Underclassmen Convocation

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

 

1.  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 3^RD 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