21-05-2025
Arkansas High student wins free car for perfect attendance
TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) – It pays to have perfect attendance.
'I mean, that's where our future leaders are coming from: in school right now, ' said Susan Robbins, owner and Operator of Robbins Toyota.
During their 3rd annual Attend and Win Giveaway, Robbins Toyota gave away a brand new 2025 Corolla to a student who had perfect attendance for their entire senior year.
'Not everybody is going to have the best score or be the best student in the class, and you don't have to be, you just have to show up, and like I said, to get to where you need to go, half of the battle is showing up,' said Robbins.
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Samantha Lopez Castro was the lucky winner out of a dozen other students in the Texarkana area who qualified.
'I feel like all the effort I put into school this year has been worth it, after all. Even through the moments that I thought to give up and just not go to school, I knew this would be for me, and it means a lot,' said Samantha.
Samantha's family and the members of Arkansas High who came out to support her said it was nice to see her get recognition of this magnitude.
'She is an amazing student and she is so very deserving of this award and this honor, and that car, it's just all the hard work paying off,' said Arkansas High Senior Principal, Lekia Jones.
There were also drawings for a MacBook and an iPad, and every student who had perfect attendance received a $100 gift card. Samantha plans to use her car to attend UAHT and major in either art or psychology.
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