Applications ready for Randolph transfer students

Application forms for students wishing to transfer to the Randolph Field School District for the 2008-2009 school year are now available.

The forms can be picked up at the administrative office on Perimeter Road and will also be available through the district’s Web site – www.rfisd.net. They must be filled out, signed by both parent and student, and returned to the administrative office along with required information including a copy of the student’s last report card, attendance record and conduct information.

Transfers will be accepted under guidelines approved by the RFISD school board Trustees in 2001 and amended in 2002 and 2006. The number that will be accepted will be on a grade level space available basis, after which a waiting list will be kept for any future openings.

The 2006 amendment affects kindergarten through fifth grade children of retiring military personnel. If the children were enrolled in Randolph Elementary School on or by April 1, 2006, they will be allowed to continue under a grandfather clause. However, in the future kindergarten through fifth grade students of military personnel retiring during the school

Superintendent Billy Walker said the transfer policy was initiated in order for the district to maintain its staff and programs through the time period of housing redevelopment on Randolph Air Force Base which is projected to take several years. Without the transfer policy to help compensate for the loss of students because of a lack of base housing, significant funding losses from the state and federal governments would be experienced.

Clemens one-act play advances in competition

Clemens High School theater students advanced to the next level of UIL competition in one-act plays. Performing the 40-minute comedy “Moon Over Buffalo” March 28 at Steele High School, the following students won individual awards: Taylor Johnson - Best Actor; Donna Dean and John Belcher - All-Star Cast; Katie Foerhkolb and Victoria Hoppes - Honorable Mention; Suzanne Tate - Best Technician.

In a previous round, the following students won individual awards: Johnson - Best Actor; Dean - Best Actress; Foerhkolb, Belcher and Casey Weatherington - All-Star Cast; and Hoppes, Kaela Kyne, Hali Myrick and Kathryn Monsees - Honorable Mention.

Randolph students inducted into NHS

Twenty-six Randolph High School students have been inducted into the National Honor Society. Each was selected by a Faculty Council member on the basis of meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership and character.

Being inducted into the NHS is the highest honor a school can bestow upon a student. NHS ranks as one of the oldest and most prestigious national organizations for high school students and is sponsored by the National Association of Secondary Principals.

Inductees include Keisha Abrams, Kenya Alexander, Ashlee Allen, Lauren Bandor, Tyler Burden, Mariah Bussey, Carl Cantin, Maria Desmond, Helena Gabler, Chelsea Glasgow, David Grieder and Lauren Hust.

Others are Emily Jones, Shannon Kuehn, Dayl Leithead, Kendra Pittman, April Rebbe, Sydney Solomon, Kristen Suro, Madison Thomas, Steve Turner, Julia Walton, Samantha Watkins, Taylor Watson, Clay Kuhl and Natalie Strawther.

Randolph students excel at UIL meets

Randolph High School students won 33 placements at the Navarro High School University Interscholastic League competitions and will five individuals and teams for the regional contests. Regional contests will be held in San Marcos.

Randolph’s current events team placed first and advanced to regionals, while team member Taylor Watson won first place individually. Sarah Lyons was second and Alyssa Posada fifth.

Also advancing to regions is Danny Otto, third in editorial writing; Andrea Shannon and Allex Parrot, second in accounting; Watson, second in spelling; Cole Gindhart and Zach Foss, first in physics; and the team of Kevin Beauchemin, Watson and Julie Stedman, first in social studies. Beauchemin was first individually, Watson, second, and Stedman fourth.

Other ribbon winners at Navarro were Lyons and Posada, second and fifth respectively in current events; Steven Turner, fourth in headline writing; Hope Bandor, sixth in feature writing; Tyler Burden fifth in news writing; Lyons, fourth in literary criticism and fourth in math; and Foss, sixth in math. The two were the second place team at the meet.

Other winners were Andrea Shannon, fifth in ready writing; Cindy Lopez, first in science and chemistry. Also in science Foss was third, Beauchemin, fourth; John Rippetoe, sixth, and Jasmine Kent, eighth. In chemistry, Beauchemin finished in second place. The calculator applications team placed second, and member David Halter was third while Gindhart was fifth.

Steele DECA student qualifies for nationals

Steele High School student Morgan Germany qualified for national competition in Distributive Education Clubs of America. Germany qualified for nationals in accounting. Her accounting teacher is John Holm. Sara Zweier is in her first year in the Texas DECA organization.

FFA does well at Houston livestock show

The Cibolo Creek FFA participated in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo March 10-22. The students brought home close to $60,000 in prize money, according to sponsor Stacey Sanders. The following students placed well in their respective categories:

•Market Turkeys - Ross Luensmann-Grand Champion Market Turkey; Lea Luensmann, 22nd-place hen; Carli Luensmann, sixth-place hen.

•Market Hogs - Devon Krueger, fourth Chester.

•Market Steers - Lea Luensmann, 11th Chianina/

•Matthew Krueger - first AOB.

•Julianne Royce - sixth Brahman

•Market Lambs - Brian Pieniazek, 22nd.

•Breeding Gilts - Sisy Brown, fourth Chester

•Students also participated in a number of judging contests:

•Poultry – fourth-place team out of 70 teams. Aubrie Dahle was 12th high individual out of 234 individuals, Amy Doyle was seventh high individual; Kyle Crozier, 23rd high individual; and Lindsey Hillhouse and Chris Nesbitt.

•Livestock – eighth-place team out of 268 teams; Ashley Aaron was 10th high individual out of 861; Julianne Royce was 38th highest; and Lea Luensmann and Jared Swinney.

Local students awarded PACE scholarship

Texas Lutheran University has awarded a Pacesetter Award for College Excellence (PACE) Scholarship to Victoria Hoppes and Jason Nave of Cibolo, and Karina Perry of Windcrest. PACE is TLU’s top scholarship award for overall academic excellence awarded to incoming freshmen.

Hoppes is a senior at Clemens High School and the daughter of Bruce and Margaret Hoppes. Nave is a senior at Steele High School and the son of Gary and Kim Nave. Perry is a senior at Roosevelt High School and the daughter of Mark and Christine Perry.

The PACE award was made to accepted students with an articulated high school cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and an SAT/ACT composite score of at least 1250/28 or higher, or rank in the top 10 percent of the class with a minimum of 1100/24 SAT/ACT composite score.

PACE Scholarships are awarded at several levels, up to $15,000 per year, and are determined following the student’s campus visit, personal interview and an essay activity.

SCUC students advance to Regional UIL academic meet

The UIL academic teams from Steele and Clemens high schools competed in the district UIL academic meet at Del Valle High School.

Steele’s team won first place overall and brought home 20 medals including nine first-place medals. Clemens was successful in winning three medals including one first-place medal in news writing. Teachers leading the way were:

•Steele - Amanda Moranvill, Amanda Mercer, John Holm, Tammy Vann and Pam Banks.

•Clemens - Lista Schwarz, Cyndi Whitson, Mary Holman, Linda Janzsen and Joe Coronado.

The following list is of top finishers by school, as well as a list of students who advanced to the regional UIL meet April 12 at the University of Texas at Austin:

•Steele - Ryan Gates, Kendall Bailey, Rachel Schuster, Doug Parker, Daniel Burton, Dave Dick, Billy Yates, Jonathan De Los Santos, Cassandra Cabalu, Alex Parrish, Erika Sells, Tristan Rosemond, Stephanie Hall, Amber Frollini, Stephanie Sargeant, Lyndsey Garza, David Yassen and Jordan Fisher.

•Clemens - David Guyott, John Schwarz, Gavyn Gonzalez, Josh Messer, Andrew Bonnema and Alyssa Lopez.

The regional qualifiers are Gates, Guyott, Bailey, Schuster, Parker, Burton, Dick, Cabalu, Parrish, Sells, Rosemond, Frollini, Lopez and Garza.