One thousand mourners were expected and hundreds turned out to honor and reflect on the girl with the radiant smile, Jessica Scholl, at her memorial service Sunday afternoon at Lindbergh High School.

It was just a little over a week after the junior was found dead in her family’s house, which is just around the corner  from the school.

Police believe 19-year-old Jarod T. Lane,  a former Lindbergh student, brutally murdered Scholl and set the family’s house on fire May 25.

The mood was somber and uplifting at times as friends, family and a teacher celebrated Scholl’s life.

“We are here today to celebrate the life of an eagle; sadly this eagle has already ascended, ad astra – as your motto says – to the stars,” said Rev. Allan Folmar, referring to the school’s mascot.

Friends Whitney Davis and Haley Barnes sobbed, remembering Scholl like a sister and describing their many good times together.

Scholl’s uncle, Paul Harvey, remembered his niece who “lived to text her friends,” play Super Mario Bros. Wii, karaoke and listened to Taylor Swift.

She was often scolded by relatives for letting her bangs hide her pretty face. Scholl was the only person her uncle knew who could also be bored while on vacation in Hawai’i, he said.

She was shy, but if she had something to say, she would say it, Harvey said.

He quoted some of her posts from Facebook, one which started, “Live with no regrets, you can’t undo what’s been done.”

Harvey urged the audience not to speculate or blame. “Don’t go there, there is no answer, it makes no sense and it never will,” he said.

Harvey told the mourners it was all right to feel whatever they were feeling and that Jessica would not want them to hold on to anger and hurt forever.

All of Scholl’s teachers attended the memorial, including Kara Crum who taught Scholl in her Independent Living and Child Development classes.

“When I became a teacher, I never thought I would have to do this for one of my students,” Crum said, addressing the audience.

In an interview after the ceremony, Crum revealed that Scholl had confided in her about problems in Scholl’s relationship with Lane.

Lane was one of Crum’s students when he attended Lindbergh, taking the same classes Scholl would later take from Crum.

“So that made it really hard for me, because I had this student (Lane) and I had Jessica,” Crum said. “And when she came to me for advice on how to break up with Jarod, I knew that it would be difficult.”

Crum worked with Scholl on the situation and said her family and friends knew what was going on.

“And Jarod would not respond positively to that message, so it would be hard for him,” she said. “But, who knew that it would be like this; nobody could ever think that it would end up like this.”

Crum is glad that Scholl’s parents are now advocating for more education in high schools about teenage relationships.

At the memorial service on Sunday, purple bracelets with the message “Jess 4me Stop Teen Violence” inscribed on them, were passed out to attendees.

The family decided to distribute the wristbands, in Scholl’s favorite color and also bearing her name and her graduation year, 2013.

“We’ll be working with the family on programs and extending it beyond our schools to the community and hopefully beyond even Washington state,” said Mary Alice Heuschel, Renton school district superintendent.

Heuschel attended the memorial and thanked the media on behalf of the family for honoring their privacy throughout the week’s developments.

Lindbergh Principal Tres Genger is still trying to make sense out of his school’s latest tragedy.

Students and staff had a difficult week but were supported by counseling staff, he said.

“I wouldn’t say that things are back to normal in the building, but they’re getting better,” Genger said.

He knew Scholl as well as he could at a school with more than 1,200 students.

“But, Jessica certainly was a positive influence on many students as well as many staff in the building,” Genger said. “And the loss of her has had a ripple effect on people in the building.”

Teachers have become more reflective and students more aware of the idea that life is fragile, he said.

Crum had to adjust her curriculum last week as the subject matter of one of her classes ironically dealt with dating and domestic violence.

“A lot of these kids, their relationships are so intense; they’re about passion and physical and emotional feelings,” she said.

“It’s like you need to teach them that, that’s good to a certain extent, but at the same time you’re supposed to just have fun with each other.”