Heidl Zettl has been selected by International Leadership Network (ILN) as one of 48 students to receive recognition as a 2009 Young Achiever.  Young Achievers receive Certificates and are listed on the official www.Youngachievers.us website.  (3 of the 48 students were selected to receive special recognition as Young Achievers of the Year and $1,000 U.S. Savings Bonds. 

Heidi Zettl participates in the Gifted and Talented program at Sloan Creek.  She also participates is the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP), through Duke University.  She is on the “A” honor roll.  She enjoys chess and is a member of the Sloan Creek Chess Club as well as the United States Chess Federation (USCF).  She has placed in many chess tournaments both locally and regionally, and participates in national tournaments.  Heidi was nominated and accepted to the Lone Star Leadership Academy which she attended, June, 2009.  Heidi enjoys playing 3 musical instruments, piano, harp and cello.  Heidi has earned 6 “Superior Plus” awards for outstanding piano performance by the Plano Music Teachers Association (PMTA), and earned 3 perfect scores on PMTA’s music theory test.  She was selected to participate in the Texas State Original Composition Contest for 2008. She has participated in Jr. Friends of the Library, where the group wrote and produced a play.  Heidi enjoys history and as a member of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society (OAS), participated in the historical excavation of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma, May, 2009.  Heidi earned the Bronze Award as a Girl Scout.  She also enjoys painting and won a ribbon of “Honorable Mention” at the 2008 Texas State Fair.