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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED. AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AND I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO A GREAT MEETING TODAY. SPECIAL MEETING AS IT IS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS AN AUDIENCE PORTION. DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO, NO. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'RE GOING
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TO THE FIRST ITEM AND ONLY ITEM, WHICH IS AN ACTION ITEM AND PERSONNEL, WHICH IS TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS. PRESIDENT TO APPROVE. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. SEWARD.SECOND BY MISS COLLIER TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. EYES HAVE IT. MOTION CARRIES. DOCTOR RIVERA, IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT THE DAMAGE WE JUST MADE. YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST TELL YOU WHAT YOU ALL VOTED ON. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE. THE BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED EARLY NOTIFICATION OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING RESUMES AND HIGH NOTES OF EACH OF THE CANDIDATES. SO THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF WHO WAS RECOMMENDED FOR TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF BILINGUAL ESL. SO I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR KAREN MORRIS TO GO UP TO THE LECTERN AND JUST INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW BILINGUAL OF BILINGUAL AND ESL. BRINGING NEARLY THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. MOST RECENTLY, SHE SERVED AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT THE REGION TEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER. DOCTOR SALDIVAR PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHIEF SCHOOLS OFFICER FOR CITYSCAPE SCHOOLS AND SPENT FIVE YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FOR GARLAND ISD, WHERE SHE OVERSAW PROGRAMING FOR MORE THAN 19,000 ENGLISH LEARNERS. HER EXTENSIVE LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND ALSO INCLUDES ROLES AS AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS PRINCIPAL IN GARLAND ISD AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN WYLIE ISD. DOCTOR SALDIVAR BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE CLASSROOM, SERVING AS AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN ROCKWALL AND FARMERSVILLE ISD AND AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER. I LIKE THAT IN WYLIE AND COMMUNITY ISD, DOCTOR SALDIVAR EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS FROM TEXAS A&M COMMERCE, A MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, AND A DOCTOR OF EDUCATION FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. WE ARE TRULY OVERJOYED TO WELCOME DOCTOR ZAIDA SALDIVAR TO MESQUITE ISD. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS DOCTOR RIVERA AND CABINET. I AM TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN MESQUITE ISD AND THEIR FAMILY AS DIRECTOR OF BILINGUAL ESL.
THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN ALLOWING ME TO SERVE A DISTRICT THAT IS SO DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS AND EXCELLENCE OF STUDENTS. AS I HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT MESQUITE ISD MISSION AND VISION, I HAVE FELT A STRONG ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT AND EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND THE VALUES THAT HAVE GUIDED MY OWN JOURNEY. I BELIEVE EVERY CHILD DESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THEY BRING RICH LANGUAGE, CULTURE, RESILIENCE, AND EXPERIENCES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR FUTURE. I AM DEEPLY, DEEPLY HONORED TO ANSWER A CALLING THAT NOT ONLY EMPOWERS EMERGENT, BILINGUAL STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENS OUTCOMES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS IN MESQUITE ISD. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU HUMBLED BY GOD'S GRACE AND GUIDANCE IN MY LIFE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER, A FIRST GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATE. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS PROOF THAT DREAMS CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH FAITH, PERSEVERANCE, AND THE POWER OF EDUCATION. EDUCATION HAS BEEN THE GREAT EQUALIZER IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS WHY THIS WORK IS SO DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. I AM
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COMMITTED TO HELPING PAVE THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF LEADERS WHO WILL EMERGE FROM MESQUITE ISD. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY FAMILY WHO ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN MY GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT, AND I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THEM TODAY. I HAVE MY HUSBAND, RON. MY DAUGHTER CAMI, AND ELIJAH, MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AT HOME WITH THE GRANDBABIES WHO'S WATCHING ONLINE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. I AM EXCITED TO BEGIN THIS JOURNEY AND TO SERVE MESQUITE ISD, THE COMMUNITY WITH PASSION, INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SALDIVAR. WELCOME TO MESQUITE ISD. I'M GOING TO WELCOME. I WANT TO ASK DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR JANINE FIELDS. SHE'S GOING TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS ABOUT THE APPROVED PRINCIPAL POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE OR THAT YOU JUST VOTED ON. ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE A LIST HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THESE PEOPLE TO YOU. AMBER POE, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME UP AT THE PODIUM? AMBER POE WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF BEASLEY ELEMENTARY, BRINGING MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL PRIOR TO COMING TO MESQUITE ISD. MISS POE SERVED AS AN ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN IRVING ISD DURING HER TIME IN IRVING. SHE ALSO WORKED AS AN ACADEMIC SPECIALIST, TITLE ONE SPECIALIST AND READING INTERVENTIONIST. MISS POE EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION WITH A FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FROM NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND A MASTERS OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION FROM GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME AMBER POE, NEW PRINCIPAL OF BEASLEY ELEMENTARY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AND GUESTS. I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND GIVING ME THIS HONOR OF SERVING AS THE NEXT PRINCIPAL OF BEASLEY ELEMENTARY. I AM TRULY HUMBLED, AND TONIGHT WILL BE A MOMENT THAT I WILL RELIVE FOREVER. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
DOCTOR SIMMONS, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE STAFF, AND THE AMAZING STUDENTS HAVE HELPED SHAPED ME INTO THE LEADER I AM TODAY. THEIR SUPPORT, THEIR TRUST AND DAILY COLLABORATION STRENGTHENED MY CONFIDENCE AND DEEPENED MY PURPOSE. AND TO MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND JERMAINE, MY CHILDREN HAILEY AND J.R. AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING MY CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT, YOUR LOVE, YOUR PATIENCE, AND YOUR BELIEF IN ME HAVE PUSHED ME FORWARD EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND AS I STEP INTO THE NEW ROLE OF BEASLEY, MY VISION IS TO LOVE, TO LEAD AND TO LIFT. I WILL LOVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I WILL LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND COURAGE, AND I WILL LIFT OUR STAFF SO THEY FEEL VALUED AND SUPPORTED. AND TO MY FUTURE BEASLEY FAMILY, I AM COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, COMMITTED TO STUDENT SUCCESS, AND HONORING THE TRADITIONS THAT MAKE BEASLEY SUCH A STRONG FAMILY COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. I AM GRATEFUL, I AM HONORED, AND I AM EXCITED FOR THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF RANGE ELEMENTARY, BRENDA SOBERANIS. PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM. CLEARLY, HER CHEERING SQUAD JOINED HER AFTER SERVING 19 YEARS AT RANGE ELEMENTARY. BRENDA WILL BE THE NEXT PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE BEGAN HER CAREER. MISS SOBERANIS HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RANGE SINCE 2020. PRIOR TO ASSUMING A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION ROLE, SHE SPENT 13 YEARS POURING INTO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF THE RANGE COMMUNITY AS A SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM TEACHER.
MISS SOBERANIS HAS COMPLETED THE MESQUITE ISD ASPIRING PRINCIPAL ACADEMY AND THE REGION TEN ASPIRING PRINCIPAL ACADEMY. SHE EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT COMMERCE AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MISS SOBERANIS, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF RANGE ELEMENTARY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO
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ACCEPT THE POSITION AT RANGE ELEMENTARY AS PRINCIPAL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR RIVERA, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE MEAN MORE THAN I CAN EXPRESS. I WOULD LIKE TO. SORRY.I WANT TO PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE OVER MY LIFE AND FOR GUIDING MY EVERY STEP, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WITHOUT HIM, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY HUSBAND AND MY KIDS, LALY, JERIAH, AND AXEL, FOR BEING MY BIGGEST SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DAILY MOTIVATION. I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO ENCOURAGE ME. I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU KELLY LOCKE FOR BELIEVING IN ME. FOR BELIEVING IN ME, AND CHALLENGING ME TO BE THE LEADER THAT I AM TODAY. TO MY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HOME FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND DEDICATION TO RANGE. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE THAN A PROFESSION TO ME. IT IS MY CALLING. I'VE INVESTED THE PAST 19 YEARS IN BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY AT RANGE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK IN SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS, GROWING OUR STUDENTS, AND MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE RANGE ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY. AS A PRINCIPAL, I WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT CAN GROW AND THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR WHAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT INTRODUCTION IS THE PRINCIPAL OF WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, JOSIE PETERSON. TORRES. MR. PETERSON TORRES, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME? JOSIE PETERSON TORRES BRINGS MORE THAN 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A BILINGUAL EDUCATOR AND A CAMPUS LEADER TO HIS NEW ROLE AS PRINCIPAL OF WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MOST RECENTLY SERVING AS A PRINCIPAL OF LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY. MR. PETERSON TORRES PREVIOUSLY HELD THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE ALSO INCLUDES SIX YEARS AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MR. PETERSON TORRES ALSO SPENT A DECADE TEACHING DUAL LANGUAGE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BOTH MESQUITE ISD AND DALLAS ISD. HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM INTERAMERICAN, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON. MR. PETERSON TORRES COMPLETED THE MESQUITE ISD ASPIRING PRINCIPALS ACADEMY AND IS A US ARMY VETERAN. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MR. PETERSON TORRES, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING TO THE MESQUITE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR RIVERA AND THE CABINET. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM EXCITED AND GRATEFUL TO COME HOME TO THE HORN FEEDER PATTERN. THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED MY JOURNEY SINCE 2013 AND CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ME. BUT BEFORE LOOKING FORWARD, I WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE MY TIME AT LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY. BEING IN THAT COMMUNITY WAS A BLESSING. ITS FUTURE IS BRIGHT. THANKS TO ALL THE HARD WORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THAT CAMPUS EXCELLENCE. TO THE LAWRENCE FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST IN ME. YOUR SUPPORT MADE ME A STRONGER LEADER AND FEELS MY COMMITMENT TO TOWARDS EXCELLENCE. LOOKING AHEAD, I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO RETURN TO WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS PROUD LEGACY. TOGETHER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A WORTHY CULTURE WHERE INTEGRITY DEFINES US. A STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE ALWAYS IS IN OUR EXPECTATION AND THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT NEEDS NO EXCUSES. WE WILL EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OPEN COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.
TO THE WOOLLEY STAFF. TOGETHER, WE WILL ACHIEVE GREATNESS. WE WILL BUILD ON YOUR STRENGTHS,
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FOSTER EXCELLENCE AND MAKE WOOLLEY THE PREMIER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MESQUITE. OUR SHARED DEDICATION WILL INSPIRE EVERYONE TO ELEVATE OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS. YOUR TRUST IS OUR PRIORITY. EVERY STUDENT WILL BE WELCOMED, RESPECTED, AND EMPOWERED IN A SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. I INVITE YOU TO PARTNER WITH US BY SHARING YOUR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK TO HELP US CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND ACHIEVE OUR SHARED GOALS.TO THE LEADERS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED ME, MY MENTORS AND COACHES, YOUR SUPPORT HAS GUIDED AND ENCOURAGED MY GROWTH. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME. TO MY FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PATIENCE. YOUR PRESENCE GIVES ME STRENGTH. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU. AND MY FAMILY ONCE AGAIN IS HERE. THE ONLY PERSON THAT WASN'T HERE LAST TIME WAS MY DAUGHTER. BUT NOW SHE'S HERE. WHICH. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAVE TO WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
YES YOU DID. OKAY. TODAY WE BEGIN A BOLD NEW CHAPTER. LET'S ELEVATE OUR WOLVES TO NEW HEIGHTS. HASHTAG WOOLY WINS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER FUN ONE. THIS REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN. THESE ARE SUCH GREAT CANDIDATES. I'M SO EXCITED. TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, BRET PETERSON. BRET, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM. BRET PETERSON WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, BRINGING 17 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS PRINCIPAL OF AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. MR. PETERSON HAS SERVED IN SEVERAL LEADERSHIP ROLES, INCLUDING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND REGISTRAR AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. AFTER BEGINNING HIS TEACHING CAREER AT AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE SERVED AS A HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER IN ROCKWALL ISD AND LEWISVILLE ISD BEFORE RETURNING TO MESQUITE ISD, MR. PETERSON EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, BRET PETERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. DOCTOR RIVERA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CABINET, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIVILEGE. I AM HONORED TO BE TRUSTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. I AM TRULY THANKFUL THAT DURING MY TIME IN MESQUITE ISD, I'VE HAD NUMEROUS LEADERS WHO MENTORED AND CHALLENGED ME ALONG THE WAY. I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE GREAT WORK WE ACCOMPLISHED DURING MY FOUR YEARS AT AGNEW. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF WHO WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME. I'M COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE HIGH STANDARDS AND ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT AT WEST MESQUITE HAS THE TOOLS, THE SUPPORT AND TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. I'M EAGER TO JOIN THE RICH TRADITION OF WEST MESQUITE AND TO SERVE ALONGSIDE OUR DEDICATED STAFF, OUR TALENTED STUDENTS AND OUR COMMITTED COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE. I AM READY TO GET TO WORK.
LET'S GO WRANGLERS. I. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY FAMILY WHO'S HERE? MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE CHERYL IS HERE IN OUR AWESOME FOUR KIDS, MARY, STEVEN, CHANCE, AND LEAH. AGAIN, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THEY HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT WILL BE NAMED TONIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT, MISS SMITH WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU FIRST TO THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MOSS ELEMENTARY.
THAT IS JOCELYN REYNOLDS. SHE'LL STAND. JOCELYN REYNOLDS JOINS MOSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, BRINGING MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. MOST RECENTLY, MISS REYNOLDS SERVED AS A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AND TEAM LEAD AT BEN MILAM ELEMENTARY IN DALLAS ISD. PRIOR TO HER CURRENT ROLE, MISS REYNOLDS SERVED AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE IN DALLAS ISD. MISS REYNOLDS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HER IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND, EARNING CAMPUS TEACHER OF THE YEAR HONORS IN BOTH 2016 AND 2025. SHE IS ALSO A TEACH PLUS FELLOW AND A TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT RECOGNIZED EDUCATOR. SHE EARNED A BACHELOR
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OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COUNSELING FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS A MASTER OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE.HELP ME WELCOME JOCELYN REYNOLDS, YOUR NEW ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. NEXT UP FOR ELEMENTARY, WE'RE GOING TO BE WELCOMING A NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, CINDY ALANIZ. SHE'S HERE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. SHE'S JOINING MESQUITE ISD AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF ELEMENTARY, BRINGING A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN BOTH GENERAL AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION. SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS AN AMPLIFY THIRD GRADE READING BILINGUAL TEACHER AT MANARA STEM ACADEMY, WHERE SHE ALSO TAUGHT THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE MATH AND SCIENCE. PRIOR TO HER TIME AT MANARA, MISS ALANIZ SERVED IN DALLAS ISD AS A BILINGUAL READING TEACHER, READING INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND CAMPUS FACILITATOR. SHE. SHE EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION FROM TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FROM TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. CINDY ALANIZ WILL BE THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ROUGLE. AND LASTLY, LIZETTE CONTRERAS. IF YOU'D STAND, HELP ME WELCOME OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SEABORN. LIZETTE IS COMING TO SEABORN ELEMENTARY, BRINGING MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BARTON ELEMENTARY IN IRVING ISD. PRIOR TO HER CURRENT ROLE, MISS CONTRERAS SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH IN YSLETA ISD AND BEGAN HER CAREER IN 2006 AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL TEACHER IN SOCORRO ISD. MRS. CONTRERAS EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FROM PARK UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES FROM GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY. HELP ME WELCOME YOUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SEABORN, LIZETTE CONTRERAS. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE APPOINTMENT. WELL, NOT APPOINTMENT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. ONE MORE INTRODUCTION TO BE MADE. AND WITH THAT, DOCTOR FIELDS WILL MAKE THAT INTRODUCTION. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE PRINCIPAL OF CANDIDATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HALIMA KING. HALIMA, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME UP AT THE PODIUM? HALIMA JUST WALKED IN AFTER RACING THROUGH SOME TERRIBLE RAINSTORMS AND TRAFFIC. SO BREATHE. IT'S OKAY. I'M GLAD. GLAD YOU MADE IT SAFELY. HALIMA KING JOINS MESQUITE ISD AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF CANDIDATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BRINGING 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. MOST RECENTLY, MISS KING SERVED AS CAMPUS PRINCIPAL IN BRIDGEPORT ISD PRIOR TO HER RECENT PRINCIPALSHIP. MISS KING HAS EXTENSIVE LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND, INCLUDES SERVING AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN CEDAR HILL ISD. HER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE ALSO INCLUDES ROLES AS AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL IN BOTH ARLINGTON AND IRVING ISD, AND AS AN ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN DUNCANVILLE ISD. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE CLASSROOM, SERVING AS AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE WORKING AS A TEACHER IN CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD.
MISS KING EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF CANDIDATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HALIMA KING. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEADING THE CAMPUS COLLABORATIVELY AND ALSO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. YEAH HE DID. THIS IS MY HUSBAND, VICTOR KING. HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS. WELCOME TO WELCOME TO MESQUITE ISD. WE'RE A FAMILY. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, THESE ARE THE ALL THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE MADE. I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE CLOSED OUT THE MEETING, PASS IT ON TO MR. THE BOARD PRESIDENT THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE APPOINTMENTS WE MADE TONIGHT.
THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING INTERVIEW PROCESS. BUT FOR THOSE CAMPUSES, I KNOW THAT WE JUST CREATED TWO VACANCIES, ONE AT LAWRENCE AND ONE AT AGNEW. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO
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TRY TO DO THE BEST JOB AS POSSIBLE AS WE DID FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS AND THE OTHER VACANCIES. AND TO INCLUDE SHANDS. WE KNOW THAT THAT POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A WHILE, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, THE COMMITTEES AT BOTH LEVELS, IS HIRE THE PRINCIPLE THAT FITS THE NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS AND NOT TRY TO PUT A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.EVERY LEADER IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR EVERY CAMPUS, SO JUST BE PATIENT WITH US. AS WE DO THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR RIVERA. VERY GOOD NIGHT. WONDERFUL NIGHT FOR MESQUITE. AFTER THIS WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY AT 6:00. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO WHERE YOU GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK. WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE WILL CONTINUE AT SIX OVER THERE IN THE VISION ROOM. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
L RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. STORM. WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE. WELCOME, FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO OUR CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE. THIS IS OUR 2026 SPRING STUDENT RECOGNITION CEREMONY. THIS IS A SPECIAL ACTUALLY BOARD MEETING THAT'S HELD TO GIVE OUR TRUSTEES AND OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE MANY SPRING ACTIVITIES IN OUR DISTRICT. SO IF YOU'D GIVE ME A MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR ANGEL RIVERA. WE HAVE BOARD PRESIDENT KEVIN CARBO. SECRETARY GARY BINGHAM. TRUSTEE ROBERT STEWART. TRUSTEE ELAINE HORNSBY. TRUSTEE. TIA COLLIER. ALSO JOINING US THIS EVENING, WE HAVE TRUSTEE ELECT DOCTOR SUSAN EDWARDS. AND TRUSTEE ELECT CASSANDRA MORRIS. SO NOW THAT THE INTRODUCTIONS ARE FINISHED, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT LITTLE BIT CELEBRATING OVER 330 STUDENTS AND STUDENT GROUPS WHO'VE ACHIEVED EXCELLENCE IN ONE OR MORE OF OUR REMARKABLE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER HERE IN MESQUITE ISD.
BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU HERE ALL NIGHT. WE'VE DESIGNED THE PROGRAM SO THAT EVERY STUDENT GROUP RECEIVES THE RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. SO WE'VE DIVIDED TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION PROGRAM INTO THREE SECTIONS. YOU ARE HERE FOR THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SECTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL GROUPS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE AND LET YOU REUNITE WITH YOUR STUDENT AND AND LEAVE. AND THEN WE'LL BRING IN THE NEXT GROUP. SO WE DO THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP ANYONE FROM LEAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CEREMONY. SO WE WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GUESS, WOULD HELP US HONOR THE EXCELLENCE AND REMAIN SEATED UNTIL AFTER ALL THE RECOGNITIONS IN THIS SECTION ARE COMPLETE, WE HAVE COOKIES IN THE HOLDING ROOM. SO YOUR KIDDOS ARE GOING TO BE GREAT HANGING OUT UNTIL WE'RE FINISHED WITH THIS SECTION, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A BREAK. ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS WITH ADVANCED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
DOCTOR RIVERA, MR. CUERVO, IF YOU COME FORWARD AND PREPARE TO START INTRODUCING SOME STUDENTS, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ALL THESE PICTURES WILL BE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, PROBABLY TOMORROW, MAYBE THE NEXT DAY. SO IF YOU DON'T GET A PICTURE, YOU CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK AND GET THAT LATER THIS WEEK. COME ON UP. SO WE'RE STARTING WITH STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL SKILL AND STRATEGY, EARNING TOP PLACEMENT IN THIS YEAR'S ADVANCED ACADEMIC DISTRICT CHESS TOURNAMENT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MEET SOME STUDENTS THAT EXCELLED IN THE DESTINATION, IMAGINATION, REGIONAL AND STATE COMPETITIONS, AS WELL AS THE SPHERO NATIONAL PARK THEME STEM COMPETITION. SO LET'S GET STARTED. FIRST UP FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY DE LASER DE LUNA DE LASER DE LUNA. THIS IS OUR FIRST PLACE INDIVIDUAL K THROUGH THIRD GRADE CHESS TOURNAMENT CHAMPION. NEXT UP, YOUR FIRST PLACE TEAM IN THE SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT FOR K THROUGH THIRD GRADE IS FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY. THEIR SPONSORS, MOLINA. MOLINA.
ONTIVEROS. VERY NICE TROPHY. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ALSO FROM PORTER. OUR SECOND PLACE INDIVIDUAL. AND FOURTH AND
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FIFTH GRADE IS DAVID RIVAS CHESS TOURNAMENT SECOND PLACE. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAD THIS WAY. THIS IS YOUR FIRST PLACE TEAM IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE FROM THE CHESS TOURNAMENT FROM PORTER ELEMENTARY SPONSOR MOLINA ONTIVEROS.ALL RIGHT. THIS IS HOW SUE VARGAS FROM RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY, YOUR SECOND PLACE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT. THE GREAT TROPHY.
NEXT UP, THE RUTHERFORD TEAM PLACED SECOND IN K THROUGH THIRD GRADE SPONSOR JOSE MENDIOLA. CORTEZ. COME ON UP. GREAT JOB GUYS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP FROM RUTHERFORD. ESTEBAN MARTINEZ, THIS IS YOUR THIRD PLACE INDIVIDUAL WINNER FOR FOURTH THROUGH FIFTH GRADE FROM RUTHERFORD. PLAY A LOT OF CHESS AT RUTHERFORD. THIS IS YOUR SECOND PLACE TEAM FROM FOURTH THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. IN THE TURN, ADVANCED ACADEMIC SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT. SECOND PLACE, FOURTH THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SPONSOR JOSE MENDIOLA CORTEZ TEAM. WITH YOUR TROPHY. YOU.
THIS IS ELI MOYA. COME ON UP, ELI. THIRD PLACE IN K THROUGH THIRD GRADE. HEAD RIGHT OVER HERE. THIS IS SHAN'S ELEMENTARY. THIRD PLACE IN CHESS. AND SHAN'S HAD THAT THIRD PLACE TEAM AS WELL. K THROUGH THIRD GRADE SPONSOR ANGIE VASQUEZ.
ALSO THIRD PLACE, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE TEAM FROM SHAN SPONSOR ANGIE VASQUEZ.
THIS IS YOUR THIRD PLACE CHESS TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, LIAM CASTILLO FROM GENTRY ELEMENTARY PLACED FIRST. HE FORGOT HIS TROPHY, BUT I BET IT'S BIG. FIRST PLACE, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CHESS TOURNAMENT. AND HERE IS HAVEN WEST. HE BROUGHT HIS FIRST PLACE TROPHY. THIS IS YOUR SCHOLASTIC CHESS TOURNAMENT. FIRST PLACE, SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, HAVEN WEST. FROM FRAZIER. AND OUR SECOND. SECOND PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. EZEQUIEL GONZALEZ FROM AGNEW. AND YOUR FIRST PLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM SPONSOR, TIFFANY GONZALEZ, THIS IS YOUR AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CHESS TEAM. COME ON UP. GREAT TROPHY.
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ALL RIGHT. AND YOUR THIRD PLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHESS TEAM WITH SPONSOR KAREN. THIS IS THE TEAM FROM TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. COME ON UP, GUYS.ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME HIGH SCHOOL CHESS PLAYERS. THIS IS THE THIRD PLACE INDIVIDUAL WINNER FROM THE CHESS TOURNAMENT FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. MARIO ARIZA. SOSA.
INCOMING. RIGHT BEHIND HIM IS THE TEAM FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL WITH SPONSOR JARED SWINT. THESE WERE SECOND PLACE IN THE CHESS TOURNAMENT, NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. YOU WANT IT? ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, THE THIRD PLACE TEAM IN THE CHESS TOURNAMENT FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE SPONSOR, ELIZABETH ROSE. COME ON UP, GUYS. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, THIS IS BENJAMIN THOMAS, WHO WON THE HIGH SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT.
FIRST PLACE. FORGOT HIS TROPHY. BUT BENJAMIN, COME ON UP. CONGRATULATIONS. FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. AND RIGHT BEHIND HIM, REPRESENTING THE TEAM WHO ALSO WON FIRST PLACE FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS SPONSOR KATHLEEN HERNANDEZ. ALRIGHT, MOVING FROM CHESS, WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME INCREDIBLE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPETED IN OUR DESTINATION IMAGINATION CONTEST. THIS IS FIRST PLACE IN SERVICE LEARNING AT REGIONALS, SIXTH PLACE AT STATE GLOBAL FINALS QUALIFYING TEAM FROM GALLOWAY, SPONSORS LUIS HERNANDEZ AND PATRICIA MCCARTY. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. COME ON UP.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE YOUNG LADIES. THIS TEAM HERE DESTINATION IMAGINATION. FIRST PLACE IN TECHNICAL CHALLENGE AT REGIONALS. A STATE QUALIFYING TEAM. ALSO THIS WAS TEAM ANONYMOUS FIVE IN THE SPHERO GLOBAL CHALLENGE. THEY GOT THIRD PLACE IN STATE ADVANCING TO THE WORLD COMPETITION. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, THEY'RE FROM SEABORN SEABORN ELEMENTARY, ALSO FROM SEABORN TEAM SIX, DESTINATION IMAGINATION, THIRD PLACE AT REGIONALS AND ALSO ADVANCED TO STATE. COME ON UP GUYS. FROM SEABORN ELEMENTARY.
ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM SHANE'S DESTINATION. IMAGINATION. FIRST PLACE IN ELEMENTARY IMPROV AT REGIONALS AND A STATE QUALIFIER HERE WITH SPONSOR JULIE GONZALEZ. THIS IS THE TEAM FROM CHEYENNE ELEMENTARY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE JOINED US LATE, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM. WE'RE MEETING SOME FOLKS THAT COMPETED IN
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DESTINATION IMAGINATION. FOLLOWING THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SOME TEXAS STATE HISTORY DAY CONTEST WINNERS. AND THIS TEAM FROM KIMBALL ELEMENTARY SPONSORS, SARAH SLATER AND BUFFY MASSEY. THIS IS YOUR DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM THAT PLAYED FIRST IN ELEMENTARY SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE AT REGIONALS AND QUALIFIED FOR STATE. COME ON UP, GUYS.ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING INTO THE PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME STATE FINALISTS FOR THE TEXAS STATE HISTORY DAY CONTEST. THIS NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS PROUDLY REPRESENTING MESQUITE ISD AT THE TEXAS STATE HISTORY DAY.
THIS IS A PROJECT BASED STATEWIDE RESEARCH PROGRAM AND COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12. IT'S AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL HISTORY DAY. THESE STUDENTS REPRESENT THE TOP 2% OF PARTICIPANTS AND CREATED ORIGINAL PROJECTS, PAPERS, POSTERS, EXHIBITS, DOCUMENTARIES, PERFORMANCES, OR EVEN WEBSITES. AND THEY ADVANCED FROM REGIONAL CONTEST TO THE STATE HISTORY DAY CONTEST. SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE ARIANA VASQUEZ RENTERIA. SHE'S SECOND PLACE IN THE DALLAS AREA REGIONAL HISTORY DAY AND QUALIFIED FOR STATE FROM AGNEW. ALSO FROM AGNEW. FIRST PLACE IN THE DALLAS AREA REGIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST AND STATE QUALIFIER. THIS TEAM FROM AGNEW, HANNAH SCOTT AND ELLIE YOST.
ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM AGNEW. SECOND PLACE IN THE DALLAS AREA REGIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST AND STATE QUALIFIER. A TEAM WITH REAGAN SARPY, LYNN LU AND BENJAMIN CLARK FROM AGNEW LOOKING VERY SHARP. THIS DUO RIGHT HERE IS FROM KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, A SECOND PLACE IN REGIONALS QUALIFYING FOR STATE SPARROW BLAYLOCK AND GRACIE QUINLAN QUILLIN.
FROM WOOLLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE IN REGIONALS QUALIFYING FOR STATE. RICARDO TORRES. COME ON UP. FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE IN REGIONAL STATE QUALIFIER IN THE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY. THIS IS CARLOS DIAZ. OKAY. NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME YOUNG PEOPLE WHO EXCELLED IN THE DISTRICT U.I.L ACADEMIC CONTEST.
THESE FOLKS HAVE EITHER EXCELLED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS TEAMS IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC COMPETITION. THEIR IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT THE DEDICATION, INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, AND OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TALENT THAT BRING PRIDE TO YOUR DISTRICT. AND I SEE SOME HARDWARE HERE. THIS IS JESSICA DARBY UI ACADEMIC CONTEST. SECOND PLACE IN CALCULATOR. THIRD PLACE IN NUMBER SENSE. SECOND PLACE IN MATHEMATICS FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS MIKE BORJAS, YOUR THIRD PLACE IN CALCULATOR. FIRST PLACE IN NUMBER SINCE THIRD PLACE IN MATHEMATICS FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOUR TEAM FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL PLACED FIRST IN CALCULATOR, FIRST IN NUMBER SINCE SECOND PLACE IN MATHEMATICS. THIS IS YOUR U.I.L ACADEMIC TEAM WITH SPONSOR JEFF HODELL. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WAIT. THERE YOU GO. COME ON
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BACK, JESSICA. THERE YOU GO. WE TRY TO PREVENT THAT. IF YOU IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL WINNER AND YOUR TEAM'S BEHIND YOU, DON'T STEP OFF TOO FAR. THERE YOU GO. PART OF THAT TEAM. COME ON. SO THOSE OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU TOO, IF YOU'RE A KIDDO WAS IN THE CHEST OR THE U. I O DESTINATION IMAGINATION. THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT IN THEIR HOLDING ROOMS. THEY HAVE COOKIES. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THESE FOLKS IN HONOR EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THIS IS SPONSOR STEPHANIE KRAMER, THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC U. I L CONTEST, FIRST PLACE IN DISTRICT UIL ACCOUNTING TEAM. WHO ELSE ON THE TEAM? YOU'RE ON THE ACCOUNTING TEAM. GO GET YOUR PICTURE. ALSO HEADING UP THERE. AXEL CRUZ WAS INDIVIDUAL SECOND PLACE OVERALL, SECOND PLACE CHEMISTRY AND A REGIONAL QUALIFIER FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S YOUR ACCOUNTING TEAM THAT GOT FIRST PLACE AND ALEX PLACED SECOND IN CHEMISTRY AND OVERALL REGIONAL QUALIFIER. ALEX GOOD JOB. YOU'RE BACK. ALL RIGHT THIS YOUNG LADY WE SEE AGAIN JESSICA. AS I SAID IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME. AND SHE'S ONE OF OUR 18 UNDER 18 A BODY. BUT I'M SO SORRY. YOU SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED ME THE FIRST TIME.JESSICA IS FIRST PLACE OVERALL. FIRST PLACE BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. REGIONAL QUALIFIER FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. COME ON UP, JESSICA. JUST LIKE I'VE SEEN YOU ALL. TAKE THE PICTURE.
ALRIGHT? MIKE BORJAS IS THIRD PLACE OVERALL. SECOND PLACE BIOLOGY REGIONAL QUALIFIER FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, THIS IS FOR FIRST PLACE SCIENCE TEAM FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL WITH SPONSOR GABRIEL COPE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA READ IT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE. KATHY AVILA WAS CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS CHAMPION. ANTONIO CHARLES WAS DISTRICT UIL COMPUTER SCIENCE CHAMPION. AND ALONG WITH A PARTNER ANGEL MARQUIS, WHO'S NOT HERE COMPUTER SCIENCE CHAMPION. THEY ALSO WITH THEIR TEAM WAS CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS CHAMPION. COME ON UP. GET YOUR PICTURE AND MATHEMATICS TEAM CHAMPION. THEIR SPONSOR ANGIE JOHNSON'S NOT HERE, BUT WOW.
GREAT JOB GUYS. MOVING OVER TO THE WEST SIDE. THIS IS NATHAN GOODWIN DISTRICT ACADEMIC CONTEST. FIRST PLACE AND CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES. COME ON UP, NATHAN. AND OUR CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES. DISTRICT CHAMPION TEAM REGIONAL QUALIFIER FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS TEAM IS SPONSORED BY KATRINA PHILLIPS. ALL RIGHT, MOVING OVER TO THE POTTY PIRATES. THIS IS DIANA RANGEL. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HEARD OF HER. SHE'S FIRST PLACE AT THE MESQUITE ROTARY CLUB SPEECH CONTEST. ALSO SECOND PLACE IN PERSUASIVE SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT ACADEMIC CONTEST. CONGRATULATIONS, DIANA. BEHIND HER IS DIANA ROBERTS, DISTRICT UIL FIRST PLACE IN POETRY INTERPRETATION, THIRD PLACE IN LITERARY CRITICISM FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER PIRATE, DYLAN MORALES. THIS IS FIRST PLACE IN U.I.L ACADEMIC SOCIAL STUDIES. AND YOUR SECOND PLACE SOCIAL STUDIES TEAM FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL WITH SPONSOR
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ELIZABETH ROSE. OKAY, DO YOUR TEAM THING AND COME BACK AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING. COME ON BACK. OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS CAROLYN VAN HISE. FIRST PLACE, INFORMATIVE SPEAKING, SECOND PLACE CURRENT ISSUES AND EVENTS. STATE ACADEMIC BRONZE DIVISION S A HONORS MA'AM.CAROLYN VAN HISE FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. YES. SIERRA. I SEE WHY SHE NEEDED HER OWN CARD.
ALEXIS BANUELOS IS FIRST PLACE IN PROSE INTERPRETATION, THIRD PLACE CURRENT EVENT, CURRENT ISSUES AND EVENTS. SECOND PLACE IN LITERATURE AT STATE AND RECEIVED GOLD DIVISION IN LITERATURE. MA'AM. CONGRATULATIONS. STILL FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL, LUIS MARTINEZ PLACED SECOND IN THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE AND THIRD PLACE IN PERSUASIVE SPEAKING. AND MEET MATTHEW ALBUM. YOU SAY THAT RIGHT? ALIBABA. ALIBABA. MATTHEW ALIBABA FIRST PLACE NUMBER SIX. SECOND PLACE NEWS WRITING. SECOND PLACE SPELLING. FIRST PLACE. MATHEMATICS. FIRST PLACE LITERARY CRITICISM. FIRST PLACE. READING READY WRITING, SECOND PLACE SPELLING AND THIRD PLACE IN ECONOMICS AT THE STATE COMPETITION. WELL. MATTHEW.
MEET ESTHER JACOB, ALSO A PIRATE. SECOND PLACE IN NUMBER SINCE. THIS IS MILES. SORRY.
MILES KINZER MILES KINZER, THIRD PLACE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. PO T PIRATES. THE PIRATE SPIRIT MAN FROM POTEET, LUCY BOLSTER, THIRD PLACE IN SPEECH AND THIRD PLACE IN INTERVIEW AT THE STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETITION. HERE'S ANOTHER PIRATE. CHLOE NAVARRO PLACED SECOND IN MUSIC AT THE STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON. ALRIGHT. AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE SPONSOR JEFFREY BLACKWELL IS HERE WITH THE STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE QUALIFYING TEAM FOR THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL GROUP. GROUP PICTURE.
ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS. MOVING ON TO HORN, TEXAS. THIRD PLACE IN COPY EDITING AND THIRD PLACE IN HEADLINE. THIS IS NEIL. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED. FIRST MEAL AND MEL AND MEL AND NONE FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS IS KENNEDY WILLIAMS THIRD PLACE IN EDITORIAL AT THE UIL ACADEMIC CONTEST. INTRODUCING MR. KING JAMAL KING FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
OKAY. AND THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE TO GET THIS.
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UZOAMAKA ONUORAH UZOAMAKA ONUORAH. SHE'S GOT QUITE A LIST HERE. FIRST PLACE COPY EDITING, SECOND PLACE FEATURE, THIRD PLACE LITERARY CRITICISM, AND THIRD PLACE IN CURRENT EVENTS.FIRST PLACE IN FEATURE AND ALSO SECOND PLACE IN STATE IN FUTURE FEATURE FEATURE. UZOAMAKA FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR LAST GROUP OF THIS SECTION. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND LET YOU MEET BACK UP WITH YOUR KIDDO. THIS NEXT CATEGORY RECOGNIZES ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN THE NATION ESPORTS. THIS YEAR, MESQUITE ISD STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK, STRATEGY, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPETITIVE SKILL AS BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND TEAMS EXCELLED IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE EARNED THEM QUALIFICATION FOR THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD RECORD, REPRESENTING MESQUITE ISD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETITION. SO LET'S WELCOME ROBERT LARGEN FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. COME ON UP, ROBERT. RUNNER UP IN MADDEN AND ALL STATE MADDEN TEAM AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. RUNNER UP IN MADDEN ALL STATE MADDEN TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PART OF THIS TEAM FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORS WITH SPONSOR ANDREW DCV. MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. OG NOODLE. THERE'S A THERE'S A STORY BEHIND THAT, I THINK. THE JERSEYS. ALL RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL SPONSOR PAUL DURAND HAS THE ROCKET LEAGUE AND FORTNITE TEAM. STATE COMPETITORS AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED E-SPORTS STATE CHAMPIONS. YOUR NORTH MESQUITE STALLIONS. ALRIGHT. THEY'RE DOING ESPORTS OVER AT WEST MESQUITE. ALSO, THIS IS JOSE GALICIA. YEAH. COME ON. AND STREET FIGHTER SIX, A ALL STATE TEAM AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. JOSE. AND SPONSOR ADAM TARVER IS HERE. THE FORTNITE TEAM FROM WEST MESQUITE STATE COMPETITORS AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WAY TO GO, WRANGLERS. ALRIGHT. AND THE POTEET PIRATES SPONSOR BRANDON IS HERE. THEY WERE STATE COMPETITORS AS THE AS A TEAM AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WAY TO GO PIRATES. MORE GREAT JERSEYS WITH GREAT NICKNAMES.
OKAY, NEXT UP, JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS GABRIEL HERNANDEZ, SUPER SMASH BROTHERS STATE COMPETITOR AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. COME ON UP. OKAY, OKAY. AND TROPHIES AND UNIFORMS FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THE ALL STATE OVERWATCH TEAM AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS CHAMPION, SOLOMON COLLIER. COME ON UP. ALRIGHT, THIS IS THOMAS TOUBOU TWO, RUBY TWO, RUBY ARTUS, TWO RUBY ARTISTS. HE'S HELPED ME OUT. HE WROTE ON THERE. SO SORRY. GREAT UNIFORM THOUGH. ALL STATE MARIO KART TEAM AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP. CONGRATULATIONS, THOMAS. THIS IS SPONSOR ISAAC LUXE, RUNNER UP IN MARIO KART AT THE TEXAS UNDISPUTED ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS TEAM WAS FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. COME ON GUYS, IS THAT IT? ONE LAST PICTURE. LUCAS
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CAME ON THAT I NEED TO DO ESPORTS. I LIKE THEIR JERSEYS. ALL RIGHT, AS WE FINISH THIS LAST PHOTO, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THIS EVENING. IN MESQUITE ISD. WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THEIR TALENTS, DEVELOP THEIR GIFTS, AND FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG TO OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. THIS IS GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK AND YOU GET A BREAK, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT IS GOING TO BE FROM OUR FINE ARTS AND CTE. SO UNLESS IF YOUR KIDDOS THERE FOR THAT TOO, YOU GOTTA SIT TIGHT.IF NOT, PLEASE REUNITE WITH GOO. COME ON DOWN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR SESSION TWO OF TONIGHT'S 2026 SPRING STUDENT RECOGNITION CEREMONY, WHICH IS WELCOME. WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED AGAIN IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE WITH US OR IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, WE BELIEVE EVERY STUDENT DESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THEIR TALENTS, DEVELOP THEIR GIFTS, AND FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR STUDENTS. IN THE ANNUAL SPRING SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE HOLD TO GIVE TRUSTEES IN THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN OUR MANY SPRING ACTIVITIES. I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR DANIEL RIVERA. WE HAVE BOARD PRESIDENT KEVIN CARBO HERE. BOARD SECRETARY GARY BINGHAM, TRUSTEE ROBERT SEWARD, TRUSTEE. ELAINE HORNSBY, TRUSTEE, TO GIVE US A WAVE. WE ALSO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT TRUSTEE ELECT DOCTOR SUSAN EDWARDS AND TRUSTEE ELECT CASSANDRA MORRIS.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING OVER 330 STUDENTS AND STUDENT GROUPS FOR ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN ONE OF OUR REMARKABLE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED HERE IN MESQUITE ISD. BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR ALL 330, SO WE WON'T KEEP YOU TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT GROUP RECEIVES THE RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE, WE'VE DESIGNED TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION PROGRAM INTO THREE SECTIONS. YOU ARE HERE FOR THE FINE ARTS AND LATER CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY. OH PROGRAM. AND LATER WE HAVE A SECTION FOR ATHLETICS. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO SIT TIGHT. WE ASK ALL OUR GUESTS TO HELP US HONOR THE EXCELLENCE OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF BY REMAINING SEATED UNTIL WE FINISH THE ENTIRE GROUP. WHEN THESE STUDENTS ARE FINISHED BEING INTRODUCED, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE PHOTOS, TAKE PHOTOS WITH THEIR GROUP. THEN THEY'LL GO BACK TO THEIR HOLDING ROOM WHERE WE HAVE COOKIES. AND THEN ONCE WE FINISH ALL THE RECOGNITIONS IN THIS SECTION, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND LET YOU REUNITE. AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON ABOUT YOUR EVENING. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY, SO WE ARE BEGINNING WITH FINE ARTS EXCELLENCE, DOCTOR RIVERA AND PRESIDENT CARBO, IF YOU'LL COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO EXCELLENCE IN FINE ARTS, CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY YEAR, FILLED WITH AN INSPIRING PERFORMANCES FROM OUR TALENTED MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, CHOIRS AND THEATER PROGRAMS, THESE REMARKABLE STUDENTS HAVE DAZZLED AUDIENCES AND EARNED RECOGNITIONS AT EVERY LEVEL, TRULY SHOWCASING THE VIBRANT SPIRIT AND CREATIVITY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. FIRST UP FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BRIANNA COMPTON AND TYLER HUDSON. THIS IS OUR BAND U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES, VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY. COME ON UP FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THE FINE ARTS ALWAYS BRINGS THE HARDWARE.
AND FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS IS DIRECTOR DEREK SHEARS HERE REPRESENTING HIS STUDENTS U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. NON-VARSITY, TENOR BASS AND VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS. COME ON UP. CONGRATULATIONS FROM AGNEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. FROM LAINIE FRAZIER MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE DIRECTOR KEVIN THOMAS AND LUPITA MARTINEZ, BAND UI EL VARSITY SWEEPSTAKES. WHAT.
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ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM FRAZIER, THIS IS DIRECTOR DENNIS SORTO WITH U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. NON-VARSITY, TENOR BASS AND NON-VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS. COME ON UP.PICTURE. COME ON UP. THEY THEY WON'T BITE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S WELCOME THE STUDENTS FROM KIMBROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS YOUR UI EL SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY NON-VARSITY SUB NON-VARSITY A SUB NON-VARSITY B BANDS FROM KIMBROUGH. COME ON UP, GUYS. YOUR DIRECTORS ARE HERE. CHRIS BROWN, DANIELLE ROBERTS AND TORI STONE. YOU'RE KIMBROUGH. COUGARS.
ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE DOING SOME ORCHESTRA OVER AT KIMBROUGH, TOO. THIS IS DIRECTOR EILEEN MCNAUGHTON, U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRA WITH.
GUYS. COME ON UP. AND I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, ALL THESE PHOTOS WILL GO ON OUR DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK TOMORROW, MAYBE THE NEXT DAY. SO IF YOU MISS YOUR STUDENT, DON'T WORRY, WE WILL SHARE PHOTOS. ALL RIGHT, OVER AT MCDONNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. COME ON UP. WE HAVE A U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES, VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BANDS WITH DIRECTORS MIKE MAJOR AND KAYLA REEVES. THIS IS YOUR MCDONALD MUSTANG BAND GROUP U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. CONGRATULATIONS.
ALRIGHT. MCDONALD MUSTANGS, UIL SWEEPSTAKES, VARSITY ORCHESTRA. COME ON UP. THIS IS DIRECTOR MELINDA SANDERS WITH STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORCHESTRA. OVER AT AC KNEW WE HAD SWEEPSTAKES FOR VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BANDS. COME ON UP. DIRECTOR AJ VILLEGAS, ELIZABETH MARTINEZ AND YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM AC NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OKAY, AC NEW VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRAS, OUR U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES DIRECTOR. OH, WE DIDN'T GET THE RIGHT PHOTO. SORRY. WE GOOD? OKAY, SO EL SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRAS. COME ON UP. DIRECTOR ABDIEL MARTINEZ WITH SOME YOUNG MUSICIANS. I SEE BOTH GROUPS. OKAY, AC, NEW CHOIR. THIS IS SWEEPSTAKES.
VARSITY NON-VARSITY. TENOR BASS. VARSITY NON-VARSITY SUB NON-VARSITY. TREBLE BASS DIRECTORS MELODY VILLEGAS AND RODNEY WILLIAMS. COME ON DOWN WITH YOUR YOUNG PERFORMERS.
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CONGRATULATIONS, KNIGHTS WITH THE TROPHIES. GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. IT'S A BIG GROUP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING STAIR STEPS OR, I DON'T KNOW, A STAGE NEXT TIME. TALL, TALL IN THE BACK.WHAT A GREAT LOOKING GROUP. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S MEET DIRECTOR SAMANTHA SAFFELL AND SOME YOUNG PERFORMERS FROM JAMES P TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOUR SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY BAND.
COME ON DOWN. LOOKING SHARP, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT. FROM VANSTON. DIRECTOR LIZ, SHANE AND CHRIS STILL ARE HERE. THE UIL SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BAND STUDENTS ARE HERE. CONGRATULATIONS.
ALRIGHT. ALSO FROM VANSTON, THE SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY TREBLE CHOIR. THESE SINGERS ARE HERE WITH DIRECTOR AMANDA WHITTINGTON. CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER TO WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS DIRECTOR RYAN LOCK AND TAYLOR THOMPSON. U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BANDS FROM WILKINSON. LOOKING SHARP GUYS. GREAT HARDWARE. TALLS IN THE BACK.
GUYS. THOSE ARE JUST OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS FUTURE. LOOKS VERY BRIGHT.
LET'S MEET FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR LANCE PAWLOWSKI HERE WITH U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES, VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BANDS. COME ON DOWN, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. LOOKING FABULOUS. FABULOUS.
HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE THIRD ROW IN A MINUTE. OKAY, GUYS, THIS IS NOAH VASQUEZ. NOAH IS A TMEA ALL STATE CHOIR. COME ON UP. NOAH FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO IN 18 UNDER 18 STUDENT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. CONGRATULATIONS, NOAH. JACK GARRISON IS ALSO TMEA ALL-STATE CHOIR FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. AND NO SURPRISE, DIRECTOR JENNIFER REZENDES IS HERE WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES. VARSITY MIXED VARSITY TENOR BASS VARSITY TREBLE NON-VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU GUYS IN THIS GROUP? CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S YOUR. THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL'S CHOIR. TOWELS IN THE
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BACK.OKAY, NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING OVER TO NORTH MESQUITE. THIS IS DIRECTOR KIM SHIMPO U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY NON-VARSITY SUB NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRAS FROM NORTH MESQUITE.
THESE ARE HER YOUNG PERFORMERS AND DIRECTOR KIM SHIMPO. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. ALL RIGHT. FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. GIOVANNI RESENDIZ CRUZ IS AN INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY'S NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN THEATER MARKETING. GIOVANNI, COME ON UP. LET'S TAKE YOUR PICTURE FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. CAN I GET YOUR PICTURE? ALL RIGHT, SAVANNAH JONES, COME ON UP. ALSO FROM WEST MESQUITE. THIS IS A NATIONAL QUALIFIER AND COSTUME DESIGN WITH A PERFECT SCORE. THAT'S FROM THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY.
A NATIONAL QUALIFIER RIGHT THERE. CONGRATULATIONS, SAVANNAH. OH, WE GOT A SIGNED.
GREAT. OKAY. LINETTE ANDRADE, THE STATE VASE COMPETITION. SHE GOT A BLUE RIBBON IN VISUAL ARTS. COME ON UP. LET'S TAKE YOUR PICTURE. CONGRATULATIONS. SHE'S FROM WEST MESQUITE TWO TALKING ABOUT SOME WRANGLERS. OKAY, WE HAVE SOME MORE WRANGLERS. DIRECTOR ASHLEY MONTEZ IS HERE WITH THE U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRAS. COME ON DOWN. LOOKING LOVELY. AND WITH THE BIG, BIG TROPHY. CONGRATULATIONS. WEST MESQUITE ORCHESTRA.
ALRIGHT, NOW COME ON. DIRECTOR ANNA CLARKSON, THIS IS YOUR WEST MESQUITE U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. VARSITY NON-VARSITY MIXED NON-VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS WITH DIRECTOR ANNA CLARKSON. SOME WRANGLER SINGERS. NEXT UP, NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE POTEET PIRATE BAND. THIS IS SWEEPSTAKES. VARSITY NON-VARSITY SUB SUB NON-VARSITY BANDS ALL U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. COME ON UP. WE HAVE DIRECTORS TISH GOMEZ, KAYLEE SMITH AND CHRISTINE CHRISTIAN SALES HERE WITH PERFORMERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. SO LINE THEM UP, WADE.
ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM POTEET, YOUR ORCHESTRA WAS U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. FULL VARSITY, FULL ORCHESTRA NON-VARSITY STRING ORCHESTRA. YOUR DIRECTORS ARE CHRIS FRANK AND NICOLE BELTRAN. THEY ARE HERE WITH SOME OF THEIR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES. U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES FROM POTEET. ALRIGHT, ALSO FROM POTEET. OUR CHOIR IS HERE. YOU SWEEPSTAKES.
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VARSITY MIX NON-VARSITY. TENOR BASS NON-VARSITY SUB NON-VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS. ALL U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. THEIR DIRECTOR IS MITCHELL WASHINGTON.ALL RIGHT DOWN AT HORN, TEXAS. KASON TRAN IS UIL1 ACT PLAY ALL STAR ACTOR AND SUPERIOR IN CONTRASTING MONOLOGUES AND A PERFECT SCORE AT TEXAS THESPIANS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, BUT I KNOW KASON IS TALENTED GUY. YEAH. NEXT UP, BETTY NGUYEN OH ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST, HONORABLE MENTION ACTOR AND SUPERIOR IN SOLO MUSICAL AT TEXAS THESPIANS.
BETTY, ALSO A TALENTED YOUNG LADY. VICTOR CARLITO UIL1 ACT PLAY CONTEST. ALL STAR TECH FROM HORN HIGH SCHOOL. ALL THESE GUYS ARE JAGUARS. THIS IS MARTY BADGER UIL1 ACT PLAY CONTEST. ALL STAR TECH FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. ARLENE FUENTES IS SUPERIOR IN CONTRASTING MONOLOGUES AT TEXAS THESPIAN. MORE FROM HORN HIGH SCHOOL THEATER. ELIJAH MILES SUPERIOR IN SOLO MUSICAL THEATER DANCE AT THE TEXAS THESPIAN. SKYLAR THOMAS SUPERIOR IN STAGE MANAGEMENT AT TEXAS THESPIANS. AND. CAROLINA GONZALES SUPERIOR IN MARKETING FOR IS THIS YOU? I KNOW TEXAS THESPIANS. YEAH, MARKETING TEXAS THESPIANS, I DO MARKETING, WE SHOULD TALK. AND ALONG WITH SPONSOR CHERISE TUGGLE, COME ON UP BECAUSE YOU NEED A SPOTLIGHT.
THIS CAST AND CREW OF PROOF WITH SPONSOR SHARISSA TUGGLE ADVANCING SCHOOL IN THE ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST. ALL OF YOU INVOLVED IN THAT? COME ON. BACK FOR A PHOTO. INCREDIBLE THEATER PROGRAM AT JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BAND AT JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. COME ON UP. DIRECTOR TODD BURKE IS HERE WITH SOME STUDENTS FROM U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY AND NON-VARSITY BANDS. SO AS WE HAVE SOME ASSISTANT DIRECTORS WITH THE CREW, JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL BAND. GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATIONS. U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES. DID YOU GUYS KNOW WE DO FINE ARTS HERE IN MESQUITE ISD A LITTLE BIT? ALRIGHT, ORCHESTRA. JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL, COME ON UP. DIRECTOR DIRECTOR. JAMIE ALLGOOD U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES AWARD NON-VARSITY AND SUB NON-VARSITY ORCHESTRA. CONGRATULATIONS.
JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, THAT'S YOUR ORCHESTRA. COME ON DOWN, DIRECTOR CALEB WIDDIS WITH U.I.L SWEEPSTAKES VARSITY. DID I SAY IT RIGHT? WHITIS. I LIKE TO GET THE NAMES RIGHT.
I'M SORRY. I HEARD THAT. CALEB WHITIS, THIS IS YOUR CHOIR DIRECTOR FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. UIL SWEEPSTAKES, VARSITY TENOR, BASS AND NON-VARSITY TREBLE CHOIRS.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE SOME ARTISTS AT DAVID VERNON VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. THIS IS COURTNEY SANDLE. COME ON UP, COURTNEY. SHE'S A STATE VASE COMPETITION. BLUE
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RIBBON WINNER. THANK YOU. KURT. COURTNEY. OKAY, WE GOT ONE MORE GROUP IN THIS SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO PROUDLY CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. WE CALL THEM TSOS. THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS HAVE EXCELLED IN COMPETITION, SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS, AND DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP REPRESENTING MESQUITE ISD WITH DISTINCTION AND PREPARING THEM FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE AND CAREERS. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO THAT CARD, THE ONE WITH THE PINK ON IT. AND THIS IS FROM FRAZIER MIDDLE SCHOOL, JONATHAN RIVERA AND DAVID FLORES. TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY. COME ON GUYS. TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION STATE FINALISTS. FIRST PLACE IN THE DRONE CHALLENGE. THEY'RE FROM FRAZIER MIDDLE SCHOOL.ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THIS IS MIRACLE MADABHUSHI FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA, THIRD PLACE STATE CHAMPION. A FUNDAMENTAL SPREADSHEET, APPLICATIONS AND NATIONAL QUALIFIER. I THINK I COULD USE YOUR HELP. NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS. MIRACLE FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT UP, ALEX CRUZ. COME ON DOWN. ALEX. THIS IS BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. HE PLACED FIRST IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING. I COULD PROBABLY USE YOUR HELP TO. OKAY WE GOT TWO FROM FCCLA AT THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. JOSE FUENTES, OUR STATE COMPETITION. FIRST PLACE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A NATIONAL QUALIFIER. AND WITH HIM IS KINSLEY CHADWICK. FIRST PLACE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NATIONAL QUALIFIER. THAT'S YOUR FCCLA GROUP AT MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS JESSICA ABBOTT, ONE OF MY FAVES. SHE WENT TO THE STATE COMPETITION FOR FCCLA, SECOND PLACE IN HOSPITALITY, TOURISM AND RECREATION. ALSO A NATIONAL QUALIFIER. SHE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR 18 UNDER 18 STUDENTS. COME ON JESSICA, WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. TIFFANY JOHNSON, TIFFANY, TIFFANY STATE COMPETITION AND FCCLA SECOND PLACE IN HOSPITALITY, TOURISM AND RECREATION. ALSO A NATIONAL QUALIFIER. AND MARIA MARIA. MARIAH. MARIA FILOGRANA. MARIA VILLAGRANA COME ON FCCLA STATE COMPETITION SECOND PLACE IN HOSPITALITY, TOURISM AND RECREATION NATIONAL QUALIFIER FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A TEAM FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL IN CULINARY ARTS. THESE GUYS SPONSOR SANDRA SEPULVEDA. PLACED FIRST IN THE CULINARY CUP. COME ON DOWN. 2026 FOOD AND FASHION COMPETITION. THIS LOOKS LIKE OH, THEY HAVE A BIG TROPHY. OH BIG TROPHIES. SUZANNE MILANO, ISABEL TELLEZ, EMMIE JENNINGS AND EMILY MENDOZA FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. WE DO TASTE TESTING ANYTIME YOU'D LIKE.
OKAY, THEY DO SOME CULINARY OVER AT NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL TOO. COME ON DOWN, SPONSOR. LAUREN. SHANIA. COME ON. SHE'S GOT GRACIE, PAYTON AND JONATHAN.
THEY WERE FIRST PLACE CULINARY TEAM IN THE TEXAS PROSTART STATE INVITATIONAL. THAT'S THE LONE STAR DIVISION. THESE ARE OUR STALLION CULINARY ARTS. FIRST PLACE TEAM. ALRIGHT, THIS.
COME ON SPONSOR LAUREN. SHANIA ALSO HAS THE FIRST PLACE RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE LONE STAR DIVISION. THIS IS CHEYENNE, ALLISON AND PHOEBE LOOKING VERY SHARP AND READY TO RUN A RESTAURANT. YOU GUYS HANG TIGHT. ALRIGHT? FROM WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. AALIYAH SIMPSON IS HERE. THESE ARE OUR OKAY GUYS. LOVE THIS TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.
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THIS IS A NATIONAL QUALIFIER, RIGHT? THEIR FUTURE TEACHER AALIYAH SIMPSON FROM WEST MESQUITE. ALSO ALLISON ORTIZ COME ON DOWN. ANOTHER FUTURE EDUCATOR AND NATIONAL QUALIFIER FROM WEST MESQUITE. CADEN DIAZ. WE'RE GOING TO SIGN YOU UP. FUTURE EDUCATOR NATIONAL QUALIFIER FROM WEST MESQUITE. CARLOS WE NEED YOU TWO TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS NATIONAL QUALIFIER. THAT'S CARLOS DIAZ FROM WEST MESQUITE. THIS IS DEYANIRA BELTRAN, NATIONAL QUALIFIER FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS AND FUTURE TEACHER.SPEAK IT RIGHT INTO EXISTENCE. ALLISON. WELL, WEST MESQUITE WRANGLER, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS, NATIONAL QUALIFIER AND FUTURE TEACHER. SO IS ANDREA GARCIA. COME ON UP.
FUTURE MISS GARCIA NATIONAL QUALIFIER. THOSE ARE YOUR WEST MESQUITE FUTURE TEACHERS. WE HAVE SOME AT POTEET AS WELL. KOBE BRYANT COME ON DOWN. TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS GOLD WINNER IN THE PORTFOLIO COMPETITION. THIS IS LUIS BENTANCOURT AND ALISA TARTE BENTANCOURT NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN PROJECT VISUALIZATION. VISUALIZATION ON THEIR SERVICE PROJECT FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS. THOSE ARE PETITE PIRATES. HERE'S A COUPLE MORE. JULIET. JULIET CONTRERAS, SANIYA WOODS. GET THAT RIGHT. LOOK AT ME. NATIONAL QUALIFIERS FOR INSIDE OUR SCHOOL PROJECT FROM THE NATIONAL. THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.
THESE PIRATES ARE HERE WITH TEAM SPONSOR KELLY HENRY. SO WE GOT CODY BRYANT, AMAYA CUSHENBERRY AND JASMINE MEDLOCK. COME ON DOWN. WE ARE. THEY ARE GOLD WINNERS IN CHAPTER YEARBOOK FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS. FUTURE TEACHERS LOVE IT.
SWITCHING BACK CULINARY ARTS. OUR TEAM SPONSOR AT POTEET IS KATIE RHODES. WE GOT LAUREN BOTVINICK. THAT'S IT. OKAY. COME ON. LAUREN. ABRAHAM. CAULDRON. SANTIAGO. TORAN. RYAN.
HAMAD. GINA. BAEZ. COME ON. TEXAS PROSTART STATE INVITATIONAL. RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT. THAT'S THIRD PLACE IN LONE STAR DIVISION FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. THESE GUYS LOOK LIKE A TEAM. THEY ARE THE JROTC ARCHERY TOURNAMENT NATIONAL QUALIFIERS FROM POTEET HIGH SCHOOL. SERGEANT JASON RUIZ AND COLONEL MARCUS WILEY ARE HERE WITH SOME ARCHERS AND GOOD LOOKING SHIRTS. I NEED ONE OF THOSE. IT'S GOOD LOOKING. ALL RIGHT. FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS HALEY MARTINEZ, HOSA, FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ORGANIZATION PLACED FIRST IN THE STATE COMPETITION, AND IT IS ADVANCING TO THE INTERNATIONAL HOSA CONTEST THIS SUMMER. GOOD LUCK. HALEY. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO VERNON VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL.
JOSHUA ZENTENO, THIS IS BPA BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA. COME ON DOWN. THIS IS A NATIONAL QUALIFIER IN INTEGRATED OFFICE APPLICATIONS. JOSHUA. HECTOR GONZALES IS NATIONAL QUALIFIER FROM LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS FUNDAMENTALS. THAT'S BPA. COME ON. HECTOR FROM VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER ORGANIZATION DOWN WE HAVE HERE TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION THAT'S TSA THESE THIS TEAM RUBY BADILLO AND STEPHANIE BERRY COME ON STATE FINALIST. THEY GOT THIRD PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN NQE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. NATIONAL QUALIFIER OF COURSE THEY ARE STATE FINALIST AND
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NATIONAL QUALIFIER. RUBY AND STEPHANIE. CONGRATULATIONS. THEN HERE WE HAVE SKILLSUSA.COME ON SPONSOR STEVEN NOEL. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A TEAM. JUAN GARCIA, ABRAHAM RUIZ, DIEGO TREJO AND ANDRES LAGUNAS. ANDRES LAGUNAS, THIS IS YOUR THIRD PLACE IN TEAM WORKS AT THE STATE COMPETITION THAT SKILLS USA FROM VANGUARD. THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR CTE EXCELLENCE. GREAT JOB GUYS. LISTEN, WE BELIEVE IN MESQUITE ISD THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER TALENTS, DEVELOP THEIR GIFTS, AND FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG TO OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. THIS CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. WE'RE GOING TO PUT FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE MORE GROUP OF ATHLETES COMING IN NEXT. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR AN ATHLETE, STAY TIGHT. IF YOU'RE NOT, PLEASE REUNITE WITH YOUR STUDENT AND HAVE A ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. HEY GUYS. WELCOME, WELCOME GUYS IN THE FRONT ROW TO SETTLE DOWN. LISTEN, I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE. THIS IS. COME ON A LITTLE CLOSER.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART. SO I STARTED MY CAREER AS A BASKETBALL AND POWERLIFTING COACH. SO I'M STILL A COACH AT HEART. AND EVERY TIME WE GET AROUND TO ATHLETICS AND SUCCESS, I GET GET A LITTLE FIRED UP. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR. SO GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THIS IS OUR CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. THIS IS THE THIRD SESSION. WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT SOME INCREDIBLE STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING EXCELLENT IN THE CLASSROOM IN OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, OUR CTE, OUR FINE ARTS. BUT WE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST, RIGHT WITH OUR ATHLETES. I'M GOING TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE. I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR ANGEL RIVERA, FOR THIS. STAND UP. OKAY. HERE, PRESIDENT KEVIN CARBO, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM SMILING WITH OUR STUDENTS HERE IN A MINUTE. SECRETARY GARY BINGHAM IS ALSO HERE. TRUSTEE ROBERT SEWARD MUST HAVE HAD TO GET OKAY IF I WOULD EAT A COOKIE, TOO. TRUSTEE ELAINE HORNSBY SAY HELLO, TRUSTEE T COLLIER COOKIE. SHE WAS HERE EARLIER. VERY THANKFUL THAT THERE'S MR. SEWARD. AND THEN THAT'S TRUE. WE HAVE TRUSTEE ELECT DOCTOR SUSAN WILLIAMS. RAISE YOUR HAND. GOT IT. RIGHT. SO WE'VE THIS IS OUR LAST GROUP.
WE'VE RECOGNIZED OVER 330 STUDENTS AND STUDENT GROUPS THIS EVENING. ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE. YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE COME FOR THE FINAL SECTION. AND LIKE I SAID, THE BEST. YOU GOT A CARD COME HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THESE GUYS AND CELEBRATE THE EXCELLENCE HAPPENING ON THE FIELD. WE HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS TO CELEBRATE VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF STATE COMPETITION. SO LET'S MEET SOME REMARKABLE STUDENT ATHLETES. FIRST UP GUYS. THIS IS FROM TERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MARIO ELIAS URBINA.
MISS YOU. COME ON. HE IS UNDEFEATED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS AS A SINGLES IN HIS CAREER. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR BIG THINGS FROM HIM. MARIO. ALRIGHT FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. GIANCARLO NEEDHAM REGIONAL SHOT PUT QUALIFIER FROM THE MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL.
GIANCARLO CONGRATULATIONS. RIGHT BEHIND HIM IS RILEY DECKER. THIS IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE DISCUS. RILEY. KENDALL JONES IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE SHOT PUT KILLING IT WITH THE FIELD EVENTS. HELLO MA'AM. BRIANNA OKORIE REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 800M. FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. BOYS SOCCER. THIS IS BRIAN QUINTANA TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL STATE TEAM. RONNELL. THE VINCENT ALSO.
ACADEMIC. ALL-STATE. RONNELL. ASIAN. LOPEZ. ACADEMIC. ALL-STATE. MESQUITE. HIGH.
SCHOOL. BOYS. SOCCER. SO IS FABIAN ROJAS. THIS IS TASE. OH THAT'S TEXAS ASSOCIATION SOCCER
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COACHES OFFICIAL TASE. OH YES, TEXAS TECH. WELL, IF THE COACH DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, IT'S JUST TABASCO. AND THAT'S FABIAN. HE'S FIRST TEAM ALL REGION. AND THEN WE HAVE DONALD WHITLEY TABASCO SECOND TEAM ALL REGION. DONALD. AND THAT'S COACH DID YOU GUYS RUN OFF. COME ON PHIL SOCCER BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. CALL THEM BACK. ALL THE ALL THE ACADEMIC GUYS. AND TASCO. WE GOTTA GET A GROUP PICTURE. I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM. COME ON GUYS. THERE WE GO. THERE'S THE TEAM. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, OVER IN GIRLS SOCCER, THIS IS ISABEL DEGIOIA.SHE IS TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL STATE TEAM. ISABELLA FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT BEHIND HER IS COACH CHRIS THORMAN. BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
THIS TEAM WAS. AND HE IS 116 COACH OF THE YEAR. COACH THORMAN FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, THIS IS MCKENZIE HORNSBY AND CAMILA SANCHEZ. SPRING TENNIS REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN GIRLS DOUBLES FROM MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WANTED TO KEEP HER CARD. I KNOW.
I THINK I FORGOT TO TELL THIS GROUP YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE YOUR OWN PICTURES, BUT ALL OF THESE PHOTOS WILL PUT ON OUR FACEBOOK TOMORROW, MAYBE THE DAY AFTER, BUT YOU CAN GO AND GET THAT PHOTO FROM MESQUITE ISD. FACEBOOK. LET'S WELCOME ALLISON. OVAL. OVAL. SAY OVAL.
OVAL. ALLISON, COME ON. TRACK AND FIELD. REGIONAL QUALIFIER 3200M, 800M. ALLISON FROM NORTH MESQUITE. TO LYNN LAKE IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 800 METER AND THE 300 HURDLES FROM NORTH MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL. MISS AMAYA MCGEE IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE LONG JUMP AND THE TRIPLE JUMP. NORTH MESQUITE. DESTINY JACKSON REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE DISCUS. NORTH MESQUITE. AND THIS IS COACH JUSTINA MALONE, WHO CLEARLY KNOWS HOW TO RUN A TEAM GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN THE 4X4 HUNDRED RELAY. COME ON, LET'S GET A GROUP PICTURE. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. ALRIGHT. AARON BOSCHWITZ IS FROM NORTH MESQUITE. HE'S A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE POLE VAULT. AARON, CONGRATULATIONS. TURNS OUT THE STALLIONS HAVE TWO REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN THE POLE VAULT. THIS IS CORNELIUS KING.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAD SOME OTHER NORTH MESQUITE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.
BUT THIS IS COACH JASON TEAGUE. THEY WERE ALSO REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN THE FOUR BY 100 RELAY. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE 400 RELAY FOUR BY 100 RELAY GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PICTURE.
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OKAY GUYS FROM NORTH MESQUITE SOCCER. THIS IS ANDREW RIVAS AND LAZARO PINALES. ANDREW WAS FIRST TEAM ALL REGION. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HIM IF THEY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. AND LAZARO IS TOSCO SECOND TEAM ALL REGION. SOME GREAT SOCCER ATHLETES FROM NORTH MESQUITE. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. FROM NORTH MESQUITE GIRLS SOCCER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TASCO MEANS? IMMA LOOK IT UP. WHAT IS IT THAT TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SOCCER COACH CO COACHES. OKAY, CARLA. LAURA, COME ON UP. THIS IS AN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TASCO GIRLS SOCCER. SO IS MADISON DIAZ, ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FOR GIRLS SOCCER. COME ON UP, MADISON. DON'T RUN OFF IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR TEAM HERE. EMILY MARTINEZ IS ALSO TASCO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE NORTH MESQUITE GIRLS SOCCER. MISS LILIANA LANDAVERDE ALSO TASCO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE. AND THIS IS COACH GREG HUNTER, WHO TAUGHT ME WHAT TASCO MEANS. AND THEY WERE BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR. YOUR GIRLS SOCCER TEAM FROM NORTH MESQUITE. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.WEST MESQUITE HIGH SCHOOL, SPRING TENNIS DISTRICT CHAMPION AND REGIONAL QUARTERFINALIST DANIEL HOWARD. COME ON UP. OH! ARE YOU OKAY? YES, COACH. COACH LEDESMA IS HERE WITH DANIEL HOWARD, WHO IS DISTRICT CHAMPION AND REGIONAL QUARTERFINALIST IN SPRING TENNIS. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. COACH MIRIAM RAMIREZ IS HERE WITH SOFTBALL DISTRICT COACH CHAMPS AND BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. LADIES, COME ON UP. LADY WRANGLERS. SOFTBALL.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO ADISON ROBBINS. COME ON UP, ADISON. SHE'S A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 200 METER. ALSO ONE OF OUR 1818 STUDENTS FOR 2026 ADISON. KENDRA MILLER REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 100 METER. THAT MEANS SHE'S FAST.
ESSIG, A REGIONAL QUALIFIER OH 400 800 LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP FROM WEST MESQUITE. THIS IS AARON SMITH. NO RELATION, BUT SHE'S REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 100 HURDLES FOR WEST MESQUITE. DIANA. DIANA. DAYANARA AREVALO. SHE'S WAY BETTER THAN ME. SHE'S A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 1600 METER WEST MESQUITE LADY WRANGLER TRACK. HERE'S COACH CARMEL WARD AND ATHLETE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? KAYLEE. TRACK AND FIELD. REGIONAL QUALIFIER.
GIRLS FOUR BY TWO AND FOUR BY ONE. AND I HAVE A FEELING SOME OF THOSE GIRLS WERE INVOLVED AS WELL. ALRIGHT. ALEX GOMEZ IS A THSCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAM FROM BOYS SOCCER WEST MESQUITE.
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COME ON ALEX, TAKE YOUR PICTURE. ON. ANGEL CARBAJAL. ANGEL CARBAJAL ALSO ACADEMIC. ALL STATE TEAM BOYS SOCCER WEST MESQUITE. COME ON UP ON HILL. ALL RIGHT. ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ HEAD ON UP THERE. ACADEMIC ALL-STATE THCA FOR BOYS SOCCER WEST MESQUITE. WE GOT A FEW OF THESE. CHRIS CARRILLO ALSO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAM FOR BOYS SOCCER WEST MESQUITE. AND I THINK THIS LADY KEEPS THEM IN LINE. JOCELYN PUENTE SHE'S THE MANAGER AND TEXAS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAM FOR TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION BOYS SOCCER. JOCELYN. MARIO DOMINGUEZ IS THCA SUPER ELITE TEAM AND FIRST TEAM. DALLAS MORNING NEWS. MARIO. VILLARREAL, DISTRICT 145. A COACH OF THE YEAR, HE IS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND REGIONAL SEMIFINALIST FROM WEST MESQUITE BOYS SOCCER THIS YEAR. COME ON COACH, CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING SEASON. FOR. THEIR PLAYING GIRLS SOCCER OVER AT WEST MESQUITE TOO. BY THE WAY, THESE ARE YOUR BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS WITH THEIR 145. A DISTRICT COACH OF THE YEAR JARED BROS.LADY WRANGLERS ON THE PITCH. CONGRATULATIONS.
OKAY POTEET PIRATES PLAY A LITTLE SOFTBALL. THIS IS COACH JOE HUBER WITH ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT CO-CHAMPIONS IN 145 A. AND THEY WERE ALSO BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS IN SOFTBALL. LADY PIRATES. THIS IS JANIYA MILES REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE HIGH JUMP FROM POTEET. THIS IS KAYLA JOHNSON REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE SHOT PUT FROM POTEET. JACQUELINE ROBERTSON TRACK AND FIELD REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 200 AND THE 400 FROM POTEET. THIS IS SANIYA GAMBLIN REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 300 HURDLES FROM POTEET. THIS IS PARIS TAYLOR REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 100 METER HURDLES. THIS IS ALEXA HARRIS REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 3200 AND THE 1600 FOR POTEET. THIS IS COACH SHAYLA PRINCE HEADING UP THERE CUZ I SEE HER GIRLS WEIGHTED SMART GIRLS. COME ON COACH COACH SHAYLA PRINCE. THEY WERE REGIONAL QUALIFIERS IN GIRLS FOUR BY ONE, FOUR BY TWO AND 4X4. BY THE WAY, ALSO DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND AREA CHAMPIONS. YOU'RE POTEET LADY PIRATES TRACK AND FIELD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. CONGRATULATIONS. NILE RIVERS IS REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 400 FOR POTEET PIRATES. DEVIN WATKINS COME ON UP. REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 200 METER FOR POTEET. THIS IS
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DREW WILLIAMS REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE TRIPLE JUMP. DEMARION PATTERSON REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE HIGH JUMP. POTEET. PIRATES. ALL RIGHT DYLAN DAVIS COME ON. REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE 100 METER. AND COACH ANTHONY BYRD GOING UP. JOIN YOUR TEAM. THEY WERE ALSO REGIONAL QUALIFIER. AND THE BOYS FOUR BY 100 RELAY. GREAT TRACK SEASON FOR THE PIRATES.ALRIGHT POTEET PIRATES LADIES LADY PIRATES SOCCER TEAM. COME ON UP 1458. COACH OF THE YEAR LESLIE BENDER. AND WE HAVE 145 A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. AND BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONS THE LADY PIRATES WERE THIS YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS.
SORRY. OKAY. ABIGAIL POLLARD, COME ON DOWN. THIS YOUNG LADY IS TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SOCCER COACHES.
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. SORRY, WE'RE JUST CHATTING. THIS IS A DONNA GREEN GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR COACH MEGAN RIGHT HERE. THESE LADIES WERE BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, COACH. ALRIGHT, THIS IS CAITLIN HINES, DISTRICT CHAMPION AND REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN GOLF. COME GOLF. COME ON CAITLIN. CONGRATULATIONS. REGIONAL CHAMP, REGIONAL QUALIFIER. DISTRICT CHAMPION FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. CAITLIN. OKAY, ANGEL ROMERO HERE IS A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN GOLF. BROOKE SHIELDS IS ALSO A REGIONAL QUALIFIER FOR JOHN GOLF. JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO ALEXANDER DAVIS. THIS IS A REGIONAL AND STATE QUALIFIER IN THE TRIPLE JUMP. AND A POPULAR GUY. CONNOR. CONNOR GIB, CONNOR GIB COME ON. REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN THE DISCUS. JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL. WE GOT A CARD. ARE YOU COACH? IS COACH. WHAT COACH WILLIAMS YOU GUYS COME TAKE A PICTURE. COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOUR COACH. THANK. OKAY. RIGHT HERE. I HAVE FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL, THE BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS IN BASEBALL. COME ON DOWN. THEY BROUGHT THE HARDWARE. IT'S THE ENTIRE TEAM.
AND COACH DONALD KERNER, WHAT'S YOUR BI DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FROM JOHN HORN HIGH SCHOOL? AND YOU WIN THE PRIZE FOR BEING THE BIGGEST GROUP.
HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING THAT OUT, I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL
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A FEW THINGS. IN MESQUITE ISD, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THEIR TALENTS, DEVELOP THEIR GIFTS, AND FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG TO OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF AND PRINCIPALS AND SUPPORTERS AND COACHES. COACH GROVES, COACH WHITNEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU GIVE OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY WITH THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM RIGHT HERE. GOOD LOOKING TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE LAST PICTURE AND CONCLUDE THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITIONS. CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR JOINING US AND HAVE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.