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Last Saturday, the LBJ Fighting Eagle Band traveled to Georgetown for the UIL Marching Contest. The band marched at 3:15 on the astroturf at the Georgetown High School Athletic Complex. They proudly accepted the second division award, which was a great result in their hard work out on the field, and a lot of improvement was shown since the beginning of marching season.

On Monday, October 13th, the Johnson City Independent School District held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 6:00 pm. TOUR OF LBJ MIDDLE SCHOOL The school board went on a short tour of the LBJ Middle School Campus led by Principal Cammie Ockman. The board had an opportunity to see many of the classrooms and computer labs at the Middle School and they were greatly impressed. “It’s just great to see all of the wonderful things that our teachers are doing,” stated JCISD School Board Vice President, Cynthia Keene. The teachers had their daily agendas written on the board in the front of the room… and signs of the districts latest initiative “Character Counts,” were found everywhere – even through posters hanging in the cafeteria. The classrooms were warm and friendly, and it was obvious that the those rooms didn’t just provide the commodity of a great education – but also fun, love, and excitement from teachers who are truly passionate about their jobs and who have a sincere desire to help the students of Johnson City achieve great things. In one Science classroom a poster hanging over the door stated: “Through this door passes the best Science Students in Texas.” An honest sendoff from a typical Johnson City teacher who truly believes her students are the best. Once the board returned to the meeting room it was business as usual.

2nd Grade A Honor Roll Ana Alvarez, Sierra Anderson, MaKayla Arvesen, Gabriel Barrientes, Hunter Barrientes, Laina Deleon, Bryan Evers, Willow Fowler, Bryce Fry, Carly Gravell, Chance Haley, Cheyenne Haynes, Claire Hedlund, Ethan Kubala, Johnny Hernandez, Lance Hobbs, Avery Hubenak, Colton Hurlbut, David Jordan, Wren Liesmann, Dylan Lorenz, Valerie Menchaca, Skyler Roberts, Paige Rutherford, Katelyn Splude, Addisyn Stueler, Braden Stueler, Isabella Swafford, Avery Voron, Rylee Weirich, Aleigh Wessels 2nd Grade A/B Honor Roll Landon Bible, Landie Brenner, Pedro Crawford, Hailey Fox, Fabiola Guzman, Angel Martinez, Steven Medrano, Jose Mondragon, Degan Roy, Kipp Solomon 3rd Grade A Honor Roll Luke Barrientes, Hailey Bickley, Amber Bray, Cole Cowsert, Wells DeLeon, Hugh Galloway, Bryanna Gonzales, Grey Grote, Brett Harris, Justin Krabe, Wythe Liesmann, Heather Lowery, Bethany Norvell, Cade Pittman, Ashtyn Portie, Trace Riebesehl, Jada Sawyer, Christopher Storer, Zailyn Todasco, Slone Wenmohs, Alyssa Wheeler, Garrison Wood 3rd Grade A/B Honor Roll Trevor Adams, Isaiah Alba, Zane Bible, Kendalyn Burdett, Ashley Butler, Patrick Fruin, Adrian Garcia, Katelyn Graves, Alicia Guerrero, Randi Harrell, Jackeline Henriquez, Hunter Hulse, Cheyenne Liesmann, Matasen Linson, Toby Lopez, Anthony Medrano, Eduardo Ramirez, Kacie Regino, Andrew Rush, Avery Stueler, Ariadna Trejo, Colby Turner, Amber White, James Wittkohl 4th Grade A Honor Roll Brendan Anderson, Kaitlyn Arvesen, Samantha Cross, Javier Cruz, Deven Downey, Charles Hedlund, Mycala Jordan, Ethan Kubala, Christopher Maenius, Skyler McKennis, Nicholas Nolte, Alyssa Rose, Leandro Sanchez, Darren Sultemeier, Raymond Thompson 4th Grade A/B Honor Roll Robin Abel, Cesar Alvarez, Steven Barrientes, Devon Benitez, Cassandra Braun, Taylor Buck, Caleb Dowdy, Cameron Easterday, Peyton Evans, Tessa Fields, Erick Fruin, Gianeid Garcia, Michael Helpenstell, Timothy Helpenstell, Ryan Holdridge, Christopher Ibarra, Tiffany Litchfield, Eamon Littleton, Jennifer Lopez, Lindsay Lusk, Willie Miertschin, Kailey Ockman, James Porter, Christopher Rush, Summer Smith, Brandon Stanton, Stephan Sumrall-Orsak 5th Grade A Honor Roll Crystal Alegria, Hector Alvarez, William Berry, Anamarie Capra, Audrey Capra, Morgan Cowsert, Lauren Gravell, Kaitlyn Helpenstell, Dawson Hernandez, Zspohia Lightstep, Dominique Requenes, Thomas Tobolka, Alexis Urbanovsky, Jenna Vasquez, Dixon Wenmohs, Jordan Wheeler, Michala Zbytovsky 5th Grade A/B Honor Roll Johnathan Benningfield, Balke Caulkins, Chance Conlon, Colton Conlon, Alexus Crochet, Lane Evers, Calder Fulgham, Ayden Hubenak, Cheyanne Jackson, Camilla Jenschke, Brittany Kauffman, Brandon Lane, Morgan Linsey, Sarah Lorenz, Megan Lowery, Kaitlyn Marshall, James Odiorne, Alicia Ortiz, Bailey Pena, Megan Rice, Gage Schnitz, Baleigh Scott, Charlotte Strickland, Taylor Wright 6th Grade A Honor Roll Jennifer Bacon, Dalton Crofts, Kelly Danz, Juan Guzman Rizo, Meagan Hein, Hailey Hernandez, Glory Maenius, Preston Maenius, Emily Masters, Lily Masters, Aaron McKennis, Laura Miertschin, Jacob Rassett, Kathleen Santos, Kimberly White 6th Grade A/B Honor Roll Benjamin Adams, Savanna Belk, Logan Cantwell, Cullen Haley, Robert Herrera, Tiffany Hulse, Rilee Moser, Ellie Park, Jennifer Regino, Katelyn Reveal, William Rutherford, Hunter Sasko, Haley Sharp, Brenna Stueler, Trevor Ulrich, Jorge Zagada 7th Grade A Honor Roll Jessica Bean, Anthony Capra, Chelsea Dowdy, Jace Fry, Matty Jones, Jose Mesa, Bailey Mills, Mikinbhai Patel, Angelica Ramirez, Brooke Wood, Whitney Wood 7th Grade A/B Honor Roll Taylor Bible, Ian Collins, Victoria Mahar, Jason Malone, Adolpho Martinez, Jacqueline Medrano, Jeremy Polinard-Krause, Katie Porter, Jessica Santos, Kevin Schobey, Courtney Stanton, Kiley Wood, Lydia Yachimski, Wyatt Zoeller 8th Grade A Honor Roll Lacy Butler, Jade Cones, Jody Hudson, Aubrey Humphrey, Kendyll Kohlleppel, Stephani Marx, Meredith Neely, Zachary Nolte, Jaxon Riebesehl 8th Grade A/B Honor Roll Juan Alvarez, Daniel Callahan, Shelby Conlon, Betsabe Cruz, Kelsey Heavner, Melinda Holdridge, Kaitlyn Hubbard, Krista Kannen, Joseph Krabe, Laura Meurer, Priscilla Pickett, Brianna Rose, Jonathan Schulze, Haley Stehling, Ryan Sultemeier, Elizabeth Waltz, Savanah Woodcock, Amara Yachimski 9th Grade A Honor Roll Brandon Adams, Brandon Evans, Ryan Franklin, Van Johnson, Amanda McDonald, Dean Robertson, Cole Roemer, Amelia Wilson 9th Grade A/B Honor Roll Sergio Alvarado, Olivia Anderson, Kacie Cantwell, Savannah Cohen, Lacey Delancey, Shania Dubose, Wyatt Eubanks, Madison Fountaine, Brittany Harris, Dustin Harvey, Adam Lefford, Sawyer Marks, Riley North, Erin O’Brien, Katryn Stevenson, Savannah Stolzman, Emily Vasquez, Victoria Waggoner 10th Grade A Honor Roll Matthew Carter, Flemmie Houston 10th Grade A/B Honor Roll Michael Banfield, Cody Crofts, Garrett Deike, Zachary Denton, Aaron Humphrey, Kayla Jernigan, Kristopher McDonald, Cesar Mesa, Seleste Mills, Lucas Neely, Noel Porter, Cody Smith, Slater Sultemeier 11th Grade A Honor Roll Taylor Gott, Kelya Jureczki 11th Grade A/B Honor Roll Jordan Jones, Megan Marks, Bryant McDowell, Shawn McNease, Kayla Meier, Jesica Moran, Dakotah Nagy, Mindy Powers, Ethan Uballe 12th Grade A Honor Roll Dana Bushnell, Estrella Cruz, Bailey Cummings, Samuel Demmick, Haylee Jernigan, Marlissa McNease, David Rhoades, Jeffrey Simpson, Diana Smith, Virginia Smith, Selina Solis, Avry Stolzman 12th Grade A/B Honor Roll Marcela Baker, William Bullock, Joshua Danz, Kc Gilbert, Stephanie Gray, Janna LaForgey, John Leslie, Philip Linsey, Jessica Moore, Mason Moreland, Marcus Nowak, Marvin Nowak, Wesley Outlaw, Wade Pistole, Alejandra Ramirez, Michael Redman, Zane Stehling, Whitley Stratton, Ashley Sultemeier, Brittany Sultemeier, Analaura Tabullo

The 7th grade football team won 28-0 over Harper last Thursday in Johnson City. Oscar Alvarado scored three touchdowns and Preston Workman scored one touchdown. Jacob Wagner, Garrett DeLeon, and Tyler Conlon had good defensive games for the Eagles. Written by Eduardo Martinez and Jacob Wagner The 8th grade football team sealed another win against the Harper Longhorns.

They “Did It Again” !! The LBJ Fighting Eagle Band traveled to San Antonio this past Saturday, October 11 to participate in the Rough Rider 25th Annual Marching Contest at Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio. The Stadium was large, but when the Fighting Eagle Band took the field at 10:00 am they commanded attention in their impressive maroon and black uniforms against a bright green background. When called to attention with “Hey Band” they replied in unison “What” with such alertness and regal manner that Buckingham Palace would be proud.

LBJ Fighting Eagle Band traveled to Fredericksburg on Saturday, October 4 to participate in the Hill Country Invitational Marching Festival. The Fighting Eagle Band took the field at 3pm, under the leadership of Drum Major Virginia Smith, to perform a collection of music from guitar legend, Carlos Santana. High-energy rock hits: All I Ever Wanted, Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman and Santan Jam (a combination of Evil Ways and Smooth) had the fans “rockin” in the stands.

Junior Class Officers: Bottom Row (l to r) Student Council Rep. Kayla Meier, Treasurer Jessica Moran and Vice President Mindy Powers. Top Row (l to r) Student Council Rep. Bryant McDowell, Secretary Megan Marks, and President Taylor Gott.

2008 Homecoming Court Jessie Rios, Freshman; Kayla Jernigan, Sophomore; Kayla Meier, Junior; Megan Marks, Junior; Selina Solis; Senior; and Haylee Jernigan, Senior. Queen will be crowned at half time Friday night. It is Homecoming week in Johnson City. Spirit week is going strong at the high school. Monday was Camo Day, Tuesday was College/Pro Teams Day, Wednesday was ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s day, Today is twins, triplets, etc.

By Kathleen Spears, Band Booster Members of the LBJ High School Jazz Band attended the ATSSB Region Jazz Auditions at Wimberley High School on Saturday September 20, 2008. Brandon Adams, Michael Banfield and Ethan Uballe play Saxophone; John Paul Davino and Tamara Nacel play Trumpet; Phillip Linsey on Drums and Jared Spears on Guitar.