Lifestyle

Punctuality, preparedness, and professionalism are attributes essential for success in any career. The field of education also requires patience, empathy, adaptability, a passion for learning and leadership, fortitude, integrity, and a love of people.
VC Assistant Principal Christine Dubois embodies those admirable qualities and more. She has influenced thousands of students, faculty, and parents.

Over a decade ago, a bright, ambitious 13-year-old named Clavern Adams stood out at J.H. Williams Middle School. As Student of the Year, he expressed a dream to one day become an engineer, driven by his love for math and a hunger for challenge. Today, that young man is a college graduate with a degree in electrical engineering—proof that hard work, focus, and belief can turn dreams into reality.
But the journey wasn’t easy.

ERATH — Jessica Duhon and MaKayla Vice have been named as the recipients of the 2025 Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship.
Duhon and Vice are both seniors at Erath High School.
The award is named in honor of Shelby Cormier, who along with his wife, Betty, founded the Erath Softball League in 1971. Betty Cormier created the Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship after her husband passed away in 2002.