A new ride

Incarnate Word Academy students are enjoying a new school bus, the result of an effort by more than 100 IWA community members during the 2017 Super Bowl in Houston. Pictured (from left) are students Jade Cao, Kaethe Habenstein-Leal, Olivia Ochoa and Isabella Altman. For the past eight years, Incarnate Word Academy’s Athletic Booster Club has kept a partnership with Aramark, the food services and merchandising company that serves NRG Stadium. Aramark invited Incarnate Word Academy student-athletes and their families to volunteer for a return of a portion of the profits. In total, 37 IWA students worked the Super Bowl event with their families and coaches from 6:30 a.m. until midnight that night – an 18-hour day. Volunteers folded inventory, assisted customers, and checked out the excited fans. IWA graduate Chrysta Joy Jaucian said, “I wanted to leave my own little mark by helping to contribute to the ‘super bus’ effort. It was a great experience, and hearing the crowd roar at the final touchdown was a memory that I’ll never forget.”

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