Principal Don Ruisinger

Friday, April 20, 2012

Mixed Choir wins SWEEPSTAKES!

The LHS Lobos' Daniel Arredondo-directed Varsity Mixed Choir was all smiles following their first division scores in both Concert and Sight-Reading (gained with a unanimous sweep of judges' 1's). Performing in the second day of the annual competition, the Varsity Mixed Choir's Sweepstakes win finished off a great UIL competition as four Lehman choirs won Sweepstakes trophies, including a wins by a pair of first-day non-varsity choirs as well as the Sweepstakes win by the Lobo Varsity Treble Choir who garnered all 1's by the judges as well.

Lehman Wind Ensemble Brings Home Sweepstakes

The Lehman High School Band's Wind Ensemble rolled to another Sweepstakes showing in the 2012 UIL Division 4A Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. Held at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, the contest saw the Lobos' Joey Lucita-directed ensemble demonstrate the excellence that has come to be the standard in the district. (see photo by Jim Cullen)

Lobo Varsity Treble Choir Grabs Sweepstakes

Lehman High School's Varsity Treble Choir, under the direction of Daniel Arredondo, garnered another Sweepstakes trophy in the UIL Region 18 Vocal Division Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. The feat, accomplished with a unanimous string of judges' 1st division scores, helped represent an outstanding two-day showing for the Lehman Choir Program, which won four Sweepstakes trophies. Congratulations to Daniel and all of our outstanding choir members. (a photo by Jim Cullen)

Lobos Claim UIL Technical Theatre Design Honors

A number of Lehman High School Theatre students have claimed honors in the UIL Technical Theatre Design Contest, including Jacob Soto (Award of Merit - Marketing), Caitlyn Cygan (Award of Distinguished Merit - Group), Joshua Banbury (Award of Honor - Costumes); Conrad Russell (Award of Merit - Marketing), Sierra Sambrano (Award of Distinguished Merit - Group), Jay Ramos (Award of Distinguished Merit - Group), and Kelsey Grimes (Award of Merit - Costumes). The Cygan, Ramos, Sambrano Group Entry for Costume, Marketing, Set, and Make-up) was in the top group of award-winners from which State Finalists were chosen. Congratulations to all of our theater students for an outstanding performance at UIL. (see a photo by Marissa Meek)

Lobo Concert Band Gets 1st-Ever UIL Sweepstakes

Setting the early pace for two days of musical excellence, the Lehman High School Concert Band scored its historic first-ever Sweepstakes win in the annual UIL Concert and Sight-Reading competition held recently at the HCISD Performing Arts Center. Directed by Johnnie Green, the Lobos received a three-judge score of 1-2-1 for a final first division in Concert, then pulled a unanimous three-judge decision of 1's in Sight-Reading. Congratulations to the Concert Band for setting a new standard at Lehman. (see a photo by Jim Cullen)

Lobos receive TLA Media Awards

Six Lehman High School students are among students statewide receiving Texas Library Association Media Awards, recognizing excellence in photography or graphic design projects. The students include Ian McGrath, Melissa Compton, Eugene Jared, Karina Geiss, Hannah Donaldson, and Haley Parsons. Lehman High School librarian Carrie Bartsch announced the winners, noting the annual awards "promote excellence in amateur media production and its importance in life-long learning." The state-wide TLA-sponsored event has been staged since 1988 and is open to all school-aged Texas residents. Bartsch additionally expressed appreciation to Lehman Art teacher Debra Flynn for facilitating the project entry process. (see a photo by Jim Cullen)

Lobos Advances to Academic UIL Regionals

The Lehman High School Academic UIL Team enjoyed a strong showing at the 2012 District 27-4A Spring Meet. The Lobos rolled up 215 team points, sending a solid contingent on to the Region Meet. Lehman UIL Coordinator Michael Saberian said after the meet, "it was our greatest year for student participation in our UIL Academics Program. A superb group of academic coaches cultivated the talents of a great group of kids with the support of a great district staff." Regional qualifiers Marcia Rondonuwu (Spelling), Lauren Lumague (Spelling), Imani Fairman (Prose Interpretation), Derrick Robinson (Accounting), Michelle Williamson (Spelling), Victoria Salinas (Spelling/Social Studies), Madeleine Hewitt (Science), Marco Garcia (Calculator Apps), Andres Castro (Social Studies). Congratulations for representing the Lobo Nation at Regionals!

Important Lehman News!

4-25-2012

Please join us next Thursday night, May 3rd at 6:00 in the cafeteria for new tradition at Lehman High School – The First Annual Senior Decision Day at Lehman. This is an evening celebration for seniors, their families, and their teachers, and the Lehman community to announce and celebrate their commitments and plans for their future. Everyone is invited to attend and hear where seniors have chosen to go to college, what branch of military they have volunteered to serve in, what technical school they will go to, what apprenticeship they will start, or what great job they will begin.

4-20-2012

Congratulations to Jay Sansom - LHS 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year!

3-20-2012

Senior Alicia Naspretto, our mascot "Louie" for four years, won 2nd Place at the State Mascot Competition.

Our Step Team that included Aleah Mays-Williams, Ariel Mays-Williams, Darius Easterling, Jasmine Cherry, Keylan Sneed, Nathan Lewis competed in the recent South Central Texas Boys and Girls Club Talent Show and came home with First Place.

Eight Lehman High School Band students will represent the Lobo program at State Solo and Ensemble later this school year, the quartet, trio, and trumpet soloist the peak of a strong showing at the recent contest held at Hays High School. Thirty-four Lobo soloists earned First Division ratings at the local contest, 23 of them with Class I solos. Additionally, three ensembles earned the coveted First Divisions.

The Art Department will be represented at the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition by Christian Montoya who qualified for this prestigious meet with his origami entry. The full Lobo contingent of outstanding artists included 41 Gold Medals in the annual Regional Competition. Seven Lehman High School students won recognition at the annual Scholastic Art competition, three groups accounting for eleven individual awards. Three of the group, including Andres Castro, Jeremiah Flynn, and Kelli Rush, qualified to have entries move on to national judging. The full contingent of honorees included Michelle Williamson, Karina Geiss, Elizabeth Mercado, and Gwyndolyn Wilkerson.

Four Computer Applications and Computer Science UIL team members competed at Texas State University's Association of IT Professionals high school meet and made an impressive showing. Arthur Tello, Desiree Montana, and Yarali Muniz scored twin 1-2-3 sweeps in Access competition and Excel competition. Teammate Branden Monroe additionally took a third in Java competition.

Three members of the Choir received recognition at the highly competitive Texas Music Educators Association 4A Pre-Area Choir auditions. Michael Robles and Joshua Banbury placed in the top five chairs and secured a slot on the prestigious choir and Ethan Becker took first alternate. All of these students pursuing all of these various endeavors give honor to our growing reputation and an outstanding high school.

2-13-2012

Congrats to the LHS Cheer squad who won first in their division at Nationals! More info soon!

Girls Soccer defeated Giddings Friday night 3-2. the Girls are 4-0 in district.

Boys Scooder defeated Giddings Friday night 4-0.

Boys basketball defeated Clemens Friday night 61-50. The playoffs are still possible.

LHS sent three CX (Policy) debate teams to the district UIL contest at Canyon High School. After a full day of debate rounds, Lehman students brought home 2nd, 3rd and 4th place hardware, qualifying one team for the state CX Debate competition in March. Results are as follows: 2nd Place: Ashley Morgan / Carissa Bishop. 3rd Place: Matt Cruz / Patrick Villarreal. 4th Place: Devin Francis / Alexandria Aguilar. /

Ashley Morgan and Carissa Bishop are making history - they are the first CX Debate team from Lehman to ever qualify to compete at the state level!!!!

The men's 400 Free relay (Jeremiah Flynn, Derek Hammond, Michael Marchan, and Jose Vasquez) made it to the finals! The boys didn't make it to state, but they managed to shave off 2 seconds from their best time.

Six Lehman High School student athletic trainers were honored by the Texas State Athletic Trainers' Association as Academic All-State. They were selected based on their dedication as Student Athletic Trainers at LHS, combined with the fact that they all maintained 92+ overall average in their classes from the start of their freshman year through the first six weeks of their senior year. The six seniors are Lauren Ayala, Melinda Perez-Gentry, Bobby Petmecky, Catherine Gonzalez, Jaylon Hardaway, and Anissa Robles. Lehman supporters offer their congratulations to these students and thank them for all the hard work they have put into the student trainer program at LHS.