By: SH-FBISD News
Fort Bend ISD (Sept. 13, 2024) – A Fort Bend ISD alum recently won nearly $300,000 on the ABC game show Press Your Luck. Former Ridge Point High School student, Gabby Metoyer, might have gone on to win the $1 million grand prize or she might have lost everything, but she received some timely advice on stage. Gabby was allowed to bring one advisor with her, and she chose her mom who told her, “It’s time to go,” at a crucial moment when Gabby had to decide whether to press her luck or stop playing. Her mother Ermita Metoyer is a FBISD math and science educator who has taught at Sienna Crossing Elementary School for nearly 15 years. “I just wanted to reassure her that whatever she decided to do, I was with her but the whole time I was hoping she would certainly walk away,” Ermita said laughing, “because I felt she had gone there and achieved what she wanted to do.”
Gabby’s haul from the show included $199,000 in cash and $100,000 in prizes that show producers personalized especially for her – like an ultimate birthday bash to include 100 guests and a year of fitness sessions with an elite personal trainer who works with the Houston Texans. “The whole experience was amazing and even if I had lost everything it still would have been an insanely incredible experience,” Gabby said, still bubbling with enthusiasm about her show appearance months
