DAR press release
Each year the Sarah Maples Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents a scholarship to a student in the Tri-County area. The process of choosing a student is long and drawn out. It goes through at least two panels of Sarah Maples members and it is so hard to choose because we would like to give one to each student.
This year the members chose Hannah Thai. Hannah is the valedictorian of the Mabank High School Class of 2013. She is the daughter of Kenny and Sim Thai. She has one sister, Eileen, who graduated from Mabank High School in 2011 and currently attends Baylor University.
Hannah has been involved in Pre-AP and AP classes during her whole high school career and has maintained a 106.328 grade point average. Hannah serves as president of the Mabank High School Beta Club, copy editor of the Mabank High School Yearbook Staff, and president of her senior class. She is also a member of the Mabank UIL Journalism team. This is her second consecutive year to advance to the regional competition, and she will compete at the state level in late May. Hannah is very involved in Art. Currently a part of the Visual Arts Gifted and Talented Program at her school, she has advanced to national on-site art competitions.
Hannah is a PSAT Commended Scholar, Quest Scholar, and also a 2012 Girls State Citizen. She was also selected to receive the Sarah Maples DAR Good Citizen Award and a TVCC Leaders of Tomorrow Finalist. She has received a Community Service Award from her school and was voted by the MHS student body as “Most Likely to Succeed.”
Hannah is a first-generation American and will be part of the first generation in her family to attend college. In the fall of 2013, Hannah plans to major in economics at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.