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Steritz earned Second Team honors. Honorable Mention team members are Taylor Hunter, Lucas
Jacobson, Cory Michalak, Colin Renton, Brad Roberge, Ty Samford, James Warren and Erik Wolfe.
RUGBY HONORS - Junior Ryan Kretchmar has made the Junior US National Rugby Team. He will be
competing this spring in the Junior World Cup in England.
PERSONAL & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT - The Personal & Family Development classes at TWHS-
9th grade campus participated in a cooking competition based on the Iron Chef of America television
show. The "Aluminum Chef" competition required the students to use all their cooking skills learned in
the class to produce 3 food items based on a secret ingredient. Administrator and faculty representatives
served as judges. The prepared food was judged based on its texture, taste, and appearance. The winners
of the competition were named at the end of each class period. 2nd Period winners are Al Castellanos,
Paul Marie, Raleigh Prahl, and Spencer Willey. 3rd Period winners are Faith Bohack, Christina King,
Bria Sumuel, and Kristin Van Ness. 4th Period winners are Claire Allison, Monicke Carvalho, Lauren
Fenska, Riley Price, and Kelsey Wells. Congratulations to all students who made this competition a huge
success!
ART NEWS - Congratulations to the art students who participated in Conroe ISD's annual western art
exhibit on Saturday. Two students placed in the top three among high school students and they will have
their work judged again at the 2009 Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show. Mackenzie Dawson placed
2nd, earning Gold Medal honors and Katherine Eisner placed 3rd, with Special Merit honors. They will
have their work prominently displayed in the Show’s Hayloft Gallery throughout the run of the Show in
March . During the Show, approximately 50 pieces of art, as determined by the Grand Prix Judging, are
auctioned and the students will have the opportunity to earn scholarships. The School Art Program,
which began in 1964, has more than 300,000 entries each year.
You are invited to The Woodland High School’s “Ann Marie Hopkins Art Alliance” monthly art booster
club meeting tonight at 6:30 in the library. Parents, faculty members, support staff, alumni and interested
community members are encouraged to attend the meeting. The primary goals of the Ann Marie Hopkins
Art Alliance are to support the Art Students and the Art Department of The Woodlands High School
through scholarships, volunteering, and fundraising. For more information please email questions to:
jkitchen@conroeisd.net
LADY HIGHLANDER SOCCER - The girl’s varsity soccer team opened up their season this weekend
by hosting one of the top tournaments in the state here at TWHS. We were the host to 24 girls teams that
were in three 8 team brackets. The Woodlands girls varsity beat Episcopal 8-0, Clear Lake (state semifinalist
2008) 1-0 in shootout, Austin Westlake 2-1, and Deer Park 3-0 in the finals. Outstanding play by
junior goal keeper Mallory Garthwaite, senior forward Olivia Kintigh, junior forward Meghan Gibbons,
junior midfielder Kylie Cook, sophomore midfielder Hannah Stanifer, senior midfielders Kelsey Bass and
Teresa Sorrentino, sophomore defender Natalie Kintigh, junior defenders Sara Ellis, Kelsey Missimer
and Natalie Johnson, and senior defender Jennifer Wallace. We had great play off the bench by freshmen
Emily Taylor, sophomores Claire Watson and Kelsey Langham, juniors Molly Missimer and Cristina
Mendoza, seniors Gina Santangelo, Ashley Kelm, Kate deShetler, Mary Lippa, Kristy Creasman and
Frankie Bizer. We scored 13 goals over the weekend and only gave up one on a Penalty Kick. Our
leading scorers for the weekend were Kylie Cook with 6 goals and Olivia Kintigh with 3 goals. The girls
will be back in action this weekend at the Katy I-10 Tournament.
The Lady Highlander JV teams will be in action home on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009 at 4/5:30/7:30pm and
again at the Katy I-10 JV Tournament this weekend.