Annual Blood Drive

Westchester's Med Club works with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center to organize and host a blood drive each year. This year's blood drive was early in the spring semester. Through the Med Club's students and sponsor Dr. Laura Sigworth, this year's blood drive collected 72 units from 56 eligible donors.

74 donors had signed up ahead of time, and some sign up on the day of. Donors must be 17 or older and weigh at least 110lbs, or 16 with parent permission and weigh at least 122lbs. Potential donors may not be able to donate blood due to factors including iron count, recent illness, or travel to certain regions.

Boeing engineer encourages students to explore careers in science

Boeing Space Exploration mechanical engineer and Rice University outreach program co-founder Tony Castilleja Jr. encouraged hundreds of middle and high school students to help build the next-generation of spacecraft during appearances at three SBISD schools and in a community presentation.

Castilleja spoke about his own life journey and his passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during three campus talks. He spoke to 400 students at Westchester Academy for International Studies, 250 more engineering program students at Memorial High School and 200 Landrum Middle School sixth-graders. An evening public talk was also held at Spring Woods High.

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WAIS Student Wins Guitar!

From left to right:  Kevin P., James Napier,
Jordan Hudson, & Ron Hudson.

Westchester Student, Kevin P., was stunned when he won this Kona Guitar from Memorial Music!  Kevin answered the most correct answers to guitar music identification.   Westchester Academy for International Studies offers inter-semester short classes.   Kevin enrolled in "Guitar Music Around the World".    As a part of the class, the students attended a field trip to Memorial Music to hear flamenco, classical, blues, and rock guitar music.