www.star-telegram.com 11BW1Sunday, June8, 2014 Graduation 2014

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South Hills High School Timber Creek High School Pantego Christian Valedictorian Alison P. Kuba- Valedictorian Jenny Lee All Saints’ Episcopal Academy, Pantego Arlington High School Boswell High School la, left, and salutatorian Phillips, left, and salutatorian School, Fort Worth Valedictorian Amber V. Carril- ValedictorianRachael New- Valedictorian Alejandro Marti- Savannah L. Rogers Ufuoma Jite Ovienmhada Valedictorian Benjamin Scott lo, left, and salutatorian An- som, left, and salutatorian nez, left, and salutatorian Taylor, left, and salutatorian drea B. Caple Rebekah Tate Ashley Quidmod Kennedale school Cynthia Lynn Kelly district

Success High School First honor graduate Maria A. The Oakridge Bowie High School Saginaw High School Delgado, left, and second Covenant Christian School, Arlington Valedictorian Susana Marti- Valedictorian Yesenia Barrios, honor graduate Carol Bawi Kennedale High School Academy, Colleyville Valedictorian Jillian Marie nez, left, and salutatorian left, and salutatorian James Hien Lyan Valedictorian Syed Ajaz, left, Valedictorian Mason Chris- Bradley, left, and salutator- Colin Ly Gatewood and salutatorian Vanessa topher Rumuly, left, and ians Amal Maha Khan and Stahl salutatorian Mary G. Girgis Justin Huy Nguyen Everman school district Lake Worth school district Texas Academy of Lamar High School Biomedical Sciences ValedictorianLucy Lin, left, Valedictorian Zachary Alan Fort Worth Country Day Southwest Christian and salutatorian Ethan Stark- Everman High School Cranford, left, and salutator- School School, Fort Worth weather Valedictorian Alyssa Jene’ ian Da’jah Jenell Sieling Valedictorian Malcolm McDo- Valedictorian Christine Robb, Wilder, left, and salutatorian nald, left, and salutatorian left, and salutatorian Kaitlyn Eriberto Estrada Lake Worth High School Enrique “Ricky” Rodriguez Callaghan Valedictorian Marbella Fort Worth Maldonado, left, and sal- school district utatorian Harrison Emshoff Martin High School Trimble Tech High School Valedictorian Shariq Haseen, Valedictorian Teagan I. Albin, left, and salutatorian Jake left, and salutatorian El- Mansfield school Grace Preparatory Trinity Valley School, Fort Leland izabeth T. Torres district Academy, Arlington Worth Valedictorian Miranda Ruth Valedictorians Daniel Gelvez, Arlington Heights High Ziesman, left, and salutator- Parth Vijay Kalaria and Garri- School ian Olivia Marie Ostrowski son Edward Roe Valedictorian Giselle Miller, not pictured) left, and salutatorian Graysen Sam Houston High School Cisneros Western Hills High School Mansfield High School ValedictorianMinh-Tam Thai, Valedictorian Amina I. Gibic, Valedictorian Kelyn M’Kinley left, and salutatorian Jacque- left, and salutatorian Bridget Wardlaw, left, and salutator- line Bonilla S. Glass ian Alexandria Lynn Cramer Nolan Catholic High School, Fort Worth Carter-Riverside Valedictorian Andrea Nguyen, High School left, and salutatorian Gabrielle Valedictorian Ruby Aguayo, Nguyen Seguin High School left, and salutatorian Lizbeth Wyatt High School Summit High School Valedictorian Denise Nguyen, G. Corral Valedictorian Anastasia D. Valedictorian Madeline Kay left, and salutatorian Orion Turner, left, and salutatorian Hanes, left, and salutatorian Koepke Ricky G. Musgrove Heather Lien Loh Tarrant & Texas

Birdville school district Grapevine-Colleyville school district Fort Worth. Diamond Hill-Jarvis BRIT Over the years, BRIT has High School also launched a respected Valedictorian Monica Timberview High School Continued from 1B scientific journal and has Hinostroza, left, and Valedictorian Justice Njoku, supported research in bo- salutatorian Gillermo Gomez left, and salutatorian Megan tanically diverse locales Birdville High School Grapevine High School Meyer tles. such as Madagascar, Peru Valedictorian Matthew Glenn Valedictorian Colleen Marie But Sohmer, who is re- and New Guinea. Rosenberger, left, and sal- Kohrmann, left, and salutator- tiring from his post as Even with that growth, utatorian Hannah Marie Lar- ian Kayla Marissa Muck BRIT’s president and di- it was crucial to get a new son rector July 31, had a sense building for BRIT. Dunbar High School that there was plenty of This is where we need- Valedictorian Adhali Frayre Legacy High School potential. ed to be, adjacent to the Escalante, left, and salutator- Valedictorian Philip Mack I didn't know anything Botanical Garden,” Sohmer ian Jaesha Mariah Owens Glover, left, and salutatorian about Fort Worth,” Sohmer said. Colleyville Heritage Thaddeus Edward Brown IV said.“ I didn't know who The building includes Haltom High School High School the Basses were, but I got a many conservation fea- Valedictorian Marissa Clark, Valedictorian Sajil Patel, left, sense that something was tures including captured left, and salutatorian Gonzalo and salutatorian Jiani Hou going on. I didn’t have a storm- water runoff, in- Munoz clue what it would be- house irrigation, retaining Eastern Hills High School H-E-B school district come.” ponds, wetlands, soil fil- Valedictorian Glenda L. Mara- Lake Ridge High School Twenty years later, tering, hardy native spe- diaga, left, and salutatorian Valedictorian Ashton Nicole BRIT has grown exponen- cies and a “ living roof” of Azure L. Bradger Megli, left, and salutatorian tially.With an annual bud- plants. Jonathan Wing-Him Li get of $3.2 million, a staff Richland High School of 30 and a 70,000- I’m not through yet’ Valedictorian Brandon Minh square- foot LEED plati- Sohmer said his wife, Sa- Le, left, and salutatorian Evan Euless Trinity High School num- rated building adja- rah, urged him to retire af- Gregory Biggers Valedictorian Mavis Lauren cent to the Fort Worth Bo- ter the new building New Lives School Carag Francia, left, and sal- tanic Garden, BRIT now opened in 2011 but he stuck Carroll school district First honor graduate Nancy utatorian Andre Chuong Frontier High School has a much larger profile, around to raise more mon- Valdez, left, and second Valedictorian Taura Khorram- not only in Fort Worth, but ey for BRIT’s endowment. honor graduate Mary S. Park- shahi, left, and salutatorian also around the world. He now feels it is time to er Anh Dao Lam (Anna) Nguyen Harry Bartel, chairman step aside and let others of BRIT’s board, praised run the place. Northwest Sohmer’s role in spear- We’ve got a great team Carroll Senior High School Hurst L.D. Bell High School school district heading BRIT’s growth and in place to the point that Valedictorian Kenneth John Valedictorian Kevin Wang, getting financial support I’ve become superfluous,” Martin, left, and salutatorian left, and salutatorian Amy for the privately funded Sohmer said. Ashesh Madhukar Trivedi North Side High School Tuyet Mai Dang nonprofit organization. Sohmer, who declined Valedictorian Maria G. Ortiz, His invaluable accom- to give his age, remains ac- Castleberry left, and salutatorian Jorge E. Keller school district plishments have put the tive in a number of organi- school district Arredondo Meza Byron Nelson High School institute on solid financial zations, including the So- Valedictorian Haley Elizabeth ground for many years to ciety for Economic Botany, Whitfield, left, and salutator- come,” Bartel said in a a fellow of the Linnaean ian MadisonCamille Edwards statement.“ To recognize Society of London, a re- Sy’s contributions to BRIT, search associate at the Central High School the Board will name him Royal Botanic Gardens, Castleberry High School Paschal High School Valedictorian Spencer An- director emeritus and will Kew, and an adjunct pro- Valedictorian James E. Hix, Valedictorian Peter Dat Vo, drew Robinson, left, and present him with the 2015 fessor at TCU. left, and salutatorian Sheree left, and salutatorian John salutatorian Joyce Chung Lee International Award of Ex- But he doesn’t plan on L. Clendening Heo Northwest High School cellence in Conservation.” sticking around Fort Worth Valedictorian Parker Davis Under Sohmer, BRIT after his retirement. Crowley school district Kneis, left, and salutatorian has the 11th- largest her- Sohmer hopes to resume Macie Lynne Grippin barium in the United his research on systemic States, including more botany, which studies how Fossil Ridge High School than 1.1 million specimens plant organisms relate to Polytechnic High School Valedictorian Stephanie Anh and over 150,000 titles in one another. Valedictorian Brian Hernan- Nhung Tran, left, and sal- its library. Its endowment After Sohmer’s retire- dez, left, and salutatorian utatorian Alexis Diano Sikor- has grown from zero to ment, Patricia Harrison, Crowley High School Biak D. Cer ski James M. Steele nearly $60 million. BRIT’s vice president and Valedictorian Benjamin Taylor, Accelerated High School director of education, will left, and salutatorian Valedictorian Rachel Kristine Conservation and serve as interim director Cheyenne Elliott Schnitzer, left, and salutator- sustainability during the search for ian Ahnaf Muttaqui Alam BRIT was first incorporat- Sohmer’s replacement. ed in 1987 to house plant I’m not through yet,” Southwest High School Keller High School specimens owned by Sohmer said. Valedictorian Adrian K. Valedictorian Angela Kim Southern Methodist Uni- The report includes material Klemm, left, and salutatorian Dang, left, and salutatorian versity after the school de- from the Star-Telegram ar- North Crowley High School Jeffrey B. Weller Joanne Jeongwon Shin cided it didn’t want to chives. Valedictorian Kelcee Everette, maintain its herbarium. In Westlake Academy left, and salutatorian Scott 1989, the collection was Bill Hanna, Valedictorian Victoria Garabe- Johnson moved to the renovated 817-390-7698 dian, left, and salutatorian warehouse in downtown Twitter: @fwhanna Morgan Braun