Jarrell High School Graduation 2019

Do not make your goal to be the best. ‘Best’ is a label.

It’s something someone else decides for you.

‘Better’ is more personal. ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov

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From the Staff of Jarrell ISD! Congratulations to the Jarrell High School Graduating Class of 2019, It is with great pride that we join your friends and family to congratulate you on a job well done!

During your time in Jarrell ISD, the Class of 2019 has set a high bar for excellence in academics, athletics, fine arts and community service. It has been a pleasure to watch you grow and learn, and I believe we have only just begun to witness the amazing contributions you will make for our community, our state, and our country in the years ahead.

I know that the foundation for your success begins with your parents and families who have cheered for you all these years. I encourage you to let their love and support continue to be a source of strength and resolve for you as you venture out to new horizons.

Wherever your path takes you next -- maybe college, a trade school, the armed services, or the workforce -- I encourage you to continue to pursue excellence in all you do. But above all, be excellent with integrity. Strive to make your parents and family proud, make Jarrell ISD proud, and most importantly, make yourself proud.

Once again, congratulations to the Jarrell High School Class of 2019! I wish you the best of luck.

You will always be welcome here in Jarrell.

Go Cougars!

William R. Chapman, Ed.D. Superintendent, Jarrell Independent School District

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2019 VALEDICTORIAN Parker Fitzner will be attending the University of Texas at Dallas to study engineering and play baseball.

While at JHS, he played on the Jarrell Cougar varsity baseball team for four years, JV football for two years, and ran cross country for one year. He was also a member of FCCLA, Key Club, Student Council, Interact Club, National Honor Society, and was elected Junior Class Treasurer.

Mr. Fitzner will be representing Jarrell FCCLA this summer in Anaheim, California at the National Star Event competition after placing first in region and state meets. Outside school, Parker enjoys tutoring and coaching local youth baseball teams.

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2019 SALUTATORIAN

Corinne Dundas has been a member of the Lady Cougar varsity basketball team for three years, varsity track team for four years, and ran varsity cross country for one year. She is also a member of Key Club, Student Council, FCCLA, NHS, and Interact Club. Ms. Dundas took dual credit classes during her Junior and Senior years, and classes at Austin Community College during the summer and, independently, during the school year.

She will begin her college career with more than 30 credit hours and will be a nursing major at Texas A&M University in the fall. Her goal is to obtain a Master’s degree and become a pediatric nurse practitioner.

Outside school, Corinne is an active member in the youth group at First Baptist Georgetown where she has had the opportunity to travel the country on nine different mission trips. She enjoys serving the community, and attending camps.

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STUDENT POST-GRADUATION/COLLEGE PLAN

Colleges, Universities and Services Fortunate Enough to have Jarrell Graduates!

Arizona State University Austin Community College Avenue 5 Institute Central Texas College Howard Payne University Southeastern University Southwestern Oklahoma State University Stephen F. Austin State University Tarleton State University Temple College Texas A&M Central Texas Texas A&M University Texas State Technical College Texas State University Texas Tech University The Salon Professional Academy Tyler Junior College Blinn University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Dallas West Texas A&M University United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy

Congratulations to the Class of 2019 for your aggregate scholarships in the amount of...

$960,250

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Congratulations Graduates!

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Ari Abrams

Gabriel Acosta

Tagen Adkins

Martin Aguado

Brianna Alaniz

Brett Arias

Thalia Armendariz

Matthew Arnold

Alyson Chafin

Sierra Chapa

John Clawson

Cash Colbert

Christine Collins

Osvaldo Coronel Millan

Diana Cortes

Junior Cortes Jimenez

John Ellis

Molly Estacio

Parker Fitzner

Johnny Fitzsimmons

Elizabeth Fliehs

Elizabeth Flynn

Alexandra Frieberg

Ian Fuller

Damian Hernandez

Ezekiel Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

Richard Hernandez

Elvis Hernandez-Barraza

Carissa Huntsberger

Savannajo Jacobson

Josiah James

Katelyn Lowthorp

Kelsie Marable

Jacqueline Marin

Joseline Marin

Dezurai Martinez

Kaleb Martinez

Dara Martinez Gutierrez

Caleb Maurer

Brandon Muntean

Jaden Neill

David Ortega

Roel Ortegon

Mary Patterson

Mason Peach

Chastity PeĂąa

Kaitlyn Ponce

Leslie Santiago

Spencer Santoy

Koren Shannon

Kayla Smiley

Haley Sowter

Deasia Spence Arnold

Kaley Taber

Adam Teboe

Angel Valle Campos

Nathaniel Vasquez

Leslie Villafranco

Lorenzo Villafranco

Lilly West

Brandon White

Jonathan White

Aubrey Williams

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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2019 Karla Barcenas

Kaitlin Bishop

Anthony Brown

Eliana Burwick

John Campbell

Caleb Carlisle

Kalea Casteel

Illiana Castillo

Misael Cortez Lugo

Zachary Cota

Cheyenne Cross

Carlos Cruz

Carlitos Dones

Troy Douglas

Hayden Dozier

Corinne Dundas

Lucila Garcia Urquiza

Carlos Gonzales

Angelica Grad

Delia Gutierrez

Ruby Gutierrez

Caleb Hammett

Taylor Hardin

Tyrell Harris

Alfonso Johnson

Connor Kammlah

Lori Krupp

Tyler Lambert

Reagan Lawson

Michelle Leal

Gabriela Lopez

Jaylen Lopez

Harlie McKinley

Gonzalo Medina Martinez

Jesus Mejia

Aliyah Melendez

Yvette Mellado

Kessler Mixon

Blayze Montemayor

D’Andre Montemayor

Shaun Ragsdale

Aaron Ramirez

Erika Roa

Ava Roller

Jareth Rosalez

Stormy Rubio

Joey Sadler

Mateo Sanchez

Madison Teeler

Juan Teran

Julieanna Teran

Ta’Sharvey Thompson

Elena Trevino

Victoria Trujillo

Tere Turberville

Jasmine Valle

Christopher Williams

Jacob Woolsey

James Wright

Lourdes Yanez

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What Churchill Really Said... Still Rings True Ever heard the story about the very very short commencement speech that Winston Churchill gave, in which he said, “Never ever, ever, ever give up,” and then sat down?

It never happened. On October 29, 1941, he visited Harrow School, his alma mater, and made some remarks. Included were these words: “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. We stood all alone a year ago, and to many countries it seemed that our account was closed, we were finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our School history, this part of the history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated.

“Very different is the mood today. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap. There was no flinching and no thought of giving in; and by what seemed almost a miracle to those outside these Islands, though we ourselves never doubted it, we now find ourselves in a position where I say that we can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer.”

consequences would be very unpleasant because it is certain that mankind would not agree to starve equally, and there might be some very sharp disagreements about how the last crust was to be shared. This would simplify our problem in an unduly primordial manner.

Our inheritance of well-founded slowly-conceived codes of honour, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.”

His insistence that the humanities and sciences go hand in hand is especially poignant today, as we gaze at photos from space stations, watch drones overhead and we are able to manage more and more of our lives on screens.

In 1949 Churchill was invited to deliver the keynote address at MIT’s mid-century convocation. Taking place in the middle of the Berlin Blockade, his sweeping, magnificent speech condensed fifty years of world history into a thorough and cautionary analysis of the Cold War, but, thanks to his unwavering belief that science should be used to do good, his tone remained optimistic.

In his speech, Churchill morally obligated the young scientists in his audience to apply their work toward social good, like solving world hunger: “If, with all the resources of modern science, we find ourselves unable to avert world famine, we shall all be to blame, but a peculiar responsibility would rest upon the scientists. I do not believe they will fail, but if they do, or were not allowed to succeed, the

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Class of 2019 “To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.”

—George W. Bush

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.”

—Betty Reese

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“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

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When you’re ready to leave the nest, whether it’s into the workforce or a dorm, here are some helpful tips... 1. Learn to stop snoozing. • Every time you snooze, you restart a new sleep cycle, which is interrupted every 9 minutes until you finally get up. You’re at your most rested when your first alarm goes off—the more you snooze, the worse you end up feeling. 2. Drink a WHOLE glass of water when you wake up. • Logic (and science) infer that drinking a big glass of H2O as soon as your alarm goes off helps wake your body up by re-hydrating it, which makes you feel more alert. 3. Get some daylight ASAP • Open your curtains as soon as you wake up, or better yet, actually go outside and get some sunlight. The influx of daylight tells your body that is time to be awake. Humans are hard-wired to follow an internal sleeping pattern, and daylight helps us achieve this by reducing the ‘sleepy’ hormone, melatonin. 4. Go to bed earlier • You need to sleep 7-9 hours to feel your best in the mornings. Don’t force yourself to stay up late because you can; no matter how good the show is, it will be there tomorrow.

5. Have a fun activity that you do in the mornings • Maybe finding time to watch an episode of something will make extended mornings more appealing than, say, getting up early to go for a run. Try waking up a little earlier each day, or just dive in and give yourself an extra hour. Remember, you’ll feel worse if you go back to sleep, so get up and do something nice you normally wouldn’t have time for. 6. Improve the quality of your sleep • Avoid too much protein close to bedtime. It will make you more alert and less likely to want to drift off. Stay away from blue screens (phones, laptops, TVs) before bed; after two hours of using a blue light emitting device, your melatonin levels (‘sleepy’ hormone) are “drastically inhibited.”

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The tradition of wearing an academic dress to graduation started rather as a necessity. During the 12th century, when early universities were still beginning to be formed in Europe, they were tasked to validate degrees as well as list the names of scholars who were officially enrolled, and record the progress of students to the next degree. At that time, no sufficient heating system was provided in such universities, and as such, students were forced to improvise to keep warm. Scholars started the practice of wearing a long robe with a hood for heat. Later that century, gowns were made the official dress to prevent excessive apparel. On the other hand, the square academic cap, also called a mortarboard—because of its resemblance in shape to the device utilized by masons to hold mortar, was reputed to have originated from the square caps (with projections) worn by scholarly clergies, to signify their superiority and intelligence. These hats became popular in the 14th and 15th centuries and were only worn by artists, humanists, students, and all those learned individuals.

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2019 Jarrell High School Graduates, You have come one of many crossroads in your life. You will now decide who you want to be as an adult; where you will study; what you will do to earn a living; and how you want to live. I urge you to make these decisions with prayerful consideration. Seek God and ask Him to show you the path He has for you and to make His will for your life known to you.

Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”

We, at First Baptist Church of Jarrell, pray God’s best for each of you as you start on this journey! Congratulations on your accomplishments!

Dr. Max Johnson, Pastor

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