Finalsite Academy News

SPRING 2013 SPC RESULTS!

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:42:20 -0000

The Southwest Preparatory championships were last week in the greater Houston area with the golf championships taking place on April 29 and 30 and the baseball, softball, tennis and track & field championships on May 3 and 4.

The TVS softball team finished 4th overall beating San Antonio St. Mary’s Hall in the first round of the tournament. We went into the tournament undefeated in SPC North Zone completion and ended the tournament as the highest-finishing team from the North Zone.

The TVS 4 x 800M relay team consisting of Johan Cheah, Trevor Berkowitz, Austin Brown, and Jason Cline is ranked 10th in the state of Texas and is ranked 37th national of all 4 x 800 meter HS relay teams.

The baseball team finished 8th overall after a valiant effort in round one against eventual tournament winner Episcopal High School (Bellaire) losing 2-1 on their home field.

Girls’ golf finished 8th overall with a two-day team score of 552 (272, 280) or an average round score of 92. Boys’ golf recorded a score of 692 (336, 356) or an average round score of 86.5.

Girls’ tennis finished 4th in Division II beating Episcoal High School (Bellaire) in the first round. Boys’ tennis finished 6th in Division II with a win over All Saints’ in round two of the tournament.

All in all, our teams represented TVS well, fought hard, and should be proud of their team accomplishments this season.

Timothy A. Jones, CAA
Director of Athletics

HOST AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:37:50 -0000

Next year, we are expecting to host students and teachers from Nagaoka, Japan (October), Toluca, Mexico (Nov/Dec), Beijing, China (Jan), and Denmark (Oct-Dec). Please consider home hosting a student, intern, or teacher. Dr. Roemer will hold a Hosting International Guests Q&A in June at Mira Vista. Please contact him if you are at all interested in attending the event in June or in hosting! (roemerm@trinityvalleyschool.org)

SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:02 -0000

Congratulations to all 14 eighth-grade students who performed their Shakespeare monologue with their peers and the seventh-grade class.

The audience was captivated as they rose one by one to portray some of the greatest characters ever imagined. They were adjudicated by Dr. Don Carlson, Jule Nelson-Duac, Jeff Dolan, and Andy Shook, our 2011 winner of the Fort Worth citywide competition.

Winners were: Third Place, Martha Sudderth (Henry IV, Part Two), Second Place, Lara Turan (A Midsummer Night's Dream), and the First Place Prize went to Will Pickell (Richard II).
The contestants were:
Matthew Bayne
Kent Breedlove
Aursheen Eelani
Emily Ekleberry
Ted Herman
Samantha Jancosek
Isabella Mishaan
Anna Morris
Nicholas Parkinson
Will Pickell
Heather Rodenberg
Martha Sudderth
Lara Turan
Ashia White

SIXTH GRADE GLOBAL ISSUES FAIR

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:32 -0000

On Wednesday, May 15, the sixth-grade students held their inaugural Global Issues Fair on the second floor of the middle school building. Their projects covered a wide range of topics from poverty in India to overfishing in Australia. Most groups had the opportunity to discuss their research and finished product with a member of the faculty. In attendance were upper school teachers Sean Kenny, Kory Robertson, and Luke Jacob, middle school teachers Elise Cargill and Tina Harper, and the Director of Global Initiatives, Michael Roemer. Thank you to Jared Knight for providing a wonderful lesson!

Sixth-grade student John Bacon discusses his research on overfishing in Australia.

Mae Herrera and Maya Alarcón present on illegal ivory trading in Africa.

SUMMER READING EXTRAVAGANZA MAY 15-19

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:00 -0000

Wednesday, May 15 through Sunday, May 19 at the Barnes & Noble on Hulen

CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2013!

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:44:00 -0000

Graduation is Saturday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Will Rogers Auditorium. Reception is prior to the ceremony at 5:00 p.m. at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. Mabry Jackson and William Jones have been named the valedictorians for the Class of 2013. Per aspera ad astra ...

Spring 2013 SPC Results!

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:00 -0000

The boys’ track & field team finished 5th overall. During the meet, our boys won the 4 x 800M relay, finished second in the 4 x 400M relay, placed in the 800M with Jason Cline in 2nd, Austin Brown 4th and Johan Cheah 5th and 1600M by Michael Johns 7th. The girls’ team scored points in the triple jump by Ellen Jacobs 2nd, 100M hurdles by Andie Mace 5th, and the high jump by Lili Williamson 6th.
The TVS 4 x 800M relay team consisting of Johan Cheah, Trevor Berkowitz, Austin Brown, and Jason Cline is ranked 10th in the state of Texas and is ranked 37th national of all 4 x 800 meter HS relay teams.

The baseball team finished 8th overall after a valiant effort in round one against eventual tournament winner Episcopal High School (Bellaire) losing 2-1 on their home field.

Girls’ golf finished 8th overall with a two-day team score of 552 (272, 280) or an average round score of 92. Boys’ golf recorded a score of 692 (336, 356) or an average round score of 86.5.

All in all, our teams represented TVS well, fought hard, and should be proud of their team accomplishments this season.

Timothy A. Jones, CAA
Director of Athletics

CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM NEWS

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:39:00 -0000

Lucy Gamades with her award from the Circle Theatre High School Playwriting project. Of the 87 scripts submitted this year, Lucy’s was one of seven that were recognized at the awards event on Sunday, April 28.

TVS Upper Schoolers Arianna Payson, Anna Sudderth, Faith Franzwa, and Maggie Jorgenson represented TVS at the annual Poetry Society of Texas Student Awards banquet on Saturday, April 27.

AN EVENING OF FINE ARTS

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:34:00 -0000

An Evening of Middle School Fine Arts is a celebration of our fifth- and sixth-grade students and their embracement of art, music, and drama. Thursday, May 9 & Friday, May 10 in the SST @ 7:00 p.m.

UPPER SCHOOL'S FINAL AWARDS ASSEMBLY FOR THE CLASS OF 2013

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:26:00 -0000

Click here to see all of the photos.

US Naval Academy Appointment of Mabry Jackson - given by Lieutenant Colonel Clyde Deloach USMC (Ret.)

The John Graves Award - Faith Padgett

Texas Private School Music Educators Association All-State Solo & Ensemble Contest - Kate Kowalski

The Acting Award - Mark McKee

Music/Louise Canafax Award - Kelley Norman

The Visual Arts Award - Will Taylor

The Fine Arts Award - Whitney Roten

The Technical Theater Award - Chris Norville and Kati Story

The Betty Lynn Buckley Awards
Excellence in Choreography - Whitney Roten, Natalie McGartland and Kelley Norman
Best Male Actor - Mark McKee and Charlie Ray
Lighting and Set Design - Chris Norville

The Van Hamersveld Writing Award - Maddie McClung

The Mathematics Award - William Jones

Honor Student in History Award - Michael Johns

World Language Awards
Spanish Award - William Jones
French Award - Lizzie Shults
Latin Award - William Jones

School Service Awards
Mary Faith Banken
Nora Bismar
Thomas Blas
Austin Brown
Erin Bundock
Kenda Chaker
Kylie Cowden
Shelby Donovan
Erin Esterlein
Daniel Fauber
Grace Hanley
Sophie Hoch
Colleen Houston
William Jones
Katie McCallum
Maddie McClung
Kenneth McIntyre
Mark McKee
Hannah Morrow
Kelley Norman
Chris Norville
Alyson Perkins
Catherine Reynolds
Whitney Roten
Jane Morgan Scott
Lizzie Shults
Kati Story
Kayla Vanhoose
Catherine Viola

Student Council President's Award - Austin Brown

2013-2014 TVS School Holiday Calendar

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:23:05 -0000

Click here to download the TVS School Holiday Calendar for 2013-2014.

TROJAN VOICE MAGAZINE SPRING 2013

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:28:42 -0000

Find the Spring issue of the Trojan VOICE here:

Trojan VOICE Spring 2013

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPEAKER

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 -0000

Earlier this month, Nora Bismar, Idan Ghelber, and Molly Holden traveled to the Dallas Arboretum to attend a lecture given by Boyd Matson, host of the weekly radio show, "National Geographic Weekend."

POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS AWARDS

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 -0000

The Poetry Society of Texas always announces its 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place awards a few weeks before the 4th- and 5th-place awards (because of the timing of invites to the awards ceremony).

In addition to TVS’s 31 top-3 finishes (of which we were notified a while back), we have been notified of an additional 17, 4th- and 5th-place awards. They are as follows:

Grade 9
Ali Thorburn, one 4th place and one 5th place

Grade 10
Morgan Inman, one 4th place
Julianna Keller, two 4th places
Katie Orr, one 5th place
Zara Parkinson, two 5th places

Grade 11
Kate Kowalski, one 5th place
Faith Padgett, two 4th places
Arianna Payson, three 4th places and one 5th place

Grade 12
Caity Benzenhoefer, one 5th place
Shweta Sahu, one 4th place

Congratulations to all!

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS FOR TVS!

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0000

From April 23-28, Dr. Roemer participated in the European Teachers Education Network conference (TVS is the only K-12 school in this incredible organization), where he networked with education leaders from Europe, China, and the USA and invited education majors to complete their final teaching internships at TVS. Three wonderful student teachers from Denmark worked with our teachers in the Lower and Middle Schools last fall, and we look forward to continuing this exchange of ideas and experiences for our students and teachers. In Belgium, Dr. Roemer also visited K-6 and 7-12 schools to seek “virtual partnerships” so our students can learn with kids in various parts of the world via the Internet (see www.trinityvalleyschool.org/gip for current and past examples with schools in Germany, Indonesia, Japan, the U.K, and Argentina).

Then, from May 5-9, Dr. Roemer spent time in our Sister City of Toluca, Mexico to strengthen ties with Tec de Monterrey (the high school that sent students to TVS last Nov/Dec and will send more next year) and to visit two new schools—both Pre-K-8. The goals of the trip were to reinforce our partnership with Tec de Monterrey and visit the Tec campuses and to find new schools for our Lower and Middle School students that might be interested in initiating virtual exchanges. While there, Dr. Roemer was invited to join a Fort Worth Sister Cities International delegation and spend time with the Toluca mayor, City Council members, and other city and state leaders to discuss education, politics, economics, and sustainability. He stayed with a wonderful host family and made many new friends for TVS.

Stay tuned for new exchanges in the upcoming years!