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War Whoop Online

The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

War Whoop Online

The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

War Whoop Online

The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

All-region choir qualifiers--
(Back) Samuel Thiessen, Jose Harms Wieler, Seth Peters, Logen Lee, Ayden Nieto, Ethan Laub, Uriel Vargas, Jazlynn Holmstrom, Salah Bernal, Taberah Georges, Rome Rodriguez, Joseph Hernandez, Kloe Giesbrecht, (front) Damian Flores, Yolene Chavez, Debbi Giesbrecht. No pictured Zaiden Bergen, Alyssa Peters

18 vocalists make all-region choir

September 30, 2025

Eighteen vocalists made the all-region choir after try outs on Sept. 27 at Lubbock-Cooper High School. Sopranos included senior Jazlynn Holmstrom -first chair, junior Alyssa Peters-second chair, sophomore...

Drumline--
Band Assistant Director Logan Musel directs the drumline and front ensemble in competition at Monterey High School on Sept. 27. The group took fourth overall and the outstanding small school tenor line award.

Band auxiliaries take awards in Lubbock

September 29, 2025

The Pride of the Tribe’s drum majors, percussion and color guard competed at Monterey High School on Sept. 27 in the West Texas Auxiliary Championships.traveled to Lubbock Monterey High School to compete...

Mom in control--
During dress rehearsals on Sept. 23, senior Joey Penner as Roddy Stern talks with senior Kamryn Leblanc who plays his mother Molly in Unexpected Tenderness.

Unexpected Tenderness has three more show times

September 26, 2025

The theater production of Unexpected Tenderness, a drama by Israel Horovitz, will have three more showings after it opened last night in the black box theater. Remaining show times are: tomorrow at 7 p.m.,...

All-region jazz band members--Senior Zaiden Berge, freshman Tristan Rey, freshman Giovanny Moreno, junior Jaxon Hand and senior Tristan Goodwin.

Five musicians qualify for all-region jazz band

September 22, 2025

Five band members became members of the all-region jazz band after auditions on Sept. 17 at Lubbock Christian University. Junior trombonist Jaxon Hand took first chair in the top band. Senior percussionist...

Tortured by past--Senior Javen Gutierrez struggles with an incident in Afghanistan which caused him to be discharged. He portrays Frankie in the district champion one-act play.

BI-DISTRICT BOUND: One-act play channels experiences of veterans

Kylie Peters, Staff Writer March 28, 2025

In different time periods spanning from 1918-2013 and somewhere in the near future, three young men return to their homes in a British Northern Coastal town from different wars. With the trauma of war,...

Got the beat--Senior percussionist Noah Villarreal waits for his cue during first period band rehearsals on March 20. Villarreal was part of a percussion ensemble which advanced to state in solo and ensemble on March 24.

12 musicians qualify for state band solo and ensemble

March 25, 2025

Twelve band members qualified for state after UIL solo and ensemble competition on March 24. Qualifiers must achieve a Division I rating on a Class I musical piece to advance. State qualifiers include: Marimba...

District champions--One-act play cast and crew qualifies for bi-district at district competition in Monahans on March 20. The play will compete in Seminole on April 2.

One-act play advances to bi-district

March 20, 2025

The one-act play, The Unreturning, took top honors at district competition in Monahans on March 20, advancing to bi-district in Seminole on April 2. District all-star cast included best performers senior...

One of the last–Welcoming the crowd to the pre-UIL concert on March 3, Choir Director Eric Hindman gets ready to take his last choirs to concert and sight-reading competition. His mixed a cappella group took the final sweepstakes of his career, bringing the total to 100 sweepstakes trophies.

Longtime choir director to retire at end of school year

Melissa Gutierrez, Editor in Chief March 20, 2025

  What began in 1989 as a job just out of college, turned into 36 years of leading musicians to excel for Seminole ISD choirs. Choir Director Eric came to Seminole in 1989 as the junior high director...

Older music has definite advantages

Older music has definite advantages

Kylie Peters, Staff Writer March 18, 2025

I enjoy listening to older music rather than modern-day music. This is not to say I don’t like any new music, but the large majority of the music being produced now has no comparison to older music because...

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