VISUAL ART RIBBON KANE ANDERSON ’15, FERNANDO BLANCO GONZALEZ ’15, VINCENT BURKE ’15, HUNTER BUSH ’16, FRANCISCO DEL RIO RIVERO ’13, JOSE ESTRADA PINON ’16, JOSE GARCIA ’15, NICHOLAS MABBS ’14, JOHN BENJAMIN MERTENS ’13, FRANCISCO MORALES ’13, FELIX PAZ VALDEZ ’15, PAOLO ROSADO ’14, KHAS-OCHIR SOD-ERDENE ’14, RODRIGO VILCHES AMOR ’15, HANG ZHANG ’15
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS? Art because it teaches us the different ways of drawing with different things [like] pencil, collage and ink. EDMOND BIRUTA ’15
ART RIBBON JUAN AGUIRRE GONZALEZ ’16, BYRON AMIDON ’16, KANE ANDERSON ’15, BRUNO AVATANEO TRUQUI ’15, EDMOND BIRUTA ’15, FERNANDO BLANCO GONZALEZ ’15, JOSE BOURS MURRIETA ’14, VINCENT BURKE ’15, HUNTER BUSH ’16, JOSE CARRILLO NORIEGA ’14, MICHAEL COURTE ’16, FRANCISCO DEL RIO RIVERO ’13, SEBASTIAN DIAZ ’14, CLAYTON EBERT ’17, EMILIO ELIAS VIDAURRI ’16, JOSE ESTRADA PINON ’16, HAYDEN FAIRBANKS ’14, ORLANDO FARIAS ’16, JUAN RAMON FLORES TENORIO ’15, JOSE GARCIA ’15, JOSE GARCIA PUERTA ’13, VICTOR GOMEZ RAMIREZ ’15, ROGER GONZALEZ ’15, JUAN GONZALEZ LUNA ESCOTO ’18, HECTOR GRANILLO MENDEZ ’15, OSCAR GUTIERREZ ’13, BLAKE GORMAN ’13, QUENTIN HEASLER ’16, XINSHUAI HU ’14, OMAR SANCHEZ IBARRA ’16, BENJAMIN JENNISON ’14, JONATHAN KIRKLAND ’16, JOHN KOHM ’16, QI LI ’15, ENKHBILEGT LUVSANDORJ ’16, NICHOLAS MABBS ’14, JOHN BENJAMIN MERTENS ’13, FRANCISCO MORALES ’13, EMILIO NANNI DE VALLE ’16, CHARLES NORMAN ’18, PEDRO ONIEVA ’14, RICARDO PADILLA GONZALEZ ’13, RODRIGO PADILLA GONZALEZ ’15, FELIX PAZ VALDEZ ’15, NINGYONG QIN ’13, JONATHAN RICHARDSON ’15, PAOLO ROSADO ’14, SERGIO SALAS ROJO ’15, IVAN SALINAS ’18, ADAM SCHMITZ ’15, KHAS-OCHIR SODERDENE ’14, DASHENG SUN ’14, PEDRO TINOCO ’16, RODRIGO VILCHES AMOR ’15, CHEN WANG ’15, WEIHANG GAO ’15, OLIVER WORTHINGTON ’16, JIAHAO WU ’15, ANDRES ZAMORA VILLALPANDO ’16, HANG ZHANG ’15
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ENGLISH The 81st annual W. Wallace Fry, Jr. public speaking contest took place May 23. The Wallace Fry Speaking Award is given to the cadet whose speech is judged to be the best on the basis of delivery, content and depth of thought. Competitors were TaJae Blue ’17, whose speech was entitled “Standing Up for the Future”; Adam Schmitz ’15, whose speech was entitled “Is the World Really What We Think It Is?”; Kyle Mertens ’16, whose speech was entitled “A Pirate’s Life for Me”; Jon Johnston ’14, whose speech was entitled “Fighting Back: Developing Support Systems to Combat Gang Culture”; and Ethan Rachell ’13, whose speech was entitled “Suffering Adolescence: Addressing the Child Poverty Issue in the United States.” Following the presentation of the speeches and a short deliberation
period, judges selected Johnston the recipient of the 2013 Wallace Fry Speaking Award Cup. Blue became the first middle schooler to earn The Winston Churchill Memorial Award, which is presented for speaking on behalf of a just cause. MMA cadets Sean Fitzgerald ’17, Carlos Eduardo Ramos Molina ’17 and four other area students took a limo ride April 19 to the Mexico Veterans Home to deliver speeches. Competitors composed essays based on the prompt “what veterans mean to me.” Winners of the second annual Veterans Day essay contest, sponsored by The Mexico Elks Lodge, were announced April 16. Two eighth graders each from Mexico Middle School, St. Brendan’s and MMA received medals and were invited to present their speeches to area veterans. VISUAL ARTS Students showcased their artwork in the Vault Gallery on January 10.
Cadet artwork was again displayed February 5 at the Missouri Military Academy Painting Exhibition at the Chamber of Commerce’s Vault Gallery. First-year art teacher LT Christopher Bain organized the free event, which was open to the public and featured live music. Several student pieces were sold. Talented MMA cadets were recognized at the Festival of the Arts on April 20 and 21, an annual showcase of student achievements in visual and performing arts. The Epple Memorial Art show took place in the Charlie Company barracks and featured photos, paintings, pencil drawings and other media. Pieces were available for sale, with the proceeds benefiting student artists and the MMA visual art program. text courtesy of KXEO, CHRISTINE SMITH and THE EAGLE
LEFT: Jose Estrada Pinon ’16 shows off his doodle. RIGHT: Pieces by Paolo Rosado ’14, Jose Estrada Pinon ’16 and Felix Paz Valdez ’15 are on display April 20 at the Festival of the Arts.