Parker County Today June 2015 | Page 65

Aledo High School Valedictorian Dustin Forsythe GPA 107.4 Parents Robert & Glenda Forsythe Dustin is planning on a future in engineering at the University of Texas at Austin but hasn’t decided between mechanical or aerospace as his area of focus. “Going into it they are both are about the same until later on. I want to be involved with a space or technology company,” he said. He will always remember being at Aledo High School during their back-toback state football championships. He participated in cross examination debate where at the state meet they debated economic engagement between the U.S. and Cuba. What he will miss the most about Parker County will be the people. “Everyone here is really nice. At all the restaurants and even at the barber shop down the street everyone talks to you.” Salutatorian Oaklin Davis Parents Jeff and Alisa Davis GPA 106.2 Brock High School Valedictorian Rachel Williams GPA 102.14 Parents Jon & Diane Williams Parents Jeff & Wendy Oswood GPA 101.916 Cassie Oswood is not just moving away from Brock for college, she will be going across the pond for a time while attending Arcadia University in Pennsylvania studying creative writing and journalism. “I’ve always wanted to travel and I was dead set on studying at Oxford. I’ve always enjoyed writing but just recently decided that’s what I want to do as a career,” she said. Arcadia encourages study abroad programs and Cassie will be heading to the Sterling Campus in Scotland in the spring and hopes to spend a later semester or more time studying at Oxford. At Brock she participated in the UIL one-act play competition and performed a portion of “The Anatomy of Gray.” Since she’s moving so far from home, Oswood said, “I’m going to miss the scenery down here. I’m used to the small town and countryside. Where I’m going is more urban. It’s going to be a little different from Brock.” She’s never been to Europe, so she’s looking forward to traveling overseas because she hopes to eventually write for a magazine like National Geographic, or Time to pay the bills while working on her novel. PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY Rachel Williams has been in Brock for nine years, and played basketball throughout high school going to the state championships three times and winning twice. “My thing I will always remember is playing basketball because it really just took up so much time and being so close to those girls,” said Williams. She is heading to TCU in the fall to study business but her plans after that are undecided. She is considering entering her family’s business making aerospace parts alongside her dad Jon. “Brock is a really nice community where you know everybody and everybody knows you. It’s really comfortable. This is such a unique community and everybody is so tight knit is probably what I will miss the most,” she said. Salutatorian Cassie Oswood JUNE 2015 Oaklin will be attending Oklahoma City University where he will continue his high school success running cro