy Criticism for the first time this year. She also gives the daily morning announcements for DHS. Academically, she is ranked third in her class and has staken honors, AP, and other advanced courses.
Outside of school, she is an active member of First Baptist Church of Natalia and volunteers through Mission Devine, food bank distributions, Vacation Bible School, Wreaths Across America, and other service opportunities. She has also worked at Land & Ranch Services since her sophomore year and began working at Devine Acres Farm this year.
After graduation, she plans to attend Texas State University to major in Health Sciences with a Pre-Nursing concentration, with the goal of earning a Bachelor Science in Nursing. She plans to become an ICU nurse and hopes to build a career centered around caring for and helping others.
She is grateful for the teachers, advisors, family, friends, and community members who have supported her throughout high school and for the opportunities she has been given to grow, lead, and serve others. She is honored to be recognized as Student of the Month.
McKailee is daughter of Michael and Brandi Sorrell.
Esai Sanchez
Esai is a senior at Devine High School. He is an honor student and a member of the National Honor Society. He is also a member of the Varsity track, baseball and soccer teams, as well as the Warhorse Band, where he plays drums.
Last year, he was honored to be selected for the ATSSB All-State Band, and is committed to working hard and giving his best effort to earn that honor again this year.
After graduation he plans to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), where he will major in music. He will be auditioning soon for their indoor drumline, and is excited about the opportunity to continue developing his skills and pursuing his passion for music at the collegiate level.
Esai is the son of Bert and Monica Sanchez.

By Anton Riecher
The Devine ISD school board reviewed and acted on several operational and policy items Monday including approval of a new full-time career and technical education (CTE) teaching position for the district’s patient care technician program.
District Superintendent Todd Grandjean said that the expanded program will build on the present district health services program.
“This is the exact direction we were heading when we had our health services program that nurse (Joslyn) Wilson was teaching before,” he said. “That was two classes this past year. Now we are moving into a six-class regimen in partnership with Southwest Texas College.”
Devine ISD offers a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Health Science program at Devine High School, which allows…LOGIN TO CONTINUE READING at www.devinenewsmembers.com. You will get instant access to our full E-edition, and begin getting the newspaper delivered to your home next week for $36 a year in Medina County. Support important local city, county, and school news like this!

By Anton Riecher
By a 6-0 vote, the Devine School Board approved an annual $5,000 stipend to support an academic liaison and recruit coordinator to better support student athletes in their continuing education beyond grade school.
The vote was taken Thursday during the board’s regular meeting for January.
District Superintendent Todd Grandjean said the goal for the new role “is to address a very real and current missing piece in the overall success of Arabian/Warhorse student-athletes – both academically and athletically – while ensuring students who aspire to compete at the next level are properly supported, informed and protected.”
The position is designed to strengthen accountability, close communication gaps and provide structured guidance through the increasingly complex college eligibility and recruiting process, he said.
This new role is being implemented at schools across the state, including nearby Lytle, Poteet and Jourdanton.
Board member Chris Davis was…LOGIN TO CONTINUE READING at www.devinenewsmembers.com. You will get instant access to our full E-edition, and begin getting the newspaper delivered to your home next week for $36 a year in Medina County. Support important local city, county, and school news like this!