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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

STATE QUALIFIERS--SkillsUSA sophomore Destiny Neeld, seniors Adison Thomas and Kyra Giesbrecht will compete at nationals in Atlanta in June. The trio took first place in state for their promotional bulletin board.

Four SkillsUSA members advance to nationals

Dakota Reece, Staff Writer April 30, 2025

Four SkillsUSA members, seniors Nick Reyes, Kyra Giesbrecht, Adison Thomas and sophomore Destiny Neeld, qualified for nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 23-27.  The students represent two state...

Overall region champions--(Back) Matthew Peters, Reese Dickson, Owen Adam, Kobe Cabello, Javen Gutierrez, Cooper Sales, Joey Penner, Elijah Lapusan, (third)  Susana Payan-Quintana, Mattie Hice, Clarissa Werdenberg, Leah Martin, Diana Reimer, Paityn Espinoza, Nehemiah McCoy, Geydis Cuesta Rodriguez, Eva Thiessen, Grace Howard, Peyton Casey, (second) Serena Wiebe, Rachel Rempel,, Sophie Guenther, Jazmin Conejo, Katelynn Alonzo, Kamryn Leblanc, Violet Barkis Robertson, Scarlett Ellison, Hannah Ortega, Debbie Giesbrecht , Amber Rosales, Mason Rochell, (first) Mia Cowan, Isaac Neudorf, Ethan Salazar, Anaiah Beydoun, Melissa Gutierrez Tarango, Olivia Hicks, Brett Boyles, Jack Chen, Kytzia Hermosillo Mendoza, Victoria Baros

UIL academic team take region championship

April 28, 2025

The  UIL academic team took the overall region championship on Saturday with 186 points after three days of competition at Texas Tech University.   Thirty-two students qualified for state competition....

Careful placement--Senior Kilee Ivy sets her ball for a putt during the home meet on March 7.

Senior golfer takes unprecedented fourth trip to state

Melissa Gutierrez, Editor in Chief April 25, 2025

When senior Kilee Ivy steps onto Legends Golf Course in Kingsland at state on Monday for the fourth time, it will be the finale in a high school career that is unprecedented in Seminole High School history.   ...

Winnahs!--Coach John Armstrong accepts the district championship trophy at the Bush Tennis Center in Midland on Thursday as nine of his players qualified for regionals.

Tennis team takes second district championship of year

April 25, 2025

Tribe tennis took the spring district championship after final play-off matches on Thursday in Midland with nine players advancing to regionals. First and second places in each event advanced to regionals...

Statebound again--The Maiden golf team qualified for state with a third place finish at regionals on April 15. Maidens are sophomore alternate Ryleah Penner, junior Presley Roberts, senior Kilee Ivy, junior Sofia Harms Heide, senior Chloe Doerksen and junior Karoline Franco.

Maiden golf qualifies for state

April 16, 2025

The Maiden golf team shot 655 strokes, one behind second place Glen Rose, as they became the third place state qualifying team at the region golf tournament at Shadow Hills in Lubbock on April 15. Individually,...

Tops in Texas--Sophomore Sophie Guenther beat everyone in 4A with her sports action shot. She was then judged against the winners in all state divisions middle school through 6 A and was chosen as the top sports action photo in the state.

Publications win 67 awards in statewide competition

April 16, 2025

The publications staffs won 67 awards in statewide competition at the UIL's Interscholastic League Press Conference on April 12 in Austin. The 2024 Tepee yearbook took an Award of Distinguished Merit...

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...

"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...

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