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Read the messages of support and best wishes to the Stars to start the school year.
Mom & Daniel
Small steps towards big dreams start today! We are proud of you!
Dad & Mom
We are so Proud of you! You will have an amazing Junior Year!! Love Dad, Mom, Ellie and Chloe
Sarah & Adam Kennedy
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt Wishing the Stars an incredible school year filled with growth, discovery, and dreams!
Erica Heidepriem
Have a great year, Stars! Change the world!
Liz Picone
Good luck, Stars, and have a great year!
Gonzalez Family
Best wishes to our Star, Tara N. Cuellar, for a successful and exciting senior year. Your family loves and supports you.
Jonon and Stout Family
Have a great start to the new year! (Pause for dramatic effect.) We are proud of you!
Raymond & Christine Sinatra
Class of 2025 – Have a wonderful senior year! Work and play hard.
Shachi and Vikram (Mom and Dad)
Jiya, Happy first day of senior year! We are so proud of you and excited to see all you’ll accomplish this year. Enjoy every moment and know we are cheering you on!
Mom and Dad
Serafine, have an incredible first day at ARS!
Nana, Papi, and Jonah
Lily T, Welcome to High School. It is your time to shine.
Nana
You are a Star! Keep shining bright!
Mom
You’re destined for greatness! I love you! ✨
Dad
Replace negative thoughts with positive ones and you’ll keep positive results. I Love You.
Mom
Ellis, have a great first day of HS! You got this ❤️
Laufey
Kennedy, “From the Start”, you have always strived to be your best self. Continue being that “Goddess” and to be the best Star possible! From your “Valentine”, Laufey
Parents of Kennedy Coe
Keep Shining Class of 2029! You got this!!
Mom, Dad, Larken, and Corwyn
Good luck in this new year of adventure, Emlynn! Believe in yourself, embrace every moment, and shine bright. You’ve got this! We are so proud of you!
Schonert Family
Good luck and have a great year!
From Me, Stitch, and Gus
Bestie, We will miss you “some days” , but at least I will get the front seat and control the music! Don’t worry, ” It’s Fine” 🙃 I’ll keep it warm for you! 😎 Love, Your Sis (and the crew) 🐻❄️🐨🐶
Alice Halevy’s Family
Onwards and upwards!
The Freid/Tao Family
Have a fantastic first day, Stars! Wishing you an amazing year ahead!
Mom and Dad
Good luck, Kenley E. and all ARS Stars! May your year be filled with adventure and knowledge!!
Gamma & GG
For Arya (and all Stars!): The world needs your ideas, creativity, and innovation; don’t hold back.
Mom, Dad, and Lila
Have a great freshman year, Stella Grace Quatacker! We are proud of you!
Mom, Dad, and Brody
Olivia Buuck – Wishing you a great first day of school! We love you.
Mom and Dad (Gaby and Shawn)
Vicky! You are unique, powerful, and so incredibly special girl. Trust in your brilliance, take on every challenge, and know that you can conquer anything. Believe in yourself as much as I believe in you, and let your light shine brighter than ever. There’s nothing you can’t do! Today is your day to shine! 🌟… Read more »
Jazz
I love you and am so proud of you Ava.
The Bentleys
May your school year be filled with courage, compassion and creativity. Make this the best school year ever!
Mama, Papa, Leo, Grammy, and Granddad
Happy first day of school, Sabine, and all you brilliant shining Stars! Every single one of you brighten up the world!
Sarah and Leigh Ann
Are you ready for it? Have a great year, Stars!!
Mom and Poppa
Willa, you are our beautiful, shining Star. We love you so much. Have fun this year!
Aliah Sanchez
To my diamond, Hi beautiful, Momma loves you! Have a great first day and even awesome year! I am so proud of you! Hugs and kisses
Mamá, Dad and Sofía
Suerte en tu primer día mi niña hermosa! You got this! Goo…goo…gaga.. We Love You! Sarah E. Zaro
Jason and Nola Kaczor
Stars-Believe in yourself, and you’ll be unstoppable. Good luck in 7th Scarlett!!!
Mom, Dad & Wyatt
Good luck Stars and Happy Junior Year kick off Flannery Norman! We love you so much.
Anderson Family
Reach for the stars, Stars! Enjoy your new beginnings, K & T! Shine on, sisters!
Family
Good luck Riley Olivea Ann Rippie (ROAR) and all of her schoolmates and staff!!!
The Burruss Family
Best wishes for a safe, healthy and productive year of learning and sisterhood. We are proud of you, Sally, and all the amazing STARS at ARS!
Sandy Burwell
What a wonderfully enriching learning environment provided for you at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders! Always remember the extremely powerful meaning of “leadership” … as we all need positive and strong leadership incorporated into our communities, states, countries and our world!!! Enjoy your growth, experiences and accomplishments at your outstanding school!!! Always,… Read more »
Love, Mama + Papa
Hope you have an amazing FRESHMAN year. Shine on Eva Jameson!
Mom and Dad
Congratulations Layla and the Class of 2025! Shine bright and enjoy your time as seniors.
Glakas Family
Stand tall & burn bright! We are proud of you, Stars!
Dad and Mom
Alejandra, Make today, a day to remember. We are very proud of you!
From Artemis, Athena, Hercules, Simba, Diamond, and Craig
Good luck, little star. We have always been so proud of you but even more so today. Shine on in your new adventure. WOF
The Drew Family
It is going to be a fabulous year, Stars! Strive for greatness, support your peers, and have fun. We are already proud of you and know this will be a year to remember.
The Klein Family
To Lucie and all the ARS Stars- we wish you all the best as you start your new school year
Piper’s Nan and Pops
Always look beyond the limits because if the sky is the limit, why are there footprints on the moon? Have a fantastic year!
Rick Jervis
Elle: We can’t be any prouder as you blast into Eighth Grade. Just 155 days left till summer!… ¡Te queremos! 🏝️❤️🕶️ -Mom & Papi
Monse
Ale, I hope you have a wonderful first day at your new school. I am going to miss you. Love you Sissy!!!
Mama Jen
Congrats to Rosie and all the other new Stars on starting your life changing journey at ARS. You shine so brightly a s you belong!
Maitri & Biren Shah
Good luck, Stars. Shine bright! Have the best school year.
Norma, Espi & Paco
Have a great first day of school, Aileen! Set the tone for an amazing year. Te queremos mucho!
Kamilla Stokes & Doug Barnes
Anabelle – you are the best kid anybody could ever hope for and we love you! We are so privileged to see you grow and learn.
Love Mom and Dad
Arianna- make your Senior year the best and most memorable. Seniors 2025! Analeah-make your last middle school year the best and most memorable. We love you both so much!!!❤️
Mom and Dad
Grace Shaw! You are a gem. We are so proud of you and always believe in yourself. Because we do! ❤️❤️
Mom, Dad, and Hugo
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.- Winston Churchill “ Make it a great day, Greta! Love, Mom, Dad, and Hugo
Lula’s Dad
Y’all rule, I hope everyone had a great summer. Congrats to Mr. Oren! Lula, you rock! 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
Bruner-Trieff Family
Wishing all Stars an amazing journey this year, full of achievement and happiness!
Mom
Have a great first day Katalyna and Analee! Love you mucho❤️
Daddy & Momma
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp? Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong? Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp? Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
Mom & Dad
Good luck to the 6th grade Stars! Ceci, go and do great things!
The Ezis-King Family
Delaney and all the ARS Stars – have a wonderful year learning and growing together.
Ryan Holeman and Kate Lockhart
Good luck and lots of love to every single Star at Ann Richard’s, including our own. There is nothing y’all can’t handle together! You’ve got this girls!
Star Supporter
Have an amazing day, Keira!
Dr. David Zuniga
Congratulations on beginning your senior year! “Just keep your head up, love, don’t hide away, don’t ever change. Some queens don’t need a crown. You’re perfect now.” Love Dad and Louis Tomlinson
Sterne Family
Have a great year, Stars! Show up as your authentic amazing selves, take care of each other and listen to your teachers who work so hard for you!
Valerie and Brendan Sterne
Have a great start to the school year, Lilah! We are proud of you! Love, Mom and Dad
Mom, Dad and Ben
Go Lauren V!!!! #Senior #Class of 2025 You’ve got this! We love you!
The Spradley Family
Farren, keep reaching for the stars and have a great year!
Mami, Papi, y David
Analia, que Dios y la Virgen te acompañen en esta nueva etapa escolar. ¡Échale ganas, enfócate, aprende y diviértete! Sé auténtica en quién eres y en tus valores. ¡Te queremos mucho!
Mom and Dad
Best wishes to London Cromey and all the varsity cheer team Go Stars!
Mom, Dad, Milo, Owen, Jolene, Gerald, Susanna, Teddy and Henry
Hope you are having a wonderful first day of school, Piper! We are so incredibly proud of you and very excited to see what great things you accomplish as a Star!
Dr. David Zuniga
Go Rory! Have a great first day and a great year. I believe in you!! “Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are.” Love, Dad (and Noah Kahan!)
Mom
Grace ! I am so proud of you. Have a great year.
Dawn Lindsey
Lily Lindsey!! Have an amazing “last first day” and an even better year. Go Senior Class of 2025!
Mom, Sian, Mommy, Elijah, Canyon, Amelia, Asher, and Grannie
Dear Lyla June, As you step into your junior year, we want you to know how incredibly proud we are of you. This year may bring its challenges, but we have complete faith in your strength, determination, and heart. Remember, you are never alone—we are here cheering you on every step of the way. Take… Read more »
The Lackey Family
Make this the best year ever!
Phoebe McPherson
Welcome to High School Phoebe.
Mama and Appa
Nithya Raman is an ARS Star! Enjoy your new adventure. We are so proud of you. Shine bright!
Mom
Rosie, have a wonderful first day!!! So proud of you!!
Lauren Cenac
Have a great 8th-grade year, Juliette Hood and classmates! Way to go, Class of 2029!
Kathie Tovo, Tom Hurt, and Ella Tovo-Hurt
We love you and are so proud of you, Qiu Li! We hope you and your senior colleagues have your best year yet before you leave ARS to go change the world.
Mom & Dad
Goo luck to our favorite Freshman, Stella Rae!! New year = new beginnings! You rock. For real.
Brad & Mary Miller
Wishing Jordan Miller and all the STARS of ARS a wonderful start to the new School Yeay!
Moyers, Doyers, Mo, Flitters, Fronk, & Girl Girl
Happy first day of school to Olivia Schweke and all of the ARS Stars! Squirrel, we are so excited for you and are so proud to be your family. Have the best day with The Fluffy Eyebrow Crew and all of your new friends! You’re a STAR, girl! 😘
The Grove Fam
Jasper and all Stars~Destiny and hard work brought you together. Today your hearts and minds start gaining superpowers!
Mom and Dad
Welcome to ARS Eliza, we are proud of you! Have a great first day!
The Miller Family
Wishing all Stars a fantastic first day – We hope this year will be your best one yet!
Mom & Dad
New year = new beginnings! Good luck to our favorite Freshman!! You rock, Stella Rae. For real. ❤️Mom & Dad
Mom, Dad and Fiona
Farrah, have a great first day at ARS!
Fiorella Diepenbrock
In Omnia Paratus We’re almost there and nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going. -Lorelei Gilmore Love you!
The Donut Council
Go get ’em, Sydney Jane. We love you sooooo much! 🥳
Mom, Dad, Asher & Eliza
Have the best day, Norah! We love you!!
the Niemeyer-Lowe family
Have an amazing school year, ARS Stars! We love you, Lucy, and are so proud of you!
Mom
Spread your awesome sauce, Lauren Brooking!
Mom, Dad, Pillow & Cuddles
Have a great school year, Ashlyn! We are so proud of you! Love you most!
Mom and Dad
Happy last first day of high school Saige! Love you!
-Mom, Dad, Emmaline, and Sarah
June – Have a great day and year! We love you!
Mom and Dad
McKenna, Happy first day of school as a Star! We are so proud of all that you do. Make friends, smiles and memories! ❤️
Wood Family
Have a great year Frida and Friends!!!
Conley family
Try something new this year! (Maybe archery?) Good luck, Stars!!
Mari, Ángel and Leo Fernandez
Hey, Stars! This is going to be a great year! We are excited to see how you will show up and show out in your community! We love you, Julia! You’ve got this!
Chappell Roan
🎶Snap and clap and touch your toes Raise your hands, now body roll Dance it out, you’re Stars, let’s go! S-T-A-R-S-G-O You can do it–go Stars go! S-T-A-R-S-G-O You can do it–go Stars go!🎶
The Root Family
Rooting for the Stars!
Grammy and Papa
Best wishes for a fabulous year Molly! We’re so proud of you!
Mommy & your brothers
Isabella Fisher, Hey Alpha- have a skibidi sigma first day of Junior year!! Class of #2026
The Stasica Family
Stars, we hope you have a great first day and an amazing school year!
Azure & Jean Snelling
JoliElise, Have a fabulous 1st day of school! This school year will be FUN & AWESOME!! 10th Grade will be a breeze because your family’s got your back!! You can do this young lady…we love you ALWAYS!!
S & J
Our happiness depends on how our hearts feel about others. And life will take us as far as our hearts allow. Reach for the stars with a kind and loving heart!
Mom, Dad, Henry, Ziggy, & Louie
Good Luck Charlie Ripoll on the start of a great year at ARS! We are so proud of you! Keep shining bright!
The Bui family
Today is a new beginning. Take a deep breath. Have an open mind. Be kind. Shine bright. You’ve GOT this! (We love you big, Berkeley!)
O’Connell Robertson
Cheers to a Great School Year, Stars!
The Lawley Rerecich Family
Stargazing (noun): Looking ahead to awesome things at ARS this year!
The Koumoundouros Family
Best wishes for 7th grade Georgia! We love you!
– K. Esquivel and Family
Wishing you new academic adventures! Have fun!
Dadu & Gram
Have a excellent year Shaya!! Love you!
Mom, Dad & Josie
Congratulations on your first day at ARS, Louisa! We are so excited for you and your fellow Stars!
A neighborhood fan
You go, Stars! All the best for a wonderful school year.
Leslie Cox
Good luck, Stars! Proud of you all!
A proud ARS family
Hey, Stars! Wishing you an AMAZING 2024-25 school year. Hope it’s your best year yet. Special shout out to the new Stars – congrats on joining the best school in Austin! And to the Senior Stars – kudos on your last year. You’ve got this! Be a sponge.
Bobby McBride
Y’all are the best! Make the year a Great One!
Bea Ann Smith
Keep shining Stars!
Mrs. Kathy Fernandez
Life is all about choices… YOU BELONG HERE! May this school year be your best yet!
Mom, Dad, Dallas, Nanny, Pa, Auntie, Tio Joe, Cruz, Luca, & Jax.
Katelyn Daisy, Best wishes for an amazing 7th grade year! We are so proud of you and love you so much! XO!
Ms. DiCuffa
This is going to be the BEST year we’ve ever had at ARS!!
Mom
Molly M, I hope that you have an amazing school year. I am incredibly proud of you and I love you so much. You’re going to do great things this year. Love, Mom
Pink Granite Foundation
Welcome back Stars! Good luck this year, we’re so proud of you all.
Ellen Mangelsdorf
Happy First Day, STARS! This year will be great!
Kathie Tovo
Welcome, Stars! Have an amazing, joy-filled, awesome year!
Mama, Mommy, Mom, Bruh
Make this year great Stars! Be kind and cherish these memories. Love you Anabella Gamez, be your best!
Roberto and Espi Napoles
Wishing all Ann Richard Stars a blessed, safe and successful school year, especially our shining star, Cecilia Napoles. Grandma and Grandpa love you and are very proud of you!!
Ms. Vargas
Happy first day of school to all the high schoolers! Miss you all!
Carbajal Gonzalez Family
Wishing you a stellar start to high school! Shine brightly!
Catherine Bullock
Make this the best year ever!!
Grandma Lulu
¡Que te vaya muy bonito! Te quiero mucho.
Companion Animal Hospital – CAHAustin.com
Have a great year learning.
The Ornelas Family
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” —Ella Fitzgerald Have an amazing year Stars!
Candace Partridge
Stars, have a GREAT new school year!
Fatehi-Weeks Family
Cheering you all on! Believe in yourselves and each other.
Auntie M and Uncle Charlie
Wishing all y’all Stars an incredible year, especially Quinn and Ava! #hustlehardplayhard
The Cederstrom Family
Sophia, Wishing you and all your friends an amazing 8th grade year! We love you and we’re so proud of all of you!
Mom, Dad, Andrew, Sarah
Have an amazing year, Kaitlyn P!
M,D, & P
Have a great 8th grade year, Lexi & Vivi K! XOXO
Mom, Dad and sister
Good luck Parker and all the class of 2028!
The Bodden Family
To Sabine and all of the bright Stars of ARS: Have an amazing first day and know that we are rooting for you!
The Koppels
Twinkle, Twinkle Class of 2028.
Mom
Chloe, wishing you a great senior year!
Rodriguez Family
Adriana & Eloise Rodriguez On your first day of school, I hope you discover your passion, make new friends, and create beautiful memories. Love, mom and dad
Candelaria Family
Best wishes Noel 😃 Happy last first day! We love you always! Have a great start to a great year STARS!
Heather Wagner Reed
You’re all going to change the world! So proud to be the mom of an amazing star. What an exciting year this will be for all of you. Go get ‘um and have a great first week of school!
The Faz Family
Good luck Emma, Eloise & Adriana!! We love y’all. Good luck to all the Ann Richards Stars! Hope everyone has a wonderful first day and an amazing year!
The Leahy’s
Good luck on the start of a great new year!
Jarod Neece & Andrea Yz
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. – Go, Stars, go!
Your Moms
Annika! Have the BEST first day of your senior year! We love you. Go Stars.
― Robin Williams, “Dead Poets Society”
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
Peggy Hanley
Excited to share the BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER with each and every Star!
Principal Griffith
I hope you have your BEST year yet! It starts with a great first day!