[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ripping Springs High senior Grace Baxter has been selected as the 2017 AXA Achievement Award winner for the state of Texas. In addition to $10,000 in scholarship money that Baxter will receive, Dripping Springs High School will receive a $1,000 grant to use toward staff professional development activities.
Criteria to win a state award, or be selected as an “AXA Achiever,” is to possess four key qualities. Those include ambition and drive, determination to set and reach goals, respect for self, family and community, and ability to succeed in college.
Baxter started “Center of the Plate,” a local non-profit with the mission of providing animal protein to families in need in the Dripping Springs community.
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