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Runnels Weekly E-Newsletter
from Head of School Marcia Mackay
Dear Runnels Family,
In this week's Friday Focus: Forgey Named Candidate in U.S.Presidential Scholars Program; Julie Fink Elected Vice President of Coaches Association; Martinez Selected for All-South Honors Band; New Members for Senior Beta Club; 100th Day of Kindergarten; Preschool Happenings; Kudos and Thank Yous; Hero Spotlight; Friendly Reminders;
Weekly Photo Album; and Athletic Corner.
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Senior Nominated for Presidential Scholars Program
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| Henry Forgey |
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Senior Henry Forgey has been named a candidate in the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Approximately 4,000 seniors nationwide were nominated for the program from a field of nearly 3.5 million graduating high school students.
Candidates were identified by their exceptional scores on either ACT or SAT tests. Approximately 800 of the candidates will be named semifinalists, with selection based on an extensive application process. Final selection of Presidential Scholars -- one male and one female from each state -- will be made in late spring.
Henry was one of only 70 students from our state who qualified for this prestigious program. Last fall, he was also named a National Merit Semifinalist and an AP Scholar with Distinction.
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Mrs. Fink Elected to Coaches Association
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| Julie Fink |
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Cross Country and Track and Field Coach Julie Fink has been elected vice president of the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association (LTFCA).
The non-profit organization, which serves in an advisory capacity to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA), is composed of coaches from college, high school, junior high and club teams. Its purpose is to advance the sports of track and field and cross country.
After serving a two-year term as LTFCA vice president, Mrs. Fink will become president of the association.
...THE RAIDER Track and Field team is actively recruiting students in grades 6-12 for the 2017 season.
No prior experience is necessary! If you are interested, please email Mrs. Fink at j.fink@runnels.org and complete the interest form HERE.
Our team will be stronger with YOU!
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Booked for All-South Honor Bands
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| Michael Martinez |
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Senior Michael Martinez has been chosen to play trumpet with the 2017 All-South Honor Bands at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg this month.
Selection was based on audition tapes submitted to the School of Music at the University of Southern Mississippi, which is sponsoring the event.
Band members will audition for chairs during the All-South Bands weekend Feb. 10-12.
The concert will be held Feb. 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the Bennett Auditorium on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi.
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Meet Newest Senior Beta Inductees
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| Senior Beta recruits show their credentials. |
Congratulations to the newest members of the Senior Beta Club who were formally inducted into the service and scholastic organization this week.
The new recruits are:
(freshmen) Catherine Bonaventure, Kissa Nicholas-Whitt, Bailey Hyatt, Jenna Carballo, Cole Latiolais, Ryan Ly, Jack Khan, Sarah Stanfield, Haley Karl, Eric Ho, Ben Holliday, Alex Johnson, Anna Manning, Karli Hebert, Kyra Reeves, Ethan St. Amant and Natalia Tooraen;
(sophomores) Sydney Markham, Hannah Barback, Aaron Taliaferro, Eric Huygues, Daniel Mayeaux, Hannah Cassano, Amelia Jennings, Kalyee Freiberger;
(junior) Kelly Nguyen; and (
senior) Jessica DeSimone.
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Raider Pride Former and current Raiders welcome home teammate PFC Garrett Deshotels with a game of basketball. From left: Hampton Hudson, Thomas Myers, Dean Campbell, Mason Warren, Douglas Gulley, Josh Sparks, Grant Welch, Brent Hoeprich and Emory Monett.
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Alum Wins National Moot Court Competition
Congratulations to Blake Stafford (Class of '09), now in his third year of law school at Wake Forest, for winning the National Moot Court Competition in New York. Blake was a member of a three-person team representing his law school at the competition. Top honors for Best Brief, which was mainly authored by Blake, also went to his team.
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Kudos to alumnus Garrett Deshotels (Class of '15) for successfully completing basic training and becoming a U.S. Marine. On Homecoming weekend, Garrett, a former Raider, played a game of hoops on our new court with some of his former teammates and current members of the varsity basketball team. On Wednesday, d
ressed in his uniform, PFC Deshotels paid a visit to the classroom of his brother, 5th grader Sean McGee, to thank the students and their English teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, for writing to him while he was in basic training on Parris Island in North Carolina.
... We sincerely thank
Everett Latiolais
, owner of Hard at it! Studios, for loaning us a public address system, which included a powered mixer, two large speakers and a microphone, for Homecoming. He set up the PA system in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theater and taught our Technical Theater students how to operate it.
... A big thank you goes to the many volunteers who helped set up our Used Book Sale, including alumna
Savannah Wright (Class of '13). We also thank alumna
Lauren Kahn (Class of '15) for volunteering in the Elementary Library recently to help process new books ordered to replace those lost in the flood.
...We extend our thanks to
Bambi Toney and
Michelle Smith for providing crepes for La Chandeleur (France's crepe holiday) in Madame Vallaire's classes this week. ...Kudos to to master crepe flippers Saylor Ourso (60 flips), Seth Miller (40 flips), Zachary Sides (27 flips) and Hannah Barback (23 flips).
In photo: Brock Toney, grade 7, learns the art of crepe flipping in French class this week.
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100th Day of School and Counting
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| Reese Downing with her collection of 100 marshmallow flower petals. |
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Learning about numbers added up to terrific fun for our kindergartners when they officially welcomed the 100th Day of School today.
They celebrated the occasion with a party in the Drama Room featuring their magnificent collections of 100 items. They enjoyed stories, songs, balloons and games related to the number 100. Students also counted together to 100 -- by ones, twos, fives and tens.
The event concluded with the presentation of lavishly frosted cupcakes (shaped like the number 100) blazing with 100 candles, which the students were invited to blow out.
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Shapes, Raindrops and 100 Days of Preschool
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Juniper Malone and Lizzie Johnson learn about shapes in math at preschool.
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The students in the two-year-olds' class worked with identifying shapes this week. They covered the letter "R" with rectangles in their letter journals. They also identified specific shapes in math class and made clowns out of shapes in art class.
It was all about the weather for the three-year-olds' this week. The youngsters learned about raindrops in science and made umbrellas in art.
For the Pre-Ks this week, the 100th Day of School was the headline.
Students decorated "100th Day Hero Capes" to wear for today's 100th Day celebration at Preschool.
In science, the Pre-Ks drew pictures in their lab reports to show how full a beaker would be if 100 drops of liquid were added to it. In other pursuits, the Pre-Ks counted 100 plastic cups and decorated 100th Day crowns with 100 stickers.
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Celebrate Spirit Day This Tuesday, Raider Style!
 On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Raider Nation will kick off Spirit Day -- in our PJs. Wear your pajamas and get ready for a day filled with spirit activities. All students are encouraged to participate.
During recess, elementary students will have a mini pep rally led by the Raider cheerleaders. They also will enjoy a special spirit snack provided by the RPO.
The junior and senior high will participate in a Tailgate at lunch with music and traditional tailgating games. The 7th-12th graders will complete the school day with a Pep Rally in the gym where classes will compete for the coveted "Spirit Stick."
We'll bring the day to a close by saying "Nighty-Knight" to Raider rival, the Episcopal Knights! Join us in the gym in your PJs and help us put the Knights to bed. The Raiders will face-off against the Knights in three back-to-back games. A Half Court Shot Contest and a performance by the Mini-Cheerleaders will be held at halftime during the girls basketball game.
JV boys open the evening's action with a 5:00 p.m tip-off. The varsity girls game will follow at 6:00 p.m. and the varsity boys play at 7:30 p.m.
Come dressed to impress in your PJs and show your Raider Pride!
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SPIRIT DAY INFORMATION.
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 "Stronger Together"
To help support Louisiana area athletic trainers affected by the August flood, the athletic training staff and students at Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas launched a service project that benefited our school. They held a flash t-shirt sales campaign called "Stronger Together." Thanks to the fundraiser, Runnels athletic trainer Marcella Babcock received a surprise donation of $724.74 for our athletic training program this week.
We are deeply grateful for this gift to our school and sincerely thank the Klein Oak students and staff for their thoughtfulness and generosity. Special thanks goes to Klein Oak athletic trainers Lisa Oliver and Catherine Lawrence, who learned about Runnels and its losses due to flooding from alumna Gina Giammanco (Class of 1999), who is now an athletic trainer in Texas.
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Friendly Reminders
Feb. 4:
Mini-Cheer Clinic.
(Participants will perform cheers they learn at the clinic at the girls high school basketball game on Spirit Day,
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m.)
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USED BOOK SALE
Feb. 4:
"Private Preview Day"
at the Used Book Sale for Runnels School families and friends on
Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m
. in the Elementary Library and the Junior and Senior High Library.
Feb. 6 - 10:
Used Book Sale in the Elementary Library and Junior and Senior High Library -- Book Sale Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Feb. 7:
Fourth-Grade Band Concert, 9:30 a.m., Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Feb. 7: Celebrate Spirit Day, Raider Style! #raiderpride
Feb. 7: "Nighty-Knight!" Join us in the Catalano Gym for three action packed back-to-back games against our rival, the Episcopal Knights. Come in your PJs and help us put the Knights to bed. Activities, prizes and a performance by the Mini-Cheerleaders will be held at halftime during the girls basketball game.
JV boys at 5 p.m. / Varsity Girls at 6 p.m. / Varsity Boys at 7:30 p.m.
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Feb 8: Mu Alpha Theta Induction Ceremony, 11:50 a.m.
Feb. 15-17: Junior Beta State Convention
Feb. 17 - 19:
The Importance of Being Earnest, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre, 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19.
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This week's photo album includes: Crepe day, Senior Beta Induction, Skyping in Spanish Class, Math Games, Art Projects, Reading Class and Candids.
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GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER
1st Playoff Game Tonight: Lady Raiders vs. Pope John Paul II, 6:00 p.m., Burbank # 6. Come on out and support our team! The Lady Raiders have been UNDEFEATED for 2 consecutive seasons. Should they win, they will travel to Monroe to take on St. Frederick. GEAUX, Lady Raiders!
Last Sunday, the team won its last regular season game against Walker, 3-1. Congratulations to Ally Garrity, Lainee Alfonso and Molly Johnson for scoring goals.
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BOYS BASKETBALL
Senior Night: Wednesday, Feb. 15, Runnels vs. Springfield.
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..The Raiders took full advantage of their home court advantage last Friday night to nail down a decisive win against Christian Life at the Homecoming game. "Runnels led the whole game and pulled away at the end for a convincing victory," said Head Boys Basketball Coach Ben Young. "Cade Tate led the scoring with 20 points, while Paul Lukinovich added 14 points of his own. Douglas Gulley contributed 10 points, and Conner Raines supplied 7 with 10 rebounds."
...On Tuesday night, the team served up another win for the Raider Nation by beating French Settlement 70-49. Coach Ben reports: "Douglas Gulley had a career night with 6 three pointers and finished with 22 points. Conner Raines filled the stat sheet with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. Ryan Carrier furnished 12 points and Paul Lukinovich added 9. The Raiders are now 15-13 on the year."
BOWLING
On Monday, the bowling team had several high scores but was ultimately defeated by Lee High, 5-22. Alex Matthews scored a high series with a 393, and the high game with a 137. Andrew Mitchell followed with a 129. Anna Somerville scored another high game and her new best of 122!
On Wednesday, Runnels took the match against McKinley High, 22-5. Matthews scored a high series with a 419 with a game high of a 177. High scores followed by new team members, Garrett Rhinehart with a 111 and Josh Freeman with a 104.
TENNIS
In the game against Dutchtown on Feb. 1 in Gonzales, there was some exciting action. "Ryan Lam, playing for the first time at #1 singles, came out a winner with a thrilling three set victory," said Coach Sieberth. "Jeehan Mikdadi was also victorious in the #1 girls singles slot. Daniel Mayeaux, playing in his first high school singles match, came very close to clinching a win over a seasoned and steady opponent."
TRACK & FIELD
This weekend, the team will compete in the Last Chance Qualifier at LSU. They are racing in the 3200m, 4x800, 4x400, 800m, 1600m and open 400m. Go Raiders!!
JUNIOR HIGH HIGHLIGHTS
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Jr. High Boys Soccer Team Wins Tournament!
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Boys Soccer
Tournament Champs! The junior high boys soccer team won the Middle School Division 4 Tournament last weekend. "The guys set a goal at the beginning of the season to win their division," said Coach Fred Parker. "After a lot of hard work..., they put together a four-game winning streak to close out the year...."
Awesome job, Raiders!
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Boys Basketball
The 8th grade boys basketball team finished 2nd at the St. Thomas Moore tournament over the weekend, beating Sacred Heart and Most Blessed Sacrament before losing to Episcopal in the championship. The 6th and 7th grades finished fourth. The 7th grade beat St. Jude, but lost to St. George and St. Thomas Moore. The 6th grade beat St. Thomas Moore, but lost to Sacred Heart and St. Jude. On Monday, the 6th grade team beat St. Luke, and the 7th grade team beat Advantage Charter.
SPORTS THIS WEEKEND
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Varsity Girls Soccer - 1st playoff game vs. Pope John Paul II at Burbank #4 - 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Jr. High Boys Basketball at Hosanna Christian
7th grade at 11:30 a.m. / 8th grade at 12:30 p.m.
Varsity Indoor Track & Field Meet - Last Chance Qualifier at LSU
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17255 South Harrell's Ferry Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
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PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
