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CHS art instructor Karol Ann Michelsen and her Art 3 and Art 4 students have made plans to rehabilitate and repurpose a longneglected courtyard (shown in photo below) at the high school and to create, instead, what will be named the Catwalk Courtyard. They are hoping that the public will donate “gentlyused” materials that can be incorporated into the new outdoor space.

“All A” Honor Roll Senior: Karen Aragon, Leo Avila, Mattie Boyd, Kennedi Cook, Maude Culwell, Pamela Escarcega, Briley Merket, Nathan Mondragon, Tinley Pennington, Kailey Witt. Junior: Jaci Bass, Berkley Beedy, Karla Blanco, Ben Bryant, Lyndlee Coffee, Everett Cook, Mason Drager, Sam Kendall, Trace Mitchell, Leah Moreno, Saira Moreno, Estefania Perez, Mallory Poe, Clara Pulliam, Joyann Stiner, Jaxtyn Valenzuela, Ella Walser.

Angelo State announces spring 2022 graduates, honors Angelo State University conferred 880 undergraduate and graduate degrees on 873 graduates during the 2022 spring commencement exercises on May 13-14, at the Junell Center/Stephens Arena in San Angelo. Graduates included Canadian High School alumna Mercedes Valenzuela, who earned a Bachelor of Science in biology, cum laude.

Canadian High School valedictorian Pamela Escarcega was presented the coveted Liske Cup at the culmination to last Saturday’s 2022 graduation commencement ceremonies at Wildcat Stadium. Escarcega is the 93rd CHS senior to receive the Liske Cup, which is named after Texas Panhandle pioneer Albert Paul Liske, who settled in Canadian in 1904 and became one of the young communities’ movers and shakers, founding the Liske Grain Company and becoming prominent in the grain business in the Eastern Panhandle.

It took 180 days of instruction, or approximately 75,600 minutes of class time for 74 Canadian eighth-graders to complete the 2021-22 school year. In approximately 35 minutes Friday evening, those same 74 students processed; prayed; paid allegiance to the flag; presented their presidential, valedictory, and salutatory addresses; and received the diplomas necessary for their entrance into high school, before recessing from the Canadian High School gymnasium.

In their final event of the 2021-22 school year, the Canadian Wildcat Band held an awards ceremony, to recognize students’ special accomplishments. Band Directors James and Daisy Edwards presented several previously unrecognized honors—some “just for fun” and others more serious—as they closed out their careers at Canadian ISD.

Members of the Canadian Elementary School second-grade running club finished up the year, running a total of 1,284 miles. Students run at the track 22 times a year for 35 minutes, focusing on lifetime fitness and goal-setting. This is the 10th year that CES has participated in running club. Three students—Damian Campos, Kason Richardson, and Breckyn Beedy—achieved 50 miles and earned running club shirts. PHOTO BY MONICA BRYANT