001[Music] They're going to have [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] All right. [Music] I do anything. Surprise! We got a dog. A new pet. Let's go to Petsmart. We've got literally anything for dogs, so dog can save all pets. It is now 6 o'clock. We're going to call the Walks Hatchee Independent School District Board of Trustees to order. Please let the record show we have six trustees in attendance and this meeting has been duly posted for time and manner required by law. At this time, I'm going to introduce our superintendent, Dr. David Aver, to the podium. Well, good evening and thank you all for being here uh to this first uh first try at a quarterly recognition board meeting. something we've been talking about for a little while and uh you know we love our our building
002downtown on 411 Gibson but it cannot accommodate all the greatness that we're going to get to see tonight with all the wonderful things that our students have done. So I'm excited for this to be the first time we try this. Um before we get going though, I would like for I'd like to introduce Trustee Adrien Cooper to lead us in our invocation. Good evening and again thank you all for being here. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, most gracious God, first of all, we thank you for our great city of walks at you. Father, we thank you for all the citizens. We thank you for this WISD school board. We thank you for the WISD community. Father, we just thank you for an opportunity to be here on this evening, a evening that we have set
003aside to remember, recognize, commemorate the recent success of many students and staff. Father, we thank you for what you're doing in Walker in our school district. We thank you that our greater days are yet before us. Thank you for what you've done, for what you're doing, and what you're soon to do. In Jesus mighty name we pray. Thank God. Amen. Okay. And I'd like Bo Duke and Annalie Alexander from Wman Steam to lead us in our pledge to the American flag. This way. Come this way. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're going to go ahead and get started with our recognitions. Um, honores, uh, please enter the stage
004on my right and after photos, you'll exit on the far left and have a seat back with your family and friends. Uh, first off, I'd like to welcome the principal of Wyomman Steam, uh, Miss Kate Aier. Good evening. My name is Kate Aier and I'm the principal at WMAN Steam Academy. Thank you for allowing me to take a moment to recognize a true hero in our school community, Miss Lauren Allen, our dedicated m music teacher. Just recently, during a normal lunch period, Miss Allen noticed something was very wrong. A student was visibly distressed, unable to speak, and struggling to breathe. Without hesitation, Miss Allen jumped into action. She quickly performed the Heimlick maneuver, and thanks to her swift and skilled response, the piece of food that was lodged in the student's throat was dislodged. The
005student was immediately seen by the nurse and cleared. But Miss Allen didn't stop there. She personally followed up with him later to make sure he was okay and checked with the staff. And in a moment that says it all, the student told his mother that Miss Allen saved his life. And the student's here today. His name is Bo and he did the pledge. We are incredibly proud. We are incredibly proud and grateful to have someone like Miss Allen on our campus. not only for the music she brings into our classrooms, but for the heart and courage she showed in a moment of crisis. Please join me in applauding Miss Allen. [Applause] We have several uh choice campuses in our district and one of our newer ones is our dual language uh junior high at Howard
006Junior High. And here to present awards for our WIST dual language uh program is um our director of WIST dual language, Mrs. Linda Solis. [Applause] Good evening. We're going to go ahead and ask my coordinators. I'm Linda Ciz, the bilingual ESL director for the district. And I have my two coordinators here with me, dual language coordinators, Claudia Gutierrez and Desiree Zarate, and they're going to be helping us with this tonight. Um, I do have a little speech prepared, so bear with me. I will do it in English first and then Spanish secondly. says, "We're excited to celebrate the first group of eighth graders to complete the dual language program in J at Jun Howard Junior High. This accomplishment signifies not only their dedication to academic excellence, but also their impressive journey toward becoming bilingual, biiterate,
007and bicultural. We are so proud of these students and their achievements, and we anticipate their continued success as they transition to high school. Howard, excellencing. These students also will be leaving junior high with three and four credits, high school credits of Spanish. So, we're so super proud of them. And so, right now, we're going to recognize them. And also, Mr. Williams, the principal of Howard, is also here. So, we appreciate his dedication to the program at Howard as well. Do you want me to hand them? Okay. All right. Our first one is Ekker Flores Neestor Mendoza Kinon Adal Pinal. Giovani [Music] Ernnandez, Giovani Ernnandez, David Estupinan, Maria Martinez, Flores, Naomi Pacheco, Vidales, Blanca De La Hoya, Jasmine Mendoza, Luis Solistovar, catch up. Adulo Yael Sedo, Eastston Sanchez, Oscar Sales, Natalyia Suarez, and Silana Mahaka. Yes,
008we're going to take a picture. Come this way. [Applause] Next, we will have our director of our walks director of career and technology education, Mr. Blake Harrison, come up to present on all of our CTE accomplishments this [Applause] spring. All right, good evening. My name is Blake Harrison. I serve as the director of career and technical education for Walks Hatchet ISD. I'm here tonight to recognize several of our outstanding CTE programs and students for their achievements during the spring semester. Uh so we'll start with our FFA program. This year our Walks Hatche FFA program had an impressive 172 entries with students dedicating six months or more to preparing and caring for their projects is a true testament to their dedication and responsibility. So for our Ellis County livestock show and rodeo highlights a marketplace, we
009had division champions Cutter Frisbee, Jesse Middleton, Colton Jones, Jason Valentine, Colt Perry, and Kinley Laquay. In our A mechanics with a smoker trailer, we had division champions Levi Whitehead, Nick Flores, and Weston Davis. In our welding buildoff with the safety award, we had Cutter Frisbee, Colton Jones, Kylin Malisca, Jesse Middleton, and Jackson Valentine. Breeding Rabbits, best of breed, we had Estella Vega, Benjamin Cox, Abel Rose, and Lauraai Scoggins. breeding goats reserve champion dough and junior showmanship champion we had Kimber Robertson. All right, breeding guilts York breed champion Abel Rose. Market broilers we had grand champion Zack Buchanan. Goats we had division champion and junior showmanship Sebastian Vega. I got a few more to go. Lambs, we had Southtown breed champion Audrey Sap, Fine Wool Breed Champion Kimber Robertson, Finewool Reserve Champion Faith Brousard, Dorper Champion
010Leah Lopez, Dorper Reserve Champion Jaden Middleton. At our swine show, we had Durok breed reserve champion Natalie Schroel, black OPB breeds reserve champion Carson Mirhead. In our fine arts division, champion in leather working, we had Jesse Middleton. And in our floral cup, we had reserve grand champion Jaden Middleton and division reserve champion in the beginner's division, Hannah Stanley. All right. In a couple of additions beyond the show ring, we had uh state qualifying teams horse judging Tiffany Bird, Bryley Meister, Hannah Cypes, Ryan Newsome. In cotton judging, we had Balon def Frank, Jackson Valentine, Jathan Valentine, Sebastian Vega. Oh, sorry. I apologize. Y'all want to go here? We had got a couple more See? Yeah. Okay. You want me to keep rolling? Okay. Cotton judging, Bayon DeFrank, Jackson Valentine, Jathan Valentine, Sebastian Vega, food science, Maline
011Curtis, Colton Jones, Jaden Middleton, Payton Yeets, and Lonear degree recipients, which are the highest honor a Texas FFA member can achieve. Jackson Valentine, Balon DeFrank, Kyrie Mendoza, Leah Lopez, Addie Gazaway, Tiffany Bird, and Maline Curtis. Speaking development event area qualifiers, Christa Sherman and a business, Addison Crimton, natural resources, Brennan Jones, plant science. And the last one, we had some major stock show access success with Kayn Crocdale at the H Houston Stock Show making sale with her lamb. Kimber Robertson at the San Antonio stock show making sale with her lamb. And Jessica Schoolfield was second in her class at the Houston Stock Show with her Birkshshire guilt. Congratulations to all these students and all their success. Told you [Applause] Oh, yeah. I got six more. All right. Next up, our TPSA. So, we're proud to recognize
012our Texas Public Safety Association team for their outstanding performance at the TPSA State Competition. Congratulations to Haley Davis, who earned third place in law facility design, and to Jordan Listister, who was awarded a $1,500 scholarship for his achievements. We also had several top 10 finishes including Tony Gonzalez, Seda Kalzada in bloodstain pattern analysis and Jordan Listister in both opening and closing statements. We're incredibly proud of these students for their hard work and dedication. All right, I'm up again. Okay, so in April, our Walks Hatchee High School TSA students competed at state contest in Fort Worth, standing out among over 5,000 TSA members and more than 4,000 project entries. We are we are proud to announce and share that walking Guerrero earned the prestigious best in Texas award for his tractor restoration project recognized as the
013top overall project in the entire contest. In addition, our students earned numerous top 10 finishes across a wide range of categories. Uh first place Addison Crumpton in manufacturing metal, lathe pen and pencil and acrylics. Second place, Jazzeriah Duval and CNC and Cam Laser engraver and Jordan Rodriguez, trailer design. Fourth place, Stella Stevenson, graphic solutions. Fifth place, Jordan Rodriguez, graphic solutions and Lyric Vire in La Pin. Sixth place, Brandon Davidson, 3D printer and and rapid prototyping. And Brandon Rodriguez and Lyric Vire and senior solar sprint. Seventh place, Christian Gil, manufacturing medals. Uh, eighth place, Corbin Huckabe, RC vehicle, and Addison Crumpton, prepared presentation. Ninth place, Ethan Villers, graphic solutions. 10th place, Ameliano Roses, graphic solutions. And in seventh place was the chapter team, Colton Christian, Jesiah Duval, Addison Crumpton, Jordan Rodriguez, and Taniah Davis. We're proud
014of these students. Thank and congratulations All right. Next, our Taffy team. We're excited to recognize our outstanding WHS Taffy team. Our Texas Association of Future Educators students recently competed at the 2025 Teach Tomorrow Summit in Galveastston, showcasing their talents among 3,400 students from across Texas. We are proud to announce that six of our students, Jolana Carbajal, JC Chase, Alyssa Stanfield, Tori Garza, Cutter Patton, and Kylie Adams, qualified for nationals and will advance to the Educators Rising National Conference this June. We also celebrate our gold, silver, and bronze medalist as well as our five seniors who participated in the Taffy signing event to formally commit to careers in education. [Applause] All right, next up, Arts AV. Honored to recognize our Arts AV and film students led by instructor David Moore. In October, our students competed in
015All-American Film Festival in New York City, the largest high school film festival in the world. They had three days to write, film, edit, and produce a short film, competing against schools from across the US and internationally. Their film What Happened to Trust was named an official selection of the festival a significant achievement. Writers were Caven Ballard, Andrea Menddees. Director was Tucker Schugert. Producers Evelyn Earl and Andrea Menddees. Camera person was Ian Hathaway and Evelyn Earl. Audio was Madison New. And cast was Elijah Brooks, Savannah Ferris, and Andrea Menddees. That same film advanced to the UIL state film competition in Austin where it was named one of the one of only three state finalists. A huge honor that reflects their hard work and talent. At the region 10 awards in Richardson, the team took first place
016in PSA video competition for their video. Each team member earned an $800 scholarship. Team members Elijah Brooks, Savannah Ferris, Ian Hathaway, Tucker Sugar, Marcelo Anderson, and Alex Estrada. They had three student films selected for the best of high school awards at the 10th annual Denton Media Arts Festival. Their film Unpaid Debts won second place. That was writer Elijah Brooks, director Savannah Ferris, producer Evelyn Earl, camera Ian Hathaway, audio Madison New Makeup Andrea Mendes, cast Elijah Brooks, Marcelo Anderson, Caven Ballard, Jackson King, David Moore, Luca Moore, and Tucker Sugarert. Congratulations. Come on up. All right, up next 4. Please join me in congratulating our 4H show team on an exceptional exceptional performance at the Ellis County A Mechanic Show. We're incredibly proud of the year they've had and the remarkable accomplishments they've achieved. These successes would
017not be possible without the support of dedicated teachers, sponsors, and parents for pouring into these students and helping them grow into the bright young men and women they are today. We'd like to recognize the following students for their achievements. Caitlyn Olsen, first-in-class and showmanship champion with her grapple bucket. Walking Guerrero, first class division champion and reserve overall champion with his restored tractor. Addison Crumpton, division champion with her animal popper. Alex, Alexis Wilson and Taylor Rutherford, class champions with their hay ring. Antonio Msas and Aaron Salavar first in class and division champions with their hog trap trailer. Congratulations. Just come on up. [Applause] All right, please join me in congratulating our Global High School esports Mario Kart 8 team for winning the Vant League Central Division Champion. This incredible achievement highlights their teamwork, strategic thinking and
018dedication to excellence in a rapidly growing and competitive field. Our students Alex Reynolds, Brian Alonis, Nathan Ruiz, and Aiden Wittenberg, along with their manager, Jesse Potit, have demonstrated not only gaming skill, but also communication, leadership, and composure under pressure, key qualities that make them champions on and off the track. Come on up, guys. [Applause] Next up, I'd like to introduce WIS fine arts director, Mr. Gary Bernard. Hey, good evening, Wahachchi ISD. Thank you for your continued support of uh the fine arts and UIL academics in our school district. I'd like to recognize some high achieving students and their teachers uh from the back half of this spring semester. Not everyone is here tonight. Um but I'm going to I'm going to share some some of the celebrations. Uh first, we had a number of superior
019performances in band, choir, and theater during the UIL assessment process. Uh the high school and junior high bands combined for a total of nine sweep stakes awards. and the high school and junior high choirs combined for a total of nine sweep stakes awards. Also around this time, the high school theater advanced to the area round of the UIL one act play competition. So, can we clap for all those fantastic [Applause] ensembles? If you are part of teacher or student, you want to go ahead and work your way up and and have have a go stand in the hot seat and we'll take some pictures. You guys can go ahead and come up now and I'll talk about you. How about that? So, so I'm going to go by class and I'll do my best with
020pronouncing names, but in the high school art department, we had some vase success from Miss Noatne's class. Uh, Casey Herrera and Addison [Applause] Hall. They went to state for their 2D artwork. Addison scored a four, which is the highest rating, and Casey scored a three. From Miss German's class, Abby German, a junior, earned a perfect score at the regional event in February and also earned another perfect score at state event. Elias Alwki, a senior, earned a perfect score at the state event. And then from Miss Blankenbeckler's class, Madison Chiron, senior, went to state vase for her sculpture into the forest after receiving a perfect score of four at regionals. and she went on to receive another perfect score at state. This is Madison's second year in a row to qualify for state. So, congrats to
021our arts department. [Music] I like how the the arts department gets the the loudest crowd applause tonight. That's great. Um, okay, Charmers, will you come up with all of your things? We'll let them come up and get situated and then I'll talk all about them and we'll take our picture. Look at Look at everything the Charmers have right now. All right, I'll start talking about them while they're getting set up. The Charmers had an awesome spring semester. Coach Wilcox says the Charmers enjoyed an exceptional competition season, far exceeding their own expectations. They set ambitious goals and confidently achieved themselves uh achieved them. The 62nd Charmer line elite and officers have made an a lasting contribution to the charmer legacy. The awards, the awards that they received include, but are not limited to, and you'll see
022based on all the banners up in front, sweep stakes, Gussy Nell Davis Award of Excellence, Bestin Class, Academic Champion Award, multiple overall grand champions, state champion, and multiple national champions. As I said, that's just a few. The dance department at the high school is second to none. Congrats to their students and their coaches. [Music] [Applause] If you're involved with UIL academics, would you come up here and come come up and get situated and I'll I'll read and talk about you um and you get your picture. So, come up. UIL academics. Yeah, come on up in the center. All right, I'll start reading. Miss Verdine shares, "For the first time in WHS debate team history, we have qualified five people for state. The teams of Christian Harold, Kennedy Mitchell, Jalia Reed Fulture, and Alexis White placed
023first and second respectively at CX Debate District in January. This qualified both teams to compete at CX State in March. Both teams placed in the top 50 in the state of Texas. The LD district team of Jordan Listister, Angel Gangara, and Aubrey Wayne competed in April and placed first, fifth, and eighth, respectively. This qualified Jordan Listister as district champion for the third year in a row and helped the WHS speech team place as threetime top speech team in District 11. Jordan then competed at region on April 26 where he placed third qualifying him for the first time to the state LD competition which will be held uh May 8th uh May 19th and 20th at UT Austin. Congrats to their coach Caitlyn Noah and assistant coach McKenna Taylor. I'm going to keep going. Walks High
024School UIL academic team was named district champions. Walksahhatchee High School is proud to announce that our UIL academic team has earned the title of district champions. This outstanding achievement is the result of a dedicated and collaborative effort from both students and teachers across multiple disciplines. Several teams delivered exceptional performances. Ready reading uh ready writing team first place and they swept top three individual spots. Computer science team first place. Speaking events team, first place. Calculator applications team second place. Journalism team second place. Current events team second place. Mathematics team second place. Science team second place. Spelling team second place. Literary criticism team second place. And number sense team third place. In addition to team honors, numerous students qualified to advance to the UIL competition at Baylor University where they represented Woxahhatchee at the next level. Congratulations
025to all of our competitors, coaches, and supporters for your hard work and commitment to excellence. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all that you guys do as a community to support the arts and academics in WISD. [Applause] Here to present for our athletics accomplishments for this spring semester is our executive director of athletics, Mr. Brian Rogers. Good evening board. Dr. Averick community. First recognition tonight will be from our boys soccer program. We'd like to recognize and congre congratulate Billy Y from our boys soccer program for his exceptional achievements this season. Billy was recently named Tasco first team all state along with being named the district 116A offensive player of the year. His dedication, hard work, and commitment has led to these remarkable achievements. Billy Y, first team all state along with
026coaches coach Riley, coach Stapleton, Coach Wrangle, and Coach Haggy. Our next recognition tonight will be our girls golf team. If they could come up, please like to recognize and congratulate the WHS girls golf program. Our girls golf team were the district 116A champions and won the district tournament actually by 222 strokes. The team's sportsmanship, determination, and commitment have led them to these remarkable achievements. Alli Kramer's first team all district and academic all district. Alyssa Martin, first team all district. Aubrey Dere, first team all district in academic all district. Hannah Zant, first team all district in academic all district. Richand Solace, first team all district. And Kennedy Gary, first team all district. Congratulations, ladies. Our next recognition tonight will be our boys golf team. If you would come up, please. We'd like to recognize and congratulate
027the WHS boys golf program. Our boys golf team were the district 11 6A champions as well and won by over 200 strokes. This Yeah, this year's team had a great season and we're looking forward to what this future holds for these young men. Congratulations. Our district champ Knox Bernard and academic all district as well. Jackson Weir, first team all district. Davis Wright, first team all district. Logan Ab Abedi, first team all district and academic all district. Henry Lopez, first team all district. Parker Allen, first team all district. And Ross Alexander, first team all district. Congratulations, men. Next up, our girls track and field program. Would like to recognize and congratulate the WHS girls track and field program. Our girls track and field team were the district 116A champions as well as the area champions in
028what is probably the toughest district in the nation. This team has shown great determination and perseverance throughout the season. We're looking forward to the great things this program will accomplish in the future. Congratulations athletes and coaches. Here is our district champ. Gran children's team manager. McKenzie McCoy, Dia Smith, Kila Long, Satify, Reagan Hunter, Sariah Neil, Angelina Knox, Ashton Osborne, area qualifier. Sarah Gomez, area qualifier. Grace Fonville, area qualifier. Aberly Garcia, district champion. Povalter, area and regional qualifier. Jenna Moore, district champ, 3200 meters, area and regional qualifier. Rhys Bartos, district and area champion in the 1600 meter area champion in the 3200 and regional qualifier. Jasmine James, district champion in high jump, area and regional qualifier. Kalia Bryant, area and regional qualifier. Kamarian Hardman, district and area champion in the shot puts. Boston Baskin, area and
029regional qualifier. Michaela Williams, state qualifier in the 4x4 relay. Michaela Lander, state qualifier in the 4x4 relay. Rihanna Floyd, state qualifier in the 4x4 relay. Abony Brun, district and area champion in the 300 hurdles, state qualifier in the 4x400. Kaden Black, district and area champion in the triple jump, state qualifier in the triple jump, and Jaden Aisham, district and area and regional champ in the district, regional qualifier in the shot, broke the region 2 meet record with a throw of 160 ft, 8 in in the discusets and also a state qualifier. Congratulations [Applause] Next up, our boys track and field team, please. I'd also want to mention the uh ladies coaches uh coach Billers, Coach Davis, Coach Robinson, Coach Profett, Coach Morgan, Coach Stewart, Coach Dela Cruz, and Coach Jones. We'd like to recognize and
030congratulate the WHS boys track and field program. Our boys track and field team were the district 116A champions and again in one of the toughest districts in the nation and finished second at our area meet. This team's dedication, hard work, and commitment have led to these remarkable achievements this year. Congratulations coaches and athletes. This time we'd like to congratulate Cohen Brown, area qualifier, Jordan Carson, area qualifier. Brilland Davis, district champion in the 200 area champion and regional qualifier. Cooper Grady, district champion of 1600 area and regional qualifier. Landon Hills area qualifier. Cash Harbinson area qualifier. Maxton Hogan area qualifier. David King, Matteo Molina, area qualifier. Walken Molina, district champ in a 100 meter hurdles area and regional qualifier. Brock Morales, Ezra Perez, Isaiah Rivera, Aiden Reed, Graham Scott, district champ in the 3,200 meter area
031and regional qualifier. Josiah Simmons area qualifier. Justin Smitty, district champ in the discus area and regional qualifier. Jaquan Snell, district champion in the long jump area and regional qualifier. Kate Tolson, area qualifier. Michael Trailer, Ethan Villers, district champ in the Pov area qualifier. Ly V, area qualifier. And Luca Swit, area qualifier. Congratulations, man. was coached by Coach Herd, Coach Anderson, Coach Doring, Coach Irwin, Coach Aris, Coach William, and Coach Dela Cruz. Great job, men. Next, we'd like to uh recognize our WHS softball team. if they would come on up. Our softball team were just recently crowned district 11 6A co- champions. This team showed toughness, showed grit, and showed perseverance throughout the season. And I know the future is bright for this program. Congratulations, coaches and athletes. Coach Rainey, Coach Melton, Coach Banda, Coach Stoops,
032and Coach Gonzalez. Our young ladies, Michaela Landers, Angelina Knox, Na Nichols, Zariah Williams, Jordan Young, McKenzie Cover, Emma Puebla, Fernanda Zavala, Emma Mada, Lindy Canel, Connell, Sicily Thompson, Bren Grammar, Darby Rashard, Savannah Porter, Brooklyn Parl Pamino, and Eileen Astron. Again, your softball district code district champs And for our last recognition tonight, our tennis program, please come on up. We'd like to recognize and congratulate the WHS tennis program for the second time this season. Earlier in the fall, uh they were district champs team tennis. Our team had great success at this year's district 116A tournament. This team's commitment have led them to these remarkable achievements. They will actually be competing at regionals this Wednesday and Thursday in Waco. So congratulations coaches and athletes. Coach Tanner, Coach Offford, and Coach Shivers. Emerson Medford, girls double district champ
033and academic all state. Lyanna Bounds, girls doubles district champ. Jenna Moore, girls singles district champ. Putson East, boys doubles district champ. Lucas Jansen, boys doubles district champ. Remy Gomez, mixed doubles district champ. Congratulations. [Applause] Thank you to our coaches, our athletes, our academic athletes, our CTE students, our WMAN hero, uh our dual language students. Thank you all for your hard work this uh this school year and this spring. Um I appreciate you all coming out to celebrate with these students. Um, if anybody ever wonders if there's great things going on in Wasach, um, I think we prove that tonight beyond a shadow of a doubt. So, thank you again for coming. I'd like to bring back, uh, WD board of trustees president, Mr. Dusty Autry. At this time, our next part of our agenda is
034our public forum. I do not believe we have anyone signed up to speak tonight. So at this time I'll entertain a formal motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion by Mrs. Creel, second by Mr. McCuten. All in favor say I. Say n. Motion carry 70. Thank everyone for attending our first uh first award ceremony.