Katy School News, Info and Sports News

MaydeCreek HS Recycles - Staff and teachers at Mayde Creek High School wore T-shirts to celebrate Earth Day. The T-shirts were sold by environmental science teacher and campus recycling coordinator Lynn Paulsen to raise funds for the Jacob Neurauter Environmental Science Scholarship.

This award goes to a deserving senior entering college to study in the field of biology or the applied sciences.

Katy Naval Sea Cadets Work the Ropes at McKinney Roughs - Sixteen members of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, Katy Division, challenged their physical and mental toughness in a ropes course at the Lower Colorado River Authority ’s McKinney Roughs Nature Preserve in Bastrop, Texas.

Lt. Clifford Borgstedt, commanding officer of the Katy Division, said, “We are very appreciative of the LCRA for their help in this drill. The LCRA instructors and staff were tremendous to work with, and working the challenging elements of their ropes course was a great opportunity for our Sea Cadets. ”

Sea Cadets, the unit’s officers and some of the cadet’s parents challenged themselves on three climbing walls, a zip line, balance beam, traversing cable and an element called a giant ’s ladder, which is a large ladder with rungs spaced 4 to 5 feet apart. The rungs get further apart as the climber gets closer to the top. Designed as a two- person device, the giant ’s ladder was one of the most popular elements at the ropes course.

Pinewood Derby Champion - John Searle won first place overall in the 2009 Texas Skies District Pinewood Derby. The 2009 derby was held at Katy High School where more than 120 Cub Scouts qualified to participate in the race. Each participant in the derby won first, second or third place in a previous race in his Cub Scout Pack to qualify for this race. John represented Pack 239. He is a Cub Scout Bear and calls his championship car The Red Racer.

Lady Mavericks Track and Field Results - The Lady Maverick Track Team received second overall at the district meet with 147 total points, and a total of 10 regional qualifiers.

Placing in the Field events are: Pole Vault – first, Megan Burciaga (regional qualifier); Shot Put – first, Nicole Benton (regional qualifier); Discus – first, Nicole Benton (regional qualifier); sixth, Dominique Jasmin; Long Jump – second, Tiana Dockery (regional qualifier); Triple Jump – fourth, Tiana Dockery; and High Jump – sixth, Sydney Mullings.

Taking top honors in track events are: 4x100 – third, Raven McClure, Tamyra Mensah, Tatiana Bryant, Kenya Walker (regional qualifiers); 800 – second, Tiana Dockery (regional qualifier), fourth Jasmin Hawkins; 100m – second, Christina Walker (regional qualifier); 4x200 – first, Tamyra Mensah, Kenya Walker, Tatiana Bryant, Christina Walker (regional qualifiers); 400 – first, Tiana Dockery (regional qualifier); second, Fatima Barrie (regional qualifier); fifth Jasmin Hawkins; 300 hurdles – third, Raven McClure (regional qualifier); 200 – third, Fatima Barrie (regional qualifier); 4x100 – first (breaking their own Katy ISD record), Jasmin Hawkins, Fatima Barrie, Christina Walker and Tiana Dockery (regional qualifiers).

Seven Lakes HS Adopt a Beach Trip - A group of 39 Seven Lakes High School students traveled to Galveston Island to participate in the Texas Adopt-a-Beach program. The group spent several hours walking the beach and collecting garbage bags full of trash and debris, and used tally sheets to keep track of the different kinds of trash to help the State of Texas know what is being washed ashore on the beaches.

This trip was sponsored by the SLHS Student Council and Spartans Out Serving. Sponsors are Taylor Hardy, Summer Fonseca and Tracey Grimme.

Mayde Creek HS Choir Wins Big at UIL Competition - Mayde Creek High School’s choir department had five ensembles receive Sweepstakes Trophies at the UIL competition in April. The MCHS choral department then traveled to San Antonio for another music festival where the four ensembles competing brought home top awards (superior ratings) and Overall Outstanding in Class trophies.