Madeline Muschalik

SCHOOL BUZZ 2017-18 Some of our correspondents gathered before the start of school to coordinate for the upcoming year. Front row, from left: Eric Hang, St. John’s, (standing); Miriam Yampuler, Carnegie; Marie Collazo, St. Agnes; Anna Rosenfeld, St. Agnes; Deena Ali, DeBakey; Kelly Thomas, St. Agnes; Sarah Birenbaum, Bellaire; Nicki Miller, Emery; Reena Kudchadker, Saint Thomas’ Episcopal. Middle row, from left: Claire Furse, St. John’s; Emily Villarreal, Houston Christian; Bronwyn Fogarty, Houston Christian; Andi Minter, Memorial; Jenna Talisman, Emery; Katie Davis, Houston Christian; Liana Salehian, DeBakey; Maya Kanani, Bellaire; Madeline Muschalik, Memorial; Zaid Ali, Bellaire (standing). Top row, from left: Prithvi Krishnarao, St. John’s; Eli Maierson, St. John’s; Allison Clark, St. Agnes; Amin Abou-Gallala, Lamar; Abigail Standish, St. Agnes; Brady Brazda, Kinkaid.

THE NEXT GENERATION Some of our School Buzz correspondents gather to brainstorm for the school year: (from left, bottom bleacher) Maya Kanani, Bellaire HS; Trevor Schneider, Strake Jesuit; Bayle Goldman, Stratford HS; Pranay Palvadi, Awty International; Celia Houston, Saint Thomas’ Episcopal; Cristobella Durrette, Incarnate Word; Robert Coghlan IV, St. Pius X; Natalie Lee, Memorial HS; (second bleacher) Sophia Wayne, Episcopal HS; Stacey Yard, Carnegie Vanguard HS; Celine Lai, Second Baptist; Reagan Bisel, Emery/Weiner; Savanna Lim, HSPVA; Mackenzie McAnear, The Briarwood School; (third bleacher) Sara Koch, Episcopal HS; Julia Randolph, The Village School; Elisa Flores, The Village School; Benjamin Cohen, Emery/Weiner; Anna Epstein, Emery/Weiner; Channing Smith, St. Agnes; Jenna Blumrosen, Emery/Weiner; (fourth bleacher) Holly Kurisky, Memorial HS; Catherine Gassiot, St. Agnes; Claire Furse, St. John’s; Sarah Cowan, Memorial HS; Grace Burgert, Duchesne; Sara Burpeau, Kinkaid; Emma Lapin, Emery/Weiner; Abbie Seay, The Briarwood School; (top bleacher) Deborah Brown, Robert M. Beren; Leora Geralnik, Beren; Liana Salehian, DeBakey HS; Madeline Muschalik, Memorial HS; Natalie Farrell, St. Agnes; and Meher Qazilbash, Awty International. (Photo: nickdelatorrephoto.com)

Madeline Muschalik loves to read and write, and will be reporting on Memorial High School happenings this year. (Photo: lawellphoto.com)

The Memorial Cross Country team gets ready to go to a water park this summer for  team bonding. (Bottom row, from left) Sarah Adams, Ki Rim Kim, Celeste Nadrasa, Jay Desai, Davy Evans, Abby Contant, Emma Dyer. (Second row, from left) Nathan Nguyen, Anjali Patel, Maggie Delaney, Anna Calderon, Alec Shrader, Sean Kennedy, Haley Basham, Sydney McKloskey, Paulina Carles; (Third row, from left) Austin Norris, John Morico, Marie Joubert, McKenna Dahmer, Nick Basiardanes, Joe Won, Conner Davis, Madeline Muschalik, Rahil Jagetia, Katherine Muschalik, Finn Bremner, Fiona Bremner, Peter Evans, Michael Simpson, Jonathan Reyes; (Fourth row, from left) Donovan Gapinski, Anhy Luu, Anish Patel, Byron Kress, Will Jackson, Jad Solanji; (Fifth row, from left) Max French, Tanak Patel, Luke Lewis, Patrick Buellers, James Wainaina, Jai Francis; (Top row, from left) Ike Bartley, Nathan Botros. (Photo by Binny Patel)