January 19 - Boys and Girls Basketball @ Llano - 5 PM
Janaury 20 - Powerlifting at East Central HS
January 22 - Fall Sports Banquet - 6 PM
January 23 - Boys and Girls Basketball @ Ingram - 5 PM
January 24 - Band performance at San Antonio Spurs Basketball Game
January 24 - Blanco ISD Board Meeting - 7 PM - BHS Cafeteria
January 25 - Powerlifting at Llano
January 25 - Baseball Parent Meeting - 6 PM - BHS Cafeteria
January 26 - Boys and Girls Basketball @ Florence
January 27 - Softball Scrimmage - 11 AM
On Saturday (January 13) at 6 AM, 15 of our BHS students were boarding the bus to Burnet High School to compete in the first UIL Academic invitational contest of the school year. We were competing against Georgetown, Llano, Brady, Burnet, Belton Gateway and Liberty Hill.
BHS took first place with our Literary Criticism team, with Julianna Foley, Sophie Blankenburg, and Korina Forsberg. Medalling individually, Juilanna earned 1st place, and Sophie, 4th place overall.
A second place team medal was earned by the Accounting team of Mitchell Frazier, Fuyu Dai & Celeste Campa. Mitchell also earned 3rd place overall, and Fuyu earned 6th place.
BHS won the 3rd place team award in Current Issues and Events with Clark White, Stephen Arnold, Sophie Blankenburg, and Ella Baker, who also placed 4th individually.
The Calculator team of Korina Forsberg, Fuyu Dai, Mitchell Frazier, Celeste Campa, Cambel Plahy and Hailee Weiner also took 3rd place.
Perla Galvan earned 4th place in Editorial Writing, Faith Tucker earned 5th place in Headline Writing, and Alex Hutton came in 6th in Copy Editing.
Congratulations to everyone who competed, and their coaches.
The City of Blanco has had some recent challenges with their water system due to the colder temperatures. This has affected BHS as well. While water service was not interrupted at BHS, the recent water boil notice required BHS to disable all water fountains and bottle fill stations. Students were asked to bring bottled water for their own use and there are bottles of water in the office for students who forgot or who ran through the water supply they brought. Although the boil notice is no longer in effect, BHS has water stations disabled until we can flush lines and change out filters on those stations. We are doing this to ensure the safety of our students and staff. This process should be completed by Monday and students will be able to access the water fountains and fill stations at that time. Thank you for your assistance and patience as we have dealt with the water issues the last few days.
The girls basketball team traveled to Comfort on Friday (Jan 12) and added to their district win total in the process. The win put the Panthers at 3-0. The Panthers hosted Brady on Wednesday (Jan 17). Due to the icy conditions and cold weather the games were moved to Wednesday instead of Tuesday. The girls fell behind early and could never overcome that deficit. They dropped their first game of the district schedule and are now 3-1. There was no JV game due to the games being rescheduled. The girls will travel to Llano on Friday (Jan 19) to round out the first half of their district schedule. They will begin the second half on Tuesday (Jan 23) at Ingram and travel to Florence on Friday (Jan 26).
The boys basketball team opened their district schedule on Friday (Jan 12) when they traveled to Comfort. The Panthers got the district schedule off on the right foot beating the Bobcats and going 1-0. The Panthers hosted Brady on Wednesday (Jan 17). This game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was moved to Wednesday due to the icy conditions earlier in the week. In a back and forth game most of the way, the Panthers held tough and with the scored tied and the clock winding down, found a way to win as Justin Karnes hit a 3 point shot with 2 seconds left. Brady was unable to answer and the Panthers ran their district mark to 2-0. The boys will travel to Llano on Friday (Jan 19), Ingram (Jan 23), and will finish the first half of their district schedule at Florence (Jan 26).
Now is the time to prepare for final exam exemptions. Seniors can earn exemptions from all exams.
Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors can be exempt from up to 4 exams.
Students who wish to be exempt must meet the following criteria for the Spring Semester:
Min. average of 80 in the class they wish to exempt - for 4th, 5th, and 6th six week grading periods.
No ISS or DAEP Placements
No fines or fees outstanding
No more than 3 absences for the semester - the only absences that will not count toward this total are those that are recognized as excused by the State of Texas. Please be aware that parent notes are NOT considered excused absences by the state. The list of approved absences is below.
- required court appearance
- citizenship paperwork appointments
- serving as a elections clerk
- observance of religious holidays (festivals, or ceremonies not included)
- court ordered family visitation when it is not practical at another time
- conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
- medical appointment with a healthcare professional/Dr. visits
- mental health or therapy appointments
- college visit for juniors or seniors - with appropriate paperwork (2 days max)
- visit with a parent who is being deployed or returning from deployment
- enlistment in the military or Texas National Guard
- playing Taps at a military funeral in Texas
- school sponsored activities
- obtaining a driver's license (1 day)
Students who earn and request exemptions are exempt from the exam, but not from attending school on that day.
No major news to report since last week. Progress is being made on the Educational Center for the Arts. Things are on track and on schedule.
Fencing has started going up and construction will begin soon on the field house/weight room at the stadium.
Check back for more details as the construction process progresses.
In an effort to recognize contributions and accomplishments of BHS students and staff, we will be giving shout outs to individuals or groups who have made and impact, represented Blanco HS well, done a good deed, gone above and beyond expectations, extended a helping hand, received an award, or just did something cool. These are the BHS Shout Outs for the week:
BISD School Board members for their service to the students, staff, and community of Blanco.
Girls Basketball for their win over Comfort.
Boys basketball for their wins over Comfort and Brady.
Nessah Marquette, Kylie Ridner, and Alex Hartman for placing in the first powerlifting meet of the season.
The UIL Academics participants and coaches for their strong showing at the first meet of the season in Burnet.
Athletic Tickets
Fans can also download the Home Town Ticketing app to their smartphone and order tickets through the app.
Tickets are usually available for purchase 3-5 days prior to the contest. In person (cash) tickets will not be available at the gate/door.
This will only apply to BISD HOME games. We have no control over how other schools sell their tickets. If other venues require online ticketing, we will provide that information as soon as we have it.
