ALIEF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
CLASS OF 2025
SUMMER GRADUATION
COMMENCEMENT
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Alief Taylor High School Theater 5:30 p.m.
Winner’s Blueprint for Achievement
BELIEVE while others are doubting.
PLAN while others are playing.
STUDY while others are sleeping.
DECIDE while others are delaying.
PREPARE while others are daydreaming.
BEGIN while others are procrastinating.
WORK while others are wishing.
SAVE while others are wasting.
LISTEN while others are talking.
SMILE while others are frowning.
COMMEND while others are criticizing.
PERSIST while others are quitting.
William Arthur Ward
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
President......................................................................................................................................Dr. Darlene Breaux
Vice President .......................................................................................................................................Jennifer Key
Secretary ..............................................................................................................................................Rick Moreno
Assistant Secretary............................................................................................................................Dr. Lily Truong
Members …….............................................................................Dr. Gregg Patrick, Janet Spurlock, Ann Williams
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
Superintendent .............................................................................................................................Dr. Anthony Mays
Chief of Staff...............................................................................................................................Dr. Jeannine Porter
Deputy Superintendent of Business Services ...................................................................................Charles Woods
Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction................................................................Dr. Charles Garcia
Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources and Professional Learning…..................Dr. Elizabeth Veloz-Powell
Chief of Schools..............................................................................................................................Dr. Cecilia Crear
Associate Superintendent of Elementary Schools ........................................................................Dr. Onica Mayers
Associate Superintendent of Secondary Schools...........................................................................Dr. Angela Milon
Chief of School Improvement and Accountability ......................................................................Dr. Rayyan Amine
Chief Financial Officer ............................................................................................................ Dr. Emily Littlefield
Assistant Superintendent of Support Services.....................................................................................Vinson Lewis
Chief of Communication...................................................................................................................Kristyn Cathey
HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Elsik High School Principal..........................................................................................................Andrew K. Bailey
Associate Principals of Instruction.............................................................................Dr. Britney Sells, Todd Tones
Registrar................................................................................................................................................Susan Ozuna
Elsik Ninth Grade Center Principal .......................................................................................................Sana Aleem
Hastings High School Principal.....................................................................................................Dr. William Price
Associate Principals of Instruction .......................................................................Bryce Synder, Vicki Washington
Registrar................................................................................................................................................ Alicia Leyva
Hastings Ninth Grade Center Principal...................................................................................Deede Burke Dalfrey
Taylor High School Principal.............................................................................................................Mary Williams
Associate Principals of Instruction ......................................................Tiffany Abrams-Shelton, Natalie Alexandre
Registrar..................................................................................................................................................Eva Barriga
ALIEF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUMMER GRADUATION 2025 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
ALIEF TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL & ALIEF ELSIK HIGH SCHOOL
Processional – “Pomp and Circumstance”...........................................................................................Edward Elgar
Presentation of Colors.........................................LT Byron Conner, SCPO Larry Fulbright, CPO Edward Johnson
Alief Taylor High School NJROTC Leadership Unit
Pledge of Allegiance ............................................................................................................................Janice Taylor
Alief Elsik High School
Invocation.........................................................................................................................Trustee Dr. Gregg Patrick
Introduction of Guests................................................................................................................. Dr. Anthony Mays
Alief ISD Superintendent
Congratulatory Address ...............................................................................................Alief ISD Board of Trustees
Presentation of Alief Taylor Graduates and Diplomas........................................................................Dana Godfrey
Alief Taylor High School Assistant Principal
Presentation of Alief Elsik Graduates and Diplomas........................................................................Javier Ordunez
Alief Elsik High School Assistant Principal
Recessional – “Pomp and Circumstance”............................................................................................Edward Elgar
ALIEF TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL HONOR CORDS
Red Blood Bank
2 Gold & 1 White Summa Cum Laude
1 Gold & 1 White Cum Laude
Green & Gold SAT Scholars
Gold & Navy NJROTC
Red, Turquoise, Blue & Gold AVID
White & Navy Blue Student Council
White & Light Blue National Honor Society
Rainbow Colors National Art Honor Society
Red, Blue & Silver Academic Decathlon
Red, Yellow & Black Spanish National Honor Society
1 Light Blue & 1Gold Mu Alpha Theta (Math National Honor)
Red & Blue TAFE
White Collar National Honor Society
Lime Green CTE / CCMR Earned
Purple & White Technical National Honor Society
White Stole Class Officers / Valedictorian / Salutatorian
Military Branch Stoles Student enlisted to join a branch of Armed Services
Orange & White UT OnRamps
Royal Blue Stoles Patient Care Tech
Lime Green CCMR Point
ALIEF ELSIK HIGH SCHOOL HONOR CORDS
Purple & Grey Technical National Honor Society
Blue & Gold w/White Stole National Honor Society
Red & Blue TAFE
Orange & White UT OnRamps
Yellow Stole w/Position Embroidered Class Officers
Yellow Stole Valedictorian / Salutatorian
Gray Stole Senior Officer
Light Blue Stole AFROTC
Red, White & Blue HOSA
Red Blood Bank
Red, Yellow, Green & Blue AVID Cord
Green Cord, Black Stole Parris
Dark Purple & Gold GT
Gold & White
Top Ten
Royal Blue Stoles Patient Care Tech
Lime Green CCMR Point