Project Graduation Meeting Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 6:00pm
Senior Parents:
Tuesday, January 19th at 6:00pm in the WHS Cafeteria we will be having a Project Graduation meeting to organize this years' event. This is a post-graduation event for our seniors that is hosted by the WHS Senior class parents.
Please join us for this very important meeting.
WHS CHEER TRY-OUT Schedule has changed!
2016 WHS Cheer Program Tryout Schedule
Informational Meeting
February 25rd, 2016 in WHS cafeteria
You must attend this meeting with your parents to be eligible for try-outs.
Practice Dates
Tuesday, March 8th; Wednesday, March 9th; & Thursday, March 10th
Try-out Date
Friday, March 11, 2016
All Cheer Practices and Try-outs will be held in WHS Outback!
Click here for more information: http://tinyurl.com/WHScheertryoutsinfo
ROO SCHOLARSHIP REPORT
The January ROO Scholarship Report has many new scholarship opportunities which include:
Texas Telephone Association Foundation Scholarship
The McFarland Fund Scholarship
W. Price Jr. Memorial Scholarship
AJX Foundation Scholarship
The Fountainhead Essay Contest
Click here for more information: http://tinyurl.com/JanuaryRooScholarships
Final Push On MelonVine Yearbook Pre-Order
The MelonVine staff has an Exact Quantity deadline of JANUARY 31st. Please go to Smart-Pay.com to order yours today! Some books may be available for a $100 cash sale upon delivery, but those will be less in number than in the past. We want everyone to have a book!
More pages, more pictures than ever before!
For more information students can come see Mrs. Gilley in Room F210.
News from the WHS Band
This past weekend, 23 Weatherford Band students competed for a spot in the All-State Band. Cody Coen won 1st chair bassoon and Caleb Moss won 1st chair euphonium for a spot in the All-State Band. These two outstanding musicians beat out competition from 4 regions that stretches from Arlington to El Paso.
Cody and Caleb will travel to San Antonio to participate in the All-State Band Clinic and Concert from February 10-14.
Three WHS students earn seat in the Texas All State Choir
At WHS, we begin summer All State Workshops the first Monday in August and work until school starts. The first round is held in September. In our Region, over 150 students auditioned for each voice part to earn their way to the second round. At round 2, the top 48 are narrowed to the top 12. In the third round, those 12 are narrowed down to the top 5. Those 5 advance to the Area round. We competed this weekend with 4 other Regions that stretch from Grapevine to El Paso. These were the top 20 singers from the over 600 who began auditioning in their voice part. The top four of each voice part from each Area make the Texas All State Mixed Choir and places 5-10 make either the All State Men's or Women's Chorus. Statewide over 10,000 students auditioned for less than 300 seats in 1 of 3 All State Choirs.
These three ladies earned a seat in the Texas All State Choir for the second year in a row.
Lili Holguin 1st Chair Soprano 1 Texas All State Mixed Choir
Rachel Ward 3rd Chair Alto 1 Texas All State Mixed Choir
Emily Hatch 10th Chair Alto 1 Texas All State Women's Choir
All three students study voice with Carol Pyle and are members of WHS A Cappella Mixed Choir and Kanga Singers.
Come by the choir room to see our perennial plaque which honors every WHS Choir student who earned a place in the Texas All State Choir since its inception.
News from the Criminal Justice Club
The Criminal Justice Club went to district competition this weekend and the students did an excellent job!! All the students worked very hard, competed in many difficult scenarios and made Weatherford proud!
We had 7 students who will progress to state.
Kaci Jones 2nd place felony traffic stop
Ethan Blakenship 2nd place felony traffic stop
Colton Dees 2nd place felony traffic stop
Nicole Patterson 2nd place Crime Case Analysis
Taylor Lowery 2nd place Crime Case Analysis
Cody McMurray 2nd place male obstacle course
Michael (Mikey) Smith 3rd place Fire Search and Rescue
Weatherford FFA Tractor Technician team finishes well at competition.
The Weatherford FFA Tractor Technician team traveled to Wallis, TX over the weekend to compete in the Brazos Tractor Tech Competition. The team had an outstanding day and finished second, overall. Kaleb Watson, Ryan Carper, and Andy Wiley successfully repaired three tractor system failures and were able to get their tractor running and through the driver's safety course. Andy was also recognized for finishing in 6th place, individually.
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Time: 10:41-11:20 AM
Speaker: Anne Cates
Topic: Documentary Filmmaking and Cultural Exchanges
Anne Cates is a documentarian. We are working on creating a cultural exchange between a school in Africa (Uganda in particular). She will be talking about how she became a documentary film maker.
She will also be talking about her current project called "Out Of The Ashes" and these sites will explain in more detail what the film is about. Students involved in her project in Uganda spoke with students on our campus. Some of the students we met last week will be featured in this documentary.
website: http://deannellc.com/documentaries/
blog: http://deannellc.com/news/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/outoftheashesdoc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Out_OfTheAshes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outoftheashesdoc/
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Time: 10:41-11:20 AM
Speaker: Dan Malone, Professor from Tarleton in Journalism
Topic: First Amendment Rights
Here’s an article about some of his work on the topic.
About Us
Email: lbarnes@weatherfordisd.com
Website: http://whs-hs.weatherfordisd.edlioschool.com/
Location: 2121 Bethel Road, Weatherford, TX, United States
Phone: (817) 598-2858
Twitter: @WHSGrassBurr
