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2025
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April
Emery Senior Cindy Sun ’25 Named Top Ten Finalist in Congressional Art Competition
Read MoreEmery Senior Cindy Sun ’25 has been named a Top Ten Finalist in the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Texas’ Seventh Congressional District. Her original piece, titled “Skyscrapers,” earned distinction among submissions from high school students throughout the district.Cindy’s artwork explores the intersection of her Chinese and American cultural identities, capturing the complexities and contrasts of growing up between two worlds.“How does the contrast between my experiences in both China and America affect my view on life in different ways?” Cindy writes in her artist statement. “Through my artwork, I explore how my two cultures interact with each other in different ways, and how the effects of the distinct identities manifest in my life. I aim to create visual juxtapositions to show how my two cultural identities contrast with each other. I depict unusual circumstances involving both Chinese and American elements to force the two cultures to collide into what represents my Asian-American identity, even if it is an awkward combination.”
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Emery's Rabbi Laura Sheinkopf Selected for ADL's Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award
ADL Southwest is honoring three outstanding Houston-area educators who fight hate and promote respect. They will receive the 2025 Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award on Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m., at Holocaust Museum Houston.Read More
The honorees are Rabbi Laura Sheinkopf, Jewish Life and Upper School Judaic Studies director at The Emery/Weiner School; Michael J. Curl, principal of Kingwood Middle School in the Humble Independent School District; and Kim Jackson, counselor at Calder Road Elementary School in the Dickinson Independent School District.
The award is presented annually to three educators for their outstanding efforts to create an atmosphere in their schools that rejects prejudice and regards diversity as a strength. The award was named in memory of beloved Holocaust survivor Walter Kase, who spent many years speaking to students about the horrors he experienced during the Holocaust, the dangers of hate and the value of love.
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RoboJags Invited to VEX IQ Robotics World Championship
Read MoreDuring the VEX IQ Robotics Competition Region Championship in March 2025, The Emery/Weiner School’s two Middle School Robotics Teams, EWS Robo-Jags (8th Grade) and EWS Robo-Jags 2 (6th/7th grades), placed 1st and 3rd, respectively, in their teamwork challenges.Having won the Teamwork Award at the Event Region Championship (the equivalent to winning a State Championship), the 8th grade team qualifies for the VEXIQ Robotics World Championship in May, where they will travel to Dallas, TX to compete with over 800 other teams from around the world at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center.
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February
Emery's Jennifer Bauer-Conley to Be Honored as TUTS 2025 Arts Educator of the Year
Read MoreLed by four-time event chair June Deadrick, the 2025 Leading Ladies Luncheon will honor Jennifer Bauer-Conley (The Emery/Weiner School) as Arts Educator of the Year.The Leading Ladies, a dynamic group of women inspired by a shared belief in the transformative power of the arts, created this luncheon to support Theatre Under The Stars’ education and community programs. The Leading Ladies, a group founded by Amy Pierce and Marsha Taylor in 2006, support TUTS through fundraising and volunteer work, inspired by a shared belief in the transformative power of the arts.
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