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The Veterans Memorial High School graduat-ing class of 2016 will

get their diplomas on June 2, at the McAllen Convention Center. The commencement ceremony will officially be-gin at 2:00 p.m. The seniors will enter with the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.”

The VMHS JROTC will do the presentation of col-ors. Tomas Alejandro Gar-cia will lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance. Vanes-sa Michelle Cano Ortiz will sing the National Anthem. Hannabeth Raschel Medina will provide an invocation, followed by the official wel-come by Feliciano Escobe-do. VMHS principal, Ange-lina V. Garcia will introduce special guests in attendance.

There will be three ad-dresses during the program. The first will be by, Dr. Ri-

cardo López, superintendent of schools. Rene Alberto Olivarez will give the saluta-tory address, followed by the valedictory address by Hec-tor Luis Iglesias.

Superintendent Ricardo López will provide the of-

The Mission High School graduating class of 2016 will get

their diplomas on June 2, at the McAllen Convention Center. The commencement ceremony will officially be-gin at 9:00 a.m. The seniors will enter with the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.”

Ricardo Yruegas will lead the presentation of colors. Gabriel Gonzalez will lead everyone in the Pledge of Al-legiance. The Mission High School Choir will sing the National Anthem. Alejandra Karima Reyna will provide an invocation, followed by the official welcome by Ana-hi Farideh Barajas. Carlos Gabriel Garcia will intro-duce special guests in atten-dance.

Jin Hui Gao will give the salutatory address, followed by the valedictory address

by Katherine Nicole McK-enna.

Ricardo López, superin-tendent of schools, will pro-vide the official certification of graduates and an address to the graduates. The Mis-sion CISD Board of Trustees

Four years of firsts will end for Mission Col-legiate High School

when the class of 2016 gets their diplomas on June 2, at the McAllen Convention Center. The commencement ceremony will officially be-gin at 6:30 p.m. The seniors will enter with the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.”

Barbara Ramirez will lead the presentation of colors. Jennifer Kearns will lead ev-eryone in the Pledge of Alle-giance. Josue Prestigue will present the Vision Statement. Jose Garcia will provide an invocation, followed by the official welcome by Jennifer Gracia. Cesar Cervantes will introduce special guests in

attendance. There will be three ad-

dresses during the program.

Katherine Nicole McK-enna is the Mission High School class

of 2016 valedictorian. She is the daughter of Michael McKenna and Sandy Davis.

McKenna plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin this fall. She plans on majoring in aerospace engi-neering. Her summer plans include relaxing with family and attending orientation op-portunities at UT.

Beyond her studies, McK-enna’s senior year has also included TCEA Robotics, Lego FIRST Robotics, UIL, BPA, National Honor So-ciety and church activities. McKenna said she is looking forward to a little more inde-pendence as she set off for college but knows she will miss her family and the Val-ley culture while gone.

The valedictorian’s ad-vice to next year’s seniors is to not procrastinate, but not get in too big of a rush either. She says it is the last school year you get to be a “child” and they should enjoy it.

This year’s Mission High School salutatorian is Jin H. Gao. He is the son of Kehe Gao and Rui Huang. Gao will be joining McKenna at the University of Texas at Austin. Electrical engineer-ing is where he plans to focus his studies.

Gao said he would like to work for Space X and is looking for internship oppor-tunities, specifically with that company. Spending some

time fishing and UT orienta-tion are some of the activities he knows will take up some of his summer plans.

The salutatorian’s senior year activities included the two robotics programs on campus, BPA, National Hon-or Society, Student Council and UIL. He says he is most looking forward to the study-abroad opportunities he plans to pursue while at UT, and seeing what the college

meal plans are like. Gao said that next year’s

seniors should plan their year wisely, and to apply to as many colleges as they can. Mission High School in general and its teachers are among the things he knows he will miss this fall.

Alejandra Karima Reyna is the third ranking student at Mission High School. She is the daughter of Gauden-

Hector Luis Iglesias is the Veterans Memo-rial High School class

of 2016 valedictorian. He is the son of Leticia and Hector Iglesias. Hector plans to at-tend the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology this fall. His chosen major is electri-cal engineering and com-puter science. Iglesias said he also plans to explore the possibility of a second ma-jor in math. Before heading to MIT, he plans to continue working at Mathnasium and studying.

The valedictorian’s senior year activities include robot-ics, SeaPerch, Masterminds, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, BPA and Sci-ence Bowl.

Iglesias said he is looking forward to meeting people from all over the world at MIT, and the opportunity to explore areas of the north-eastern part of the country. However, he said he knows he is going to miss being around his family.

Iglesias’s advice to the seniors of 2017 is to not pro-crastinate, especially on col-lege related items.

This year’s Veterans Memorial High School sa-lutatorian is Rene Alberto Olivarez. Rene is the son of Anna and Orlando Olivarez. He will also be heading for the northeastern part of the

country for college; he will be attending Yale University where he plans to major in biochemistry and then pur-sue law school. Olivarez’s summer plans include relax-ing, spending time with fam-ily and perhaps a summer session at college.

His senior year activities include FFA, student coun-cil, HOSA, UIL, robotics, SeaPerch, National Honor Society, Science Bowl and Mu Alpha Theta.

The salutatorian said he is going to miss his fami-ly time and the high school routine when he goes north, but is looking forward to the new activities that will be available to him at college. He also said he is looking forward to exploring nearby

areas of the northeastern part of the country.

Olivarez said next year’s seniors should plan to do as much as possible with what is left of their time in high school. It can be stressful, he said, but it is worth it.

Feliciano Escobedo is the third ranking student in the Veterans Memorial High School class of 2016. Escobe-do is the son of Brenda and Armando Sandoval. He will be joining classmate, Hector at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology, where he plans on pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. Es-cobedo’s summer will likely include time relaxing, a trip abroad and continuing some of his church-related volun-

teer work. The third ranked student’s

activities this school year include UIL, HOSA, BPA, SeaPerch, Science Bowl, National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. He said he is excited about meeting new people from all over the world at college and the op-portunities that will come for exploring other areas of that part of the country. Family and friends are what he said he knows he is going to miss the most.

Escobedo said seniors next year should plan on being involved in activities both in and out of school, and to make memories for themselves. He also advises them to find time to relax in the process.

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Recognizing excellence in education

Mission CISD Graduation Edition

Top three students of Mission Collegiate HS make college plans

Dr Lopez offers grads wise councel

Your efforts and dis-tinctions have made it another banner year

for our renowned school district. Your competitive drive, parental upbringing and world-class pre-K-12 schooling experience will be the catalyst of future success-es in your new life chapter.

This graduating class has students accepted to Ivy League schools such as Yale, Stanford, Harvard and MIT, Top Tier Universities that encompass Rice, UT Aus-tin, and Texas A&M, and local champions attending UTRGV and STC.

Still, others have accept-ed the call to serve our great nation in the ranks of the

military. The 2016 class has competed and placed in nu-merous academic, athletic

SuperintendentRicardo López

See SUPERINTENDENT 3B

Bianca Rodriguez is the first student to earn the title of valedictorian

at Mission Collegiate High School. She is the daughter of Brenda Luna.

Rodriguez will be head-ing off the Harvard Universi-ty this fall. While she has not made a final decision about a major just yet, she does have her sights set on attending law school after earning her bachelor’s degree. She said she hopes to find a job for the summer to help pay some of her college expenses.

The valedictorian’s senior year activities include Na-tional Honor Society, partici-pating in the Girl Power Ral-ly, soccer and cross-country running. She said she is looking forward to being in-dependent and being on her own, but that it also scared her a little. She said the thought of being a part of a larger university community was very appealing.

Bianca said being a part of the first graduating class at MCHS has been a mixed

blessing in that they have been the Guinea pigs, but that being a trailblazer has been enjoyable. She indicat-ed she is going to miss pret-ty much everything about MCHS and the culture of the school. Her main piece of ad-vice for the seniors of 2017 is to fight senioritis.

The first salutatorian for Mission Collegiate High School is Joselyne Rodri-guez. She is the daughter of Aracely Cantu. This fall,

Joselyne will travel up the highway to attend school at the University of Texas-San Antonio. There, she plans to study mechanical engineer-ing. She said she is leaning toward being a professor or going into the space industry. Studying math will be a part of her summer activities.

National Honor Society and various volunteer ac-tivities have helped keep her busy this senior year. Joselyne said being a part

of the first graduating class at MCHS has been the best experience and that she feels like she is a part of a family due to the special bonds that have been created. While she may miss that in the fall, she is looking forward to the whole college experience and being on her own.

To the seniors of 2017, her advice includes the chal-lenge to make everything count, to work hard and to

Valedictorian Bianca Rodriguez

Salutatorian Joselyne Rodriguez

Third Ranking Jose Garcia

Mission High’s top 3 to attend top Texas universities

Valedictorian Katherine Nicole McKenna

Salutatorian Jin Hui Gao

Third Ranking Alejandra Karima Reyna

VMHS top 3 head to the northeast for college

Valedictorian Hector Luis Iglesias

Salutatorian Rene Alberto Olivarez

Third Ranking Feliciano Escobedo

PrincipalOrlando Farias

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PrincipalEdilberto Flores

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PrincipalAngelina V. Garcia

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MCHS commencement to be held on June 2

MHS commencement at Convention Center

VMHS seniors to graduate on June 2

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When commence-ment ceremonies are held for the

high schools of Mission CISD on June 2. More than 100 graduates will already be career-ready upon their grad-uation. These 153 students took advantage of programs offered through the district’s Career Technical Education Program to earn professional certifications.

The programs are made available to Mission CISD students through partner-ships with South Texas Col-

lege. In many cases, these certificates not only qualify the students for profession-al-level jobs, but also serve as a direct pathway to higher degrees and certifications.

The Mission CISD stu-dents graduating with pro-fessional certifications in-clude: 117 for multimedia specialist, 11 for patient care assistant, 17 for structural welding and 8 for precision manufacturing technology. Mission CISD anticipates this number will continue to grow next year as other pro-

grams bear fruit for the first time next school year.

The district also provides opportunities for students to work toward other profes-sional certifications offered through state and national professional organizations and agencies. That number won’t be available for anoth-er couple of weeks as grades and certification exam re-sults come in. In the past, this has topped 600 business and industry related certifi-cations earned by Mission CISD graduates.

153 students earn professional certificates through STC

Pictured are students in their South Texas College caps and gowns that they will wear at STC commencement ceremonies this month for earning professional certifications.

Left to right are: Eric De Leon, Katherine McKenna, Jin Gao.

A total of 10 students at Mission High School earned AP Scholar

Awards in recognition of their exceptional achieve-ment on AP (Advanced Placement) exams.

The College Board’s Ad-vanced Placement Program provides motivated and ac-ademically prepared stu-dents with the opportunity to take rigorous, college-level courses while still in high

school and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful perfor-mance on the AP exams.

Three students earned the AP Scholar with Honor Award by receiving an av-erage score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of the exams. The three students are seniors Jin Gao and Katherine McKen-na, and Violeta Rivera from

the class of 2015. Seven students qualified

for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholar in the current senior class is Eric De Leon. The AP Schol-ars from the class of 2015 are: Xavier Alonzo, Jose Calderon, Edelmiro Garcia, Luis Gonzalez, Eri Longoria, Jasmin Vega.

MHS students earn AP Scholar Awards

Two students from the Mission High School Future Business Lead-

ers of America Chapter advanced to national com-petitions based upon their performance at the recent Texas FBLA State Lead-ership Conference held in Houston. The FBLA Nation-al Leadership Conference will be held in Atlanta, Geor-gia in June.

Yvette Cazares placed fourth in the word processing competition. This event con-

sists of two parts: a one-hour exam consisting of objec-tive-type questions related to the application knowledge of word processing concepts, and a one-hour production test. Cazares was also named who’s who in Texas FBLA.

Gerardo Hernandez placed fourth in the database design competition. This event consists of two parts: a one-hour online exam consisting of objective-type questions related to the ap-plications knowledge of da-

tabase design and application concepts, and a one-hour production test.

A total of eight members of the MHS FBLA competed at the state level. The mem-bers were: Diego Bustillos, Rebeca Gomez, Ja Reta-Cor-doba, Dante Rodriguez, Mar-co Silva and Pedro Silva.

FBLA is a national orga-nization for high school stu-dents preparing for careers in business occupations.

Pictured are Yvette Cazares and Gerardo Hernandez with their awards received at the Texas FBLA State Leadership Conference.

MHS FBLA students advance to national competition

Mission High School inducted a number of new members

into the National Honor So-ciety this spring. During the induction ceremony, gradu-ating seniors were also given their NHS stoles that will be worn during commencement ceremonies on June 2.

New members induct-ed include: Sandra Damaris Abrego Rodriguez, Anyssa Nichole Aguilar, Cesia Ma-dai Alfaro, Julissa Arianna Alvarez, Abraham Arroyo, Enez Balderas, Maximo Briones, Elizabeth Bustil-los, Brayan Jesus Canchola, Victor Manuel Cano, En-rique Cantu, Ruben Arturo Cantu, Sebastian Carrillo, Lonnie Marie Castanon, Jo-

selly Coronado, Natalie De-leon, Xavian Flores, Laryssa Fuentes, Brittaney Gamboa, Jasmine Gamino, Nallely Gamino, Gabriela Garcia, Jesus Garcia, Samantha Gar-cia, Alixiz Garza, Alyssa M. Garza, Clarissa Garza, Shari Gomez, Anniela Gonzalez, Tyresse Lopez, Diego Mar-quez, Alejandro Martinez, Jesus Martinez, Lizeth Mar-tinez, Perla Perez, Maria Pruneda, Kristian Reyna, Eliza Salinas, Jose Salinas, Kenya Salinas, Alyssa San-chez, Leslie Soto, Moseis Vela, Serina Villarreal, Oscar Ybarra, Alma Zamora.

Juniors receiving their service pins include: Saman-tha Alaniz, Ryan Aparicio, Christopher Barboza, Rox-

anna Cortes, Rizalyn DeLa Torre, Charleen Fuentes, Leslie Galindo, Edgar Garza, Perla Hernandez, Leah Ler-ma, Giselle Ponce, Kimberly Ramon, Samantha Reyna, Juan Rodriguez, Marcela Rodriguez, Victor Romero, Litzy Vivas Manzanares.

Seniors receiving the stoles include: Sarah Can-tu, Yvette Cazarez, Eric De Leon, Jin Gao, Chelsea Mar-tinez, Katherine McKenna, Alejandra Reyna, Dante Ro-driguez, Kazzandra Rodri-guez, Marco Silva, Ricardo Yruegas, Maxine Rodriguez, Jacklyn Ramirez, Stefanie Flores.

MHS National Honor Society inducts new members

Mission High School senior Jin Gao was invited to represent the state at the Certifport 2015 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship held in Orlando, Florida. Gao was

invited as a result of his excellent score and time for a qualifying Microsoft Office Excel 2013 Certification Exam.

At the U.S. National Championship, one student per competition track is named the U.S. Na-tional Champion and advances to the MOS World Championship competition.

MHS senior qualifies for national Microsoft competition

The Mission High School DECA chapter had 14 students ad-

vance to state competitions in San Antonio, Texa. The students are advancing based on their performance at the recent DECA District 1 com-petition.

Students that advanced

to the state competition are: Juan Garza, Emily Barragon, buying and merchandising operations research; Saman-tha Alaniz, Daniella Gonza-lez, Joanna Montantes, sports and entertainment research; Alexis Gonzalez, Daniella Lopez, community service project; Yvette Cazares,

Kimberly Guerrero, Ashley Martinez, entrepreneurship innovation plan; Jeremiah Logan Gutierrez, Stephanie Galaviz, Melissa Carrillo, fashion merchandising pro-motional plan; Christopher Barboza, sports and enter-tainment promotional plan.

MHS DECA students advance to state competition

Pictured are MHS DECA Chapter members at the recent district competition. On the front row, from left to right are: Joanna Montantes, Luisa Dominguez, Daniella Gonzalez, Samantha Alaniz, Stephanie Galaviz, Melissa Carrillo, Emily Barragon, Juan Garza. On the back row, from

left to right are: Jose J.J. Gaitan, Ashley Martinez, Kimberly Guerrero, Yvette Cazares, Alexis Gonzalez, Daniella Lopez, Christopher Barboza, Jeremiah Logan Gutierrez, Samantha Banda,

Erika Balderas.

and fine art competitions at the state and national levels. You set a new bar for future graduating classes to aspire towards.

Yet, in our district legacy we have a first — Mission Collegiate Early College High School, a two-time na-tionally recognized campus, will have their first graduat-ing class with a vast majority of their students receiving an associates degree. These graduating classes of 2016 are truly leaders of Texas and our nation. Charge on!

In Mission CISD we play to win. Your academic pre-paredness for college, ca-reers and life will give you the needed training and tools to compete with anyone in the nation at the highest lev-els. Although you have the foundation to succeed in ev-ery endeavor, I want to share words of advice to keep you grounded to allow you to make all your dreams come

true. The first is to be passion-

ate with every task you do. When you put love and posi-tive energy into anything you do, life is significantly more enjoyable. You wake up ener-gized and inspired and filled with contagious energy that inspires others. This inspira-tion fosters and transforms the mundane tasks to cele-brated undertakings. Passion separates the extraordinary from the ordinary. Those with passion prosper.

The second truth is to al-ways be you. There is only one you and you must be comfortable in your own skin. You have special gifts and talents that the world will see; do not worry about what others think or say. Their doubts may be their way of keeping your great-ness from shining through. The only way to shine is by being yourself and believ-ing in the gifts you have. In

Mission CISD, we honor and love you for the real you. Stay true to yourself.

Finally, always do what is right and ethical. It is easy to get trapped by peer pres-sure, especially when adults are no longer closely moni-toring your behavior. Adult-hood carries freedom but with freedom comes more responsibility. Use mature decision-making in all your career and life choices, and when in doubt, we will be here for you.

On behalf of the Mission CISD Board of Trustees and more than 2,000 education employees, we salute the graduating class of 2016. We are proud of your past accomplishments and look forward to relishing in your future ones. Congratulations, and best wishes on your bright future.

Dr. Ricardo López, proud Superintendent of Schools

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The Mission CISD Board of Trustees hosted its annual Mis-

sion Academic Excellence Awards Banquet March 24. This banquet and award hon-ors the top 5 percent of the senior classes from Mission Collegiate High School, Mission High School and Veterans Memorial High School. The board members recognize each student indi-vidually.

In addition to honoring the top seniors, each student honoree invites an educator who has been important in their lives to honor as well.

The Mission Academic Excellence Award recipients from Mission Collegiate High School are: Jose Alon-so Garcia, Jennifer Theresa Chan Kearns, Kenya Natalie Oyervides, Bianca Ianelli Rodriguez, Joselyne Rodri-

guez. The Mission Academic

Excellence Award recipients from Mission High School are: Anahi Farideh Bara-jas, Sarah Katherine Cantu, Yvette Aileen Cazares, Eric Roberto De Leon, Stefanie Florez, Jin Hui Gao, Car-los Gabriel Garcia, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jeselle Aleisha Gonzalez, Chelsea Valeria Martinez, Katherine Nicole McKenna, Israel Perez III, Alejandra Karima Reyna, Ashley Nichole Rivera, Dan-te Rodriguez, Kazzandra Ro-driguez, Maxine Rodriguez, Marco Aaron Silva, Pedro Eduardo Silva, Ricardo Yruegas.

The Mission Academic Excellence Award recipients from Veterans Memorial High School are: Brittany Nicole Bazaldua, Saman-tha Elise Diaz, Jennifer Eli-

zondo, Feliciano Escobedo, Karina Elena Farias, Tomas Alejandro Garcia, Sophia Urbana Garza, Mariah Re-nee Gonzalez, Daniela Ale-jandra Guzman, Hector Luis Iglesias, Fernanda Alejandra Marrero, John Paul Martinez, Hannabeth Raschel Medina, Ixtaccihuatl Hortencia Obre-gon, Rene Alberto Olivarez, Valeria Taciana Osocrio De La Cruz, Benjamin Isaac Rodriguez, Hanna Georgene Salinas, Joaida Tornes, An-drea Abigail Uribe, Marco Antonio Urive, Lorena Es-tevany Vasquez.

The guest speaker for the event was Samantha Ramirez. She is a 2006 Vet-erans Memorial High School graduate and recipient of this award. Ramirez is currently a lecturer at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Pictured are the 2016 Mission Academic Excellence Award recipients after receiving their awards.

Mission CISD honors thetop students in the classes of 2016

A total of 14 students at Veterans Memorial High School earned

AP Scholar Awards in rec-ognition of their exception-al achievement on AP (Ad-vanced Placement) exams.

The College Board’s Ad-vanced Placement Program provides motivated and ac-ademically prepared stu-dents with the opportunity to take rigorous, college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful per-formance on the AP exams. The College Board recogniz-es several levels of achieve-ment, based on students’ per-formances on AP exams.

One student qualified

for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of the exams. Darius Davis, from the class of 2015, was named a National AP Schol-ar.

Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Dis-tinction Award. This is grant-ed to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams. The four students are: cur-rent VMHS seniors Feliciano Escobedo, Hector Iglesias, Rene Olivarez; and Darius Davis from the class of 2015.

Current senior, Tomas

Garcia, qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award. This is earned by receiving an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of the exams.

Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completed three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. Junior, Isaac Martinez and senior, Aimee Villarreal have earned the AP Scholar Award. Mem-bers of the class of 2015 who also earned this award include: Noel Barsenas, Jai-me Bazaldua, Henry Davis, Judith Haro, Jacqueline Mar-tinez, Ted Rodriguez, Lee Sanchez.

VMHS students earn AP Scholar AwardsPictured counter-clockwise are: Isaac Martinez, Aimee Villarreal,

Feliciano Escobedo, Hector Iglesias, Rene Olivarez, Tomas Garcia.

Rene Olivarez, a grad-uating senior at Vet-erans Memorial High

School, was named one of 689 semifinalists in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 4,700 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2016.

Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Pro-gram, now in its 52nd year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artis-tic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character, and involvement in commu-nity and school activities.

A distinguished panel of educators have reviewed submissions and select-ed 689 semifinalists. The commission on Presidential Scholars, a group of up to 32 eminent citizens appointed by the President, will select the finalist. The U.S. De-partment of Education will

announce the Scholars in later in May. Scholars will be invited to Washington, DC for several days in June to receive the Presidential Scholars Medallion at a rec-ognition ceremony and to

participate in events and ac-tivities.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was estab-lished in 1964 by Executive Order of the President to rec-ognize some of our nation’s most distinguished graduat-ing seniors for their accom-plishments in many areas:

academic success, leader-ship, and service to school and community. It was ex-panded in 1979 to recog-nize students demonstrating exceptional scholarship and talent in the visual, creative, and performing arts.

In 2015, the program was expanded once again to recognize students who demonstrate ability and ac-complishment in career and technical fields. Annually, up to 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars are chosen from among that year’s senior class, representing excel-lence in education and the promise of greatness in America’s youth. All Schol-ars are invited to Washing-ton, DC in June for the Na-tional Recognition Program, featuring various events and enrichment activities and culminating in the presen-tation of the PResidential Scholars Medallion during a White House-sponsored cer-emony.

VMHS senior named semifinalist in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program

Veterans Memorial High School student Rene Oliva-rez placed sixth in the nation at the 2016 Business Profes-sionals of America National Leadership Conference held recently in Boston, MA. Ol-ivarez competed in the ex-temporaneous speech events. After advancing to the finals of the national competition,

he placed at sixth in the na-tion after the results were re-leased.

In order to compete at the national conference, students must be a registered BPA member in good standing and compete in a regional and state level workplace skills assessment program. Oliva-rez placed first in the regional

competitions and second at the state competition, qualify-ing him for nationals.

BPA is the leading Career and Technical Student Orga-nization for students pursuing careers in business manage-ment, office administration, information technology and other related career fields.

VMHS student placed in top ten at national competition

Veterans Memorial High School junior Mirna Rodriguez will be spending a few days at Princ-eton University this summer learning more about journalism from reporters from some of the

nation’s leading news organizations. Rodriguez, a VMHS GEAR UP student, has been selected to attend the Princeton University Summer Journalism Program in Princeton, New Jersey. Over 350 students from around the

country applied for the program. Only 38 were selected to participate. The summer program will be an intensive, 10-day seminar on journalism. The program’s goal is to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding students to

pursue careers in journalism. Reporters and editors from The New York Times, The Washing-ton Post, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Time Magazine, The Daily Beast, CNN, NPR

and other media outlets teach classes.

VMHS student selected for Princeton journalism program

enjoy it because it really the best year of high school, in her opinion.

The third ranking student at Mission Collegiate High School is Jose Garcia. He is the son of Dinora Duran.

Psychology is what Gar-cia plans to focus on when he begins classes at the Uni-versity of Texas Rio Grande Valley this fall. Prior to that,

Garcia hopes to have a part-time summer job. Journal-ism, UIL and National Hon-or Society are some of the extra activities he has been involved in during his senior year.

Garcia said he is going to miss the environment created at MCHS and the people of the school. He enjoyed how they became like a family

and set history for the school. However, the third rank stu-dent indicated he is looking forward to working on his major in college and getting a step closer to his goals.

He warns next year’s se-niors to have fun, but start working on college applica-tions as soon as school starts.

cio and Dora Reyna. This fall, Reyna will head off to College Station, to attend Texas A&M University where she plans to major in the Bio-Medical Sciences in preparation for medical school, while also possibly getting a second major in business. She sees herself becoming a psychiatrist.

Before heading for Col-lege Station, Reyna said she

hopes to work as a hospital volunteer at Rio Grande Re-gional Hospital. Her senior year activities have included: band, BPA, National Honor Society, DECA, Environ-mental Club and community volunteer work that included time at Palm Valley Animal Shelter.

Time management is something she said seniors need to focus on as they be-

gin their final year in high school. She said it is import-ant to stay on top of every-thing and to avoid slacking off toward the end of the year.

While she knows she will miss seeing everyone every day at Mission High School, she is looking forward to the freedoms that come with go-ing to college.

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2015-2016 Board of TrusteesSeated: Roy Vela, Board Member; Petra B. Ramirez, Board

Member; Ricardo López, Superintendent; Veronica R. Men-doza, Board Member. Standing: Minnie R. Rodgers, Board

Member; Patricia O’Caña-Olivarez, President; Patty Rivera; J.C. Avila, Secretary.

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The first will be by Superin-tendent of Schools Ricardo López, the salutatory address will be given by Joselyne Rodriguez, followed by the valedictory address by Bian-ca Rodriguez.

López will provide the official certification of grad-uates, after which, the mem-bers of the class of 2016 will be awarded their diplomas by the Mission CISD Board of Trustees.

Jean Gonzalez will lead the tassel ceremony, fol-lowed by a special presenta-tion by Kenya Overvides.

John Espinoza will pro-vide a benediction.

The graduates will depart to “War March of the Priest.”

Cosmetology students from Veterans Me-morial High School

returned from the state Skill-sUSA competitions in Cor-pus Christi with quite a few ribbons. In the area of job exhibits, 32 students earned first place. Two others earned second place.

Students earning first place were: Korayma Alba, Laura Arellano, Andrea Be-

navides, Jose Castaneda, Samantha Cuellar, Emily Dominguez, Karla Ferro, Kimberly Garcia, Ayla Gon-zalez, Jazmin Lara, Bryanna Melendez, Klarissa Melen-dez, Kayla Montelongo, Ma-rina Ochoa Lopez, Jazmin Padilla, Giselle Trevino, Judith Adame, Nicole Del Bosque, Nathalie Duran, Re-becca Garza, Amanda Guer-rero, Alejandra Martinez,

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VMHS cosmetology students earn top prizes for job exhibits

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Mission High School

Veterans Memorial High School

Abrego, Liaundra MareeAcosta, Clara

Acosta, Rene GerardoAguilar, Anndrea

Aguilar, Yajaira Yaneth Aguirre Leal, Rusbel Eduardo

Alaniz, Marcus AlejandroAlaniz, Reymundo Jr.Alcantara, Eduardo

Alfaro, Roberto GuadalupeAlonzo, Juan Alberto Jr.

Alvarez, Angel Santana Alvarez, Otoniel Jr.

Anguiano, CeciliaArellano, Guadalupe

Arguello, Luis EnriqueArias, William Anthony

Atilano, Isabel AnahiAvalos, Leonardo DanielAvalos, Tania Guadalupe

Ayala, David AngelBalderas, Emara

Banuelos, Linda LianBarajas, Anahi FaridehBarrera, Angela Marie

Barrera, Briseyda YarelyBecerra, Raymundo IIIBecho, Amy VanessaBeltran, Keyla Isamar

Beltran, Mario AlbertoBetancourt, Bianca Maribel

Bonilla, Jesus AlejandroBorrego, Don Carlos Jr.

Brewer, Amy LayloniBriceno, Juana Maria

Briones, RodrigoBustillos, Diego EribertoCacique, Martin Oviel Jr.

Cadena, AshleyCalvillo, Eduardo Josue

Camacho, Shellby MarieCanizalez, Adan Jr.

Cantu, Abdiel AristeoCantu, Abi

Cantu, Brandon AaronCantu, Brian

Cantu, BrianaCantu, Cyana

Cantu, Jesus ArnoldoCantu, Joel Jr.

Cantu, Jorge GuadalupeCantu, Juan Antonio

Cantu, ManuelCantu, Sarah Katherine

Cantu, Vianey JanieCapitanachi Martinez, Mariana

Cardenas, Raul AntonioCardoza, Josefina YvetteCardoza, Teresa AnnetteCarmona, Cuauhtemoc

Carrillo, Alfredo Jr.Carrizales, Aimee

Casas, Juan Antonio

Casillas, Rosa IselaCastaneda, Diego

Castellanos, PatrickCastillo, Iris Vianey

Castorena Garza, Gustavo Her-minio

Castro Alanis, Cristian AlexisCatete, Ricardo

Cavazos Tijerina, Carlos AlanCazares, Yvette Aileen

Cedillo, Rebecca PaulinaCeledon, Ashley Marie Cerda,

Joseph Andrew Cerda, Karla MariaChaires, Francisco Javier Jr.

Chang, Kevin RivasChapa, Kassandra

Chapa, Michael LeeColunga, Juan Eduardo Compean,

Able GeneConde, Sonia

Contreras, DominiqueContreras, Jaciel

Contreras, MelissaCortez, Israel

Cortez, Kevin EduardoCruz, Jaime

Cuellar, Emiro Miguel Jr.Cuellar, Juan Javier Jr.

Cuevas, Anahi Davila, Israel Aaron Jr.De La Cruz, Jose Luis

De La Cruz, Sergio Alberto Jr.De La Fuente, Luis Guillermo

De Leon, BrandonDe Leon, Briana EliseDe Leon, Eric RobertoDe Leon, Julie Lizette

De Leon Barrientos, Joan Jonathan

Diaz, Alexis SamanthaDiaz, Ashly Marie

Diaz, David AnthonyDiaz, Marleen

Diaz, Moises Jr.Diaz De Leon, Raquel

Duron Esparza, Genaro Escobedo, Mariano Alejandro

Escobedo Briceno, Evelyn Espinosa, Mirza Yaneth

Espinoza, AngelaEsquivel, Jorge

Esquivel, Samantha MarieEstrada, Maria Celeste Farias,

Alexandra NicoleFarias, Brittney MoniqueFlores, Ashley Alexandra

Flores, DavidFlores, Javier Jr.

Flores, Joshhua LeeFlores, Trent Rowen

Flores, Yamilett Florez, Stefanie

Franco, Isaac Jesus

Fregozo, SydneyFuentes, DesiraeGaitan, Jose Juan

Gamez, Alejandra MichelleGamino, Marco Antonio

Gao, Jin HuiGarcia, Carlos Gabriel Jr.

Garcia, EvelynGarcia, Jamie Annel

Garcia, Javier AlejandroGarcia, Jesus Angel

Garcia, Marc AnthonyGarcia, Ninette

Garcia, Robert JordanGarcia, Vanessa Guadalupe

Garza, AlondraGarza, Brandon

Garza, Brandon AdalbertoGarza, Emberly LynnGarza, Heather AnnGarza, Humberto Jr.

Garza, IvanGarza, Larissa Marilinda

Garza, LeslieGarza, Samuel Lucas

Garza-Salinas, Karla YulissaGill, Myra LynnGomez, Jazmin Gomez, Jose Jr.

Gomez, Jose LuisGomez, RebecaGonzalez, Alba

Gonzalez, AngelaGonzalez, Argelio III

Gonzalez, Gabriel Gonzalez, Gerardo

Gonzalez, Jeselle AleishaGonzalez, Monica Marie

Gonzalez, Rene Guadalupe Jr.Gonzalez, Rosa Isabel

Gonzalez, SabrinaGonzalez Chavez, Jesus Antonio

Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jayline Gonzalez-Cantu, Joaquin Gerardo

Gracia, ArelyGreen, Caitlin JustineGuerra, Eric Anthony

Guerra, VictoriaGuerrero, Jose Espetacion

Guerrero, Nicolas ReymundoGutierrez, Ana Isabel

Gutierrez, Jose IsmaelGutierrez, Raul Guzman, Isaiah Guzman, Ismael

Hernandez, Gerardo Barcenas Hernandez, Gloria Lizette

Hernandez, Israel IIIHernandez, Luis Fernando

Hernandez, Stephanie JoannaHernandez, Yvette Yvonne

Hernandez Rodriguez, Jairo Hinojosa, Saul Alfonso

Ibanez-Mafle, Eva KasandraIbarra, Enrique

Juarez, Jennifer AyleenLopez, Erick

Lopez, Isaac AllenLopez, Juan Adrian Jr.Lopez, Lorenzo Alexis

Lozano Arrona, Jeyser SahirelMadden, Michelle Katherine

Maldonado, Kayla SharizeMaldonado, Valeria Karina

Mares, JonathanMartinez, Alexis Marie

Martinez, Cassandra MichelleMartinez, Chelsea Valeria

Martinez, Geovanni FranciscoMartinez, Jesus Javier

Martinez, KimberlyMartinez, Ricardo Jr.

Mateo, Osvaldo Mathew IIIMcKenna, Katherine Nicole

Medina De La Cruz, Marco ArgelioMelchor, Zaid Guadalupe

Mendoza, Carlos Jr.Mendoza, Kaylin Alexia

Mercado, AndrewMetayer, Mayisha Amide

Mireles, Jose EduardoMolina, Jeanette Marie

Moncada, Jonathan DanielMonjaras, Lizbet

Monreal, Daniel AlejandroMontoya, GerardoMora, Kayla Denise

Mora, PatriciaMorales, Henry Felix

Moreno, EstefaniaMoreno, Javier Jr.

Muñiz, Jorge AlbertoMuñiz, Kayla Anahi

Muñoz, CelesteNavarro, Deanne Yesenia

Nevarez, NataliaOlivarez, Alyssa Renee Olvera,

Juan Horacio Jr.Olvera, Marcus

Olvera, Victoria JaylinOlvera Lopez, Briceyda Carolina

Orozco, Issac ReyOrtiz, Cassandra

Ortiz, Gabriel IsiahOrtiz, Jose Reynaldo Jr.

Osorio, FernandoOvalle, Margarita

Ovando, Kevin SiulOviedo, Abel Caleb

Paez, StephaniePalacios, Sheila Merelyn

Palafox, JonathanPedraza, Jacqueline Alejandra

Pedraza, Vanessa MariePeña, Christopher Joseph

Peña, Jose Luis Jr.

Peña, Luis FranciscoPeña, Saul Ines

Pequeño, BenjaminPerez, Anahi Zanet

Perez, Israel IIIPerez, Johaanne

Perez, Jorge DaniloPerez, Julissa

Perez, Rey LevidPerez, Sharit AlejandraPiña, Enrique Federico

Placensia, Jose EduardoPonce, Luis Gabriel

Ponce, Maya LyzetteQuezada, Rigoberto

Ramirez, Brandon LeeRamirez, Gilberto Jr.

Ramirez, JacklynRamirez, Jose

Ramirez, RobertoRamirez Guzman, Erick Ramos, Mark Anthony

Raymundo, Anthonie ElexisRaymundo, Nayelly Michelle

Reta, Ana FabiolaReta, Jasmine MarieReta Cordoba, Jay

Reyes, Carlos EduardoReyes, Steve Alexander

Reyes Rodriguez, YakelineReyna, Alejandra Karima

Rios, Isaac LeeRios, Joseph Dominic

Rivas, Tiana LeeRivera, Ashley Nichole

Rivera, Israel OrionRocha, Joshua Aldaihr

Rodriguez, Andrea DominiqueRodriguez, Daniel Santos

Rodriguez, DanteRodriguez, Erika

Rodriguez, Irvin AlanRodriguez, Jacob Matthew

Rodriguez, JavierRodriguez, Julissa

Rodriguez, KarinnaRodriguez, Kazzandra

Rodriguez, Marta AliciaRodriguez, Maxine

Rodriguez, Oscar EvanRodriguez, RandyRodriguez, Robert

Rodriguez, Zayda YanellieRodriguez-Torres, Guadalupe

Rojas, Cesar EduardoRoldan Valdez, Gerson Roberto

Rosa, William IsmaelRosado, Karen

Ruiz, Martha JaileneSaenz, MarisolSaenz, Oscar

Saiz, April NicoleSalas, Alejandro

Salazar, Juan Enrique IIISaldana, Jake Nathaniel

Salinas, Benito Jr.Salinas, Cristobal Jr.

Salinas, DanielSalinas, Jorge Luis

Salinas, Jose Alfredo Jr.Salinas, Oscar AlbinoSalinas, Sayra Aimee

Samaniego, Anthony ChristopherSanchez, Crystal Del Carmen

Sanchez, Jasmin AliciaSanchez, Ruby Ann

Sanchez Medrano, Katty SugeySandoval, Cassandra Lee

Sandoval, ChristopherSauceda, Valeria Stephanie

Saucedo Vega, JesusSegovia, Ricardo

Segovia Sanchez, Joseph AlbertoServin, Rita ElisaSilva, Adrian Jr.

Silva, Daisy DaniellaSilva, Damian Lee

Silva, Jackeline LizethSilva, Marco Aaron

Silva, Pedro EduardoSital, Matthew Solis, Mateo III

Tamez, Jose EglerTorres, Cassandra Cristal

Torres Martinez, Alan RonaldoTovar, FernandoTrevino, Janea

Turrubiates, EmilioUrbina Bocanegra, Angeles

MalenyUribe, Eden Matthew

Vargas, AlexandriaVasquez, Audrey Vasquez, Bianney

Vasquez, Dominique Nicolet Vasquez, Juan Manuel Vasquez,

Lucero AbigailVazquez Espinosa, Keila Yafely

Vela, ClarissaVela, Francisco Jr.

Vela, YulissaVenecia, Christopher Anthony

Villa Guillen, Karla MelissaVillanueva, Antoinette Villarreal,

AliciaVillarreal, Daniel

Villarreal, JannellyVillasana, Jose LuisYarzabal, Cassandra

Yruegas, RicardoZapata, Katlyn NicoleZavala, Juan Manuel

Adame Garza, Janssen VianeyAdame Garza, Jenniffer lvanery

Adame Garza, Luis AndresAdame, Christian AlbertoAdame, Judith ArianethAdams, Susana Pattricia

Adan, Radian Amadeus-VanAguilar Torres, Nancy

Aguirre, AdrianAlanis Salinas, Adrian

Alaniz, Ashley DanielleAlaniz, Brandi KayAlaniz, Leslie Ann

Alaniz, ZenaidaAlcaraz, Justine Dean Jarabelo

Alfaro-fornue, Carla EstefaniAlmendarez, Maria Angelica

Alonzo, Brianna KaitheAlvarez, MoniqueAndis, Kimberly Jo

Anguiano Jr., MoisesAnguiano, Cristian Jiovanni

Angulo Contreras, Raquel NohemiArredondo, Brandon Fred

Arvizu, David SantiagoAscencion, Marcus Arian

Aviles, Starlyn EvelynAyala, Michael Jonathon

Barradas, Gomez, Jose AntonioBarragan, Frida Carina

Barrera, Bryanna JanessaBarron-Flores, Dana SaraiBazaldua, Brittany Nicole

Bazan Jr., DavidBazan, Jesse AlexanderBekong,Vincent Makia

Beltran, Michael AnthonyBlanco, Klarissa MarielBledsoe, Megan KelseyBocanegra, Sofia Loren

Bonilla, VanessaBorrego, Lindsey VannetteBourbois, Jacqueline Rose

Brown, Paula ElizabethCabrera Jr., HugoCabrera, Marcos

Calzada Rojas, Bryan EduardoCampa, Jacobo

Campos, Karla NicoleCano Ortiz, Vanessa Michelle

Cantu, Bryana ElyssaCantu, Kaylen

Cantu, Matthew LucCarbajal VillaGomez, Fabiola

Cardenas, JonathanCasares, Brianna Alexa

Castillo Puente, Miguel AngelCastillo, Elder Jusal

Castillo, Francisco JavierCastillo, Julianna AlexisCastillo, Kareena Rubii

Castro Gonzalez, Youri AntonioCastro, Ricardo

Cavazos, Alondra JasmineCavazos, Maria Leticia

Cazares, Priscilla VanessaCeballos Jr., Juan AntonioCisneros, Dominique Irene

Contreras, Christian MichaelCorpus, Kevin Dax

Cortez, AnallelyCruz, DiegoCruz, Pricila

Cuellar, Brittany RoseDavidson, Alyssa Victoria

Davila Jr., JoseDe La Cruz, Genesis Ayleen

De La Garza, Michael AndrewDe La Garza, Susanna Crystal

De Leon, JordanDe Ochoa, Jose Ricardo

Del Bosque, NicoleDelgado, Osvaldo

Diaz Alonso, Jose Ricardo Emanuel

Diaz, Darren ReneDiaz, Samantha Elise

Duran, Nathalie lridianDuran-Garcia Jr., Jorge

Elizondo, Christian SantiagoElizondo, Jennifer

Escalante, Alan EduardoEscareno, Victor HugoEscobedo Jr., FelicianoEspino, Aleyda Noemi

Espinoza, AdrianFajardo, Victoria

Farias, Isabella AnisFarias, Jeselle Sky

Farias, Karina ElenaFarias, Miranda Nicole

Flores Gonzalez, Julia MarthaFlores Zaragoza, Karime Josette

Flores, Adrian RayFlores, Brandon PatrickFlores, Noah AnthonyFlores, Paola BereniceFlores, Tomas Antonio

Flores, Valeria SofiaFranco, Clarissa

Galindo Jr., Joel AnthonyGallegos, Daniel Julian

Garcia Huerta, Elma YussethGarcia Jr., Fernando Guadalupe

Garcia Jr., GerardoGarcia Jr., Ramiro Ozvaldo

Garcia Rivas, Elizabeth MarlenGarcia Silva, Mario Alonso

Garcia, Alondra LeeGarcia, Crystal Brianna

Garcia, FabianGarcia, Isaac

Garcia, Isaac IvanGarcia, Isaiah Lee

Garcia, Israel RicardoGarcia, Jonathan Andrew

Garcia, Karina AimeeGarcia, Kevin Eli

Garcia, Kevin EmeryGarcia, Maria De Lourdes

Garcia, Marlene GuadalupeGarcia, Roxanne

Garcia, Tomas AlejandroGarcia, Vanessa Lizette

Garza III, PedroGarza Jr., Samuel

Garza, Erick DamianGarza, Juan Jose

Garza, Lazaro AdrianGarza, Maria DoloresGarza, Oscar DanielGarza, Rebecca Isela

Garza, Rhianna LynetteGarza, Sophia UrbanaGarza, Valeria YazminGarza-Millan, JacobGomez Falcon, Jose

Gomez, Joshua AnthonyGomez, Joshua Nicholas

Gonzalez Jr., EzequielGonzalez Sanchez, David Filiberto

Gonzalez, AlexisGonzalez, Bernando

Gonzalez, Genessis AbigailGonzalez, Lynda GracielaGonzalez, Mariah ReneeGonzalez, Martin Aaron

Gonzalez, RubyGonzalez, Samantha Elaine

Govea Carrizales, MoisesGracia, Jose Alberto

Guajardo, Alyssa NicoleGuajardo, Matthew Thomas

Guerra Jr., CarlosGuerra, FabianGuerra, Mirian

Guerrero, AmandaGuerrero, Andreana

Guerrero, EliseoGuerrero, Jacobo Alejandro

Guerrero, Matthew JacobGuerrero, Phillip AnthonyGuevara, DeAndra Aleksis

Gutierrez, Anthony RayGutierrez, Atzhiry

Gutierrez, Diego EdwardoGuzman, Daniela AlejandraGuzman, Dominique Renee

Hernandez Alvarez, GiovanniHernandez Jr., Sergio Alejandro

Hernandez Moreno, Damian Emmanuel

Hernandez Zavala, Allan FernandoHernandez, Alejandro Andres

Hernandez, Alyssa LyselleHernandez, Brandon

Hernandez, Jaime ArmandoHernandez, Myrka

Hernandez, Roman M

Holguin, NathanielIglesias, Hector Luis

Juarez Picena, Zalma RosalbaKaufman, Colton Leroy

Lara IV, PedroLara, Eder Emanuel

Leal, EddieLeija, Irving

Lerma, Gabrielle MarieLicerio, Nyla Linette

Liebano Rosales, Kevin GabrielLira, Gabriel Ivan

Little, Anthony RandolphLopez Jr., AnthonyLopez Jr., Gilberto

Lopez Jr., JaimeLopez Sifuentes, Carlos Yelineek

Lopez, Ashley NicoleLopez, Daniel Gil

Lozano, Amanda LamarLozano, Johnny ReneLozano, Luis AntonioLugo, Adrienne Emily

Luna, DanielLuna, Daniel Scott

Madrigal, Carlos AlejandroMagallanes, Victoria Eliza

Maldonado, RoxanneMaldonado, Saffron Alexis

Marrero Hi, Fernanda AlejandraMarroquin, Natalie Ann

Martinez Gonzalez, Kevin Ale-jandro

Martinez Hernandez, AlejandraMartinez Tovar, Ilse PatriciaMartinez, Adrian Alexander

Martinez, John PaulMartinez, Vanessa Guadalupe

Mata, Clarissa AileenMata, Michelle Andrea

Mayorga Martinez, Luis FernandoMcCoy, Stephanie Fay

Medina, Hannabeth RaschelMendiola, Marco Antonio

Mendoza, CassandraMercado Jr., Carlos JavierMercado, Amanda Marie

Miguel, JazmineMilam, Haley Jo

Miranda, Brianna ShakiraMispagel, Sylvia Elizabeth

Morales, AimeeMorales, Miranda Marie

Moreno Del Angel, Jose EduardoMoreno, Daniel Lorenzo

Moreno, Jacqueline AyssaMoreno, Valorie NicoleMorua, Daniela Lizeth

Munguia Jr., DanielMunguia, Joseph Joel

Muniz, Sarai AreliNava, Roberto

Nino, Rolando Oziel

Noble, Ryan AllenNunez Tijerina, Ana Cecilia

Nunez, LeonardoObregon, lxtaccihuatl Hortencia

Ocanas, Julian EduardoOchoa Gonzalez, Cristian Abel

Ochoa, Alesandra JoniqueOchoa, Jovan Isaiah

Olea, LorenaOlivares Hernandez, Eduardo

Olivarez, Rene AlbertoOlvera, Calista AleksandriaOntiveros, Elizabeth Kriel

Ordonez, Jackelyn ChrystalOrtega, Jose Angel

Osorio De La Cruz, Valeria TacianaPacheco, Cassandra Elena

Palmas, Leslie MarielPena Garcia, KarismaPena III, Oscar Elias

Pena, Edgar AntonioPeralez, lzabella AlanaPerez, Alexandra UritPerez, Angel Salomon

Perez, Hector IsaacPerez, Krista Lynn

Platas, JohnnyPonce De Leon, Sabrina

Puga Villarreal, Sofia AydeeQuintanilla III, Daniel

Quintero, CristianRamirez, Javier

Ramos, Esteban ElijahRangel, Dianey

Reyes, Alejandro ReneReyes, Brandon LeeReyes, Josie Annette

Reyna, Christina ReneeRios, Daisy NicoleRivera, Rosa Arlen

Rivera, Victoria ReneeRocha Escobedo, San Juana

Rocha, Janet BereniseRocha, Jorge Valente

Rocha-Escobedo, RudyRodriguez Jr., Dario

Rodriguez, Benjamin IsaacRodriguez, Isaac Matthew

Rodriguez, Isela MarieRodriguez, JavierRodriguez, Juan

Rodriguez, Katia AlyssaRodriguez, Stormi Lexi

Romero Gonzalez, YamiletRomero, Samantha Cecilia

Rosales, Gilberto AaronRosales, Jeremy Alexzander

Ruiz Jr., SantiagoRuiz, Brandon

Saenz, Ryan NathenSalazar, Karla Arely

Salazar, Laura KarinaSaldivar, Maricela Abigail

Salgado Ochoa, Norma AliciaSalinas III, Israel

Salinas, Hannah GeorgeneSalinas, Jose Manuel

Salinas, JuleSalinas, Nathan

Salinas, Priscilla RenaySalinas, Sara Henid

Salinas, ValeriaSanchez Garcia, Alexis Yael

Sanchez, AlejandroSanchez, David Anthony

Sanchez, Jordyn ElizabethSanchez, Katherine Clarice

Sanchez, Luis AlbertoSanchez, Scout EathanSantana, Julio Damian

Schmidt, John ScottSepulveda, GerardoSerna, Brenda Lee

Sierra, Vanessa YanethSilva, Christian DavidSilva, Rosa Angelica

Smith, Ashley Kyla LemaeSolis, Cristian Eduardo

Solis, Jose SalvadorSoliz, Alondra

Soto Jr., Juan ManuelStuart, Mark William

Tijerina, MeyraTinajero, Justin

Tornes Cabrera, JoaidaTorres, Reanna Alexis

Torrez, MelissaTovar, Robert Andrew

Trevino, Desiray NicoleTrevino, Ronalda

Urbano Jr., Mario EstebanUribe, Andrea Abigail

Urive Jr., Marco AntonioValdez Villegas, Valeria

Valdez, Alfredo ChristobalValdez, Madeline Ridge

Valle Roman, Francisca PatriciaVasquez, Lizbeth

Vasquez, Lorenah EstevanyVasquez, Martin Jose

Vazquez, IsabelVega, Blanca Imelda

Vela Carlos, Oscar KristianVela, Kyana

Vela, Michael AnthonyVelasquez, Michael Alexander

Velez, Jasmine BiridianaVera Jr., Jose Ivan

Villalpando II, Reyes IsraelVillanueva, Ramon Ivan

Villarreal Jr., EdgarVillarreal, Aimee

Villarreal, Esmeralda AlexandraVillegas, Christopher Jordan

Walzer, Rachel GabrieleYerena, Rodolfo AngelZambrano, Jose Aaron

Texas Scholars

Mission Collegiate High SchoolChristian Alexis AlanizAmanda Lee AlonzoLeonardo Anguiano

Francisco AnicetoKarlee Elizabeth Brooks

Carlos Cesar CejaCesar Cervantes AlvarezEstefani Isabel Chavez

Alexa ColungaEsmeralda Conde

Hunter Lee De La GarzaJose Manuel De Leon

Enrique ElizondoJosephine Paola EspinoJohn Anthony Espinoza

Jose Guadalupe Espinoza

Adrian Daniel FraideAdan Gallardo

Sergio Itzair Gamboa CamposJuan Gamez

Andrea GarciaJasmine Giovanni Garcia

Jose Alonso GarciaMarc Anthony GarciaAlyssa Gabriela Garza

Esperanza GarzaGloria Yahaira Garza

Leonel GarzaSharon Myra Garza

Dayana Carolina Garza GonzalezAlessa Jazmin GonzalezCosmo Josue Gonzalez

Estefany GonzalezJean Carlos GonzalezJuan Carlos GonzalezMayshelly Gonzalez

Victor Hugo GonzalezJennifer Aylin GraciaAdrian Caleb Guerra

Miriam Giselle GuerreroRoberto Julian Gutierrez

Rodolfo GutierrezPaola Berenice Hernandez

Alejandra JimenezJennifer Theresa Chan Kearns

Gerardo Andres LopezJonathan Lee Lopez

Leonardo Maldonado

Alexandra MartinezAlexis Elizabeth MartinezMonique Marie Martinez

Jose Martin MendezGavino Isaiah Mendoza

Victor Antonio MendozaPaola Stephanie Mercado

Priscilla MolinaBrenda Yamilette Moreno

Leopoldo MorenoYesica Michel Moreno Rodriguez

Martha Arely Nava Del AngelChristian Aaron NavejarDesteny Michelle Ochoa

Lorena Marie OjedaAbigail Ortiz Dominguez

Kenya Natalie OyervidesBraulio Padron

Jesus Francisco ParraAlexis PerezJanelly Perez

Jonathan Ivan PerezKimberly Nadine Perez

Noel PerezJosue PresteguiBarbara Ramirez

Bianca Ianelli RodriguezJoselyne RodriguezJose Jesus Rosales

Martha Guadalupe SanchezJaneth Alejandra Sanchez

Hernandez

Ricardo Sanchez OrtizBryan Matthew Santos

Jaileen SilerioKimberly Silerio

Estefania Alana TorresIsmael Trevino

Zully Nazareth TrevinoRose Abigail Urive

Rudy Francisco UriveYasmine Ann Valdez

Christian Jair ValenciaCassandra Sujei Vazquez

Juan Carlos VenegasOdalys Jaqueline Venegas

Kimberly YanezKristian Nicholas Zamora

VETERANS from pg 1B

Two students from Mis-sion Collegiate High School were selected,

along with only eight oth-er high schools students, to participate in the UTRGV High School Summer Intern-ship Program, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical In-stitute.

In June, Harry Siegel and Valerie Flores will begin the

six-week program that will allow them to experience re-search at a university level, while under the mentorship of UTRGV professors.

As a part of the internship, Siegel and Flores will be re-quired to work a minimum of 25 hours a week, and be al-lowed to take one three-cred-it course at UTRGV, as long as the course does not con-

flict with their internship lab work. Upon successful com-pletion of the internship, the students will also receive a $1,200 stipend.

At the end of the six-week internship, the students will also present their findings from their completed re-search to the STEM UTRGV faculty and staff.

Pictured from left to right are the two students from MCHS selected for the UT-RGV High School Summer Internship Program, Harry Siegel and Valerie Flores.

MCHS students selected for UTRGV summer internship

Mission Collegiate High School in-ducted a number

of new members into the National Honor Society this spring. During the induction ceremony, graduating se-niors were also given their NHS stoles that will be worn during commencement cere-monies on June 2.

New members inducted include: Freddy Arredondo, Chelsie Barrientos, Kimber-ly Chapa, Evelyn Chavez,

Jahaira Gallardo, Maria Ga-mez, Valeria Garza, Adriana Gonzalez, Leslie Hernandez, Alondra Leija, Citlali Mar-tinez, Geovani Martinez, Yaired Osornio, Brenda Ran-gel, Stella Rios, Debbie Ro-driguez, Victoria Rodriguez, David Salazar, Harry Siegel, Esmeralda Trevino, Xitlaly Villanueva, Odalis Villare-al, Cristina Briceno, Valerie Flores, Brenda Garcia, Sara Gonzalez, Vivian Gutierrez, Yanairem Moreno, Doris

Sarabia. Seniors receiving their

stoles for commencement include: Cesar Cervantes, Alexa Colunga, Enrique Eli-zondo, John Espinoza, Juan Gamez, Jose Garcia, Jenni-fer Gracia, Miriam Guerrero, Jennifer Kearns, Christian Navejar, Kenya Oyervides, Braulio Padron, Barbara Ramirez, Bianca Rodriguez, Joselyne Rodriguez, Ismael Trevino.

MCHS National Honor Society inducts new members

A total of 12 students at Mission Collegiate High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recog-nition of their exceptional achievement on AP (Ad-vanced Placement) exams.

The College Board’s Ad-vanced Placement Program provides motivated and ac-ademically prepared stu-dents with the opportunity to take rigorous, college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful per-formance on the AP exams. The College Board recogniz-es several levels of achieve-ment based on students’ per-formance on AP exams.

One student qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award. This is granted to stu-dents who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams. Senior Daya-na Garza Gonzalez earned the AP Scholar with Honor

Award. Eleven students qualified

for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars in the current senior class are: Jonathan Perez, Bianca Ro-driguez, Joselyne Rodriguez,

Ismael Trevino, John Espi-noza, Monique Martinez, Christian Navejar, Kenya Oyervides. The juniors earn-ing AP Scholar Awards are: Doris Sarabia, Cristina Bris-eno, Josue Gutierrez.

Pictured on the front row from left to right are: Dayan Garza Gonzalez, Bianca Rodriguez, Cristina Briseno, Doris Sarabia.

On the middle row are: John Espinoza, Monique Martinez, Joselyn Rodriguez, Kenya Oyervides. On the back row are:

Jonathan Perez, Christian Navejar, Ismael Trevino, Josue Gutierrez.

MCHS students earn AP Scholar Awards

Sixteen students from Mission High School and Veterans Memorial High School are ready to enter the professional workforce, several weeks before they get their high school diplo-mas. The dual enrollment phlebotomy students have been working on their skills and knowledge through the program offered through the district’s partnership with South Texas College.

Their hard work paid off

this week when they came together in a computer lab to take the national phle-botomy certification exam. All the participating stu-dents passed the national exam and can now apply for jobs in any hospital or clinic to work as a certified phlebotomist. Phleboto-mists are people trained to draw blood from a patient for clinical or medical test-ing, transfusions, or dona-tions.

The certified phlebot-omists from VMHS are: Brittany Cuellar, Victoria Fajardo, Sofia Puga, Dai-sy Rios, Katia Rodriguez, Julio Santana, Rosa Silva, Michael Velazquez. The newly certified phleboto-mists from MHS are: Anaji Barajas, Myra Gill, Ge-rardo Gonzalez, Jesselle Gonzalez, Rosa Gonzalez, Alexis Martinez, Deanne Navarro, Juan Olvera.

Mission CISD phlebotomy students ready for work

Pictured are the students as they prepared to take the national phlebotomy certification exam online.

will award the members of the class of 2016 their di-plomas.

Stefanie Florez will pro-vide a benediction.

Chelsea Valeria Mar-tinez will lead the MHS “Alma Mater.”

David Flores will lead the tassel ceremony.

Dante Rodriguez will perform the senior song se-lection.

The graduates will de-part to “War March of the Priest.”

ficial certification of gradu-ates, after which, the mem-bers of the Class of 2016 will be awarded their diplo-mas by the Mission CISD Board of Trustees.

Valeria Taciana Osorio De La Cruz will provide a benediction.

The senior song selec-tion will be performed by Ashley Danielle Alaniz, Brandi Kay Alaniz, Maria Angelica Almendarez, Bry-anna Janessa Barrera, Va-nessa Michelle Cano Ortiz, Victoria Fajardo, Anthony

Lopez Jr., Adrienne Emily Lugo, Stephanie Fay Mc-Coy, Johnny Platas, Stormi Lexi Rodriguez, Mark Wil-liam Stuart, Desiray Nicole Trevino, Lizbeth Vasquez, Rachel Gabriele Walzer.

Brittany Nicole Bazaldua will lead the tas-sel ceremony.

The graduates will de-part to “War March of the Priest.”

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Mission High School and Veterans Memorial High School each had teams of students recently compete at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association state meet. This includes contests in math, calculator applica-tions, number sense and sci-ence.

MHS had 12 students compete at the state meet. The calculator application team placed ninth at the competition. The students who competed at state were: Ricardo Yruegas, calculator applications; Jin Gao, math, science; Katherine McKen-

na, math, science; Peter Sil-va, math; Tiana Rivas, math; Edgar Garza, number sense, calculator applications, math, science; Samantha Al-aniz, calculator applications; Kimberly Ramon, calculator applications; Alyssa Garza, number sense, calculator applications, math, science; Alejandro Hernandez, num-ber sense, calculator applica-tions, math, science; Enrique Elizondo, number sense, cal-culator applications, math, science; Alexander Gonza-lez, number sense, calculator applications, math, science.

VMHS had seven stu-

dents compete at the state meet. Those students were: Hector Iglesias, Kimberly Garza, Gabriel Lozoya, Kel-len Shults, Andres Vasquez, Emily Salinas, Michael Iglesias. The team placed eleventh overall. The cal-culator applications team consisting of Kimberly Gar-za, Hector Iglesias, Michael Iglesias and Emily Salinas placed seventh. Other team members placing in the top individually were: Kimber-ly Garza, Emily Salinas and Michael Iglesias.

MCISD students advance to state Math-Science competition

The members of the Veter-ans Memorial High School spelling and vocabulary team are advancing to state competition. They took first place at the regional aca-demic UIL competitions, qualifying them for the state event. Members of the VMHS spelling and vocabulary team. Left to right: Alexan-dra Galvez, Kimberly Garza, Cassandra Galvez. Kneeling

is Mirna Rodriguez.

VMHS students advance to state UIL competition


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