Please check the schedule below and make note of the ones of interest to you.

April 12 - JV/V Baseball vs Comfort

April 13 - Blanco JV Baseball Tournament

April 13 - BHS Prom @ Carriage Hills

April 15 - JV and Varsity Baseball @ Florence - 4:30 PM

April 15 - Softball @ Florence - 6 PM

April 15 - BISD School Board Meeting - BHS Library - 7 PM

April 15 - Boys Regional Golf @ Diamondback GC - Day 1

April 16 - Boys Regional Golf @ Diamondback GC - Day 2

April 16 - Biology STAAR End of Course Exam

April 16 - CoAPT Wellness Fair - BHS Cafeteria - 4 PM - 6 PM

April 17 - Girls Regional Golf @ Shady Oaks - Day 1

April 18 - Girls Regional Golf @ Shady Oaks - Day 2

April 18 - English 1 STAAR End of Course Exam

April 19 - Boys and Girls Regional Track @ Abilene Christian - Day 1

April 20 - Boys and Girls Regional Track @ Abilene Christian - Day 2

Blanco High School had 5 students sign letters of intent to participate in athletics at the collegiate level. These students were recognized in a signing ceremony on Friday (April 5) coordinated by BISD Athletic Director Jamie Dixon.

Jennah Atchley - signed her letter of intent to play beach volleyball at Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. (top photo)

Nic Fox - signed his letter of intent to play football for Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas (2nd photo)

Reggie Johnson - signed his letter of intent to throw for the Texas Tech Track and Field Program in Lubbock, Texas (3rd photo)

Nessah Marquette - signed her letter of intent to play golf for McMurry University in Abilene, Texas (4th photo)

Ryder Moorman - signed his letter of intent to play football for Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas (5th photo)

In addition to these athletes signing, Fabian Carillo was recognized for signing up to be a member of the Texas National Guard. (bottom photo)

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.

https://sites.austincc.edu/free-tuition/

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! Ten students qualified for the regional meet in Abilene (April 26 and 27). Results for the District Meet are below.

Number Sense - 2nd Place Team.

Individual Placings: Nic Fox 1st place - advances to Regionals, Sophie Blankenburg 6th place.

Calculator Applications - 2nd Place Team

Individual Placings: Mitchell Frazier 2nd place - advances to Regionals. Korina Forsberg 4th place

Copy Editing - Julianna Foley 1st Place - advances to Regionals. Korina Forsberg 5th place.

Current Issues & Events - 3rd place team

Individual placings: Ty Fox 8th, Ella Baker 10th, & Clark White 13th place

News Writing -Madeline Lopez 4th, Julianna Foley 5th place

Accounting - 2nd place team

Individual placings: Fuyu Dai 3rd place - advances to Regionals. 5th Kairo Martinez, 8th Ian Churchill, 12th Celeste Campa

Science - 2nd place team

Individual placings - overall 1st place Sophie Blankenburg - advances to Regionals

Chemistry - 2nd place Sophie Blankenburg, 3rd Mitchell Frazier

Biology - 2nd place Ella Baker, 3rd Sophie Blankenburg

Feature Writing - 1st Place Faith Tucker - advances to Regionals

Spelling & Vocabulary - 12th place Ceasar Manriquez

Computer Science - 2nd place team (actually tied for first but Ingram won the tie breaker)

Individual places: Riley Russell 6th place, Aadan Ramclan 7th place, Zane Hood 8th place

Social Studies - Cambel Plahy 9th, Clark White 10th, Ryan Currier 14th place

Headline Writing - 1st Ella Baker - advances to Regionals, 4th Faith Tucker,

Literary Criticism - 2nd place team

Individual placings: 2nd Julianna Foley - advances to Regionals

4th place Sophie Blankenburg

Mathematics - 1st Place team - team advances to Regionals (Ian Churchill, Korina Forsberg, Mitchell Frazier & Sophie Blankenburg)

Individual Places: 3rd Mitchell Frazier, 4th Ian Churchill

Ready Writing - Ella Baker 1st place, Faith Tucker 2nd place -both advance to Regionals.

Prose Interpretation - Rylee Aguilar 1st place, advances to regionals, Morgan Clark 4th place, Cadence Delarosa 6th Place.

Informative Extemp: Xavier Ayala 5th

The Blanco Women's Club sponsored an essay contest for BHS students asking them to write about a community issue within the city of Blanco. Several BHS students submitted entries. Adaleen Olinick wrote about our water supply and the effects of population growth in the Blanco community, winning first place and a cash prize of $250. Ella Baker wrote about the need for better pedestrian infrastructure in Blanco earning second place and a cash prize of $150. Brooke Stille was third earning $100 for her essay about the effects of re-routing Hwy 281. Congratulations to these students and thank you to all who entered the contest. We also thank the Blanco Women's Club for sponsoring this contest and encouraging our students to be active within their community to address issues they see. Pictured below, Ms. Lois Vance representing the Blanco Women's Club presents Adaleen Olinick (top) and Brooke Stille (bottom) with their awards. Ella was at the District UIL contest and got her award later from Mr. Kinney (middle photo).

Blanco CoAPT will be hosting their 7th Annual Wellness Fair in the BHS cafeteria on April 16 from 4 - 6 PM. There will be fun for all ages, prizes, free food and lots to do and see. Please see the information sheet below for more information and plan to attend the CoAPT Wellness Fair.

The FFA Judging Teams attended practice meets in Water Valley Thursday (4/4), at Angelo State Friday (4/5) in preparation for Area VII Contests in College Station (4/6). At the Area contest the meat judging team, the poultry judging team, and the entomology team qualified for state. Entomology will compete at Texas Tech on April 20. The Meat and Poultry judging teams will compete in College Station on April 27. Congratulations and Good Luck to these teams!

The Track teams were in Llano Wednesday (April 10) for the Area meet. Both the girls and boys competed well and qualified athletes for the regional track meet in Abilene next week. The girls finished 4th with 57 points behind Wall (152), Jim Ned (83), and Clyde (76). The boys were 3rd with 68 points behind Wall (189) and Jim Ned (101). The following athletes/teams qualified for the regional 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 will compete in the Regional Golf Tournament on Monday and Tuesday (April 15-16). The Girls Golf Team will compete in the Regional Golf Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday (April 17-18)

The softball team traveled to Brady on Friday (4/5) and came away with a convincing victory. They also defeated Comfort on Thursday, April 11. They will close out their district schedule in Florence on Monday, April 15 before heading into the playoffs.

Varsity Baseball traveled to Brady on Friday (4/5) to start the second half of district and returned with a win. They also defeated Comfort on Friday (April 12) to remain undefeated in district play. The team will travel to Florence Monday (April 15).

Blanco will host a JV tournament on April 10 and a Varsity tournament on April 11. The District Tournament will be in Ingram on April 22 and 23.

Attendance is important especially in the Spring with testing and all of the activites going on. With that in mind, we want to congratulate the Freshman Class for having the highest attendance in the district last week. The attendance flag flew over BHS this week. Great job freshmen!

The pad is complete for the Educational Center for the Arts. The first round of concrete for the foundation was poured (Friday 3/22). The remaining concrete slab will be done in stages and not all at once. Bricks are on site, and the walls of the ECA will be going up soon. 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:

UIL Academic Team members for finishing second at District.

Ms. Perez for serving as UIL Director this year and all of the UIL coaches who helped our students prepare and succeed

The Freshman Class for having the highest attendance rate in the district last week

Adaleen Olinick, Ella Baker, and Brooke Stille for their winning entries in the Blanco Women's Club essay contest

FFA Meat Judging, Poultry Judging, and Entomology Teams for advancing to the State Contest

Baseball for their win over Brady

Softball for their win over Brady and Comfort

Track teams for their performances at the Area Track Meet

Reggie Johnson, Gretschen Grosch, and the boys 4x100m relay for being Area Champions

Boys and Girls Track Regional Qualifiers

Students who took the English 2 EOC exam 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

Blanco ISD is utilizing online athletic ticket sales this year for all HOME games. This is for ALL Sports. The tickets can be purchased from the Blanco ISD website https://www.blancoisd.com/ There is a link to the online ticket site on the BISD main page. Alternately, you can also go directly to the ticketing site - https://www.blancoisd.com/367354_2

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.

Have questions or need assistance? Here is contact information:

Blanco High School - 1215 4th St., Blanco, TX - 78606 -- Phone 830-833-4337

Brad Kinney - Principal - brad.kinney@blancoisd.org

Jake Raley - Assistant Principal - jacob.raley@blancoisd.org

Deeanna McLendon - Counselor - deeanna.mclendon@blancoisd.org

Amy Hackebeil - Academic Dean - amy.hackebeil@blancoisd.org

Lisa Petri - Registrar - lisa.petri@blancoisd.org

Monique Pennington - Secretary - monique.pennington@blancoisd.org