Eisenhower High’s TAFE Chapter Soars at State Competition

Rodríguez, Gómez and Sontchi (l-r) show off their award-winning yearbook.

Eisenhower High School’s Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) Chapter earned the Outstanding Chapter Award at the TAFE State Conference held Feb. 23-25 in San Antonio. Several Ike TAFE students also won awards at the competition.

Guadalupe Gómez, Monique Sontchi and Blanca Rodríguez took home the Blue Ribbon Award, the highest award recognition, for their TAFE chapter yearbook entry.

The Eisenhower TAFE Chapter also won first place for its “Finding N.E.M.O. (Finding New Education Majors are Outstanding)” T-shirt design.

Davidson shows off the chapter’s award-winning t-shirt design.

Other students that competed at the state competition included María Domínguez. While she scored a perfect 100 both at region and state — only one of 25 at the state level to make a perfect score — on the Education Fundamentals Test (EFT), her essay was not selected as one of the top winners.

Jennifer Hernández did not advance to the final round after she missed two questions on the EFT.

Taylor Davidson competed in TAFE Moment and Impromptu Speech Event but did not advance to the final round.

Jordy Ríos’ lesson plan advanced to state but was not chosen as one of the finalist.

Eisenhower High TAFE Chapter was also named the State Vice-President. TAFE student Guadalupe Gómez will serve as a representative when the officers go to Minnesota in April, the retreat in May and summer camp in July.

Anshawna General and Jaime Kujawa, TAFE advisors at the campus, are very thankful and proud of their students.

“We are thankful for the students’ efforts and dedication to TAFE,” said General. “They all did a wonderful job of representing our TAFE chapter.”

Below are additional images of the chapter at the state event.

María Domínguez and Jennifer Hernández at the state event.

Guadalupe Gómez shows off his medal.

The Eisenhower TAFE Chapter at the state conference.