Newman Smith High School Troyanns Present “Welcome to the Runaway”
Spring Show 2017
April 27th & 28th at 7PM
Pauline Keeton Smith Performing Arts Center
Tickets are $10.00 at the door
Advance tickets can be purchased for $5.00 prior to Thursday night show.
The Newman Smith One-Act Play Cast and Crew earned a 4th place finish at State UIL competition Thursday, April 13th, in Austin. Only the top eight 5A OAP schools in Texas earned a spot to compete at The Raymond Hartfield Performance Arts Center Round Rock ISD with Smith’s outstanding performance of “These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich coming up just short of the top three medal positions. Over 260 5A schools in Texas competed in OAP competition this spring with only the top eight advancing to UIL State. Individual state honors went to Cassidy Fox (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast) and Ariana Pleasure (All-Star Cast).
Other Newman Smith cast/crew members are: Joy Walden; Sarah Babick; Christina Hollie; Nicole Wedesky; Lauren Rangel; Ben Stegmair; Jesus Mitchell; Ashad Zuberi; R.J. Singleton; Eric Talamantes; Matthew Holden; Yanelly Vargas; Julien Tagnon; Elias Gomez; Anaiya Moran; Rory Manley; Karla Camacho; Edgar Palacios and Alec Eoff.
Directors of the Newman Smith Theatre Program are Tyler Brodess and Abby Kraemer.
This was Newman Smith’s 7th State UIL One-Act Play appearance . Smith has won the State UIL One-Act Play Championship twice in past years.
Congratulations to the cast and crew!
Congratulations to Senior Trojan Golfer for Qualifying for the Regional Golf Tournament in two weeks in Rockwall.
Casey shot a two day total of 158- She was the 2nd place medalist overall, but was the first place medalist to qualify not on a team going to regionals.
Casey also signed her letter of intent to University of Mary Hardin Baylor this am. She will play golf and major in Environmental Science.
We are very proud of her accomplishments and how she has represented Newman Smith over the past four years!
Congratulations Casey!
Newman Smith One-Act Play, under the direction of Tyler Brodess and Abby Kraemer, have advanced to state in One Act Play. It is incredible to think of all the 5A schools in the state of Texas only 8 schools advance to this level. The Newman Smith One Act Play will perform on Thursday, April 13th in Round Rock, Texas. The performance will be at the Round Rock Performing Arts Center at 4:00.
Congratulations to the students listed below for being selected as Academic All-State Students in Texas for 2017!
For more than fifteen consecutive years Newman Smith has added fifteen or more student-athletes to this prestigious team chosen annually by the Texas High School Coaches Association. To earn a spot on the Texas Academic All- State Team, a student must have a stellar grade point average, enroll in a curriculum of rigor, and be a positive influence on his/her school community.
The Human Rights Forum was chosen by the World Affairs Council of DFW, to host a guest speaker at our school on April 12th.
Because of our close and unique relationship with the WAC, we would love to have at least 50 attendees at this speaking event, if not more. To help us reach our goal of 50+ people to actively participate in this event, we are reaching out to you to personally invite students who would be interested. We will have a sign-in sheet as proof of attendance.
The sponsored speaker we will be hosting is Professor Jeff Engel at SMU (https://www.smu.edu/News/Experts/Jeffrey-Engel), who will speaking about civics, American government, and specifically, “the value of a vote.”
We hope to see you and your students next Wednesday after school on April 12th in NW117!
Gallery in Motion is the Newman Smith High Schools’ advance performing company. Students are selected through a rigorous audition process each spring.
On March 28th, Gallery in Motion performed dances from around the world at Lakeview at Josey Ranch Senior Living Center. They showcased dances from Brazil, Japan and America. The residents enjoyed the lively performances and it was a great way to connect the community with Newman Smith!
On Monday, March 27th, Newman Smith Orchestra students took part in UIL solo and ensemble contest at Creekview High School. Newman Smith had the most entries in our region. All students from Newman Smith who participated received superior or excellent ratings from the judges. 38 of the 43 solos and ensembles received superior (highest) ratings.
9 students also qualified for state solo and ensemble contest!
Congratulations to the following students:
1. Ammann, Daniel (11)
2. Astorga, Luiz (11)
3. Black, Aden (10)
4. Briones, Cristobal (11)
5. Chau, Jason (9)
6. Colavecchio, Ethan (11)
7. Coy, Janet (10)
8. Davis, Nathan (9)
9. De La Cruz, Emily (9)
10. Duke, Natasha (11)
11. Elyoussoufi, Ayman (10)
12. Erbacher, Katie (10)
13. Esmaeeli, Keeana (11)
14. Flake, Cory (12)
15. Garcia, Azul (10)
16. Grandell, Elizabeth (12)
17. Hahn, Olivia (11)
18. Hickox, Jake (10)
19. Jones, Michaela (12)
20. Ker, Sorell (12)
21. Landa, Angelica (10)
22. Lefler, Eli (10)
23. Lopez, Jocelyn (11)
24. Lopez, Mark (9)
25. Mendoza Garcia, Naomi (12)
26. Millan, Rosendo (9)
27. Nguyen, Amy (10)
28. Pham, Kathy (11)
29. Phan, Kenny (9)
30. Ramirez, Arturo (12)
31. Ramos, Josh (9)
32. Rinehart, Rebecca (11)
33. Saenz, Angelina (9)
34. Solis, Ruby (12)
35. Torres, Bryan (10)
36. Tran, Julie (10)
37. Vuong, Alan (9)
38. Vuong, Melodie (12)
Congratulations to Senior Female Newman Smith High School Trojan Golfer Casey Washmon- she shot an 80. The golf team competed against possible Regional Qualifiers at the Regional Site.
Casey finished as the 2nd place medalist yesterday, March 28, at the Rockwall Athletic Club at our District Preview Event hosted by North Forney.
Casey has committed to playing golf at University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas next fall.
The District Tournament will be on Monday and Tuesday April 10th and 11th @ Twin Creeks in Allen.
Congratulations to the Newman Smith UIL Science Team! For the second consecutive year, the team won the science competition with Senior Jason Zhang winning first place in in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Zhang was joined by Heewon Huh, Trong Tran, Jeffrey Salgado and Gerard Parent for a 1st Place Overall Team win in Science. Heewon Huh placed 6th overall and second in biology.
In another UIL competition Shaan Bisht placed 4th in Accounting; Julien Tagnon placed 5th in Calculator; and Jason Zhang placed 1st in Computer Science. The school’s computer Science Team finished second in the competition.
In Journalism Frankie Isaly placed 4th in Feature Writing and 3rd in Headline Writing. Meagan Hernandez placed 4th in Headline Writing.
Congratulations to all competitors!