EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)— Eastwood Knolls International School social studies teacher Paula Perales and Eastwood High School sophomore Danity Martinez are preparing for the trip of a lifetime.
This summer, they’ll be traveling to Washington, D.C., and Normandy, France, as part of the 2026 Albert H. Small Normandy Institute. The duo was among 15 student-teacher pairs selected nationwide. They are the only ones selected from Texas and the entire Southwest.
They’ll participate in an intensive college-level study of the Normandy Campaign of 1944. They’ve already started working on research and participating in lectures…