April 19 - Boys and Girls Regional Track @ Abilene Christian - Day 1
April 19 - JV Baseball @ Johnson City - Double Header - 4:30 PM
April 20 - Boys and Girls Regional Track @ Abilene Christian - Day 2
April 20 - FFA Entomology Team @ State Contest - Texas Tech
April 22 - District Tennis @ Ingram (Day 1)
April 22 - JV/Varsity Baseball @ Llano - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
April 23 - District Tennis @ Ingram (Day 2)
April 23 - Algebra 1 STAAR EOC Test
April 24 - US History STAAR EOC Test
April 25 - Band Battle of Flowers Festival
April 26 - JV/V Baseball vs ingram - JV 4:30 - Varsity after
April 26 - Softball - Bidistrict Playoff Game vs Wall - in Llano - 6 PM
April 27 - UIL Academics - Regional Meet in Abilene
Messages from Ms. McLendon - BHS Counselor:
AP Letters were given to students on 3/7/2024 outlining the AP fees and the AP testing calendar. Exams are $30 per AP test your student takes. These funds are due by May 1, 2024 if your child is AP testing.
Please pay any outstanding OnRamps Dual Enrollment fees by May 1, 2024 as well.
ACC is now offering free college tuition beginning Fall of 2024 for high school graduates, or GED completers. Please visit the following website and see the parent email below for more information.
The Blanco UIL team traveled to Comfort on Thursday (April 4) for Day 1 of their District Contest and to Llano for Day 2 of the District Contest Friday (April 5). When all of the results were tabulated, the BHS team finished second! The following students qualified for the regional meet in Abilene (April 27).
Nic Fox - Number Sense
Mitchell Frazier - Calculator Applications & Math
Julianna Foley - Copy Editing & Literary Criticism
Fuyu Dai - Accounting
Sophie Blankenburg - Science & Math
Ella Baker - Ready Writing & Headline Writing
Ian Churchill - Math
Korina Forsberg - Math
Riley Aguilar - Prose Interpretation
Faith Tucker - Ready Writing & Feature Writing
Congratulations and good luck!
BHS Art students competed in the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Three Blanco students received awards in the contest.
Faith Tucker 1st place
Julianna Foley 2nd Place
Kylee Ridner Honorable Mention
The first place entry advances to the state contest. Faith Tucker's entry (shown below) will be judged in the state contest and results will be available later this Spring. Congratulations to all of the BHS winners and good luck to Faith at the state contest.
The FFA Wildlife Judging Team competed in the Area VII contest in San Angelo (4/15). They qualified for the State Contest to be held in Junction on April 22.
The meat judging team, the poultry judging team, and the entomology team qualified for state at their Area meets previously. Entomology will compete at Texas Tech on April 20. The Meat and Poultry judging teams will compete in College Station on April 27. The Range Judging Team picked up a WIld Card spot at the State meet and will compete at Tarleton State University on April 24. Congratulations and Good Luck to these teams, Mr. Kersten, and Ms. Taylor!
The Track teams will be in Abilene for the Regional Track Meet hosted by Abilene Christian University. The following students qualified for the meet:
Girls
Madison Hunter - 100m hurdles (2nd)
Gretschen Grosch - 200m (1st)
Sidney Johnson - 300m hurdles (4th)
Kylene Kramer - high jump (4th)
4x100m relay - (2nd) - Lillie Smith, Madison Hunter, Kate Capshaw, Gretschen Grosch
4x200m relay - (3rd) - Madison Hunter, Calla Nelson, Kate Capshaw, Gretschen Grosch
Boys
Brodrick Siwecki - 100m (3rd) and 200m (3rd)
Reggie Johnson - Discus (1st) and Shot Put (1st)
Chris Canon - Discus (4th)
4x100m relay - (1st) - Cody Waltrip, Jacob Johnson, Hank Jones, and Cole Silva (Alt. Colten Kuebel and Hudson Monasmith)
4x200m relay - (3rd) - Colten Kuebel, Brodrick Siwecki, Jacob Johnson, and Cody Waltrip (Alt. Hudson Monasmith and Trey Atchley)
The Boys Golf Team competed in the Regional Golf Tournament on Monday and Tuesday (April 15-16). They finished 5th. Freshman Noah Gallas narrowly missed out on a trip to the State Tournament. The Girls Golf Team competed in the Regional Golf Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday (April 17-18). The team ended up 7th and Sophia Young qualified for the state tournament as a medalist!
The softball team traveled to Florence on Monday, April 15 for their final district game before heading into the playoffs. They won the game convincingly to end their district season with a 7-3 record and finishing in second place. They will advance to the playoffs against Wall. The Bidistrict game is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at Llano at 6 PM.
Varsity Baseball defeated Comfort 4-3 on Friday (April 12). The JV also defeated Comfort 8-6. The varsity traveled to Florence Monday (April 15) coming away with a win to remain undefeated in district play and in first place. The JV will play Johnson City in a double header April 19. The Varsity and JV will play in Llano April 22 and host Ingram April 26 before heading into the playoffs.
Blanco held a pre-district tune up last week. The JV tournament was on April 10 and a Varsity tournament was on April 11. The District Tournament will be in Ingram on April 22 and 23.
Results from the Blanco Tournament:
Varsity
Aidan McCarthy - 1st in boys singles
Colby Murphree and Alex Beliveau - 1st in mixed doubles
Whitney Whitehead and Wesley Whitehead - 3rd in girls doubles
Tanner Gibbons and Christian Alvarez - 3rd in boys doubles
JV
Bailey Smith and Briley Myers - 1st in girls doubles
The pad is complete for the Educational Center for the Arts. The second round of concrete for the foundation was poured (Wednesday 4/17). Bricks are on site, and the walls of the ECA are going up. The ECA is scheduled to be completed in the Spring of 2025.
Things are progressing with the field house. Preparations are bring made for the concrete slab to be poured. The field house should be ready early in the upcoming football season.
Check back for more details as the construction process progresses.
In an effort to recognize contributions and accomplishments of BHS students and staff, we will be giving shout outs to individuals or groups who have made and impact, represented Blanco HS well, done a good deed, gone above and beyond expectations, extended a helping hand, received an award, or just did something cool. These are the BHS Shout Outs for the week:
Faith Tucker, Julianna Foley, and Kylie RIdner for their awards in the VFW Art contest
FFA Entomology Team competing at the State Contest Saturday (4/20)
Landry Meyer for being named BHS Student of the Month
Dianne Wagenfher for being named the BISD Staff Member of the Month
Baseball for their wins over Comfort and Florence
Softball for their win over Florence and advancing to the playoffs
Students who took EOC exams this week
Mr. Raley for his efforts coordinating the EOC exams
The technology team, Ms. Raley, Ms. Johnson, Ms. Quintero, and all BHS Staff Members who administered tests for their help with EOC testing
All 64 students at BHS with Perfect Attendance for the 5th Six Week grading period.
Jacob Johnson for winning the perfect attendance drawing for a gift card from the Blanco Methodist Church
Kate Capshaw for being named an Outstanding Senior by Congresmman Chip Roy
Athletic Tickets
Fans can also download the Home Town Ticketing app to their smartphone and order tickets through the app.
Tickets are usually available for purchase 3-5 days prior to the contest. In person (cash) tickets will not be available at the gate/door.
This will only apply to BISD HOME games. We have no control over how other schools sell their tickets. If other venues require online ticketing, we will provide that information as soon as we have it.