MISD 2021 Graduation in Pictures
McKinney Boyd High School Principal Dr. Jennifer Peirson poses for a photo with the final 2021 Boyd graduate to cross the stage, Jeremy Zangenberg.
McKinney, Texas – As McKinney Boyd High School senior Jeremy Zangenberg strode across the graduation stage on the morning of Friday, May 21, the Allen Event Center burst forth into thunderous celebration.
The final 2021 Boyd graduate to cross the stage, Zangenberg met Dr. Jennifer Peirson at the far side and stopped for a photo with his principal. Looking into the camera, he grinned and lifted a clinched fist, and Peirson followed suit as the rising wave of cheers and applause crashed over the arena.
The joyful exuberance in their pose spoke volumes. There were still the school song to be sung and parting thoughts from the podium and caps to be flung into the air, but honestly, Peirson and Zangenberg had said it all, without speaking a word:
They had done it. They had completed the journey of the 2020–2021 school year.

2021 McKinney High School graduates sing the MHS Alma Mater.
The commencement exercises for McKinney High School and McKinney North High School would follow at 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., marked by the same air of celebration, each audience sounding forth with its own joyful roar of applause as their graduates—resplendent in blue and yellow and orange—filed onto the floor of the arena and made their way eventually, one by one, across the stage to receive their diplomas.
Through a school year like no other, the seniors from Boyd, MHS and North had persevered and now had come to the conclusion of their 13-year sojourn from kindergarten to graduation.
And, when North’s Emily Young, the final graduate of the day, crossed the stage on Friday evening, she turned toward her fellow graduates with a wide smile, raised her diploma triumphantly in the air, and closed the books on the 2020–2021 school year.
And, to the graduates of McKinney Boyd, MHS and McKinney North, we say, “Well done!”

The final 2021 McKinney North High School graduate, Emily Young, celebrates as she crosses the stage.
The McKinney ISD 2021 Commencement in Pictures:
McKinney Boyd High School
McKinney Boyd High School Top 10 Graduates
1. Veer Mukesh Mistry
2. Morgan Grace George
3. Pranavraj Prithviraju
4. Dean Alexander Plummer
5. Allyson Elisabeth Macfee
6. Ivan Alejandro Franco-Hernandez
7. Jackson Everett Heuvel
8. Cailey Ella Varnell
9. Jordyn Rose Nevelle
10. Munpal Singh Bal

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation — Boyd Principal Dr. Jennifer Peirson

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—Salutatorian Morgan George

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—Valedictorian Veer Mistry

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—McKinney ISD Superintendent Dr. Rick McDaniel

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—McKinney ISD Board of Trustees Member Lynn Sperry

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—McKinney ISD Board of Trustees Member Curtis Rippee hugs his daughter Ellie after presenting her diploma.

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation—The McKinney Boyd Class of 2021

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation

2021 McKinney Boyd High School Graduation
McKinney High School
McKinney High School Top 10 Graduates
1. Thorsen Kristufek
2. Katrina Lee
3. Sarah Rose Stoddard
4. Benjamin Merrell
5. Kayla Nguyen
6. Milana Malko
7. Sharon Oh
8. Aubrey Koch
9. Rachel Nguyen
10. Madison Tremble

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation—McKinney High School Principal Alan Arbabi

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation—Salutatorian Katrina Lee

2021 McKinney High School Graduation—The McKinney High School Class of 2021

2021 McKinney High School Graduation—Valedictorian Thorsen Kristufek

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation—McKinney High School Associate Principal Jessica Rose

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation

2021 McKinney High School Graduation
McKinney North High School
McKinney North High School Top 10 Graduates
1. Andrew Simmons
2. Keelin Gaughan
3. Madeline Prugh
4. Arianna Monteiro
5. Mohammed Hassan
6. Caliway Buchanan
7. Faiza Khan
8. Cayden Huffman
9. Evan Bruns
10. Hanna Dang

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation—McKinney North High School Principal Jae Gaskill

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation—The McKinney North High School Class of 2021

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation—Salutatorian Keelin Gaughan

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation—Valedictorian Andrew Simmons

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation—McKinney ISD Superintendent Dr. Rick McDaniel

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation

2021 McKinney North High School Graduation
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