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The Woodlands High School
Highlander Happenings
March 2 – March 14, 2015
SHATTERED LIVES – TWHS is pleased to announce that Shattered Lives of Montgomery County that
the Shattered Lives program will be at The Woodlands High School on April 7-8, 2015. We invite all
Junior and Senior students and at least one parent interested in participating in the program to our first
meeting on Monday, March 9th at 7:00pm in the auditorium. If you plan to attend the meeting you MUST
have at least one of your legal guardians present with you the night of the meeting. There will be a second
meeting on Monday, March 30th at 7:00pm. This meeting will include all confirmed participants that have
attended the first meeting with one or more guardians and have been selected for the program. At this
meeting you will need to have at least one guardian as well. It does not need to be the same guardian
though it MUST still be a legal guardian. We look forward to seeing you at the first meeting and we will
answer any other questions at that time.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER NEWS
Seniors: March is scholarship month; we have over 100 scholarships listed in Family Connection with
deadlines from March 1-31. Many local scholarships with March deadlines are Alden Bridge, Coulson
Tough, Mitchell, Eastern Star, Woodlands GREEN, Meghan Manning, Gullo and more.
Juniors: Together for Tomorrow is Monday, April 13th! Juniors and parents, make arrangements to
be at this event (6:30-9:00pm) Twenty-five colleges will be here to meet you and discuss college topics
such as majors, programs, applications, and more. We will send out a list of participating universities and
topics after Spring Break. See you there!
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS: At the state Texas Association of Future
Educators (TAFE) conference in Lubbock, Audrey Vance placed 5th in state in the EXPLORING
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES CAREERS competition. Audrey will be advancing to the national
competition at the Future Educators Association (FEA) conference in Washington, D.C. in April.
Michelle Bailey, the TWHS Speech-Language Pathologist, was instrumental in this project. She allowed
Audrey to shadow her and interview her as part of the necessary requirements. Audrey is the only student
in CISD that will be advancing to nationals.
PRIVATE PE SIGN UP: The window for signing up for Private PE for the 2015-2016 school year
begins March 23 and will close on May 1st. You must be signed up with an approved facility on or
before May 1st or you will not be able to participate in Private PE for the next school year. During
individual conferencing with your counselor, be sure to let them know your intent to sign up and if you
will do a 5 hour or 15 hour a week commitment. Please contact Christy Farris if you have any questions
cfarris@conroeisd.net. If you have a facility in mind please make sure it is on the approved list. Visit
http://ci.conroeisd.net/depts/pe/ for links to sign up.
MARCH MADNESS MONDAYS: March Madness Mondays are here! Faculty and staff at TWHS will
be wearing their finest college t-shirts every Monday in March to promote college awareness. Students
are also encouraged to wear their college t-shirts for March Madness. There will be an informative March
Madness Bracket displayed in the cafeteria providing tidbits of information about various colleges in the
US.
SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: On Thursday February 19 several Science National
Honor Society students went to Anderson Elementary to help with their Science and Technology Night.
This week several went to the Bush Elementary Science and Technology Night. These students helped
the elementary children with various science experiments and demonstrations.
POETRY SLAM: Looking for Contestants, Spectators, and Judges!! Coming March 6th is our annual
Poetry Slam! Friday night from 6:30 to 8:30 at TWHS, is your chance to shine!! Come present your finest
poems or stories, or judge others on theirs!! This event is free, though any donations will go toward the
publication of our literary journal, The Fife. For more details, email fifethewoodlands@gmail.com or
come by room 205 to sign up!
GOLF NEWS: The TWHS boys went to April Sound Country Club on Friday and Saturday, February
13-14, to compete in the Montgomery High Golf Invitational, and the boys came home with the gold
medals.
Leading the way for the Highlanders was Steven Schmulson’s 154 (71-83), followed by Austin Shaw’s
155 (80-75), Brady Price’s 156 (78-78), J.P. Lavalle’s 161 (81-80), and Juan Villalobos’s 165 (79-86).
Their winning total was 624 (308-316).
The Highlander B Team was led by Joey Kerner’s 156 (81-75), followed by Will Arend’s 159 (78-81),
Austin Wentz’ 172 (86-86), and Cameron Keramati’s 187 (93-94). Kyle Zuspan posted a first-day 90.
The B Team total was 671 (335-336). Also competing were Jace Jensen’s 171 (84-87).
The TWHS boys went to the Oak Ridge High School Invitational Golf Tournament at River Plantation
Country Club on Tuesday, February 10th, and came home with the silver medals for second place.
Setting the pace for the TWHS A Team was tournament runner-up Daniel Ramirez (79). Also
contributing were Max Cortez (82), Ethan Marts (83), and Aser Ruiz (88). The second-place team total
was 332.
The Highlander C Team finished with a total of 360. Leading the way was Noah Raine (84), followed by
Cameron Shafer (86), Darian Allizadeh (91).
The TWHS B Team posted a team total of 375, led by David Carlson (89). Others competing were Matt
Ryan (90), Jake Jacobs (97), Will Weisbrod (99), and Drew Schnell (100).
The Lady Highlanders went to High Meadow Ranch in Magnolia to compete in the Spring Fling Golf
Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21. The girls came in fourth against a state-level field of
competitors.
Leading the way for the Lady Highlander A Team was Gracie Aday’s 151 (75-76). Others competing
were Greta Bruner’s 153 (81-72), Brooke McDougald’s 154 (75-79), Carly Charbonneau’s 165 (82-83),
and Oriana Jerez’s 167 (83-84). Their two-day total was 623 (313-310).
Pacing the Lady Highlander B Team was Cassie Lidisky’s 159 (79-80). Also contributing were
Stephanie Lamb’s 171 (85-86), Hannah Bruner’s 173 (84-89), Jayne Clark’s 175 (88-87), and Veronica
Grey’s 186 (86-100). Their team total was 676 (334-342).
The Lady Highlander C Team was close behind with a team total of 678 (354-324). Leading the C Team
was Ana Contreras’s 165 (84-81), followed by Kenlie Barrett’s 171 (89-82), Hana Bowman’s 172 (9082), Samantha Salcedo’s 174 (95-79), and Kim Clark’s 186 (91-95).
LADY HIGHLANDER BASKETBALL: Girls’ Basketball lost a heartbreaker in the Area playoff game
against Austin Bowie to finish out their season with 20 wins. Aaliyah Wheatfall hit 4 three pointers to
lead the team with 12 points. Payton Walker followed had 8 points and 10 rebounds. Elisa Flores and
Julia Glandt each chipped in 5 apiece. Below are listed all of the girl's ALL DISTRICT awards.
Academic All District: Meagan McConnell, Bailey Olson, Amber Terry, Payton Walker, Julia Glandt and
Elisa Flores.
Academic All State: Meagan McConnell and Amber Terry
1st Team All District: Aaliyah Wheatfall, Payton Walker and Amber Terry
Newcomer of the Year / 1st Team: Luisa De La Rosa
2nd Team All District: Meghan Musso and Julia Glandt
HIGHLANDER BASKETBALL: Boys Basketball finished up another successful season (19-13) on
Tuesday night losing to Klein Forest in the State playoffs. Our Highlanders were the only CISD boys’
basketball team to make the playoffs. It is the 10th year in a row that we have made the playoffs. We
have an outstanding group of young men that will be returning for next year as well. Thank you for your
support of Highlander basketball.
The JV season ended in dramatic fashion last Tuesday night, which was fitting considering how many
close games the squad played in the 14-15 season. A last second shot rolled off of the rim as time expired
and the Highlanders lost 55-52. The loss ended the Highlander basketball sub-varsity season and ended a
highly competitive season for the junior varsity team. A final record of 19-12 included 11 games that
ended within one possession of the opponent. The JV Highlanders were 7-4 in those games. First, fourth,
and fifth place finishes in tournaments, and a second place finish in a highly competitive district were
hallmarks of the team's campaign.
The Boys Basketball Freshman Green team completed its season last week. The boys finished with an
overall record of 24-3 and a district record of 10-2. The team captured the championship at the TWHS
Freshman Tournament, Runner-Up at the Katy Freshman Tournament and won the District
Championship. Congratulations to the team on all of their hard work.
TWHS IMPROV SHOW: The TWHS Improv Troupe is proud to present the first ever Students vs.
Parents Improv Show! The show will be TOMORROW (2/28) at 7 pm in the Senior Campus Theater.
Tickets are $5 but extra donations are always encouraged. We will be raising money for Montgomery
County Youth Services. Also we want to thank everyone who has come to our shows so far and donated.
Because of you we have raised $10,000 for various deserving charities. We are well on our way to reach
our total goal of $15,000 for the entire school year!
SKILLS USA: Congratulations to The Woodlands High School Culinary Quiz Bowl Team of Nicolas
Buendia, Lisa Cardinal, Shannon Knapp, Omar Saber, and Sapna Srinivasan. The team earned a Silver
Medal for their Culinary Knowledge which included industry standards, culinary technique, history and
current food trends. The team has advanced to the SkillsUSA State Competition in Corpus Christi.
ART DEPARTMENT NEWS: This past weekend, the Woodlands Waterway Art Festival Student Art
Scholarship Program contest took place at the Woodlands Children's Museum in Panther Creek. The
WWAF the offers scholarship awards to juniors and seniors in six categories of art: Painting, Drawing,
Mixed Media, Digital Media, Photography, and Sculpture. TWHS students received the following
recognitions:
Painting:
1st place--Sidney Ylagan
3rd place--Ignacio Garcia-Casas Tron
Honorable mention--Zane Wang and Madison Chamberlaine
Drawing:
1st place--Abbey Johnson
2nd place--Martha Ortiz
Honorable mention--Kendall Farris and Hannah Austin
Mixed Media:
1st place--Alyssa Drew
3rd place--Juliane Santiago
Honorable mention--Sidney Ylagan and Ignacio Garcia-Casas Tron
Photography:
3rd Place--Daniel Kestenbaum
Honorable mention--Blair Smith
Sculpture:
Honorable mention--Martha Ortiz
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards totaled $8,500 in scholarship awards for our students, and all of these
students have been invited to exhibit their work at the Woodlands Waterway Art Festival over the
weekend of April 10-12.
SWIM NEWS: Congratulations to the Highlander swim teams for outstanding performances at the UIL
State Championships in Austin on February 20 & 21, 2015. The Girls team consisting of four young
ladies finished in 4th place among all 6A schools in Texas. Below are the girl’s results:
200 Medley Relay 3rd Place, Lucie Nordmann, Payton Neff, Emily Reese, Ania Gawronska 1:46.03
200 Freestyle 6th Place, Payton Neff 1:53.01
200 IM 5th Place Emily Reese 2:03.81
100 Butterfly 10th Place Emily Reese 56.06
100 Freestyle 3rd Place Lucie Nordmann 50.68
500 Freestyle 5th Place Payton Neff 4:55.41
100 Backstroke 1st Place State Champion new School Record Lucie Nordmann 53.38
400 Freestyle Relay 6th Place 3:31.50 Emily Reese, Ania Gawronska, Payton Neff, Lucie Nordmann
The boys team battled with the best in Texas and came home with a 7th place finish. Their results were:
200 Medley Relay 7th Place Reed Keen, Ryan Sorensen, Nolan Persyn, Alex Merrill 1:35.83
500 Freestyle Matt Anderson 5th Place 4:28.08, Rhory Legendre 7th Place 4:32.45, David Killian 13th
Place 4:43.96
200 Free Relay 13th Place Cole Pollina, John Norris, Nolan Persyn, Alex Merrill 1:26.56
100 Breaststroke 5th Place Ryan Sorensen 57.07, John Norris 14th Place 1:00.0
400 Freestyle Relay 10th Place Alex Merrill, John Norris, Matt Anderson, Cole Pollina 3:10.20
Congratulations on a great season!
TENNIS RESULTS: The tennis team travelled to the Ft. Bend ISD Tennis tournament on February 20
and came away with outstanding performances. TWHS results from 39 team event were:
Sydnee Parker/Rico Anaya-1st Place B Mixed Doubles
Valeria Tobey/Sara Loyo-1st Place B Girls Doubles
Varun Hari-Finalist B Boys Singles-(DNF) Rain
Jordan Laner/Carlos Esteban-Consolation winner in B Boys Doubles
Lilley Scheckenbach/Kristian Castagnola-Semi-finals-A Mixed Doubles
Ben Friedman-Semi-Finalist-Boys A Singles
HIGHLANDER TRACK: The Varsity Track Team served notice in their first meet of the season that
they are contenders for the 6A state championship. The Highlanders hammered the ten-team field at the
Oak Ridge Invitational, and did so in record breaking fashion. Obi Igbokwe won the 200M with a time of
21.1, shattering the school record (set in 1997, James Wegener) and claiming the top time in the nation!
Obi also teamed up with Chris Bell, Will Varnell, and Patrick Carr to win the 4x100M in a nation’s best
time of 41.37. The 4x200M and 4x400M teams (Jack Greer, Kaleb Robling, Victor Suszylo, and Mason
Blackford) placed 2nd with impressive times (1:29 and 3:19). Also leading his event in the nation is
Adrian Piperi who won the shot put with a 61’8” effort. Piperi also won the discus with a toss of 160’.
Other individual winners included Logan Jorgensen in the Pole Vault (14’) and Ian Kennedy in the 300MH (40.0).
The JV and Freshmen boy’s teams won their opening meet last week, defeating Klein Oak, Westfield, and
Eisenhower. JV winners included Candy in the 400M, Schmid in the 300M-H, Koonopczhnki in the
800M, Martin in the 3,200M, Trogg in discuss, Stokes in pole vault, and Heiser in high jump. The JV
relay teams also swept all four events. Freshman winners included Lanier in the 100M, Solomon in the
400M, Wright in the 800M, Albiter in the 300M-H, Houfpair in the 1,600M, Baker in the 3,200M, Wiley
in pole vault, and Schupp in high jump and triple jump. Freshman relay teams won the 4X200M,
4x400M, and DMR.
LADY HIGHLANDER SOCCER: The girl’s teams are all doing well. We just made the turn in district
play and all of the teams are undefeated in district. The varsity team is presently 8-0 in district play and
sitting in first place. The teams will play College Park at College Park on Friday Feb. 27 at 4, 5:30 &
7:30pm, come out and support the girls.
We had 5 girls sign their national letter of intent to play college soccer earlier in Feb. The girls are
Rawan Ashrawi will be attending Texas Wesleyn, Kelly Barbalias will be attending Texas State, Monica
Dallacasa will be attending UT Dallas, Stephanie Evans will be attending Ekerd College and Sabrina
Marx will be attending Michigan State University. These girls have given so much to this program over
the last 4 years and we wish them all the best of luck.
The Lady Highlanders have also had 3 Juniors who have verbally committed to play college soccer
already this year. They are Grace Piper to Texas A&M University, Sommer Stanley to Baylor University
and Savannah Ulrich to Mary Hardin Baylor University.
Come out and see all of the girls in action!
BASS FISHING TEAM: During our third inshore series tournament, anglers demonstrated their bass
fishing expertise by catching and successfully releasing over one hundred pounds of fish at The
Woodlands Waterway. Coming out on top out of 11 teams in the McC Division was Austin Fisher, who
fished solo and still managed an impressive 11.63lbs! Out of the 15 teams representing the TWHS
Division, Hugh Cosculluela and Eddie Yao claimed first place with 11.19lbs. A new big bass record was
set by Michael Allen of TWHS with a 4.87lbs Texas toad! Congratulations to all our anglers who
competed. The next inshore tournament will be held on March 7, 2015 at Burroughs Park. This
tournament will determine Team of the Year as well as create the roster for the Inshore Championship.
More importantly however, this tournament will serve as a fundraiser to help those in our community.
Our goal is to entirely fund two fishing charters for a child battling cancer as well as a wounded veteran.
For more information about this project visit: www.twhsbft.org. This Saturday will be our third HHFC
tournament held on Lake Conroe. Despite a wet weather forecast, our anglers are determined to bring
home a TWHS win! As always we look forward to seeing friends and family come out to support and
tight lines!
JAPANESE NEWS: Japanese Club will be celebrating HINAMATSURI Festival on March 3rd. It is
"Girls' Day" in Japan. We will be making origami HINA dolls. Snack and tea will be provided. Members
and friends are welcome to join us.
The students who signed up to travel to Japan in July, please attend the trip meeting on Saturday, March
7th. Details will be emailed to the students and parents.
Students (who signed up) will be taking the Japanese National Exam on Tuesday, March 10th, in the
computer lab in senior campus library. Please come to the library after school. It will be about 45 minutes.
WINTER GUARD: The Varsity Winter Guard continues to dominate, taking the highly competitive title
of Winter Guard International (WGI) Austin Regional Champion on February 21 at Lehman High School.
After two excellent performances, the ladies of the varsity guard easily won both prelims and finals
competitions. They hold on to their top national rank, and will compete at one final Texas regional before
heading to World Championships in April.
The JV Winter Guard will perform once again at the TCGC (Texas Color Guard Circuit) Katy High
School competition this Saturday at 6:04p.m. A full schedule is available at
www.texascolorguardcircuit.org.
All winter guards will perform an exhibition in the competition gym at the main campus at 7:30p.m. on
Thursday, March 26. Don’t miss the last chance to support the varsity, JV, and McCullough guards on
their home turf as they make their way towards state championships!
Go Guard!
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA (BPA) competed at Regional Competition at Klein Collins and
the following teams and individuals were qualifiers for state competition:
 ECONOMIC RESEARCH TEAM (Brian Busby, Taylor Phipps, Ben Sauber, and Tyler West). This was
the fourth consecutive year our Economic Research Team qualified for state. Students are assigned
an economic topic to research, report on, and discuss before a panel of business people. All of the
work is done outside of their regular course work and the competition took up an entire Saturday.
Thanks for all of your time and effort!
 BROADCAST NEWS PRODUCTION TEAM (Marcelle Baker, Bailey Bettencourt, and Kelsey Proctor).
These young ladies were state finalists for the second year in a row. They prepared a news broadcast
including an intro, two news segments, and an outro reporting on real news topics via making a
presentation to judges regarding the entire process. Great job ladies!
 FINANCIAL ANALYST TEAM (Josh Smith and Nick Palermo). This was the first team to enter this
event for TWHS, and they were Regional Finalists which the judges found amazing as neither of
them have had accounting and they were competing against students with three years of finance
courses.
 PRESENTATION MANAGEMENT (Ryan Hawkins and Alexander Walston) Ryan and Alex’s challenge
was to create a new Special Olympic event and describe the entire process of putting on a charity
event. They did a great job and were regional finalists.
 Other regional events and participants were: Small Business Management (Greg Devlin, Andrew
Hueske, and Cortland Samford). Greg also participated in Extemporaneous Speaking.
A big thanks to all of our participants for doing an outstanding job representing TWHS!
CHOIR: Please login to our data management system www.charmsoffice.com and update your contact
information, as well as check trip balances, fees due, and credits. There is also a complete choir calendar
of events. Use the code thewoodlandschoir (all one word, all lowercase) to access your student's
information, please enter their school id number.
Chamber Choir Madrigal festival - Last spring, Our Chamber Choir competed in the Madrigal and
Chamber Choir competition with 42 other choirs from around the Southwestern United States. They were
chosen by audition to perform an honor concert at the Madrigal Festival on March 6, 2015. They will
travel to San Antonio to present their concert to a multi-state audience. Congratulations on this amazing
honor!
Spring Concert - On April 10, all TWHS Choirs will present their UIL music at The Centrum 6823
Cypresswood Drive. Attendance by all students is required and graded. The choirs will ride buses to The
Centrum and rehearse prior to the concert. Food will be provided, and the concert will begin at 7:30.
Parents may sign students out after the concert, or students may ride the bus back to TWHS.
UIL Choir Contest - On April 14, 15, 16 all academically eligible students will participate in UIL Choir
contest. To be academically eligible, students must be passing all classes with a 9 week grade of 70 or
above as of Friday, March 13.Each choir will be assigned a performance time, and the schedule will be
distributed by April 1. Specific performance times will be listed on Charms, and sent through group
email.
PROJECT PURPLE: On February 20th TWHS Project Purple held their 1st annual Talent Show. Project
Purple will donate a portion of the proceeds to The Herren Project and Corner Stone Recovery. Thank
you for your support and congratulations to…
1st Place: Seirenes ~ Alex French, Miguel Hallare, Howman Pagola, and Noah Ratcliffe
2nd Place: Chandler Lawn
3rd Place: Christy Chinn & Derrick Eugenio
Thank you to the TWHS students who were our tech support for the show ~ Ben Thory, Austin Crum,
and Gina Esgate. A special thanks for our guest judge, Krista Dueitt.
CHEERLEADING: The annual cheer banquet will be held on Thursday March 5 at the Fellowship of
The Woodlands. The banquet will celebrate our seniors and all of their accomplishments throughout their
years as a Woodlands High School Cheerleader. Thank you seniors for your dedication and commitment!
Mascot and cheerleading tryouts will occur March 9-12. Congratulations to all the candidates.
NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY: NEHS will hold elections at the March 3rd meeting. The
meeting will be held in the LGI at 2:35 PM. All active members are eligible to vote. Self-nominations
closed on 02-14-15. At the March 3rd meeting, all nominees will be expected to introduce themselves and
tell why they should be elected to their desired positions. Officers will be announced and installed at the
April banquet. The banquet will be on April 28th, from 3 to 5 pm, at Macaroni Grill. Members who are
active and have paid their dues, have already paid for the banquet. Those who have not paid, must see Dr.
Emmons in order to pay and be able to attend the banquet.
POWERLIFTING UPDATE: The Highlander Powerlifting Team hosted its 11th annual powerlifting
meet on Saturday, February 21st and took home the 1st place team trophy.
Grayson Brown won the 148 lb. class and took home the award for best light platform lifter at the meet
He also set three new school records with a 515 lb. squat, a 465 lb. dead lift, and a 1270 lb. total.
Grayson is currently ranked #2 in the region.
Gavin Webster won the 123 lb. class and set a new school record with a 240 lb. bench press. He also set a
new meet record with a 1075 lb. total. Gavin is currently ranked #1 in the region.
Zach Hawkins took home 4th place in the 148 lb. class and broke his own school record with a 300 lb.
bench press. Zach is currently ranked #12 in the region.
Other medalists at the meet include: Nick Provost (1st place, 114 lb. class, #10 regional ranking), Jack
Lockhart (2nd place, 114 lb. class, #19 regional ranking), AJ Ono (2nd place, 123 lb. class, #3 regional
ranking), Nigel Moyer (2nd place, 132 lb. class, #8 regional ranking), Kyle Brennan (3rd place, 181 lb.
class, #25 regional ranking), Dustin Baranowski (3rd place, 198 lb. class, #15 regional ranking), Ali
Jumili (4th place, 198 lb. class, #30 regional ranking), and Rene Troche-Baez (4th place, 220 lb. class, #6
regional ranking).
The Highlander Powerlifting Team will conclude its regular season at Navasota on February 28 before
competing in the Regional Championships at Katy Taylor on March 7.
FBLA News: Wednesday, March 4 is TWHS FBLA day at Grub Burger Bar, please go to Grub Burger
Bar and order lunch, dinner, or snack, mention you wish to support The Woodlands FBLA, and we will
get a portion of their profits. FBLA members we will have a social at Grub Burger Bar time to be
announced at our meeting. Alicia Swart and Salman Bawani are traveling to San Antonio to participate in
FBLA State Conference on March 5-7. If anyone would like to become a part of FBLA, please feel free
to e-mail Mrs. Filer at mfiler@conroeisd.net.
SKILLSUSA: The Woodlands High School came away with many awards, advancements to state, and
students accomplishing successful leadership skills during the District 7 competition held in Beaumont,
Texas this past weekend. The SkillsUSA State Competition will take place in Corpus Christi on March
25th; we wish them the best of luck!
SkillsUSA Audio Video Production had a very successful weekend at the District 7 Contest held in
Beaumont, TX. Teacher Jenny Hobbs had twenty one Audio Video Production students compete in the
District 7 hands on contests. Andrew Cruz and Caroline Long took Gold winning 1st place for Digital
Cinema Production. Maggie Toerner and Ashley Long took Silver winning 2nd place for Digital Cinema
Production. In this category students are given a video prompt the day of competition and have 12 hours
to completely script, storyboard, shoot, and edit their own original short film. Andrea Czobor, Mitch
Sawyer, Drake Seymour, and Alyssa Horne competed in the Broadcast News Production contest and
brought home the Gold winning 1st place. The students had 90 minutes to create a three minute news
broadcast and record in only one take. Gina Nguyen and Sebastian Ballesteros took Bronze winning 3rd
place in TV Production. In this competition students created a 1 minute promotional video about Lamar
University’s upcoming Cardinal Preview Day. Brittany Miller competed in the Job Interview contest and
won 1st place. For her competition she applied to be a Journalist and demonstrated the qualities of a
professional job interview. These students will go on to the state level and compete with the top
contestants from each district all over Texas hoping to secure a spot at the national contest. Each student
also submitted a video project they have worked on all year long to be scored by the judges. The
students that will be advancing to the state competition for their video projects are Veronica Pineda,
Alyssa Horne, Sebastian Ballesteros, Caroline Long, Maggie Toerner, Andrea Czobor, Andrew Cruz,
Allison Durkin, Aislinn Rice, Brittany Miller, and Ashley Long. Two students received the Judge’s
Choice award for their videos: Andrew Cruz and Maggie Toerner. Four students also competed in the
Photography job exhibit and received advancement to state. Those students were Aislinn Rice, Maggie
Toerner, Andrea Czobor, and Andrew Cruz.
In Interior Design, all five students taught by Karin Spence, advanced with superior ratings to the State
Competition for the Job Exhibit Category. Students who competed and advanced to state are: Samantha
Gannon, Ashley Lapierre Thacker, Lucy Lynch, Grace Aday, and Abby Lopez. Samantha Gannon and
Ashley Lapierre received “Best in Show”. The student projects consisted of taking on the role of an
interior designer by finding a client with a room makeover. Some students interviewed teachers or
parents as clients and designed a room using budgets and interview questions, including surveys
regarding wants and needs. Revit software and various websites were used to fully design and decorate
the rooms. To show their designs, students created professional design boards and a notebook log to
display. These boards and binders will be used in the state competition as well, and students will add
models built to scale for their presentations.
Congratulations to The Woodlands High School Culinary Quiz Bowl Team of Nicolas Buendia, Lisa
Cardinal, Shannon Knapp, Omar Saber, and Sapna Srinivasan. The team, taught by Lillie Hoover,
earned a Silver Medal for their Culinary Knowledge which included industry standards, culinary
technique, history and current food trends. The team has advanced to the SkillsUSA State Competition
in Corpus Christi. Conroe ISD Culinary Academy student Jennifer Burks, Junior earned 4th place in
Commercial Baking at SkillsUSA and will advance to the state competition in Corpus Christi.
Six Fashion Design students taught by Susan Roberts successfully competed for the first time at Skills
USA from the Woodlands High School and all six ladies brought home first place blue ribbons and have
advanced to the State competition to be held in Corpus Christi in late March. Students who competed
and advanced to state are; Abby Jones, Kylee Sanders, Laura Ramirez Garcia, Allie Pope, Klaire
Blanchard and Sicily Mader. Mader also won “Best of Show” for her “The Water’s Edge” Fashion
Design board depicting light and airy summer fashions as well as advancing to state as a first place
winner.
Teacher, Eliseo Garcia’s Architectural Students submitted projects in the Skills USA District 7 Job
Exhibit category. Several students received a superior rating and will advance to state. Let’s give a big
round of applause to students, Ariana McDaniel, Allison Hutton, Deborah Campos, Jessica Cardinal, and
Lydia Consculluela who put in their hard work to achieve this rating.
TWHS PTO BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Are you interested in getting more involved with the PTO
next year? If so, please go to our website: www.twhspto.org to look over our list of committee chairs and
executive positions for next year. We are a fun group and are looking for new people to get involved.
There are both smaller (less time-consuming) positions as well as larger ones. Our elections will take
place at the General Membership meeting in April. Questions: please contact Dana Higginbotham at
twhspto@gmail.com
TWHS GRADUATION HIGHLANDERS REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Online registration is now
OPEN! Students (or parents) can register for The Main Event 2014 Graduation Highlanders all night
lock-in party. The registration fee is now $35. The fee will increase to $40 on April 1, $45 on May 1 and
will be $50 at the door. Register now, check it off of your “to do” list for your Senior! To register online,
please visit our website: www.twhsgrad.org and click on the “2015 Registration” tab. If you prefer to
register offline, you may send in a check for $35 payable to TWHS PTO. The check MUST have your
student’s name, ID # (not social security number) and say “Graduation Highlanders Registration” on it.
Please put it in an envelope marked “TWHS PTO” and drop it off at the front desk of the main campus or
mail it to school to the attention of the PTO.
GRADUATION HIGHLANDERS DONATIONS NEEDED: Do you own a business or offer a service
that would like to donate as a prize for our graduates at our Graduation Highlanders lock-in after
graduation? Monetary donations are always appreciated but we are also looking for personal training
sessions, teeth whitening, or items like sunglasses (from an optometrist), or anything you think recent
high school graduates might like. If you have something you’d like to donate, please contact us at
twhspto@gmail.com
TWHS SPIRIT WEAR: The PTO has spirit wear available for sale every day at the front desk of both
campuses. A variety of t-shirts, shorts, hoodies, earrings, car decals and more at very reasonable prices.
Go Highlanders!
The Woodlands High School Calendar
March 2 – March 14, 2015
Monday, March 2
Red Day
Smash Club Meeting 2:45 room 341
Boys Soccer Booster Meeting 7:00 LGI
Math/Spanish Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
Tuesday, March 3
Green Day
Math/Science Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
National English Honor Society Meeting 2:45 LGI
Softball vs. Atascocita @ TWHS 4:30/6:00
Girls Soccer @ Seven Lakes 5:00/7:00
Boy’s 9th/JV Soccer vs. Cleveland @ TWHS 4:00/6:00
Wednesday, March 4
Red Day
Boys/Girls JV Track @ TWHS 4:00
Thursday, March 5
Green Day
Math/Science Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
FCA Meeting 7:00am LGI
Mu Alpha Theta Math Relay 2:45 Cafeteria
Orchestra Booster Meeting 7:00 Orchestra Room
Boys Track @ Montgomery TBA
Varsity Baseball @ Ft. Bend Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ Spring Branch Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ TWHS Tournament @ McC TBA
Varsity Softball @ HSSL Tournament TBA
Friday, March 6
Red Day
Science National Honor Society Meeting 2:45 LGI
Girls Soccer vs. Oak Ridge @ TWHS 4:00/5:30/7:30
Boys Soccer @ Oak Ridge 3:30/5:30/7:30
Tennis @ Spring Branch Tournament TBA
Girls Varsity Track @ Tomball TBA
Varsity Baseball @ Ft. Bend Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ Spring Branch Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ TWHS Tournament @ McC TBA
Varsity Softball @ HSSL Tournament TBA
Saturday, March 7
JROTC Parent Expo 8:00-12:00 JROTC Area
Tennis @ Spring Branch Tournament TBA
Girls Varsity Track @ Tomball TBA
Varsity Baseball @ Ft. Bend Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ Spring Branch Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ TWHS Tournament @ McC TBA
Varsity Softball @ HSSL Tournament TBA
Monday, March 9
Green Day
Math/Spanish Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
Smash Club 2:45 room 341
Cheerleader Tryout Clinic 4:00 Gym 2
Student Council Meeting 6:00 Cafeteria
Interact Meeting 7:00 Cafeteria
Shattered Lives Parent Meeting 7:00 Auditorium
Tuesday, March 10
Red Day
Math/Science Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
Cheerleader Tryout Clinic 4:00 Gym 2
Project Purple Meeting 3:00 room 121
Highstepper Show Off 6:30 Gym 1
FFA Meeting 7:00 room 129/131
JV Softball vs.Kinkaid @ TWHS 5:30
Wednesday, March 11
Green Day
Cheerleader Tryout Clinic 4:00 Gym 2
Boys/Girls JV Track @ College Park 4:00
Thursday, March 12
Red Day
Math/Science Tutorials 5:30-7:30 room 201
FCA Meeting 7:00am LGI
PTO Board Meeting 9:30 Conference Room 2
Cheerleader Tryouts 3:00 Gyms
JV Girls White Soccer @ Oak Ridge 5:00
Band Concert 6:30 Auditorium
Varsity Baseball @ Highland Park Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ TWHS Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ Klein Tournament TBA
Girls Varsity Track @ TWHS Wacky Relays TBA
Friday, March 13
Green Day
End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Boys Soccer vs. Summer Creek @ TWHS 3:30/5:30/7:30
Girls Soccer @ Summer Creek 5:00/7:00
Girls JV Red Soccer vs. Cleveland @ TWHS 5:00
Varsity Baseball @ Highland Park Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ TWHS Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ Klein Tournament TBA
Saturday, March 14
SAT @ TWHS 8:00
Varsity Baseball @ Highland Park Tournament TBA
JV Baseball @ TWHS Tournament TBA
Sophomore Baseball @ Klein Tournament TBA
The Conroe Independent School District (District) as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in educational programs or activities that it
operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended,
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.
For information about Title IX rights or Section 504/ADA rights, contact the Title IX Coordinator or the Section 504/ADA
coordinator at 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, Texas 77304; (936) 709-7752.