Around 400 Jesuit students wait patiently as names are called. Their classmates walk up to the front of the Terry Center and shake hands with Mr. Garrison and Mr. Earsing.
On Tuesday, May 17th, the underclassmen convocation took place. Attending his very first convocation as a Jesuit student, freshman Seth Burrow believed that, “the convocation was a really cool experience. I never realized how official and regal it would be. And getting to see my classmates receive all sorts of awards was also really satisfying. It showed me that my class has potential to do something special in the three years I have left and I’m pretty excited about that.”
Beginning with a speech by Principle Tom Garrison, the convocation included speeches and appearances from Father Sidney, Dr. Kirby, and Mr. Host.
Reid Hatzmann ’18 thought that, “after attending one underclassmen convocation and both a Junior and Senior Convocations last year, I have begun to understand the importance and significance of these amazing ceremonies. Especially while garnering recognition for the awards I was presented, it was a really special event for me.”
These convocations celebrate and congratulate all of the Jesuit communities hard work both inside and out of the classroom. This convocation certainty did not deviate from that, awarding recognition to every category of activities in the Jesuit community.
The awards were presented to:
IN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
FRESHMEN: BRADEN BARALE
CHANDLER FONG
KAZ HIROTA
IN PROGRAMMING 2
SOPHOMORE: ZACHARY TAYLOR
IN HONORS ADVANCED JAVA
SOPHOMORE: CONNOR THOMAS
IN VISUAL BASIC.NET
SOPHOMORE; PATRICK RODENBAUGH
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE PRESENTED TO:
IN ENGLISH 1
FRESHMEN: MICHAEL COOPER
WILL GASPER
ELI PRICE
GARRETT REUBEN
IN PRE AP ENGLISH 1
FRESHMEN: MARCO CAMPIOLI
REED ZIMMERMANN
IN ENGLISH 2
SOPHOMORES: ETHAN LEE
REID HATZMANN
BRENDAN NELLIGAN
TIM TIGHE
IN PRE AP ENGLISH 2
SOPHOMORES: JAKE CARLSON
EVAN HARGRAVE
ETHAN WILLIAMS
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE PRESENTED:
IN DRAWING 1
SOPHOMORE: BRENDAN NELLIGAN
IN INTRODUCTORY CERAMICS
FRESHMAN: MATT D. JOHNSON
SOPHOMORE: MAC LOPEZ
IN INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS
SOPHOMORE: LIAM VLASIMSKY
IN MUSIC APPRECIATION:
FRESHMAN: WILL FOERSTER
SOPHOMORE: JARED PETROLL
IN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
FRESHMEN: RYAN CHIANG
GABE GUERRERO
SOPHOMORES: JOSEPH BANUL
ANTHONY VALDES
IN BAND
FRESHMEN: LOGAN KIM
REED ZIMMERMANN
SOPHOMORES: ANIRUDH KANTAREDDY
BEN MILLER
MICHAEL MIRAMONTES
JOEY WONG-VERMILLION
IN 2D DESIGN – TRADITIONAL
FRESHMAN: GREGORY YARED
SOPHOMORE: EVAN HARGRAVE
IN 2D DESIGN – DIGITAL MEDIA
FRESHMAN: BRADEN BARALE
SOPHOMORE: LEO TANZI
IN THEATRE ARTS
FRESHMAN: PAYTON BILGERE
SOPHOMORE: CAMPBELL FEARING
IN STAGECRAFT
SOPHOMORE: T. BUELL
IN FILMMAKING
FRESHMAN: RICHIE MALOUF
SOPHOMORE: CHRISTOPHER REYNDERS
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FROM THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE PRESENTED TO
IN SPANISH 1
FRESHMEN: MAX ABMAS
BRADEN BARALE
MATTHEW HERRIN
IN SPANISH 2
FRESHMEN: CHRISTOPHER FLABIANO
KAZ HIROTA
HENRY VANCE
SOPHOMORES: WILL SCHNEIDER
KOLBE SURRAN
SAM WEINSTEIN
IN HONORS SPANISH 2
FRESHMAN: ELI PRICE
SOPHOMORE: MATTHEW JOY
IN SPANISH 3
SOPHOMORES: JOHN ISBELL
PETER PAPANICOLAOU
IN HONORS SPANISH 3
FRESHMAN: GRANT DELANOY
SOPHOMORES: MICHAEL BAIN
ETHAN WILLIAMS
IN FRENCH 1
FRESHMAN: COLLIN KENNY
IN FRENCH 2
SOPHOMORE: WILL FYNES
IN HONORS FRENCH 2
FRESHMAN: KOTA UESHIMA
IN LATIN 1
FRESHMAN: MAX FORD
IN LATIN 2
SOPHOMORE: CHRISTOPHER IRBY
IN HONORS LATIN 2
SOPHOMORE: CARSON WARD
IN HONORS LATIN 3
SOPHOMORE: NOAH JOHNSON
IN MANDARIN 1
FRESHMAN: JAIBIN MATHEW
IN HONORS MANDARIN 2
SOPHOMORE: NICHOLAS WILSON
IN HONORS MANDARIN 3
FRESHMAN: JONMICHAEL DRAGOJEVIC
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE PRESENTED TO:
IN ALGEBRA 1
FRESHMEN: IVAN BELIKOV
JOHN SCOTT LACINA
JACOB MEGARITY
IN HONORS ADVANCED ALGEBRA 1
FRESHMAN: KAZ HIROTA
IN ALGEBRA 2:
SOPHOMORE: JACKSON HOUSTON
IN HONORS ALGEBRA 2 / TRIGONOMETRY
FRESHMAN: KOTA UESHIMA
SOPHOMORES: MICHAEL BAIN
NICO DEADMAN
LEO TANZI
IN GEOMETRY
SOPHOMORES: WILL HUBBELL
BRIAN MEZA
HUNTINGTON STOINOFF
IN HONORS GEOMETRY
FRESHMEN: BRADEN BARALE
ETHAN JACKSON
SOPHOMORES: NICO ELIZONDO
GIOVANNI RIVAS
THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA RECOGNIZES JESUIT COLLEGE PREP FOR COMPETING IN THE AMC 10. THE HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IS:
SOPHOMORE: KAZ HIROTA
JESUIT JOINS HUNDREDS OF OTHER SCHOOLS EACH YEAR ACROSS TEXAS IN PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS MATH LEAGUE CONTESTS, KNOWN AS TXML. A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IS PRESENTED TO A FRESHMAN & SOPHOMORE AS THE HIGHEST SCORING JESUIT STUDENT. THE HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR ARE:
FRESHMAN: WILL NORRIS
REED ZIMMERMAN
SOPHOMORE: CONNOR THOMAS
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IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, RECOGNITION IS AWARDED:
IN BIOLOGY
FRESHMEN: MAX ABMAS
NOBLE ALLEN
HECTOR JUAREZ
IN PRE AP BIOLOGY
FRESHMEN: BRADEN BARALE
REED ZIMMERMANN
IN CHEMISTRY
SOPHOMORES: LUKE GLEASON
MARC VELOZ
IN PRE AP CHEMISTRY
SOPHOMORES: GIOVANNI RIVAS
LEO TANZI
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES, THE FOLLOWING AWARDS ARE PRESENTED:
IN RHETORIC AND CIVICS
FRESHMAN: NICHOLAS WILSON
IN WORLD HISTORY
SOPHOMORES: REID ALLISON
ANDREW ISBELL
MATTHEW JOY
GIOVANNI RIVAS
IN AP WORLD HISTORY
SOPHOMORE: CONNOR THOMAS
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE PRESENTED:
IN SCRIPTURE & JESUS
FRESHMEN: RYAN EUBANKS
JACK GRIFFITHS
MARCO MARRERO
CARL QUIST
IN MISSION & CHURCH
SOPHOMORES: COLE BENGTSON
RYAN DAVIS
EVAN HARGRAVE
PARKER TOWNS
- EXTRACURRICULAR AWARDS
PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IS ENCOURAGED AND VALUED AT JESUIT. SUCH PARTICIPATION SERVES TO FOSTER A STUDENT’S TALENTS IN WAYS THAT GO BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. THE SCHOOL NOW RECOGNIZES THOSE STUDENTS WHOSE INVOLVEMENT IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.
RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PARTICIPATION WITH THE JESUIT JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE:
[CERTIFICATE]
FRESHMAN: CARL QUIST
SOPHOMORE: GIOVANNI RIVAS
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FOR EXCELLENCE IN PARTICIPATION WITH THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM, CERTIFICATES & SILVER MEDALS ARE AWARDED TO:
FRESHMEN: RUDDER ALLISON
ETHAN JACKSON
FRANK NUCHERENO
EUGENE WATKINS
GREG WILLIS
SOPHOMORES: CARTER ELLIOTT
PAUL GRAMLING
NOAH JOHNSON
CHRISTOPHER REYNDERS
GIOVANNI RIVAS
CARSON WARD
JOHN-ALFRED ZEVALLOS
RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE & GOLD MEDAL:
FRESHMAN: CARL QUIST
SOPHOMORES: GABRIEL ANGUIANO
SOLON HAMER
JARED PETROLL
CONNOR THOMAS
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FOR PARTICIPATION AND RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION IN THE NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM, CERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED TO:
FRESHMEN: MARCO MARRERO
WILL NORRIS
ELI PRICE
SOPHOMORE: FLAVIO CALDERON
RECEIVING GOLD MEDALS IN THE NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM, CERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED TO:
SOPHOMORES: NICO DEADMAN
MATHIEU LAVAULT
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UIL ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS EXIST TO COMPLEMENT THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS AS THEY ACQUIRE HIGHER LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE, TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO CONFRONT ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF SPECIFIC SKILLS.
AS A MEMBER OF JESUIT’S MATHEMATICS TEAM PLACING 3RD IN DISTRICT A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IS PRESENTED TO:
[CERTIFICATE]
FRESHMAN: MATHIOS MEKBEB-GILLETT
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RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING AMBASSADORS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE THIS YEAR:
FRESHMAN: BRADEN BARALE
SOPHOMORE: ALEC DAVIS
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FOR DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO BROTHERS FOR OTHERS, CERTIFICATES ARE PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMEN: NICKY BERTULFO
JACK GRIFFITHS
JEREMIAH MCGHEE
AUSTIN MONTPAS
MATTHEW WROBEL
SOPHOMORES: CHARLES WOLPERT
JOHN ALFRED ZEVALLOS
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IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO JESUIT’S ENGINEERING SOCIETY, CERTIFICATES ARE PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMAN: PATRICK KEYES
SOPHOMORES: ROYCE ALLRED
LUKE THEIVAGT
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FOR DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO STUDENT COUNCIL, CERTIFICATES ARE PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMAN: JACK DEXTER
SOPHOMORE: REID HATZMANN
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FOR EXCELLENCE IN JESUIT STAGE AND FILM, RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS:
FILM EMPHASIS
SOPHOMORE: JARED BUTLER
THEATER EMPHASIS
FRESHMAN: NICHOLAS KISSEE
SOPHOMORE: SPENCER GRANT
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FOR EXCELLENCE IN ROBOTICS, A CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMAN: NOAH SANTONI
SOPHOMORE: JACK BARONE
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FOR DEDICATION TO THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER, THE ROUNDUP, A CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO:
SOPHOMORE: CONNOR THOMAS
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FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE MEDICAL SOCIETY A CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMAN: EUGENE WATKINS
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FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE DIVERSITY MENTORING PROGRAM MAGIS A CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO:
SOPHOMORES: MATT ESPERICUETA
DREW GRIFFITH
MATHIEU LAVAULT
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MU ALPHA THETA IS A NATIONAL MATHEMATICS HONOR SOCIETY. FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO MU ALPHA THETA, A CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMAN: MATHIOS MEKBEB-GILLETT
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THE DEPARTMENT OF CAMPUS MINISTRY INVITES ALL MEMBERS OF THE JESUIT COMMUNITY TO DEEPEN THEIR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AND THE GOSPEL THROUGH PRAYER, WORSHIP AND REFLECTION THAT IS ROOTED IN THE IGNATIAN TRADITION. CAMPUS MINISTRY WISHES TO COMMEND THOSE STUDENTS WHO GAVE GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS IN SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL-WIDE LITURGIES AND PRAYER SERVICES, THROUGH LEADING MORNING PRAYER AND THE EXAMEN, AND IN SUPPORTING THE RETREAT, TEAM CHAPLAINCY, AND PEER MINISTRY PROGRAMS. FOR EXCELLENCE IN CAMPUS MINISTRY, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ARE AWARDED TO:
FRESHMEN: BRADEN BARALE
MATT JOHNSON
SOPHOMORES: JONATHAN COXON
NICO ELIZONDO
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FOR OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, CERTIFICATES ARE PRESENTED TO:
FRESHMEN: CHARLIE AYRES
NICHOLAS KISSEE
AUSTIN MONTPAS
SOPHOMORES: ANDY CALDERON
JOSHUA MARSHALL
MICHAEL MIRAMONTES
PAUL RASMUSSEN
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HAGGERTY MATH / SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
ONE-YEAR $1,500 TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO SELECTED STUDENTS ENTERING THE SOPHOMORE OR JUNIOR CLASS LEVELS IN THE FALL OF 2016. FUNDING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF DALLAS FOUNDATION.
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE HAGGERTY MATH/SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS, A FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE MUST HAVE EITHER A 95 AVERAGE IN CURRENT MATH AND SCIENCES COURSES OR AN 85 AVERAGE IN CURRENT HONORS MATH AND SCIENCE COURSES. EACH CANDIDATE IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE FACULTY OF BOTH ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JESUIT TO DETERMINE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE HIS ACTIVITIES, LEADERSHIP ROLES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INVOLVEMENT.
THE FRESHMEN RECEIVING THE HAGGERTY MATH/SCIENCE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR ARE:
BRADEN BARALE
MARCO CAMPIOLI
WILL GASPER
KAZ HIROTA
ETHAN JACKSON
MAC JORDAN
HECTOR JUAREZ
PATRICK KEYES
JORGE LOPEZ
MATTHEW MANCILLAS
NOAH SANTONI
IAN SYMSMITH
CHRIS TRAN
KOTA UESHIMA
REED ZIMMERMANN
THE SOPHOMORES RECEIVING THE HAGGERTY MATH/SCIENCE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR JUNIOR YEAR ARE:
MICHAEL BAIN
JACK BARONE
JARED BUTLER
ANDY CALDERON
JAKE CARLSON
NICO ELIZONDO
REID HATZMANN
MATTHEW JOY
ETHAN LEE
MICHAEL MIRAMONTES
LUKE PRZYBYLSKI
GIOVANNI RIVAS
LEO TANZI
CONNOR THOMAS
ETHAN WILLIAMS
NICHOLAS WILSON
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PRINCIPAL’S MAGIS AWARDS
THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THOSE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES WHO LOVE THE PURSUIT OF LEARNING, STUDENTS WHO HAVE IMPRESSED THEIR TEACHERS WITH THE DESIRE TO GROW AND TO LEARN. THESE STUDENTS, WHILE NOT NECESSARILY ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST GRADE IN A SUBJECT, ARE STUDENTS WHO SEEK THE MAGIS, THE MORE, IN THE CLASS.
IN THEOLOGY:
FRESHMAN: MATTHEW MANCILLAS
SOPHOMORE: BRIAN MEZA
IN ENGLISH:
FRESHMAN: LUIS LOPEZ
SOPHOMORE: NICO ELIZONDO
IN LANGUAGE:
FRESHMAN: GIO FERRER-FALTO
SOPHOMORE: MATTHEW WALSH
IN FINE ARTS:
FRESHMAN: PAYTON BILGERE
SOPHOMORE: CARSON WARD
IN SOCIAL STUDIES:
SOPHOMORE: MICHAEL MIRAMONTES
IN MATH:
FRESHMAN: JORGE LOPEZ
SOPHOMORE: JOHN BOWEN
IN SCIENCE:
FRESHMAN: MAC McCORMICK
SOPHOMORE: ISRAEL OLLARZABAL
IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
FRESHMAN: EUGENE WATKINS
SOPHOMORE: Z. HINE
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THE COUNSELORS’ SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FUNDED BY AN ANONYMOUS BENEFACTOR. THEY ARE PRESENTED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE JESUIT COMMUNITY, ARE INVOLVED IN SCOUTING, CHURCH, YMCA, OR OTHER ACTIVITY, ARE COOPERATIVE AND ARE OPEN TO THE JESUIT EXPERIENCE. THE COUNSELORS’ SCHOLARSHIPS, CONSISTING OF $500 TUITION GRANTS, ARE AWARDED TO:
FRESHMAN: BERNIE GONZALEZ
SOPHOMORE: GIOVANNI RIVAS
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JESUIT’S ‘MAN FOR OTHERS’ AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR TO STUDENTS WHO EXEMPLIFY, IN THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JESUIT STUDENT. THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH OTHERS THE ABILITY TO GIVE OF THEMSELVES SELFLESSLY. EACH OF THESE AWARDS CARRIES WITH IT A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP FURNISHED BY THE JESUIT WOMEN’S AUXILIARY.
THE FRESHMAN ‘MAN FOR OTHERS’ AWARD IS PRESENTED TO:
DAVID REICHERT
THE SOPHOMORE ‘MAN FOR OTHERS’ AWARD IS PRESENTED TO:
REID HATZMANN
