Category Archives: Watauga Middle School

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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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BISD Playwriting Honors

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Richland High School, Haltom High School, and Watauga Middle School each had one winner and one runner-up in this year’s Neighborhood Play Contest. The winning playwrights’ produced plays will be part of the 2015 Festival of the Kid! taking place May 11‒13 at Stage West in Fort Worth. There will be two performances each evening (6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.). Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. For tickets, call the Stage West Box Office at 817-784-9378.
“The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” by Elizabeth Allison (Richland High School)
“Butterfly Effect #2” by Amanda Roden (Haltom High School)
“That One Poem” by Lauren Murphy (Watauga Middle School)

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Watauga Middle One Act Play Receives Superior Rating

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Congratulations to the Warrior Middle School theatre students for receiving a “Superior” rating for their 2015 UIL One Act Play, “Mariner.” Their performance was described by the adjudicator as “professionally executed and absolutely beautiful.” The Best Technical award went to Ashley Seale, Honorable Mention awards went to Lauren Murphy and Kaelyn Jordan, All-Star Cast awards went to Lauren Cox and Sonny Camacho, and the festival’s Best Actor award went to Dylan Walker. Other cast and crew members participating in the production were:  Alyssa Perez, Alyson Wiseman, Ryan Woods, Lilly Kiernan, Samantha Bradburn, Wesleyann Lawson, Julian Campos, Cristina DelCristo, Tim Zwerg, Sean Mazza, Melissa Allen, Brittany Mock, Isabella Suazo, and Eric Brobst.

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Stage West Announces Neighborhood Play Contest Winners

Fort Worth’s Stage West Theatre recently announced winners of their Neighborhood Play Contest which included several student playwrights from BISD. The winning plays, selected from more than 450 entries, will be produced in Stage West’s Festival of the Kid May 11–13 in their studio theatre.  Congratulations to these BISD students and their winning plays:

  • Elizabeth Allison (Richland HS) – “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot”
  • Lauren Murphy (Watauga MS) – “That One Poem”
  • Amanda Roden (Haltom HS) – “Butterfly Effect #2”
  • Leah Singleton (Haltom HS) – “Rewritten”  (Honorable Mention)
  • Cristina Grace Del Cristo (Watauga MS) – “The Voice”  (Honorable Mention)
  • Abby Key (Richland HS) – “Essays”  (Honorable Mention)