Congrats to the Colts Baseball team! The City of Coral Springs MLK Scholarship awarded 15 scholarships last evening and Coral Springs High won 7. Please congratulate the following students:
Last night the Coral Springs High School's The Chronicle attended the annual Sun-Sentinel Awards at Cooper City High School.
Editor-in-Chief Samantha Schwab was honored as The Chronicle's Most Valuable Staffer.
The staff took home a 2nd prize for the Graphics/Illustrations/Cartoons category, due to the work of Graphics and Dimensions Editor Allie Schutt. We also tied for 2nd prize in the Features Section category. Our Feature section is run by juniors Saraana Jamraj and Anastasia Okonski.
3rd prize was earned for Layout/Design, also due to Schutt, and junior Jamie Klein's Editorial Section tied for 3rd.
Honorable mentions were earned in the Headlines, Entertainment Section (Shaina Konzny), and Sports Section (Lauren Lewkowicz and Ashley Rynar) categories.
The Coral Springs High School journalism program attended the FSPA (Florida Scholastic Press Association) state convention this weekend. The convention consisted of seminars, competitions, a banquet and dance, and interactions with teen journalists from all over the state.
For the second year in a row, The Chronicle newspaper earned an All-Florida ranking, which puts us among the top school papers in the state.
The Chronicle's design team, consisting of editors Samantha Schwab, Allie Schutt, Ashley Rynar, and Jamie Klein took 1st prize in the On-the-Spot newspaper layout competition, with Schutt also taking 3rd prize in the Carry-In version of the contest.
The Equestrian yearbook team (editors Vanessa Mota, Tyler Boyette, Bryanna Beyerlein, and Colt News Network's Frank Carriere) took 3rd prize in the On-the-Spot yearbook layout competition, with Carriere earning an Honorable Mention for his Collaborative Commercial contest, in which he was paired with a student from another school to create a commercial.
Cameron Moyle, also paired with students from different school for the Mixed Company competition, took a 2nd prize in his contest.
Congratulations to Kimberly Liriano for winning first place for her free verse on the Literary Fair.
On Saturday, February 13th, 18 of our students proudly represented our school in the District World Languages Competition.They participated in the following categories: impromptu, declamation, finger spelling, poster, project, and talent. They all did an outstanding job. Our students scored as follows:
The Coral Spring High School Colt Band participated in the Florida Bandmasters Association District 15-Solo and Ensemble assessment and Jazz Band Assessment this past weekend. The Colt Band had 27 soloists, 9 small ensembles, 1 large ensemble, Winter Guard, and Jazz Band performing for adjudicators. The judges gave each event a rating with Superior being the highest. Each student receiving a Superior rating in any category received a medal. Our program brought home 52 medals and a Superior rating plaque for Jazz Band.
Of the Superior rated entries, 5 soloists qualified for the State Solo and Ensemble assessment next month. These soloists are: Moshe Paul-percussion; Jeremy Mezei-clarinet; Jeffrey Goldblatt-trombone; Vishaun Samaroo-saxophone; Sandy Henry-trumpet; and Felipe Maldonado-auxiliary.
The Woodwind Choir and Winter Guard also qualified for State. And the Jazz Band qualified for the State event for the 4th time in the past 6 years.
This past weekend the Coral Springs High Debate Team competed against schools from all across the South Florida Region in the CFL University School Tournament. Our team dominated in one of the most prestigious debate events, Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Jensen Holroyd won 4th place in Lincoln-Douglas and Feyaad Allie was the TOURNAMENT CHAMPION in Lincoln-Douglas! Jensen's 4th place finish was especially noteworthy because this was her first attempt at competing in this particular event, which is known as one of the most difficult debate events to master. Feyaad has been competing in this event all year but this was his first time winning the tournament (he has placed as high as 3rd in the past).
Congratulations to the Coral Springs High Marching Colts Band for placing 10th in Class 3A at the FMBC State Marching Band Tournament. The state competition was held in St. Petersburg on Novermber 21, 2009. The Marching Colts were one of about 70 bands throughout the state that qualifies for this prestigious event. This marks the 8th year in a row that our band programs has qualified for the state competition.
Up next, the Colt Band will perform with the CSHS Choral program in our annual winter Concert on December 15. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m. and admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, and children 10 and under are free. The Colt Band will also participate in the annual Coral Springs Holiday Parade on December 16.
Thirty of our Theatre Students competed at the District 7 Individual Events Festival hosted at CSHS last Saturday along with 460 theatre students from local schools. Sixteen events awarded Critic's Choice Awards, these awards represent the best performances in the various categories.
Coral Springs won 4 of these 16 awards Jordan Cohen and Arielle Hoffman for monologues
Arielle Hoffman for Student Directed Scene
Briana Rittersporn for Publicity
Additionally, Arielle will represent the district for Student Directed Scenes and Briana Rittersporn will represent our district forthe best technical event at the state festival.