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The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

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The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

War Whoop Online

The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

National speech qualifiers--Five students--junior Kobe Cabello, seniors Giana Critchfield, Owen Adam, Jenna Sales and Javen Gutierrez--will compete at the National Speech and Debate Association competition in Iowa in June.

Five speakers qualify for national competition

Kamryn Kirk, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

 With hard work and an end goal in mind, five speech performers qualified for National Speech and Debate Association competition in June. Senior Jenna Sales qualified in dramatic interpretation. with...

Brain bunch--UIL academic team scored over 400 points on March 26 to cement the overall championship.

UIL academics takes district championship

March 28, 2025

The UIL academic team took the district championship after the third portion of contests ended on March 26. Seminole scored over 600 points. The one-act play scored 54 points on March 20 as one of the...

Dr. Glen Teal
(courtesy of Jim Ned CISD)

School board names lone finalist for superintendent

March 25, 2025

The school board named Dr. Glen Teal as the lone finalist for the superintendent position at its March 24 meeting. Teal is currently the superintendent of Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District. The...

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...

Doing demo--Athletic trainer Rolando Salas lectures during second period sports medicine class in February. "A strong strength and conditioning program is the number one injury prevention strategy," Salas said.

Athletic trainers teach students skills for future

Maytee Hernandez, Staff Writer March 17, 2025

 They are wrapping ankles. They are stretching athletes. They are handing out water. The month of March is National Athletic Training Month with the slogan "Champions in Healthcare" this year.  The...

"Ironically Hungry"
drawing by Gavin Barringer

Six art students qualify seven pieces for state

Kylie Peters, Staff Writer February 26, 2025

Six students had their artwork advance to state in the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) at regional competition in Lubbock on Feb. 22. State qualifiers include senior Jenna Sales with a mixed media...

SkillsUSA competitors--(Back) Gabryl Alaniz, Brandon Nosek, Timothy Bergen, Garrant Hill, ((fourth) Tristian Cornet, Nehemiah Harvey, Zayne Wiebe, Alejandro Hernandez Perez, Genevieve Neudorf, Rachel Rempel, Kylie Peters, Destiny Neeld, (third) Nick Reyes, Jayziah Gutierrez, Annmarie Mares, Jazzelle Vela, Harley Hoffman, Gavryel Villalobos, Kimberly Klassen,  Susana Payan Quintana, Jelena Hiebert, (second) Yumalai Roblero Perez, Myranda Gonzalez, Maira Limones Gonzalez, Penelope Gonzalez Lopez, Yamileth Macias Unresti, Emily Rodriguez, Skylah Teichroeb, Myka Hernandez, Zariah Sanchez, Melissa Knelsen, Peyton Casey, Jose Gonzalez Aragonez, Britney Duong, Victoria Baros, Kaya George, Karoline Caballero, (front) Ayleen Mata Pando, Audiel Sanchez, Adriana Vazquez, Jaedyn Bailey, Margarita Leanos, Jayce Bear, Elizabeth Bear, Rebeca Burciaga Ramos, Kyra Giesbrecht, Isabella Rudder

SkillsUSA members qualify for state competition

February 25, 2025

Fifty-one SkillsUSA members qualified for state competition across 24 events at district contest in Odessa on Feb. 21-22. They will compete at state in Corpus Christi on April 2-5. First and second...

New record--The 200-yard freestyle relay of juniors Gabryl Alaniz, Carlos Arzate, Ashton Booth and sophomore Austin Peters broke the school record at the state swim meet on Feb. 14 with 1:39.32. Alaniz took 11th in the 100-yard butterfly.

Relay team breaks record at state swim meet

February 14, 2025

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of junior Carlos Arzate, junior Ashton Booth, sophomore Austin Peters and junior Gabryl Alaniz broke the school record three of them set last year at the state meet on...

Grim message--TikTok users were greeted with the following message around 10 p.m. on Jan. 18. A 12-hour black out left users deleting the app and mourning its loss.

On again, off again TikTok fate has students looking for alternatives after the black out

Melissa Gutierrez, Editor in Chief January 21, 2025

At 10 p.m. on Jan. 18 the  notification popped up immediately when Americans opened their TikTok’s For You pages, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately that means you can't...

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