January 23, 2015 Volume 21, Issue #5

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PRODUCED BY THE DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLASS AT MHS

Produced by the BIM 2 Class

Meridian High School - Where Every Day is an "Awesome" Day!

Meridian High School Theater Department is host-ing a Murder Mystery dinner theater, Pasta, Passion, and Pistols, on February 14, 2015 at 7:00PM in the Meridian High School cafetorium. Rec-ommended for ages 12 and up. Guests are invited, but not required to wear Italian Mobster themed costumes. All proceeds will go to the Meridian Theater Department Tickets are $15 per person. For tickets call Christi Coverdale at 254-485-7855 or pick them up at the Meridian High School office.

January is School Board Appreciation Month. Thank a Meridian ISD School Board member for their service!

Meridian ISD School Board Trustees

Payton Wallace - President

Ted Gebhardt- Vice-President

Kristy Kuykendall - Secretary

Michael "Bo" Bowman

Jimmy Carpenter

Todd Hyatt

Bobby Taylor

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Powerlifting

Our Meridian boys and girls had their first powerlifting meet on January 17th, 2015, at Dublin High School. CONGRATS to Nathan Williams for placing 4th !

Jaymee Duarte - Squat 185 Bench 115 Deadlift Scratched all 3

Estafana Whitmer - Squat 165 Bench 80 Deadlift 200

Maria Harbison - Squat 185 Bench 80 Deadlift 220

Angel Puckett- Squat 120 Bench 70 Deadlift Scratched all 3

Marcos Anaya - Squat Scratched all 3 Bench 215 Deadlift 300

Jaime Reynoso-Squat 375 Bench 200 Deadlift 330

Bob Johnson-Squat 245 Bench 160 Deadlift 300

John Anderson -Squat 250 Bench 200 Deadlift 295

Nathan Willams -Squat 200 Bench 120 Deadlift 220

Stephen McNaught-Squat 170 Bench 80 Deadlift 200 Jesus Garza - Squat 400 Bench 255 Deadlift 400

BasketBall

LADY JACKETS!The Lady Jackets have had a great season so far. The Lady Jackets were victorious recently when they played Waco Meyer and also against Bosqueville.

JACKETS! Our Jacket guys have had a great season and we encourage you to come out and watch them to-night in Crawford starting at 5 p.m.. If you want an ex-citing Friday night, come watch our Lady Jackets and Jackets beat Crawford at Crawford starting at 5 p.m!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTBRANDY VAILES

Brandy Vailes was born on September 18, 1996, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was born to Patrica Whidden and Kevin Vailes. She has two brothers whose names are Kevin II and Lane Vailes, and she has two sisters named Mackenzy Aills, and Madison Vailes. She has been at Me-ridian ISD for 9 years. She participates in track (4x100 meter, 4x200 meter, and 100 meter dash), NHS, and Aca-demic UIL in Poetry. Her plan after high school is to go to Stephen F. Austin State University to become a Archaeologist. Her hobbies are painting and reading. Her favorites are the color green, chicken and dumplings, Metallica, and "Dazed and Confused."

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Senior Spotlight Senior Spotlight is none other than Maria Harbison. Maria was born on August 16, 1997, in Waco, Texas. She has attended Meridian ISD since the 7th grade and will be grad-uating in 2015. Her parents are Kent and Denise Harbison. Maria has 4 brothers, Chad, Jonathan, J.J, and Daniel. She also has two sisters, Michele, and Tori. Her extracurricular activities consist of basketball, power lifting, and track (100m, 200m). Maria is in band and plays the trumpet. She is also a part of the NHS. Her academic UIL Events are Literary Criti-cism, Spelling, and Vocabulary. Maria’s plan after high school is to be a Pharmacist. She plans to attend Baylor University then UT Austin. Maria currently works at Ria’s Pizzaria in Laguna Park which happens to be a family restau-rant. Her favorite things to do are listen to music, read books, and spend time with family and friends.

Coaches for Cancer Basketball Game January 30th vs Axtell!

January 30th is going to be an exciting night, featuring our Ju-nior Varsity and Varsity players, celebrating their Pink Out for Cancer Awareness basketball games and annual spaghetti dinner. Please come out to meet our Meridian YellowJackets! The Meridian Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets are providing you with the opportunity to purchase commemorative school spirit-wear. These garments are of excellent quality, look great and are guar-anteed as to workmanship and materials. All garments will be printed with a custom design and accented in school colors. Reserve your shirts today and wear them to the game as the YellowJackets and Lady Jackets host the Axtell Longhorns in games to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Please return your order forms by Monday, January 26th by 10:00 AM. You can pick the order forms up in the office. Checks should be made payable to MISD.

Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Pink-Out for Cancer Awareness Basketball Games

What: Annual Spaghetti DinnerWhen: Friday, January 30thTime: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. or until the food runs outPrice: Adults - $8.00 Children (12 or under) - $6.00 Dinner plates will include spaghetti, salad, bread, tea, and a dessert. ($1 from every plate sold will be donated to the American Cancer Soci-ety).

To Save Your Seat for the Dinner:1) Pay at the door, call Cathy Cassidy at (254) 435-2731 or email ccassidy@meridianisd.org.2) Buy your tickets from Gay Allen (office at MHS). She will give you a receipt showing that you've paid and for how many meals. Checks should be made out to MISD.

If you purchase your ticket by Friday, January 23rd your name will be entered to win one of five gift certificates for a free two (2) topping pizza from Simple Simons in Meridian.

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PERFECT ATTENDANCE3rd SIX WEEKS

6th Grade Victor Garza Caden Gilbert Jayden GilbertJayden Lambright Norah LiraVioleta MunozVictor Orozco Mayra Rojas 7th GradeIsabel GarzaRey GarzaCaleb LawHector NeriDe’Marius ParksMatthew RosasMichelle Santamaria Ortiz

8th GradeDemetrik DavenportKaty DulaneyCody HarrisBrendan MachacDerek MalottYesenia NeriXavier NunezBlaine TaylorChis Trach

9th GradeJohn AndersonWilliam EdwardsDarci GannMaegan JonesMatthew MartinSarahi RamosCheyenne RoeEsmeralda RojasLogan RoseberryBrooke TaylorWilliam WehmeyerEstafana Whitmer

10th GradeChase AikensDallas AndersonElizabeth ChavezAustin GannBob JohnsonDarcy Wyatt

11th GradeBailey BowersHadley ButlerLauren ButlerCameron CrawfordBeth DulaneyLatham HensleyAshlee HooksEmily Speer

12th GradeJarred ChildersBrandy VailesMorgan Williams

Valentine Grams The NHS members are selling Valentine Grams to be delivered on Friday, February 13th! The last day to order is Thursday, February 12th! Valentine CandyGram $1.00 Singing Valentine CandyGram $2.00 Carnation (no choice of color)* $1.00

Valentine SongsJH & HS Pretty Woman I Don't Want to Miss a Thing My Girl/My Guy Sugar Pie Honey Bunch Just the Way You Are Can't Help Falling in Love You're Still the OneBaby (Justin Bieber) Love Story Blank Space Like a Love Song

Sales begin on Friday, January 23rd. See any NHS member to order:

Elementary BabyBarney SongMy Girl/My Guy Sugar Pie Honey Bunch Just the Way You Are Love is an Open Door (Frozen) Let it Go (Frozen)

Katlyn Atchison Hadley Butler Mackenzie Errington Carson Gebhardt Maria Harbison Ashlee Hooks Dakota Ivey Manual Neri Randa Norton

Morgan Poston Sydney Purcell Leslie Ramirez Hope Sharp Alex Taylor Lauren Tweedle Brandy Vailes Krista Warren Morgan Williams Darcy Wyatt

*Carnations will be given to the person ordering so that they may pass out the carnations to whomever they wish. Carnations ordered after Thursday, February 12th will be $2.00

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Levi Tweedle

Levi Tweedle was born in Hillsboro, Texas on December 21, 1995. His parents are Troy and Lynn Tweedle. Journie and Jaycie are Levi's little sisters. Extracurricular activities that Levi has participated at Merid-ian High School are: Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Levi's Career Goal is to become a Police Officer. He plans to go to college at MCC. His hobbies are hunting and fishing. Levi's favorite activity is playing football.He was a good fullback and blind sider.

Senior Spotlight

SpanishThe Spanish 2 classes are on the countdown to the annual En-nio concert scheduled for March 2nd. They have been listening to his music since last semester. The Justo Lamas Group Con-certs are an educational program with the primary objective of promoting the study of the Span-ish language through music. We have been taking the Concerts to Schools all around the USA since 1998, we have heard hundreds of teachers say how our program has created in their students interest and ethusiasm for the Spanish language.

YearbookYearbooks for $53. Buy your yearbook before the price goes up. If you want to buy a yearbook, get with someone from the year-book staff and order one.

Art

Classes are working on land-scape paintings and a valentine's project.

ACADEMIC UIL Be sure and get a travel permission slip from Ms. Brigham and sign-up for at least one practice meet. Remember you must com-pete in at least one practice meet to be eligible to compete at district. The next deadline to sign up for a practice meet in Groesbeck is Tuesday, January 27th

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The following students will be participat-ing in the middle school CENTEX honor band auditions on Friday January 23rd.

Tierney McLennan Matthew RosasTaylor Trester

Andrea BarnettHector Neri

Omar RamirezZakary Dirske

Chance GarriottAshlyn FeagleyKaty DulaneyXavier NunezYesenia NeriBlaine Talyor

Ben Sharp

These students are participating in CEN-TEX Honor Band Try Outs on Wednesday Janu-ary 28th.

Beth Dulaney Brooke TaylorJaymee Duarte

Gabriella ZarateLeslie Ramirez

Morgan WilliamsMariana Sarinana

Ale WilliamsDarci GannVicky Perez

Adrain GarzaWilliam Edwards

Darren ArnoldTracen Dickens

Manuel Neri

We hope everyone has fun and good luck!

Band Senior Spotlight Morgan Poston was born on March 21, 1997 in Waco, Texas. She was born to Greg and Tami Poston. She has two sisters whose names are Amber Woosley and Megan Poston. She has been at Meridian ISD all of her life. She par-ticipates in Cross

Country, Basketball, Softball, FFA, NHS and Academic UIL in Calculator. Her plan after high school is to go to MCC to study radiology. She enjoys going to the lake and hanging out with her friends.

Congratulations to Westin Gorneau for being selected to play in the Heart of Texas FCA Vic-tory Bowl. This football all-star game will be played on June 13th at Waco ISD Stadium.

FCA Victory Bowl

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Senior Spotlight

Chelsea Shipman was born to Kris Ship-man on July 23, 1996, in Waco, Texas. She has one sister, Kasey Shipman. She has attended Merid-ian since First Grade. She participates in track events (Discus and Shot-put). She is also an editor for the Yearbook. Her career goal af-ter high school is to go to Tarleton State University to become a Pharmacist. Her favorite past times are hanging out with her friends, and being out-side.

Darren Arnold, Bailey Jay, Darcy Wyatt, and Ale Wil-liams (alternate) competed at Student Congress in Austin on January 12-14. Student Congress is an individual contest in a large group setting. It models the legislative process of democracy, specifically, the United States Congress. Within this mock legislative assembly competition, contestants draft legislation (proposed laws and position statements) submit-ted to the tournament, and they research the docket of bills and resolutions dealing with real-world social and political policies prior to the contest to prepare their speeches. At the tournament, students caucus in committees, deliver formal discourse on the merits and disadvantages of each piece of legislation, and vote to pass or defeat the measures they have examined. Parliamentary procedure forms structure for the discourse, and students extemporaneously respond to others’ arguments over the course of a session. This was the second year for the pilot Student Con-gress and the Meridian students advanced to state finals. Congratulations!

STATE STUDENT

CONGRESS ACADEMIC

UIL

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MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL “A” HONOR ROLL

3rd SIX WEEKS 6th GRADEChris DixonNorah LiraVioletta MunozNatalee Rabago

7th GRADEDakota CassidyDelani EdwardsReese ErringtonChance GarriottZakary DirkseLiberty Stauffer

8th GRADEDanny CassidyRiley DirkseYesenia NeriKaty DulaneyDerek MalottXavier NunezBlaine Taylor

9th GRADEDarci GannEmma HooksMatthew MartinSelina ReynosoEstafanaWhitmer

10th GRADEMackenzie ErringtonCarson GebhardtSydney PurcellDarcy WyattTanisha Crawford

11th GRADEHadley ButlerAshlee HooksDakota IveyJace Love 12th GRADEDarren ArnoldKalyn AtchisonMaria HarbisonBailey JayMorgan PostonBrandy VailesMorgan WilliamsAle Williams

MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL “AB” HONOR ROLL

3rd SIX WEEKS6th GRADEWayne BarnettVictor GarzaJayden GilbertCarsen JonesShayla JonesJulian MonrrealGarrett MurphyMadelyn RobertsHolly Shaw

7th GRADEAutumn ArdeneauxAndrea BarnettMatthew Bracknell Alexis ChovanecIsabel GarzaHayden Hewitt Madisyn HicksCaleb LawTierney McLennanHector NeriOmar RamirezBaylee RowlandMichelle Santamaria OrtizAndrew SpeerZane Taylor

8th GRADEHunter Bridgefarmer Jaxon DennisSindi JohnsonMurphy Stauffer

9th GRADEJohn AndersonWilliam EdwardsLogan RoseberryBrooke TaylorWilliam Wehmeyer

10th GRADEChase AikensJason DashnerReece GarriottAmberrae HodgesDaniel HodgesLogan MalottStephan McNaughtCrystal MonrrealJoseph NolandVictoria PerezClayton PinkertonEric RabagoLeslie RamirezSeth RineyCourtney RobertsPablo RodriguezNatalee RowlandBradley WallaceGabriella Zarate

11th GRADELauren ButlerEden CarsonSierra ChildersBeth DulaneyEthan HightowerEdgar LovatonJosh SmithEmily SpeerLauren Tweedle Krista Warren

12th GRADECierra BowenLogan FarrarPablo FloresBrandon HaneyBryce HaneyRylan HorakCaitlin MalottPatrick MilamChristian RaddeChelsea Shipman