Blanco High School

Please check the schedule below and make note of the ones of interest to you.

March 1 - Blanco Softball Tournament

March 1 - Ingram Baseball Tournament

March 1 - TTCA Regional Tennis in Mason

March 1 - FFA CDE Contests - Katy

March 2 - TTCA Regional Tennis in Mason

March 2 - FFA CDE Contests - Katy

March 2 - Blanco Softball Tournament

March 2 - Ingram Baseball Tournament

March 2 - Girls Regional Powerlifting Meet @ Dublin

March 2 - One Act Play District Contest @ Ingram

March 4 - Boys Golf @ Comfort

March 4 - JV Baseball @ Johnson City - 4 PM

March 4 - Softball vs Fredericksburg - 6 PM

March 6 - Girls Golf @ Comfort

March 7 - Blanco Varsity Baseball Tournament

March 7 - Band Solo and Ensemble

March 7 - Track @ Llano

March 7 - JV Tennis @ Canyon Lake

March 8 - Blanco Varsity Baseball Tournament

March 8 - State Team Tennis @ Waco - or - Varsity Tennis @ Canyon Lake

March 8 - Softball @ Llano - 6 PM

March 9 - Blanco Varsity Baseball Tournament

March 9 - State Team Tennis @ Waco

March 9 - Boys Regional Powerlifting @ West

March 11 - 15 - Blanco ISD Spring Break

March 11 - Baseball vs Harper - 11 AM

March 11 - Softball vs Ingram - 6 PM

The following students earned designations based on their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT test taken earlier this year.

Rylee Aguilar - National Rural and Small Town Recognition & National Hispanic Recognition

Ella Baker - National Rural and Small Town Recognition

Andrew Binz - National First-Generation Recognition

Cooper Cate - National Rural and Small Town Recognition

Perry Faught - National Rural and Small Town Recognition

Korina Forsberg - National Rural and Small Town Recognition & National First-Generation Recognition

Mitchell Frazier - National Rural and Small Town Recognition & National First-Generation Recognition

Kostyn Hoffman - National First-Generation Recognition

Kairo Martinez - National Rural and Small Town Recognition, National Hispanic Recognition, & National First-Generation Recognition

Colby Murphree - National Rural and Small Town Recognition

Brooke Stille - National Rural and Small Town Recognition & National First-Generation Recognition

Clark White - National Hispanic Recognition

CONGRATULATIONS to all of these students for these honors and for their hard academic work! Congratulations to their teachers and families for the help and support they provide to help these students achieve.

Blanco ISD participates in the Teacher Incentive Allotment program. This program was established by the state a few years ago to reward teachers for helping students achieve academic growth and for their teacher evaluation (T-TESS) scores. A team of teachers and administrators worked together to come up with the plan which was then submitted to the state for approval.

Based on their degree of student growth and T-TESS scores, teachers in certain subject areas can be designated as recognized, exemplary, or a master teacher. Each designation includes a monetary bonus paid to the teacher from the state through BISD which they receive for 5 years.

In 2023 - BHS teachers Jane Karnes (RLA) and Jennifer Seales (Math) both earned recognized designations.

This year Stefanie Roemer (Math) earned an exemplary designation while Jane Karnes (RLA) moved from recognized to master teacher designation.

We are very happy for our teachers to earn these designations and look forward to adding new names to the list next year.

JR Voyles was selected as the Blanco ISD teacher of the month for February. Mr. Voyles was recognized by the Blanco Board of Trustees at their meeting on February 26. Mr. Voyles teaches a variety of Math classes at BHS. Congratulations Mr. Voyles!

Trey Kuzins was selected as the Blanco HS Student of the Month for February. Trey is a Junior and was nominated because of his friendly attitude, his willingness to help others, drive to be successful in class, and his ability to overcome adversity. Congratulations Trey!

Both Trey and Mr. Voyles received a congratulatory card and a Blanco ISD coin to commemorate their selection for this honor.

HOSA students helped out with the CoAPT day at BMS last week. They taught a class to BMS students about methods to stop bleeding. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and giving back to our younger BISD students. Lindsey Elrod is the HOSA sponsor.

BHS Maintenance Man extraordinaire, Julio Alegria, has announced his retirement, to be effective in March of 2024. Mr. Alegria has been with Blanco ISD for over 20 years. We will be sad to lose such a contributing member of our school family. However, we are happy for him and wish him the best in his retirement.

The BHS Staff celebrated with Mr. Alegria with a lunch on Friday, February 16 - during their staff development.

Congratulations and Best Wishes Julio!

BHS hosted an informational meeting Tuesday (2/27) for parents of incoming freshmen. BHS Counselor Deeanna McLendon explained the high school experience, graduation requirements, class choice sheets, etc. Teachers attended to promote their groups, clubs, and organizations. Thank you to parents for attending and helping to pave the way to HS for your students.

The FFA Judging Teams were on the road this week to compete in Karnes City. The Poultry Judging Team finished second. Mitchell Frazier was the second place individual overall. The Entomology Team was 6th. Cassie Hartman was the 7th place individual. The Vet Science team finished 8th. Congratulations to these students. Mr. Kersten is the FFA advisor.

Plans are underway for the 2024 Prom. Upperclassmen, make sure to reserve the date - April 13. The Prom will be held at Carriage Hills.

HOSA is having a food and blanket drive for a pet shelter. They are in need of food, blankets, towels, sheets, wood shavings, etc. If you have items you would like to donate, they are collecting through March 7.

Good luck to Nessah Marquette, Kylie Ridner, Vanessa Barrera, and Alex Hartman. These ladies have qualified for the Regional Powerlifting Meet and will compete on Saturday (March 2) in Dublin. Congratulations!

The BHS Boys and Girls Golf teams competed at Wimberley this week. Sophia Young was the individual winner on the girls side posting a score of 79.

The boys will be at Comfort on Monday (March 4). The girls will play in Comfort on Wednesday (March 6).

JV tennis got their season underway on February 22 at Fredericksburg.

Caden Wood and Emme West were 4th in mixed doubles.

Ava Silva was 4th in girls singles.

The Regional Team Tennis Tournament will be held in Mason on March 1-2 for Varsity team members.

Softball team played in the Marion Tournament Feb 23 - 24. They blitzed through the field and won all of their games in the tournament taking home the championship trophy. Erika Calzoncit, Celeste Ledesma, Morgan Clark, and Landry Meyer were named to the all tournament team. The girls hosted Marion on Feb 27 winning 20-10. They will play in the Blanco Tournament Thursday - Saturday (Feb 29 - March 2).

Game times are:

11 AM Friday

3 PM Friday

9 AM Saturday

11 AM Saturday

* The girls came up short in their opening game against Marion in the Blanco Tournament.

Baseball played in the Marion Tournament Friday - Saturday (Feb 23-24). They won 2 and lost 2 in the tournament. They played MISL in San Antonio on Feb 26 coming away with a 1-0 win. They will be in the Ingram Tournament Feb 29 - March 2. JV will play at Johnson City March 5 at 4 PM. The Varsity will be in the Blanco Baseball Tournament March 7 - 9.

* The boys won their first 2 games in the Ingram Tournament on Thursday.

The Track teams were in Comfort on February 29.

The JV Boys finished second. The Varsity Boys finished third.

The JV Girls were second. The Varsity Girls finished in FIRST place to win the varsity division of the meet.

The teams will travel to Llano on March 7.

Lots of work is being done and dirt is being moved for the Educational Center for the Arts. Things are on track and on schedule. The pad is almost complete.

Things are starting to progress with the field house. Major work removing pavement and moving dirt started this week. They are working to create the pad and getting it level with the track. The field house should be ready early in the upcoming football season if things remain on schedule.

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:

Mr. Voyles for being named the BISD Teacher of the Month.

Trey Kuzins for being selected as the BHS Student of the Month

Ms. Karnes and Ms. Roemer for receiving TIA designations

HOSA students for their presentation at BMS

PSAT/NMSQT students for their recognitions

Girl Powerlifters for qualifying for the Regional Meet

Softball for their win over Marion Tuesday

Baseball for their win over MISL Monday, and their wins in the Ingram Tournament Thursday

Ms. McLendon, Mr. Raley, and all of the BHS teachers who attended the incoming freshman parent meeting

Track Teams for their success at Comfort

FFA Judging Teams for their success at Karnes City

Coach Seales, Coach Karnes, and Coach Dixon for hosting a successful softball tournament this week

Blanco ISD is utilizing online athletic ticket sales this year for all HOME games. This is for ALL Sports. The tickets can be purchased from the Blanco ISD website https://www.blancoisd.com/ There is a link to the online ticket site on the BISD main page. Alternately, you can also go directly to the ticketing site - https://www.blancoisd.com/367354_2

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.

Have questions or need assistance? Here is contact information:

Blanco High School - 1215 4th St., Blanco, TX - 78606 -- Phone 830-833-4337

Brad Kinney - Principal - brad.kinney@blancoisd.org

Jake Raley - Assistant Principal - jacob.raley@blancoisd.org

Deeanna McLendon - Counselor - deeanna.mclendon@blancoisd.org

Amy Hackebeil - Academic Dean - amy.hackebeil@blancoisd.org

Lisa Petri - Registrar - lisa.petri@blancoisd.org

Monique Pennington - Secretary - monique.pennington@blancoisd.org