The Calaboose African American History Museum has selected three graduating seniors of San Marcos High School to receive the Second Annual Johnnie Armstead Memorial Scholarships based on their demonstrated scholastic excellence, leadership, character and perseverance.
This year’s recipients were each awarded $500 on May 13 This year’s awardees are: Sebastian Russo, Adriana Magee and Mia Wilson.
Russo is known among his peers and teachers as thoughtful, kind and exceptionally bright. His academic pursuits have placed him as No. 1 in his class of over 400 students while being active in sports and a leader in numerous student organizations. He has interned at Texas State University since the summer of 2019 as a lab assistant in a graduate level research program where he became the first person to image a mobile RNA in a whole plant, winning many state and international science fair awards. Russo is also a caring individual and recognizes that many kids are marginalized, struggling to get by. He conceived, designed and led a group of his peers to implement a thriving mentorship program, Pathways Mentoring, where successful upperclassmen guide and support ambitious 8th to 10th graders.
