Tuesday, February 21

Boys Power Lifting in League Championship @ Granbury HS TBD

JV2/JV1/V Boys Soccer @ Fossil Ridge HS 4:30/6:00/7:30

JV/Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Fossil Ridge @ Roo Stadium 6:00/7:30

JV Tennis @ Keller Central HS 8:00 am

Varsity Baseball @ Aledo HS (scrimmage) 4:00

9/JV Baseball vs. Aledo (scrimmage) @ NGC 4:30/6:00

Thursday, February 23

Varsity Softball @ Brewer Tournament, Veterans Park TBA

V/JV Boys & Girls Track & Field in Ben Davis Relays @ Brewer HS TBD

9 Baseball @ Paschal Tournament, Paschal HS TBD

JV Baseball@ Arlington Heights Tournament, Heights HS TBD

Varsity Baseball in Southwest Ford Classic @ NGC TBD

Friday, February 24

Varsity and Girls Wrestling compete at State Competition @ Houston TBD

Girls Power Lifting Regional 6 Division 1 Meet @ Cedar Hill HS TBD

JV2/JV1/V Boys Soccer vs. Timber Creek @ Roo Stadium 4:30/6:00/7:30

JV/V Girls Soccer @ Timber Creek HS 6:00/7:30

Varsity Softball @ Brewer Tournament, Veterans Park TBA

Varsity Tennis @ Keller Central HS 8:00 am

9 Baseball @ Paschal Tournament, Paschal HS TBD

JV Baseball@ Arlington Heights Tournament, Heights HS TBD

Varsity Baseball in Southwest Ford Classic @ NGC TBD

NTHS Rodeo Assoc. competes in Alvarado hosted by Alvarado HS Rodeo Team

Saturday, February 25

Varsity and Girls Wrestling compete at State Competition @ Houston TBD

Varsity Baseball

9 Baseball @ Paschal Tournament, Paschal HS TBD

JV Baseball@ Arlington Heights Tournament, Heights HS TBD

Varsity Baseball in Southwest Ford Classic @ NGC TBD

Varsity Softball @ Brewer Tournament, Veterans Park TBA

NTHS Rodeo Assoc. competes in Alvarado hosted by Alvarado HS Rodeo Team

During MegaLunch on Tuesday, any remaining club and organization pictures will be taken for the MelonVine yearbook. Please talk to your coach or sponsor for your assigned time or contact Mrs. Gilley in Room F210 as soon as possible if your club or organization has not been scheduled yet.

There will be a Prom Fashion Show for all students on Wednesday, February 22nd at 10:10 am. You will not want to miss this! Listen to the announcements for ticket purchase information. Proceeds will benefit the Class of 2017.

The Class of 2018 will be hosting the Talent Show Thursday 2/23 starting at 7pm in the cafeteria and will cost $3 for students and $5 for adults. There will also be a performance during MegaLunch on Thursday as well for $1, and then they will get $1 off if they come to the evening performance.

You are NOT going to want to miss all of the WHS Talent!

The Blue Belles host our last contest of the season at home. Come out to see our soloists on Friday, February 24.

Chipotle is hosting a Chipotle Give Back Night for the Class of 2017 THIS Friday night, February 24th. Come out and support both!

Do you have extra backpacks laying around your house you no longer use? If so, please bring them to Mrs. Brown's room F205, and drop them in the backpack bin. We would love to put these backpacks to use for your fellow WHS students who need them. Thanks for your help!

Dear Parent or Guardian,

If your Senior is getting ready to go to college or another institution of higher learning and will be needing a Meningitis booster, Parker County Hospital District will be here on March 1, 2017 to administer the Meningitis immunization for those who want it.

An information letter and consent in English and Spanish are linked below.

Information Letter - English

Information Letter - Spanish

Consent Form - English

Consent From - Spanish

Feel free to contact Mrs. Brownlee in the clinic or Mrs. Hoffman in J226 if you have any questions. It is very important that your student return the completed consent form with a copy of current shot record to the clinic or J226 by Monday, February 27th.

Prom Packet - information including appropriate dress, conduct, dates, ticket prices, nomination for Prom King & Queen, etc. Please click on the link and read the entire contents of the packet.

Tickets are on sale for $60 through February. Please buy them early. Tickets will go to $75 March 1 - 31st, then go to $100 April 1 - 19th.

Cheerleading try-outs are coming up on March 10th!

If you are interested in trying out for cheerleader, mascot, cheer manager, or cheer guard , then see Ms. Briggs in room K108. There will also be some try-out packets in the front office!

Breaking news! The Lady Roos wrestling team wins the Region 2 6A Tournament and the Roos wrestling team finished in 3rd this past weekend! Congrats, so proud of you all!

**courtesy photo**

The weekend before the Boys and Girls Wrestling teams both took home a District Title. This is the first time that the boys team has ever won Districts and the 3rd in a row for the Girls team. The boys placed all 14 in the top 3 and will be taking all 14 to Regionals this next week. The Girls team placed 9 girls in the top 3 and they will compete at Regionals this next weekend as well.
Individual district titles went to:
Alexis Espinosa
Cole Fournier
Zane Heck
Nate Moore
Zack Watson
Erin Mance
Camille Fournier
Alex Herle
Genevieve Jackson

One last note is that Freshman Camille Fournier beat the #1 state ranked girl at her weight which makes her the #1 girl in the state at 102 lbs. now.

Both the JV and Varsity Boys Track & Field Team finished in the top 10 at the Kangaroo Relays this past Saturday. Both boys teams competed as well. Each battled their way to finishes inside the top 10. Leading point scorers were as follows:

This Saturday WHS hosted the Kangaroo Relays at Kangaroo Stadium. The weather was beautiful and the Lady Roos represented well! The varsity girls finished 3rd out of 12 teams and the JV finished 8th.

Top varsity performances include:

Sadie Carey (Tharp)- 2nd in 1600 and 3200

Hanul Lewis- 3rd in 1600 and 3200

Francine Merchant- 1st in 300 hurdles and 2nd in High Jump

Jayla Schultz- 2nd in long jump

4 x 100 Relay placed 3rd (Tatum Wright, Sydney Bowman, Dayla Robertson, Jayla Schultz)

4 x 400 Relay placed 3rd (Sydney Bowman, Paige Bevers, Mayra Delgado, Julie Griffin)

The Fightin' Roo Band competed and excelled at UIL Region Solo and Ensemble this past weekend at Crowley High School.

7 students received a 1st division superior rating on a class 2 solo of intermediate difficulty.

60 students received a 1st division superior rating on a class 1 solo of advanced difficulty. Of these 60 students, 33 are advancing to state (last year 27 advanced to state).

66 students received a 1 on a class 1 ensemble of advanced difficulty and will advance to state. Ensembles typically consist of 3 to 6 students. Last year, 58 students advanced.

Congratulations to all!

The boys and girls power lifting teams travelled to Saginaw High School two weekends ago to compete in their invitational. On the boys side, Peyton Hetrick, Braden Robertson, Jake Beaird, and James McAfee all placed 1st in their weight class. Reynaldo David Valenzuela and Ethan Meese each placed 2nd in their weight class, while Kylen Hart, Carlos Amaro, Elijah Dean and Jonathan Renteria placed 3rd in their weight class.

The girls also had an impressive showing with four girls placing 1st in their weight classifications. This included Lauren Gilliam, Morgan Dunn, Lauren Galindo, and Guadalupe Solórzano. Autumn Handley placed 2nd in her weight class.

Then this past weekend, the girls traveled to Forney, Texas to compete in the their invitational. The team did a great job with most of the girls reaching new personal bests. Weatherford qualified three girls for the regional meet in Cedar Hill this coming Friday. Lauren Gilliam, Morgan Dunn and Guadalupe Solorzano will be representing the Roos.

Well done, Roos!

The Blue Belles competed at the Danceline Contest in Celina. They competed 3 officer routines, 3 team routines, and 8 solos. They received the following awards...

Overall Grand Champion (highest scoring team of the entire contest)

Crowd Choice Award- Thanks for the votes!

Officer Awards:

1st place Grand Champion Mega Team

Sweepstakes

Judges Award (only a few routines selected for this award) Officer Novelty & Officer Pom

Team Awards:

1st place Grand Champion Mega Team

Platinum sweepstakes

Danceline Gold

Individual Awards:

Anita Jefferson Conley Award- Sophie Pasternak

Top 5 Solo Finalist- Sophie Pasternak

Junior Solo Winner- 1st place Alexis Sprunger

Division 1 Soloists:

Cassandra Blanton

Meghan Cleveland

Avery Elliott

Maddy Freeberg

Katy McMichael

Sydney Williams

Division 1 Duet- Laci & Cassandra Blanton

Top 5 Kick Finalists

Katy McMichael 3rd place

Jackie Peacock 2nd place

Top 5 Toe Touch Finalist- Kelley Geyer

Camri Shearmire will represent Weatherford High School for the Daughters of the American Revolution Award. She will be honored at a luncheon on March 28 at Northside Baptist Church at 11:30. Way to go, Camri!

Two students in the UIL Young Film Festival have advanced to the State Quarter Final Round. The two students are:

Lillian Mauldin

Meagan Pate

In the competition there were 900 entries and 355 have qualified for the Quarter Final Round.​

The name of their film is called the "Intelligence Project". The film is a narrative where In the near dystopian future, a young woman named Fai remembers her past experience as an eleven year old prodigy. Her traumatic experience as a child included being neglected by her uncaring mother, who entered a contract of surrogacy for the United States government. This contract intended to advance intelligence in children through genetic manipulation. When Fai is kidnapped by her own mother in exchange for the financial compensation promised to her, she will have to make a difficult and life changing decision.

Judges remarks included:

Really unique story. Very creative. Well acted. Great cinematography, great angles, locations, props. Great sound effects, music and editing. Very well done.​

Red, White & Roo is still raising money for Make-A-Wish! We are getting close to our goal. Donations can be made in K204 until May.

StuCo Red, White, & Roo want to recognize YOU. As soon as you get accepted to a college, take a selfie with your acceptance letter and tag #RoosGoTo and then hashtag your college/technical school/military branch.

This week we congratulate James Weaver!

We'll be on the lookout for you and your amazing achievement!

Located at the top of the K Hall Stairs outside of the Career Center

Need a part time job? Check out the Jobs Board for the latest information on who’s hiring!

• An extra day of Mega Lunch = more tutorials and clubs
• 8 credit hours so you can still meet all your student requests
• See all 8 teachers every day
• PALs and other single-blocked electives can still be scheduled around the Mega
• Weatherford College is good to go for Dual Credit classes
• All classes will meet the same amount of time as this school year- 225 minutes

Seniors: Be sure to check out the new scholarship website – E-Scholarships USA. Go to www.collegeguidanceconsultants.com User name: weatherford, Password: weatherford

Available Scholarships

Attention Seniors – Scholarship season is here! Did you know that last year’s senior class was awarded over $3.5 million dollars in scholarships? Let’s make this year the best year ever for scholarship awards. Many scholarships have deadlines coming up right away. Scholarships are available for all students who have a desire to attend college. Go to the Counseling Office often to get the latest information on scholarships and pick up applications.

Seniors, the Ford Driving Dreams Scholarship for $2,000 is now available at www.forddrivingdreams.com

Seniors, the $2,500 Tommy Taylor Memorial Scholarship is now available for students planning to major in an energy related field.Applications are available in the Counseling Center and the deadline to apply is March 1, 2017

For more scholarships available go to WHS Scholarship Newsletter.

Click here to find our WHS GrassBurr Facebook page.

For up-to-date news including class relocations, sports updates, weather information, and more, follow:

@WHSgrassburr

Some other specific sports teams and organizations you might be interested in are:

@RooPride Roo Football Coaches

@WHSRooFootball WHS Football

@WHSLadyRooVB WHS Volleyball

@WHSBlueBelles Blue Belles

@WHSRooCheer WHS Cheerleaders

@WHSRooBand The Mighty Roo Band

@WHSRooTheatre WHS Theatre

@RooBasketball Men's & Women's Basketball

@WHSRooBaseball WHS Baseball

@WHSRoosSoftball WHS Softball

@WfordRodeoTeam WHS Rodeo Team

@RooWrestling WHS Wrestling

@RooStuCo WHS Student Council

@WHSJWAC WHS Junior World Affairs Council

@WHS_CTE WHS Career & Technological Education

@Roos_AV WHS AV Department

@WHSMelonVine WHS MelonVine Yearbook news and announcements

@RooPrincipal Mrs. Dowd

Last and certainly not least, check out #RooPride and #WhyWISD to see all the reasons why we bleed blue!

Newsletter created by Journalism 1 students.

This edition Edited/Designed by Mrs. Gilley.

Email: sgilley@weatherfordisd.com
Website: http://whs-hs.weatherfordisd.edlioschool.com/
Location: 2121 Bethel Rd, Weatherford, TX, United States
Phone: (817) 598-2858
Twitter: @WHSGrassBurr