{"id":1330,"date":"2013-05-27T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T16:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2013-05-27T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T16:53:42","slug":"lfhs-presented-inspiration-award-by-college-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"LFHS Presented Inspiration Award by College Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Fresnos High School has been named a 2013 Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award school by the College Board for providing low-income students with the support they need to succeed academically.<\/p>\n<p>College Board representatives will present the award to Los Fresnos High School at a celebratory event at 9 a.m. Tuesday on the school\u2019s campus attended by administrators, faculty, students, parents, and community leaders.<\/p>\n<p>One of only three high schools nationwide to receive the award in 2013, Los Fresnos High School will receive a $25,000 award to apply toward programs that encourage more students to attend college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extraordinary work done by teachers and administrators at Los Fresnos High School to ensure that each of their students succeeds truly embodies the spirit of the Inspiration Awards,\u201d said Peter Negroni, senior vice president of relationship\u00a0development at the College Board.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" alt=\"8738518071_e813207bec_o\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738518071_e813207bec_o.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738518071_e813207bec_o.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738518071_e813207bec_o-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738518071_e813207bec_o-405x263.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738518071_e813207bec_o-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough a large majority of their students come from low-income families, last spring Los Fresnos High School educators celebrated as more than 90 percent of their graduating seniors went on to attend college. Their efforts demonstrate that with access to rigorous academic opportunities, every student can achieve at a high level. The College Board is proud to recognize the achievements of Los Fresnos High School with a 2013 Inspiration Award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1339\" alt=\"8738470603_dbd0c0b3d5_o\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738470603_dbd0c0b3d5_o-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/>Awards Reflect Importance of Access to Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created by former College Board President Gaston Caperton in 2001, the Inspiration Awards honor high schools that help expand access to higher education by providing students with rigorous academic offerings and innovative college-preparation programs. Selected by a panel of higher education faculty from across the country, winning high schools demonstrate significant and consistent growth in the number of students taking honors and college-level courses and in the percentage of seniors accepted to two- or four-year colleges.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award-winning schools do much more than meet basic eligibility requirements: They are selected for their innovative ability to inspire student success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1340 aligncenter\" alt=\"8738443033_696a04a426_o\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738443033_696a04a426_o.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738443033_696a04a426_o.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738443033_696a04a426_o-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738443033_696a04a426_o-405x268.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/8738443033_696a04a426_o-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Fresnos High School has been named a 2013 Gaston Caperton Inspiration Award school by the College Board for providing low-income students with the support they need to succeed academically. College Board representatives will present the award to Los Fresnos High School at a celebratory event at 9 a.m. Tuesday on the school\u2019s campus attended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lfcisd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}