Emerson Earns H-E-B Recognition

Dolores C. Emerson, the principal at Morningside Elementary, was selected as a finalist for an H-E-B Excellence in Education Award. She was surprised at a student assembly held in the school’s cafeteria on March 31 by an entourage of H-E-B employees bearing balloons, flowers, a cake, and a giant check for $1,000 for her and a second $2,500 check for her school. Emerson will represent the Rio Grande Valley region at the statewide H-E-B awards ceremony to be held in May in Austin. Brownsville ISD is also one of five finalists for the 2011 H-E-B large district award which includes a $100,000 prize. Ortiz Elementary School has already been named one of ten state winners of an H-E-B Excellence in Education Fit Campus Award which includes $10,000.