C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

GRADUATES!

On the morning of May 20, proud parents and family mem-bers, faculty, and special guests gathered in the St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Chapel to cel-ebrate the school’s 67th Gradu-ation Exercises. The full school community joined together to celebrate the vast array of indi-vidual talents and unique skills of the Class of 2017, knowing that they leave our campus with the knowledge, talent, heart and desire to make a difference in the world.

St. Stephen’s graduates possess sharp minds, great and humble hearts, and strong spir-its. They are as varied in their interests and abilities as they are in personality. Consider, for example, Delia Stephens ‘17, a three-season athlete, mem-ber of Jazz Band and mentor to younger students on campus. At graduation, Stephens received the Don Cunningham Memorial Award for lettering in three sports in her senior year and for demon-strating talent, leadership, dedica-tion and sportsmanship through-out her time at the school.

“If I had only one word to describe this Cunningham Award Winner, it would be heart,” said Jon McCain, St. Stephen’s director of athletics. “She practices and plays with grit, treats her teammates with love and respect, and competes with a fiery passion in every sport that she plays. When I asked one of her coaches what her contributions to the program were, I received one word in re-sponse: immeasurable.”

Stephens earned Texas High School Lacrosse League All-State and Academic All-American honors. In Field Hockey, she earned All-SPC and National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic Squad honors. She also earned multiple letters in soccer and tennis during her time at St. Stephen’s. She also received the Coach David Paschall Award at graduation for outstanding accomplishments in academics and athletics. She has signed on to play field hockey in college.

Stephens also wowed her jazz band cohorts and teach-

er. Mark Kazanoff, jazz band director, watched her skills grow throughout her years at the school. “She started in Jazz Band in Middle School and transitioned to Upper School Jazz Band and Jazz Combo,” he noted. “Delia’s playing has improved wonderfully over the years, particularly in the area of improvisation. She was one of our main soloists this year. She has set a great example for younger girls who might want to give jazz band a try!”

In addition to outstanding athletic and fine arts endeav-ors, Stephens has strived for academic excellence through-out her time at St. Stephen’s. In recognition of her hard work and dedication to her studies, she was recognized as a Nation-al Merit Scholarship Semi-Fi-nalist at the beginning of her senior year. Not one to rest on her laurels, she wrapped up high school with a Senior Novel Proj-ect prize. A capstone research and writing project for seniors, the project requires thoughtful reading and in-depth analysis

of numerous classic and modern texts, as well as music lyrics and film scripts. In the fall, she will attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

As amazing a student, ath-lete and artist that Stephens became during her high school years, she is not alone. All of St. Stephen’s graduating seniors are standouts in their own right, including:

Kisara Moore, who started a Japanese language and culture program for Austin youth in pub-lic libraries, won second place honors at the 2017 U.S. National Chinese Speech Competition in Boston.

Abigail Harman completed the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program at NASA.

Henry Jones only applied to colleges with Major League Baseball franchises because he wants to be a front-office execu-tive one day.

Bijou Kanyambo, who lived in refugee camps in Burundi and Rwanda, received the Spiri-tual Leadership Award, the Jan Hines Senior Leadership Award

and a Proctor Medal at gradua-tion.

Danyu Li is a profession-al gamer who is famous in Chi-na and ranked in the top 10 on “Hearthstone.”

An outstanding pianist, Sa-rika Mullapudi raised thousands of dollars for the No Shame, Pe-riod Project, which provides sus-tainable feminine sanitary prod-ucts to women in Haiti.

Charles Oh conducted re-search on globalization in Mos-cow and Singapore.

Abbie Sage teaches theatre classes and stages productions for kids with Down Syndrome.

Jazz Band member Elliott Trahan, who won Environmen-tal Leadership and Spanish Lan-guage awards at graduation, has his own music group.

Kacey Vandervort coaches sports teams for kids with disabil-ities.

Reilly Wieland had bylines in multiple publications before she earned her high school diplo-ma.

Derek Wu, who won the Athletic Leadership Award at

graduation, is a policy wonk who participated in Model UN.

Ansley Arnow, a varsity let-ter winner, speaks Japanese and is a rodeo barrel racer.

National Merit Scholarship winner Mahria Baker is the top female Quiz Bowl competitor in the state of Texas.

Ruby Bowman and Cate Gillham won the Grand Prize for Best Production at the Girls Im-pact the World Film Festival.

Kiley Browne created a vol-leyball Instagram site with more than 100,000 followers.

Jackson Castro conducted research on stellar evolution with a UT astronomy professor.

Congratulations to all the members of St. Stephen’s Class of 2017!

St. Stephen’s Standouts: Celebrating the Class of 2017

2017 Medals & Honors

The Bishop John E. Hines Medal is named after the Rt. Rev. John Hines, found-er of St. Stephen’s Episco-pal School, who was a man of extraordinary vision and bold action. The Bishop Hines Medal is awarded to the member of the senior class who maintained the highest academic standing throughout his or her junior and senior years. The 2017 Bishop Hines Medal was presented to Kisara Moore.

Named for the school’s first headmaster, The William Brewster Medal was established in 1960 by the St. Stephen’s faculty to recognize a member of the senior class who has made the greatest total contribution to the life of the school. The recipient is an engaged and talented student — strong across all disciplines and genuinely interested in “the life of the mind.” Elliott Trahan was named the 2017 Brewster Medal recipient.

The Dobbie Leverton Fen-ton Medal is awarded an-nually to a member of the senior class who promotes the values of social justice. This year’s Dobbie Leverton Fenton Medal was awarded to Kayla Thompson.

The Velberta Asher Towner Award in the Performing Arts is named for “Bert” Towner, a member of the St. Stephen’s faculty from 1958 to 1984 and a long-time chair of Fine Arts. This award is presented to a student who has excelled in the performing arts — mu-sic, drama and dance. This year’s Towner Award was presented to Sam Oberle.

The Don Cunningham Me-morial Award is presented to a female and male senior who have lettered in three sports in their senior year and have demonstrat-ed outstanding talent, leadership, dedication and sportsmanship. The 2017 Cunningham Award was presented to Delia Ste-phens and Hill Atwell.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLCLASS OF 2017

Where are these graduates going? Visit sasaustin.org/Classof2017 to find out! @sasaustin sasaustin.org @CruAthletics

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Olivia CahillGrayson ClemmerSamuel CoonMadison DayShane DickensIsabelle DurrChristian ErbenAlejandro EsquivelClaire FasonAaron GarciaCydnie GolsonBarrett GuttellSavannah

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St. Francis School held the annual 8th grade graduation on Friday, May 26th at 4 p.m. This year, 51 students graduated from St. Francis. These stu-dents are moving on to private high schools and public high schools with accelerated learning programs.

Diplomas were presented by Head of School, Barbara A. Porter and 8th grade coordinator and teacher, Don-na Pierce. The ceremony included a beautiful rendition of Marta Keen Thompson’s, “Homeward Bound” per-formed by 8th grade graduate, Alexan-dra Jewell. 8th grade graduate, Marlee Foster (accompanied by Austin Cobb) gave a beautiful performance of her own, “Hold On”. Upper middle school teachers put together and recited an “Ode to the Graduates” to close the ceremony.

St. Francis 8th Grade Graduation

St. Francis School, located at 300 E. Huntland Drive in Central Austin, was founded in 1985 with a mission of providing excellence in education without exclusivity in

admissions. St. Francis does not discriminate based on religion, race, ethnicity, eco-nomics, or academics. The school serves over 400 students, from preschool to eighth

grade, from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of learning abilities.

We invite the community to join us on Thursday, October 19th from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. for an Open House and to learn more about St. Francis School.

Congratulations to the 8th grade St. Francis graduates!

Recipients of 2017 awards include:

Valedictorian – Josephine DowdSalutatorian – Anna DorrienStudent Athlete Award - Natalie Suri and Donovann ArmstrongPatrick Howard Award - Alexis ThreadgillSpirit of St. Francis Award - Berkeley Adair and Mateo BlumenthalLeadership Award – Zoe HutchensMadeline Anderson Fine Arts Award – Georgia ThomasCommunity Service Award – Henry Charbeneau

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St. Stephen’s Graduation Ceremony

Jon McCain, Athletics Director, and Delia Stephens

Kayla Thompson

Kisara Moore and Bishop Dena Harrison Jon McCain and Hill Atwell

Back Row: Sarah Rogge, Anna Hartzell, Sydney Rutman. Front Row: Natalie Huang, Clara Lack, Sydney Starkes

Class of 2017 Matriculation List:

The future is bright for the 97 newly minted graduates of St. Andrew’s Episco-pal School. Fifty-four graduates received scholarships: The four-year total in scholar-ship funds awarded to St. Andrew’s Class of 2017 is approximately $10.9 million.

Six graduates will continue to compete in at least one sport—including baseball, cross country, swimming, track, and vol-leyball—at the NCAA level. Sixty gradu-ates will attend college outside Texas, five graduates will attend college abroad, and two graduates will take gap years before college. St. Andrew’s also bids a special farewell to the 25 “lifers” who attended St. Andrew’s since first grade.

During St. Andrew’s May 27 gradua-tion ceremony, senior speaker Aimee Wil-liams ‘17 suggested her classmates step out of their virtual worlds to find opportunity, “In the coming months and years, we’ll have the power to decide what kind of life we’ll lead. If I’m being honest, this sounds a little scary. Partly because we live in a world dominated by social media and we’ve grown up attached to the lives of other peo-ple. Instead of exploring the world through a screen, we can close the apps and explore what’s right in front of us with a new per-spective, because ‘change’ this time truly is an opportunity.”

Faculty speaker John Works encour-aged the graduates to find ‘another world to live in,’ a place where traditional definitions

of success do not apply, “I have circled my life around fishing. For me, fishing has nev-er been about results. You cannot quantify a day on the water. Fishing is, for me, another world to live in. I have used fishing as an excuse to wander around some of the most beautiful places in the world. The fishing I am talking about is an attitude toward liv-

ing that is only vaguely related to catching fish.” He concluded, “Finding your way will be hard. Take your time. You are look-ing for your life. Find, along the way, ‘an-other world to live in,’ one in which every day, good or bad, is a success.”

St. Andrew’s Class of 2017 was awarded over $10.9 million in four-year scholarship monies.

The cherished St. Andrew’s “Hug Line” tradition: Newly graduated students (l to r) Hana Arriaga ‘17, Isaiah Arroyo ‘17, Julia Barcenas ‘17, and Taylor Bethea ‘17 hug their faculty a final farewell.

St. Andrew’s Celebrates the Class of 2017

St. Theresa’s Catholic School grad-uated the 8th grade class on May 26th. Many of these stu-dents have attended St. Theresa’s since Pre-Kindergar ten . The students will go on to area public high schools as well as St. Michael’s Catho-lic Academy and St. Dominic Savio Cath-olic High School.

The STCS grad-uation celebration began with a catered dinner on campus on Thursday, May 25th. Father Larry Coving-ton opened the pro-gram in prayer with a very nice representation of St. Theresa’s faculty present. The graduating 8th grade students and their parents were treated to a photo montage of the 8th grade students, showcasing their ten-ure at St. Theresa’s Catholic School. In addition, the 8th grade students were recognized for special academic, athletic, service and character awards. A special gift to the parents at the end of the dinner, was “The Little Flower” song, sung by the graduat-ing class of 2017.

Friday’s STCS Graduation Mass allowed 8th grade students to come together one last time in prayer and thanksgiving with family and friends. Special awards were announced at the “8th Grade Graduation Mass”; “The Little Way Award” for service and leadership was awarded to Evan Fletcher. Tori Garcia was honored with the “St. Benedict Award” as the Salutatorian of the Class of 2017. St. Theresa’s Valedictorian, “The St. Thomas Aquinas Award”, went to Ellen Hoffman of the Class of 2017.

St. Theresa’s 2017 8th Grade Class Graduation

Students from the STCS Class of 2017 pose for another photo. Front row: Sam Queralt and Adam Case; Back row: Sophie Frey, Caroline Burns, Luke Barnett, James Mooney, Jackie Feldman, Tripp Daniel, Matthew Giambelluca, Kenny Vales, Andre Aufieri, Eduardo Zendejas, Max Lemke, Anna Fuller, Katelyn Woodruff and Kathryn Geraci.

Tori Garcia (left) was honored with the “St. Benedict Award” as the Salutatorian of the Class of 2017. St. Theresa’s Valedictorian, “The St. Thomas Aquinas Award”, went to Ellen Hoffman (right) of the Class of 2017.

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Five Anderson Choirs competed in Concert and Sight Reading at U.I.L. recently. The choirs are directed by TMEA Region 18 President, David Beussman, and Assistant Choir Director, Karla Cruz. All five choirs received Superior ratings from every judge and each choir earned a Sweepstakes trophy.

Beussman, in his ninth year as Director of Choirs at Ander-son, and Cruz, in her third year as Assistant Director, explained

that choirs at U.I.L. are com-peting for a score, not against one another. The choirs are re-quired to sing three songs at the level of difficulty that matches the school’s size. Anderson is a 6A high school. One of the songs must be sung a cappella, without instrumental accompa-niment.

After the concert portion of the contest, the choirs proceed to the sight-reading portion. They are allowed to study the

piece of music composed for the contest for six minutes before their first attempt to singing it, and for two minutes before their second attempt.

Beussman commented, “These students have been working hard on blend, bal-ance, rhythm, phrasing and on improving their music reading skills throughout the year. We are proud of our students and the work they have put into growing as musicians.”

Five Anderson High Choirs Earn Sweepstakes at U.I.L. Contest

U.I.L. Vocal Concert & Sight Reading Contest students: Row 1: Rachel Rowe, Emma Illanes, Hector Nguyen, Jorge Manzano, Jancarlo Rodriguez and Kirra Putnam; Row 2: Sarhay Rodriguez Castillo, Rylee Grady, Marisa Rae, Tristan Dull, Alfred Madere, Daehan Jung, Max Steinhauser, Mackenzie Shewmaker, Kathryn Young, Natalia Thomas and Stefanie Buck; Row 3: Tab McCarty, Taylor Johnson, Hannah Nassor, Austen McLean, Kathryn Reck, Bineta Toure, Camryn Shepard, Dante DeGrazia, Hudson Corcoran, Galadriel Logan, Lauren Hodges, Faith Borchers, Cara Fonken and Ella Sanchez; Row 4: Lily Alvarado, Rijja Abid, Ella Holcomb, Natalie Terrell, Brooke Payton, Lettie Dyer, Jasmine Godinez, Alex Pitman, Mark Saenz, Iva Millsap, Andrew Davis, Caileigh Dowell, Lauren Ault and Allison Tamburrano; Row 5: Elena Rios, Caroline Brennan, Jane Dyer, Sydney Nielsen, Megan Mealey, Emily Acuna, Kaylee Westbrook, Dylan Dunda, Casey Sullivan, James Cullis, Daniel Geld, Ben Skaggs, Griffin Tyler and Madison Marchant; Row 6: Abbey Phillips, Annali Jackson, Kendall Mundy, Alex Markey, Kendall Ruthven, Aubrey Kern, Destiny Sanqunetti, Cilla Emstad, Joshua Gallagos, Jane Johnson, David Nguyen, Brooks Taylor, Brandon Lemens, Cole Glosser, Jesse Ladyman and Tess McCarty

Anderson Seniors Caitlyn Latson and Mia Spennato are taking it to the next level in their sport.

Caitlyn Latson was the Co-Captain of the girls basket-ball team and will be headed to Division III Schreiner Univer-sity. Latson was a McDonald’s All American nominee, first team all-district, all-state and started every game at Anderson. According to Coach Hall, “Cait-lyn worked hard and was a very coachable young lady. She will be a wonderful asset to the Sch-reiner team and will give them all she has.”

Mia Spennato was also co-captain of the girls basket-ball team and is going to Divi-sion III UT Dallas. Spennato was district defensive MVP, all-state and a McDonald’s All American nominee as well. Mia is also an International Bacca-laureate Diploma candidate at Anderson. “Mia is best known for splashing 3-pointers and her buzzer beater game winners,” says Hall. “Mia has been an in-tegral part of the Varsity team since her sophomore year and will be a great addition to the UT Dallas team.”

The Lady Trojan Basket-

ball Team was selected to re-ceive the Austin Downtown Lion’s Club Sportsmanship Award. This award is selected by officials of team sports and awarded to one boys team and one girls team in AISD. This year was the 4th time Anderson Girls Basketball received the

award. To top off the year, Coach

Hall was named Girls Basket-ball Co-Coach of the Year for District 14-6A. Congratulations to the Anderson Basketball Team! Go Trojans!

Anderson High School Seniors Sign to Play Basketball

Anderson Basketball Wins Lion’s Club Sportsmanship Award: Anderson Coach Katrina Hall, Athletic Director Jeffrey Rhoads, Basketball Players Briana Rondero, Caitlyn Latson, Mia Spennato, Elyse Guillory, Principal Sammi Harrison

Anderson Trojans Caitlyn Latson and Mia Spennato Top row: Coach Katrina Hall, Principal Sammi Houser, Athletic Coordinator Jeff Rhoads; Seated: Caitlyn Latson and Mia Spennato

By Ann Tarleton

Six senior athletes from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School are heading to college-level competition after signing offi-cial National Letters of Intent.

As a defensive specialist in volleyball, Barrett Guttell, heads to The University of Mississippi to play in Division I Volleyball. “I really do owe credit to St. Andrew’s and the 12 years I have spent here that have prepared me for this next phase of my life. St. Andrew’s has given me tools that would allow, not just me, but any stu-dent to thrive in the classroom or on the court at the next lev-el. Of course there are some nerves but they are unmatched

compared to my excitement.” Volleyball coach Jesse Sul-tzer remarks, “Barrett has helped elevate St. Andrew’s volleyball to a new level. Her passion and intensity will be missed.”

Baseball players Isaac Se-gura, Noah Moore, and Janson Shrock go in separate direc-tions to continue their base-ball careers at notable schools. Segura, a pitcher, heads to Rhodes College in Memphis this fall, while Moore, an out-fielder, goes to Allegheny Col-lege in Pennsylvania. Schrock, a catcher, will play baseball for and attend Rose-Hulman In-stitute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. St. Andrew’s baseball coach Steven Garcia

says, “I’m extremely proud of Isaac, Janson, and Noah. Their presence will certainly be missed in our line-up next year, but I look forward to fol-lowing their careers at the col-legiate level.”

Aaron Garcia will run for San Antonio’s Trinity Univer-sity. His talents are varied, running in 400-meter, 800-me-ter, and 1600-meter events as well as in both 4x400-me-ter and 4x1600-meter relays. Harrison Rozman, who swims in 200-meter and 500-meter freestyle events, also swims the 100-meter backstroke. He joins Segura as an athlete headed to Rhodes College.

St. Andrew’s Athletes Sign Letters of Intent

Senior athletes recently honored at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School include (l to r): Janson Shrock, Aaron Garcia, Barrett Guttell, Noah Moore, Isaac Segura, and Harrison Rozman

By Kerri Qunell

What do Christianity, Is-lam, and Judaism have in com-mon? In a word, love.

Trinity Episcopal School hosted the 2nd Annual Reli-gious Leaders Panel on May 9 at which local religious lead-ers discussed how different faiths can work together. The panel comprised The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio, Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail and Rabbi Neil Blumofe. They talked about the importance of faith and respect and how peo-ple with different religious be-liefs can work together for the greater good.

The event was an open discussion and the entire Trini-ty community was invited. The purpose of the Religious Lead-ers Panel is to explore new perspectives, celebrate differ-ences, and connect through commonalities, we can help our children become thought-ful community leaders who

successfully navigate the world beyond Trinity. For the past two years, it has featured a Christian priest, a Muslim imam and a Jewish rabbi.

The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio is an Episcopal priest, public intellectual, and Trinity Board Trustee. She has authored three books and nu-merous articles and has ap-peared on international news outlets including CNN. Tu-maminio holds three degrees from Yale University and a doctorate from Boston Univer-sity. While at Yale, she gained attention as a thought leader for teaching a course on the relationship between Christian theology and Harry Potter.

Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail is the imam of Nueces Mosque, which serves down-town Austin as well as students from The University of Texas and Austin Community Col-lege. He is a trained scholar of

Islam and an expert in Sharia, and has 15 years experience in marital counseling and youth counseling. Esmail is original-ly from Oshawa, Ontario, and lives with his wife and three children in Austin.

Rabbi Neil Blumofe leads Agudas Achim, a synagogue in North Austin. He is a clas-sically-trained pianist and jazz composer and teaches both Jewish Studies and Jazz Stud-ies at St. Edward’s University. Blumofe is a radio personali-ty for the NPR affiliate KUT, where he hosts a weekly show highlighting great jazz artists. He graduated from Tulane University and holds Rabbinic Ordinations from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and the Academy for Jew-ish Religion in Los Angeles. Blumofe is on the board of the Interfaith Action of Central Texas.

Trinity hosts a panel of local religious leaders to discuss how different faiths can work together

Trinity Episcopal School Assistant Chaplain, Craig Cannon; Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail; The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio; and Rabbi Neil Blumofe.

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College Acceptances for St. Michael’s Catholic Academy Class of 2017

Greet the World with Confidence

and Remember the

Way Home!

Alaska Pacific UniversityAppalachian State UniversityArizona State UniversityAuburn UniversityAustin Community CollegeBaylor UniversityBelmont UniversityBeloit CollegeBirmingham Southern CollegeBoston UniversityButler UniversityCalifornia Lutheran UniversityCalifornia PolytechnicClemson UniversityCoastal Carolina UniversityCollege of CharlestonColorado State UniversityConcordia UniversityCreighton UniversityDavidson UniversityFordham UniversityFurman UniversityGeorgetown UniversityIndiana UniversityKansas State UniversityLewis and Clark CollegeLouisiana State UniversityLouisiana Tech UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityLoyola University ChicagoLoyola University MarylandLoyola University New OrleansMidwestern State UniversityMississippi State UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthern Arizona UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPepperdine UniversityPurdue University

Regis UniversityRhodes CollegeRoger Williams UniversitySaint John’s UniversitySamford UniversitySchreiner UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversitySouthwestern UniversitySt. Edward’s UniversitySt. Mary’s CollegeSt. Michael’s CollegeStephen F Austin UniversityStevenson UniversityTarleton State UniversityTexas A & M UniversityTexas A & M University Corpus ChristiTexas A & M University GalvestonTexas Christian UniversityTexas Lutheran UniversityTexas State UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTexas Woman’s UniversityThe College of WoosterThe George Washington UniversityTrinity UniversityUnited States Air Force AcademyUnited States Military AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of DallasUniversity of DenverUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity of HoustonUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of Iowa

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College Acceptances for the Class of 2017

Bold indicates matriculation.

College Acceptances for St. Michael’s Catholic Academy Class of 2017Honors and Awards

AcademicAwards

• English: Geneva Highlander• Fine Arts: Preston Werner• World Languages: Isabella Artaza• Mathematics: Caitlin Rodgers• Science: Wenjing ‘Alyssa’ Duan• Social Studies: Michel Welleck• Technology: Helena Dersch• Theology: Isabella Artaza

Awards forExcellence

• Christian Commitment: Molly Smith• Community Service: Jamie Malone• Crusader Award: Jamie Malone• Scholar Athlete: Tori Pylypec• School Leadership:Pedro Tijerina

Valedictorian ~ Caitlin Rodgers Salutatorian ~ Christy Schrader

Happy Graduation!

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Congratulations Hyde Park Class of 2017

For the Lord God is with you wherever you go.

– JOSHUA 1:9

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