Regional Academic UIL - Went to State

Natalie Andrews - 1st Place Headline Writing
Charles Susong - 2nd Place Social Studies
Christopher Yan - 1st Place Individual & Team Computer Science
Hunter Massey - 1st Place Team Computer Science
Thomas Wang - 1st Place Team Computer Science
Zach Mobley - 1st Place Team Computer Science

Academic UIL - Won State

Christopher Yan -Computer Science
Hunter Massey - Computer Science
Thomas Wang - Computer Science
Zach Mobley - Computer Science

Journalism

NSPA/JEA Phoenix, AZ (April 19, 2009)
Yearbook DVD - Pacemaker Nominee
Yearbook - 4th Place Best of Show
Individual Awards
Dom Difurio - Honorable Mention Broadcast Package
Max Bevan - Honorable Mention Broadcast Package
Paul Bromfield - Honorable Mention Broadcast Feature
Angela Tarver - Honorable Mention Broadcast Feature
Natalie Andrews - Honorable Mention - Yearbook Theme Design
Lauren Means - Honorable Mention - Yearbook Copy/Captions Clubs
Anjali Sethi - Honorable Mention - Yearbook Copy/Captions Academics

ILPC Austin, TX (April 18-19, 2009)
News Broadcast - 2nd Place
Brian Johnson, Kaleb Culbertson - 2nd Place Broadcast News Story
Brian Johnson, Kaleb Culbertson - Honorable Mention Broadcast News Story
Chase Burnett, Josiah Barth - 2nd Place Broadcast Feature Story
Chase Burnett - Honorable Mention Feature Story
Tim Esfandiari - 2nd place Broadcast Sports Feature Story
Ellie Tober, Natalie Andrews, Taylor Smith - Honorable Mention Yearbook Theme Development
Katie Beasley, Hannah Herres - Honorable Mention Yearbook Class Section Spread
Yearbook Staff - Honorable Mention Sidebar Graphic
Alison Fletcher, Hanna Daughters - 1st Place Yearbook Student Life Feature Story
Natalie Andrews - 2nd Place Student Life Photo
Trenton Easley - Honorable Mention Newspaper Sports Photo
Helen Hansen - Honorable Mention Newspaper Entertainment Review
Helen Hansen - Honorable Mention Newspaper Personal Column
Michael Pham - Honorable Mention Newspaper Sports Column
Helen Hansen - 2nd Place Page One Design
Newspaper Staff - 1st place Feature/Entertainment Page Design

Visual Art

We recently had a group of LHS students who competed in the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event. Please allow me to share their success:

* Jordan Clough and Trenton Easley both earned an "Excellent" rating
* Melissa Hildenbrand and Taylor Smith earned a rating of "Superior"
* Taylor Smith received the highest honor, a “Gold Seal Award”. In addition to the award, Taylor also earned a small art scholarship. Only 127 "Gold Seals" were awarded out of 20,433 entries this year. Taylor is Lovejoy's first "Gold Seal" recipient

Athletics

* The boys’ golf team took second place at District. The team members were Chris Tadvick, David Whitman, Hayden Marsh, Trey Cano, and Tripp Hise. Robin Red advanced to regionals for the girls
* Boys’ and Girls’ track teams have also met success this spring. The Girls won the team title while the boys placed 4th, narrowly missing 3rd place. 13 boys/13 girls will advance to the Regional meet to be held on May 1-2 in Commerce at Texas A & M
* More Tennis News. Price Smith placed second in the regional tournament and will advance to the state tennis tournament. Kenny Sweeney and Alex Brown placed third in this tournament and will serve as the alternate team to the state tourney

National Merit Scholarship Program

Lovejoy High School had 5 students qualify for the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their 2008 PSAT test scores. These five students scored amongst 50,000 of the highest scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants. Of the 50,000 , 16,000 will be names National Merit Semi-Finalist and approximately 34,000 other high scorers will be commended for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT . They will learn of their standing in September. Semi finalist will be the only students who will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for about 8,200 National Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2010.

The five students are:
Danielle Corley
Brittany Cox
Kyle Karnuta
Alec Parkinson
Morgan Thompson

VISUAL ART

Twenty-seven students participated in the Area 10 Visual Art Scholastic Event this past Saturday. The students entered 36 artworks. Students had a short interview with an art professional and then their artwork was assessed by the same judge. Of these 36 artworks, 24 received a rating of "Superior," which included several with perfect scores. The other 12 received a rating of "Excellent."

A panel of judges determined that four of our students were in the top 10% of those in attendance. They will represent Lovejoy at the State Level Event. This will be held at the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus, in mid April. The students selected for this honor were Jordan Clough (second year in a row), Trenton Easley, Taylor Smith and Melissa Hildenbrand. We are both tremendously proud of all the students who participated! They represented Lovejoy extremely well!

ORCHESTRA

This Saturday 7 Lovejoy HS Orchestra students participated in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at Plano East HS. These students prepared a solo or performed in small ensemble groups and performed in front of a judge.

Results:
Cassy Karlsson - Violin Solo - Excellent
Valeria Morris - Violin Solo - Superior
Mikayla Son - Violin Solo - Superior
Daniel Darling - Violin Solo Superior
Megan Parkinson - Viola Solo - Superior
Kaitlin Churchill - Cello Solo - Superior
Trey Anderson - Bass Solo - Superior
Valeria Morris & Mikayla Son - Violin Duet - Superior

BAND

SUPERIOR RATING – UIL SOLOS
(Memorized Class I Solo - Qualified for UIL State Solo/Ensemble in May)

FLUTE
KELSEY REA                                   
SHELBY TARVER
ELIZABETH TOBER                 
ARIEL TURNER

OBOE
EMILY KLASSEN

CLARINET
ALEC PARKINSON

ALTO SAX
SAM GIANNONI
WILLIAM STEWART

TRUMPET
CAITLIN LAKE

FRENCH HORN
NICOLE LINDERMAN

TROMBONE
MICHAEL ARRANAGA

SNARE DRUM
BRYAN KAYLOR                                   
DUSTAN SCHWALM
MICHAEL TUCK                                   
DANIEL WILLS

MALLET PERCUSSION
MATT COKER                                     
KIM KAYA                                   
BRIAN PABST

SUPERIOR RATING – UIL ENSEMBLES
(Class I Ensembles - Qualified for UIL State Solo/Ensemble in May)

FLUTE TRIO
NISHA LIZANA, MARISSA PEKAREK, ELIZABETH TOBER

FLUTE/OBOE/CLARINET TRIO
SHELBY TARVER, MORGAN THOMPSON, SARAH TSAI

FLUTE/OBOE/CLARINET TRIO
ARIEL TURNER, HELEN HANSEN, TAYLOR GILLILAND

FLUTE/OBOE/CLARINET TRIO
KELSEY REA, JESSICA GREEN, STEPHANIE DURAN

FRENCH HORN QUARTET
ZACK BOGUCKI, ALYSSA BRANT,
NATALIE MALLIET, KEVIN MORTENSEN

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
MATT COKER, BRYAN KAYLOR, ALEX MALLIET,
BRIAN PABST, MICHAEL TUCK, DANIEL WILLS

LOVEJOY JAZZ ENSEMBLE  - Michael Cruz, Director  (Jazz Bands do not compete at UIL State S/E)
ALTO SAX – SAM GIANNONI, WILLIAM STEWART
TENOR SAX – DARREN BEHNE     BARI SAX – ROB McGUINNESS
TRPT – CAITLIN LAKE, ANDREW PENNEY, LAUREN ELEFTHERIOU, JAMES GIANNONI
TROMBONE – DYLAN SCHLEMMER, MICHAEL ARRANAGA
BASS TROMBONE - ERIC BANTA          PIANO – ALEX PARKINSON       
GUITAR – MICHAEL TUCK, CONNOR CAVANAUGH  
BASS GUITAR–TREY ANDERSON       DRUM SET - BRYAN KAYLOR

SUPERIOR RATING – UIL SOLOS

FLUTE
JESSICA GREEN                        
NISHA LIZANA                 
MARISSA PEKAREK

OBOE
HELEN HANSEN                                      
MORGAN THOMPSON
KENDALL WESTBROOK

BASSOON
REBECCA ROBINSON

CLARINET
STEPHANIE DURAN                 
TAYLOR GILLILAND
ELISE PEDIGO                                   
ALYSSA TEAGUE
SARAH TSAI                                                     
HANNA VIK
JENNIFER VUE                                   
COURTNEY WOLFE

TENOR SAX
JORGE AGUIRRE                      
DARREN BEHNE                   
CHRIS NGUYEN

BARI SAX
NICK INMAN

TRUMPET
VICTORIA CANTU   
JAMES GIANNONI                  
ALISON GILLILAND                         
GABBY MARSHBURN                 
ANDREW PENNEY

FRENCH HORN
ALYSSA BRANT                                   
NATALIE MALLIET

SUPERIOR RATING – UIL SOLOS

TROMBONE
KYLE LINVILLE                 
DYLAN SCHLEMMER                     
JON VUE

BASS TROMBONE
EMILY HEIDT

EUPHONIUM
DIVAN MARTINEZ                 
ZACK McLEAN

TUBA
DAWSON SORRELS

 SNARE DRUM
JENNIFER AMBER                 
JACOB BARTH                 
ANDREW CONNER

TIMPANI
BRIAN KAUF                                                     
AUSTIN LEGRANGE