Mark your Calendar
October 13 - Volleyball @ Florence - 5 PM
October 14 - Band UIL Marching Contest @ Fredericksburg
October 16 - BISD Board of Trustees Meeting - 6 PM - HS Library
October 17 - Graduation orders for Seniors - during lunch
October 17 - VB vs Ingram - 5 PM
October 18 - FFA @ Schreiner LDE Contest
October 19 - JV Football vs Llano - 5 PM
October 20 - Spanish Club presentation
October 20 - Volleyball @ Llano - 5 PM
October 20 - Football @ Llano - 7 PM
Athletic News
JV Football traveled to Marion Thursday night (October 5). They came away with victory, and have a season record of 5-1 and a district record of 3-0. The JV was off this week (October 12). They will host Llano on Thursday (October 19). The varsity football team hosted Marion on Friday (October 6) and won in convincing fashion 48-7. They currently have a season record of 5-2 and a district record of 2-1. They are off this week and will travel to Llano on Friday, October 20. Game time is 7 PM.
Cross Country teams ran the District 5-3A meet on Saturday, hosted by Comfort. The girls team finished third and qualified for the Regional Meet which will be held at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock on October 23 at Noon. The object of cross country is to have the lowest point total for your team. First place = 1 point, Second place = 2 points, etc. 7 runners are entered for a team and the top 5 are scored for team points. Individual results for the Varsity Girls are below with the points they scored:
Sylene Acosta = 7
Carleigh Dotson = 8
Addie Olinick = 18
Karla Bacilio = 22
Andrea Alegria = 24
Gretschen Grosch = 26
Kylene Kramer = 32
The boys finished 5th at the District 5-3A Meet. The top 3 teams and top 10 individuals qualify for the regional meet. Freshman Cooper Lawson finished 8th in the boys race and will compete at the Regional Meet in Lubbock on October 23. His race will begin at 12:30 PM. Individual point totals for the Varsity Boys are below:
Cooper Lawson = 8
Herman Uballe = 16
Sebastian Galvan = 23
Dominick Avila = 24
Landon Meek = 31
Fisher Hall = 32
Jacob Sanders = 36
Great Job Cross Country and Good Luck at Regionals!
Band Contests
The Panther Band and Color Guard traveled to Judon HS to compete in the Rocket Review Marching Contest on Saturday. The Panther Band was the top rated 3A Band in the contest! The band will be marching in Fredericksburg on October 14 for their UIL Marching Contest. They will perform at 7:15 PM. Congratulations and Good Luck Band and Color Guard!
(Almost) Perfect Attendance
The Junior Class had the highest attendance rate in the district last week. BISD has an attendance flag that goes to the campus of the class with the highest attendance rate for the week. The Juniors had an attendance rate of 97.25% last week which is outstanding. As a result the attendance flag flew over Blanco High School this week. Attendance is important for lots of reasons including the fact that students learn best when they are at school and the state will not allow BHS to award credit to students who miss a class over 10% of the time. Thank you parents and students for helping BHS maintain a great attendance rate through the first 9 weeks of school!
Construction Update
Construction is underway on the temporary student parking lot. This process will take about a month.
Once the temporary lot is complete, the current lot will be fenced and turned into a construction zone. At that time, students will begin parking in the temporary lot.
After fencing is in place, the current student parking lot will be taken up and construction on utilities for the new Educational Center for the Arts will begin, with the building to follow.
When the ECA is nearing completion, the temporary student parking lot will be expanded for ECA parking and the entire lot will be sealed permanently.
Check back for more exact dates of these changes as the construction process progresses.
FFA Store Information
The Blanco FFA store is now open!
https://stores.inksoft.com/blanco_ffa_198974/shop/home
Orders will be accepted until noon on October 20th, 2023 and will be shipped 10-14 days after the store closes. This will be the only opportunity to purchase FFA gear this year, so please make all purchases by this date.
There will be two shipping options:
- Ship to the school (free)
- Ship to your house
We have lots of options and sizes available!
If you have any questions please contact one of the BHS Ag Teachers.
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.