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ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL
Principal: Kenneth Hart
2015 GRADUATES
SECTION
FLORIDA SENTINEL 70 YEARS SERVING TAMPA
MAY 29, 2015
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BLAKE HIGH
SCHOOL
ERRIANA BOYD
AGE: 17
PARENTS: Ronald and
Brenda Adams
GPA: 4.5
CHURCH: New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
AWARDS and HONORS: Graduat- ing with Honors; and 3 Advanced Placement Classes
ACTIVITIES: Volleyball Team; FBLA Club; B.L.E.S.S. Club; Part time Winn Dixie; and Volunteer at Westchase Recreation Center
COLLEGE: Florida Atlantic University, Major in Business Marketing, Minor in Fashion
Principal: Jesse Salters
CHRISTINE FORBES AGE: 17
PARENTS: Michael Forbes (West Palm Beach); Elaine and Thaxter Cooper (Tampa)
GPA or CLASS RANKING: 5.8 Weighted GPA/3.8 Unweighted/ Top 4 percent (No. 23)
CHURCH: Bible-Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace AWARDS and HONORS: Selected, and attended Alvin Ailey Summer Dance Intensive; Principal's Honor Roll; High Honor Roll; Voyage to Dis- covery Essay Contest - National High School Winner; Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors; Stu- dent of the Month; Nominated for Golden Raven Award; Dorothy I. Height Scholarship - National Coun- cil of Negro Women at USF; and Hillsborough Alliance of Black School Educators - African American Achievers Award
ACTIVITIES: Junior varsity volleyball (ninth and tenth grades); Dance (bal- let, pointe, tap, modern, jazz) (twelve (12) years); National Honor Society (tenth through twelfth grades); Span- ish National Honor Society (twelfth grade); Black Leaders Empowering Successful Scholars Club, Treasurer (twelfth grade); and LEADership, Ed- ucation and Development (LEAD) Summer Business Institute (Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University) (June -July 2014) COLLEGE OR CAREER: To Attend Barnard College of Columbia Univer- sity (accepted)
LEVIRICE DANIELLE HALL
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Levian G. Hall and Petrice D. Hall
GPA: Unwieghted 3.6; Weighted 5.0 AWARDS AND HONORS: National Honor Society; and Golden Raven Award
ACTIVITIES: Little Ravens Pre- School; and Star Lights Youth Group COLLEGE OR CAREER: Tuskegee University; major Elementary Educa- tion
KHALYIA HARRIS-HINES
AGE: 17
PARENT: Neidre Hines
GPA: 5.091; CLASS RANKING: 87/513
AWARDS and HONORS: Superior Cadet; Company Commander of the Year; Military Order of the World Wars Medal of Excellence; Sandy Bunkin Leadership Excellence; and Battalion Commander
ACTIVITIES: Spanish Honor Society; National Honor Society; Raider Team; JROTC Staff; and Color/Honor Guard Commander
COLLEGE OR CAREER: Florida A & M University
PORTIA POKUAA
AGE: 18
PARENT: Maxwell Tandoh
GPA: 3.3
CHURCH: Church of Pentecost AWARDS and HONORS: Ravenʼs Best; and Youth Day Award ACTIVITIES: Community Service COLLEGE OR CAREER: FAMU
COCO LOUISE PRYER
AGE: 19
PARENTS: LaTasha Dixon and Ver- non Pryer, Jr.
CHURCH: Glory To Glory Ministries AWARDS and HONORS: 2015 Ravenʼs Best
ACTIVITIES: Reading; Hanging out with Family and Friends; Caring for others; Being with my Mommy; and Working at Chic Fila
COLLEGE OR CAREER: Brewster Tech School for LPN; Then HCC for Nursing
ZANTAVIUS SHOWERS
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Tiffany Scott and Tamar Thomas
GPA: 3.1
ACTIVITIES: Track and Field; and Football
COLLEGE OR CAREER: I want to be a Software Engineer or a Sports Trainer
BYRON COWART
AGE: 18
PARENT: Lacroria Wilson
GPA: 2.7
CHURCH: Without Walls
AWARDS and HONORS: Under Armor Game MVP; ESPN Top 300 Number 1 Player; Rivals Number 1 Player; and Team Tampa 707 National Champs
ACTIVITIES: Varsity Football Player (Defensive End); Track; and Hope for JoJo Foundation (Crohnʼs Disease) COLLEGE: Auburn University
MAYA A. ELLIS
AGE: 17
PARENTS: Rhonda Ellis and Andre Hankerson
GPA: 4.4
CHURCH: Exalted Word Ministries AWARDS and HONORS: 4th Place in DECA State Competition; and 8th Place in DECA International Competi- tion
ACTIVITIES: DECA; National Honor Society; and Suncoast Credit Union Volunteer
COLLEGE: University of Central Florida, Finance major
JORDAN GRIFFIN
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Darryl and Cheryl Griffin GPA: 5.56
CHURCH: Northside M. B. Church AWARDS and HONORS: First Team All State (Football); Scholar Athlete Marian C. Krutulis Award (Football); First Team All American (Max Preps), Football; Tampa Bay Defensive Player of the Year (Football); Arm- wood High Defensive Player of the Year (Football); and Rising Star ACTIVITIES: NHS National Honor Society, 3 Years; Varsity Football, 4 Years; and Track & Field, 2 Years COLLEGE: Vanderbilt University, Full Athletic Scholarship
NOAH JOHNSON AGE: 18
PARENTS: Dawn and Larry Johnson GPA: 3.2
CHURCH: Rivers of Life
AWARDS and HONORS: 2014 and 2015 Team MVP; Team All County; Team All State; and Passing Touch- down Record
ACTIVITIES: Varsity Football and Var- sity Basketball
COLLEGE: Alcorn State University
ALYSSA NEWBY
AGE: 18
PARENT: Dennis S. Newby
GPA: 5.669; Ranked 9
CHURCH: College Hill COGIC AWARDS and HONORS: Awarded the Anne Frank Humanitarian Award; Attended the West Point Academy Leadership & Ethics Conference; Ac- ademic Letter for a 4.0 or Higher; Ath- letic Letterman for a Varsity Sport; and Named “Bestr Track Athlete” for two years in a row
ACTIVITIES: Track & Field Captain; National Honor Society Secretary; National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., XINOS President (the Youth Group); Student Advisory Committee Member; and Student Class Council Member
COLLEGE: University of South Florida
TRAVIS BROWN
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Stephanie Brown & Samuel Brown
GPA or CLASS RANKING: GPA- 6.0464 Rank- 8
CHURCH: Revealing Truth Ministries AWARDS and HONORS: District 9 Representative for acting at Florida State Thespians Competition; Starred in a Professional play “Superior Donuts” at Stage Works Theatre as the role “Franco Wicks;” and Graduat- ing top 10 of Senior class ACTIVITIES: Thespians Honors Soci- ety; National Honors Society; and Stu- dent Government Association COLLEGE or CAREER: Attending Florida State University to pursue an Acting career through their Bachelor of Fine Arts Program
NICHOLAS TYRONE DANIELS, JR.
AGE: 17
PARENTS: Tara Daniels, Nicholas Daniels, Sr.
CLASS RANKING: Class Rank 1 AWARDS and HONORS: National Society of High School Scholars; Vale- dictorian; and Microsoft Office 2010 Master Certification
ACTIVITIES: Writing; Reading; Draw- ing; Basketball; and Football COLLEGE or CAREER: University Of South Florida
VICTORIA FRENCH
AGE: 18
PARENTS: Solomon and Vida French
GPA or CLASS RANKING: : 16 out of 230
CHURCH: P.I.W.C Church of Pente- cost
AWARDS and HONORS: NAACP ACT-SO District Award Gold Medalist in Visual Arts 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15; World Language Honors Society; National Honors Society; ACT-SO school board recognition award; and Master Certification in Fine Arts
ACTIVITIES: Leadership in church choir; babysitting every Wednesday; Youth Council NAACP; and Art events (galleries, contests, music perform- ances)
COLLEGE or CAREER: Accepted into University of Florida; plans to major in architecture.
ARMWOOD
HIGH SCHOOL
Principal: Joseph Castelli
Education is the medium by which a people are prepared for the creation of their own particular civilization, and the advancement and glory of their own race.
Marcus Garvey