Eisenhower High Student Receives PASF Scholarship to Visit Nation’s Capitol

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The [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Pan American Student Forum of Texas has selected [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Eisenhower High School student Myriam Palacios as a scholarship recipient. Myriam will receive the organization’s Cultural Program Trip Scholarship. She and five other students from throughout the state will have the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. in March 2015. During the four-day trip, the group will tour the nation’s capitol.

Each year, PASF sponsors the trip to a selected destination. The purpose of the trip is to give students an educational and cultural experience.

Ann Crick nominated Myriam. Crick serves as Myriam’s Spanish teacher. She is excited for Myriam.

“I’m just thrilled that Myriam will have this opportunity,” said Crick. “Giving a student the chance to broaden his/her horizons is priceless education. As Mark Twain said, ‘Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness … Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.’ These trips are fabulous learning opportunities for students. I am sure this will be an unforgettable experience for Myriam.”

To qualify, students had to provide several documents. These included an application form, a letter of recommendation and an official transcript. Only juniors and seniors could qualify. The students also had to be active members of PASF as well as belong to a chapter. And they had to have one year of Spanish as a foreign language class under their belt. Nominees also had to meet many criteria including:

[ul class=”list list-arrow_blue”] [li]A standard of high academic achievement (A or B average)[/li] [li]An interest in the culture of Latin American nations[/li][/ul] [ul class=”list list-arrow_blue”] [li]A desire to practice Spanish at every opportunity[/li][/ul]

According to Crick, Myriam more than qualified for the scholarship opportunity. Myriam is in her fifth year of studying Spanish. She is also an [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]International Baccalaureate (IB) student. Myriam is currently reading and analyzing literature from Spain’s Golden Age (1500-1640).

This is not the first time an Eisenhower High School student has received a PASF Cultural Program Trip Scholarship. Before Myriam, four others also benefitted from the scholarship.

Past Eisenhower High School Recipients

2013 — Noemi Villarreal visited Washington, D.C.
2012 — Damari Espinoza visited New York City
2009 — Allen Duong visited Mexico City
2008 — Rocky Phommachanh visited Mexico City

Students who attended the trip to Washington, D.C. in 2013 visited many well-known sites. The group visited the Lincoln Memorial Building, the World War II Memorial, and George Washington University. They toured the U.S. Capitol Building, Arlington Cemetery, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The trip also included stops to the National Gallery of Art, the National Mall, the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Building, and the Mexican Cultural Institute.

While on the trip, students will have to communicate with their fellow peers and PASF board members in Spanish. They will also have the chance to practice and use their Spanish skills whenever and wherever possible.

The trip will take place before the PASF Spring Convention set for April 17-18, 2015. The PASF will hold the event at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio.