June 2010
Congratulations Class of 2010!
WHS Baseball Excels at State!
The wolverine baseball team ended a great and exciting season that took them all the way to the state 4A semifinals before they were defeated by Corpus Christi Calallen at Round Rock Wednesday night. The Wolverines were honored for making it into the semifinal competition in what was only the team’s fourth season of play. Congratulations!
Texas High School Coaches Association All-State Baseball Team was just announced
WHS has 5 seniors that were proudly chosen!
Clint Newman - Elite (1 of 5 in the state of Texas!)
Greg McCall - Honorable Mention
Kyle Leafgren - 2nd Team
Mitchell Thompson - 1st Team
Richard Merrill - 2nd Team
May 2010
Congratulations Orchestra Members:
The students in the pictures are our Orchestra members who participated in the TX State Solo & Ensemble contest. Austin, May 29, 2010. Congratulations to all!
Pictured above to the left there are five soloists, from left to right - Jordan Valdez (10),  Jessie Carver(12), accompanist - Domi Oh, Drew Acosta (9). In the second row are Cameron Hamer (10), and Ellison Jackson (11). They are all very happy after their successful performance.
Pictured below to the left is the Violin Ensemble, from left to right, in the front row - Jordan Valdez, Brea Sloboda(9), in the back row - Jessie Carver and Drew Acosta. This picture was taken right before their nice ensemble performance.
WHS Student Receives Honor
State Farm® is pleased to announce the selection of Taylor D. Newlin of Wakeland High School as 2009-2010 State Farm® Texas Scholar Athlete. Taylor is ranked 13th in her class of 430 students and is a member of the varsity golf team. Congratulations Taylor!
Boys' State Soccer Champions Honored
WHS Boys' State Soccer Champs were honored with a Proclamation from Mayor Mahso. The event took place at the City Council meeting on May 18, 2010. The kids looked great and it was a great event for them to be a part of! Congratulations!
Wakeland Golfers excel at the State level
Taylor Newlin won state, with two days scores of 72/72. This is her second time to win the title. The girls golf Team placed 4th at state, just one stroke behind 3rd place. This is the highest they have placed at state in all four years. Jack Lempke took 4th place, with scores of 77/74 and is named to First Team All-State. Click here to read the Dallas Morning News Article.
Wakeland Students Honored at Frisco City Hall
WHS Sophomores Micha Caldwell and Brittney Morning were awarded First Place in the Heritage Association of Frisco's annual Multimedia competition. They were honored during a ceremony at Frisco City Hall on Tuesday, May 11th. Frisco's Mayor Maso was on hand for the ceremony. There were over 650 entries from FISD students in grades 1- 12. Click Here to Watch Micha and Brittney's award winning video here...it's all about "The Hamilton School", a one-room school house in Frisco.
April 2010
Wakeland Students are finalists for local logo contest
Laura Murillo, Dakota Richins, Elizabeth Toney, Jeremiah Anzualda, and Ryan Strait were all finalists for their logo creations for the Frisco Sisters Cities program. Click here to read more and to see their designs.
WHS Chorale receive awards from South Padre Competition
On Thursday, April 22, the Wakeland Chorale (Mixed Choir) and our show choir, the Jazz Tonez, competed in the DC Festival and Competition in South Padre. The groups earned a total of 5 trophies.
* The Chorale and Jazz Tonez each received superior ratings from all judges.
* Both groups received best in class awards.
* The Chorale was awarded the trophy for outstanding choir overall.
Thanks for all your words of support and encouragement to our singers and the directors this year! ~Paul Bright and Kelley Rodriguez Wakeland Choirs
WHS Girls Golf Team STATE BOUND!
The Wakeland Girls Golf Team competed in their regional tournament Monday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 20. After day one, Wakeland had a 6 point lead over Highland Park, led by Taylor Newlin (74) and Alexis Thompson (82). They had an impressive day one team score of 331, which was their best team score to date. Excited and under pressure to return to state a fourth year in a row, the Lady Wolverines shot another best round team score day two of 325, which was not enough to keep hold of first place. Highland Park had a season low score and took the regional title by two strokes overall. The team's score was comprised of: Taylor Newlin (75), Alexis Thompson (80), Sandrine Nestenius (85), Hannah Soto (85), and Megan Pasteryk (86). Taylor Newlin tied with Patricia Holt for first place, which ended in a five hole playoff between the two players. After five pars in a row in the playoff, Taylor took the Regional Championship. We are proud to have shot the two best scores of the year and have clutched the individual title, and the team will be going to the state tournament at Jimmy Clay Golf Course in Austin on May 10 and 11. 
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Orchestra Receives Superior Rating
The Wakeland Orchestra competed in the Alamo Showcase of Music Festival in San Antonio on Friday, April 16. They were awarded the Superior Performance rating! I am very glad we had the opportunity to represent our school and district at a commendable level. Congratulations Orchestra members!
Musically,
Liudmila B. Duston
Director of Orchestras Wakeland High School 
Wakeland Visual Art students advanced to the State VASE Event in Houston on April 9th and 10th. The students all did well. There were over 20,000 artworks that entered VASE at the Regional Levels and only 2,080 artworks were selected to participate at the state event.
The highest rating is as follows:
1. Superior (Score of a 4)
2. Excellent (Score of a 3)
3. Average (Score of a 2)
4. Below Average (score of a 1)
Please congratulate these students!!
Elizabeth Kebsch, Division 4; Superior Rating, State Gold Medalist; (JR.)
Angi Lui, Divison 2; Superior Rating, State Gold Medalist; (Sophomore)
Mason Rougk, Division 4- Excellent Rating; Jr
Lindsay Armistead, Division 4; Excellent Rating; Sr.
Dan Firoozi, Division 1; Excellent Rating; Freshman
Colin Kluender, Division 1; Excellent Rating; Freshman
Student honored for sculpture:
Melanie Tsuchida of WHS was honored on April 7 for her High School Sculpture in The Art of Architecture competition and exhibition. Congrats Melanie!
Student receives "The Best of Texas Scholarship:
Ravyn Terry a senior at Wakeland High School was awarded "The Best of Texas" scholarship. Ravyn was one of three students chosen from all Marketing students in the state of Texas. She will be recognized in Austin as one of an Outstanding Marketing Students at the Texas Career and Technology Council's award ceremony.
Wakeland Athlete Honored:
Thomas Craig will be honored by the The National Football Foundation (NFF) Gridiron Club of Dallas. The club has announced the 53 North Texas scholar-athletes who will be honored for their accomplishments on and off the field at the club's second annual awards banquet. The event will be held April 20 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Read More.
Choir Wins Sweepstakes:
Thursday, April 1st our non-Varsity Girls Choir, Varsity Girls Choir and Varsity Mixed Choir competed in the UIL Concert and Sight-reading contest at Flower Mound High School All of the choirs received the highest award of Sweepstakes. These are the first choir Sweepstakes ever received for Wakeland.
March 2010
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Click here for photos from our WHS Journalism students.
Girls Basketball make it to the Final Four in State!!!
Read more:
http://www.wolverineclub.com/basketball/news.html
February 2010
January 2010
Congratulations Ms. McGill!
Ms. Latresea McGill, a marketing teacher at Wakeland High School, was recently elected as President of Marketing Educators of Texas (MET).
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DECEMBER 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
Way to go Wakeland Athletes
Congrats Wakeland FFA
Congratulations WHS BAND
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October 2009
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