Points of Pride

Eanes students, teachers and schools do amazing things everyday. Here are some recent accomplishments or exciting events on EISD campuses.

Elementary Schools

• The organization Children at Risk ranked BCE among the top five elementary schools in Central Texas.
• Barton Creek was included as a high-performing campuses is a list of best public schools by Texas Monthly magazine.
• BCE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.

Bridge Point Elementary:

• BPE was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings. 
• The 2009 Eanes ISD Teacher of the Year was first-grade teacher Susan Bufkin.
• The website "schooldigger.com" ranked Bridge Point among the top 100 schools in the state out of nearly 4,000 elementary campuses.
• Two students were selected for the 2009 Lone Star Leadership Academy.
• BPE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.

• Cedar Creek was rated as an Exemplary school in the 2009 TEA ratings. 
• The District Teachers of the Year in both 2007 (Julie Lenhardt) and 2008 (Pamela Browning) were from CCE.
• Student Mallory Seidel won the highest honors in the 2009 WordMasters Challenge, becoming one of only 75 students nationwide who achieved a perfect score.
• CCE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.

• Eanes was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings. 
• The organization Children at Risk ranked EE among the top 20 elementary schools in Central Texas.
• EE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.
• Eanes Elementary is the longest continually operating school in the state of Texas.

• Forest Trail was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings. 
• Forest Trail was named to the 2009 Texas Business and Education Coalition Honor Roll.
• The website "schooldigger.com" ranked Forest Trail among the top 100 schools in the state out of nearly 4,000 elementary campuses.
• One Destination Imagination team qualified for the 2009 state finals.
• FTE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.

• Valley View was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings. 
• Two teams qualified for 2009 Destination Imagination regional competition.
• VVE was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.

Middle Schools

 Hill Country Middle School:

• Hill Country was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings.
• Hill Country was chosen as one of 10 schools in the nation by the Kennedy Center for its "On Location: Spotlight on the Community" program in spring of 2010.
• A team of eighth-graders won the FIRST Lego League Central Texas compeition.
• The organization Children at Risk ranked HCMS among the top 20 middle schools in Central Texas.
• HCMS was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.
  

West Ridge Middle School: 

• West Ridge was rated as an Exemplary school by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 ratings.
• Two Destination Imaginaiton teams qualified for the 2009 Global Finals and one took top honors.
• The organization Children at Risk ranked WRMS among the top 10 middle schools in Central Texas.
• In 2009, WRMS was named to the Texas Business and Education Coalition Honor Roll for the fourth consecutive year.
• WRMS was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.
• Student Charlotte Price won a Gold Key Award in the Scholastic Arts competition in Photography.

High School

 Westlake High School:

• Westlake High School is one of the largest high schools in the state to be rated Exemplary in the 2009 TEA ratings.
• Westlake was ranked 72nd on Newsweek magazine's list of top 100 high schools in the nation.
• The Chaparral boys' golf team captured the 2009 state championship and head coach Callan Noke was chosen as the Southwestern Region Coach of the Year by the Federation of State High School Coaches Association.
• The WHS football team advanced to the 2009 state championship game.
• Westlake received the 2009 College Readiness Award from the Texas ACT Council for increasing the number of students taking the ACT over the past five years and significantly increasing their level of achievement.
• Westlake has a school-record 32 National Merit semi-finalists in the 2009-10 competition and 35 achieved "Commended" status.
• Eight students were selected as 2009-10 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars.
•  The 2009 Chaparral volleyball team was state finalists.
• Several members of the senior class recorded perfect scores on either the ACT or SAT college entrance exams: Caroline Bennighof, Michelle Doughty (both), Erin Meyer and Alexa Witowski. All are candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholarship program.
• The 2009 El Paisano was selected as a Crown Award finalist by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
• Westlake High School was honored at the Austin Chamber of Commerce annual State of Education in Austin as having the highest "direct to college enrollment rate" of any school district in the Austin area.
• Westlake was honored with a Silver Medal by U.S. News and World report.
• Student Prianka Ghoshal was a regional finalist in the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
• WHS was included on the 2009 list of High-Performing Schools by Just 4 Kids in conjunction with the National Center for Educational Achievement.
• Chemistry teacher Denise DeMartino received the 2010 Excellence in Service Award for the Academic Assembly by The College Board.
• Language Arts teacher Valerie Taylor was selected as the recipient of the Dr. Edmund J. Farrell Lifetime Service Award sponosred by the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts.