The Newman Smith Leadership class delivered some appreciation goodies to our local police and fire departments this morning on behalf of NSHS. This is something we have done annually to show our appreciation for everything they do for our community in remembrance of 9/11 since the attacks in 2001.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected a Newman Smith graduate as a winner of its 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards for 2016.
Echo Wu, Class of 2012 , was voted by the Academy as one of 17 student winners in its prestigious competition. Her winning film is The Wishgranter (animation).
Wu, a student at Ringling College of Arts and Design, will be presented with a Student Academy Award during ceremonies in Los Angeles Sept. 22, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. Spike Lee, Cary Fukunaga, and John Lasseter are past Student Academy Awards winners. Congratulations to Echo Wu.
The Academy received student entries totaling 1,749 films from 286 domestic and 95 international colleges and universities.
RL Turner Theater had several nominations for the Schmidt and Jones Awards:
Lyric Stage proudly presents The 2016 Schmidt & Jones Award Nominees…
Best Musical
Best Actor in Lead Role
Arthur Teater as Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner
Best Actress in Lead Role
Chandler Bates as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner
Best Actor in Supporting Role
Dillon Odle as Colonel Pickering in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
Ben Stegmair as Horace Vandergelder in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Actress in Supporting Role
Chelsea Mayo as Mrs. Pearce in MY FAIR LADY- R.L. Turner High School
Best Actor Minor Role
Alec Eoff as Barnaby in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Actress Minor Role
Morgan Amalbert as Ernestina in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Katelyn Garcia as Mrs. Higgins in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
Best Male Ensemble Performer
Jesus Mitchell-Hall as Fritz in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Female Ensemble Performer
Lindsey Couvillon as Featured Dancer in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Orchestra
MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High Schoo
Congratulations to the Newman Smith Girls’ Golf Team for winning 2nd place at the 11-5A District Golf Tournament. The Team now advances to regioanls. This is the second consecutive year that the team has advanced to Regionals.
Congratulation to NSHS AP Government Teacher Amanda Ledwon for being named a Fulbright-Hays Scholar for 2016.
Ledwon received the prestigious scholarship recently and will participate in an extensive five week study assignment in Jordan later this summer.
The topic of the study assignment is “Through the Lens of Jordan: Integrating Middle Eastern Narratives into North Texas Social Studies Curriculum.”
She and nine other North Texas social studies teachers will visit historic Jordanian sites and conference/study with scholars from various countries in the Middle East this summer.
Congratulations to NSHS Social Studies Teacher Angela Hardy for recently completing a prestigious U.S. State Department Fellowship in The Kingdom of Morocco.
The fellowship, part of the Teachers for Global Classroom program, selected Hardy to join a fifteen member cohort group of educators for two weeks of extensive fieldwork in Morocco in North Africa.
The fieldwork involved university seminars, meetings with educators from various countries, and teaching assignments at a school in Taroudant, Morocco.
Taroudant is a Moroccan city located in the southern part of the country.
The program was administered via the Washington, D.C. based educational non-profit International Research and Exchange Board and the U.S. State Department.
Hardy completed the program this past February.
RL Turner Theater had several nominations for the Schmidt and Jones Awards:
Lyric Stage proudly presents The 2016 Schmidt & Jones Award Nominees…
Best Musical
Best Actor in Lead Role
Arthur Teater as Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner
Best Actress in Lead Role
Chandler Bates as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner
Best Actor in Supporting Role
Dillon Odle as Colonel Pickering in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
Ben Stegmair as Horace Vandergelder in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Actress in Supporting Role
Chelsea Mayo as Mrs. Pearce in MY FAIR LADY- R.L. Turner High School
Best Actor Minor Role
Alec Eoff as Barnaby in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Actress Minor Role
Morgan Amalbert as Ernestina in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Katelyn Garcia as Mrs. Higgins in MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
Best Male Ensemble Performer
Jesus Mitchell-Hall as Fritz in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Female Ensemble Performer
Lindsey Couvillon as Featured Dancer in HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Best Orchestra
MY FAIR LADY-R.L. Turner High School
HELLO DOLLY-Newman Smith High School
Newman Smith orchestras competed in UIL competition this week–we took four orchestras (sub-non varsity, non varsity, varsity string, and varsity full orchestra).
We made “sweepstakes” with all four groups which is the highest honor for orchestras at UIL—averaging a superior rating in both the concert and sight-reading portions of the event.
Ours and Liberty High School were the only two schools in our region (out of 15 schools that competed) to win sweepstakes with four groups.
This is also the 29th consecutive year that a Newman Smith varsity group has won sweepstakes at UIL
Heeyong is Texas State Champion!
Congratulations to NSHS student Heeyong Huh for winning the Texas State Japanese Speech Contest recently in Houston.
The contest, sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan, the Japanese Association of Houston and the Japanese Business Association of Texas allowed top students of Japanese language and culture from throughout Texas to exhibit their skills in speech and oratory.
Heeyong earned a first place award in Free Speech for Beginners.
Again congratulations to Heeyong and his teacher Ms. Kay Sanada.
Congratulations to Newman Smith graduate Courtney Okolo for winning the GOLD in the 4X400 Relay! Way to make CFBISD, Newman Smith, and all of the U.S.A. proud!