Matthew Wilkes and Richard Smith were the lucky students whose names were selected in a drawing to win scholarships in the amount of $611, to pay the out-of-district tuition and fees for two three-hour classes offered by San Antonio College at Smithson Valley High School.
Wilkes and Smith are among the 82 students who have registered so far for fall classes. Students may continue to register by phone or web through August 13 or in late registration on campus August 17-20.
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Radio-TV-Film major Matthew Wilkes (center) is one of two students who won $611 in a drawing to pay out-of-district tuition and fees for two three-hour classes offered by San Antonio College at Smithson Valley High School this fall semester. Psychology major Richard Smith, not picutred, also received a scholar ship in the drawing. Wilkes joins Helen Torres, Director of Distance Education, and Charlie Cantu, community representative, who congratulated him. Photo by Isabel Castaneda
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"We are happy to be in your community," said Helen Torres, SAC Director of Distance Education. She said San Antonio College plans to expand courses at Smithson Valley High School for the spring semester. Community representative Charlie Cantu also congratulated the students and said they "are the success story of the future."
Matthew Wilkes, 21, is a Radio-TV-Film major who transferred to San Antonio College from Northwest Vista College. Richard Smith, 43, on the Negotiations Team for the Comal County Sheriff's Office, is majoring in psychology at SAC and plans to transfer to Texas State University-San Marcos.
Classes offered this fall at Smithson Valley High School include English, government, math, history, psychology, and Spanish. To take classes, students should bring official high school or college transcripts to the Admissions Office, take the Accuplacer Text (call 733-2305 to schedule), visit with a counselor, register, and pay tuition and fees.
For more information on how to register for Fall 2005 SAC classes at Smithson Valley High School, call the Distance Education Office at 733-2045 or 733-2181, or go to www.accd.edu/sac/online. Fall 2005 classes begin August 22, 2005.
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