The 2024 Summies

Recognizing outstanding achievement in education and supporting Emergent Bilingual students across Texas.

Want to know how you can win next year?

Special Awards


Administrator of the Year Norma G. Garcia Award

Awarded to Dr. Carmen Pompa - Laredo ISD

 

Summit K12 Innovator Dr. Gina Saenz Award

Awarded to Breanne Bell - West Mesquite HS

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Awarded to Zonia Lopez - Corpus Christi ISD

 

Districts of the Year


SMALL DISTRICTS

First Place Kennedale ISD

 

Second Place Barbers Hill ISD

 

Third Place Alvardo ISD

 

Fourth Place Tornillo ISD

 

Fifth Place Hempstead ISD

 

MEDIUM DISTRICTS

First Place Corpus Christi ISD

 

Second Place Bryan ISD

 

Third Place San Felipe-Del Rio CISD

 

Fourth Place Boerne ISD

 

Fifth Place Hays ISD

 

LARGE DISTRICTS

First Place Cleveland ISD

 

Second Place Mansfield ISD

 

Third Place Goose Creek CISD

 

Fourth Place Kileen ISD

 

Fifth Place Midland ISD

 

EXTRA LARGE DISTRICTS

First Place Laredo ISD

 

Second Place Edinburg CISD

 

Third Place Richardson ISD

 

Fourth Place Ysleta ISD

 

Fifth Place Galena Park ISD

 

MEGA DISTRICTS

First Place Garland ISD

 

Second Place Fort Worth ISD

 

Third Place Mesquite ISD

 

Fourth Place United ISD

 

Fifth Place Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

 


Campuses of the Year


ELEMENTARY

First Place Jones Elementary

Midland ISD

 

Second Place Don Jose Gallego Elementary

Laredo ISD

 

Third Place Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary

United ISD

 

Fourth Place Ruben Chavira Elementary

San Felipe Del Rio CISD

 

Fifth Place Eastwood Heights Elementary

Ysleta ISD

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL

First Place North Shore Middle School

Galena Park ISD

 

Second Place Memorial Pathway Academy

Garland ISD

 

Third Place Barbers Hill Intermediate South

Barbers Hill Independent School

 

Fourth Place Boerne Middle School North

Boerne ISD

 

Fifth Place Jacksboro Middle School

Jacksboro ISD

 

HIGH SCHOOL

First Place International Newcomer Academy

Fort Worth ISD

 

Second Place Cleveland Ninth Grade Center

Cleveland ISD

 

Third Place Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy

Harlingen CISD

 

Fourth Place Harlingen High School South

Harlingen ISD

 

Fifth Place Nacogdoches High School

Nacogdoches ISD

 


Educators of the Year


ELEMENTARY

First Place Griselda Montes

Murry Fly Elementary,
Ector County ISD

 

Second Place Joanna Saavedra

Cano-Gonzalez Elementary,
Edinburg CISD

 

Third Place Maria Yanez

Garfield Elementary,
San Felipe Del Rio CISD

 

Fourth Place Deisy Trevino

Seguin Elementary,
McAllen ISD

 

Fifth Place Josephine “Josie” Razo

Marilyn Miller Language Academy,
Lakeworth ISD

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL

First Place Linda Ford

North Shore Middle School,
Galena Park ISD

 

Second Place Pam Thomas

Arthur Davila Middle School,
Bryan ISD

 

Third Place Pedro Tovar

McMicheal Middle School,
Nacogdoches ISD

 

Fourth Place Angela Means

North Shore Middle School,
Galena Park ISD

 

Fifth Place Franciso Alvarez

Reed Middle School,
Duncanville ISD

 

HIGH SCHOOL

First Place Destanie Hopkins

Cleveland Ninth Grade Center,
Cleveland ISD

 

Second Place Maritza Gomez

Nixon High School,
Laredo ISD

 

Third Place Sarah Woods

Clint High School,
Clint ISD

 

Fourth Place Olga Valdez Velez

Del Valle High School,
Ysleta ISD

 

Tied Fifth Place Veronica York

Nacogdoches High School,
Nacogdoches ISD

 

Tied Fifth Place Dr. Katherine Whitbeck

Nacogdoches High School,
Nacogdoches ISD

 

How to Prepare for Next Year

Next year's Summies will be presented at the 2025 TABE Conference and cover the 2024-25 school year.

Award winners are determined by several factors including:

  • TELPAS growth
  • Purchase and usage of all 3 components of Connect to Literacy
    • Listening-Speaking
    • Reading-Writing
    • Language Foundation Skills
  • Connect to Literacy Usage Rankings
    • Overall usage
    • Average minutes per week, per student
    • Number of Listening quizzes per student
    • Number of Speaking quizzes per student
    • Number of Reading quizzes per student
    • Number of Writing quizzes per student
  • Nominee interview