Fulshear High School Charger cheerleaders enthusiastically welcomed community guests to their new Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) campus for the dedication of Churchill Fulshear Jr. High Schooland Dean Leaman Junior High School. 

The ceremony included performances by the Charger Band and school choirs, as well as remarks by the schools' respective principals, Dan Ward and Michael Semmler, District Superintendent Dr. Thomas Randle, and Leaman family representative Lee Leaman.

Fulshear principal Daniel Ward spoke about Churchill Fulshear's pioneer spirit, noting his service in the Texas Revolution while still a teenager.

"I feel sorry for Santa Anna," Ward said. "I deal with teens every day and I know how troublesome they can be."

Ward also called the facilities the best he's seen in his career in academics.

Fulshear went on to be a major land owner and donated the land for the railroad which helped the town become organized.

Lee Leaman spoke about his father's generosity and love for the community. He thanked the District for honoring his father with the naming of school.

Lee Leaman, his brother Ken and their families got a full tour of the junior high school, accompanied by many family friends.

"The overriding theme for the dedication is that we are part of a 'Charger Nation,' said Janet Burkett, Firethorne Marketing Director, noting Fulshear and Leaman are the new designated Lamar CISD schools for residents of Firethorne West. The District's Kathleen Joerger Lindsey Elementary School is under construction and slated to open in Firethorne in August 2017. It will mark the District's first-ever school in Katy. 

Firethorne Marketing Director Janet Burkett congratulated Lamar Consolidated ISD Superintendent Dr. Thomas Randle on the opening of the new Fulshear High and Leaman Junior High Schools after the schools' dual dedication ceremony.

"It's great to be one of the original Chargers," Leaman Junior High Principal Mike Semmler said after the ceremony. "Both Mr. Ward and I are excited to be part of a growing, vibrant community. The community has already rallied around both schools."