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College Ready Reagan Edition John H. Reagan Early College High School Austin, Texas
June 5, 2013
Volume 1/Edition 2
Life After High School Graduation By Kayla Phillips
Many students going to universities after graduating high school are required to stay in an on-campus residence hall. For some reason, many students seem to feel that this rule is flawed. But, living in a college dorm can be very beneficial to enhancing your college experience and even your academics. Living on campus improves your college life because of the location, money savings, and improved social life. Living on campus makes quite a few things easier for a first-year college student. The student is only a short walk or drive away from classrooms, club meetings, libraries, and sports facilities. Not having to drive everywhere, like offcampus, or “commuter” students do, saves a considerable amount of money, too. Many of the school advisors and other helpful school faculty are readily available if you need help. Perhaps the most important reason to live on campus, however, are the hundreds of other college students around you, creating constant opportunities to make valuable connections and form new friendships. On-campus living can prove to be a lot cheaper than living off campus. Living in an apartment means average monthly costs of three hundred dollars or more, in addition to utilities like electricity, cable, and gas. You will also be responsible for getting your own food, adding hundreds more to the equation. Over a semester these costs will add up. The added time and effort to of managing monthly bills is also a factor. Such issues can cause unwanted stress at a time when students ought to be
focused on their first year of college-level work. If you have to take out loan or have side jobs to pay for these extras, that just adds to the stress. Fortunately, college residence halls average two thousand dol-
How to Move Away to College By Casandra Del Castillo
Getting ready to move away for college can be pretty exciting for most high school seniors. Some might feel it is a scary moment in their lives if they have never lived way from home or do not know how to prepare. Not only will new college freshman be packing their things, but moving out gives them the opportunity to store away or get rid of high school memorabilia. There’s a lot to do! Here are a few things entering freshman might want to bring to college: 1. Comfortable clothes, including pajamas they won’t mind wearing around the dorm. 2. Toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothbrushes,
perfume, make-up, lotion, and so on.) 3. School supplies like notebooks, paper, pens, and pencils, and don’t forget a backpack! 4. Electronics such as a phone, iPad, computer, television, microwave, or mini-fridge. Check first with your school’s regulations to see what is allowed in your dorm. 5. Sheets, blankets, pillows, posters, and anything else that will personalize your dorm room and make it feel like home. 6. Comfortable shoes for walking. On your first day in the dorm, start unpacking and ask your new roommate to go hang out. It’s time to settle in and make new friends!
lars per semester including all costs and a meal plan. There will be a lifetime to stress about rent and bills after you graduate, anyway, so why rush?
Seniors’ Plans After Graduation By Angelic Casarez
Reagan’s Class of 2013 is getting ready to graduate, which means heading off in different directions. I got the chance, along with a colleague, to sit down, one-on-one with most of the class of 2013 to find out a little about each senior and where each is headed for his or her next step in life. To our suprise we found that while the seniors shared much in common, they also are each planning to pursue very different paths in life. Some are going straight off to college and, as a group, the upcoming college freshmen are planning to study a wide variety of subjects; others plan to take a year off from academics;
and many are sparing no time in looking for ways to make that money. Wherever life takes you, seniors, we want to wish y’all the best and only want y’all to soar like eagles, become anything you want to be, and achomplish all your dreams. I hope you will find this guide to our graduating seniors as useful and informative as I have found it moving and memorable to put together. Thank you to all the seniors that gave us a few minutes of their time. Be sure to say congrats and good luck in life to the Class of 2013!
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Bittersweet Memories as Raiders Walk the Stage
By Sara Garcia Catalan
Photo by Christopher Reichman for Statesman.com
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A whole school year has passed already, and it’s soon going to come to an end. Well, at least for the graduating class of 2013 it is. It’s a very exciting event that graduating seniors are waiting for. It’s time for new beginnings, time to turn to the next chapter in life, and time to follow through with your plans for what’s next. It is sad to leave old friends that, most likely, you won’t see for a while or even ever again. Graduation is a very special day that will be filled with a variety of complex emotions for, probably, every senior, not to mention their families and friends. Unless they’re so relieved to finally be getting done with school that they feel nothing but pure joy, graduation is likely to be bittersweet for most seniors. Of course, they’ll be
excited, even nervous, too. Seniors are getting ready for the big day by buying new outfits to wear under their gowns. Invitations have to be sent out to relatives and close friend so that they can have time to plan to be there. Finally, parties are being planned with families first and friends later. Teachers, counselors, and school staff are very proud of the class of 2013 and sad to finally see them walk across the stage to accept their diplomas. Don’t forget: the ceremony takes place at the Erwin Center at 4:00 pm., June 5! Most seniors were fortunate enough to attend Reagan all four years and they have made lifelong friendships that will be tested as high school comes to a close. Memories have been created all over Reagan’s open campus--in breezeways, and atriums, classrooms and ball fields. The class of 2013 leaves behind their first best friends, first crushes, first As, and first championships as well as their favorite teach-
ers, best teams, and favorite activities. They leave behind so many mistakes and so many successes created through all four years. They’ve grown, learned, tried and sometimes even loved. Graduation is going to be a memorable day and an accomplishment for everyone who wears the cap and gown. They’ll cry, laugh, and finally remember fondly everything that happened in the last four years. The seniors leave Reagan High School behind, but they will never forget it. There are so many unknowns ahead: college, work, starting businesses, and even families. Reagan Raiders Class of 2013 will define success on their own terms. Congratulations, Class of 2013! Don’t forget to join your class and walk the stage on June 5 at 4pm at the Frank Erwin Center. The experience of graduating is not to be missed and can never be repeated, or forgotten.
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Class Of
Name: Leonel Leonides
Name: Deysi Diaz
Name: Liliana Martinez
Name: Carlos Lopez
Age:18
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 19
Likes to: Play basketball, drive around listening to music
Likes to: Play soccer
Likes to: Dance
Future plans: She plans to attend Texas State, where she will study business
Likes to: Play video games of any sort
Future plans: She plans to attend UTSA, where she will Future plans: He plans to study to become a pediatrician attend ACC in the fall to become a firefighter Quote to live by: “Sing like no one's listening, love like Quote to live by: “Don’t let you've never been hurt, dance fear stop you from what you like nobody's watching.” want you wanna become.”
Future plans: He plans to attend UT, where he will study psychology Quote to live by: “ If you believe, you will succeed”
Quote to live by: “Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.
Name: Desiree Bonner
Name: Fidel Campuzano
Name: Vashon Edwards
Name: Dalia Esparza
Age: 17
Age: 17
Age: 17
Age: 18
Likes to: Listen to music
Likes to: Sleep
Future plans: She plans to go to Aveda to get a licence in Cosmetology
Future plans: He plans to attend UT in the fall to get a degree in Buissness
Likes to: Play football and basketball
Likes to: Hang out with friends
Quote to live by: “Don’t Ever Stop.”
Quote to live by: “In the darkest hour, a smile on your face always helps.”
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Future plans: He plans to go to Future plans: He plans to attend UT to be a civil engiTyler Junior College to study bussniess neer Quote to live by: “Live life to its fullest.”
Quote to live by: “Live everyday as it was your last.”
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2013 Graduates
Name: Kimberly Romero
Name: Casandra Del Castillo
Name: Karina Vences
Name: Sara Garcia
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 18
Likes to: Spend time with her boyfriend
Likes to: Listen to music
Likes to: Take photos
Likes to: Read
Future plans: She plans to go to Texas State to get a degree in education and become an elementry school teacher
Future plans: She plans to attend ACC to become a dental assistant
Future plans: She plans to go to Concordia to become a nurse. Quote to live by: “Stop worring about what you have to loose ans start focusing on what you have to gain.”
Future plans: She will attend Texas State to study psychology Quote to live by: “Soy chistosa naturalmente, no cuando me piden que sea.”
Quote to live by: “Stay positive.”
Quote to live by: “Don’t let one big thing get you down, when there’s a million small things to live for.”
Name: Amanda Garza
Name: Ginger Cisnernos
Name: Cynthia Villegas
Name: Erica Gonzales
Age: 17
Age: 18
Age: 17
Age: 18
Likes to: Sleep
Likes to: Sleep
Likes to: Sleep
Likes to: Read, paint and draw
Future plans: She plans to go to ACC then transfer to A&M-Corpus Christi to get a degree in Marine Biology
Future plans: She plans to go to Concordia to become a surgeon
Future plans: She plans to go to Escollie in order to become a master chef
Future plans: She plans to go to ACC to become a mechanical engineer
Quote to live by: “Keep it Wild.”
Quote to live by: “Live that high life.”
Quote to live by: “When the going get ruff try harder.”
Quote to live by: “I climb the tallest tree to see the world.”
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Name: Jalen Reasonover
Name: German Zarate
Name: Erik Perez
Name: Paul Mannie
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 17
Age:18
Likes to: Read mystery or suspense
Likes to: Spend time with his girlfriend.
Likes to: Play soccer and hang out with his girlfriend
Likes to: Sleep
Future plans: She plans to go to HT to major in Criminal Justice
Future plans: He plans to attend UT to study medicine
Quote to live by: “Mistakes are waiting to be made.” ”
Future plans: He plans to attend TAMCC to study Environmental Science
Quote to live by: “Don’t let the sadness of your past or the Quote to live by: “Making fear of your future ruin the mistakes is honorble and happiness of your present.”
useful for life.”
Future plans: He will attend UT to become a Mechanical Engineer Quote to live by: “Hating someone is like drinking poison and hoping someone else to die.”
Name: Tania I. Rodriguez
Name: Gairo Rodriguez
Name: Deysi Diaz
Name: Keona Johnson
Age: 18
Age:18
Age: 18
Age: 18
Likes to: Spend time with her boyfriend.
Likes to: Play soccer
Likes to: Play soccer
Likes to: Make people smile
Future plans: He plans to attend Texas State where he will study Finance
Future plans: She will be attending Texas State, where she will study Business.
Future plans: She plans to go to Jackson State to get a degree in Child Development
Quote to live by: “Life is a dream, so don’t wake up.”
Quote to live by: “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
Quote to live by: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
Future plans: She plans to attend ACC to study Medical Administration Quote to live by: “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.”
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2013 Graduates
Name: Xochith Jimenez
Name: Angelic Casarez
Name: Isaiah Willson
Name: Ana Perez
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 17
Age: 18
Likes to: Play soccer and hang out with her boyfriend and friends
Likes to: Go out, hang with friends, and spend time with her family
Likes to: Just hang out and chill
Likes to: Be with friends and family
Future plans: She plans to attend ACC where she will study Business Management
Future plans: She plans to attend the University of Houston-Victoria to major in Criminal Justice
Future plans: He plans to attend ACC to study Bussiness.
Future plans: She plans to attend ACC, then transfer to UT, but is undecided on what she will study
Quote to live by: “You only live once.”
Quote to live by: “Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself.”
Quote to live by: “Love the life you live; live the life you love.” Quote to live by: “With God all things are possible.”
Name: Michael Teague
Name: Desere Williams
Name: Juan Carlin
Name: Xavian Clayborne
Age: 18
Age: 18
Age: 17
Age: 18
Likes to: Play football
Likes to: Eat and sleep
Future plans: He plans to attend ACC to become a social worker
Future plans: She plans to attend ACC, but she is undecided about what she will study, but she knows she wants to work with kids
Likes to: Go out with friends and chill
Likes to: Race and work on cars.
Future plans: He plans to attend ACC to study Engineering
Future plans: He plans on going to automotive school to become a mechanic
Quote to live by: “We live and we learn.”
Quote to live by: “Work hard play even harder.”
Quote to live by: “If you want it, go get it.”
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Quote to live by: “Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.”
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