Congratulations to the 2008-09 Student Council Leadership class:
President, Jessica Cox
VP, Kristen Sass
Secretary, Tara Gooding
Sergeant @ Arms, Jared Barnett
Treasurer, Megan Hunt
Historian, Taylor Staab
Membership:
Emily Actkinson
Gretchen Dekalb
Hayley Greenbauer
Crystal Harman
Taylor Haynes
Brett Hightower
Colin Jenkins
Emilyl Kijowski
Courtney Lancaster
Kendall Linz
Kerbie Merrill
Katie Otano
Jordan Readicker
Young Shin
Jessica Slusser
Rachel Toney

click to see GHS Theatre Department highlights
click for "Into the Woods" Cast
"Into the Woods" will be performed on the Casa Manana stage on May 22nd for all of the
attending schools, parents, and well wishers and to find out the final awards.

The Mustang Baseball Team defeated Colleyville 4 to nothing Friday night to finish 3rd in district 5-5A. We had a great crowd on Senior Night. We will play Flower Mound High this Friday and Saturday. When and where will be decided later today.

March Professional of the Month --
Dave Parsons

January Paraprofessional of the Month--
Donna Gunn

February Professional of the Month --
Eddie Redwine

February Paraprofessional of the Month--
Jancie Jones

January Professional of the Month --
Carla Reasoner

January Paraprofessional of the Month--
Matt Davis

CJ McElrath made the North Texas Basketball Coaches Association's All-Star Game to be played this Saturday at 4pm at Lake Highlands HS.
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GHS students signing - April 9, 2008
bottom left: Jordan Wehrenberg, softball, Southern Arkansas University
bottom right: Melissa Loesing, softball, Marshall University
back left: Sutton Garrett-Jones, volleyball, Radford University
back right: Monte Willet, track, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy

GHS Gymnasts
Erin Garsau (Senior) Placed 1st in the all around competition at the District Meet March 28, 1st on Vault, 1st on bars, 3rd on beam and 1st on Floor.
Cameron Heaukulani placed 8th on Parrell Bars,2nd on Pommel, 8th on High Bar
and 6th in All Around.
This is a hugh accomplishment for the school and a great credit to our gymnasts.
Both will advance to Regional competition.

The Fillies were named
Grand National Champions
in the Super Team Category (50+ members). They received first place honors for their performances in Team Modern, Team Hip Hop and Team Pom, and were also recognized with Technique and National Winners' Circle honors in recognition of top scoring teams at the contest.

The Fillies Officers ended third overall in a officer competition, the highest ever finish in national competition for the Fillies officers! The officers placed first in their Officer Modern, Officer Hip Hop, and Officer Jazz performances, and also received Technique and National Officer Winners' Circle recognition.

Congratulations to our FABULOUS Fillies!
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Contest Awards 2007-08

Grapevine youths, mentors develop bonds in PALS program

By KATHERINE CROMER BROCK

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Kyle Crockett, a Grapevine High School senior, greets Logan Ellett, 7, at Cannon Elementary School in Grapevine.

GRAPEVINE -- Cannon Elementary School second-grader Malechi Teed sat on the floor of the school's main hallway with Chase Bruton, a senior at Grapevine High School.

They were getting set to play Friendship Island, a game about making friends and social skills.

Malechi held colored game pieces in his hand, trying to figure out which color he should be.

"Which is your favorite color?" he asked Bruton, who answered diplomatically, "I like blue and green."

"But which do you want?"

"I'll take blue," Bruton answered.

"Then I'll take green," Malechi said, smiling. "That's exactly what a pal is for."

This is the second year that Bruton has been paired with Malechi through Grapevine High School PALS, a peer assistance and leadership program.

'A little extra something'

The program, which has been in Grapevine-Colleyville schools for more than a decade, assigns high school students as mentors to "PALees." Grapevine High students work with children from Cannon and Silver Lake Elementary and Cross Timbers Middle schools.

"We have kids who just need a little extra something for the day," Cannon Principal Tim Sutton said. "They need the help, the encouragement, and the PALS make a big impact on our kids."

Mandy Coburn, a counselor at Cannon, was in a PALS program when she was a senior in high school in Irving in 1996.

"For the high school students, it helps with their self-esteem and their self-confidence as much as it does the younger kids," Coburn said. "It seems like they're playing, but they are establishing a great friendship."

'Special to have a PAL'

Through the weekly hour set aside for PALS studying and game playing, the older students often become cheerleaders and trusted confidantes for the younger students.

"I don't have that many friends to play with at recess," second-grader Garrett Day said. He was taking a break from playing hallway soccer outside the school's main office with his PAL senior Jonathan Slusser, who nodded.

"We're trying to work on that, making friends," Slusser said.

Senior Morgan McCarty sat with third-grader Lexi Lybrand as Lexi finished her lunch of a corn dog and ice cream in the cafeteria.

"It's actually really special to have a PAL," Lexi said. "I can talk with her about things that I can't tell a lot of people, like my friends, like personal stuff."

There are 32 juniors and seniors in Grapevine's PALS class. To get into the program, students apply and interview and need recommendations from a classmate and a teacher.

In addition to the mentoring program, PALS volunteer at a senior adult living community, in the Grapevine High special education department and in leadership and fundraising activities, said Tracey Waldroup, Grapevine's PALS coordinator.

KATHERINE CROMER BROCK, 817-685-3813
kcromer@star-telegram.com

Zac Feemster earns "Reserved Grand Champion" in San Antonio Stock Show

Matt Harbin signs with Bucknell University
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Joe Andrews - State Wrestling Champion
click for pictures

The Varsity Baseball Team won the Tournament of Champions in Midland this past weekend by going 5 and 0, and outscoring our opponents 32 to 5. Drew Boehmer, Ethan Davis, Adam Jahner, Scott Slusher, and Cameron White were named to the All-Tournament team. Congratulations on this great accomplishment! The Mustangs are back in action this next weekend at the Highland Park Tournament.
click for Midland newspaper article

Teacher of the Year
Jane Rose

Paraprofessional of the Year
Angela Brown

Pep Rally - Feb. 8, 2008
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Shawn Anunaso signs with Friends University

Ryan Alvarado signs with Friends University

Click here to get a pdf file for the student web release to allow name/picture on website



Jazz Choir - Java Jive On the Road with Jazz CD Price $10 Order in the Choir Room. Checks to: Grapevine HS Choir Boosters
Ryan Savage placed 5th in Computer Applications this past week-end at the UIL State Academic Meet in Austin. He is the first student from GHS to place in this event at the State Meet.
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Student Council Leadership class: President, Jessica Cox VP, Kristen Sass Secretary, Tara Gooding Sergeant @ Arms, Jared Barnett Treasurer, Megan Hunt Historian, Taylor Staab Membership: Emily Actkinson Gretchen Dekalb Hayley Greenbauer Crystal Harman Taylor Haynes Brett Hightower Colin Jenkins Emilyl Kijowski Courtney Lancaster Kendall Linz Kerbie Merrill Katie Otano Jordan Readicker Young Shin Jessica Slusser Rachel Toney
2008 Buckley Nominations click to see GHS Theatre Department highlights click for "Into the Woods" Cast "Into the Woods" will be performed on the Casa Manana stage on May 22nd for all of the attending schools, parents, and well wishers and to find out the final awards.
Students won awards at ART in the Square this weekend. Nikki Chavez won 3rd place and Honorable mention Meghan Leddy Won Honorable mention.
The Mustang Baseball Team defeated Colleyville 4 to nothing Friday night to finish 3rd in district 5-5A. We had a great crowd on Senior Night. We will play Flower Mound High this Friday and Saturday. When and where will be decided later today.
Erin Garsaud competed in the State High School Gymnastic meet placing 8th in Uneven Bars.
Congratulations to the 2008 - 2009 Student Council Officers: President - Jessica Cox Vice President - Kristen Sass Sergeant at Arms - Jared Barnett Treasurer - Megan Hunt Secretary - Tara Gooding Historian - Taylor Staab
Regional Track Meet David Taylor won first place in pole vault by jumping 16 feet. He has broken the GHS record of 15' 9" set by our own Cody Koontz when he was a senior here. Monte Willett came in second with a vault of 15' 6". Both of these young men will now advance to the state finals.
March Professional of the Month -- Dave Parsons	January Paraprofessional of the Month-- Donna Gunn
February Professional of the Month -- Eddie Redwine	February Paraprofessional of the Month-- Jancie Jones
January Professional of the Month -- Carla Reasoner	January Paraprofessional of the Month-- Matt Davis
2008-09 Grapevine High School Fillies Varsity Dance Team results Captain--Rachel Toney Lieutenants--Laurel Rushton, Alison Hessling, Courtney Lancaster, Ali Wielinski, Bailey Bauer, and Tara Scoville Ball, Shannon Bauer, Bailey Bearden, Becca Benson, Christine Bestard, Julie Blake, Aly Brown, Raquel Bucklin, Hayley Burnham, Kaitlyn Carroll, Haley Christy, Carlee Cowee, Morgan Davis, Rachel Eaton, Kristen Eden, Tara Floyd, Heather George, Kristina Giallanza, Kali Goldstein, Courtney Goodwin, Shelby Hannah, Alyssa Hessling, Alison House, Mekenzie Hughes, Lauren Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, Savannah Lahoda, Maddie Lambert, Jordan Lancaster, Courtney Lefko, Allegra Linz, Kendall Luke, Lauren Luttrell, Lacy Marshello, Kristen Moody, Hannah Newton, Jenny Nichols, Rebekah Nolte, Kristina O'Briant, McKenzie Otano, Katie Roach, Stephanie Rogers, Madison Rooney, Chelsea Rosse, Carly Rushton, Laurel Scordas, Kristen Scoville, Tara Sisco, Caroline Staab, Taylor Stamps, Kara Strittmatter, Whitney Strowmatt, Logan Tichacek, Hannah Toney, Rachel Welch, Lindsey Wielinski, Ali Williams, Erin Williky, Hayley
GHS Oral Interp Team sets a school record for most competitors ever qualified for the national tournament. The national tournament will be held in Las Vegas from June 14th-21st. Qualifying in Duo Interp Kaitlin Hoag/Sarah Baston Ben Hicks/Melissa Lamb Qualifying in Humorous Interp Casey Williams Scott Morgan Other Participating Students Jordan Hughes Caroline Brenner Elliot Kramer Izzy Ingraham The Debate success: LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE William HIx - qualified for the national tournament Wyatt Ray - 1st alternate POLICY DEBATE Mike Gajewsky and Emily Hall -1st Alternate PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE Monte Halprin and Kevin Fields - 1st alternate DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Monte Halpin - 4th Alternate Tom Rayermann - 5th Alternate STUDENT CONGRESS SENATE Leslie Berntsen - 2nd Alternate STUDENT CONGRESS HOUSE Mike Gajewsky - 1st Alternate
State VASE Results Congratulations to the GHS students who were awarded a "4" in the Texas State VASE competition in Houston April 11 &12: Meghan Leddy Irene Li Sara Robins Other GHS students who participated in the VASE competition were: Hayley Butler Emily Smith Lance Trachier All these students did a great job in this state wide competition.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WILLIAM HIX who received an invitation to attend the Kentucky Tournament of Champions in May. This tournament is considered as the Superbowl of tournaments or (in reference to the timing) the KENTUCKY DERBY of the triple crown of debate. They will be at the University of Kentucky, May 2-6. Grapevine will have 4 participants at the TOC this year. This is the MOST representing Grapevine at the TOC in 9 years! William will be competing in Lincoln Douglas Debate and will be joined by Leslie Berntsen - Student Congress Tonia Beglari and Shelby Pryor - Policy Debate. What a great group of debaters we have representing Grapevine HS.
Cameron Heaukulani competes for the GHS gymnastics team as well as at USA Gymnastics events with Top Flight Gymnastics Training center. Saturday, Cameron competed at the USA Gymnastics Region 3 (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri) Championship meet in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He placed SECOND overall in the Level 8, 12-14 year old bracket - quite an accomplishment in the strongest USA gymanstics region in the country!
CJ McElrath made the North Texas Basketball Coaches Association's All-Star Game to be played this Saturday at 4pm at Lake Highlands HS. click for team list
Congratulations to our UIL Academic competitors who traveled to Lubbock this weekend to compete in the Regional contest! The following students were finalists and/or placed in their respective events: Computer Applications: Ryan Savage, First Place & State-bound! Coached by Patty Mischkot Persuasive Speaking: Eric Wey, Third Place & State-bound! Coached by Jason Sykes & Jane Boyd Informative Speaking: Monte Halprin, Finalist: Sixth Place! Coached by Jane Boyd & Jason Sykes Competing at the state contest will make Ryan and Eric eligible for scholarships awarded by the UIL each year. Congratulations again, and let's wish Eric & Ryan all our best at the UIL State Tournament in Austin May 2-3!
Congratulations to Chris Daily, Senior, whose music composition entry Making You Laugh competed at State and won an Artist of Excellence or 2nd place award! Also congratulations go to Heejung Park, Junior, whose visual arts entry won an Honorable Mention award. Copies of their work can be listened to and viewed on the PTSA page of the GHS website. On Monday, May 12, at the GHS PTSA General Meeting and Awards Ceremony at 6:30pm, the GHS Arts Reflections winners will receive awards for their exemplary Reflections entries. All students and parents are invited to this evening where refreshments will be served in the Library. Next year’s Reflections theme is WOW! Students can work on their entries over the summer. Contest deadlines will be announced in the fall. Use your imagination and creativity in the following categories: Dance Choreography, Film/Video Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.
GHS students signing - April 9, 2008 bottom left: Jordan Wehrenberg, softball, Southern Arkansas University bottom right: Melissa Loesing, softball, Marshall University back left: Sutton Garrett-Jones, volleyball, Radford University back right: Monte Willet, track, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy
Erin Garsaud and Cameron Heukulani recently competed in the Region IV Gymnastic Meet at Martin High School. Advancing to State Meet is Erin Garsaud, 2nd Place, All-Around.
Congratulations to members of the debate team who competed at the Legislative Debate District contest which is the qualifier for the NFL National Tournament for this event. This year's National Forensic League National Tournament will be June 15-21 in Las Vegas, NV. Special recognition goes to: Mike Gajewsky - 1st alternate to Nationals in House 2 Leslie Berntsen - 2nd Alternate to Nationals in the Senate Leslie Berntsen, Pritam Shah, and Kevin Fields - Presiding Officers While the varsity were competing for a national slot, the Novices had their own contest. Special recognition goes to Annie Brillhart - 4th place -- novice chamber Frances Shue - 5th place - novice chamber Congratulate these students as you see them in the halls and in your classes. Wish good luck to all the Debaters and Oral Interpers who will be competing in their respective events to compete at the National tournament when they attend the NFL Lone Star District tournament for Debate and individual events on April 18-19 at Highland Park.
GHS Gymnasts Erin Garsau (Senior) Placed 1st in the all around competition at the District Meet March 28, 1st on Vault, 1st on bars, 3rd on beam and 1st on Floor. Cameron Heaukulani placed 8th on Parrell Bars,2nd on Pommel, 8th on High Bar and 6th in All Around. This is a hugh accomplishment for the school and a great credit to our gymnasts. Both will advance to Regional competition.
The Fillies were named Grand National Champions in the Super Team Category (50+ members). They received first place honors for their performances in Team Modern, Team Hip Hop and Team Pom, and were also recognized with Technique and National Winners' Circle honors in recognition of top scoring teams at the contest. The Fillies Officers ended third overall in a officer competition, the highest ever finish in national competition for the Fillies officers! The officers placed first in their Officer Modern, Officer Hip Hop, and Officer Jazz performances, and also received Technique and National Officer Winners' Circle recognition. Congratulations to our FABULOUS Fillies! click for more details Contest Awards 2007-08
Congratulations to our UIL Academic competitors for their success thus far in spring meet contests! UIL District: March 28-29 Academic Contest Results (revised) Sweepstakes (Combined Events): 3rd Place Overall 1st Place Speech Accounting (Rosemary Hemsell): 2nd Place Team 6th Place: Broderick Young Calculator Applications (Rosemary Hemsell): 4th Place: Ramon Li Cross Examination Debate (Jason Sykes, previously held): 1st Place: Farhad Mirzadeh & David Jagneaux 3rd Place: Jacob Quinn & Amy Schade 4th Place: Eric Wey & Mark Schmitz State CX Debate Championship (Jason Sykes, previously held): 9th Place (Octafinals): Farhad Mirzadeh & David Jagneaux Current Issues & Events (Ann Turpin): 2nd Place Team 4th Place: Will Hix 5th Place: Leslie Berntsen Computer Applications (Patty Mischkot): 2nd Place Team 3rd Place: Ryan Savage 4th Place: Kaitlyn Johanson Computer Science (Rena Lewis): 3rd Place: Joanna Smith 5th Place: Elliott Kramer Editorial Writing (Jill Rooney): 2nd Place: Sawyer Davis Informative Speaking (Jane Boyd): 3rd Place: Monte Halprin 4th Place: Will Hix Lincoln Douglas Debate (Jane Boyd): 1st Place: Shehzad Bharwani Literary Criticism (Dianna Trang & Tara Eddins): 3rd Place: Lauren Byrd 6th Place: Emma Paynter News Writing (Jill Rooney): 1st Place: Lauren Sciarappa Number Sense (Rosemary Hemsell): 2nd Place Team 2nd Place: Abi Kulshreshtha 4th Place: Coby Tao Persuasive Speaking (Jason Sykes): 4th Place: Eric Wey Poetry Interpretation (Grant Hahn): 4th Place: Landry Ayres 5th Place: Kaitlin Hoag Prose Interpretation (Grant Hahn): 6th Place: Ben Hicks Ready Writing (Dianna Trang): 1st Place: Alysha Behn Spelling & Vocabulary (Linda Richardson): 5th Place: Jennifer Shi The following students are eligible to compete at the Regional contest in lovely Lubbock, Texas on April 11-12: Ryan Savage (Computer Applications) Joanna Smith (Computer Science) Sawyer Davis (Editorial Writing) Monte Halprin (Informative Speaking) Shehzad Bharwani (Lincoln Douglas Debate) Lauren Byrd (Literary Criticism) Lauren Sciarappa (News Writing) Abi Kulshreshtha (Number Sense) Alysha Behn (Ready Writing) Great job everyone! Good luck in continued competition.
Grapevine High School Science Teacher Wins Mavericks Teacher Appreciation Award Grapevine High School proudly announces that science teacher, Ms. Deanna Showalter, is the recipient of the Mavericks Teacher Appreciation Award. She will be recognized at the Mavericks basketball game on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 along with four other recipients. The award gives the winning teacher $1,000.00 and the winning teacher’s school $1,000.00. Ms. Showalter was nominated by one of her students, Stephen Small, who is President of the Ecology Club. They plan to use the monetary award for enhancements in the Grapevine High School Ecology Center. Deanna teaches biology, sponsors the Ecology Club, and is department chair of the science department at GHS.
Grapevine youths, mentors develop bonds in PALS program By KATHERINE CROMER BROCK Star-Telegram Staff Writer Kyle Crockett, a Grapevine High School senior, greets Logan Ellett, 7, at Cannon Elementary School in Grapevine. GRAPEVINE -- Cannon Elementary School second-grader Malechi Teed sat on the floor of the school's main hallway with Chase Bruton, a senior at Grapevine High School. They were getting set to play Friendship Island, a game about making friends and social skills. Malechi held colored game pieces in his hand, trying to figure out which color he should be. "Which is your favorite color?" he asked Bruton, who answered diplomatically, "I like blue and green." "But which do you want?" "I'll take blue," Bruton answered. "Then I'll take green," Malechi said, smiling. "That's exactly what a pal is for." This is the second year that Bruton has been paired with Malechi through Grapevine High School PALS, a peer assistance and leadership program. 'A little extra something' The program, which has been in Grapevine-Colleyville schools for more than a decade, assigns high school students as mentors to "PALees." Grapevine High students work with children from Cannon and Silver Lake Elementary and Cross Timbers Middle schools. "We have kids who just need a little extra something for the day," Cannon Principal Tim Sutton said. "They need the help, the encouragement, and the PALS make a big impact on our kids." Mandy Coburn, a counselor at Cannon, was in a PALS program when she was a senior in high school in Irving in 1996. "For the high school students, it helps with their self-esteem and their self-confidence as much as it does the younger kids," Coburn said. "It seems like they're playing, but they are establishing a great friendship." 'Special to have a PAL' Through the weekly hour set aside for PALS studying and game playing, the older students often become cheerleaders and trusted confidantes for the younger students. "I don't have that many friends to play with at recess," second-grader Garrett Day said. He was taking a break from playing hallway soccer outside the school's main office with his PAL senior Jonathan Slusser, who nodded. "We're trying to work on that, making friends," Slusser said. Senior Morgan McCarty sat with third-grader Lexi Lybrand as Lexi finished her lunch of a corn dog and ice cream in the cafeteria. "It's actually really special to have a PAL," Lexi said. "I can talk with her about things that I can't tell a lot of people, like my friends, like personal stuff." There are 32 juniors and seniors in Grapevine's PALS class. To get into the program, students apply and interview and need recommendations from a classmate and a teacher. In addition to the mentoring program, PALS volunteer at a senior adult living community, in the Grapevine High special education department and in leadership and fundraising activities, said Tracey Waldroup, Grapevine's PALS coordinator. KATHERINE CROMER BROCK, 817-685-3813 kcromer@star-telegram.com
Zac Feemster earns "Reserved Grand Champion" in San Antonio Stock Show
The GHS Mustang Belle JV Dance Team are proud to announce their awards from the 2008 contest season: Marching Auxiliaries Contest at Grapevine High School First Place JV Trio Six division I soloists Superior JV Officer Jazz Choreography JV Officer Jazz Choreography Team Modern Choreography Team Jazz Choreography Team Military Supersweepstakes (90 or above on all three routines) Winner's Circle (top scoring teams of contest including all varsity and junior varsity) Starmakers Contest at South Garland High School JV solo winner- Kristen Scordas Five division I soloists Gold Star Award for JV Trio 4 Star Award Team Modern 5 Star Award Officer Jazz 5 Star Award Team Jazz 5 Star Award Team Military JV Silver- Team Jazz JV Gold - Team Modern JV Gold- Team Military Choreography Officer Jazz Technique Award- Officer Jazz
The Grapevine Debate and Oral Interpretation team braved snowy weather and sunny skies to attend the 35th Annual Texas Forensic Association State tournament at Coppell HS March 6-8. 188 schools from every region of the state attended this tournament. This was Grapevine's most successful state tournament overall since 1997. Grapevine HS brought home special recognition in several team awards: 3rd place in School Sweepstakes (188 participating schools) Ranked 4th for most qualifications in the state (26 total) GHS received the Lanny Naeglin Award for most accumulated qualifications over several years. The entire team was brought on stage and given a standing ovation of this prestigious award. Individual Student recognition goes to students in the following events: DRAMATIC INTERP (109 Participants) (Just to brag on the kids a little...GHS had 3 finalists in DI. This has only been done one other time in the 35 years of the state tournament!!!) 2nd Place Ben Hicks 5th Place Casey Williams 6th Place Melissa Lamb DUO INTERP (55 Teams) 2nd Place Kaitlin Hoag/Sarah Baston Semi Finalists Casey Williams/Jordan Hughes, Melissa Lamb/Ben Hicks Quarter Finalists Lauren Hughes/Elliot Kramer HUMOROUS INTERP (96 Participants) 3rd Place Casey Williams Semi Finalists Ben Hicks / Caroline Brenner POLICY DEBATE Tonia Beglari and Shelby Pryor -- Quarter finals (top 8 of 103 teams) Mike Gajewsky and Emily Hall - Octo Finals (top 16 of 103 teams) Jacob Quinn and Amy Schade - Octo Finals(top 16 of 103 teams) LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE Will Hix - Octo finals (top 16 of 158 debaters) Emily Allen - Double Octo Finals (top 32 of 158 debaters) STUDENT CONGRESS Leslie Berntsen - finals Student Congress House (top 14 of 80) Pritam Shah - Semi finals Student Congress Senate (top 34 of 100) Others participating in the state tournament but not advancing were: Monte Halprin Chey Mashburn Julian Melendez Eric Frazier David Jagneaux Farhaud Mirzadeh Mark Schmitz Eric Wey Gena Charette Landry Ayres Sean Przano Scott Morgan The debate team is coached by Jane Boyd, Jason Sykes, Julian Gagnon, and Lyndsey Simmons. The Oral Interpretation team is coached by Grant Hahn.
GHS Oral Interp and Debate Places 3rd in School Sweepstakes (188 participating schools) GHS Oral Interp and Debate ranked 4th for most qualifications in the state (26 total) GHS received the Lanny Naeglin Award for most accumulated qualifications over several years Interp Results DRAMATIC INTERP (109 Participants) (Just to brag on the kids a little...GHS had 3 finalists in DI. This has only been done one other time in the 35 years of the state tournament!!!) 2nd Place Ben Hicks 5th Place Casey Willams 6th Place Melissa Lamb DUO INTERP (55 Teams) 2nd Place Kaitlin Hoag/Sarah Baston Semi Finalists Casey Williams/Jordan Hughes, Melissa Lamb/Ben Hicks Quarter Finalists Lauren Hughes/Elliot Kramer HUMOROUS INTERP (96 Participants) 3rd Place Casey Williams Semi Finalists Ben Hicks / Caroline Brenner Other Participating Members Gena Charette Landry Ayres Sean Przano Scott Morgan Debate Results Tonia Beglari and Shelby Pryor -- Quarter finals Policy Debate (top 8 of 103 teams) Mike Gajewsky and Emily Hall - Octo Finals Policy Debate (top 16 of 103 teams) Jacob Quinn and Amy Schade - Octo Finals Policy Debate (top 16 of 103 teams) Will Hix - Octo finals Lincoln Douglas Debate (top 16 of 158 debaters) Emily Allen - Double Octo Finals Lincoln Douglas Debate (top 16 of 158 debaters) Leslie Berntsen - finals Student Congress House (top 14 of 80) Pritam Shah - Semi finals Student Congress Senate (top 34 of 100) Others participating in the state tournament but not advancing were: Monte Halprin Chey Mashburn Julian Melendez Eric Frazier David Jagneaux Farhaud Mirzadeh Mark Schmitz Eric Wey
Matt Harbin signs with Bucknell University click for pictures
Coach Lujan has been selected as the North Coach in the North cs. the South All-State Dual. This is a great honor and close to an excellent year for GHS wrestling. This Dual is where All-State Seniors are selected to wrestle against each other to see who is better the Northern Hemisphere of Texas or the Southern. GHS senior, Harrison Graff, has been selected to wrestle in the Dual for the North.
Joe Andrews - State Wrestling Champion click for pictures
The Varsity Baseball Team won the Tournament of Champions in Midland this past weekend by going 5 and 0, and outscoring our opponents 32 to 5. Drew Boehmer, Ethan Davis, Adam Jahner, Scott Slusher, and Cameron White were named to the All-Tournament team. Congratulations on this great accomplishment! The Mustangs are back in action this next weekend at the Highland Park Tournament. click for Midland newspaper article
2008-2009 GHS Cheerleading Squads FRESHMAN Bimmerman, Samantha Crenshaw, Aubrey Fagan, Analise Fisher, Callie Friedman, Mackenzie Harman, Courtney Larson, Malena Martin, Allison Masserang, Brooke Schafer, Courtney Shea, Kayla Sklar, Cassidy Towery, Taylor Turner, Natalie JUNIOR VARSITY Benson, Laura Hendler, Courtney Howard, Kaylee Linz, Jenna Pierce, Bresha Pierce, Britta Porto, Miranda Severson, Sam Warner, Paige Wride, Ashley VARSITY Alvarez, Brittany Blythe, Carlin Flynn, Amanda Johnson, Tina King, Jordan Lundquist, Jordan Lykins, Dani Miller, Jennifer Perales, Chandler Precthl, Courtney Steinsberger, Caitlyn Wood, Kristin Information for new GHS cheerleaders. Please read...
Swim and Dive Results from the State Meet, Jordan Morcom received a Silver Medal for Diving and Tito Ebersole finished in 6th place for Diving. Katie Miles finished 4th in the Consolation heat and 12th overall for her 100 Freestyle. The relay team of Jenny Maxwell, Lisa Lamb, Heather Moon, and Katie Miles finished 4th in the Consolation heat and 12th in state overall for their 200 Freestyle Relay. The relay team of Nick Han, Brandon Wilkinson, Alex Oswell, and Ben Mann finished 2nd in the Consolation heat and 10th in state overall for their 200 Medley Relay. Both of these relay teams have qualified for All - American Status with their best times of the year. All - American status is designated to the top 130 times in each event in the nation. Once all high school swimming is finished across the nation, we will know exactly where they finished within the top 130 times in the nation. The Girls Team finished in 19th Place and the Boys Team finished in 23rd Place in the State for their combined swimming and diving scores. Texas has very competitive swimmers. Out of the 24 events that are held at each high school swim meet, three (3) National Records were broken at our State meet yesterday. Congratulations Grapevine Divers and Swimmers!
Congratulations to members of the debate team who competed at the Grapevine Rotary 4 way test speech contest, Wednesday, Feb 20 at the Lancaster Theater in Grapevine. Contest winners were: Monte Halprin -1st place. Monte will represent Grapevine at the District Rotary speech contest Tom Rayermann -3rd place Athula Pudhiyidath - honorable mention Pictured left to right: Faith Christian students with Dr. EA Sigler (former superintendent, behind them), Monte Halprin, Tom Rayermann, Rotary Club President, and Athula Pudhiyidath.
The GHS Debate team traveled to Boston this weekend to compete in the Harvard National Invitational Tournament. With over 150 high schools from around the nation competing, the Harvard tournament is the 2nd biggest in the United States next to the NFL National Tournament. The results are as follows: Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (350 competitors) Will Hix - octo-finals - 8th seed and 3rd Speaker overall. Will received his 1st bid to the National Tournament of Champions tournament in Kentucky. Varsity Cross Examination (Policy) Debate ( 240 teams) Grapevine was 1 of only 2 schools IN THE COUNTRY who had 4 teams in the elimination rounds in Policy debate. Mark Schmitz and Eric Wey - Triple Octos (top 64) Mike Gajewsky and Fahaud Mirzadeh - Double Octos (top 32) Eric Frazier and Julian Melendez - Double Octos (top 32) Tonia Beglari and Shelby Pryor - Octos (top 16). This earned them their first bid to the National Tournament of Champions in Kentucky. Tonia was also the 23rd speaker of 480 Policy debaters Student Congress (350 competitors) Leslie Berntsen - semi finals (top 50) This earned Leslie her 2nd bid to the Tournament of Champions and which makes her fully qualified for that tournament in May. The debate team will be competing the TFA state on March 6-8. The debate team is hosting the JAPANESE NATIONAL DEBATE team in a public debate on March 12 at the Palace Theatre. Tickets are $5 in advance and can be purchased from a GHS debater or by calling 817-251-5248.
Teacher of the Year Jane Rose	Paraprofessional of the Year Angela Brown
Pep Rally - Feb. 8, 2008 click for pictures
The GHS Oral Interp team traveled to Boston this weekend to compete in the Harvard National Invitational Tournament. With over 150 high schools from around the nation competing, the Harvard tournament is the 2nd biggest in the United States next to the NFL National Tournament. The results are as follows... Dramatic Interpretation (297 entries) Double Octafinalists (Top 93): Casey Williams, Sean Przano Octafinalist (Top 49): Ben Hicks Quarterfinalist (Top 24): Kaitlin Hoag Semifinalist (Top 12): Melissa Lamb Humorous Interpretation (249 entries) Quarterfinalist (Top 24): Scott Morgan Semifinalist (Top 12): Casey Williams Duo Interpretation (204 entries) Octafinalist (Top 48): Sean Przano/Landry Ayres, Kaitlin Hoag/Sarah Baston Quarterfinalist (Top 24): Ben Hicks/Melissa Lamb FINALIST: Jordan Hughes/Casey Williams (5th Place) All the kids did an awesome job. The Oral Interp / Debate teams have the TFA State Tournament March 6-8th. The Oral Interp team state showcase night is March 5th at 7pm in the black box. Admission is free. Thanks for all the support!!
VASE Results at Fossil Ridge HS- Feb. 17, 2008 Congratulations to the GHS students selected to compete in the Texas State VASE competition in Houston: Haley Butler Meghan Leddy (2 pieces) Irene Li Sara Robins Emily Smith Lance Trechier
Shawn Anunaso signs with Friends University
Ryan Alvarado signs with Friends University

Pep Rallys and Football games moved to Football, Cheerleaders, Band, Drill Team Student Recognitions moved to Awards/Students
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Jazz Choir - Java Jive

Grapevine youths, mentors develop bonds in PALS program

By KATHERINE CROMER BROCK Star-Telegram Staff Writer

GHS Favorite Recipes

By KATHERINE CROMER BROCK

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

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