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daughter of Amy Holifield and Donald Grider. Her favorite school memory is getting out for COVID.

future plans include attending the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and majoring in civil engineering. He is the son of Chad and Christin Holmes. Evan has volunteered 40 hours at C2SI (Catholic Charities Summer Institute), 20 hours at SOS (St. Mary’s Catholic Church Suppers on Sundays), 60 hours with 4-H Tech Changemakers, 10 hours at the Rector Food Pantry, four hours of community clean up, four hours with Make-AWish and six hours at the Rector Public Library. He played baseball (ninth – 12th grade) and football (11th – 12th). He was a member of the band (ninth -12th), FBLA (ninth – 12th), science club (ninth – 12th), math club (ninth – 12th), Cougars Are Bad (ninth – 12th), chess team (ninth – 12th), FFA (ninth – 12th), ACE Youth Leadership (10th – 12th), a student council member (ninth – 12th), 4-H Tech Changemakers (11th – 12th) and St. Mary’s Catholic Church youth group (ninth – 12th). His honors and awards include: National Honor Society (ninth – 12th) where he was vice president in 2022 and 2023, all A honor roll (ninth – 12th), placed second at District with FBLA in Introduction to Business Math in 2019, placed third in district with FBLA in Agribusiness in 2021, placed second in District with FBLA in Advertising in 2022, he was senior high FBLA president, Region V junior high first band third chair in 2019, Region V junior high first band seventh chair in 2020, A-State Open Outstanding Soloist award in 2019 and 2020, science club vice president in 2023, Cougars R Bad president in 2022 and 2023, American Legion Arkansas Boys state delegate, Clay County 4-H Youth Leadership team and Gifted and Talented. His favorite school memory is playing Wii sports in Mr. Haynes class. Evan would like to be remembered as always having something to keep him busy.

She is the daughter of Sam and Mandy Isom. Her favorite school memory is locking Mr. Haynes out of his classroom her freshman year. Finally deciding to let him back in but throwing tennis balls at him with the code work “purple”, then him buying purple glasses and still wearing them years later. Kaley played basketball and softball. She is a member of the National Honor Society, student council, GT, FBLA, HOSA, ACE Youth Leadership, Fellowship of Christian Students, science club, math club and Cougars are Bad. She was on the honor roll, voted Best All Around in junior high and was a Girls State competitor. Kaley would like to be remembered as someone who was king, always had a smile on their face, worked hard and was dependable.

He is the son of Jennifer McCord and Jarrod McCord. Tyler was on the trap team, in FFAand science club. He was vice president of FFA his senior year and treasurer of FFA his junior year. He received Silver Work Keys certification, BQA certification, the star chapter award in FFA. He was also on the honor roll and in the Renaissance program. His favorite school memories are the last week of school, they would always play ping-pong in the shop all day every day. Tyler just wants to be remembered as good ole McCord.

would like to be remembered for being authentic during her years at Piggott School. The daughter of Patrick Book and Amber Noles, she plans to attend ASU for a major in plant and crop sciences. Dixie was a member of FFA, FCCLAand Beta during her four years of high school. She was also in FBLA from her sophomore year through senior year. Her favorite school memory is attending national conferences with FFA and FBLA.

daughter of Rebecca Robertson, is unsure of her plans after graduating. Her favorite school memory is drawing and acting out characters with Ashton. She also loved spending time in class with her friends, especially playing Farkle in Mrs. Swann’s class and playing UNO during social time. She participated in bowling, basketball and track (ninth – 11th). Being remembered as a good friend is important to Kailey as her friends are very important to her. She would also like to be remembered as a sweet and caring student who wanted to make sure everybody was alright.

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is the son of Jody and Heather Simmons. His future plans include attending the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to study electrical engineering. Ethan is a member of the Esports team and golf team. He is the drum major for the Rector Cougar Marching Band and a member of the concert band. He was also a member of the chess team, Renaissance club, math club, science club, National Honor Society, 4-H Youth Leadership, Gifted & Talented and the Rector First United Methodist Church youth group. He has enjoyed volunteering at his church, the 4-H Youth Tech Changemakers and at the Rector Labor Day Picnic. His honors and awards include: He has received several awards through District, State and National FBLA including first place in the state in Computer Problem Solving, Computer Science & Coding and Computer Concepts. He placed ninth overall at the National FBLA Conference in Computer Science & Coding. He was a member of the band that was the 1A State Marching Band Champion in 2017. He played in the first band, second chair at All Region at ASU. He received departmental academic awards in Chemistry and Precalculus and was on the all A honor roll throughout his years of high school. Ethan’s favorite school memory is when he tricked Mr. Haynes into shutting down his computer. He would like to be remembered as an intelligent, caring and compassionate person.

would like to be remembered. Her future plans include attending Arkansas State University and obtaining a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy. Carly’s favorite school memory is locking Mr. Haynes out of his room, multiple times and making him question his job! She played basketball and was in math club, science club, gifted & talented, pep club and Cougars are Bad. She volunteered at the Rector Food Bank and for Make-A-Wish. Carly was on the honor roll and a member of the National Honor Society. She is the daughter of Brad and Amber Green.

He is the son of Corbin and Shannon Hill. His future plans include attending Northeast Mississippi Community College for the Agricultural Technology/John Deere Tech program.