The following Soaring Firebirds are students that have bestowed honor and brought positive recognization through their outstanding achievements, individually and collectively, to University High School:
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| 2010-2011 School Year |
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Congratulations to the UHS Girls Tennis Team
The UHS Girls Tennis Team competed on Friday and Saturday in the California High School Girl's Tennis Classic Championship.
The team, Katie Plunkett, Haley Woolf, Hannah Plunkett, Jackie Tung, Allison Chu, Tiffany Chen, Sally Larsen, Megan Baugh, Aly Dahl, Jenna Orcutt, Olivia Widmer, Johanna Omnihus, Samantha Inuyue and Franziska Wilhelm made UHS proud!
They won four straight matches and lost in a close match in the final to Buchanan.
They finished second in their division (out of 12 teams).
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| 2009-2010 School Year |
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Congrats Young Writers! I would like to thank all of the students who submitted work and/or attended last week's 30th annual Young Writers' conference at CSUF. I appreciated your maturity and enthusiasm. Way to show your Phoenix pride, young authors! Congratulations to several students whose works were published in this year's Spectrum.
Liz Bushman won the English Department Chair's award for her nonfiction piece, "Contemplation" and Meghan Jensen's lyric essay "Pedestal in the Shop Window" won the San Joaquin Literary Association award. Way to GO!! Meghan also received honorable mention for her fiction piece "Monroe the Musician," and her poem "Falling Horse 20." This was the best conference ever, and I am proud of all of you for your hard work and creativity. I cannot wait until next year! Dr. Torrance |
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Congrats to the UHS ACA DEC Team!
The UHS ACADEC Team placed 5th in the overall State competition!
They placed 3rd in the Super Quiz Comptetion!
Team members won 17 individual medals!
UHS won the small school STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
WAY TO GO MR. CANFIELD AND THE MEMBERS OF THE UHS ACADEC TEAM!
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!
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Congratulations to UHS All State Honor Band Participants!
Congratulations to Stephanie Loomer and Adrienne Mullanax for representing UHS at the 2010 All State Honor Band-CA Band Directors Association-CBDA.
The final concert was held on Sunday, February 21st at the Saroyan Theatre. The concert was amazing and garnered standing ovations!
Way to go Ladies!
Congrats also to Byron Walker and Carl Gardner for being accepted to the All State Honor Band but were unable to attend. |
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| JSA Winter Congress Great job to all the JSA members who attended the Winter Congress Convention in Sacramento this past weekend. The students debated on current political issues and met with Dr. Ami Bera, who is running for a seat in the House of Representatives. JSA members Allison Chu, Henna Kaushal, Adriana Threlkeld, and Stephanie Ng presented bills at the convention, and Henna Kaushal's bill passed through the JSA Senate. |
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UHS WINS! UHS WINS! UHS WINS! This past Saturday, the University High Academic Decathlon team won its first Fresno County Championship,defeating Edison and 25 other schools. The team took home an amazing total of 47 medals: 21 Gold, 15 Silver, and 11 Bronze. In addition, UHS placed 2nd in the Super Quiz, and all 9 team members won a total of $6,500 in scholarships. Amongst all of the accolades, the most notable individual accomplishments are as follows:
Tiffany Cao--$300, 7th Honors
Carolynn Jimenez--$300, 6th Scholastic
Taylor Barry--$300, 5th Varsity
Richard Schneider--$300, 4th Scholastic
Wyatt Stevens--$30, 4th Varsity
Nathan Matteson--$500, 1st Scholastic
Jared Rorabaugh--$500, 1st Varsity
Albert Chang--$1,500, Deans Award, 2nd Top Scorer in the County
Eric Hendey--$2,500, Deans Award, 1st Top Scorer in the County
The University High Academic Decathlon Team would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to the amazing and fanatical UHS fans. Not only do we have the best Academic Decathlon team in the Valley, but hands down,the best and most loyal student body. Congratulations to one and all. |
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JSA Winter Congress Great job to all the JSA members who attended the Winter Congress Convention in Sacramento this past weekend. The students debated on current political issues and met with Dr. Ami Bera, who is running for a seat in the House of Representatives. JSA members Allison Chu, Henna Kaushal, Adriana Threlkeld, and Stephanie Ng presented bills at the convention, and Henna Kaushal's bill passed through the JSA Senate.
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Congratulations! Lions Club Speech Contest Winners... A round of applause is in order for:
Kristen Krikorian, Stephanie Ng, and Jeremy Williams
who all competed in the North Fresno Lions Club speech contest. Kristen will be continuing to the next tier of competition at the District level in March. And all three competitors did a fantastic job and took home cash prizes! Well done! |
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Congratulations to Richard Martinez for placing in several wrestling competitions this Fall.
He won the -Outstanding Wrestler - title at the San Marin Green and Gold Championship in the Varsity Competition. |
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Congratulations to Katharine McGregor!
Katharine has been selected as recepient of the Leland F. and Helen Schubert Honors Scholar at Ohio Wesleyan University-Class of 2014. Selection criteria included: Outstanding academic performance, extracurricular involvement, and demonstrated potential for leadership.
Way to go Katharine! UHS is proud of you! |
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Congratulations to the following students for auditioning and being accepted into the California Central Region Honor Choir. They will rehearse and perform in Stockton in November, 2009.
Elizabeth Bushman
Maelynn DeFede
Meghan Jensen
Caden Jones
Katharine McGregor
Ellie Miller
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"Alliance of California Artists Special Award" Contest Winners October 2009
Catherine Chooljian won 4 First place awards-2 in the watercolor category and 2 in pencil drawing categories.
Sarah Delgado won First place for a picture collage |
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| Congratulations to Carolynn Jimenez for being recognized in the National Hispanic Recognition Program for excellence in academic achievement. |
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| 2008-2009 School Year |
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| Congratulations to Eric Hendey and Albert Chang Both young men have been selected to participate in the Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program , sponsored by the UCSF-Fresno Medical Education program. Way to go!! |
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Congratulations to the UHS Swim Team!
The CIF Division II Swimming Championships were held at Tulare Union High School.
Congratulations to our talented UHS Students!
Aubrey Pongluelert took 3rd place in the 100 yard freestyle
Genevieve Johnson took 2nd place in both the 100 yard butterfly and 100 yard breaststroke.
The points they earned placed University High in 15th place out of 32 valley teams. |
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| Students to Perform in Fresno State Dance Theatre. Congratulations to members of the UHS Dance Team: Zach Kissinger, Mckinley Krongaus, Hannah Stewart, and Kayla Wyllie who were selected for Fresno State's University Dance Theatre! These talented UHS students will be featured in the UDT Concerts, April 30-May 2. |
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| Good Job Young Writers! Congratulations to all those who attended a very successful Young Writers' Conference this year! Creative Writing Club would especially like to recognize this year's award winners: Colin Glaves, who received honorable mention for his creative nonfictional piece "Slayer," Rene Ponce, who received honorable mention for his poem "Death of a Romantic," Calliope Holingue, who received honorable mention for her poem "Movement," Erika Albert, who won the Valley Writers Network Award for her prose poetry piece "Below the Playground," and Janelle Hobbs, who won the Valley Writers Network Award for her prose piece "Scare Tactics." (April 28, 2009) |
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Congratulations to Ellie Miller for receiving Superior ratings at the CMEA solo festival last month. Nice job. |
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| Congratulations Devin O'Brien & Byron Walker Both have been selected by the local Rotary Club to attend Camp Royal, Leadership Camp during the summer at Sequoia Lake. |
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| Congratulations to Ellie Miller for receiving Superior ratings at the CMEA solo festival last month |
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| JCL State Convention March 27 - 29th Santa Clara UHS did a great job at the Junior Classical League State Convention-Again! UHS Teams took FIRST place in girls 4x400 relay and ultimate frisbee, SECOND place in volleyball, and third place in soccer. Congratulations to the following students for their individual wins: Elizabeth Bushman-3rd for sculpture; Ethan Castro- 3rd for 100 meters dash; Jonathan Chu-3rd for Impromptu Art; Tiphanie De Bellefroid-2nd for tennis; Eric Hendy-3rd for history; Alex Larralde-3rd for tennis, Erin Yeagle-2nd for derivatives; Christy Yin-3rd for dance competition; Once Again-UHS took FIRST AND SECOND PLACE in the Battle of the Bands: Congratulations to Ethan Castro, Eric Hendy, Ryan Abundo, and Vaskan Ohanian for winning First Place and to Ethan Castro, Tiffany Chen, Jonathan Chu, and Jiro Egawa for winning second. Thank You everyone for another great year. Mrs. Phannaphob and Mrs. Downer are excited about continuing our winning streak next year at Woodbrigde High School. |
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Congratulations Tiffany Chen. Tiiffany recently advanced to seminfinalist standing in the YES (Young Epidemiology Scholars) Competition, which is sponsored by the College Board. In order to qualify, Tiffany submitted a 28-page research paper, titled "An Epidemiologic Analysis of Kidney and Renal Pelvis Cancer in California." The next phase of the competition will take place on April 17-20, 2009 in Washington, D.C. In this phase of the competition Tiffany will be required to make a 12-minute oral presentation to a panel followed by 10-minutes of Q&As. Good luck Tiffany! |
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Congratulations Tim Pilegard for being selected for The American Legion, California Boys' State Summer Camp. Tim will get to spend an entire week at the CSU Sacramento campus and learn how to be a leader and voice as a citizen of our nation. |
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| Bakersfield Math Field Day Results .This year we had tougher competition at Bakersfield Math Field Day. Congratulations to Dhiraj Holden for a 4th place and Jonathan Lin for a 5th place in the Individual Medley competition. Also, congratulations to the team of Dhiraj Holden, Nick Newsome, Matt Harikian, and Darrel Weng for 3rd place in the JV Math Bowl competition. |
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| Congratulations Atheena Sanchez for making the Fresno State Dance Team for the 2009-2010 school year. Atheena was one of only three freshman to make the team. |
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| Science Olympiad Regional Results During the Science Olympiad competition at Fresno State this Saturday, March 7th, the A team from UHS came in second with 5 1st place medals, 5 2nd place medals, and 4 3rd place medals. The B team came in 5th place with 1 1st place medal, 1 second place medal, and 4 3rd place medals. The C team came in 7th with 1 1st place medal, 1 second place medal, and 3 third place medals. Overall Buchanan A team came in 1st place, UHS A team came in 2nd place, Clovis West came in 3rd place, and Edison came in 4th place. Congratulations on a job well done! |
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Congratulations Amy Swiger for being selected among other well qualified applicants to attend the Girls State program at Pitzer College in Claremont this summer.
The UHS Mock Trial Team was honored by the Fresno County Office of Education. At the awards banquet, we had several students who were given special recognition. Shaun Lichti, Jonathan Buller, and Rebecca Miller were singled out for Honorable Mention while Zach Kissinnger, Christy Yin, Jacob Williams, Elizabeth Bushman, Alex Larralde, Jacob Matsushita, and Cassandra Asanuma were selected for Achievement Awards.
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Academic Decathlon Completes a Successful Weekend - The UHS Academic Decathlon Team had its most successful competition this Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the annual Fresno County competition. The first time in UHS history, the team took first place in the Super Quiz competition. The team finished a very close 2nd -place in the closest competition in over a decade. Special congratulations go to Erin Yeagle who was the top scorer in the County. This is the fourth time in seven years that UHS has won this distinction. Every member of the team won at least one medal, and was awarded a total of $5,000 in savings bonds.
The entire team of Albert Chang, David Matsushita, Erin Yeagle, Carolynn Jimenez, Nathan Matteson, Alex Peterson, Taylor Barry, Zachary Bernel and Jared Rorabaugh would like to extend their deepest appreciation and thanks to the fanatical support the UHS fans showed at both the Super Quiz and Awards Ceremony. The following is the rather extensive list of awards won by our great team:
*HONORS* *EVENT* Zachary Bernel--$200, 9th Varsity
Albert Chang - 2nd Place - Music
Alex Peterson--$300--4th Scholastic; 2nd Place - Mathematics
Jared Rorabaugh--$500--3rd Varsity; 3rd Place - Language & Literature
Nathan Matteson--$500--3rd Scholastic
Albert Chang--$500--2nd Honors
David Matsushita--$500--1st Honors; 1st Mathematics
Erin Yeagle--$2,500--Deans Award, Top Scorer in the County; 1st Economics; 1st Place - Essay; 3rd Place Language & Literature; 3rd Place Social Science; 1st Place Super Quiz; 1st Place Art; 2nd Place - Economics; 3rd Place Music;
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Carolynn Jimenez - 3rd Place - Speech
Nathan Matteson - 1st Place - Art; 2nd Place - Super Quiz; 2nd Place Music; 3rd Place Mathematics; 3rd Place Economics
Alexander Peterson - 1st Place - Mathematics; 2nd Place Interview; 3rd Place Music; 3rd Place -Economics
*VARSITY* Taylor Barry - 1st Place - Interview
Zachary Bernel - 2nd Place - Mathematics; 2nd Place Economics; 3rd Place Essay
Jared Rorabaugh - 1st Place - Music; 1st Place - Mathematics; 2nd Place - Social Science |
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| MockTrial Congratulations to the UHS Mock Trial Team-AGAIN!!! A special thanks goes to Frosh.: Shaun Lichti and Rebecca Shepherd, Soph.: Jonathan Buller, Cassandra Asunuma, and Nick Newsome and Seniors: Matthew Hei, Alex Larralde, Becca Miller, and Jackie Towne!! We defeated Roosevelt's Prosecution team on Wednesday night, which puts UHS in a strong position for a spot in the semi-finals. Next week, our Prosecution team will face Central High School. Please wish our team good luck! |
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Congratulations to the UHS Varsity Tennis Team The first UHS Womens Varsity Tennis Team defeated 5 California High schools and tied a 6th at this weekend's Peachtree Tournament (96 high schools competed) landing them 2nd place in their division!!
Congratulations to team members : Alex Larralde, Dani Roberts, Margot Brulard, Kathryn McGregor, Katie Plunkett, Haley Woolf, Hannah Plunkett, Megan Baugh, Claire Jaramishian, Jackie Tung, and Sally Larson.
Way to start the season girls! |
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| 2007-2008 School Year |
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UHS Swim Team Last month, the UHS swim team made their presence known at the Clovis West Invite and the team continued to do the same at the Division II CIF Championships held in Bakersfield this past weekend. Both Aubrey and Genevieve swam extremely well and posted personal best times. Aubrey started off the day by taking 2nd place in the 200 Individual Medley and a short time later, Genevieve followed up with a fifth place in the 50 Freestyle. Later in the day, both of the girls competed in the 100 Breaststroke recording times that placed Genevieve in 2nd and Aubrey in 3rd. Congratulations to both girls for representing UHS swimming this year and we are all looking forward to a bright future. |
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Congratulations to the UHS Academic Decathlon Team Congratulations to the University High School Academic Decathlon team for winning its second consecutive Small School Virtual National Championship. The team won by an impressive margin of 2,500 points and was led by Kevin Chen, David Matushita, Vitaliy Goncharenko, Ryan Watts, Zachary Bernel and Michael Salcedo. The team would like to thank all who helped, especially Mr. Gile for proctoring the testing. |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Ellie Miller who received a Superior Rating at the CMEA solo festival. Nice work.
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| JCL Congratulations to all the students who attended this year's state convention. UHS took 3rd place for overall score (medium school division)-our highest placement ever! We also had students who placed in academics, music, and sports. Josh Roberts and Ethan Catsro placed FIRST in the Battle of the Bands, while Max Krongaus, Jiro Egawa, Brian Arellano, and Jon Chu placed THIRD. Erin Yeagle, Merle Groneweg, and Taylor Ashlock had SECONDS and Honorable Mentions in academic tests/competitions. Aspen Flynn, Hannah Ruble, Judy Farrow, and Rianna Issac placed FIRST in the girls 4x400. Lastly, Byron Walker, Matt Lennon, Tim Pilegard, Zaven Ohanian, and Ethan Castro entered every boys running race they could and took a SECOND place in the boys 4x400 and were very close in several other races. Mrs. Phannophob and Mrs. Downer are very proud of all our students who attended this year. |
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| Congratulations to David Matsushita, Darren Sue, and
Tiffany Yu! They have been invited to take the American Invitational
Mathematics Examination on Wednesday, April 2, 2008! |
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Congratulations to the Academic Decathlon Team that competed at the county-wide competition on the Fresno State campus on February 2. The team finished a
strong 2nd out of 24 schools, and is in the running for a qualifying spot for the state
championship. In addition, Kevin Chen beat out over 300 students to win the top scorer in
the county, and $2,500! The entire team took home a total of $4,500.
The following is a list of the awards won by the UHS Academic Decathlon team:
Monetary Awards
Michael Salcedo--$200, 9th Varsity Eric Lindae--$200--8th Scholastic Zachary Bernel--
$300--7th Varsity Vitaliy Goncharenko--$300--5th Scholastic David Matsushita--$500--
2nd Honors Ryan Watts--$500--1st Scholastic Kevin Chen--$2,500--Deans Award, Top
Scorer in the County
Medals
Kevin Chen : 1st--Essay, Music, Economics; 2nd--Super Quiz; 3rd--Mathematics
David Matsushita: 2nd--Mathematics, Economics, Music; 3rd: Science
Trevor Soma: 2nd--Mathematics; 3rd--Economics, Essay
Vitaliy Goncharenko: 2nd--Music
Eric Lindae: 3rd--Interview
Ryan Watts: 1st--Economics; 2nd--Mathematics, Essay
Zachary Bernel: 2nd--Mathematics; 3rd: Economics, Speech
Michael Salcedo: 1st--Essay
Team Awards
Super Quiz--4th County--2nd
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Natalie Erskine, Carl Gardner, Max Krongaus, Stephanie Loomer, Matt Shaver, and
Andrew Vanderpaardt were selected to the California Band Directors Association All-State Honor Band. They will perform on Februrary 24, 2008 at the Saroyan Theatre.These students were selected based upon a challenging audition that included over 1500 entries from all over California. |
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Albert Chang
Tiffany Chang
Carl Gardner
Stephen Gedert
Dhiraj Holden
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Mark Jen
Bryce Kykendal
Jordan Lemeli
Audry Liu
Mark Ryan
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Amy Swiger
Darren Sue
Andrew VanderPaardt
Tiffany Yu |
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| Hannah Yoon, Albert Chang, Tiffany Yu, Carl Gardener, Stephen Gedert, Mark Ryan, Max Krongaus, and Matt Shaver were selected for the 2007 California All-State Honor Symphony. They performed December 8, 2007, at the University of Redlands. Special recognition to Carl, Matt, and Max for being selected as principals! |
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| Zach Bernel, Kevin Chen, Stephen Gedert, Vitaliy Goncharenko, Dhiraj Holden, David Matsushita, Roman Sook, Darren Sue, and Tiffany Yu had the California Math League CAML Test top scores. |
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Taylor Ashlock,
Meghan Jensen,
Katharine McGregor,
Burke Rea
were accepted into the California All-State Honor Choir. . They will be participating in March.
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Math Team CAML Test Results Congratulations to Darren Sue, David
Matsushita, Craig Felger, and Dhiraj Holden, the four top team scorers in the recent
California Math League competition in which 25 UHS students participated. |
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Merit Award Students Please congratulate Heidi Sheppard and Jamie
Sickler for being named "Merit Award" winners at the Town Hall Lecture Series. Both girls were selected for their academic excellence in subjects related to the lectures they attended. |
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Three in a row - Chess Team Takes 1st Place!!! The Chess team took first place
in the November 17th Sequoia Chess for Kids tournament at Manchester Gate. Jiro Egawa with 4.5 wins took second place individually. |
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Congratulations to UHS Chess Team Members:
Diego Calderon, Neil Cusick, Jiro Egawa, Dhiraj Holden, David Masushita, Charlie Nelson, Aaron Bruce Rapp, Joseph Soleno, and Joshua Soleno.
The Chess Team brought home their second First Place trophy this year from the 2007 Mendota Chess For Kids Tournament held at McCabe School on October 27th.
Out of the 36 competitors in the High School Division, UHS took the Top Three individual places - Jiro placed First ( 5.0 undefeated), Diego placed Second (4.0), Aaron placed Third (4.0), and Neil received an Honorable Mention(3.0).
Thanks to the following parents for accompaning the team to Mendota:
Coach John Weddington, Larry Cusick, Daniel and Freda Solena.
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| Kudos to Chloe Houghton and Darren Sue, the two top team
scorers in the recent California Math League competition in which 34 UHS
students participated. |
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Congratulations to the UHS Chess Team for winning first place in the 7th-12th Grade Division at the 2007 Porterville Chess for Kids Tournament held at Monache High School on October 13. The UHS Chess Team members that competed were Neil Cusick, Jiro Egawa, Dhiraj Holden, Aaron Rapp, Joseph Soleno, and Joshua Soleno.
Individual trophies were also awarded to Jiro Egawa (Third Place winning 4 out of 5 games); Aaron Rapp (Sixth Place winning 3.5 games); and Neil Cusick (Honorable Mention winning 3 games).
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Carl Gardner and Max Krongaus were participants in the CSU Stanislaus Summer
Honor Chamber Music Session. |
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Taylor Ashlock Katharine McGregor
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Meghan Jensen |
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| Congratulations to Freshman Tiffany Chang for her outstanding
performance in the International Student Media Festival. Her presentation
this year on the "Big Island of Hawaii" was the judge's favorite and
won "Best in Show," a true honor. Well done, Tiffany. |
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| 2006-2007 School Year |
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Christy Yin selected as the Fresno Bee's 2007 Ninth Grade Academic All-Star. See full story at http://www.fresnobee.com/312/story/47459.html.
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Greg Austin
Joe Bishop
Kevin Chen
Jillian Fruehe
Vitaliy Goncharenko
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Kieran Kelly
Qainat Khan
Trevor Soma
Lena Yarbrough
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Academic Decathlon team won the 20007 National Championship for Small Schools.
The team defeated the defending champions from St. John's of Arizona by the close score of 31,470 points to 31,327. The team took home 24 medals in the 8 events. Click here to view a copy of the announcement in The Fresno Bee. |
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Lena Yarbrough
Marina Olson
Gabrielle Castro
Angela Beevers |
University President's Award
Fresno Poet's Association
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
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awardees for the 27th Annual Young Writer's Conference held at Fresno State, April 21st.
Their work will be published in the Spectrum. |
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Alex Barbella/Jacob Hurst
Jabob Hurst/
Ian Porteus
Jacob Hurst/Sheng Yang/
Chloe Houghton/
Baljit Singh
Roman Sook
Chloe Houghton/
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First Place - Entomology
Third Place - Sounds of Music
Fourth Place - Rocks and Minerals
Fourth Place - Experimental Designs
Fourth Place - Chemistry Lab |
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for the NorCal State Science Olympiad Competition held at UC Merced on April 21st.
Our team had an overall ranking of 9th of 18 teams at the competition. |
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UHS Math Team for taking First Place in the Small School Division at the Fresno State Math Field Day Competition on April 21, 2007.
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David Matsushita and Tiffany Chen for placing First and Third Place, respectively, in the Mad Hatter 9/10 Math Field Day Competition at Fresno State.
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| Allison Jaech and Kyle Johnson selected by the River Park Rotary Club to attend Camp Royal for leadership training this summer at Lake Sequoia. |
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Andrew Davis |
Max Krongaus
Matt Shaver |
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| Lena Yarbrough for a Gold Medal with a perfect score of 1,000 points in the Interview category and a Silver Medal in the Essay Competition
at the California State Academic Decathlon Championship on March 15-17. |
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Greg Austin
Joe Bishop
Kevin Chan |
Jillian Frehe
Vitaliy Goncharenko
Kieran Kelly
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Qainat Khan
Trevor Soma
Lena Yarbrough |
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| Alexandra FitzGibbon performing in the Music for All Honor Band of America's National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 15-17. |
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Albert Chang
Tiffany Cheng
Josh Lee
Jasmine Leyro
Jonathan Lin
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David Matsushita
Cole Patten
Jonathan Presley
Darren Sue
Hannah Yoon |
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Kevin Chen
Taylor Eisley |
Quinat Khan
Vasken Ohanian
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| String Quartet performed live on KVPR's Young Artist's Spotlight March 7th. |
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Zach Kissinger
Jacob Hurst
Farrah Nasrollahi |
Vasken Ohanian
Cassie Rindlisbacher |
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| Sophomore Vocal Quintet performed live on KVPR's Young Artist's Spotlight March 7th. |
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Alex Barbella
Kevin Chen
Fumiko Egawa
Janelle Hobbs
Chloe Houghton
Jacob Hurst
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Chris Langel
Josh Lee
Ian Porteus
Keerit Purewal
Baljit Singh |
Ariel Single
Roman Sook
Darren Sue
Sheng Yang
Nick Yingst |
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| Science Olympiad Team A took second place at the Regional Competition on March 3 at Califorinia State University, Fresno. Team A will represent UHS at the State Competition on April 21 at University of Califorinia Merced. |
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Amanda Bruce
Emily Carlton
Albert Chang
Tiffany Chen
Nick Christiansen |
Brandon Escobar
Vitaly Goncherenko
Allison Jaech
Jonathan Lin
Audrey Liu |
Tiffany Liu
Tracey Liu
Larissa Olson
Maikau Yang
Audrey Zamora |
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Angela Beevers
Caitlin Carroll
Jessica Nugent |
Jeannie Sellick
Jamie Sickler |
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| Destination Imagination Team took first place in the Regional Competition on March 3. They will represent UHS at the State Competition. |
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Jessica Dunning
Nick Yingst |
Brooke Rafferty |
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| Destination Imagination Team took second place in the Regional Competition. |
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| Emily Carlton was selected as a "Finalist" by the National Merit Scholarshop Program. Only 15,000 students out of 1.4 million entrants throughout the country who have taken the PSAT/National Merit Qualifying Test are recognized as a Finalist for this academic competition. |
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| Max Krongaus performed a solo at
the International Flute Choir Festival held at Fresno Pacific
University, February 17, 2007. |
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| Andrew Davis and Matthew Shaver for their selection into the 2007 All-State Honor Band. The concert was February 17 and 18 at the Saroyan Theatre. |
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| Kevin Chen and Michael Krikorian performing on KVPR public radio as part of the "Young Artist's Spotlight" series on Valentines Day at 3pm. |
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Greg Austin
Joe Bishop
Kevin Chan |
Jillian Fruehe
Vitaliy Goncharenko
Kieran Kelly |
Qainat Khan
Trevor Soma
Lena Yarbrough |
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| Our Academic Decathlon Team won Second Place honors in Division I competition on February 3rd held at Fresno State. All team members also won numerous individual medals. |
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Neil Cusick
Andrew Davis
Fumiko Egawa
Natalie Erskine |
Carl Gardner
Max Krongaus
Jonathan Lin
Stephanie Loomer |
Rene Ponce
Matthew Shaver
Bryon Walker |
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| were selected and performed in the Winter 2007 Fresno-Madera Counties Music Educators Association High School Honor Band on January 27, 2007 at the Reedley High School Auditorium. |
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Albert Chang
Andrew Davis
Fumiko Egawa
Taylor Eisley
Natalie Erskine |
Carl Gardner
Stephen Gedert
Bryce Kendall
Qainat Khan
Josh Lee |
Jimmy Lin
Ian Porteus
Lilly Rogers
Sue Stephen
Darren Sue |
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were selected and performed in the Winter 2007 Fresno Madera County Music Educators Association (FMCMEA) High School Honor Orchestra at Reedley High School on January 13, 2007. |
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Taylor Ashlock
Sarah Hiebert
Meghan Jensen
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Amelia Lopez
Katie Miller
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Burke Rea
Genthky Vang
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were selected for the November, 2006 California Regional Honor Choir and performed in Stockton. |
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