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Journalism student advances to state in U.I.L. Academics

by kwilliamson on April 25, 2012

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

Taryn Williams placed 2nd in Editorial Writing at the regional U.I.L. meet at Texas Tech University Saturday, April 21. This qualified her for state competition at the University of Texas May 21.

Williams placed 2nd at district and regional competition. She also placed 5th in Headline writing at district and advanced as an alternate to regionals in that event as well.

“I am so proud of Taryn. She joined the newspaper staff in the middle of last year. She quickly learned Journalism style and was soon laying out the school newspaper all by herself. She worked equally hard on this year’s online school newspaper. She advanced to regionals from district last year as well,” U.I.L. Journalism team coach, Kelly Williamson said.

“This year, she really worked hard. She did lots of practice stories, and she really listened to my critiques and studied U.I.L.’s judging information for the practice stories. She is a very responsible young lady with the talent and determination to become whatever she chooses.”

Advancing to state makes Williams eligible for numerous scholarships.  60% of students advancing to state last year who applied for scholarships received at least one.  She plans on going to SPC first.

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High School Student Newspaper Now Online

by kwilliamson on February 9, 2012

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

The school newspaper, the Lobo Lair, is now online. A printed version may still be published a few times a year (like at graduation), but the online version will be updated by adding onto it weekly.

“We hope students will read the online version more than they did the printed one. School news is available instantly now with the mobile version on cell phones or the full version on computers. The newspaper staff will be able to update it more often than they could print a newspaper because the online version is free; whereas, the printed newspaper was funded by advertising which was getting harder and harder to sell,” Kelly Williamson, adviser, said.

In addition to stories about students, events, etc. that would normally be in a printed newspaper, the online Lobo Lair includes the current local weather and a calendar of events. Readers can also comment on the stories and/or email the staff members.

“We would like to include news that may interest our students whether it happens on or off campus. For example, we’d like to include concert dates on our calendar and release dates of anticipated movies,” Williamson said. “Look for these additions soon.”

“It will allow us to include news like when a student signs with a college or a student wins at contest. Before, a lot of school news was old news by the time we got advertising sold, stories written, pages designed, and paper proofread so it didn’t get printed. Now, when news happens we can look into it, write story, and post it.”

You the reader can participate. Comment and write us. Your ideas and stories can be posted too. Of course, we can’t post anything that is false, one-sided, or inappropriate for school. We will edit what is submitted for things we can print and spelling and grammatical errors.

“We hope you enjoy and use the online Lobo Lair.”

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Balken Women Won!

by kwilliamson on April 5, 2011

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

Cast of District and Area championship one-act play. They compete at regionals Thursday April 14 at Civic Center.

Cast of District and Area championship one-act play. They compete at regionals Thursday April 14 at Civic Center.

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District champion one-act play will be performed for public

by kwilliamson on May 4, 2010

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

The Levelland High School Theater Department will perform Electra Tuesday May 11 at 7 p.m. Electra is a one-act Greek drama that was the winner of the Division I, 3A U.I.L. One-Act Play Competition. This is the only opportunity for the community to see this winning production.

“Electra is a tragedy in the grandest style of Greek drama,” Tim Trujillo, director, said. “What a talented group of actors, actresses and dancers we have involved in this year’s One-Act play. Electra is one of the more difficult plays we’ve attempted, and it is a real testament to the depth of talent in our theater program that we emerged as District Champions.”

The public is invited to attend the public performance on May 11 at L.H.S.’s theater. Tickets are $3 each and are available at the door.

Electra is a tale of a woman obsessed with defending her father’s honor. Electra, played by junior Brooke Etheridge, has been kept hostage by her mother, Queen Clytemnestra and King Aegisthus.

Clytemnestra, junior Makenzee Spruiell, and Aegisthus, senior Kyle Hysmith, murdered Electra’s father. Chrysothemis, junior Kristen Williamson, is torn between helping her sister or supporting her step mom, the queen.

The cast also includes: Tanner Saunders, Jacob Faulks, Coby Crisp and the Greek chorus made up of Sarah Adams, Caitlyn Bush, Susan Duff, and Mackinze Spears. Ty Hewitt, Zach Myatt, Sam Moody, Levi Norman, and Leah Stuart make up the crew.

At district, Etheridge won Best Actress, Faulks made the all-star cast, and the Greek chorus made honorable mention all-star cast. Hewitt, won a technical award for best stage manager. At regionals, Etheridge made all-star cast, and Williamson and Saunders made honorable mention all-star cast.

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LHS one act play wins and advances!

by kwilliamson on April 1, 2010

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

LHS’s Electra wins first in district and advances to Area April 9. Brooke Etheridge wins Best Actress. Jacob Faulks makes all-star cast. The chorus ensemble (Duff, Spears, Adams, Bush) makes honorable mention all-star cast. Cast and crew receives great review from judge.

one act play cast

one act play cast

upon hearing judges decision . . .
upon hearing judges decision . . .

Back:  Tim Trujillo (director), Kyle Hysmith (cast), Sam Moody (crew), Zach Haynie(crew), Colby Crisp(cast),Leah Stuart(crew), Ty Hewitt(crew), Jacob Faulks(cast),Levi Norman(crew), Tanner Saunders(cast),Zach Myatt(crew),

Front: Kristen Williamson(cast),Mackenzee Spruiells(cast),Caitlyn Bush(cast),Susan Duff(cast),Sara Adams(cast),Brooke Etheridge(cast),Mackenzie Spears (cast).

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Three high school students advance to regional UIL contest

by kwilliamson on March 30, 2010

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

     Three Journalism students will compete at the Regional UIL Academic Meet April 23-24 at Texas Tech University. At the district meet on March 26, they qualified.
     Senior Lindsey Lopez placed 1st in headline writing. Junior Tanner Saunders placed 2nd in news writing (for the second year). Senior Kati Walker placed 3rd in feature writing, and she will be an alternate in news writing since she placed 4th in news.
     “The Wolf Pack rocks!” Walker said. “We will work hard to prepare for regionals.”
     This is the 3rd year that Journalism student(s) have advanced to regional competiton.
     Levelland also earned points in other academic areas. Saunders also placed 4th in poetry oral interpretation. Brooke Etheridge and Lyndsy Donnell were 5th and 6th in prose interpretation. Jessica Bustillos got 5th in Mathmatics. Alex Johnson placed 6th in computer science. Ryne Parrish placed 7th in Number Sense.

     The sponsors are:  Kelly Williamson, Journalism; Tim Trujillo, Poetry & Prose; Randy Parrish, Math & Number Sense; and Sandy Bridges, Computer Science.
     Trujillo’s one act play goes to competition March 30-31.

Tagged as: UIL

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High School Journalism dept wins honors

by kwilliamson on February 25, 2010

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

     Awards have started trickling in for the Levelland High School El Lobo yearbook and Lobo Lair newspaper staff. They have received honors from two organizations already and await results from one more.
     “We’re excited. It’s a good start. Hopefully, we’ll win more and more every year,” Kelly Williamson, adviser, said.
      First, they received an honorable mention from Taylor Publishing for how they carried their 2008-2009 yearbook theme throughout the book.
     Then, they heard from the Texas Journalism Educator’s Association (TJEA). ’09 graduate Melissa Salas, now a student at SPC, received the only Superior rating given this year for her artwork that made up the end sheet design. Salas and the entire yearbook staff were also awarded an honorable mention for the cover of the yearbook. The newspaper received an honorable mention for their nameplate design.
     “The honorable mentions may not sound like high honors, but they are. For example, the honorable mention for yearbook cover design has hundreds of entries and only one school received an excellent and two schools received honorable mentions, us and one other school,” Williamson said.
     They also sent entries to the U.I.L. Intercollegiate Press Conference (ILPC), and results will be announced at their convention in March. Levelland will not attend, but we will receive notification of awards by mail if we win any, she said.
     “The TJEA and ILPC contests are statewide contests. Any award is an honor since you’re competing against nearly every Texas high school from 1A-to-5A,” she said. “Levelland hasn’t entered these contests for many years.”
     U.I.L. Academic contest is coming up soon too, March 25-26. Levelland Journalism has had students place the last three years and advance to regional competition the last two years.
     “I want to build an award-winning program. We’ll do it, even if we have to start slowly. We have talented students,” Williamson said.

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Tagged as: journalism

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High School Does Well at Scholastic Art Contest

by kwilliamson on February 16, 2010

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

Mr. Camacho picked the best art piece from every student, and entered them into the contest.

The project of mine that was entered was a Flying V guitar made of cardboard, tinfoil, and paint. I enjoyed making this project because music is one of my favorite things, and a guitar represents that.
-By Trenton Womack, 11th

Gold key winner – Trenton Womack
Silver key winner – Nancy Corona
Honorable mentions: Kyle Caviness, AJ Hernandez, Jonathan Rodriguez, Yolanda Cano, Vivian Nieland, Angela Rodriguez, Dominic Castro.

These students will accept their awards at a ceremony in Plainview, Texas Feb. 6th. Their art work will be exhibited in Plainview at the Learning Resource Center from Jan 25th to Feb 19th.

Tagged as: Art

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Supporting their students

by kwilliamson on January 23, 2010

in Levelland ISD

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Someone paid $10 each for Coach Gary Gutierrez and Coach Roy Garcia to show a pig. Without the required $20 to get out of it, they each did it with a smile on their face. The Hockley County Stock Show began Tuesday night with the Chapter competition and continues til Thursday with County competition.

Caoch Garcia won the old person showmanship contest

Caoch Garcia won the old person showmanship contest

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order yearbook, photos online

by kwilliamson on September 16, 2009

in Levelland High School,Levelland ISD

There will soon be a link on the LISD and the LHS websites to go to our new online sites. We have one where you go to buy yearbooks online using credit cards. You can order your name and icon(s) there too. You can even build your own full page advertisement to go in the yearbook, or make your own four-page supplement that will go inside the yearbook.

We have another where you can purchase prints of photos taken by high school yearbook or newspaper staff members. We also sell buttons, magnets, and keychains with photos there.

Tagged as: journalism

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