Student/Staff Recognition
Students of the Month
February
Front row: Anya Asrani, Jaxson Chau, Ayush Mody, Aaron Tomsic, Ashlyn Wiske, Camille Blanchard, Brooklynn Ferrell; Second row: Ryleigh Hamilton, Brooks Roberson, Sneha Athipatla, Sama Kantar, Elena Chen, Jacques Ballay-Linz, Lana Abdelqader, Mason King; Third row: Brooks Gabriel, Walker Butcher, Olivia Graul, Malley Mann, Catherine Choi, Ayesha Rao, Ridgely Snead, Avery Dean, Mariela Saldivar, Andrew Hick, Syed Omar Ahmed, Deeksha Kilaru, Barret Nichols, Meghna Atla, John Mann, Lyla Hyde, Damon Babbel, Preston Hines, Titus Allal, Piper Huggins, Pearson Dance, Xavier Moss. Not pictured: Emberlynn Suitor, Hadley Zartman.
January
Front row: Sarfraz Khan, Winston Snarr, Seraphina Chhadua, Jacob Walker, Ayden Adams, Monroe Allen; Second row: Fontaine Etheridge, Camilla Horsley, Evie Hamilton, Caroline Dickenson, Samy Ayad, Cameron Perez, Alessandra Whittle, Sofia Mantecon, Lyla Charon, Rewa Marthi, Cole Price; Third row: Sreeja Dega, Katie O'Hare, Paige Finch, Blake Speer, Jackson Kelley, Henry Torgerson, Manvik Madrira, Ashlyn Rhodes, Lalaina Yusufzai, Austin Wu, Nash Wills, Ashton Lonibos; Back row: Grayson Porter, Levi Allen, Natalie Schick, Ty Moody, Weston Janbaz, Michael Elendu, Siri Thokala, Elise Etheredge, Caspian Dawkins, Owen Armstrong.
November
First row: Savina Dang, Sydney Dickheiser, Madison Fry, Ramzie Aberasturia, Dylan Karmali, Aiden Garrison, Ansh Dhillon; Middle row: Isabelle Mantecon, Gianna Dorma, Sienna Sowin, Summer Kyle, Arnav Tomar, Brandon Chen, Avery Meurer, Aylin Marburg, Gavin Castanon, Braydon Davis; Back row: Elody Charron, Katie Sun, Zlata Kotlyarova, Charlie Bass, Demarcus Ware, Jonathon Boktor, Maddox Moore, Jack Paschall, Derek Zoller. Not pictured: Elody Charron, Harrison Harper, Sophie Lund, Andie Nelson, Riley Patak.
October
Front row: Layla Stark, Sydney Alderson Second row: Aleeza Waheed, Elle Valdez, Mckenzie Wolf; Third row: Tyler Mehta, Aliana Franco, Sanah Rajesh, Brielle Hughes; Fourth row: Tagg Jeppson, Ayperi Xierali, Noah Ayad, Connor Anstiss; Fifth row: Deepika Pothineni, Ian Klontz, Srinitya Badireddi, Barrett Wilson; Sixth row: Gia Brossman, Enayah Kayani, Faye Nudel-Shinder; Seventh row: Jax Johnson, Vivian Terry, Isabella Wilson; Eighth row: Attie Buitendacht, Aiven Ilin, Liam Giles, Berkley Gentry; Ninth row: Elleigh Huggins, Poppy Veccia, Julia Zartman; Tenth row: Genevieve Grimm, Kingsley Fisher,Dakota Damron; Eleventh row: Rylee Tekell, Stella LaBarbera, Malynn Hubbard; Back row: Cole Cunningham, Martin Westgaard, Hudson Elliott.
September
Front row: Finley Blair, Ethan Pan, Michelle Liu, Katherine Krone, Carson Stacy, Stadler DiGiovanni, Victor Chen, Roland Kovaleski; Middle row: Riley Fongers, Emily Jiang, Landry Caple, Elizabeth Paschall, Landry Killian, Nilaani Vasanth, Clara Witt, Haley Rylee, Isla Laverock, Aira Parganiha; Back row: Gianna Brossman, Boston Laird, Rockston Blair, Stella Wall, Sama Alkhoury, Wendi Chan,, JJ Rothman, Lok Kei Lau, Olivia Rylee, Colton Headrick. Not pictured: Audrey Hinkle, Kellan Kim, Cecily Ray.
Students of the Week
Weeks of March 3 & March 10
Front row: Andy Tate, Aaryan Jasani, Nia Gobinathan, Aliana Franco, Carolina Di Prima, Camden Le, Caroline Boyle; Back row: Maha Askari, Aylin Marburg, Sabian Sanders, Allivia Diaz-Shell, Brielle Hughes, Serena Castro, Reyansh Gupta, Jack Tullier. Not pictured: Maddox Burchfield, Isla Hargrove, Lucas Horton, Briahna Johnson, Faith Reeves.
Week of February 10
Front row: Sneha Athipatla, JT Walker, Lauren Pilgrim, Marley Ward, Asheera Espina; Back row: Veeksha, Arepalli, Sally Mao, Zain Nawab, Clara Hobby.
Week of February 3
Front row: Samy Ayad, Maren Whitlock, Elizabeth Langston, Ella Chen, Hudson Merkord; Back row: Nash Gray, Andrew Reekers, Marcos Irizarry, Carder January, Brandon Lewis.
Week of January 20
Front row: Emily O'Hare, Aiza Hussain, Jackson Dowling, Cole Price, Winston Snarr; Middle row: Ved Patel, Cason Lonibos, Elody Charron. Grace Daniel, Lukas Carroll, Brandon Lewis; Back row: Paislee Messick, Alex Hudak, Martin Westgaard, Graham Barnett, Hudson Scheer. Not pictured: Cash Cain.
Week of January 13
Front row: Jaycob Echols.Ashley Hadley, Brooklynn Ferrell; Back row: Liam Giles, Abby Porter, Aarav Chamakura, Ved Dave. Not pictured: Alishba Khan, Alex Perez, Ava Rozell.
Week of January 6
Front row: Tyler Seay, Besa Shabanaj, Ava Hubbard, Madelyn Ferreira; Back row: Presley Mims, Max Erwin, Ashwin Sathy, Jaden Lo, Olivia Wulfurt. Not pictured: Lola Amoia.
Week of December 16
Front row: Ellie Kim, Meghan Shafer; Back row: Julia Zartman, Jackson Berrios, Mahiya Patel.
Week of December 9
First row: Cecily Ray, Ella Davenport, Ella Bowen, Madison Smejkal, Austin Picard, Simar Kantor; Back row: Jiya Singh, Eric Zhong, Hunter Taber, Eyad Ismail, Bennett Pace, Timothy Ton-That.
Week of December 2
First row: Beckett Copper , Charlotte Lutterbach, Reagan Britton, Avery Meurer, Hadley Zartman, Ananya Makineni; Back row: Maddox Butler, Adlan Jaime-Pabon, Jackson Kelley, Drew Mitchell, Rhett Wilson, Wiley Mahone.
Week of November 18
First row: Oliver Beers, Andrew Barbe; Middle row: Julia Sharp, Evan Polarek, Braeden Lonibos, CJ Walker, Payton Roberts; Back row: Chloe Hurley, Nora Farden, Jacob Seifert, Kai Cameron, Agustin Eyherabide Pons,Stephanie Sanchez. Not pictured: Olivia D'Amico, Alexis Goode, Colton Holtmeier.
Week of November 11
Siri Thokala, Catherine Choi, Wyatt Arolofo, Ryker Paclibare, Tristan Lawrence, Akshar Kunda, Charlie Holmes, Santiago Rivera. Not pictured: Millie Black, Olivia Comrie, Harrison Harper, Carter Morrison.
Week of November 4
Front row: Philopateer Boshra, Camille Blanchard, Monroe Allen; Middle row: Phoebe Kim, Aditi Sankara, John Wellen, Arli Campbell; Back row: Trinity Baker, Stella Kemper, Michael Elendu, Reagan Coburn, Hailey Rylee.
Week of October 21
Front row: Koury Bear, Owen Handy, Ara Slavin, Jameson Lake; Back row: Maddox Moore, Rocco Brunelle, Alaia Harrington, Logan Agren, Laith Massoud; Not pictured: Coleman Bear, Haayoon Cho, Jaycie De La Rosa, Jack Pardue.
Week of October 14
Front row: Acadia Lester, Emory Glaves, Noah Abbasi, Srikari Katta; Middle row: Prudy Kidd, Calvin Haney, Delaney Hunt, Sophia Rao, Mya Boutchantharaj; Back row: Summer Kyle, Chloe Cain, Jillian Saloum, Kemper Serrault, Beckett Mackey, Harrison Shaw; Not pictured: Zara Ngan.
Week of October 7
Front row: Abdulaziz Attar, Ashton Lonibus, Yousef Jrebi, Millie Black, Sarina Rao; Back row: Trevor Bartholomae,Arthur Dos Santos, Owen Armstrong, Krishiv Modi, Tessa Jose. Not pictured: Wilson Lemmerman.
Week of September 30
Front row: Azra Quevedo, Jeremiah Carpenter, Kooper Allen; Middle row: Mason Smejkal, Elle Valdez, Samil Thompson, Palmer McCoart; Back row: Freddie Wood, Jackson Murphy, Jake Elias, Nolan Chitwood, Milayia Burt.
Teacher of the Year
Rebekah Beard
Dragon of the Month
February - Lorren Dutcher
December/January - Rebekah Beard
November - Heather Renegar
October - Melody Lundy
September - Jessica Colombo
Dragon Achievements
BPA qualifies for Nationals
Over 50 presentations held February 28-March 2 qualified for Nationals that will be in Orlando May 7-11. Congratulations to all the students who made it to state. For results, click HERE.
Science Bowl competes in College Station
Three teams competed in the Regional Science Bowl held in College Station. This is some of the toughest competition because the questions asked are high school and college level. Team One won their first match 206-0. All three teams made it to the sweet 16, with the top team moving on to the round of 12. We could not be any more proud of these students.
NJHS takes Polar Plunge for Special Olympics
The group of NJHS students raised $1200 for Special Olympics by taking the plunge at NRH20.
Nilaani Vasanth finishes Top 10 at Regionals Spelling Bee
Clubs raise over $1800 for LAPD Relief Fund
BPA qualifies for State
Members competed at district on January 18 to qualify for state that will be held in Dallas February 27-March 1.
Cameron Perez wins 2nd for the 2024 American Protege International Piano and Strings competition
8th grader Cameron Perez won 2nd place for the 2024 American Protege International Piano and Strings competition. He performed at Carnegie Hall in NY the weekend of Dec. 14.
All-Region Band
We are super proud of all the students who auditioned for the All-Region Band. The preparation process has been a long road, but every student benefitted from the journey.
The following students have been selected to an All Region Band:
Clarinet:
Wendi Chan, Wind Symphony (1st Chair in the Region!)
Austin Wu, Wind Symphony
Mariela Saldivar, Symphonic Band
Ella Chen, Symphonic Band
Katie Krone, 1st Alternate
Bassoon:
Katie Sun, Concert Band
Colton Headrick Concert Band
Saxophones:
JJ Rothman, Wind Symphony
Lukas Carroll, Symphonic Band
Krishiv Modi, Concert Band
Vachan Dave, Symphonic Band
Ian Klontz, Symphonic Band
Trumpet:
Jack Tullier, Concert Band
Trombone:
Sharan Vangala, Wind Symphony
Joshua Clendaniel, Symphonic Band
Beckett Copper, Concert Band
Alex Hudak, 1st Alternate
Euphonium:
Noah Ayad, Wind Symphony
Akshar Kunda, Concert Band
Kelton Bartoe, 1st Alternate
Tuba:
Tobi Adekola, Symphonic Band
JJ Wu, Symphonic Band
Percussion:
Will Near, Symphonic Band
Jonah Everett, Concert Band
Camden Le, Concert Band
All-Region Choir
The Carroll Choir department participated in the All-Region Choir auditions. Six Carroll students competed against over 300 7th and 8th graders all across the region. Each student had to sing a cut from two different songs for judges that they prepared on their own. Four students made one of the Region Choirs.
Concert Treble Choir:
Sarina Rao - Soprano 1 - Chair 1
Sophie Lund - Alto 1 - Chair 2
Tessa Jose - Soprano 2 - Chair 5
Honor Treble Choir:
Rukmini Nandy - Soprano 2 - Chair 10
All-District Band
Congratulations to the band students selected to be in the 2024 CISD All-District Honor Band. These students will attend a clinic during the school day on Nov. 13, followed by a concert that evening at CSHS. It's going to be a fantastic day.
- Flute – Lauren Pilgrim, Sreeja Dega
- Oboe – Eric Zhong, Conner Pang
- Bassoon – Colton Headrick, Katie Sun
- Clarinet – Wendi Chan (1st chair), Austin Wu, Ella Chen, Aahana Bodiwala
- Alto Sax – JJ Rothman, Lukas Carroll, Krishiv Modi
- Tenor Sax – Vachan Dave
- Bari Sax – Ian Klontz (1st chair)
- Trumpet – Jack Tullier, Louis Cary
- French Horn – Kei Lau
- Trombone – Sharan Vangala (1st chair), Beckett Copper, Yusuf Haque, Alex Hudak
- Euphonium – Noah Ayad
- Percussion – Will Near, Jonah Everett, Jacob Seifert
NJHS Induction
Top 3 Spelling Bee Winners
1st Place: Nilaani Vasanth (8)
2nd Place: Manvik Madrira (7)
3rd Place: Akshara Murugappan (8)
The Flame Yearbook
After careful review by a professional judge, the CMS 2023-2024 yearbook has been nominated for a Star from the Interscholastic League Press Conference. Since 1925, UIL has honored journalistic excellence across Texas through ILPC contests. With this nomination, we are proud to count your publication among the best of the best. Hundreds of publications will be reviewed by our judges this fall. At that point, nominees will then move on to a second round of judging by a panel of journalism education professionals. Winners of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Stars will be announced at the ILPC Spring Convention in April.
With appreciation,
Alyssa Boehringer ILPC Director UIL Journalism Director