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November
Students of
the Month
Sandra Phan
&
Alexander Schor
Rotary chooses musicians, Sandra Phan and
Alexander Schor as students of the month Rotary members posed with the November students of the month, Sandra Phan and Alex Schor. They attended the
Rotary meeting on Thursday at The Great American Saloon.
When she isn’t busy study- spiration to work harder each She is currently taking AP Junior Alexander Schor, tennis experience to help Coach
ing the makeup of functional and every day. With every ob- Chemistry in order to prepare commonly known as Alex, is the Small in managing the girls ten-
groups like, Alcohols and Car- stacle she has faced, she sees her for her future major in other November Student of the nis team.
boxyls, Sandra Phan can be that as inspiration to over- chemistry. Her goal after col- Month. Tennis is among the many
seen studying the makeup of a come anything. lege is to become a dermatolo- With a diversity in interests, things that he does when he
piece on the piano. gist, however she also is inter- Alex does it all. He says, “The isn’t pursuing his academic ca-
Sandra Phan is one of the “My family was not ested in being a pharmaceutical key to being proficient in what- reer. His greatest accomplish-
two students that were award- well off back in Vietnam, scientist. ever work I do is balancing my ment was lettering his fresh-
ed the Rotary Club of Dallas- but some of them were Among her many academic time-management skills.” man year.
town-Red Lion’s November fortunate enough to have accomplishments, Sandra also Alex states his mother as not Tennis is not the only extra-
Student of the Month. found a way to America,” involves herself in the music only his number one support curricular that he partakes in,
Sandra is involved in a vari- she said. “My mother was world. system in everything that he he also enjoys playing in the
ety of activities, from marching one of them. She couldn’t She marches for the Red does, but as his role model as school’s guitar club. “I have
band to student council to just speak English and our Lion Marching Lions and has well. been playing guitar for about
recently, National Honor Soci- family did not have much been doing props for the musi- Alex has been involved in a year now and love playing
ety. money. She went to col- cal since freshman year. It is her Red Lion’s seminar program for mainly rock and indie genres,”
Her motivation to shine in lege to pursue a better fu- piano playing skills, however, years and meets with Mrs. Coz- said Alex.
everything that she does is ture despite the struggles that make her stand out the zens each morning before his One thing many may not
what makes her stand out. “I that she was facing. She’s most. For four years Sandra has AP Calculus class. In the future know about Alex, is that each
think the general key to being now a dental hygien- been taking lessons, and has Alex hopes to go to college and Wednesday, rain or shine, he
successful is finding the moti- ist. It is pretty amazing since passed the Pennsylvania study engineering. wakes up earlier than the rest
vation to strive for triumph,” how even through all the State Music Auditions at York Helping others is one of his of us to meet his friends at the
said Sandra. roadblocks, she accom- College twice. biggest passions. When he’s not flagpole outside of the com-
She cites her mother as not plished this much.” working hard in his AP Phys- mons. Why you ask? They all
only her role model, but her in- ics and AP Calculus classes, he gather to unify and pray togeth-
spends his time tutoring sopho- er. Alex states religion as a very
mores in chemistry. big part of his life. “God is good,”
He also uses his nine years of he says.