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PROSPERTIMES Friday June 2, 2017 | Prosper, Texas
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Prosper residents honor fallen Heroes Joyce Godwin Joyce@CedarbrookMedia.com
A breeze blew across the pavilion at Frontier Park on Monday as Old Glory provided an effective backdrop for a moving Memorial Day program hosted by the Prosper Historical Society. More than 100 individuals gathered to honor heroes, known and unknown, who’ve fallen in battle while defending freedoms of people they didn’t even know. Prosper pastor John Fowler offered the invocation. He said they drew a line in the sand to bid evil go no further. “We don’t know their last moments, but we know You were there, and when the moment came, you reached out your gracious hand and took them home,” Fowler said in his prayer. And so the program continued, honoring individuals from all different eras who’ve accomplished amazing feats in the never-ending fight for freedom. Cap Perry talked about the time in 1812 when Frances Scott Key penned what has become our National Anthem. Key was imprisoned on a British ship while the British bombarded Ft. McHenry for 25 hours until there was little left of the structure. But through it all, and after multiple direct hits, Old Glory continued to wave. The men and women inside the fort, would not let the flag fall. See HEROES, page 3
B.J. Wendling remains in the ceremonial salute to the flag in his role as color guard during the Memorial Day ceremony to honor those who have paid the ultimate price on the battle field.
Seniors take home more than $11M in scholarships
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Seniors take final walk, then party for end of year
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The arena at Prosper High School was transformed into an awards night for the senior class last week. One-by-one, 305 students crossed the stage to pick up scholarships and awards. The total dollar value of senior scholarships exceeded $11 million and it’s likely to go up every year; partially because of the population growth, but also, because the achievement levels of Prosper students increases every year. Hannah Andersen said the dollar amount for this year’s class was kind of a surprise to her, but after she thought about it, with the increase of students each year “the mathematics make sense.” Andersen added that her best moment of the night was seeing all the scholarship information under the name of her best friend Meghan Davis, who is in the top ten of the graduating class. See SENIORS, Page 3 One of the bounce structures brought in for the senior tailgate party is this one with a rotating arm that participants must jump over as it comes around.
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Prosper Fire Chief Ronnie Tucker awards the scholarship named for him in honor of his coming retirement to Logan Keat. This is the first year of the scholarship award.
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Alfonso Williams, left, and Chris McCraw, both with CoServ, present Tish Cama with the Prosper Education Foundation CoServ Scholarship.
Seniors took their final walk through Prosper High School on Thursday last week as the underclassmen lined the hallways for high fives and cheers wishing them well and cheering them on. The parade was led by Principal Greg Wright and it stopped just outside the cafeteria to sing the school song. Parents and friends gathered on the second floor to look down and take pictures as their favorite high school senior passed by. This activity has become a favorite senior event in the years after Wright came to PHS. This particular “walk” is made more special because Wright is retiring as the 2017 class graduates. But the emotion of the final walk gave way to the glee of freedom in the tailgate party put together just for them. There were elaborate bounce structures with water features, a huge slip and slide, hot dogs, loud music and fun, fun, fun. Dawson LeBlanc and Josh Goss said they were expecting a fun day with the end-of-school party for the seniors, but they were surprised at how elaborate the entertainment was. “I was expecting just a couple of bounce houses, but got in here and was surprised,” LeBlanc said. Everett Jefferson said he kind of knew what to expect because of last year, but he was still surprised at how much was set up of the students.
The senior walk and tailgate party followed the senior awards night. On May 31 Seniors spent the day at STRIKZ Entertainment. June 1 was graduation practice, and today, June 2nd is the senior
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breakfast and video. Then at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, will be the Class of 2017’s graduation ceremony at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.
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This homemade slip and slide spread out on the baseball field is covered with soap and water to make it more slick. Students get a running start before diving onto the tarp to slide the distance with water splashing all around. Then they got up and got back in line to try it again.
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Dawson LeBlanc and Josh Goss take each other on in this bounce structure. Participants keep trying to push the other off their pedestal without falling off. In this case, both fell to the ground. LeBlanc and Goss decided to go to the side and await another turn to try again.
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