Recent NewsALL LEAGUE & ALL STATE HONORS
Congrats to the following SWH basketball players on earning the following postseason honors!
Juan Garcia - 1st Team All-League & Honorable Mention Class 3A All-State by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Sports in Kansas Efren Mercado - Honorable Mention All-League Ruben Torres - Honorable Mention All-League HS FORENSICSMedalists from South Gray Forensics:
Aubrey Davis--3rd Humorous Solo Owen Vajnar--6th Humorous Solo Taylor Vermillion--3rd Extemp Speech and 6th Informative Speech Harley Johnson--7th Original Oration SWHJH 3RD NINE WEEKS HONOR ROLL
HS FORENSICS PLACES 3RD AT LEAGUECongratulations to the SWH Forensics team for their third place finish at the HPL Tournament yesterday!
State Champs Qualifiers: Taylor Vermillion--HPL Champion for Extemp Speech Aubrey Davis--HPL Champion for POI Makenzie Arellano--2nd Place in Dramatic Solo Ernesto Hernandez--2nd Place in Extemp Speech Other medalists: Aubrey Davis--3rd Humorous Solo Morgan McDaniel--5th Humorous Solo Rylee McDaniel--4th Dramatic Solo Owen Vajnar/Alexis Wiliams--4th Duet Acting Ernesto Hernandez--4th Impromptu Speech Harley Johnson--6th OO Speech Yesenia McDonald--3rd POI Alejandra Berumen--4th POI Makenzie Arellano--6th POI STATE KMEA HONOR BAND
Congratulations to Owen Vajnar who auditioned and made it into the STATE KMEA 1234A Honor Band! Students must audition and participate in the District honor band in order to audition for the state band. As Owen made 1st chair in the Southwest District band, he joined students from across Kansas to audition for the state ensembles. He was one of 3 students from our KMEA district to participate. The State honor band took place in Wichita with David Shaffer conducting. Mr. Shaffer is a nationally renowned conductor and composer/arranger with over 450 compositions and arrangements in print. The honor band rehearsed for two days and performed on the third day in the Century II concert hall. Congratulations Owen!
COLOR WALKGreat turn out at this year's Color Walk. Hundreds showed up for the event. Thanks to all who helped, the families that participated, and the community support!
Speed Stacks
Kismet Elementary School celebrated our annual Speed Stacks Day on March 8, 2019. The top eight times in each grade level went on to compete for the grade level championship. We would like to thank our families for coming to support our students. We would also like to thank our judges. This is a fun tradition that we look forward to every year!
Kindergarten from left to right: (Purple Shirts) Selena Saucedo, Vanessa Olvera, Uriel Jimenez, Tristan Garcia, Adahli Grano (Kindergarten Champion), Jordan Labra, Julian Saenz, Lucille Mast First grade from left to right: (Pink Shirts) Isai Duran, Addison Reiss, Yareli Martinez, Kaden Olvera (1st Grade Champion), Joltin Herrera, Neelie Timmer, Keishly Diaz, Neymar Rios Second grade from left to right: (Turquoise Shirts) Josie Fieser, Yarel Lopez, Chaz Ray, Hayes Saucedo (2nd Grade Champion), Gary Elliot, Anthony Juarez, Briana Baeza, Lucas Frisby SWH Forensics @ Dodge City
Qualifying for State Champs:
Jentre Smith--1st Dramatic Solo Ernesto Hernandez--1st POI Makenzie Arellano--2nd POI Yesenia McDonald--3rd Poetry Qualifying for State Festival: Aly Arinaga--4th Poetry Additional Medalists: Makenzie Arellano--4th Dramatic Solo Rylee McDaniel--5th Dramatic Solo Alejandra Berumen--5th POI Morgan McDaniel--4th POI Aubrey Davis--3rd POI & 4th H. Solo Alexis Williams--6th POI Owen Vajnar--3rd Humorous Solo Taylor Vermillion--5th Informative & 4th Extemp Ernesto Hernandez--3rd Extemp Jentre Smith 4th Original Oration 6th Grade Science Fair
Congrats to Mr. Mendoza and the students that participated in the Regional Science Fair at Seward County this past weekend.
The following students have qualified for the State Science Fair in Wichita on March 29th: Zoey Grant Karen Mendoza Juanita Puentes Adeline Woods Results from Forensics at Garden CityQualified for State Champs
Ernesto Hernandez-1st Extemp Morgan McDaniel-2nd Humorous Solo Jentre Smith--2nd Dramatic Solo and 2nd Original Oration Luis Temores & Juan Torres--2nd IDA Qualified for State Festival Alejandra Berumen--2nd Prose Other Medalists: Aubrey Davis--4th Humorous Solo Owen Vajnar--5th Humorous Solo Lexi Williams & Owen Vajnar--3rd Duet Acting Harley Johnson--7th Original Oration Taylor Vermillion--5th Extemp & 6th OO Makenzie Arellano--6th POI Alejandra Berumen--5th POI Ernesto Hernandez--4th POI Lexi Williams & Morgan McDaniel--5th IDA Novice Forensics at Kiowa County
SWH FORENSICS PLACES 2ND OVERALL AT LIBERAL MEETIndividual Medalists:
Taylor Vermillion 4th Informative & 3rd Extemp Speech Juan Torres & Luis Temores 3rd IDA, Jentre Smith 4th Original Oration & 2nd Dramatic Solo Alejandra Berumen 6th Prose Morgan McDaniel 1st Humorous Solo Ernesto Hernandez 2nd Extemp Speech Owen Vajnar and Lexi Williams 7th Duet
KSU BAND CLINIC
These SWH students attended the KSU band clinic January 25th-27th. Around 700 Kansas students participated in 7 separate bands each under the direction of a university conductor from across the United States. They represented our school very well!
Sydnie Underwood, Jentre Smith, Makenzie Arellano, Lexi Williams, Audrey Ball, Allegra Temores, Alexis Soto, Abby Speer, Taylor Vermillion, Erika Carrillo, Owen Vajnar, Marco Puentes, Clarissa Sanchez, Ernesto Hernandez SWHJH LEAGUE MATH RESULTSThe SWHJH Math team competed at the league competition in Meade on January 23 and the 7th grade team place 2nd overall and the 8th grade them placed 1st overall! Congrats!
Click here for all results from the day. HS LEAGUE SCHOLARS BOWL
Congratulations to the Scholars Bowl team for placing 2nd at the League meet on Wednesday, January 23rd in Sublette. The team finished with a 3 and 2 record, placing behind Sublette. The team will compete at Regionals at Wichita Collegiate on Thursday, January 31st. The top 3 teams from our Regional will go on to compete at the State Scholars Bowl competition on Saturday, February 9th at Douglass High School. Best of luck to the team at Regionals!
HI PLAINS SERVICE AWARD TO GREG DONAHUE
It was our pleasure to recognize Greg Donahue as the recipient of this year’s SWH Hi Plains League service award. Greg has been a fixture at Southwestern Heights activities for many years. He bleeds red and black and can usually be found in the stands at Mustang extracurricular activities. He is supportive of both high school and junior high sports and attends games at each level. Furthermore, he attends both boys and girls events and is supportive of multiple sports and attends concerts, musicals, and other extracurricular activities. We appreciate his positive, encouraging support for all our Mustang students and athletes. Thank you Greg for all that you to support our student athletes!
SWH SCHOLARS BOWL
Congratulations to the SWH Scholars Bowl team! They competed at Liberal High School on Thursday, January 17, 2019 and placed 3rd out of 10 teams.
(Team members pictured: Ernesto Hernandez, Valick Sorter, Rylee McDaniel, Owen Vajnar, Branden Stanfield, and Marcos Amparan) Attention 2018 Graduates!!!! Remember to apply for the WW Orrison, MD Memorial Scholarship. This is for students in their first year of college at an accredited Kansas College, who have the highest overall GPA out of those that apply. To apply, you just need to send a college transcript (with GPA) to Mrs. Sheldon at Southwestern Heights High School (17222 Mustang Road, Kismet, KS 67859) by March 1, 2019. All transcripts will be mailed to the WW Orrison, MD Memorial Trust, who will make a decision. Winners will be notified by Mrs. Sheldon in May. (Information about this can also be found in your graduation packet that you received at the end of the school year.)
HIGH SCHOOL HI PLAINS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT BRACKETS
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BROADCAST INFORMATION
Lakinsports.com will be broadcasting games from the 2019 Hi-Plains League Basketball Tournament. Besides the six Lakin games that they will broadcast, they will have 12 other games scheduled for broadcast as well. The schedule is listed below and will be updated as the tournament goes on. Go to www.lakinsports.com to watch the games live if you are not able to attend the games.
SWHJH HONOR ROLL
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PLAINS ELEMENTARY PE
Plains Elementary students celebrated Christmas early in PE. With the lack of snow outside, students built snowmen in the gym out of PE equipment.