Awards and Accolades-5247

Published October 11, 2012

WCS Students Receive Mid-State/Freshman Honors

Congratulations to the following students for being named to the Middle Tennessee Vocalist Association's (MTVA) Mid-State/Freshman Honors Choir. All State Choir will be showcased in the Student Spotlight section of the October 25 issue of IN FOCUS.

Brentwood High

Jordan Breese
Leah Griffith
Benjamin Levine
Aubrey McKee
John Provost
Tyler Von Tagen

Ravenwood High

McKenzie Atwood
Mariah Coombs
Rebecca Cotton
Andrew Duncan
Jessica Florey
Sierra Gonzalez
Nik Hellervik
Forrest Hutchinson
Trent Jones
Hannah Kerr
Reed McLean
Amanda Miserocchi
Shakeira Newson
Ivy Rhodes
Adam Sanders
Alex Schramkowski
Michael Seale
Ellen Sudarshan
Andrea Suiter
Molly Tatum
Sarah Yang

Centennial High

Amelia Edwards
Kealan Fisher
Amelia Floyd
Mika Giedt
Brandon Green
October Johnson
Rachel Keller
Rachel Leachman
Sarah Loose
Morgan Lynch
Stefany Monson
Sarah Moore
Addie Pollard
Laura Suddeath

Summit High

Amy Chau
Abby Finch
Kayla Hack
Haley Hicks
Celina James
Nicole Turner
Kristina Wall
Marlee Whitt

Franklin High

Olivia Blandin
Karla Brown
Sullivan Chapman
Hope Dyra
Kari Henderson
Haley Mullins
Elizabeth Schenck
Garett Serban
Rachel Sharp

Independence High

Joseph Carter
Maurene Kirkpatrick

Centennial High Band Honored at Recent Competition

Congratulations to the Centennial High School Marching Band for their outstanding performance at the LAX Competition October 6 at Antioch High School. Centennial was presented with Best Color Guard in Class, Best Visual Performance in Class and 1st in Class.

Centennial Athletes Set School Record in 5K

Centennial High School students Eric Downham and Brady Bove (pictured below) recently set a new school record in the 5K run. While competing in Alabama, Downham ran 17:08 to finish eighth out of 364 runners. Bove, a freshman, ran a time of 19:58 to finish tenth overall out of 304 female runners.

Centennial Students to Attend TN Leadership Seminar

Congratulations to Centennial High School sophomores Jake Cannon and Molly Wells on being selected to attend the Tennessee Leadership Seminar November 9-11 at Camp Garner Creek in Dickson.

The Tennessee Leadership Seminar is designed to promote, provide, inspire and develop leadership skills in Tennessee high school sophomores and juniors. Students from across the state are chosen to attend based on their personal integrity, desire to build community and pursuit of excellence.

Fairview High Student Wins $3,000 American Red Cross Scholarship

The American Red Cross is proud to announce Fairview High School Senior Sidney Ketchum is the recipient of the $3,000 Youth Leadership Award Scholarship.

During the summer of 2012, Sidney was nominated to be the blood drive coordinator for a blood drive to be held at Fairview High School on July 31. Sidney built a network of friends to help her promote the blood drive. The goal was to get 25 donors in the door, but Sidney’s efforts paid off and 37 successful blood donations were collected from the drive. Because each pint has the potential to help save up to three lives, around 111 patients may have directly benefited from Sidney’s efforts.

Franklin High Educator Named Tennessee Titans Teacher of the Week

Franklin High School Broadcasting Teacher Patrick Nichols was recently named the Tennessee Titans Teacher of the Week.

Nichols will receive $400 in schools supplies from American Paper & Twine Co. and Sharpie and Expo products, a commemorative award and name recognition on Titans Radio.

Nichols is also in the running to be selected as the Titans Teacher of the Year which will be decided in December.

The winner of this award will receive $800 in school supplies, a commemorative award, four tickets to the Titans-Jacksonville football game at LP Field December 30, hotel accommodations, transportation, name recognition on Titans Radio and a live award ceremony on the field during the game.

Pearre Creek Announces Winners of NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Contest

Forty-nine students in grades one through five recently competed in the annual NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Contest at Pearre Creek Elementary School.

Each student was allowed one punt, one pass and one kick. Student’s received their total score based on both distance and accuracy.

The following students finished first in their age group and will compete against children from across the state at the Sectional Competition October 20 at Baptist Sports Park in Nashville.

6-7 Year Old Boys’ Division
1st Place: AJ James
2nd Place: Sawyer Steward

8-9 Year Old Boys’ Division
1st Place: Cooper Allan
2nd Place: Eli Burns
3rd Place: Andrew Barton

10-11 Year Old Boys’ Division
1st Place: Joseph Waters
2nd Place: Chase Robertson
3rd Place: Ethan Jabbari

8-9 Year Old Girls’ Division
1st place: Amanda Williams
2nd place: Kayla Sines
3rd place: Olivia Dillon

10-11 Year Old Girls’ Division
1st place: Kassidy Wheeler
2nd place: Lauren Tope
3rd place: Katie Mae Grosse

 

Ravenwood Forensics Team Wins Big in Portland

The Ravenwood Forensics Team has plenty to celebrate following their first tournament of the year in Portland. RHS won the first place Sweepstakes trophy and had many individual victories as well. Out of 56 entries, 24 of those made it to the finals. Out of those who made it to the finals, 13 placed in the top three.

The individual results are as follows:

o After Dinner Speaking: Devan Baijal – 5th , Nikolas Hellervik- 6th

o Dramatic Interpretation: Emily Cullum-1st Tiana Castillo- 3rd

o Duo Interpretation: Alyssa Miller & Andy Gordon- 1st, Alyssa Stockard & Ivy Rhodes- 3rd, Lexi Gilbert & Andrew Lambert- 4th, Trent Jones & Meredith Mullen- 5th, Olivia Donahue & Rebekah Stogner- 6th

o Extemporaneous Speaking: Frances Ding- 1st, Ross Hildabrand-3rd

o Humorous Interpretation: Alyssa Miller- 4th

o Impromptu Speaking: Jake Zaves- 3rd

o Improvisational Acting Duet: Jake Zaves & Alyssa Stockard- 1st

o Poetry: Olivia Donahue-2nd

o Pantomime: Trent Jones- 3rd, Amanda Miserocchi-6th

o Prose: Carter Green-1st

o Public Forum Debate: Nikhil Basutkar & Ryan McGinnity – 4th, Michael Li & Paul Drexler – 6th

o Solo Acting: Olivia Ranseen- 3rd, Rebekah Stogner- 4th, McKenzie Atwood- 6th

o Storytelling: Reilly O’Connell- 1st, Andrew Lambert- 6th

Summit High School Golfer Makes School History

Summit High School student Anna Horn recently became the first golfer in school history to qualify for the state tournament. Horn shot a career best 88 and placed fourth in the region tournament, which qualified her for the state competition.

Woodland Middle Teams win District Tennis Titles

Congratulations to the Woodland Middle School boys and girls tennis teams for winning the district tennis titles. Julie Wasack won 8-0. Katie Dewald and Emily Stone won 8-1. Jeffrey Dewald, Hayes Canupp, and doubles team Alec Yates/Henrik Hahamyan won 8-2. Jasmine Puria/Sammi Fogelberg won 8-3, and Stefan Antic/Clay Lamb won 8-5.