SSHS UIL Academic Team Placed 3rd at District

Bi-District One Act Play

The One Act play cast and crew earned the right to compete at Area UIL One Act Play Competition at Flower Mound High School on March 30 with their performance of “Violet Sharp” Wednesday, March 21 at Bi-District UIL.  Superlatives were earned by Lucia Yanez (All Star Crew), Briana Isham (All Star Cast), Sarah Harper and Jaci Reed (Honorable Mention All Star Cast). Well done, One-Act Play!!

Cast and crew for Violet Sharp include Brianna Isham, Sarah Harper, Jaci Reed, Sami Harmon, Chase Berry, Hagen Hunt, Dusty Merrell, Lainee Ashford, Rachel Bramlett, Nathan Braddy, Joseph Baxley, Annmarie Gunn, Reagan Kesting, Lucia Yanez, Leif Thomas, Tre Ransom, Cody Queen, Kennedy Dicus, Hannah Shultz, and Rorie Young. Directors for the play are Lesha Woodard and Desi Pharis.

District 16 UIL Academic Championships

The SSHS Wildcat UIL Academic Team competed at the District 16 UIL meet on March 23^rd & 24^th and finished 3rd place overall.

Ready Writing	Annmarie Gunn	1st Place*
(Gail Herman – Coach)
Computer Science	Brayden Fisher (224)	1st Place*
(Matt Wilder – Coach)	Josh Rissman (184)	2nd Place*
	Kevin Orozco (172)	3rd Place*
	Dakota Soles (168)	4th Place
	Computer Science Team – (Brayden Fisher, Josh Rissman, Dakota Soles, Kevin Orozco,)	1st Place Team*
LD Debate	Noah Hammons	3rd Place*
(Kayla Weir – Coach)
Spelling and Vocabulary	Chase Charlton	1st Place*
(Gail Herman – Coach)	Sarah Harper	2nd Place*
	Natalie Cruz	3rd Place*
	Giselle Garcia	6th Place
	Spelling and Vocabulary Team (Charlton, Harper, Cruz, Garcia)	1st Place Team*
Prose Interpretation	Rachel Bramlett	1st Place*
(Lesha Woodard – Coach)	Sarah Harper	4th Place
	Dusty Merrell	6th Place
Poetry Interpretation	Jaci Reed	3rd Place*
(Lesha Woodard – Coach)
Feature Writing	Angela Brown	4th Place
(Brandon Nelson – Coach)
Editorial Writing	Natalie Cruz	1st Place*
(Brandon Nelson – Coach)	Angela Brown	3rd Place*
Headline Writing	Angela Brown	5th Place
(Brandon Nelson – Coach)
Social Studies	Brandon Hodges	3rd Place*
(Madison Millsap – Coach)
Literary Criticism	Carissa Carter	1st Place*
	Celeste Leeds-Laliberte	3rd Place*
	Lainey Whittle	4th Place
	Natalie Cruz	5th Place
	Literary Criticism Team – (Carter, Leeds-Laliberte, Whittle, Cruz)	1st Place Team*

Other Notables:

Number Sense (Gerald Grafton – Coach)	Number Sense Team (Andrew Westlund, Kendall Little, Bracken Sant)	3rd Place Team
Science (Steven Allemang, Kaytlin Black, Amanda Clark – Coaches)	Matthew Harper	Top Freshman
Social Studies (Madison Millsap – Coach)	Social Studies Team (Brandon Hodge, Leif Thomas, Felipe Alba, James Draper)	3rd Place Team

Computer Applications (Coach Matt Wilder) – Gillian Thomas – 5th Place

Accounting (Coach Paula Hass) – Gillian Thomas – 5th Place

Accounting Team (Gillian Thomas, Felipe Alba, and Blake Talmage) – 2nd Place Team

*Regional Qualifiers

The following students will be competing at the Region II UIL Championships on April 13 – 14 at Prosper High School:

Annmarie Gunn, Brayden Fisher, Josh Rissman, Kevin Orozco, Dakota Soles,

Carissa Carter Noah Hammons, Chase Charlton, Sarah Harper, Natalie Cruz, Gisselle Garcia, Rachel Bramlett, Jaci Reed, Angela Brown, Brandon Hodges, Celeste Leeds-Laliberte, and Lainey Whittle.