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Graduations end a successful 2016-17
The graduation ceremonies of Byron Nelson and Northwest yesterday ended another successful school year! Northwest ISD graduated about 1,400 students this year (
click here for graduation photos), and those students amassed more than $34 million in scholarship offers.
In addition to their academic successes, students also saw success in both athletics and fine arts, as well as other extracurricular activities. A total of 60 students signed letters of intent to play collegiate sports, and Northwest ISD's fine arts programs saw numerous accolades, including recent theatre wins at the Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Theatre Awards and the Betty Lynn Buckley Awards.
Those are just some of the accomplishments seen by the district this year, however. Listed below are a few of the accolades received by students, staff and schools for 2016-17. To see a full list of recent accolades,
click here.
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- Byron Nelson High School senior Gabrielle Williams was a National Merit Semifinalist. The honor means she was among the top 1 percent, based on score, of students in the U.S. who took the test.
- The number of Northwest ISD students earning National Merit recognition doubled from 13 to 26.
- Three Northwest ISD students and one team qualified for the 2017 UIL Academic State Meet. Eaton High School's Nathan Newton (current issues) and Taylor Glissman (editorial writing) qualified for the meet, as did Byron Nelson's Hannah Stauss (poetry interpretation). Eaton's current issues team also qualified for the meet.
- A Destination Imagination team from Chisholm Trail Middle School placed eighth at the Global Finals in its event. Teams from Medlin Middle School and Thompson Elementary School also qualified for the Global Finals, which saw the best teams from around the world compete in problem-solving challenges.
- The Academy of Business Management & Entrepreneurship, housed at Eaton, qualified 15 students (seen above) to participate in the International Career Development Conference.
- A Pike Middle School robotics team qualified for the Texas Computer Education Association's State Robotics Contest for the second straight year. The team (composed of Alex Earnhart, Claire Johnson, Matthew Pope, Caleb Skeem and Charlie Smith) advanced with a robot that folds laundry.
- Northwest High School's NHSTV was named the top student-run live show in the Southwest U.S. for the second consecutive year.
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- As of May 2017, 60 Northwest ISD student-athletes have signed to play collegiate sports, including 31 Northwest High School students and 29 Byron Nelson High School students.
- Three Northwest ISD students (seen above) earned medals at the 2017 Track & Field State Meet, and two of those students became state champions. Byron Nelson's Sanaa Barnes (6A girls high jump) and Northwest's Caden McDonald (6A boys discus throw) earned gold, while Eaton's Allyn Tyer (5A girls pole vault) earned bronze.
- Five wrestlers earned medals at the 2017 UIL Wrestling State Tournament, and one became state champion. Eaton's Kiylie Delgado and Mattison Parker earned bronze medals in their classifications, as did Northwest's Schon Ausman and Andrena Carter. Northwest's Mike Kumlien became a state champion in the 132-pound boys classification.
- Northwest's boys basketball team advanced to the UIL Basketball State Tournament for the first time ever. The team won district, area and regional championships on its way to state.
- Byron Nelson's softball team was tops in the nation for team GPA for the fourth consecutive year. The team had a weighted GPA of 4.916, as recognized by the National Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association.
- Eaton's girls soccer and softball teams became the school's first team playoff qualifiers despite the school still lacking a senior class and playing in a district where every other school has all four grade levels.
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Fine Arts Accomplishments
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School & Staff Accomplishments
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Northwest ISD
P.O. Box 77070 Fort Worth, TX 76177
Phone 817-215-0000 Fax 817-215-0170
An equal opportunity district
NISD is not responsible for content on external websites.
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