MCHS Band/Choir/FFA News/Volunteer Hours

We love our volunteers! Our volunteers gave generously of their time and talent to MCHS this year. To be exact, they clocked in 32, 284 hours. We appreciate all the time and energy they have given to help us out this year.

This past weekend the following band students competed in the Texas State Solo and Ensemble contest at the University of Texas. They represented the Mayde Creek band program in a very positive manner.

Camillo Sanchez – Solo 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Javier Chirinos, Alex Van Dyke, James Mayhan, Joe Choe – Sax Quartet 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Alex Van Dyke – Solo 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Camillo Sanchez, Alyssa Sager, Angela Wu Li – Flute Trio 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Sarah Ali- Trumpet Solo - 2^nd division ( Excellent)

This past weekend the following orchestra students participated in State contest in Austin and produced some very positive results.

Roman Soto 2^nd division cello solo (excellent)

Crystal Chen-Goodspeed 2^nd division cello solo (excellent)

KUDOS to him and his dedication/passion for musicALEX LATHROM who earned a superior rating at State Solo and Ensemble last week was also awarded the OUTSTANDING SOLOIST Medal. There are close to 2,000 students from around the state who compete at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest and depending on the year the judges can award 125-150 of these medals. (This is the top 1%) The last year for a Mayde Creek HS choir student to earn this medal was in 2006….that was Zachary Bryant and Keith Lathrom (Alex’s older brother). In addition to all of this great news, Alex is one of two students from Katy ISD to earn this award. He is the ONLY vocalist from Katy ISD.!

Julie Goetzman from MCHS FFA has been awarded a $1,000 Ford Trucks/Built Ford Tough scholarship through the National FFA Foundation.