Eagle Brief: May 20 – 22

Archery team advance to finals at nationals

Anisha Mandem, Erica Deutsch, and Sofia Ayala • May 20, 2024

As last year’s seniors receive their diplomas, 2023 graduate Makayla Noble cheers on her peers as they walk the stage. This year’s graduation ceremony will take place at the Prosper ISD Children’s Health Stadium. All three high schools will have their event at the stadium. Graduation is set to take place on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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Graduation and more

Graduation will be Wednesday, May 22, at Prosper ISD Children’s Health Stadium. The ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Due to weather conditions, and if there is lightning, they will re-evaluate every 30 minutes until 9 p.m. for the event to begin and/or continue.
During these possible delays, all seniors will be held in the locker rooms at the Children’s Health Stadium.
If the event doesn’t begin by 9 p.m. or does not finish, the remaining portion of the graduation ceremony will be held Thursday at 9 a.m.
Senior week activities will continue May 20-22.

Eagle Update & Resources

To view PHS newsletter click here.
To view the calendar of scheduled sporting events, click the high school athletics
calendar here.
To view PISD events, the district-wide calendar is linked here.
To view the 2023-2024 academic calendar, click here.
To view this week’s PISD express information, click here.

Uplifting

This past weekend, the Prosper archery team competed at the National Archery in the Schools Program National Tournament. A total of 39 high school teams competed, and the PHS team took 12th place. In the male category, Cooper Wiggins placed sixth out of 379 other competitors. In the female category, Maiya Oyakawa finished ninth overall out of 387 competitors.

Competitors in order in the image above:

First Row: Adyson Russell, Sarah Hamilton, Ria Kamalraj, Jade Jesurun, Shamaya Landor

Second Row: Mark Carbajal, Diego Villalobos, Olivia Crooks, Inesh Somasundaram, Isabelle Rader, Maiya Oyakawa, Blake Yuen

Third Row: Aadhityaa Thiruvengadam, Arnav Ambare, Zain Jehangiri, Tyler Walker, Cooper Wigginton, Colin Sweeney, Tyler Robinson

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Anisha Mandem, Eagle Nation Times Editor-in-Chief

Anisha is a senior, and this is her fourth year on ENO. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Eagle Nation Times. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, she moved to Texas at the end of 2021 and leads the newspaper as a writer, editor, videographer, photographer, and podcaster. She is also the founder and president of the non-profit NeuroNext Foundation and the PHS Model UN team and is a part of SNHS. Outside of school, she enjoys playing the piano, running, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

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Senior Sofia Ayala leads Eagle Nation Online as editor-in-chief. This is her fourth year working for Eagle Nation Online. She served as Assistant Editor for Eagle Nation Times, and served as the Feature editor in the past. Sofia is part of the varsity PHS Talonettes drill team where she enjoys dancing with her team. Outside of school, she loves going out on runs, reading, and listening to music.