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Class Of 2016
BLAKE Principal: Jesse Salters Anticipated # of graduates: 304 Valedictorian(s):Tavian R. Campbell (Traditional) GPA: 6.1966
Shane Meagher (Magnet) GPA: 6.8828 Kyreece D. Chatman (UTA) GPA: 7.0400 Salutatorian(s): McCaley J. Mezrah (Traditional) GPA: 5.2870
Alexandra D. Eason (Magnet) GPA: 6.4704 Caroline K. Mynatt (UTA) GPA: 5.8000 Class President: Kailyn Bruno
DEON A. BARKSDALE JR.
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Monica and Deon Barksdale Sr.
GPA: 5.34 District GPA CHURCH: Attend Highland Missionary Baptist Church as well as House of Jacob AWARDS and HONORS: Winner of the 2016 $10,000.00 Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla Scholarship; Received a supe- rior rating on an individual per- formance piece at the 2016 District 9 Thespian competition; Spanish National Honor Soci- ety; International Thespian Honor Society; and Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society
ACTIVITIES: Park Operations Ambassador at Busch Gardens; College Reach – Out Program at the University of South Florida Tampa Campus; Student Gov- ernment Association; and I vol- unteer at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) and Tampa Bay Educational Partnership (TBEP) COLLEGE OR CAREER: Beginning in the summer of 2016 I will be pursuing a Bache- lor’s in Fine Arts with a concen- tration in Acting from the University of South Florida
TIA BLACK
AGE: 16
PARENT(S): Anglin Brown and Tim Black
GPA: 6.02; RANKED: 14 out of 235
CHURCH: Mountain Top Em- powerment Center AWARDS and HONORS: AP Scholar with Distinction; and Principal’s Honor Roll
ACTIVITIES: Financially In- telligent Teens Camp Scholar- ship Program and Program Coordinator; National Honor Society; National History Honor Society; Neighborhood Watch of Woodland Terrace Grid 55; and President and Founder of the Junior Neighborhood Watch of Woodland Terrace Grid 55 COLLEGE OR CAREER: Ma- joring in Audio Engineering at the University of Miami
DONNY BUCHANAN
AGE: 17
PARENT(S): Dawn Hogan and Darnell Buchanan GPA: :3.9992
AWARDS and HONORS: ServSafe Certified; Presidential Award; and High Honor Roll ACTIVITIES: Culinary Arts; Volunteering At Metropolitan Ministries; Spending time with Family; Catering; and Work With Blake Cafe
COLLEGE: Saint Leo Univer- sity
Valedictorian
TAVIAN CAMPBELL
AGE: 17
PARENT(S): Vonshanita Kilpatrick and Terrance Campbell
GPA: 6.19
CHURCH: First aptist Church of Progress Village
AWARDS and HONORS: National Honors Society; Vale- dictorian; and FAMU Presiden- tial Scholar
ACTIVITIES: Marching Yel- low Jackets; Sting Dance Team; STEM Tec summer program (2016); and Envirothon (2014- 2015)
COLLEGE OR CAREER: Florida Agricultural and Me- chanical University Biology major. I have not decided where I will be attending medical school but I wish to become an Anesthesiologist
STEPHEN S. CLARKE
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Wayne & Va- lerie Clarke
GPA: 3.1
CHURCH: Southside Baptist Church
AWARDS and HONORS: President of Future Teachers of America Club; Leader of First Priority Club; Student Leader of Southside Brandon Student Ministry; Author of ‘Nuggets of Wisdom: Inspiration for 365 Days’ (released April 22, 2016); and Manager/Team Lead at Chick-fil-A (Lake Brandon Vil- lage)
ACTIVITIES: Tutored at Dun- bar/ Just Elementary; and Alpha Omicron Xinos and Kudos (Education Organiza- tion)
COLLEGE OR CAREER: Hillsborough Community Col- lege / University of South Florida (2+2)
JORDAN DEAN
AGE: 18 PARENT(S):Yolanda and Anthony Dean Sr.
GPA: 5.54
CHURCH: St.John’s Progres- sive Missionary Baptist Church AWARDS and HONORS: Spanish National Honor Soci- ety; Receiving Superiors in both Junior Thespians and Thespi- ans Competition; and Served as Parliamentarian in Delta Gems ACTIVITIES: Volunteering at The Tampa Metropolitan Min- istries and Trinity Café; Work- ing at AMC Movie Theatre in Brandon; and Delta Gems (Mentoring Program under the Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta) COLLEGE OR CAREER: University of Central Florida; Broadcast Journalism
CYLANTRA DEES
AGE: 18
PARENT(S): Jennifer Hutchinson
GPA: 4.6 (on a 4.0 Scale) AWARDS and HONORS: Gold Key for Poetry, Art and Writing Award (2015); HCTE, Second Place for Poetry (2015); and Honor Roll
ACTIVITIES: Soccer at Blake High School; and Club Officer at Blake High School
COLLEGE OR CAREER: Spelman College, English Major; Writing Minor
DONTE’ GLOVER
AGE: 19 PARENT(S):Yvonne Glover GPA: 4.23; CLASS RANKING: 3of142
CHURCH: Power House Min- istries
AWARDS and HONORS: Hillsborough County Turn- Around Student of the Year 2014; Honor Roll; Football Scholarship to Northwest Mis- souri State University; Hearth of a Champion Scholarship Recip- ient; and HABSE Scholar ACTIVITIES: Football; Track & Field; Youth Motivational Speaker; and AVID Student COLLEGE OR CAREER: Football Scholarship to North- west Missouri State University; My plan upon graduating high school attend Northwest Mis- souri State University on a par- tial football scholarship. While Attending NWM I plan to major in Psychology (Pre-Mortuary Science). After graduation my career goal is to become a fu- neral director and to one day own my own funeral home.
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