Class of 2008

Jeffrey Rooney graduated in 2008 and currently serves as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. After high school, Jeff attended Kansas Wesleyan University on a football scholarship and graduated with a B.A. in History and Secondary Education. He became a commissioned Marine officer in 2012 and has served for the last eight years. He attended Ft. Sill’s School of Artillery, and has deployed to combat twice. As a 1st Lieutenant he deployed to Iraq from 2015 - 2016. He served as a Company Fire Support officer coordinating surface & air fires and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He also deployed to Okinawa, Japan and participated in the Korean Marine Exchange Program as the executive officer of an artillery battery. When he returned from Japan, he began another deployment work up. He completed training in Virginia Beach, Virginia to become a Joint Terminal Attack Controller and a Foreign Military Advisor. He was promoted to Captain in 2017. He spent two months in Tbilisi, Georgia and Germany to train with the military he would be leading on his next deployment. In 2018, Jeff returned to the Middle East deploying to Afghanistan, and received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. He is currently serving as a Battery Commander and leads 150 Marines every day. Jeff is known for his character and integrity and leads Marines with these values. He has a heart for service and lives to be an example of his Marine Corps values every day.

Class of 2005

Sharon Kim graduated from Flower Mound High School as an active and outstanding student in 2005, but her education did not stop there.  She attended Cornell University as a Government and History major, but she realized she wanted to continue to give back and serve communities. This led her to join the Teach for America program, which allowed her to reach many underserved and struggling young students. By the age of 25, Sharon was already a founding Principal to a school that served lower income students. She recruited, trained and coached her staff to serve these students. Sharon’s work has been highlighted in several books on education. After four years, Sharon expanded her role and became the Director of Humanities of her charter school network, where she was able to impact over 7,000 students and staff members. Sharon works in Professional Development for Amplify; a company focused on education that delivers training to educators across the United States. Sharon considers her biggest accomplishment to be her role as a devoted wife and mother.

Class of 2006

Reginald Rembert Jr. was a FMHS graduate, class of 2006. While at FMHS, he lettered in football, baseball, and track. In football, he led the state in interceptions as a DB in 2005, and was a member of the 4x100 relay team that participated at state in 2006. He went on to play football and attend school at the US Air Force Academy and received first team All-American Honors his senior year. He graduated in 2011, earning a degree in Systems Engineering Management, and served his country as an officer in the USAF for eight years. He worked on important military projects such as building international relations and working on upgrading critical satellite communications systems. After eight years of service, he joined the USAF reserves and moved back to Flower Mound to join his family’s home building and residential development business in an effort to take it to the next level as well as to raise his children here along with his wife. He has served his community faithfully everywhere he has lived through mentoring/coaching youth, serving in his church, and is often called upon to serve on youth advisory boards and discussion panels. Reggie is known as a leader and a servant to those who know him.

Class of 2007

Maria-Kristina graduated FMHS in 2007 as number 5 in her class. She attended Georgetown Univ. in Washington DC and studied "Science, Technology, and International Affairs" with Spanish and Arabic languages. Highlights from university include spending a semester abroad in Morocco, and being the first Georgetown student granted a Department of Defense S.M.A.R.T. Scholarship (Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation). 

After graduation, Maria-Kristina served in the Defense Department as both a civilian member of the Air Force and as an Intelligence Officer working in the Pentagon, in Colombia, and in Peru. She received an M.S. in Technology Intelligence (MSTI) at the National Intelligence University (NIU) before transitioning to the private sector. As of 2021 she is Vice President, Head of Cyber Wargames and Awareness at the Bank of New York Mellon in New York City.

Class of 2008

Upon graduating FMHS in 2008, Garrett Getschow left for Basic Training at the Air Force Academy where he was recruited to play Division One soccer. His team reached the NCAA tournament in 2013, the same year Garrett graduated with a degree in management as a Distinguished Graduate. After graduation, Garrett finished top of his class in pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, TX, where he was selected to fly the Air Force’s most elite, single-seat fighter jet: The F-22 Raptor out of Langley AFB, VA. After Mission Qualification Training, Garrett supported the F-22 Demo team to promote the F-22's capabilities at air shows around the world. Then in 2018, he was deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve, flying eighteen combat sorties, where he received the prestigious Air Medal for aerial achievement. Garrett then earned the qualifications of Mission Commander and Instructor Pilot, earning the callsign, “Dodge”. Captain Getschow is currently a flight commander at Eglin AFB, where he mentors, trains, and leads 32 students a year through their initial F-22 qualification.

Mary Walker is a charter member of the Flower Mound High School Faculty. She taught Geometry, PreCalculus, and PSAT Math. Mary served as a UIL math events academic coach for 15 years. Under her leadership, multiple Flower Mound High School UIL math teams qualified for state level competitions 10 of those 15 years, won district eight years, and won regional 5 years. Mary also served as the campus UIL Coordinator for 10 years and the Trig Star Math contest Director for seven years with four state winners and one national winner. In 2004 Mary was named Flower Mound High School Teacher of the Year. Upon retirement, Mary co-authored Boost Your Score, a guide for school districts to improve student achievement on the PSAT, SAT and ACT tests. Currently, Mary is enjoying travel, lots of golf and priceless time spent with her grandchildren.

Class of 2005

Lindsay Henderson is a graduate of Flower Mound High School, class of 2005. During her years at FMHS, she lettered in choir and was a member of the National Honor Society. Always having a passion for learning and working with children, she attended the University of North Texas and received her bachelor's degree in elementary education. Lindsay came back to her roots in LISD and served as a Dual Language second grade teacher at Central Elementary. After a few years of teaching, she attended graduate school at Concordia University and received a master's in educational leadership. Lindsay's passion for teaching and helping others called her to many visits to Nairobi, Kenya as a volunteer at a children's home, Naomi's Village. She led teams of American educators to train Kenyan teachers. In 2019, Lindsay was named principal at Alice Moore Alexander Elementary in Denton ISD, where she continues to inspire growth and service to others in her community every day. She is part of the Board of Directors for CASA of Denton County, and Lindsay leads as the Development Committee Chair. Currently, Lindsay is a doctoral student studying education leadership at Dallas Baptist University.

Sonya Lail served Flower Mound High School for 17 years from 2002 to 2019. She served with distinction as an Assistant Principal for 5 years, the Associate Principal for 4 years and Principal for 8 years. Overall, Sonya dedicated 33 years to public education as a Science Teacher, Basketball Coach, and Administrator. She was named LISD Secondary Schools Assistant Principal of the Year in 2009. Sonya was a member of the PTSA for 33 years and was an Honorary Lifetime Member and recipient of the Extended Service Award and the National PTA Lifetime Achievement Award. Sonya was first and foremost an advocate for students. She developed the PTSA Jammin’ Jags award to recognize FMHS students of high character and achievement. And under Sonya’s guidance Flower Mound High School earned 6 Texas UIL athletic and fine arts state championships. Her focus on academic excellence was exemplified by significant numbers of Flower Mound High School National Merit Finalists each year of her leadership. In May 2019 Sonya was awarded a Texas Proclamation for an Outstanding Educator Career by US Congressman Michael Burgess. Once a Jag, always a Jag!

James Hayden graduated in 2009 as a top student and proud member of the Grammy Award winning FMHS Choir under the direction of Dr. Mark Rohwer. James represented FMHS at the International Thespian Festival as Smudge in Forever Plaid, tried to turn every honors project into a movie with his friends, and organized multi-week games of Mafia with his classmates and teachers.

With the invaluable support and guidance of his teachers and family, he left FMHS for the University of Southern California, earning a Presidential Scholarship and graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Vocal Arts. You may have already heard his bass voice on a screen near you as a part of over 100 soundtracks and albums: he sang “They’re the Clades” in Disney’s Strange World and has provided vocals for projects likeStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Call of Duty: Cold War, Rosalía’s Motomami, Josh Groban’s Anthem, and many more.

He has performed onstage with Andrea Bocelli, the Rolling Stones, and Billie Eilish; sings regularly as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; serves as union delegate for the Los Angeles Master Chorale; and is a Company Member with The Industry, praised as “the leading edge of operatic innovation.” When not onstage or behind the mic, he travels the world with his wife and writes award-winning pop a cappella charts for ensembles across the U.S, including the Flower Mound High School choir. Go Jags!

Andrew Chang graduated from Flower Mound High School as the valedictorian in 2003. Having lived in Texas his entire life, he decided to leave the state to attend the University of Pennsylvania, then spent a semester abroad in Australia at the University of Melbourne. He returned to Texas to continue his education at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he graduated at the top of his class and received his medical degree, in conjunction with a master’s degree in Public Health. He returned to Dallas for his residency training in Otolaryngology at UT Southwestern and has been serving as an otolaryngologist in a private practice in north Texas ever since. He still considers Flower Mound his hometown and is amazed at how much the city continues to change and grow every time he visits his parents at his childhood home.

Norman Reuther served as the first Principal of Flower Mound High School from 1999 to 2003. He has dedicated his life to education and coaching. Norman attended Texas Tech University and played basketball for the Red Raiders from 1962 to 1966. He was recognized as an All-Southwest Conference player and later inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame in 2022. Norman played professional basketball in Europe for four years, then returned to become an Assistant Basketball Coach at Texas A&M, winning two Southwest Conference Championships in 1975 and 1976. He began working in the private sector during most of the 1980s and then served as Executive Director of the College Football Association for four years just prior to beginning his teaching career at the Gilpin County School teaching six subjects and coaching girls and boys basketball. Norman continued teaching and coaching at Dumas High School, then became Principal of Sunray High School in 1995 and then Principal of Glen Rose High School in 1997. He served as the founding Principal of Flower Mound High School in 1999 and then left the principalship in 2003 with the Jag’s first graduating Senior class. Norman continued to serve public education for 18 more years as a chemistry and physics teacher at Alvord High School.