Amarillo, Texas Students Get Recognized

It is an awesome opportunity to see students in my local community get awards for their hard work and efforts. Recently, there were a few local Amarillo, Texas and surrounding area students who were given good citizen awards and scholarships.

The Esther McCrory of Daughters of the American Revolution is promoting these scholarships through their annual Good Citizen Awards program.

Students had to write essays on their American heritage and their responsibility for preserving it: "What is the Greatest Challenge We Face in America Today?"

Every high school in the Amarillo area was invited to submit their most deserving senior's essay.

Schools that participated this year included Amarillo High, Canyon High, Palo Duro High, Randall High, Caprock High, Tascosa High and Claude High schools.

Scholarship money and awards were presented to the top three winners. The first-place winner was Andrew Riekenberg from Tascosa High School, second-place winner was Justin Reyna of Caprock High school and third-place winner was Alexis Allison of Amarillo High School.

There were also other outstanding students who were recognized which included Lauren Redwine of Claude High, Patrick Esposito of Randall High, Taryn Schenk of Canyon High and Demi Trang Hoang of Palo Duro High.