Porter Students Wins Car

Illeana Quintanilla, a 2014 Porter High School graduate, is the winner of a brand new 2014 Mazda 3 Hatchback in the BISD Perfect Attendance Contest drawing held on Monday, June 23 at Cardenas Motors in Brownsville. She was one of the 14 finalists, 2 for each BISD high school, who were pre-selected from a pool of 9,570 eligible students. The car giveaway was the finale to the year long contest designed to improve student attendance and enrollment. Superintendent Dr. Carl A. Montoya drew Illeana’s winning number at the event which was attended by high school students, district and campus personnel, local dignitaries and representatives of Cardenas Autoplex and Mazda North American Operations, Gulf Region. Three 1st-3rd runner up prizes were also awarded. Sophia Jimenez, 9th grade, Hanna HS, won a Microsoft Surface tablet; Aguilar Trejo, 12th grade, Porter HS, won Dr Dre Beats; and Jose Moreno, 11th grade, Pace High School, won Dr Dre Beats.