Daily Announcements
February 17th, 2015
Athletics
Baseball - GHS Baseball Booster – Meet the Eagles
The Baseball Booster Club would like to invite you to this year’s “Meet the Eagles” on February 22nd. Activities begin at 11:30 AM which include:
Washer Tournament (3 divisions), Baseball Card Game, Pre-ordered cooked briskets and pork butts. The day will end with a BBQ dinner, banquet and auction. Come for all or part, what a great way to meet your 2015 Georgetown Eagle Baseball Players.
Prizes will be awarded for events – see registration forms attached and provided on our website at for details!
EAGLE FIGHT NEVER DIES!
Basketball – Girls
Congratulations to Coach Farney, her staff and the Lady Eagles with their 61-21 Bi-District Championship win last night over Cedar Creek. They will play in the Area Round either Thursday or Friday evening – TBD.
Cheerleading
GHS cheerleading/mascot try outs will be heldFriday, March 13th.There will be a mandatory parent and cheerleader/mascot candidate meeting heldon Thursday, February 19thandWednesday, February 25th, in the GHSlecture hallat 6:00 pm. You only need to attend one of these meetings.Tryout packets and applications can be picked up in thefront office startingon Monday, February 9th.
Clubs and Organizations
GHS Book Club will be meeting February17that 3:50 after school in Mr. Collman's room #175. We will be readingA Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith. Please come by to discuss the book and choose a book for March.
Weekly/Monthly Events for Clubs & Organizations
Club/Org / Sponsor / Location / Day / TimeArt / Nickels / Room 501 / Every Wednesday / 3:45pm
Auto Tech / Wall / Auto Tech bldg. / 1st Tuesday of each month / 8:00am
Book Club / Collman / Room 175 / February 17th / 3:50pm
BPA / Gardea / Room 201 / Every Tuesday / 8:00am
Catherine’s Corner / Ross / Room 872 / Every Tuesday / 8:15am
Diamond Darlings / Kennedy / Room 512 / 8:00am
Drama / Regan / Little Theater / Mon. – Thurs. / 4-6pm
Disc Golf / Brown, M / Room 508 / 1st & 3rd Fridays each month / 8:00am
Engineering / McMillin / Room 843 / Wednesday – every other week / 4-5pm
FCA / Farst / Annex Gym / Every other Monday / 6:45pm
FCCLA / Gilly / Annex lab kitchen / 3:45
FFA / Boff / Room 212 / 2nd Tuesday of each month / 8:00am
GSA / Parkhurst / Nurse’s Office / Every Wednesday / 4-5pm
Gridiron Girls / Scott / Room 312 / Every Wednesday / 8:15am
HOSA / Mallard / Room 218/213 / Every Friday / 8:00am
Interact / Carr / Room 507 / 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month / 8:10am
International Spanish Club / Luna / Room 861 / February 13th / 8:05am
Lacrosse - Boys / Conrad, S / Annex Fields & EVHS / Thurs @ Annex
Mon. & Tues. @EVHS / 4-6pm
6:30-8:30pm
Lacrosse - Girls / Conrad, S / Annex Field / Monday, Tuesday & Thursday / 4:15-6:15pm
The Locker / Villanueva / Room 162 / Every Wednesday / 3:45pm
Mu Alpha Theta / Hise, C / Room 500 / 3:50pm
NHS / Michalek / Lecture Hall / 8:10 or 4:00
No Place for Hate / Hesson, S / Room 221 / 8:00am
NJROTC / Gusman / NJROTC Conf. Room / Every Friday / 8:00am
Robotics Club / Maspero / Room 148 / Every Wednesday / 4:00 – 5:00pm
Serteens / Powell / Room 152 / Wednesday
Thursday / 4-5pm
8:15am
Skills USA / Dickinson / Room 208A / Last week of each month / 8:10am
Soccer Sweethearts/Studs / Lucroy / Room 153
The Cause Club / Travis / Library / Every Thursday / 8:00am
Young Conservatives / Austin / Room 184 / 1st Tuesday of each month / 8:00am
College Signings
The lady Eagle soccer team is proud to announce that we have 3of our seniors signing their national letter of intent!
Kyleigh Ellis is signing with Hardin-Simmons.
Caylee Kidwell with northwestern
Bailey Fithian with Arkansas Pine Bluff
Please join us in the lower gym, Wednesday, February 18th, at 10:30 to celebrate their successes.
Eagle Happenings
Come out to McNeil High School this Saturday February 21stto support the Georgettes as they compete in the first competition of the season. They are performing 4 officer routines, 4 team routines, and several solos, duets, and trios. The first dance is at 8 AM, with the last dance being performed at 6:15! Wish the Georgettes 'good luck' when you see them in the hallways!
GHS Hall of Honor
GHS Hall of Honor is now accepting nominations for outstanding Alumni of GHS and the former Carver High School.
The award is given annually to GHS/Carver graduates who are leaders in their field, or who have contributed greatly to the community. To be considered for the award, alumni must have graduated at least 10 years ago.
Nomination forms are attached or are available at the GHS Administration office.
Applications will be due by February 28, 2015. If you have questions please contact Cade Smith at 512-943-5100 ext. 5105
Graduation
Attention Seniors Senior Parents:
If your student has not received the packet concerning graduation orders and caps & gownsplease make sure they pick one up in the main office at the front desk. The graduating class of 2015 will be wearing a special custom embroidered cap & gown for graduation. Ordersfor these & graduation announcements will be taken on Wednesday February 25thfrom 11:00 – 2:00 in the cafeteria.
Project Graduation
Project Graduation fundraiser at Schlotzsky's , February 25th from 11am - 8pm. Come to Schlotzsky's and order any sandwich from their new expanded menu. For every sandwich sold, 50 cents goes toward Project Graduation. No flyers needed, just come with big appetites and help out our senior class.
PTSA
2015 Local Scholarships
Seniors, local scholarship applications are now available in the Annex Office and the College and Career Center in Rm. 118. Applications will be soon be available for download from the GHS website under the Scholarships quick link. Email completed applications to Ms. Charpentier at or return to the Annex Office. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ON THE APPLICATION, all applications are due no later than March 31, 2015.
Scholarship Information
Seniors, local scholarship applications are now available in the Annex Office and the College and Career Center in Rm. 118. Applications will be soon be available for download from the GHS website under the Scholarships quick link. Email completed applications to Ms. Charpentier at or return to the Annex Office. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ON THE APPLICATION, all applications are due no later than March 31, 2015.
Soaring Eagles
Band
GHS Students, David Richards and Peter Smith, had a stellar weekend at the All-State Concert that took place at the TMEA Convention. David placed 1st Chair French Horn and Peter placed 2nd Chair Alto Clarinet in the State of Texas! Congratulations to these young men and our Band Directors!
Bowling
The Boys & Girls Varsity bowlingteams havequalified for the Regional tournament to be held in Georgetown at Mel's Lone Star Lanes on March 1st. Time TBD.
Golf – Boys
Lucas Garza and Taylor Kaye led the Eagle Golf Team to a fifth place finish in the Bastrop Golf Tournament played this past weekend. The Eagles were the top 5A team in the tournament.
Other members of the team were Lander Fagan,Corey Scully, and Owen Kinney.
Skills USA – Automotive
Congratulations to the Georgetown High Automotive Students.
The Automotive Technology Binders (All Students) received a perfect score and qualified for State.
Austin Gangwish, Spenser Hollinbeck, Abigail Howard, Anthony Rishton, Sara Salvati, Hope Shannon, Cade Stanfield, Jared Toth, Cayman Ward, Jack Woodburn, Kyle Zubek, Max Colbey, Ian Mariano, James Weeks.
These students performed an Automotive task, writing a resume, and documenting all their work with pictures in a 3 ring Binder.
Gold Medal
Kalyn Garcia Collision Repair
Gold medal
Ian Mariano Automotive Tool ID
Gold Medal
James Weeks Motorcycle repair
Bronze Medal Customer Service
Jared Toth
Bronze Medals
Abigail Howard Automotive Quiz Bowl
Sara Salvati
Hope Shannon
Jared Toth
Jack Woodburn
Kyle Zubek
Congratulations to our first year instructor Mr. Mayo for capturing the Gold in his events!
Skills USA – District 10 Construction Tech
We are very proud of the following students for their achievements.
Ty Hill
District Champion - Construction Tool ID
Tony Steinbach, Brent Maldonado, Nick Germer
DistrictSilver Medalists- Chapter Display
Liam Jensen
Bronze Medal - Construction Tool ID
State Qualifying Blue Ribbon Project - Perfect Score
Brent Maldonado
State Qualifying Blue Ribbon Project
We wish these students the best as they all advance to state!
Skills USA – District 10 Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl
Please congratulate the following students who participated in this weekend’s SkillsUSA District 10 Regional Competition. They received Gold in Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl and placed Gold and Silver in Felony Traffic Stop.
We are very proud of the following students and their achievements:
Hailey Hughes, Bill Woodburn, Christian Frenzel, Connor Alvarez (EVHS), Benjamin Brody, Angela Cavazos, Christian Frenzel, Magaly Rangel, Abigail Rodgers, Daniel Smith, Sarah Whalen.
They will now represent District 10 in State Competition!
Wrestling
Congratulations to Coach Muck and the GHS Wrestling Team. This weekend, in Austin, they won the Regional Championship and are sending 10 wrestlers to the State Wrestling Meet in Garland, TX.