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Excellence in Education Exemplified

ongratulations to Dr. Kimberly Martin, Principal
of Galena Park High School, for winning the
C2022 H-E-B Excellence in Education Secondary
Principal award!

On Saturday, April 30, H-E-B announced the state
winners at the 20 annual H-E-B Excellence in Education
th
Awards Ceremony during a banquet in Austin, Texas. At
the ceremony, H-E-B Chief Executive Officer, Howard
Butt III, presented awards to educators, campuses,
and school districts throughout the state of Texas. Dr. Dr. Kimberly Martin
Martin was named the Secondary Principal winner and Principal - Galena Park High School
received a $10,000 cash award for herself and a $25,000 grant for Galena Park High School.

“The thing I keep at the center of my heart, my mind and every decision I make is to treat
every child like they are my own. I think that helps us do the right thing for everybody’s child
and the right thing isn’t always easy. Sometimes we have to make really difficult decisions, we
have to love on the kids, and we have to support teachers,” Dr. Martin said in an interview
with H-E-B. “In the end, if we treat each human being like they belong we can make great
changes.”

Since the H-E-B Excellence in Education program’s inception in 2002, H-E-B has awarded more
than $13 million in funding to benefit outstanding Texas public schools, school boards, early
childhood facilities, teachers, and principals.

Congratulations, Dr. Martin! Galena Park ISD is lucky to have you.