San Marcos Academy Updates
San Marcos Academy Updates
February 8, 2011 www.smabears.org
In This Issue Road Trip to Excellence
Dining Out, Formal
Spring Parent Day
"Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a
Upcoming Events lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price."
NHS/NJHS Induction --Samuel Johnson
Boys Take Championship
Lecture Series NHS, NJHS To Induct New Members
Soccer Team Advances
Nineteen students will be inducted into the National Honor
LEAD Day
Society and National Junior Honor Society Wednesday at a
TAPPS Contest
9:40 a.m. Induction Ceremony in the RCC. Parents are
"Beauty & the Beast"
CALSA Tournaments
welcome to attend. Inductees for the NHS, which includes
10th-12th graders, are Andy Sharp, Beth Thielen, Alexey
Hansen, Serena Huang, Yu Lily Li, Boris Liang, Peter Wang,
Yifan Xu and Jingjing Ye. Inductees for the NJHS, which includes 7th-
9th graders, include Brendan Christensen, Taylor Burcham, Jennifer
Barot, Min Jae Jeong, Zachary Cox, Callie Innerarity, Daniel Torres,
Matt Rindahl, Hank Shirley and Kenna Mason. Also new to the group
will be transfer member Victoria Garrett. NHS and NJHS members
and inductees should wear chapel civvies for the induction.
Dining Out,
Valentine Formal Varsity Boys Take District Championship
The Bear Battalion will host its
annual Dining Out at 6 p.m.
Saturday at the Wimberley
Community Center. Cadets and
their dates are invited to
attend. Afterward, all high
school students will enjoy the
Valentine Formal from 9-
11:30 p.m. For guidance on
selecting attire for these events,
see the
Dining Out page of the website. In an impressive 40-16 win over Austin
Transportation will be provided Regents Feb. 4, the varsity boys basketball team clinched the district
from the flagpole area at 5:15 p.
m. for the Dining Out at at 8:15
championship for TAPPS 6-3A (read more). The team, currently 23-2, will
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p.m. for the dance. Juniors and play here tonight against Halletsville at 8 p.m. (the JV girls and boys and
seniors on level 1 or 2 may drive
varsity girls will also play at home tonight). All senior players will be
to the events.
Parents, if you are available recognized this evening for Senior Night. The basketball teams play their
to help with set up or clean up final regular season games Thursday at Keystone. A victory for the varsity
at these events, please send girls there could advance them to the playoffs.
me an email; we could use a
few more helpers!
Distinguished Lecture Series
NOTE FROM DON ANDERS: The SMA-Texas State University Distinguished
I will be taking photographs at
the JROTC Dining Out and
Lecture Series will feature two guests from the
Valentine Formal on Saturday. If Texas State Department of Psychology in
any students or parents have February. Dr. Amy Meeks will speak today,
requests for special photos or and Dr. Randall Osborne will speak Feb. 15.
groupings, please email me as
Both lectures will begin at 2 p.m. in the
soon as possible. All images from
the events will be posted for library. The series is designed to help honors juniors and seniors experience
viewing and purchase on www. what a university-level class is like. The lectures are also open to the
andersphoto.com. Orders will general public.
not be taken at the events;
instead, all orders must be
placed on-line before the end of Soccer Team Advances to Regional Round
the month. The images will be SMA's varsity soccer team continued on the path
pulled from the website Feb. 28. to state Monday night, beating Temple Holy
Trinity 4-0 in their area round playoff game.
Memo Borrego led the team with two goals, while
Ignacio Navarro and Jeffrey Sainah each added a
goal for the Bears. Goalie Darby Rollins (at right)
kept the net clear in the shutout. With a season
record of 12-5-1 (8-3 in district), the Bears are
having one of their best years ever. They will
advance to the regional round of the playoffs with
a game this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Fort Worth.
Spring Parent Day
Among the events on the LEAD Day is This Saturday
Academy's Spring Parent Day Students will need to report to school on
schedule Feb. 19 is the JROTC
Awards and Promotions
Saturday, Feb. 12, for a LEAD activity from 9 a.
Ceremony. This event has been m. until 11:30. Remember, this is a mandatory
shifted up in the schedule to school day and attendance will be taken.
accommodate a likely basketball Three different speakers will be presenting
playoff game. The JROTC
Ceremony will be at 9 a.m. in
sessions on the theme "Creating a Culture of
the gym. Prior to the awards and Respect," including information on proper use
promotions, the SMA drill team of social media. Students may wear spirit
will give a short performance. civvies for the LEAD and should report to Carroll Hall, where they will be
Make plans now to attend the
2011 Spring Parent Day--the
divided into groups by gender and age. At the end of the last session, girls
complete schedule is posted on will remain for a brief demonstration and discussion of how to walk
the bulletin board page of the properly in high heels (just in time for the Valentine Formal!) Girls should
website. bring a pair of high heels for this session. The cast of "Beauty and the
Beast" will be exempt from LEAD in order to attend a rehearsal in the RCC
from 9 a.m. until noon. The soccer team will also be exempt as their
playoff game is on the same day.
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Upcoming Events . . . 23 To Compete in TAPPS Academic/Speech Meet
Feb. 9 NHS/NJHS Induction
Feb. 10 TAPPS District
At the TAPPS district academic and speech contest
Academic/Speech Meet Thursday, 23 students will compete for medals in 15
Feb. 12 JROTC Dining Out categories. The competitors include Kyle Chen,
Valentine Dance advanced math; Derek Hoffman, Melanie Isaacs and
Feb. 15 Distinguished
Lecture Series
Taylor Teis, spelling; Jordan Jackson, Josh McIntyre and
Feb. 16 JROTC Formation Darby Rollins, ready writing; Dean Lee, math; Wonyeon
Feb. 16 Musical Dress Lee, number sense and advanced math; Boris Liang,
Rehearsal calculator and advanced math; Michael Mouton and
Feb. 17 "Beauty & the Beast"
Feb. 18 "Beauty & the Beast"
Georgia Rutledge, Spanish; Oby Okoye, prose, Spanish and poetry; Lindsey
Feb. 19 Parent Day Preston, social studies and current events; Ayla Roper, prose, solo acting
Feb. 19 "Beauty & the Beast" and poetry; Hao Wang, number sense and calculator; Peter Wang, science
number sense and math; Wes Williams, poetry; Yifan Xu, calculator and
Quick Links . . . math; and the teams of Zoe Ruiz/Adam Rollins and Zane Shirley/Brittney
Dizzine, duet acting. The Crest yearbook and Laurel newspaper will also be
SMA Website entered in the contest, which will take place at Cameron Road Baptist
SMA Bear Club Church in Austin.
Online Calendar
Anders Photography "Beauty and the Beast"
"Beauty and the Beast" will come to the
Follow us on Facebook stage of the RCC Feb. 17-19 for three 7:30
and Twitter! p.m. performances. The cast of the Disney
musical includes Adam Rollins, the Beast;
Hattie Wesley, Belle; Deli Xu, Lefou; Daniel
Patman, Gaston; Wesley Williams, Maurice;
Zoe Ruiz, Cogsworth; Zane Shirley,
Support Our Bear Club Darcy Stevens and Emma Lumiere; Tiara Hansen, Babette; Darcy
Belzung at rehearsal Stevens, Mrs. Potts; Brendan Christensen
Sponsors!
and Hank Shirley, Chip; Emma Belzung, Wardrobe; and Ted Anderson,
Monsier d'Arque. Those in the ensemble are Ava Garcia, Andrew Hansen,
Oby Okoye, Wes Rotan, Beth Thielen, Rusti Wade, Hannah Paul and Karen
Malone. Stage manager is Justyn Hinson, while the stage director is Ms.
Stacey Herron and the music director is Dr. Arlis Hiebert.
Middle School CALSA Tournaments
The middle school boys finished their season Saturday at the CALSA district
tournament. The team played twice but were not able to pull out a win in
the tourney to close the year with a 8-6 record. The middle school girls
played in the CALSA tournament the previous weekend, coming out with
two wins and two losses Quandanique Semien was named to the All-
Tournament team. The girls' season record was 11-5.
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Sincerely,
Shelley Henry
Communications Director,
San Marcos Academy
henrys@smba.org
2801 Ranch Road 12
San Marcos, Texas 78666
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