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The team consisted of seniors Austin Ingram and Ali Cantrell, juniors Lawson Priess and Koby Wulfjen, freshman Rachael Spencer, and is trained by Agricultural Science Teacher, K.C. Kemp. The team placed ninth overall out of the nation’s top qualifying teams.
Members of the Weatherford FFA Range Team tested their individual and team skills against other land and range teams from across the nation by evaluating soil types, plant life, and range site conditions. They were also required to recommend treatments to improve the land’s adaptability to certain purposes like raising cattle or wildlife.
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Weatherford FFA Range and Pasture Team Qualifies for Natiionals
The Weatherford FFA reached a terrific milestone in qualifying the Range and Pasture Team for the National Land and Range Judging Contest to be held May 1, 2, and 3 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Weatheford FFA's own Austin Ingram turned in a near-perfect score, and was crowned the 2012 State Champion in the Range Judging Contest.
Members of the Weatheford FFA Range and Pasture Team are Austin Ingram, Lawson Priess, Ali Cantrell, and Koby Wulfjen. The team set a goal of qualifying for the National Contest when they began the team in 2008. Their hard work paid off for them with their great accomplishment.
Keithsran Khem Takes the Blue Ribbon at State SkillsUSA Competition
Junior Ambassadors
The Weatherford High School Junior Ambassadors participated in the Adopt-a-Highway trash pickup, Saturday, April 14th. The Junior Ambassadors recently adopted the section of highway from Bethel Road and Tin Top to 1 mile south of the high school.
Members participating were Jeff Moody, Maddie Holman, Mason Castner, Kenlee Riedel, Brandon Rule, Roman Hernandez, Peggy Hutton, Weatherford Chamber of Commerce sponsor and Barbara Carswell Weatherford High School Junior Ambassador Sponsor.
The Junior Ambassador Organization is a program for Weatherford High School juniors and seniors, which is co-sponsored by the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce and Weatherford Independent School District. This program is designed to teach leadership, interviewing skills, job skills, and the importance of volunteering in the community without expecting anything in return.
Being a Junior Ambassador is not all work and no play. They also participate in team-building programs designed to teach leadership and confidence. This program also teaches teamwork and communication skills.
FFA Finishes Big in Abilene and Jack County Events
Weatherford FFA members won the Sweepstakes award competing in Career Development Events at the Texas Farm and Ranch Expo in Abilene on April 29th. The Range Evaluation Team swept their contests, bringing back the 1st place plaque. Team members Austin Ingram, Koby Wulfjen, Lawson Priess, and Rachel Spencer individually placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 10th respectively. The Wildlife Team placed third with Tyler Crandall 7th high individual. Milk Quality was the fourth high team with Skylor Dobbs placing 10th and Paulie Cocke 8th high individual. The Poultry Evaluation team brought home 6th place with member Kaden Fowler 8th high individual.
The Weatherford FFA traveled to Jacksboro for the Jack County Career Development Events on March 1. All students had a very successful day of judging and brought home team and individual plaques and ribbons, including their second Sweepstakes award in a row. Range Evaluation was the second place team of the day with members Koby Wulfjen placing ninth and Ali Cantrell 10th high overall. The Land Evaluation team placed second with Tyler Miller fourth high overall. In Plant ID, Taylor Blankenship was the eighth high individual. Milk Quality placed second with members Paulie Cocke being the first place high individual and Tara Murray fourth overall. Livestock Evaluation placed sixth and Poultry Evaluation brought home fifth place. The Poultry Evaluation team brought home 6th place with member Kaden Fowler 8th high individual. The teams are coached by K. C. Kemp and Amber Jennings, Weatherford FFA Advisors.
WHS Culinary Arts students introduce the
Hospitality and Tourism program to Weatherford
February 24, 2012: Students from theWeatherford High School culinary arts classes prepared lunch for WISD school board members and other special guests. Culinary Arts is a year long course that introduces the fundamentals of basic food safety, sanitation, preparation and foodservice management. Culinary students run their on-campus restaurant, La Roo, for WHS staff and participate in catering events performed by the culinary department.
The Career Technology Department recently announced that it will be implementing the Texas ProStart program during the 2012-2013 school year. Texas ProStart is a two-year high school restaurant and foodservice management curriculum that blends classroom learning with mentored work experience. The Texas ProStart curriculum was developed with guidance from educators and representatives of the restaurant and foodservice industry and is managed nationally by National Restaurant Association Solutions and the Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation. The program is currently being implemented by more than 1,600 schools in 47 states, territories and districts, with approximately 60,000 students enrolled nationwide.
Foodservice is one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries, currently employing 12.8 million workers. The industry is expected to add 2 million jobs over the next decade, with 47,000 of those positions in management. “There is a wealth of diverse opportunities for young people in the restaurant and foodservice industry,” said Amanda Burlison, Instructor,WeatherfordHigh School. “The Texas ProStart program will help us prepare students for those opportunities and establish a foundation for further learning whether the students immediately pursue foodservice careers or go on to hospitality management or culinary programs at the college level.”
The Texas ProStart program gives junior and senior high school students the chance to explore career opportunities and gain the skills needed to operate and manage a foodservice operation by pairing classroom learning with on-the-job experience. As part of the Texas ProStart program,WeatherfordHigh School will combine academic classroom work with the opportunity for students to participate in mentored work experiences at local restaurants. During the mentored work experience, students get hands-on experience in different areas of the foodservice industry.
They work directly with industry professionals who serve as mentors to make sure the students are getting as much as possible out of the work experience and have the chance to practice what they learn in the classroom. “We are currently seeking community industry partners,” Burlison reported. We believe our students will be able to get a realistic view of the industry and explore the many career opportunities open to them in a real life setting.”
When students meet academic standards, complete a checklist of competencies, and participate in at least 400 hours of a mentored work experience, they are awarded the ProStart National Certificate of Achievement that signifies they are well qualified to enter the industry workforce.
Students who achieve the National Certificate of Achievement have access to scholarships and articulation agreements with leading colleges and universities.
Mrs. Burlison, the Hospitality and Tourism instructor, graduated from the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at Texas Christian University. Burlison is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer. Her culinary background has been focused in catering, event planning, and private dining. Other courses in the Hospitality and Tourism program are Restaurant Management, Practicum in Culinary Arts and Food Science. The Hospitality and Tourism Program can be followed on their website www.epsilen.com/aburlisoor http://www.facebook.com/WeatherfordHighSchoolCulinaryArts.
Skills USA District Contest
Keithsran Khem as made it through SkillsUSA district this weekend and qualified for the SkillsUSA state championship in Advertising Design and Illustration. His award winning poster is featured above.
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The following Cosmetology I students did very well at the SkillsUSA district contest in Waco. First place will compete at state in Corpus Christi from March 21 to 24, 2012. Pictured above are examples of hair and nail projects done by WHS students.
Katarina Barrow - 1st Place, Superior Rating, Nail Art
Haley Farmer - 1st Place Superior Rating, Nail Art
Maddison Kolb - 1st Place Superior Rating, Nail Art
Charla Martin - 1st Place Superior Rating, Fantasy Manikin
Chealsey O'Kelly - 1st Place Superior Rating, Nail Art
Katilyn Turner - 1st Place Superior Rating, Fantasy Manikin
Sarah Bolton - 2nd Place, Excellent Rating, Fantasy Manikin
Maranda Thun - 2nd Place Excellent Rating, Fantasy Manikin
Story and photos submitted by: Samantha Alexander, WHS Cosmetology Teacher
HOSA District Competition
Last weekend a scrappy little band of 11 WHS underdogs went to the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) district competition in Irving. In the competition against these giant technical schools like Plano East, and Ben Barber High who have smart hospitals, entire wings of Health Science classes for their schools, thousands of kids and a full complement of staff, Weatherford Health Science Occupation students dominated!. These folks had never
heard of Weatherford and had no idea where we were from! Here are the results:
Charlsie Rossander 1st place District V Extemporaneous Medical Art, Jessie Allen 2nd place District V Persuasive Researched Speaking, Sierra Lemming and Ana Mendoza District V 2nd place Forensic Team Medicine, All of them will be proceeding to state events in San Antonio. Sydney Dehnam and Tiffany Grumbles placed 4th District V for Public Emergency Awareness, Brandie Rohmann placed 4th District V for Healthy Lifestyles, Zalak Patel placed 5th in State level competition for Medical Math.
Our WHS team has made the Career & Technology Education Department very proud with the effort and time these kids put into their events - proving "we are Weatherford and we are one!" Submitted by: Patricia Hoffman RN, BSN.
Weatherford FFA Outstanding Awards
 
Ali Cantrell $8,000 WInner Brooke Chillcut $20,000 WInner
For the first time in many, many years Weatherford students have won one of the most Outstanding Awards an Ag student can win in the state of Texas. Weatherford FFA students traveled to the San Antonio Livestock Exposition during February and the students did not come back empty handed!
Freshman Brooke Chillcut brought home a large amount of scholarship money this year! Her first win of the weekend was with her Hampshire ewe that won Reserve Champion of its breed. Next up in the show was her Dorset ewe. Brooke lives by the motto that, “You get out of it what you put into it,” and it has paid off! Brooke won Grand Champion of the Dorset Breed, giving her yet another piece of the scholarship prizes from San Antonio Livestock Show.
Haley Farmer had one of the top thirteen market sheep in her class with her Southdown lamb.
Ali Cantrell exhibited her Red Angus heifer that was purchased with a calf scramble certificate (provided by very generous donors) she had won the year before. Ali maintained meticulous records as she cared for the heifer and attended shows. Cantrell submitted her record book for judging. The She was required to show at the 2012 show and attend the banquet for calf scramble participants where they get the record books back. Cantrell could not find her book amongst the others at the table, so she was very nervous that it might have been lost. “I was just praying they had my record book somewhere! They called out third place, then second place.....and it was my name, “recalls Cantrell, “It was very exciting and a great pay-off for the hard work I had put in this year. Even though my scramble project is now complete, I intend to keep in contact with my scramble donors, The Robertson Brothers, during my college career at Texas A&M.”
Livestock Show
  
The junior livestock program is a unique opportunity to use live animals to help youth develop. The experience of youth owning and working with animals, being responsible for their care, health, and growth, and exhibiting them in a competitive environment is a tremendous character building process. Junior livestock projects help develop life skills such as leadership, communication, decision making and problem solving skills. Character building, record keeping and the development of personal responsibility are other skills youth can develop as a result of their involvement in the broad range of programs in junior livestock.
Congratulations to WHS Senior Kolby Trammel and Sophomore Austyn Grabowski who exhibited beef cattle during the 2012 Ft. Worth Livestock Show in early February. One of the many missions of the legendary Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo is to promote continuing improvement in the breeding, raising and marketing of livestock and to encourage the pursuit of excellence generally throughout the livestock and agriculture industries.Trammell placed seventh in her class with a large black steer which secured her a spot in the premium auction. Submitted by Amber Jennings, Agriculture Science Teacher & FFA Advisor
WHS Health Occupation Students Training in High School
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Weatherford High School seniors Dillon Knighton (left) and Wes Stanley have big plans for their future. They are training for their emergency medical tech license while going to school full time.
Knighton and Stanley are also enrolled in Weatherford’s Career and Technologies Health Science class, which offers several training opportunities for students to train in a specific career path. They will be able to find employment in the medical field when they graduate from high school.
Also, both students will pursue further education with Weatherford College in the paramedic program.
“It is amazing that we have EMT-B’s walking around our school during the day," Weatherford High School HST instructor Patricia Hoffman said. "Their training is intensive, plus these boys work outside of school while also carrying a full load at school. They are model students, and real-life heroes in life and death medical situations. I could not be more proud of the two of them."
North Texas High School Cupcake Battle
At Allen High School competitors from Weatherford High School were Virginia Ourada, Mary Kate Riddle, Breana Schlosser, Parker Stephens, Jessica Stults, and Shelbi Tanco. Students held a preliminary competition between the culinary classes on January 12 and 13. First place was - Bethany Morgan’s Italian Cream Cheese Coconut cupcake and second place was Mercedes Crabb with her Caramel Macchiato cupcake. Mrs. Burlison is so proud of the innovation and enthusiasm her students displayed through their cupcakes.
HOSA Students go Door-to-Door Delivering Presents to Families in Need
Weatherford High School's Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) club organized an outing to Beautiful Feet homeless mission. They went door-to-door giving out presents and bicycles for families in need at Christmas.
"Caring for others is always paramount in the medical community, and their mission to care for all aspects of peoples' lives," HST Instructor Patricia Hoffman, RN, BSN, said. "Their [students'] compassion and generosity really shines during this season, and they represented Weatherford in the best possible way."
WHS National Technical Honor Society
Delivers Canned Goods to Center of Hope
Members of the WHS Chapter of the National Technical Honor Society participated in a food drive for the Center of Hope during December and collected a cart full of items.
NTHS is made up of students who are members of a Career and Technical Education Student Organization and who maintain a 3.00 or better grade-point average while in high school.
Participating members were Cheyenne Bone, Kelsey Buczkowski, Zandalee Fowler, Alec Gaines, Jennifer Ginn, Chelsey Johnson, Jessica Kessler, and Brandie Rohmann.
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