Congratulations to Jenny Watson, Cynthia Hatch, and our FCCLA
club!
SEMS FCCLA received the National Middle School STOP the Violence
Award, which focused on our anti-bullying and kindness projects throughout the
school year. We will be presented the award in D.C. along with a check
for $1000 to assist with additional projects, workshops, etc. during next
school year! The award presentation will also include a video with
photos, etc. detailing our project. Students have been asked (and are
required) to lead a workshop as well as be in the Spotlight on
Projects.
In addition, for the second year in the row, our chapter was
recognized for being the largest FCCLA chapter in North Carolina.
On to STAR Events - all ten of our students received 1st place!
Advocacy - Hunter Hicks
Illustrated Talk - Kate O'Neill
Focus on Children - Jajhayra Fonceca-Roque, Kaitlyn Eisbacher, and
Sarah Feltes
Parliamentary Procedure - Hannah DeCriscio, Olivia Haltom, Sydney
Tesh, Gavin Teague, and Cat Wright
Please join me in congratulating this group!
North Carolina Author Joyce Moyer Hostetter and writer of the book titled "Blue" visits Southeast Middle School in April: http://joycemoyerhostetter.com/my-books/blue/
Congratulations to our students and Gene Mabry, Jennifer Wells, and Andre Oei
for an awesome showing at the Carowinds competition this past weekend.
Here are the results:
Band: 1st place AA Band, Grand Champion MS
Band
Chorus: 1st place Women’s Choir, “Superior”
rating. Grand Champion MS Choir, Mixed Choir “Superior” rating, 1st
place Mixed Choir
Orchestra: “Good” rating, 1st place Orchestra
Their trophies are on display in the main office. Thank
you all for your commitment to our students and school!
Congratulations to the following students who passed auditions for
the Northwest All-District Honors Band. They will represent Southeast MS
at the All-District Clinic
which was re-scheduled for Sunday and
Monday, April 12 -13. They will now perform at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory (previously scheduled for Boone but postponed due to snow)
Charles Jeon - Clarinet 11 - Symphonic Band
Sean Lucus - Clarinet 12 - Concert Band
Kieran Sawyer - Bass Clarinet 2 - Concert Band
Trey Baker - Alto Saxophone 2* - Symphonic Band
Yohan Choi - Trumpet 5* - Symphonic Band
Thomas Sawtelle - Trumpet 9 - Concert Band
* Trey Baker and Yohan Choi are both eligible for All-STATE Band
Auditions!
Congratulations to Gene Mabry and the SEMS Band! On Tuesday, March 24th they received a Superior rating at the MPA festival! In addition, Gene has been selected to direct a Piedmont Honors Band later this week. Proud of our Music program!
Also, Congratulations to Jennifer Wells and her Chorus
group. Yesterday at their MPA festival, they earned 4 Superior ratings
(the top ratings you can get)! Once again, we are so proud of our Music
Department and students! Stephanie J. Gentry
Congratulations to our Science Fair winners!
3rd place: India Rover
2nd Place: Nikkola Brown (won first place in the County in her division)
1st Place: Haliee Wilson & Maddie Edwards
The following students from Robotics Team 1 are the first
group to bring a trophy back from the North Carolina Regional Qualifying
tournament.
They were awarded the 1st Place Gracious
Professionalism trophy!!!
Sean Lucas- 8th grade
Noah Worrell- 7th grade
Andrew Okoren- 6th grade
Patrick Coppola- 6th grade
Jacob Serrano-Melgar- 6th grade
Lake Isacsson-6th grade
This was the first time 6th graders have competed
in a NC First Lego League Regional tournament, so I’m almost positive they’ll
advance to the next level for the 2015 tournament. Please congratulate
then!!!!
Dedria D. Davis-King
Technology Engineering and
Design, Teacher
Robotics Coach
CONGRATULATIONS to the
SEMS members of the
2014 WS/FCS All-County
Honors Band!!
Melanie Matthews – Flute
10 – Concert Band
Charles Jeon – Clarinet 7
- Symphonic Band
Sean Lucus – Clarinet 20 -
Symphonic Band
Cameron Ellis – Clarinet
Clarinet 10 - Concert Band
Austin Lail – Clarinet 20
- Concert Band
Kieran Sawyer – Bass
Clarinet 3 – Concert Band
Trey Baker – Alto
Saxophone 1 – Concert Band
Marissa Todmann – French
Horn 7 – Concert Band
Yohan Choi – Trumpet 1 – Symphonic Band
River Isaccsson-Savela –
Trumpet 10 – Symphonic Band
Thomas Sawtelle – Trumpet
4 – Concert Band
Cameron Wagoner – Trombone
9 – Symphonic Band
Benjamin Ellis – Trombone
4 – Concert Band
Janette Yoo – Baritone 2 –
Symphonic Band
(Concert – Saturday,
November 22, 2014 at RJR HS Auditorium)
We received our Honors chorus results from September 25, 2014. Out of over 1000 kids that auditioned in NC, only 170 were selected and 3 were from Southeast!
Julie Mosqueda-Garcia
Paul Carlton
Dylan Jacobs
I'm so proud of our students and they way they represented our school!
Paul Carlton
Dylan Jacobs
I'm so proud of our students and they way they represented our school!
We'd like to
take the time to thank Mrs. Julie Bush for her service as our 7th grade Science
teacher on the Lightning Bolts team during this first month of school. Monday
is Julie's last day. Mr. Jeff McCandless will start as our new 7th grade
Science teacher on Tuesday. Please take the time to welcome him to campus if
you see him.
Thanks, Julie, for getting our students started on the right foot!
Congratulations to Coach Pizzino and the girls soccer
team. They defeated Kernersville yesterday 1-0 to clinch the title for
the Eastern Conference Champion. They will play Meadowlark on Monday,
April 28, at 3pm at the Ivey Redmon Complex (formerly Beeson Park). Please
come out and support our girls!
Congratulations to our Earth Day Project winners: Caroline Woods (2nd place) and Tiara Oquendo (3rd place)
Congratulations to Andrew Pittman and Austin Quesenberry! They have won cash prizes in the National School Breakfast Contest!
Congrats to Gene Mabry and his Symphonic Band. They made
straight SUPERIORS from all four judges at MPA!!!!!!
Congratulations to Ms Wells and the Concert Choir and
Women's Choir both received a Superior rating March 13th at MPA (music
performance adjudication), and both choirs received a Perfect 100 score from
the sight reading judge for a total of 4 Superiors! They did an exceptional job
representing Southeast Middle!
Congratulations to Ms. Rachel Holmes
and the Orchestra students for receiving a SUPERIOR rating at the MPA Festival in Charlotte on March 12th, 2014!
Congratulations to our
2013-2014 SEMS Girls Soccer Team
Harlon Adams
April Chavez
Cassi Cottrell
Ella Doran
Raigan Edwards
Maya Grimes
Sadie Hamilton
Megan Herrington
Taylor Kyle
Hannah Lang
Kyndall Mayer
Carson McCann
Shaye McGinnis
Alex Ritz
Emily Surmons
Cassidy Swaney
Mary Katherine Walsh
Alternate: Reese McCormick
In February, we had the Jr. Western Regional All-State Orchestra Auditions and the following students made it: Ms. Holmes
Greg Hodgin (HONORS viola)
Tommy Garcia (REPERTORY cello)
Bryan Salazar Mata (REPERTORY violin)
Larissa Posadas (HONORS cello)
Congratulations to the following students. They are our PTSA Chicken Pie Fundraiser winners: 6th grade - Taylor Sexton, 7th grade - Lyndon Harmon, 8th grade/Grand Prize winner - Mary Walsh. In addition, congrats to Karen Thorpe. She is the staff winner for the fundraiser and wins cash!
Check out Chigozie Ireh (6th grade, Super Novas) and Adriane Griffith (8th grade) this month on Cable 2. They are both appearing in a video celebrating Black History Month!
Congrats to Lauren Bowman, 8th grader. She placed first in the WSFCS Science Fair and will compete at the state level next month.
Congratulations to Corey Futrell, student of Ms. Young, for winning a Gold Key for his self portrait in the Scholastic Art Awards Competition! Corey will be honored on February 2, 2014 at Barton College for his accomplishment.
These students won honorable mention for glass art work for Ms. Ring in the Scholastic Awards:
Skylar Keaton 7th grade
Jackie Nunez 7th gradeCongratulations to the following Southeast Band Students who passed auditions for the Northwest All-District Honors Band.
Alexis Pitt - Clarinet 16 - Concert Band
James Goldsmith - Tuba 3 - Concert Band
Yohan Choi - Trumpet 4 - Symphonic Band *Eligible for All-State Band Auditions*
Daniel Park - Baritone 1st Chair - Symphonic Band *Eligible for All-State Band Auditions*
(1st Alternate) Bria Lane - Bass Clarinet
I am very proud of all of the Southeast Band Students who auditioned.
Our students auditioned against hundreds of others.
I was one of the judges who auditioned 91 clarinet students.
The students listed above will represent SEMS at the NW All-District Band Clinic on February 21 - 22 at Appalachian State University.
The Northwest District is a section of the
North
Carolina Bandmasters Association. Membership is made up of band directors
from Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davidson,
Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Watagua, and Yadkin counties.
http://ncbandmasters.org/
Congratulations to our SEMS Science Fair winners who will now advance to the district level:
1st Place: Hudler, Dylan (6th)
2nd Place: Bowman, Lauren (8th)
3rd Place: Smith, Deja (7th)
4th Place: Carlisle, Sydney (6th)
We're very excited to report that all of our FCCLA students placed in the top five in their competitive events this past weekend! There was only one more student from North Carolina who placed so we were very pleased! All students took a knowledge test as well as presented an oral presentation. I've attached a photo of the students recognized on stage (those in the top three) with FCCLA National President Brian Will and National Vice President Tucker Berry.
Creed Speaking and Interpretation
3rd place - Ashlan Rogers (8th grade)
4th place - Noah Herbert (7th grade)
Speak Out for FCCLA
2nd place - Kate O'Neill (7th grade)
3rd place - Cassidy Swaney (8th grade)
5th place - Brooke Spach (8th grade)
Thank you for your continued support for FCCLA! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Take care,
Jenny Watson
Congratulations to Rachel Holmes and her Orchestra students. ALL 39 SEMS students made it to All-County Orchestra! Great job!
Also, congrats to Gene Mabry. He is our reigning Teacher of
the Year and was honored at two TOY functions over the past week. Thank you for
representing us well, Gene!
Congratulations to the following students for passing all-county honors band auditions yesterday!
Southeast has 15 students who made the group, including 4 first chair players.
It is important to note that John Munday is a first alternate for clarinet.
WS/FCS All-County Honors Band 2013
Southeast Middle School
Alexis Pitt – Clarinet 19………………………………………………..Symphonic Band
Laura Corum – Clarinet 4…………………………………….…………….Concert Band
Shaniah King – Bass Clarinet 4………………………………………Symphonic Band
Bria Lane – Bass Clarinet 2………………………………………………..Concert Band
Kaitlyn Coon – Bass Clarinet 3…………………………………………..Concert Band
Trajan Baker – Alto Saxophone 1………………………………..Symphonic Band
Daniel Best – Alto Saxophone 4………………………………………..Concert Band
Yohan Choi – Trumpet 1……………………………………………..Symphonic Band
LeShod Johnson – Trumpet 10………………………………………….Concert Band
Cameron Wagoner – Trombone 8…………………………………….Concert Band
Daniel Park – Euphonium 1………………………………..………..Symphonic Band
Janette Yoo – Euphonium 4………………………………………….Symphonic Band
Bricen Wellborn – Tuba 1…………………………………………….……Concert Band
Cam’Ron Amos – Snare Drum 1……………………………………Symphonic Band
Darius Williams – Snare Drum 3………………………………………..Concert Band
Student Council Winners:
President: Emily Surmons
Vice President: Rylie Melton
Secretary: Makenzie Hunker
Treasurer: Angela Martinez
Historian: Sarah Wiles
Congratulations go out to all these ladies for a great campaign week!
Congratulations to Nathan Sprinkle, Jacob Glover, and Alvin Carlisle. All three made NC Honors Chorus and will attend the state competition in November. Please congratulate these students on their accomplishments!
Congratulations to our National Junior Honor's Society inductees receiving their recognition on Friday May 3rd @ 7:30-9:15
Shaylea Rice
Vivian Le
Haley McDonough
Jenna Durham
Adiane Griffith
Chandler Brinson
Nakyla Comer
Brett Surmons
Hannah Gutosky
Christian Davila
Mia Brower
Erin Caudle
Reyniah Taylor
Jessica Jeffries
Emily Fox
Colton Seubert
Drew Tiano
Maddy Fogleman
Emily Dillow
Ryan Bussell
Robbie Parris
Madison Biggs
Rebecca Walker
Matthew Mueller
Sarah Clark
Jared Harbaugh
Claudia Ring
Grace Pulliam
Iyon Baker
Mattie Lakey
Erin Hanes
Caroline Moore
Cameron Motsinger
Congratulations to April Chavez! She placed second in the regional science fair late last week with her science project "The Domino Effect." April will compete in March at the state level in Raleigh. Congrats to April and Mrs. Murray!
Congratulations to the following students who passed auditions Saturday (1/5/13) for the Northwest All-District Honors Band.
There were hundreds of students competing from about twenty school systems. THANK YOU to all of the Southeast students who auditioned!
Todd Howard - Tenor Saxophone - 1st Chair Symphonic Band * Eligible for All-State Auditions
Yohan Choi - Trumpet - 5th Chair Concert Band
Dillon Jennings - Trombone - 7th Chair Concert Band
Daniel Park - Baritone Horn - 2nd Chair Concert Band
Chase Earnhardt - Tuba - 2nd Chair Symphonic Band * Eligible for All-State Auditions
Christian Davila - Tuba - 3rd Chair
Symphonic Band
One of Ms Love's 8th graders, Jalan Singleton, had a holiday card selected by Don Lambeth on the school board. He was recognized Tuesday, December 11th at the school board meeting
Congratulations to our SEMS Science Fair winners:
1st place - Forrest Ridenhour
2nd place tie - Connor Rudel & April Chavez Espinoza
Congratulations to Ms Pitt for a job well done and being highlighted in the Winston-Salem Journal:
Girls Volleyball---Coach Guffey
Maya Futrell
Jordan Giffin
Adriane Griffith
Sadie Hamilton
Amber Hand
Emma Harrison
Casey Heller
Haley Key
Mackenzie Maree
Terri McGinnis
Amanda Rabey
Kori Rickert
Marlee Stewart
Becca Walker
Atlernates
Ashlyn Craddock
Megan Herrington
Carson McCann
Managers
Ariel Branson
Mia Brower
Katherine Dean
Boys Volleyball---Coach
Griffin
Brandon Bailey
Chandler Brinson
Colton Seubert
Jackson Striplin
Brett Surmons
Drew Tiano
Gavin Tippett
Jordan Ward
Tyrieq Williams
Alternates
Kendall Clinard
Cody Futrell
Alex Peoples
Bailey Shelton
Managers
Corey Futrell
Nicholas McLean
Southeast MS Members of the WS/FCS All- County Honors Band 2012
Flute
Katherine Dean – 9th Chair Symphonic
Jordan Giffin – 2nd Chair Concert
Oboe
Amber Hand – 1st Chair Concert
Clarinet
Alexis Pitt – 9th Chair Concert
Matthew Keller – 12th Chair Concert
Laura Corum – 19th Chair Concert
Bass Clarinet
Eric Hill – 4th Chair Symphonic
Alto Saxophone
DJ Thompson – 2nd Chair Symphonic
Tenor Saxophone
Todd Howard – 1st Chair Symphonic
Trumpet
Yohan Choi – 3rd Chair Symphonic
Jake Goad – 7th Chair Symphonic
Brandon Peacock – 9th Chair Concert
French Horn
Kara Roseboro-Laboy – 4th Chair Concert
Logan Garner – 5th Chair Concert
Trombone
Dillon Jennings – 4th Chair Symphonic
Baritone Horn
Daniel Park – 2nd Chair Symphonic
Seth Brown – 3rd Chair Concert
Tuba
Chase Earnhart – 2nd Chair Symphonic
Christian Davila – 4th Chair Symphonic
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