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Celebrating Student/Staff 

Successes for 2006/07! 

Birdville ISD proudly serves Richland Hills and parts of Haltom City, Hurst, 

North Richland Hills, Watauga and Colleyville 

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The influence of a teacher on a 

student can be life changing. 

When their teaching experience is 

combined, BISD’s teachers of the 

year for 2007 have impacted young 

lives for more than 39 years. 

Nancy Burleson, Ryan 

Holzberger and Kim Fudge each 

have a love for children and a love 

and desire to teach. Each realizes 

that as educators they impact the 

future lives of students. 

These three know that being 

named BISD’s teachers of the year 

is a great honor, but for them, the 

greater honor is seeing students 

succeed. 

Thirty-two teachers selected as 

the top educators on their 

campuses, were honored May 3 at a 

formal banquet. As the district’s top 

three teachers, Burleson, Holzberger 

and Fudge each received golden 

apples commemorating their 

achievements, custom-designed 

teacher-of-the-year rings from Herff 

Jones Inc., and monetary gifts from 

BISD’s Foundation for Educational 

Excellence and the Educational 

Employees Credit Union. 

Burleson is a first-grade teacher 

honors teaching excellence 

at Watauga Elementary. She has 

been in education for 19 years, the 

last eight in BISD. 

Burleson had no intention of 

becoming a teacher when she 

graduated from college. However, 

she was encouraged by 

teacher-friends to go back to 

college and get her teaching 

certification. As a single parent, 

this was a challenge, but Burleson’s 

father became her biggest 

encourager and supporter as she 

went back to college to earn her 

certification. 

Outside of class, Burleson 

works with outside learning 

environments, mentors and also 

greets soldiers at DFW airport 

when they return home from Iraq 

and Afghanistan. 

Her goal is to guide children to 

reach their highest level of 

development; instill pride; feel 

good about themselves; and to 

enjoy and embrace learning. She 

shared in her application, “Other 

countries are not as ‘lucky’ as we 

are in the United States. … It’s hard 

to teach children the values of 

planting without actually having 

the opportunity to dig in the dirt, 

plant a seed, care for the plant and 

watch it grow.” Burleson does this 

in the lives of her students every 

day. 

Holzberger teaches sixth-grade 

science at Smithfield Middle 

School. He has been teaching for 

four years, all in BISD. 

He entered college without a 

clear direction of what he wanted 

to be when he grew up. Floating 

around college for many years, 

Holzberger tried to convince 

himself that he did not want to be 

a teacher. Instead, he wanted a life 

envied by others. 

Outside of the classroom, 

Holzberger has a rich history of 

working with children. At first 

glance, it might not look like he 

has a lot of outside involvement, 

but in reality, his family, church 

and students are the groups he 

focus on the most. 

His wife encouraged him to 

quit the job that made him 

miserable and try teaching. He did. 

Holzberger shared in their 

application, “This is where I 

belong. This is what I was made to 

do. And believe it or not, after all 

BISD’s Teachers of the Year are, from right, Nancy Burleson, Elementary Teacher of the Year; Ryan Holzberger, 

Middle School Teacher of the Year; and Kim Fudge, High School Teacher of the Year. 

BISD and the Texas Rangers honored the campus teachers of the year during 

pre-game festivities on May 11. 

this time, I ended up with exactly 

what I wanted: a life to be envied.” 

Fudge teaches AP Calculus and 

PreAP Pre-Calculus at Richland 

High School. She has been 

teaching for 16 years in BISD, the 

last 13 at Richland. 

Fudge never considered 

education as a career until a baby 

changed her life. When her 

daughter was born, she realized 

she had to make something 

meaningful out of her life. She 

found that teaching suited her and 

it was a career that would set a 

respected example for her young 

daughter. 

Outside of school, Fudge is 

active in her church. She teaches 

Platinum Star Sponsorship 

($2,500 or Above) 

Northeast Times 

Gold Star Sponsorship 

($1,000-$2,499) 

BISD Foundation for Educational 

Excellence 

RBC Dain Rauscher 

The Northeast Tarrant Chamber of 

Commerce 

HKS, Inc. 

Herff Jones 

Silver Star Sponsorship 

($500-$999) 

Bates Container 

City of North Richland Hills 

J.L. Steel, L.P. 

Liberty Bank 

Dolores Webb State Farm 

Insurance 

Five Star Ford 

Education Employees Credit 

Union 

Men’s Warehouse of Hurst 

and leads Bible studies for 

children. She also teaches her own 

children the importance of giving 

to others by bringing food for the 

less fortunate to their church on a 

regular basis. In addition, she 

regularly participates in the Susan 

G. Komen Race for the Cure 

Run/Walk. 

Fudge wrote in her application, 

“I find great fulfillment in being 

able to contribute to those I 

cherish. But I have to say, for me, 

the most gratifying reward comes 

in the form of a smile, a smile from 

a more self-assured student that 

walks out of my classroom door.” 

Congratulations to all of BISD’s 

teachers of the year. 

2007 Golden Gala sponsors 

Bronze Star Sponsorship 

($400-$499) 

Print Central, Inc. 

North Hills Hospital 

Business Packages 

Applebee’s/Colleyville 

Brunswick Zone Watauga 

Chick-fil-A/Rufe Snow 

Kroger Food Stores 

Spring Creek Barbeque 

Mexican Inn 

Lisa Brown/Mary Kay Cosmetics 

Sheridan’s Frozen Custard 

Franklin Park HomeTown NRH 

Xpress Lube/North Richland Hills 

and Watauga 

Gianni’s Gourmet Pizzeria 

Mountasia/North Richland Hills 

McDonald’s/Haltom City, Richland 

Hills and Hurst 

Oscar’s Mexican Restaurant 

Rayna Haught/Avon Products 

Clayton YES! 

Texas Rangers 

We B Divin’

Excellence in Fine Arts 2005-06 

BISD’s bands performed in venues 

across the nation during the 2005- 

06 school year. 

BAND 

Concert Band University 

Interscholastic League (UIL) 

Sweepstakes Awards: 

Haltom High School 

Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Band 

Richland High School 

Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Band, 

Sub Non-Varsity 

Birdville High School 

Varsity Band, Non-Varsity Band 

Haltom Middle School 

Varsity Band 

North Richland Middle School 

Varsity Band 

Richland Middle School 

Varsity Band 

North Oaks Middle School 

Varsity Band 

Watauga Middle School 

Varsity Band 

Smithfield Middle School 

Varsity Band 

North Ridge Middle School 

Non-Varsity Band. Varsity Band 

Middle school band students learn 

the fundamentals of music. 

All State Band Members: 


Haley Brazell, Ellen Briggs, 

Johnny Burrell, Heather 

Townson, Anne Thompson 

and Josh Withem. 


Jordan Standlee 


Elliott Crouch, Heather 

Jackson, Curtis McConnell, 

Ryan Richmond and Tanner 

Trigg. 

Band Students Selected to the All 

Region Band: 

Haltom High School: 6 

Richland High School: 12 

Birdville High School: 11 

Haltom Middle School: 12 

North Richland Middle School: 12 

Richland Middle School: 5 

North Oaks Middle School: 12 

Binion Elementary students performed at the groundbreaking for the new 

Binion campus. 

Richland High School’s marching 

band placed seventh at the Bands of 

America Grand Nationals. 

Watauga Middle School: 12 

Smithfield Middle School: 9 

North Ridge Middle School: 15 

Haltom, Richland, and Birdville High 

Schools all made first division ratings 

at the UIL Marching Contest. The 

Birdville High School Band placed 

first at the UIL Area Competition and 

advanced to the State Marching 

Contest to place fourth. The Haltom 

High and Richland High Bands 

placed in the top 10 at Bands of 

America Regionals and Richland High 

placed seventh at the Bands of 

America Grand Nationals. 

CHOIR 

Choir University Interscholastic 

League (UIL) Sweepstakes Awards: 

Haltom High School: 

Varsity Mixed Choir 

Varsity Tenor/Bass Choir 

Varsity Treble Choir 

Non-Varsity Mixed Choir 

Non-Varsity Treble 




Non-Varsity Mixed Choir 

Sub Non-Varsity Treble 



Varsity Tenor/Bass Choir 


Non-Varsity Treble Choir 

Sub Non-Varsity Treble Choir 

Haltom Middle School 





Richland Middle School: 


North Oaks Middle School: 


Richland High School’s Rebellaires celebrated their 40th anniversary during 

2006-07. 

Watauga Middle School: 


Non-Varsity Tenor/Bass Choir 

Smithfield Middle School 




North Ridge Middle School 



All State Choir Members: 

Haltom High School: 

Jacqui Condray, Rachel Freeze and 

Molly Woodruff. 

Richland High School: 

Kelsey Hoar and Jillian Klaver. 

Birdville High School: 

Brendan Fisher, Anni Freeman, 

Nick Hagen, Jade Kelly, Jeff 

Southerland and Collin Swafford. 

Choir Students Selected to the All 

Region Choir: 

Haltom High School: 9 

Richland High School: 10 

Birdville High School: 15 

Haltom Middle School: 3 

North Richland Middle School: 15 

North Oaks Middle School: 4 

Watauga Middle School: 12 

Smithfield Middle School: 18 

North Ridge Middle School: 5 

Haltom High School’s Colorguard 

competed across the state winning 

many honors. 

THEATER ARTS 

Haltom High School UIL Zone 

Awards 

All-Star Cast 

Chase Robinson, Sonia Rehman 

and Briley Floyd. 

Honorable Mention All-Star Cast 

Maeghan Gibson and Jeffery 

Branch. 

Haltom High School UIL District 

Awards 

All-Star Cast 

Chase Robinson and Maeghan 

Gibson. 


Jameson Johnson 

Haltom High School was 

nominated by the Betty Lynn Buckley 

Awards for Best Show for their 

performance of “Beauty and the 

Beast.” The cast and crew performed 

one scene at the awards show at Casa 

Manana. Haltom High won the 

following categories: 

Best Actress 

Sarah Dickerson 

Best Supporting Actor 

Michael Sylvester 

Best Orchestra 

Haltom High School student, 

Richard Stutheit, was one of four 

Tarrant County winners for the 

Theater League of Fort Worth 

Playwriting Competition. Richard 

received prizes and professional 

actors performed his play. 

Birdville High School advanced to 

UIL State Competition by winning 

Zone, District, Area, and Regional 

Competitions with the play “The Last 

Night of Ballyhoo.” Individual honors 

were as follows: 

Birdville High School Regional 

Awards 

All-Star Cast 

Cory Hutchison 


Robert Oldridge 

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Kunkle 

Gipson 

Gilliland 

Staff Honors 

BISD was named “Industry of the 

Year” by the Northeast Tarrant 

Chamber of Commerce. 

Birdville ISD trustee Ralph 

Kunkel earned the designation of 

Master Trustee upon completion 

of Leadership TASB, a program 

sponsored by the Texas Association 

of School Boards (TASB). 

Mark Schmidt, Ph.D., BISD 

school psychologist, was honored 

with the Outstanding School 

Psychologist Award at the annual 

conference for the Texas 

Association of School 

Psychologists. 

Willa Gipson, BISD’s director of 

athletics, was selected by the Texas 

Wesleyan University Alumni 

Association as the recipient of this 

year’s O.D. Bounds Award. This 

award is presented to an alumnus 

Excellence in Academics 

or alumna who exemplify the 

work, character and contributions 

made by the late O.D. Bounds ‘41, 

a beloved Texas Wesleyan faculty 

member, volunteer and friend. 

Michelle Hall, French teacher at 

Birdville High School, won the 

Bayard H. Friedman “Hero” Award 

as an outstanding foreign language 

teacher in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin 

and Denton counties. Michelle was 

awarded a $1,000 honorarium. 

Judy Dallinger, Watauga 

Elementary librarian, was named 

the Texas Computer Education 

Association (TCEA) librarian of the 

year in Austin at the TCEA 

conference. 

Mark Gilliland, Green Valley 

Elementary head custodian, was 

nominated as the 2006 

Star-Telegram’s “Man of the Year.” 

Green Valley Elementary 

special education teacher Nicole 

Nguyen was named to radio 

station 102.9’s Cappy’s Terrific 

Teacher Club. 

Peter Bell, second-grade 

teacher at Foster Village 

Elementary, was named Region 

XI’s Intern Teacher of the Year. He 

will represent BISD and Region XI 

at the state level in January 2008. 

Olga Hernandez-Coar, 

Academy at West Birdville teache,r 

and Kristi Causey, Watauga 

Elementary PPCD teacher, 

received the Wal-Mart Educator of 

the Year Award. 

Cherry Langford of Haltom 

High School accepted the Gold 

Award for Educational 

Achievement at the National High 

Schools that Work Conference in 

Orlando. Haltom was one of 44 

schools nationwide who received 

this award and the only school in 

Texas. 

Birdville Council of PTAs 

2007-08 executive board officers 

are: Jennifer LePla, president; Chris 

Zimmer, first vice president, aide 

to the president; programs; Liz 

Powell, third vice president, budget 

and finance; Alma Markum, fourth 

vice president, hospitality; Kellie 

Kellner, fifth vice president, parent 

education; Jeannie Burleson, 

secretary; and Amber Frandsen, 

treasurer. 

BISD’s child nutrition 

department was recognized for 

winning the dessert category of the 

Equipment Preference, Inc. 

Recipes for Education contest. 

Their Arizona cake recipe was 

selected as the state winner. 

2007 National Merit finalists 

District Honors 

2007 National Merit Finalists 

Kim Tran, Birdville High School 

Joy Jiang, Haltom High School 

2007 National Hispanic Scholars 

2007 National Hispanic 

Scholar 

Valeria Vianes, Birdville High 

School (not pictured) 

Celeste Garcia, Birdville High 

School 

Armando Contreraz, Haltom 

High School 

Shawn P. Caceres, Richland 


2007 National Merit Scholarship 

Honaor Students 

2007 National Merit 

Scholarship Honor 

Students 

Jordan Russell Amspacher, 

Birdville High School (not 

pictured) 

Casey Stewart Branach, 

2007 National Merit Commended Scholars 


Joseph Dawson Jarrell, Birdville 


2007 National Merit 

Commended Scholars 

Furqan Akhtar, Haltom High 


Cynthia A. Healy, Richland High 


Alexander J. Farquhar, Richland 


Kelsey E. Hoar, Richland High 


Patwa 

BISD’s spelling bee winner was 

Sohum Patwa from Smithfield 

Middle School. 

North Ridge Elementary was 

BISD’s 2007 Battle of the Books 

winner. 

BISD had 60 eighth-grade 

students who participated in the 

Advanced Academics Scholars’ 

Showcase. The following students 

were recognized for their 

outstanding presentations: Austin 

Vanbebber won first place for his 

presentation, “The Gettysburg 

Battle”; Zach Ritzie won second 

place for his presentation, “Gender 

and Color Perception”; and Hunter 

Brumley won second place for his 

presentation, “Dr. Seuss.” 

BISD students environmental 

awareness entries advanced to the 

PTA Area 17 competition. Winners 

were: Print Ad - Sally Phonthaasa, 

fourth grade, Hardeman 

Elementary; Tanner Osen, fifth 

grade, Smithfield Elementary; 

Kaitlyn Ross, sixth grade, North 

Ridge Middle; Anita Shaw, eight 

grade, Smithfield Middle; 

Newsletter - Lauren Robbins, sixth 

grade, Smithfield Middle; Kelsie 

Lindley, eighth grade, Smithfield 

Middle; Article - Cyan Burkhart, 

second grade, Watauga 

Elementary; Hannah Hightshoe, 

third grade, Hardeman 

Elementary; Julianna Hunt, sixth 

grade, North Ridge Middle; 

Photography - Amanda Pfeifer, 

sixth grade, North Ridge Middle; 

Cody Talley, seventh grade, North 

Ridge Middle; Nick Hodgson, 

North 

Ridge 

Elementary 

2007 Battle 

of Books 

winners.

Excellence in Academics 

eighth grade, North Ridge Middle; 

and Media Art - Victoria Garcia, 

second grade, Watauga 

Elementary. Honorable mentions 

were: Print Ad - Alba Lopez, fourth 

grade, Watauga Elementary; and 

Media Art - Hunter Koonce, 

second grade, Smithfield 

Elementary. 

BISD students participating in 

the AVID program for the 2007-08 

school year are: From Haltom High 

School - Jerry Swinney, Anthony 

Tran, Linda Theppanya, Alejandra 

Chavez, Cynthia Canada, Veronica 

Rangel, Silke Stolzenberger, Semer 

Singh, Rebecca Columbus, April 

Melara, Diana Gallardo, Kellie 

Reyes, Ligia Chavez, Sarah Young, 

Areli Galvan, Samantha McDaniel, 

Maria Romero, Brook Baits, Juan 

Retana, Molly Redd and Adriana 

Johnson; From Watauga Middle 

School - Jackie Alvarez, Gustavo 

Bonilla, Chelsie Cox, Karla Diaz, 

Tim Gomez, Sam Guiterrez, 

Sabrina Hansana, Edgar Medina, 

Rudy Mendoza, Sophia Ortega, 

Cedarion Qualls, Diana Tarango, 

Austen Westbrook, Austen Drake 

and Taylor Mason; From North 

Oaks Middle School - Victoria 

Ballard, Melvin Fictoria, Zachary 

Hamad, Shakirah Herbin, Donavan 

Jackson, Kelsey Kimbrough, Diana 

Martinez, Myriam Mata, Deanna 

Neese, Chaigen Wilson, Shil Patel, 

Juan Dominguez, Lavondia Cumby 

and Vada Montez; From Haltom 

Middle School - Victor Escapita, 

Kristen Jose, Ramon Luna, Karym 

Martinez, Richard Ortiz, Victor 

Ochoa, Lauren Stewart and Chloe 

Rutherford. AVID (Advancement 

Via Individual Determination) 

prepares students for an academic 

four-year college. 

Watauga Elementary and 

Haltom High School teams were 

selected to compete in the state 

Destination Imagination 

competition in April. Watauga 

Elementary’s team manager was 

Faith Merrifield, and Haltom High 

School’s team manager was Ann 

Smith. 

Three Birdville ISD students 

were accepted into the Education 

in Action’s Lone Star Leadership 

Academy. Education in Action 

hosts the Lone Star Leadership 

Academy to “Instill the Spirit of 

Texas in Tomorrow’s Leaders.” 

Students participating during 

summer 2007 were: Hardeman 

Elementary fifth-grader Caitlin 

Bellet, North Ridge Middle School 

seventh-grader Daniel Ruff, and 


eighth-grader Shelly Schenewerk. 

High School Honors 


Birdville High School’s Top 12 

Kim Tran, Valedictorian 

Julia Knypinski, Salutatorian 

Lauren Lee 

Casey Branach 

Taylor Hines 

Christine Schwaebler 

Sarah Fleming 

Sara Morgan 

Caitlyn Young 

Shannon Leeth 

Meg Watson 

Keely Roberts 

Birdville High School had two 

JROTC students selected to attend 

the Texas Boys State Conference in 

Austin in June. They were: Cadet 

LTC William Aury White and Cadet 

Major Adam Smith. Boys State is 

sponsored by the American Legion 

and covers advanced civics to 

include setting up and running 

city, county and state 

governments; running for office; 

and the culmination of a march to 

the state capitol and attendance in 

the legislative assembly hall. 


journalism students recently 

competed in UIL competition with 

the following winners: Rachel 

Fountain place third in editorial 

writing; Felipe Alvarez placed third 

in news writing; Priscilla 

Totiyapungprasert placed second 

in editorial writing; Caleb Wilson 

placed second in headline writing; 

Kylie Morrison placed fourth in 

news writing; and J.B. Martin 

placed fifth in feature writing. 

Birdville High School competed 

in the UIL academic district and 

regional meets. Team winners 

were: Casey Branach, Andrew Kim, 

Stephen Bowers, Michael Hartzler 

and Katrina Stephens, accounting; 

Clint Burk, Brian Gordan, Joey 

Jarrell, Meredith Shiflet and Laurel 

Wheeler, current issues; Brian 

Gordan, Joey Jarrell, Stefan 

Zuefeldt, Matt Jones and Andrew 

Kim, computer science; Kim Tran, 

Lauren Lee, Pedro Neades, Kadin 

Norder and Ben Chen, Math; and 

Kim Tran, Joey Jarrell, Matt Jones, 

Kadin Norder, Sean Castillo and Vu 

Ho, science. Individual winners 

were: Michael Hartzler, fifth place, 

and Andrew Kim, sixth place, 

accounting; Kim Tran, fifth place, 

and Lauren Lee, sixth place, 

calculator; Steven Marberry, first 

place, Heather Levingston, third 

place, and Lananh Tran, fifth place, 

computer applications; Stefan 

Zuefeldt, first place, Joey Jarrell, 

third place, and Matt Jones, sixth 

place, computer science; Clint 

Burke, first place, Brian Gordon, 

second place, and Joey Jarrell, fifth 

place, current issues; Merissa 

Kuylen, fourth place, literary 

criticism; Kim Tran, first place, 

Lauren Lee, second place, Pedro 

Neaves, third place, and Kadin 

Norder, fourth place, mathematics; 

Vu Ho, fourth place, and Max 

Chen, fifth place, number sense; 

Katrina Stephens, first place, ready 

writing; Kim Tran, first place, 

Joseph Jarrell, second place, and 

Sean Castillo, fifth place, science; 

Kim Tran, top chemistry; Kim 

Tran, top physics; Joseph Jarrell, 

second place, physics; Kim Tran, 

top biology; Sean Castillo, second 

place, biology; Lauren Lee, second 

place, social studies; Amanda 

Roberts, third place, spelling; 

Chloe Day, second place, and 

Jessica Taylor, fourth place, 

informative speaking; Noel Griffin, 

second place, and Sean Baldwin, 

third place, persuasive speaking; 

Chloe Day, fourth place, poetry; 

Jessica Taylor, first place, and 

Lauren McDonald, third place, 

prose; Felipe Alvarez, third place, 

and Kylie Morrison, fourth place, 

news writing; Caleb Wilson, 

second place, and Priscilla 

Totiyapungprasert, third place, 

headlines; Priscilla 

Totiyapungprasert, second place, 

and Rachel Fountain, third place, 

editorials; and John Martin, fifth 

place, feature writing. 

Scott Prather, Birdville High 

School senior, received the 

National Foundation for 

Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) 

Merit Award in Visual Arts. 

Kung Hung Chenwon the 

school American Mathematics 

Competition. 

Julia Knypinski was recognized 

for her American Mathematics 

Competition score. 

Kim Tran was recognized for 

her American Mathematics 

Competition score. 


Haltom High School’s Top 12 

Furqan Akhtar, Valedictorian 

Chen Wei, Salutatorian 

Laura Pham 

Yue Jiang 

Salaheldin Elshanshory 

Kirstin Keany 

Caleb Browning 

Salvador Romero-Gandara 

Courtney Haveman 

James Danford 

Thuy Vy Hoang 

Jennifer Le 

Haltom High’s Destination 

Imagination team finished first at 

regionals and made it to the state 

competition and finished fourth. 

Team members were: Furquan 

Akhtar, Janeice Bowman, 

Salaheldon Elshanshory, Sarah 

Gates, Martin Nguyen, Josh 

Raymer and Jonathan Smith. 

Senior Joy Jiang of Haltom High 

School competed in the UIL 

spelling and vocabulary 

competition. After winning the 

district competition at Northwest 

HS, she finished second at the 

regional competition in Lubbock, 

qualifying for a repeat trip to 

Austin and the State meet. In 

Austin, she finished in a tie for 

ninth place, spelling 95 of the 100 

words correctly. The state 

champion scored a 98. 

Haltom High School’s academic 

quiz league team placed second at 

the 2007 tournament. Team 

members were: Joy Jiang, captain, 

Sean Hensarling, Jonathan Smith, 

Julian North, Andras Bodalai, 

Audrey Jones and Janeice Bowman. 

Special thanks to Miriam Moore, 

coach, and parents Mike and Mary 

Hensarling. 

Haltom High School students 

Dustin Lewis and Kerryana Medlin 

scored above the 95 percentile on 

the national German exam. The 

exam was taken by 22,000 students 

nationwide. Lewis took the level 

three test and had a 96 percent test 

score (95 percentile nationwide). 

Medlin took the level two test and 

had a 95 percent test score (96 

percentile nationwide). 

The Academic Decathlon Team 

from Haltom High School, 

competed at the Region IX ACDEC 

meet. The students competed in 

10 different scholastic events that 

focused on China and its 

influences on the world. Joy Jiang 

won first place in the honors 

division essay competition and 

third place in the honors division 

speech competition. Receiving first 

place medals are: Coy Johnson, 

varsity division; Christina 

Thompson, scholastic division; 

and Joy Jiang, honors division. 

Overall the team placed 10th in the 

region out of 13 schools. Haltom 

team members are: Bill Tyler, Coy 

Johnson, Amanda Muhunde, 

Andras Bodolai, Christina 

Thompson, Michael Giulietti, 

Caleb Browning and Joy Jiang. 

Their coach was Lesli Bradley. 


Richland High School’s Top 12 

Tyler Jones, Valedictorian 

Kali Barber, Salutatorian 

Lisa Sandoval 

Oanh Nguyen 

Numan Khan 

Mark Perry 

Caleb Hotze 

Erin Fehr 

Derek Wallace 

Priya Lad 

Chelsie Weathington 

Nathan Patrick 

Richland High School’s 

“Reveille” staff competed in the 

Dallas Morning News “Journalism 

Day & Competition 2007.” The staff 

received the “Innovation of the 

Year” award for their newspaper 

design for the 2006-07 school year. 

Richland High School’s JROTC 

program recently score 592 out of 

600 at their formal inspection. 

Birdville and Haltom high schools 

earned 588 and 584 points 

respectively. During the out 

briefing, the 12th Brigade 

inspectors advised the district that 

BISD’s JROTC program is only one 

of three districts in 12th Brigade 

(Texas and New Mexico) to have all 

of its JROTC programs earn Honor 

Unit with Distinction this school 

year. Additionally, all three schools 

received Distinguished School 

Support (the highest rating a 

school’s administrators, staff,and 

JROTCinstructors can receive) 

ratings for the 2006-07 school year. 

Middle School Honors 

Duke University SAT GRAND 

LEVEL RECOGNITION: 

Trevor Meagher - Smithfield MS 

Duke University SAT STATE 

LEVEL RECOGNITION: 

Megan Daugherty - N. Ridge MS 

Nicholas Penner - N. Ridge MS 

Kathryn Reagan - N. Ridge MS 

Daniel Ruff - N. Ridge MS 

Michelle Willoughby - N. Ridge MS 

Breanna Mapston - Watauga MS 

Breanna Rice - Watauga MS 

Trevor Meagher - Smithfield MS 

Jamie Kendrick - Smithfield MS 

Alexandra Korbb - Smithfield MS 

Zane Collins - N. Richland MS 

Shannon Crow - N. Richland MS 

Tyler Gregory - N. Richland MS 

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BISD Career and Technology Education 

students competed and won in regional, 

state, and national competitions during 

2006-2007. 

WINNERS FROM HALTOM 

HIGH SCHOOL: 

Business Professionals of America 

(BPA) Regional Competition took place 

Feb. 3. State Qualifiers were: Kirstin Keaney, 

Spreadsheet Applications and Analysis; 

Becky Tran, Economic Research 

Project Individual; Lidia Martinez, Economic 

Research Project Team; Bill Tyler, 

Economic Research Project Team; Adela 

Escobar, Economic Research Project 

Team; Anna Martinez, Economic Research 

Project Team; Stefant Phonthephasone, 

Desktop Publishing; Dalia Rodriguez, 

Basic Office Systems and Procedures; 

Martin Lopez, Medical Office Procedures; 

Waylon Vic, PC Servicing and 

Troubleshooting; Anna Martinez, Interview 

Skills; Lidia Martinez, Advanced Interview 

Skills; Lucy Wei, Presentation 

Management Team; Laura Pham, Presentation 

Management Team; Kirsten 

Keaney, Presentation Management 

Team; Salaheldin Elshanshory, Video 

Production Team; Martin Nguyen, Video 

Production Team; Furquan Akhtar, 

Video Production Team; Carlos Rodriguez, 

Video Production Team; Melissa 

McFeeters, Basic Office Systems and 

Procedures; Dalia Rodriguez, Global 

Marketing Team; Stefant Phonthephasone, 

Global Marketing Team; Danielle 

Daniels, Global Marketing Team; Victoria 

Noris, Global Marketing Team; Ben 

Gunter, Entrepreneurship; Bill Tyler, Extemporaneous 

Speech; Daniella Solis, 

Prepared Speech; Luis Hernandez, Legal 

Office Procedures; Michael Brandt, Cisco 

Network Administration; Linh 

Huynh, Open Event; Waylon Vic, Open 

Event; Salaheldin Elshanshory, Open 

Event; and Lan Huynh, Open Event. 

State Alternates were: Amanda Koen, 

Video Production Team; Johnathan De- 

Leon, Video Production Team; Monica 

Murillo, Video Production Team; Dusten 

Snodgrass, Graphic Design Promotion; 

Daniel Espana, Legal Office Procedures; 

Anna Nguyen, Keyboarding Production; 

Sonia Rehman, Extemporaneous 

Speech; Dusten Snodgrass, Economic 

Research Project Team; Daniel Espana, 

Economic Research Project Team; J.C. 

Durrance, Economic Research Project 

Team; Lucy Wei, Advanced Word Processing; 

Ben Kounlavouth, Advanced 

Office Systems and Procedures; Aeron 

McCarty, Graphic Design Promotion; 

Anna Sonemangkhara, Presentation 

Management Team; Emily Troung, Presentation 

Management Team; Amy 

Chanthavong, Presentation Management 

Team; Laura Pham, Desktop Pub- 

lishing; and Monica Murillo, Advanced 

Office Systems and Procedures. 

BPA State Torch Award Recipients 

were Lidia Martinez and Monica Murillo. 

BPA State Competition took place in 

Corpus Christi Feb. 28-March 3. National 

qualifiers were: Waylon Vic, Information 

Processing Technology Concepts; 

Michael Brandt, Management Marketing 

Human Resource Concepts; Bill Tyler, 

Extemporaneous Speech; and Lidia 

Martinez, Advanced Interview Skills. Advisors 

for Haltom’s BPA are Tracie Hagar, 

Alisa Hamilton, Michelle Heckathorn, 

Cindy Valenta and Judy Griggers. 

Haltom’s DECA Award District VII 

winners were: Robyn Daughtrey, Team 

Entrepreneurship Written Event; Britnee 

Howell, Quick Serve Restaurant 

Management; Jessica Strittrnatter, Team 

Entrepreneurship Written Event; Aaron 

Tom, DECA Quiz Bowl; and Austin Tortrakul, 

Accounting Applications. Haltom’s 

DECA advisors are Gary Lejarzar 

and Jerry Caruthers. 

Haltom’s Texas Association of Future 

Educators (TAFE) State Competition 

recognitions were: Caleb Browning and 

Amanda Quangvan, Outstanding TAFE 

Chapter; Anthony Hernandez, Winner 

of State Speech Contest; Tiffany Feller 

and Kristin Campbell, Blue Ribbon 

Scrapbook; Amber Olguin and Emily 

Patton, Blue Ribbon Project Visualize; 

and Amanda Quangvan was named 

Haltom High TAFE Region XI President 

for 2007 and TAFE Student of the Year. 

Haltom High School was named the 

president’s school for 2007. Caleb 

Browning will be serving as the Region X 

President. Haltom’s TAFE advisor is Carlotta 

Browning. 

WINNERS FROM RICHLAND HIGH 

SCHOOL: 



on Feb.3. Richland’s State Qualifiers 

were: Wes Albaugh, Digital Media Production; 

Dave Pierson, Cisco Network 

Administration; and Michael Hubley, 

Cisco Network Administration. 

BPA National Qualifiers and Alternates 

were: Wes Albaugh, Digital Media 

Production; Dave Pierson, Cisco Network 

Administration; and Michael Hubley, 

Cisco Network Administration. 

Richland’s DECA Chapter competed 

at the State Career Development Conference 

in Corpus Christi March 8-10. 

National Alternates were: Erica Gonzalez 

and Christopher Renshaw, Business 

Law and Ethics, and Derek Wallace, Accounting 

Applications. The following 

students advanced to state: Derek Wal- 

Career and Technology Education scholarship award winners 

Career and technology education 

successes 

lace, Accounting Applications; Erica 

Gonzalez and Christopher Renshaw, 

Business Law and Ethics Management 

Team; Randall Cohoon, Food Marketing; 

and Shelly Scott, Quiz Bowl Alternate. 

Richland’s DECA advisor is Iracy 

Pereira. 

Richalnd’s Texas Association of Future 

Educators (TAFE) student Erin 

Cramer won second place in the Texas 

Association of Future Teachers Region 

XI Speech contest at Tarleton State University. 

She is one of the two competitors 

in the region to advance to state competition 

in February. Richland’s TAFE advisor 

is Ann Wilson. 

Richland’s Health Occupations Students 

of America (HOSA) attended Area 

V competition. Kameron Richards won 

first place in Job Interviewing Skills, and 

Kayla Hardee and Danielle Crews both 

won fifth place in Community Awareness. 

Richland’s HOSA advisor is Sally 

Duke. 

WINNERS FROM BIRDVILLE 

HIGH SCHOOL: 



Feb. 3. State Qualifiers were: Brad 

Holmes, Graphic Design Promotion; 

Troy Pruett, Integrated Office Applications; 

Chelsey Cedillo, Database Applications; 

Devin Slick, Information Technology 

Concepts and Computer Security; 

Adam Smith, Administrative Support 

Concepts; Matt Marshall, Computer 

Network Technology and Information 

Technology Concepts; and David Pearson, 

Cisco Systems Administration. 

State Alternates were: Jared Krakty, PC 

Servicing and Troubleshooting; Kandace 

Kahler, Keyboarding; Niles Munoz, 

Entrepreneurship; and Adam Smith, Administrative 

Support Research-Individual. 

Chelsey Cedillo was a national qualifier 

in database applications. Birdville’s 

BPA advisor is Jan Haynie. 

Birdville’s DECA members competed 

at the District 7 DECA conference. 

State Qualifiers were: Aubrey Graves and 

Heather Yarbrough, Advertising Campaign; 

Raymond Jackson, Automotive 

Services Marketing; Scott Logan and 

Phillip Roach, Commerce Management; 

Candice White, Entrepreneurship Participating; 

Brad Holmes and Marc Vestal, 

Financial Services Management; 

Josh Bland and Ryan Burt, Hotel and 

Lodging Management; Britton Johnson, 

Marketing Management; Patsy Gowins, 

Restaurant Managing; Jessica Butler and 

Nycole Gilstrap, Traveling and Tourism 

Management; and Chaney E. Tyner 

Fashion Merchandising. Birdville’s DE- 

CA advisors are Lisa Greco and Sandy 

Sawyer. 

Birdville’s Texas Association of Future 

Educators (TAFE) had numerous 

competitors. TAFE students were: Katelyn 

Albert, Laura Behring, Olivia Camel, 

Nicole Ciulla, Jordan Conkle, Laura Davis, 

Nikki Dufrene, Jeanetta Ewing, Brendon 

Fisher, Karl Fritz, Lindsey Gebo, 

Kayla Grayson, Erin Haas, Zach Horton, 

Tiffany Johnson, Megan Jones, Vanessa 

Landivar, Zach Mason, Cayce McDaniel, 

Camden Moresi, Anna Noonan, Alyssa 

Oldham, Jennifer Read, Whitney Reeves, 

Amanda Richardson, Katie Rollins, Casondra 

Sargeant, Rebecca Trainor, Tanner 

Trigg, Cassidy Van Order and Valeria 

Vianes. Laura Davis received a $1,000 

scholarship as the State TAFE Student of 

the Year. Birdville’s TAFE advisor is Karen 

Kallas. 

Family Career Community Leaders 

of America (FCCLA) LifeSmarts competition 

recognitions were: Adrienne 

Cram, Ricky Jordan, Lauren Stevens, and 

Sydney White. All of the participants advanced 

to state and placed seventh. 

Birdville’s FCCLA advisor is Shellie Kiedrowski. 

Birdville’s BEST Robotics participants 

were: Stephen Zeufeld, Gretchen 

Zeufeld, Meredith Shiftlet, Eric Codner, 

Josh Sanquist, Jeremy Fraca and Kelly 

Preston. Birdville’s BEST Robotics advisor 

is John Franklin. 

WINNER FROM RICHLAND 

MIDDLE SCHOOL: 

Seven students from Richland Middle 

School competed in the Future City 

Engineering Competition in the spring. 

They were: Stephanie Anchondo, Megan 

Baab, Ashton Harty, Josh Holbrook, Linda 

Howeth, Anthony Ortega and Courtney 

Scott. Richland Middle’s advisor is 

Dee Bowen. 

WINNERS FROM THE CAREER 

CENTER: 

Career Center District IV Winners in 

Automotive Technology competition 

were: Johnathon Flemming, first place, 

Automotive; Joey Aldrige, first place, 

Small Engines; Justin Bolt, second place, 

Small Engines; Chase Basset, third place, 

Small Engines; Brandon Benifield, first 

place, Marine; Dustin Morman, second 

place, Marine; Rick Hernandez, third 

place, Marine; Aaron Muncy, first place, 

Diesel; Steve Fargo, second place, Diesel, 

and fist place, Customer Service; Wes 

Barnheart, third place, Diesel; Paul 

Vongphrachamh, first place, Aviation; 

Ryan Dodge, second place, Aviation; 

Ramero Dahoolal, third place, Aviation; 

Justin Boldt, second place, Motorcycle; 

Brandon Powers, third place, Motorcycle; 

Phillip Sonnenburg, first place, Related 

Math; and Michael Gardetto, first 

place, Technical Related Math. State 

Winners were: Phillip Sonnenburg, first 

place, Related Math; Steven Fargo, third 

place, Diesel Technology; and Carlos 

Maldonado, second place, Diesel Technology. 

Brandon Powers advanced to 

nationals in New York. The Career Center’s 

Automotive Technology advisors 

are Olin Harrington and Ric Calderon. 

Career Center Cosmetology District 

winners were: Angel Wilson, Keisha Ferreria, 

Jessica Kyser, Sheri Smith, Tiffaney 

Eason, and Sarah Fisher, Emblem Ceremony. 

Advancing to State were: Victoria 

Sanches, Promotional Bulletin Board; 

Flor Quazada, Promotional Bulletin 

Board; Nancy Pena, Promotional Bulletin 

Board; Cecelia Stial, Promotional 

Bulletin Board; Cinthia Parroquin, Promotional 

Bulletin Board; Danielle Addington, 

Nail Art; Hein Nyugen, Nail Care; 

and Jessica Xayaber, Nail Care. The Career 

Center’s advisor for Cosmetology 

program is Paullett Barton. National 

qualifiers were: Keisha Ferreria, president; 

Jessica Kyser, sargeant-at-arms; 

and Sarah Fisher, parliamentarian. 

Career Center District Skills USA 

Construction Technology winners were: 

Nick Davis, first place, Introduction to 

Welding; Justin Shearman, second 

place, Introduction to Welding; Jacob 

King, third place, Introduction to Welding; 

Justin Pierce, first place, Welding 

Fabrication; Brent Tanner, first place, 

Masonary; Joshua Batchelor, third place, 

Masonary; Jose Mena, second place, 

Residential Wiring; Jimmy Nickolson, 

Russell Kendrick, Clayton Ebner and Aldo 

Gallegos, first place, Teamworks 

Competition; James Balderos, Blake Silvia, 

Scot Musgrove and Brady Michalek, 

second place, Teamworks Competition; 

and Nick Davis, James Balderos and Scot 

Musgrove, first place, Community Service 

Competition. The Career Center’s 

advisors for Construction Technology 

are Mike Benton and Joe Rocker. 

Career Center Regional Skills USA 

Media Technology winners in Television 

Production were: Brandon Day and Bill 

Tyler, second place, Television Production 

(advanced to state); Emily Tallon 

and Theresea Serrano, second place, Audio 

Production (advanced to state); Nic 

Neufeld and Breanna Bonilla , first place, 

Video Demonstration (advanced to 

state); Bill Tyler, first place, Extemporaneous 

Speaking; Adrian Chavez, first 

place, Photography; and Emily Tallon, 

Theresae Serrano and Jennifer Bryden, 

Video Projects (advanced to state). Jennifer 

Bryden won BEST IN SHOW for her 

video, “Blood is Thicker.” The Career 

Center’s advisors for Media Technology 

are Karen Seimears and Trevor Kasal. 

Congratulations to Brandon Day, 

Richland High School, Jennifer Bryden, 

Birdville High School, and Adela Escobar, 

Haltom High School, for their accomplishments 

in the South by Southwest 

International Film Festival in Austin. 

The South by Southwest Film Festival 

competition received over 3,100 

entries. Of those entries, three Birdville 

students were selected finalists. Brandon 

won the 2007 high school competition; 

Adela received the Special Jury 

prize; and Jennifer was named finalist. 

Criminal Justice Competition had 70 

students from six area high schools participating 

in ten criminal justice related 

events. BISD participated in eight of the 

ten events. They were: Matt Maldonado, 

Brandon Trautman, Eric Vaughn, Alex 

Fonseca, Daniell Tellez, Katie Tortrakul, 

William Soto, Bellem Hernandez, Michelle 

Adeyemi, Jacob Trussell, Brandon 

Kim, Luis Hernandez, Dalton Maclin, 

Mayra Galvan, Nick Gardiner and Romero 

Dhanoolal. Advancing to State were: 

Brandon Trautman and Eric Vaughn, 

second place, Building Search; Belem 

Hernandez and William Soto, second 

place, Criminal Analysis; Katie Tortrakul, 

second place, Individual Obstacle 

course-Female; and Nick Gardiner, Alex 

Fonseca, Luis Hernandez and Daniel 

Tellez, first place, Group Obstacle 

Course-Male. The advisor for Criminal 

Justice is Jose Hernandez.

Excellence in Athletics 

The following is a summary of 

athletic successes in district and 

state-level competition during 

2006-2007. 

Baseball 

Birdville High 

Advanced to UIL Region 1 

Semifinals 

Basketball 


Girls Advanced to Bi-District 

round of playoffs 

Haltom High: Boys 

Advanced to Bi-District 

round of playoffs 

Richland High: Boys 

Advanced to Area round of playoffs 

Smithfield MS: Girls 

Seventh-grade District Champions 

N. Richland MS: Boys 

Eighth-grade District Champions 

North Ridge MS: Boys 


Football 


Advanced to second round of state 

playoff 

Haltom MS: 

Eighth-grade Big 12 District 

Champions 

Watauga MS 

Seventh-grade “A” District 

Champions 

Golf 


Advanced to Regional playoffs 

Gymnastics 


Advanced to Regional Meet, 

State Qualifiers-Addi Ramirez, 

Ryan Graf and Alicia Panek 

Haltom High 

Advanced to Regional Meet 

Richland High 


State Qualifier-Noah Cagle 

Soccer 

Birdville High: Girls 

Advanced to Region 1 Finals 

Swimming 


Regional Qualifiers 

Haltom High 


Richland High 


Team Tennis 


Advanced to Regional Tournament 

Haltom High 


Richland High 


Tennis 


State Qualifiers-Brittannee George 

and Colin Copple 

Track/Cross Country 

Birdville High Track 


State Qualifiers-Daniel Cortez, 

Whitney Gipson and Jonathan 

Lester 

Seven BISD Special Olympians were recognized for their efforts at the 

state Special Olympic Track Meet in Arlington. They were: Chad Earley, 

Fred Elliott, Lauren Kuykendall,Shawn McNeese, Ashley Roady, Dominique 

Smith and Teresa St. John. Their coach was JoAnne Ferris. 

Haltom High Track 


Birdville High Cross Country 

Boys & Girls - Advanced to 

Regional Meet 

Haltom High Cross Country:Girls 


State Qualifier-Ashley Flores 

Haltom High Cross Country: Boys 


Haltom MS Cross Country: Boys 

Eighth-grade District Champions 

N. Richland MS Track: Girls 

Seventh-grade District 

Champions, Eighth-grade 

District Champions 

N. Richland MS Cross Country: Boys 


North Ridge MS Cross Country 


Volleyball 


Qualified for State Playoffs 

Smithfield MS 

Seventh-grade “A” District 

Champions 

Wrestling 



Haltom High 


Richland High 

Regional, State Qualifier 

Will Brown 

Haltom and Richland football fans 

were treated to an exciting game. 

Birdville High School’s baseball team advanced to the UIL Region 1 semifinals. 

Richland High’s 2006-07 varsity softball team 

Birdville High’s cross country 

team won their second consecutive 

district title in 2007 

Middle school students 

enjoy learning basketball 

skills 

Eleven BISD athletes were recognized as state qualifiers. They were: Birdville High School - Addi Ramirez, gymnastics, Alicia Panek, gymnastics, Ryan Graf, 

gymnastics, Brittanee George, tennis, Collin Copple, tennis, Daniel Cortez, track and field, Whitney Gipson, track and field, and Jonathon Lester, track and 

field; Haltom High School - Ashley Flores, cross country; and Richland High School - William Brown, wrestling, and Noah Cagle, gymnastics. 

M 



Excellence 

CONTINUED FROM 5PP 

Jennifer Villasana - N. Richland MS 

Janie Norez, North Oaks Middle 

School sixth-grader, was selected 

to serve as a correspondent on the 

Scholastic Kids Press Corp. Norez 

was selected for her strong writing 

skills. Her application included a 

story 400 word story about what 

makes her city and state special. 

Smithfield and North Richland 

middle school’s sixth-grade 

students in the gifted and talented 

program were notified that their 

entry into the 2007 Sally Ride 

Science Toy Challenge was 

selected to advance to the national 

competition. 

North Ridge Middle School’s 

environmental awareness contest 

winners were: sixth-grade, Print 

Advertising - Kaitlyn Lanius-Ross, 

first place; Photography - Amanda 

Pfeifer, first place; and Amanda 

Pfeifer, honorable mention; and 

Newspaper Articles - Julianna 

Hunt, first place. Seventh-grade 

winners were: Print Advertising - 

Kelsea Anthony, honorable 

mention; and Photography - Cody 

Talley, first place. Eighth-grade 

winners were: Photography - Nick 

Hodgson, first place; and 

Cassandra Manzato, honorable 

mention. 

North Midge Middle School’s 

environmental contest winners 

advancing to state were: Nick 

Hodgson, Cody Talley, Kaitlyn 

Lanius-Ross, Amanda Pfeifer and 

Julianna Hunt. They were 

recognized at the Texas PTA 

Student Program Awards ceremony 

in San Antonio. Cassandra 

Manzato was an Honorable 

Mention National PTA award 

winner. 

Elementary Honors 

Jacob Collins and Charlie Wang, 

Foster Village Elementary 

fifth-grade EXCEL students, were 

chosen to present at the Tejas 

Storytelling Festival in Denton. 

Watauga Elementary’s 

Destination Imagination (DI) team 

went to state. The DI team 

members were: Dustin Neathery, 

Logan Westbrooks, Maddaliane 

Piganell, Sydney Anderson, 

Excellence in Other Areas 

BISD’s “The Circle” Cancer 

Support Group and other 

participants from BISD’s 2007 

Komen Tarrant County Race for 

the Cure team were recognized. 

Birdville placed second for total 

school team participation with 

more than 318 registrants. 

Emily Biggers, advanced 

academic specialist at the 

Academy at C.F. Thomas and 

Green Valley elementaries, was 

recognized as BISD’s Outstanding 

Teacher of the Gifted for 2006-07. 

Beth Cope, advanced academic 

specialist at Watauga and Haltom 

middle schools, was recognized as 

BISD’s Rising Star Teacher of the 

Gifted for 2006-07. 

"The Circle" 

Karen Kallas, Birdville High 

School’s teacher of family and 

consumer sciences and Ready, Set, 

Teach program, was recognized for 

being named sponsor of the year 

by the Texas Association of Future 

Educators (TAFE). 

Karen Seimears, media 

technology teacher, was 

recognized for being named an 

Apple Distinguished Educator. She 

is invited to attend the Apple 

Distinguished Educator Summer 

Institute at California State 

University Monterey Bay. 

Birdville High School’s 

counseling department received 

the Texas Counseling Association’s 

CREST Award. BHS was one of 

Birdville High School counselors Kallas 

Destiny Jones and Erick Terrazas. 

Hardeman Elementary students 

Nicola Ellis won and Austin 

Dunafan was the runner up in the 

Daughters of the Republic of Texas 

Essay Contest. 

Hardeman Elementary students 

Nadia Ahamed, Shawn Cummings, 

Barnabas Destahun, Matthew 

Habina, Kaitlyn Harrison, Haleema 

Hassan, Katline Hines, Seth James, 

Raymond Jarek, Jessica Johnson, 

Priscille Kazadi, Cathryn Mason, 

Ramson Mumba, Austin Rice, Zana 

Rodgers, Mitchell Schneider, 

Sarankan Selvakularanjan, Brooke 

Settlemeyer and Jerry Turner were 

recognized in the Duke Talent 

Identification Pool. 

Colin McBurnett, second grader 

at Foster Village, was selected to 

represent Birdville at the TCU 

Reading Bee. 

Lauren Loeffler, Spicer 

Elementary fifth grade, was 

awarded a scholarship from the 

Texas Association of Gifted and 

Talented to attend a summer 

program for Marine Biology in 

Corpus Christi. 

Duke Talent Identification Pool 

students from Walker Creek 

Elementary were: Chance Clifton, 

Matthew Rosenberger, Seth 

Hoppenreys, Barrett Sawyers, 

Kevin Lasso, Robert Stancil and 

Kadie Roberts. 

only five 

schools to 

receive this 

honor for the 

2006-07 school 

year. Birdville 

counselors are: 

Debra Ellis, 

lead counselor, 

Deborah 

Conaway, 

Carolyn 

Goodrich, 

Cindy Larson, 

Byron 

Sparkman and 

Scott Eager. 

Biggers 

Seimears 

Fine arts CONTINUED FROM 3PP 

Birdville ISD art teachers displayed their wok at Five-Star Ford in North 

Richland Hills. 

Best Actress 

Jordan Bailey 

VISUAL ARTS 

Students Selected for the UIL State 

VASE Competition: 

**Gold Seal winners’ artwork will be 

displayed for one year in exhibits 

across the state. 

*Superior Ratings 


Liz Archer, *Samantha Feemster, 

Chloe Hodge, Alexis Howard, 

Audrey Jones, Nicholas Mangru 

*Thy-Thy Nguyen and Cherisse 

Schwenn. 


Kelly Milburn, Erica Ramirez and 

Shannon Tatum. 


Alexis Alfaro, Marissa Baca, 

Spencer Cogburn, Brittany Day 

Mia De Baun, Charity Graf, *Zach 

Howell, *Gloria Hong, *Henry 

Hsu, *Kayla Johnston, David 

Kurth, *Min Lee, Petra Leppanen, 

*Scott Levings, *Sara Morgan, 

* **Rachel Nhan, Lauren North, 

*Scott Prather, Katia Tarankov 

and Adam Tovar. 

Other Art Accomplishments: 

Maria Caceres, Richland High, and 

Scott Levings, Birdville High, were 

awarded $150 savings bonds for 

honorable mention at the 

Congressional High School Art 

Competition. 

Birdville High School students 

All-State Band and Choir Students 

receiving awards from the National 

Art Honor Society were Brittany Day, 

Judge’s Choice Award, and Kayla 

Johnson for B/W Drawing. Top 20 

Blue Ribbon Artists were: Katia 

Tarankov, Blair Patterson, Zach 

Howell and Rachel Nhan. 

DRILL TEAM 

The Haltom High School 

Highsteppers competed in the MA 

Dance Regional Contest at Grapevine 

High. They won the following awards: 

Super Sweepstakes, Choreography 

Awards for modern and prop dance, 

Dance Technique Award, Best in 

Class, and the Winner’s Circle Award. 

At the 2006 Showtime International 

National Competition in Galveston, 

the Highsteppers won first place in 

the prop category and second in 

modern and military categories. 

The Richland High School Dixie 

Belles competed in the MA Dance 

Contest at Grapevine High. They won 

the following awards: Officer Super 

Sweepstakes, Officer Choreography 

Award in modern and novelty dance, 

Team Sweepstakes, and 

Choreography Award in pom. At the 

MA Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader 

Regionals, they won: Officer Super 

Sweepstakes; Officer Choreography 

Award in novelty dance; Team Super 

Sweepstakes; Choreography Award in 

pom, hiphop, military and kick; Team 

Outstanding Technique Award; and 

Winners Circle. 

Haltom High School’s Highsteppers 

perform for the crowd.

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