Congratulations to BISD high school singers who competed in the first round of auditions for the 2017 Texas All-State Choir. Seventy-six singers from across the District are advancing to the second of four rounds of competition on Oct. 15. Best of luck to these singers!

BIRDVILLE HS: Faith Adams, D’ante Al-neser, John Blamey, Allison Burk, Jared Burleson, Harrison Caltagirone, Jet Coatney, Annabelle Delpin, Hannah Detrick, Mason Doyle, Darius Easter, Annie Flores, Hannah Green, Audrey Ham, Trey Harmening, Macy Hartman, Jordan Joe, Amy Little, Lonnie McCloud, Miguel Mendez, Alan Montes, Halie Moore, Svetlana Nakhaychuk, Chinonso Oguh, Maygan Paul, Logan Perrin, Nathan Robertson, Nick Rothe, Jacob Schuck, Ryan Scott, Maggie Williams

HALTOM HS: Cyan Burkhart, Jacob Burley, Omar Bustillos, Mireya Campos, Haley Clark, Mykel Estrello, Annalisa Greenlee, Amara Holcombe, Thomas Jones, Ellian Liburd, Kennan Lukacs, Gabrielle Mallow, Zachariah Medina, Mary Nelson, Natalie Nounennady, Madeline Roberts, Melinda Salas, Alejandro Saucedo, Jade Scivally, Caty Suazo, Marisol Tejeda, Andru Wilson

RICHLAND HS: Ruth Andrews, Bryce Beeson, Brooke Christoffersen, Ashley Dickerson, Caleb Dollarhide, Christopher Farrell, Hailey Frith, Maysen Garner, Carlie Hagar, Haley Hanson, Caitlin Hoffman, Aaron Jett, Braden Kelley, Rachel Kelly, Moriah Khalil, Tolisi Kioa, Mckynzi Miller, Emily Patrick, Caleb Pitts, Destiny Pope, Levi Richey, Chandler Smith, Bradley Symank 

BOLD = 1^st Chair

Congratulations to the 40 high school artists from BISD that traveled to San Antonio to compete in this year’s State VASE competition. These students’ 49 artworks advanced from the regional event with most receiving the highest rating possible from state adjudicators. Of the approximately 25,000 students that compete in the VASE competition each year, less than one percent receive the ultimate distinction of a Gold Seal Award for their artwork. BISD is proud to give special recognition to these high school artists who received a 2016 Gold Seal Award:

• Macey Brown (Birdville High School 11th grade)
• Kathleen Haklar (Richland High School 9th grade)
• Helen Le (Richland High School 11th grade)
• Lasamy Sarawichitr (Haltom High School 10th grade)
• Meagan Watkins (Birdville High School 10th grade)