Nellie Ponikvar, Socorro Independent School District Director of Fine Arts, was named the 2008 Music Administrator of the Year by the Texas Music Administrators Conference. She was selected among the 10,000 plus music educators from across the state for this honor. The Texas Music Educators Association will present her with the “2006-07 Texas Music Administrator of the Year” award in February during the association’s annual conference.
Ponikvar has been leading the SISD Fine Arts Department since 2001. She oversees band, choir, orchestra, piano, guitar, art, theater, mariachi, Academic Decathlon and all UIL academic competitions. The SISD Fine Arts Department impacts more than half of SISD’s 39,805 student population.
“I was in total shock for two days. This is the biggest honor I’ve ever received,” said Ponikvar. “This is the first time the award has been given to fine arts director in the El Paso area. This honor shows that they are recognizing programs in the El Paso area and that we are competitive on the state level.”
"This is a great honor for Nellie and Socorro ISD. Our students are the ones who are benefitting from her hard work and dedication. She devotes her time and energy to build a Fine Arts program that is being recognized and on par with any in this state," said Mary Benham, Interim Superintendent.
article was useless. I wanted to know how they are selected not who was!!!! ;(
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