November 2014 - Meridian ISD

Produced by the BIM 2 Class
Meridian High School - Where Every Day is an "Awesome" Day!
PRODUCED BY THE DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLASS AT MHS
November 25, 2014
STUDENT
CONGRESS
Volume 21, Issue #3
IN CASE OF
BAD WEATHER
WATCH AND LISTEN
Television Stations
KXAS Ch. 5 out of
Ft. Worth/Dallas
KTVT Ch. 11 out of
Ft. Worth/Dallas
KXAS Ch. 6 – Waco
KWTX Ch. 10 – Waco
KXXV Ch. 25 – Waco
The following students competed and WON
Region 12 Student Congress at Groesbeck.
1st Place Bailey Jay: 2nd Place Darren Arnold; 3rd
Place - Darcy Wyatt, and 1st Alternate Ale Williams.
Radio Stations
WACO 100 99.9
KWTX FM 97.5
KBRQ FM 102.5
KBGO FM 95.7
KWTX AM 1230
KWOW FM 104.1
Early Release Days
and Holidays:
Tuesday, Nov. 25th at 1 p.m.
Thanksgiving Holidays:
November 26-28
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Thursday, Dec.18th at 1 p.m.
Friday, Dec, 19th at 1 p.m.
Seniors Raising Money for "No-Shave" November to
Benefit The Children's Miracle Network
Seniors are raising money for "no-shave" November to benefit The
Children's Miracle Network. Their goal is $1500. Please support
our seniors in their quest to be grubby (the girls are participating trying to earn an off-campus lunch week). So far $500 has been raised.
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Christmas Holidays:
December 22-January 2nd
Teacher Staff Development
Day (Student Holiday):
January 5th
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November 25, 2014
MHS Endorsements
Business & Industry
House Bill 5 brings significant changes
to high school graduation requirements, the state
assessment system, and the state accountability
system. In regards to graduation requirements,
House Bill 5 creates a single “foundation diploma,” and eliminates the minimum, recommended, and distinguished graduation plans that
are currently in place. It allows students to earn
endorsements in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), business and industry,
public services, Arts and humanities and multidisciplinary studies. House Bill 5 also creates
a distinguished achievement level above the
Foundation Diploma that can be attained in any
of the above mentioned endorsement programs
by completing an additional science and math
credit.
In the area of “assessment,” House Bill
5 reduces the number of end-of-course exams
(EOCs) from 15 to 5. The five EOCs will consist of English I, English II (reading and writing), Algebra I, Biology and U.S. History.
SENIOR
SPOTLIGHT
• Agriculture Animal Systams or Vet Assistant
Concentration
• Agriculture Welding and Carpentry Concentration
• Agriculture Plant Systems Concentration
• Agriculture Natural Resource Concentration
• Arts, A/V Technology, & Communication
Pathway
Multi Disciplinary
• MD-4x4
• MD-4 from Advanced Course List
• MD-4 from Dual Credit Courses List
STEM
• STEM-Science
• STEM-Math
• STEM-Combination of Math & Science
Arts & Humanities
• A&H - Social Studies
• A&H - Language
• A&H - Fine Arts
Jesus Garza was born on April 16th in
Clifton to Sandra Rosales and Freddie Garza.
He has two siblings, Victor Garza, and Rey
Garza . He's been attending Meridian ISD for 13
years . He participates in football, power lifing,
baseball, and track . His track events are throwing shot put and throwing discus. He is also
involved in the high school band playing percussion.
His plans after high school are to attendHill College and be a certified welder. His hobbies are fishing, hunting , sports, and anything
that has to do with being outdoors."
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SENIOR PEP RALLY
November 25, 2014
MEDIEVAL TIMES
ACADEMIC UIL
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Spotlight
Theater
MHS held one act play
auditions on November 13th.
There is an upcoming play called
"Gloria Mundi." It means "This is
the way the glory ofe life passes.
It is a play by Patricia Brown. This
is a play with a surprise ending!
Also, the District OAP contest is
on March 23rd.
The Christmas FFA
Chapter Meeting will be
held on December 15th
from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.. The
theme is ugly sweaters
and white eleplant.
Westin
Gorneau
Basketball
At the JV Lady Jackets basketball tournament in
Glen Rose, they placed 3rd.
The varsity girls played at the
Hamilton Basketball Tournament and placed 4th. Good
Job!
November 25, 2014
Christmas Parade will be
on December 6th. Please
sign up to participate for
FFA.
Baby pigs are in the barn.
Westin Gorneau was
born on July 3rd, 1997. He
was born to Kandis GorneauStovall and Dwayne Gorneau
in Clifton, Texas. He participates in many extracurricular
activities, including Cross
Country, Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Track. In
track, he throws shot put and
discus.
After high school, he
plans to become a coach. To
reach this goal, he plans on
attending Abilene Christian
University. He enjoys sleep
and sports. His favorite sport
is baseball.
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November 25, 2014
JH Football
The 2014-2015 yearbook is on
sale for $53 for a limited time.
The price will go up soon so
order years today!!! There is a
link to Jostens on the high school
news page on the MISD website.
SPOTLIGHT
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BRYCE
HANEY
Bryce Haney was born on
April 5th, 1996, in Cleburne, Texas to Johnna and William Haney.
He has an older brother, Brandon
Haney. He has attended Meridian ISD since 1st grade. He has
participated in many extracurricular activities, including Football,
Basketball, Baseball, and Track.
In the track the events he runs are:
100 and 200 meter relay.
His career goal after high
school is to be a Juvenile Probation Officer. To achieve this goal,
he plans to go to college at Tarleton State University. His Hobbies are to: hunt, fish, and hang out
with his best GIRLFRIEND in the
world. His favorite color is lime
green and favorite food is deer
jerky.
The 7th grade
team finished their
season 6-0 undefeated.
The 8th grade
team season ended
8-0-1 as District
Champs.
Spanish
Spanish class purchased
Sr. Wooly's Educational
Spanish. Our favoitre
spanish music video by Sr.
Wooly is "Billy La Bufanda."
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Senior
Band
Spotlight
Varsity Boys BB
Tyler Wright # 12 Soph PG
Dallas Anderson # 11 Soph SG
Bailey Bowers # 4 JR SF
Ethan Hightower # 30 JR PF
Westin Gorneau # 22 SR C
Kristan Garrett
was born on September
24, 1996 in Waco, Texas
at Hillcrest Hospital.
She was born to Jay
Stephen Garrett, and
Jamie Christina Garrett. She has five sisters and 7 brothers.
After High
School, she wants to
go to MCC to get CNA
and RN training. She
is planning to work
at St. Catharine’s in
Waco, Texas. She enjoys hunting, fishing,
cooking, and organizing. Her favorite color
is Aqua blue; favorite
food is chicken alfredo;
and her favorite subject is math.
November 25, 2014
On December
4 at 7:00 p.m., our
sixth, seventh, and
high school bands
are having a Christmas concert and
would like everyone to come and
have a good time.
On December
6th, a few students
are participating in
an All Region Band
Competition. We
wish all of these
students luck!
Jason Dashner # 5 Soph PG
Bradley Wallace # 3 Soph SG
Bryce Haney # 21 SR SF
Trenton Underwood # 10 JR
PF
Clayton Pinkerton # Soph C
Darren Arnold # SR
Managers:
Kalyn Atchison Trainer
Hope Sharp Trainer
Rylan Horak Statistician/Reporter
Seth Riney Asst. Reporter
Jaymee Duarte Videographer
Vicky Perez Asst. Videographer
JV Boys
BB
Victor Rabago
Ben Norris
Austin Gann
Joseph Noland
Justin Noland
Edgar Lovaton
John Anderson
Pablo Rodriguez
Chase Aikens
T.J. Malott
Dylan Lowrance
Manuel Acevedo
Bob Johnson
Seth Riney
Bryce Roher
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November 25, 2014
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Help Feed the Hungry
Food Drive
The Meridian Chapter of the National Honor Society held its
annual candlelight induction service on Wednesday, November 5th. Students inducted include: Mackenzie Errington,
Carson Gebhardt, Randa Norton, Sydney Purcell, Leslie
Ramirez, Hope Sharp, Brandy Vailes, and Darcy Wyatt.
The October 29th blood
drive met its goal. Of the 29
donors seen, 22 were able to
donate (20 whole blood and 2
donated red blood cells) bringing our total to 24 units. The next blood drives are scheduled for
January 14, 2015, March 18, 2015, and May 20, 2015. Please mark
these dates on your calendar. Seniors: If you want to wear the red cord
at graduation, you must donate blood in at least 2 blood drives during
your senior year. See the NHS bulletin board (outside Mrs. Lohmer's
room) for other ways to earn your red cord.
A food drive to help stock
"North Bosque Helping Hands"
food pantry concluded on Friday,
November 21st. Our local NJHS
delivered an estimated 3,623
pounds of food from Meridian High School students and
faculty to Helping Hands (over
500 pounds more than last year).
Winners included the junior
class, 7th
grade, and
ladies faculty team.
At Christmas, the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the
grand finale for the year. The
annual Christmas parade, held the
first Saturday of each December,
culminates with the lighting of the
courthouse for the holiday season.
This year's parade will be
on Saturday, December 6th and
begins at 5:30 p.m. Special Guest,
Santa Claus, from the North Pole
will again be in the parade and
visiting with the children after the
parade.
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November 25, 2014
Veterans' Day
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A veterans–living or dead–but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime. Happy Veterans Day to all Veterans Past and Present and to the family members who
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are classified as indirect fire. He went through Basic Training in New Jersey and Advanced Individual
Training in Maryland before joining his first active
duty station in California. After a year, he received
orders for Korea where he also spent a year. From
Korea, he found his way to Fort Hood, Texas, in
Killeen. While he was at Fort Hood, his initial enlistment was coming to a close, so he re-enlisted as
a Military Policeman. He went through training in
Alabama. After training, he went to Germany for 3
years being stationed in Frankfurt and Hanau, and
patrolled several other cities. After his time in Germany came to an end, he returned to the U.S and
enrolled in college.
This is a picture of Erin Baker, her husband and
their daughter, Kaitlyn. Both were in the United
States Marine Corps from 2004-2009. During this
time, she was deployed to Iraq for 12 months from
January 2004 to January 2005 for Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Her
husband had several deployments during this time
including a tour in Iraq, a humanitarian mission to
Bangladesh, and as ground support and security for
George W. Bush on a diplomatic trip to Israel.
Mrs. Gay Williams' husband, CW, works at MISD
part time as a bb coach, but he is a Vietnam vet.
(Also 6 or our 7 sons are also vets, with two still
serving—one in Afghanistan and the other just
returned from Germany and had TMI while in
Turkey and is in treatment in San Antonio. Both
are “lifers.”)
Mrs. Joy Lohmer's husband, Pete, is a former US
Navy Journalist-Broadcaster and her son, Matthew,
is a Major in the US Air Force and just returned
from a tour in Afghanistan where he flew the MC12W Liberty ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance) Aircraft
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE
2nd SIX WEEKS
6th Grade
Victor Garza
Hannah Jermstad
Carsen Jones
Hailey Kilcrease
Norah Lira
Cynthia Maldonado
Violeta Munoz
Garrett Murphy
Victor Orozco
Natalee Rabago
Madelyn Roberts
7th Grade
Andrea Barnett
Dakota Cassidy
Jada Crawford
Delani Edwards
Reese Errington
Chance Garriott
Isabel Garza
Rey Garza
Hayden Hewitt
Caleb Law
Adrian Medina
Hector Neri
De’Marius Parks
Omar Ramirez
Michelle Santamaria Ortiz
Zane Taylor
Cody Warren
8th Grade
Demetrik Davenport
Jaxon Dennis
Riley Dirkse
Cody Harris
Bryson Laughlin
Nathan Lira
Brendan Machac
Jose H. Maldonado
Derek Malott
Yesenia Neri
Abigail Rabago
Blaine Taylor
9th Grade
John Anderson
William Edwards
Darci Gann
Victor Garza
Emma Hooks
Matthew Martin
Justin Noland
Sarahi Ramos
Selina Reynoso
Cheyenne Roe
Logan Roseberry
Brooke Taylor
William Wehmeyer
Estafana Whitmer
10th Grade
Chase Aikens
Dallas Anderson
Jacob Brown
Elizabeth Chavez
MacKenzie Errington
Reece Garriott
Carson Gebhardt
Victoria Perez
Eric Rabago
11th Grade
Bailey Bowers
Hadley Butler
Lauren Butler
Eden Carson
Sierra Childers
Cameron Crawford
Dion Estrada
Latham Hensley
Ashlee Hooks
Manuel Neri
Monica Ramos
12th Grade
Kalyn Atchison
Juan Chavez
Jarred Childers
Yajaira Garcia
Jesus Garza
Brandon Haney
Bryce Haney
Rylan Horak
Morgan Poston
Morgan Williams
November 25, 2014
Mock Election
Students registered
to vote in the MHS Mock
Election on Thursday, October 23rd and then voted on
Wednesday, October 29th.
Winners included Senator Republican John
Cornyn, Governor Republican Greg Abbott, Lt.
Governor Republican Dan Patrick and Justice
of the Peace Republican Jeff Hightower.
On the Issues Ballot:
1) Which part of government is most important
to you: US (Federal)
2) The greatest threat to the US today is:
Deadly Diseases
3) The greatest threat to the US in ten years will
be: Terrorism
4) The most important thing governments
should do about this economy is to: increase
jobs and wages
5) In Foreign Affairs, they agreed most with the
following statement: The US should avoid getting involved in wars in other countries.
6) In Health Care, they agreed most with the
following statement:
Health care should be provided by our governments are a basic human right, paid for by
taxes.
7) In Immigration, they agreed most with the
following statement: Undocumented aliens
who don't break the law and have been the US
paying taxes for years should
have a path to citizenship.
8) For Ethics, they agreed
most with the following statement: We can't allow lies in
campaigns and then expect
ethics in office.
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MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
“A” HONOR ROLL
2nd SIX WEEKS
6th GRADE
Wayne Barnett
Norah Lira
Violetta Munoz
Natalee Rabago
7th GRADE
Delani Edwards
Reese Errington
Chance Garriott
Isabel Garza
8th GRADE
Danny Cassidy
Riley Dirkse
Ben Sharp
Blain Taylor
9th GRADE
Darci Gann
Emma Hooks
Matthew Martin
Selina Reynoso
10th GRADE
Tanisha Crawford
Mackenzie Errington
Amberrae Hodges
Logan Malott
Randa Norton
Sydney Purcell
Seth Riney
Darcy Wyatt
11th GRADE
Hadley Butler
Lauren Butler
Ashlee Hooks
Dakota Ivey
Jace Love
Emily Speer
Lauren Tweedle
Krista Warren
12th GRADE
Kalyn Atchison
Cierra Bowen
Bryce Haney
Maria Harbison
Morgan Poston
Christian Radde
Brandy Vailes
Morgan Williams
November 25, 2014
MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
“AB” HONOR ROLL
2nd SIX WEEKS
6th GRADE
Chris Dixon
Victor Garza
Elyse Herrera
Carsen Jones
Jadyn Lambright
Cynthia Maldonado
Victor Orozco
Madelyn Roberts
Holly Shaw
7th GRADE
Andrea Barnett
Matthew Bracknell
Dakota Cassidy
Alexis Chovanec
Zakary Dirkse
Hayden Hewitt
Tierney McLennan
Matthew Rosas
Baylee Rowland
Michelle Santamaria Ortiz
Andrew Speer
Liberty Stauffer
Cody Warren
8th GRADE
Hunter Bridgefarmer
Jaxon Dennis
Kathryn Dulaney
Derek Malott
Jordan McNaught
Yesenia Neri
Xavier Nunez
Murphy Stauffer
9th GRADE
John Anderson
Jaydan Dicks
Maegan Jones
Justin Noland
Logan Roseberry
Brooke Taylor
William Wehmeyer
Estafana Whitmer
MERIDIAN HIGH
10th GRADE
Chase Aikens
Elizabeth Chavez
Jason Dashner
Carson Gebhardt
Stepehen McNaught
Crystal Monrreal
Joseph Noland
Victoria Perez
Eric Rabago
Leslie Ramirez
Pablo Rodriguez
Natalee Rowland
Bradley Wallace
Gabriella Zarate
11th GRADE
Bailey Bowers
Sierra Childers
Erika Clark
Cameron Crawford
Marcus Crawford
Dion Estrada
Ethan Hightower
Edgar Lovaton
Dilan Lowrance
Manuel Neri
Josh Smith
Alex Taylor
12th GRADE
Darren Arnold
Jarred Childers
Logan Farrar
Yajaira Garcia
Westin Gorneau
Brandon Haney
Rylan Horak
Bailey Jay
Caitlin Malott
Patrick Milam
Chelsea Shipman
Ale Williams