The Woodlands High School Highlander Happenings November 14 ...
The Woodlands High School Highlander Happenings November 14 ...
The Woodlands High School Highlander Happenings November 14 ...
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CHEERLEADERS - All 71 cheerleaders participated in charity walks the past two weekends. Thank<br />
you ladies for volunteering your Saturday to walk to cure Diabetes and ALS. <strong>The</strong> varsity cheerleaders<br />
also had the opportunity to cheer at <strong>The</strong> Conservatory last Wednesday. <strong>The</strong> girls enjoyed visiting with<br />
the residence and spreading the <strong>High</strong>lander spirit.<br />
FFA NEWS - Congratulations to the following TWHS FFA Leadership teams on their performance at<br />
District contest. <strong>The</strong> Greenhand Quiz Team placed 6th Place Overall. <strong>The</strong> team was made up of Dayna<br />
Lawrence (3rd individual), Lauren Thomason and Lauren Dearsman. Taylor Stankevitz was 4 th in the<br />
Job Interview competition. Also competing was the Senior Quiz of Taylor Stankevitz, Sam Taylor,<br />
Hannah Parks and Logan Jones and the Radio Broadcasting team of Sam Taylor, Hannah Parks and<br />
Mason Sartin.<br />
HIGHLANDER BASEBALL - <strong>The</strong> <strong>High</strong>lander Baseball Team had three seniors sign National Letters<br />
of Intent on Wednesday. Congratulations to: Lance Miles (Kansas State), Kevin McCanna (Rice<br />
University) and Clayton Davis (Texas A & M, Corpus Christi).<br />
LADY HIGHLANDER VOLLEYBALL - Congratulations to the Lady <strong>High</strong>lander volleyball program<br />
for another successful season. As a program we went 91-20. <strong>The</strong> Freshmen Green and JV won district<br />
and the JV finished undefeated for the season at 26-0. <strong>The</strong> Varsity finished third in district and advanced<br />
to the Area playoff match where their season ended. Seniors Erin Insell will play volleyball at Colorado<br />
State at Pueblo, Emily Phillips will play at Colorado College, Kate DeLess will play at Gettysburg<br />
College and Lauren Powell will play at the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor. Congratulations to the<br />
following players on their all district achievements: Alison Jennings- academic all-district. Erin Insell-<br />
academic all-district, honorable mention all-district. Jordan Lee- Academic all-district, Maddie Slater-<br />
academic all-district, 1st team all district and recently committed to play volleyball at Northwestern<br />
University in 2013, Tatiana Jessen- academic all-district, Lexi Schnakeburg- academic all-district,<br />
Lauren Powell- academic all-district, Lauryn Altena- academic all-district, Courtney Eckenrode-<br />
academic all-district, 1st team all-district, Kelly Quinn- academic all-district, District <strong>14</strong>-5A Defensive<br />
player of the year, Emily Phillips- academic all-district, 1st team all-district, Riley Johnson- academic alldistrict,<br />
Courtney Quinn- academic all-district, 2nd team all-district, Kate DeLess- academic all-district,<br />
honorable mention all-district, Morgan Eason- academic all-district.<br />
UIL ACADEMIC TEAM - UIL Academic Teams are now forming for Spring Competitions. Students<br />
will compete in Math, Science, Journalism, Spelling, Social Studies, Current Events, Literary Criticism,<br />
Poetry and Prose, Computer Science and Debate. Students can check the UIL bulletin board in the<br />
Cafeteria for event coaches, and then contact the listed coach for the event they are interested in<br />
competing in. <strong>The</strong> first practice meet will be February 4; District competition is March 24 at Conroe<br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
FBLA NEWS - We will be assembling Thanksgiving Baskets on Wednesday, <strong>November</strong> 16, 2011, after<br />
school, all members who can attend need to. Our next meeting will be the Monday after Thanksgiving,<br />
Monday, <strong>November</strong> 28, 2011, at 3:00 pm. We will start a fund raiser and look at Competitive Events.<br />
ATTENTION SENIORS AND PARENTS OF SENIORS – Your senior dues are only $90 this year<br />
when paid by February 2, 2012. <strong>The</strong> $90 covers: Prom ticket & prom gift, senior t-shirt, senior picnic &<br />
catering, senior awards night, and much more. Your senior dues are optional and you do not have to pay<br />
them to graduate. However, they must be paid if you want to participate in prom. Bring your check,<br />
payable to TWHS, to the grade level office. You may also pay senior dues at the TWHS Webstore located<br />
on our website. Look for the green menu on the left side of the homepage. On February 3 rd , senior dues<br />
will increase to $95.<br />
IMPORTANT: CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
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