September 13, 2010

Fourteen TISD Seniors Selected for
Texas Bank and Trust Board of Directors

TYLER —Texas Bank and Trust is pleased to announce the selection of 14 Tyler Independent School District seniors to serve on its 2010-2011 Student Board of Directors. A reception introducing the Student Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, September 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Bank and Trust, located at 2323 West Grande Boulevard, in Tyler. 

TB&T Student Board is a prestigious program recognizing outstanding high school seniors in the community. The students from John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools are Maria Araujo, Mickey Cheavens, Meredith Cozby, Raymond Cozby IV, Jessica Emery, Nicholas Freeman, Samantha Hudson, James Landes, Alexandra Lange, Elise Martin, Kaitlyn Martin, Jason McCloskey, Marco Retana and De'Anna Wheeler.

The Tyler ISD seniors who qualified for this year’s program join with 12 other seniors from All Saints, TK Gorman, and Grace Community Schools to make up the senior class for the TB&T program in Tyler.

The student directors will attend meetings throughout the school year where they will learn about banking, budgeting, credit, the stock market, trust and brokerage services, job interviewing, as well as serve as advisors to the bank on three areas of banking technology – the redesign of the bank’s website and the use of social media. The scheduled meeting dates for the Tyler board are September 23, November 18, February 17, and April 21.

Students were selected based on their grade point average, extra-curricular activities, and after school work activities. Students must submit an essay with their application as well as two letters of recommendation from either a faculty member or administrator from the high school the student attends to be considered for the program.

Texas Bank and Trust established the Student Board - its first and most enduring financial literacy program - in Longview in 1978.  

Since its inception, the Student Board has introduced more than 1,500 high school seniors to banking and money management at a critical point in their lives. This year, the program will continue to provide students with essential economic building blocks related to earning, spending, saving and investing money.

Students accepted into the TB&T Student Board program were notified in late May.  For information on how to participate in the 2011-2012 Student Board program, please contact Abigail Duty, Texas Bank and Trust Business Development Officer

at (903) 579-8141.