NeighborPlus: May 9, 2010
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Waco High band achieves UIL Sweepstakes
Waco High School drum majors Hayley Simons (left) and Ariel Garcia hold the University Interscholastic League Marching Band and Sweepstakes awards won by the band. The Sweepstakes Award is the first time Waco High has won the honor since 1984, prior to consolidation. The marching band received straight Division I ratings in the fall. This spring the concert band received a Division I rating for its stage performance and Division II rating for sight reading at the UIL Region 8 Concert and Sight Reading Band Contest. The symphonic winds ensemble received Division I scores from all six judges in both stage and sight-reading performances.
Waco ISD photo — Mary Senter
Junior Girl Scouts earn Bronze Awards
Junior Girl Scouts (from left) Evan Williams, McKenzie Clafferty, Alena Bartek, Kimberly Chancellor and Kaitlyn Mitchell recently received their Bronze Award, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can achieve. What they did to earn the award, can be found in Applause at left.
Photo submitted by Angie Chancellor
Reicher takes 1st in TAPPS district art
Reicher Catholic High School students earned 10 first-place ribbons and placed first overall at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools district art competition. Eight schools entered more than 400 pieces of art in 20 categories. Pictured are Reicher art students (from left) Diane Collins, Mahek Vellani, Ashley Poston, Katie Polansky, Rachel Trippe, Collin Kubacak, Callie Oliver, Alyssa Sheedy, Olivia Ochoa, Meagan Carr and Leslie Michaels. Not pictured are Jordan Harper, Bo Yeong Chung and Jessica Trippe.
Reicher Catholic High School photo
State-bound UIL musicians
Lorena High School musicians will be headed to the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest in Austin on May 31. Soloists and ensembles that won first-division ratings on Class 1 pieces in February advanced to state. Soloists who qualified for state are (above, from left) Ciara Scott (clarinet), Kelsy Melde (mallets), Josh King (snare drum), Jessica Curry (flute), Collin Brown (snare drum), Jordan Hanlin (vocalist/soprano I), Gabriel Scott (snare drum) and Charlotte Quaas (mallets).
Also competing at state is a quartet consisting of (above, from left) Jordan Hanlin (flute) Jessica Curry (flute), Lexi Wilson (clarinet) and Ciara Scott (clarinet) with their woodwind ensemble “Conversation Piece.”
Photos submitted by David Hanlin
Future Problem Solvers compete
Two freshman teams from Rapoport Academy’s Meyer High School qualified for and competed at the Future Problem Solvers State Bowl championship in Austin. Neither team finished in the top 10 in order to advance to the national contest. While in Austin, state Rep. Jim Dunnam’s office arranged an extended tour of the Capitol for the group. Pictured are team members (front row, from left) Anna Shattschneider, Emily Garner, ChiAnne Castro, Elexia Jackson, (top row) Jesse Kane, Mackinzie Gonzales, Patrick Listach, teacher Kevin McMahan and Alvin Daniliuc. Not pictured are Dabney Sorrow and Dezman Majors.
Photo submitted by Gaylene Reed
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