Category Archives: North Oaks Middle School

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Middle School Singers Dominate Region Auditions

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Congratulations to BISD seventh- and eighth-grade singers who recently competed at the Region 5 Middle School (MS) Choir auditions. With 29 schools from four different school districts participating, BISD schools dominated the competition by filling almost 50 percent of the coveted region choir chairs. These singers will perform at Martin High School in Arlington at 5 p.m. Nov. 14.  Thanks to the outstanding middle school choir directors and private lesson teachers that helped guide these talented singers.

Region 5 Middle School Concert Tenor Bass Choir

  • North Oaks MS:  Gabe Murphy
  • North Richland MS:  Deondre Fowler, Jarred Gracy, Brandon Johnson, Kingston Leota, Colt Lewellen, Jarod Miller, Alex Owens, Mikel Serpe and Chester Vitug
  • North Ridge MS:  Aaron Jett, Gilbert Morales and Preston Robertson
  • Richland MS: Trevor Mote
  • Smithfield MS:  Michael Aguilera, Joshua Arendse, Nathaniel Blair, Parker Chapman, Keeton Charbonneau, Grayson Cram, Elijah Eastep, Jack Hembree, Cade Jankowski, Joshua Joe, Christian Jordan, Stephen Keil, Logan Lacey, Evan Pallanes, Ethan Robinson, Josue Sanchez, Will Thorne and Giovanni Valforte
  • Watauga MS:  Christian Alcala, Mason Buck, Bobby Kilcrease, James Lyne, Destyn Medina, Noah Strickland, Joshua Vidal and Andru Wilson

Region 5 Middle School Concert Treble Choir

  • North Richland MS:  Maddi Bazuldua, Annalise Esposito, Madeline Harris, Hailey Joseph, Savannah McDonald, Yamileth Mena-Rios, Samantha Orman and Annie Zamora
  • North Ridge MS:  Jaclyn Denson, Maddilin Howell and Sophia Miller
  • Richland MS:  Jocelyn Renteria
  • Smithfield MS:  Abbie Aswad, Ellen Ayers, Rainey Bailey, Amanda Blackburn, Lauren Cram, Emma Dixon, Janelle Henley, Claire Hollingsworth, Katie Loe, Lilly Melson, Bella Patricio, Alyssa Perrin, Lexi Rios, Christi Risenhoover, Lily Tolleson and Sarah Watkins
  • Watauga MS:  Alaynna Barkley, Abigayle Cox, Cristina Del Cristo, Emelina Diaz, Tran Le, Anastasia Lee and Kayla Meyers

Region 5 Middle School Honor Treble Choir

  • Haltom MS:  Catherine Wilson
  • North Oaks MS:  Missy Hawes, Mandi Inthalangsy and AnnaBelle OtwellNorth
  • Richland MS:  Adle Andrade and Simara Peyton
  • North Ridge MS:  Alexis Martinez and Audrey Smith
  • Smithfield MS:  Ellissa Abdo, Arianna Carrasco, Sophie Connolly, Madison Falzett, Abby Fambrough, Maddy Hodges, Jessica Horn, McKenzie Hurst, Mackenzie Patterson, Daisy Robeson, Audrey Roof, Maddie Russell, Mattie Vaughan and Kaitlin Weast
  • Watauga MS:  Renathe Apomolia, Avery Collins, Kaelina Dunn, Aisha Hassan, Bianca Molina, Carolina Portillo and Isabella Suazo
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Middle School Band Members Excel at District Audition

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More than 400 seventh- and eighth-grade members of BISD’s middle school band programs recently competed in the All-Birdville Middle School Honor Band auditions. Congratulations to the 118 students that were selected as members of this highly competitive organization.

Haltom Middle: Jesus Azua, Cynthia Beattie, Mateo Deleon, Ricardo Garcia, Jocelyn Gonzalez, Obed Gonzalez Hurtado, Joseph Nguyen, Julia Nguyen, John Pham, Perla Picon Sanchez, Ashley Razo, Alfredo Reina Corona, Thomas Sacks, Anthony Sacks, Madison Silavongsa, Leonardo Velasquez, Travis Visounnaraj;  Alternates:  Manuel Govea, Tristyn Martin and Gabriela Salas

North Oaks Middle:  Ayana Anaya, Samantha Cator, Alexis Halik, Kevin Le, Abel Ledesma, Hayden Merriman, Hania Mirza, Anthony Nguyen, Chloe Jean Rey, Ashlynn Rios, Hannah Faith Rodriguez, Sydney Seig, Austin Sundara, Steven Vo, Brandon Vu, Mason Waters;  Alternates: Hunter Bowden, Alexandra Brown, Brian Doan, Alyson Grow, Briana Hacksisombath and Jaden Muller
 
North Richland Middle: Michael Britt, Jr., Tai Ha, Zoe Harris, Emma Harris, Madeline Harris, Isaiah Knight, Morgan Layfield, Aidan Mata, Elizabeth Mey, Natalie Morter, Steven Nguyen, Julianna Thompson, Joshua Walz, Mariam Zenhom;  Alternates: Gianni Dugulescu, Brianna Fagan and Nikolas Garcia
 
North Ridge Middle:  David Beavers, Cole Benson, Cole Brown, Emma Carrasco, Cameron Fielding, Jimena Garcia, Ali Gleaves, Josue Martinez, Robert Taylor;  Alternates: Haley Compton and Aaron Gieder

Richland Middle:  Isaiah Aponte, Harley Bolles, Ana Carranza, Javier Cruz, Matthew Fritts, Jacob Fritts, Michelle Galan, Zach Hocker, Lila King, Diego Lozano, Laisha Luna, Pedro Medrano, John Omodi, Imanol Ortiz, Gino Pellittieri, Tori Perrin, Jocelyn Renteria, Mason Rushing, Alyse Stiles, Ben Streeter, Davon Taylor, Matthew Tolbert, Catherine Tran, Jasmine Tuetkin and Damon Lewis (Alternate)

Smithfield Middle:  Robbie Baum, Abby Bouchelle, Parker Boyd, Chris Cantrell, Sophie Connolly, Lauren Cram, Matthew Dages, Evan Pallanes, Keegan Pierce, Jonathan Schirmer, Cole Vickers, Parker Visage, Greg Ybarra;  Alternates: Jacob Castaneda, Cody Dupuy, Laura Franco, Luke Sederberg and Cade Vickers

Watauga Middle:  Hannah Albright, Anthony Barrett, Andrea Phillips, Noah Strickland and Angel Robles Flores (Alternate)

(Bold represents first chair)

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“Camp Clearwater”

Thursday, Sept. 20, Dani Webb, North Oaks Middle School’s librarian, and Cindra Wetli, school secretary, sponsored a party for the North Oaks Middle School’s Rising Authors to honor them and their families for their hard work on the novel they wrote last year entitled “Camp Clearwater.”

The students spent from August to January writing the novel and then at the beginning of the second semester, Haltom High School seniors got involved and became peer editors for the Rising Authors. Lesli Bradley, Allison Conaway, Ann Hale and Crysten Caviness worked with more than 300 seniors on this massive undertaking.

Each week, the Rising Authors waited for suggestions from the high school. In class, they discussed, wrote, and rewrote the entire book, which took more than four months to complete. Next, Emily Arnold, Haltom High School teacher, and her photojournalism students professionally designed the book cover. One of her students actually went out in the woods and took the background picture and then the photojournalism students used Photoshop to add in all the kids and teachers who portrayed the main characters for the book. Crysten Caviness worked tirelessly to format it, so it could be in publishable form. Unfortunately, the book arrived the last day of school, so the students didn’t get to celebrate it very much, so Sept. 20 was their first celebration.

The book is available for download on www.smashwords.com or by googling “Camp Clearwater” by the Rising Authors.