Art

Rowlett students won the most ribbons in the GISD Art I and Advanced Art shows. We are very proud of the RHS students.

G.I.S.D. Student Art Show - 2008 Art 1 Winners

• Drawing (Black & White) Pencil
  • Honorable Mention - Christian Solano & Eric Mendez
• Drawing (Color) - Other Color Drawing Media
  • 1st Place - Dina Durkin
  • Honorable Mention - Tyler Guinn, Cody Southworth, Jerik Perralis, Weston Kurtz, Amy Hampton, Dina Durkin & Krista Newman
• 2D Multi media - More than 1 media used
  • 3rd Place Sarah Malik
• Printmaking (All Printmaking Media)
  • 1st Place – Michael Durkin
• Painting (Transparent) Watercolor
  • 2nd Place - Jon Baker Honorable Mention Slavador Diaz DeLeon, Sultan Malik, & Julia Benitez
• Ceramics (Coil) Clay
  • 2nd Place - José Medeles
• Ceramics (Combination) Clay
  • 2nd Place - Fernando Ramirez
  • Honorable Mention - Nicole Meyer
• Sculpture Wood
  • 1st Place - Melissa Defjen
  • 2nd Place - Frida Durkin
  • 3rd Place - Hannah Bracke
• Sculpture Plaster
  • 1st Place - Matt Erbe
  • 2nd Place - Heather Harsch
  • 3rd Place - A.J
• . Young Sculpture Paper
  • 3rd Place - Christian Solano
  • Honorable Mention - Justin Parsons & Brad Zoeller
• Sculpture Metal
  • 2nd Place - Victor Trevizo Sculpture
• Other –Multi Media
  • 1st Place - Alex Sarlay
• Textile (Any Fiber Media)
  • Honorable Mention - Alber Molina
• Sculpture Clay
  • Zank Johnson
• Illustrative Study (Copy work) Any Media
  • 1st Place - Alley Ashworth
  • Honorable Mention - Alysha Huseman, De Richardson & Anna Beaucamp
• Photography
  • 2nd Place - Ashley Vertz
  • Honorable Mention - Brandi Wolfe
• Computer Art
  • 2nd Place - Ashley Vertz

G.I.S.D. Student Art Show - 2008 Advanced Winners

• Best of Show - Ilisa Glick
• Black and White Charcoal Drawing (Black and White) Pencil
  • 1st Place - Tisa Djahangiri
  • Honorable Mention - Tara Semon & Jerel Gue
• Drawing (Black and white) Pen and Ink
  • 3rd Place - Elise Calhoun
  • Honorable Mention - Mark Frederick & Ilisa Glick
• Drawing (Black and White) Charcoal, Scratchboard, Other
  • 1st Place - Ilisa Glick
  • 2nd Place - Cristal Castillo
  • 3rd Place - Mark Frederick
  • Honorable Mention - Dannie Elliott, Mark Frederick & Cristal Castillo
• Drawing (Color) Prisma
  • 3rd Place - Elise Calhoun
  • Honorable Mention - Tom Bouras & Ilisa Glick
• Drawing (Color) Other Color Drawing Media
  • 2nd Place - Dalton Frazier
  • Honorable Mention - Kristyn Gallogly, Ilisa Glick, Theresa Balderas, Sky Blue & Molly Buchanon
• Collage
  • 2nd Place - Krista Darden
  • 3rd Place - Katie Rivers
  • Honorable Mention - Elise Calhoun
• Multi Media More than 1 media used
  • 1st Place - Katie Rivers
  • Honorable Mention - Spencer Nelson & Katie Rivers
• Painting Transparent (Watercolor)
  • 3rd Place - Chelsea Robinson
  • Honorable Mention - Deana Sanchez, Krista Darden & Elise Calhoun
• Photography
  • 1st Place - Krista Darden
  • Honorable Mention - Chelsea Robinson
• Painting Opaque (Oil, Acrylic, etc)
  • 2nd Place - Ilisa Glick
  • Honorable Mention - Elise Calhoun
• Ceramics - Pinch
  • 3rd Place - Aleksandra Kljaic
• Ceramics – Slab
  • 2nd Place - Blake Paul
  • Honorable Mention - Ana Garcia
• Sculpture – Relief
  • 1st Place - Joseph Wilson
  • 2nd Place - Nuttida Aimsila
• Sculpture – Clay
  • 1st Place - Darlene Arredondo
  • Honorable Mention - Ana Garcia
• Textile Any Fiber Media
  • 1st Place - Jacob Simmons
• Illustrative Study (Copy Work ) Any Media
  • 2nd Place - Deana Sanchez

Baseball

The RHS Varsity Baseball team clinched the District Championship by beating Garland on Friday, April 18. The team is 26-0-2 and currently undefeated in district 13-0, with a chance to be perfect in district when they face NFHS for the final game on Friday, April 25, at 7:00 pm.

Bowling

Congratulations to the bowling team for making it to State. On Friday, March 28, the bowling team will leave for Houston when school is out for the day. Go Eagles! Win State!

BPA

Congratulations to the Rowlett High School Business Professionals of America. They competed in Regional competition this past Saturday, January 19, 2008. They produced more winners than any other BPA in the Garland district. We have six students (in bold) advancing to the state competition which will be held in March, 2008.

• Kyli Rosson - Fundamental Accounting
• Edwin Molina - Banking & Finance
• Pedro Trevino - Legal Office Procedures
• Kailey Joyce - Medical Office Procedures
• Joseph Hoffman - Database Applications
• Courtney Thomas - Entrepreneurship
• Jon Mayhall - Small Business Mgmt Team
• Eric Ische - Small Business Mgmt Team
• Clark Caperton - Small Business Mgmt Team
• Lequese Dejournett - Graphic Design Promotion
• Clark Caperton - Advanced Interview Skills
• Joe Hoffman - Insurance concepts
• Jared Jarrett - Insurance concepts
• Joe Hoffman - Management/Marketing/Human Resources
• Joe Hoffman - Administrative Support Concepts

Honorable mentions to Natasha Reddy, Kamesha Coleman, and Yvette DeLeon.

Choir

Congratulations are in order for Rowlett’s Choir students who participated in the recent U.I.L Solo and Ensemble Contest held on Saturday, February 23, at Sachse High School.

26 students attaining Superior Solo ratings were:

Kathleen Arban, Sarah Blumhardt, Brittany Branch, Rachel Chapman, Hendric Chatman, Lauren Eisenbeck, Becca Guyer, Allison Hare, Eric Heatley, Alyson Henry, Joanna Horton, Marissa Jackson, Trevor Jones, Mindy Knight, Kara LeTourneau, Kate LeTourneau, Molly Litteral, Ashley Martin, Nicole Mattson, Jeff McEvilly, Kelsey Noren, Amanda Pickett, Talia’ Prince, Ethan Shropshire, Blake Thrasher, & Elise Young.

8 students receiving Excellent Solo ratings were:

Bethany Boucher, Shelbi Langner, Chris Lanoux, Krystle Magalong, Catherine Mitchell, Heather Philpot, Lauren Pugh, and Prisca Simon.

In addition, the Chamber Singers received a Superior rating in the Medium Ensemble category. Congratulations to these hard working students and best wishes as the Chamber Singers prepare for their upcoming Madrigal Dinner to be held on March 7 & 8.

DECA

On February 1 and February 2, DECA (the marketing club) did it AGAIN! For a second straight year, we had the strongest district participation and led the district in the number of District winners! Please congratulate the following marketers when you see them:

• Senior, Aaron Hengst – Automotive Services Marketing Series
• Senior, Jonathan Story - Automotive Services Marketing Series
• Junior, Jeffrey Fletcher – Food Marketing Series
• Junior, Brandon Williams – Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series
• Senior, Gladys Aguirre – Advertising Campaign Event (team event)
• Junior, Bailey Stearns - Advertising Campaign Event (team event)
• Senior, Danielle Whie - Advertising Campaign Event (team event)

All these students have qualified for State in Corpus Christi at the end of the month. ¡Viva Marketing!

Golf

Congratulations to the Boys’ Golf Team for winning its 4th District Championship in the last 6 years. The Eagles are ranked 4th in the state of Texas and now move on with our Girls’ Team to Regionals in Waco. WAY TO GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOSA

The weekend of February 1-2, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competed in Area III Competition in Dallas. We had an unprecedented number of winners in various medical arenas. Please congratulate the following outstanding students:

• 1st Place
  • Caitlin Strackbein - Nutrition
  • Jacob Newman - Sports Medicine
  • Corey McCarrell - CERT Team Event
  • Monisha Parikh - CERT Team Event
• 2nd Place
  • Aneth "Stefany" Flores - Nutrition
• 3rd Place
  • Chase Reimer - Physical Therapy
• 4th Place Jennifer
  • John - Medical Math
  • Tammy Tran - Dental Terminology
  • Vivian Hernandez - Health Education Team Event
  • Lauren Silva - Health Education Team Event
  • Danielle Smith - Health Education Team Event

Publications

These publications staffers received Honorable Mention ratings in the Texas Association of Journalism Educators fall contest. The awards were given for stories published in the Eagle Edition.

• Curtis Kendall - news/feature category
• Will Fox - news/feature category
• Caitlin Swearingen - news category

The contest included hundreds of entries from around the state. We are so excited and proud of these senior staffers!

Rhythmettes

The Rhythmette JV competition team had their first contest this past Saturday and the girls did SO GOOD that Ms. Mitchell wanted to share the group's awards!

Here are all the awards they received:

• Officers Award of Excellence
• Team Award of Excellence
• Gussie Nell Davis Award (90 or above on every routine from every judge)

They also received judges award in the following dances (judges favorite dance)

• Officer Jazz
• Team Novelty
• Officer Lyrical
• Officer Modern

The girls were also picked for best:

• overall technique officers
• overall technique team
• overall presentation team
• overall precision officers
• overall precision team
• overall choreography officers

And last but not least the Rhythmettes won BEST IN CLASS OFFICERS and BEST IN CLASS TEAM! This is the award for the top highest combined scores and declared as the WINNER!!

Silver Rhythm Dancers

Congratulations to the new 2008-2009 SRD Officers!

• Captain: Chance Greenwood
• 1st Lieutenant: Megan Hancock Jr.
• Lieutenant: Kelsie Buckner Jr.
• Lieutenant: Kensie Brown

The Silver Rhythm Dancers competed at Nationals/Internationals this weekend in Denton. The contest hosted over 135 teams, from Hawaii to Australia. The team and officers brought home many top honor awards.....

National Champion Officer Squad
National Champion Officer Jazz
National Champion Officer Lyrical
National Champion Officer Novelty
National Champion 1st runner up Officer Modern
National Champion Platinum Team
Gussie Nell Davis Award of Excellence
National Champion Team Prop
National Champion Team Lyrical
National Champion Team Pom
National Champion Team Production
National Champion 1st runner up Large Team
International Winner Team Prop
International 1st runner up Team Lyrical
International Winner Team Pom
International 2nd runner up Team Production
International 2nd runner up Overall Team

Crowdpleasers Competition March 8, 2008:

Officers

• SRD Officers- Super Sweepstakes
• Best in Class- Officer Jazz 1st runner up
• Crowd Pleaser Award- Officer Lyrical
• Outstanding officer group- 2nd runner up

Platinum Dancers

• 1st Place Winner Large Ensemble

SRD Team Awards

• Overall Grand Champion- 1st place winner
• Super Sweepstakes
• Outstanding technique- Lyrical
• Best in Class- Pom- 1st runner up
• Best in Class- Lyrical-1st place winner
• Best in Class- Production- 1st place winner

Soccer Team

Way to go Eagles! The boys varsity team beat Plano 3-2 on Tuesday night, April 1, and will go to the 4th round of the playoffs. It was a great game. The next game will be on Friday, April 4, at 4:00 p.m. in Georgetown.

Softball

Congratulations to Diane Jones and our Lady Eagles Softball Team for being in the playoffs again this year. Their first game will be against Plano East there on Thursday evening, April 24. We will play here on Friday evening, April 25,and then a neutral site on Saturday morning, April 26.

Track

Samuell Relays , March 8, 2008 - Varsity Girls team placed 3rd and scored 97 points!!!!!

Event	Place	Time
Varsity 4 x 100 relay Lauren Benton Micaela Cherry Brianna Butler Natasha Peoples	6th	50.12
Varsity 4 x 200 relay Micaela Cherry Jasmine Norton Yvonne Kanayo Natasha Peoples	4th	1:46.42
Varsity 4 x 400 relay Brianna Butler Jasmine Norton Erinne Hart Jessica Ejesieme	4th	4:17.76
Varsity 100 meter hurdles Jessica Ejesieme	2nd	15.77
Varsity 300 meter hurdles Jessica Ejesieme	3rd	48.35
Varsity 100 meter dash Lauren Benton	5th	13.12
Varsity 200 meter dash Micaela Cherry	5th	27.38
Varsity 400 meter dash Erinne Hart	5th	64.15
Varsity 800 meter run Erinne Hart Yvonne Kanayo	4th 5th	2:35.98 2:41.41
Varsity 3200 meter run Kristen Miller	3rd	12:23.47
Varsity High Jump Place Height Brianna Butler Lauren Benton	6th 6th	4’ 4” 4’ 4”
Varsity Pole Vault Jordan McDowell	1st	9’ 0”
Varsity Long Jump Place Distance Natasha Peoples Micaela Cherry	1st 5th	17’ 5” 16’ 6 ½”
Varsity Triple Jump Natasha Peoples Micaela Cherry	1st 9th	35’ 7” 31” 9 ½”
Varsity Discus Amari Richardson Heather Rigby	1st 4th	100’ 1” 86’ 2”
Varsity Shot Put Dannie Elliott	4th	33’ 1 ½”
Junior Varsity 4 x 100 relay Kirsten Holliness Abigail Okolo Karneshia Adams Raven Revels	5th	55.70
Junior Varsity 4 x 200 relay Kirsten Holliness Abigail Okolo Karneshia Adams Jennifer Sias	6th	1:58.25
Junior Varsity 4 x 800 relay Eunique Jones Dina Durkin Denise Oliveres Sheridan Najera	3rd	11:50.32
Junior Varsity Distance Medley Kandys Landry Tisa Djahangiri Denise Oliveres Dina Durkin	2nd	15:26.08
Junior Varsity Sprint Medley Relay Kirsten Holliness Abigail Okolo Karneshia Adams Jennifer Sias	4th	2:37.08
Junior Varsity Discus Place Distance Megan Sanchez Tineshia Bustos Raven Revels	1st 2nd 7th	84’ 7” 84’ 1” 61’ 6”
Junior Varsity Shot Put Tineshia Bustos Raven Revels Megan Sanchez	3rd 7th 11th	29’ 5” 25’ 5” 22’ 9 ½”
Junior Varsity Long Jump Karneshia Adams	4th	12’ 11 ¼”
Junior Varsity High Jump Kirsten Holliness	2nd	4’ 2”

Runner of the Week for March 7, 2008

Varsity runner of the week: Jessica Ejesieme

Varsity Field Event athletes of the week: Natasha Peoples and Amari Richardson

JV runners of the week: Distance Medley team: Kandys Landry, Tisa Djahangiri, Denise Oliveres, and Dina Durkin.

JV field event athlete of the week: Megan Sanchez