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2012-13 Highlights

• Student Athletes of the Year: REBECCA EVANS and PATRICK COBB!
• Math Team Dominates:
  
  • Geometry Team:
    Coaches: Jennifer Williams and Tim Gallager
    Aiden Vooberg and David Gardiner were in the top ten.
    Aiden Vooberg got third in the county.
    The Geometry Team got first place in the county.
  • Algebra II Team: ;
    Coaches: Katie Green and Laura Wyrick
    Kevin Boyles was in the top ten.
  • Pre-Calculus Team: ;
    Coach: Jane Ellis
    Katie Davis was in the top ten.
    The Pre-Calculus Team got third place.
  • Statistics:
    Coach: Beasley
    Alexis Cousins got third place.
    The Statistics Team got second place.
  • Calculus AB:
    Coach: Krausman
    Ethan Roy, John Ferrante and Marcus Darby got in the top ten.
    Marcus Darby got second place.
    Calculus AB team got first place in the county.
  • Calculus BC:
    Coach: Krausman
    Yi Ting Liu was in the top team.
    This team was tied for third place and got fourth because of the tie breaking question.
  • Winter Springs High School place second overall in the county behind Seminole High School.
• Joel Saavedra has been selected to represent Florida at the Diversity Arts Workshop.  He was chosen as one of ten students from across the United States to participate in this symposium at the Kansas City Art Institute.   Students will discuss and create art base on cultural experiences and artistic talents.  The final created art will be on display in Kansas City, Missouri.   The workshop takes place March 1-3.  Congratulations Joel!
• Boy's Wrestling finishes 10th at STATE Meet
• Boy's Wrestling wins Regional Title for the 4th consecutive year
  • 106 REGIONAL CHAMPION Brandon Staley (10th)
  • 113 REGIONAL CHAMPION Austin Day (11th)
  • 132 REGIONAL CHAMPION Jordon Tague (10th)
  • 220 REGIONAL CHAMPION B Rod (11th)
  • 138 REGIONAL RUNNER-UP Patrick Cobb (12th)
  • 145 REGIONAL 3RD PLACER Abe Nereim (11th)
  • 182 REGIONAL 3RD PLACER David Moodie (10th)
  • 195 REGIONAL 3RD PLACER Matt Aucoin (12th)
• Boy's Wrestling Takes District Title - Individually, the Bears placed 12 wrestlers in the championship matches with 6 placing first.  Individual District Champion's were Austin Day at 113 lbs, Jordan Tague at 132 lbs, Patrick Cobb at 138 lbs, David Moodie at 182 lbs, Brandon Rod at 220 lbs, and Bo Alexander at 285 lbs.
• Wrestling Team wins Seminole Athletic Conference Title
• Rodney Brewington Named Head Football Coach
• Athletic Scholarships:
  • Bryan Shell signs with Jacksonville University - Football
  • Katilyn Kimball sign to play lacrosse with Cocker College, South Carolina
  • Colin McCloskey signs with St. Olaf , Minnesota
  • Cameron White signs Baseball scholarship with Alambama State University
  • Nicole Kovach signs Soccer scholarship with Anderson University
  • Jordan Miller signs Baseball scholarship with Upstate University
• Teacher of the Year: LeeAnn Stout
• Support Employee of the Year: Ana Cayton
• Winter Springs Boy's and Girl's Cross Country Teams, as both captured the 3A District 5 Title
• Girl's Volleyball Wins Regional Quarter Final Game
• Girl's Volleyball Team won the Class 7A District 4 Title
• Player of the Year: The Florida Athletic Coaches Association has officially released their All-District 9 2012 recognitions.  We are proud to announce that Winter Springs High School senior linebacker Cordero Clark (#9) has been selected Player of the Year!
• Volleyball Freshman Sets New School Record: Varsity Freshman Maria McLamb set a new school record for digs with 36 in our match against District rival Lake Howell. The previous record was actually held by her sister, Adrianna McLamb with 35.
• Student of the Month
  
  • March: 9th Grade: Brecca Miller , 10th Grade: Darnell Warrington, 11th Grade: Danielle Jones, and 12th Grade: Amy Archer
  • December: 9th Grade: Lisa Tyberg, 10th Grade: Elizabeth Blakley, 11th Grade: Trevor Tinder, and 12th Grade: Elisabeth Niemetschek
  • November: Freshman: Lindsey Bridges, Sophomore: Jade Flesdrager, Junior: Brooke Rethwill and Senior: Manuel Bermudez
  • October: Freshman: Marie Altorre-Carr, Sophomore: Whitney Martin, Junior: Kyle Parsons and Senior: Ishaq Raphael
  • September: Freshman: Molly Garrett, Sophomore: Sara L'Heureux, Junior: Matthew Lawrence and Senior: Mabel Pichardo
• Athlete of the Month
  
  • May: Anne L'Heureux (girl's lacrosse) and Chase Jarrell (baseball)
  • April:
  • March:
  • February:
  • January:
  • December: Ruth Marshall and Steven Goldie
  • November: Brandon Rod and Rachel Singe
• National Merit Scholars
  
  • Deanna Ferrante
  • Elyse Chase
  • Ashlyn Marshall
  • Jacob LaJoie
  • Katherine Cournoyer
• Winter Springs High School 2008 SAC Conference Champion and State Runner-Up, Greg Gaught, recently received notification of admission into Duke University's prestigious Law School.  Congratulations to Greg and his family on this outstanding achievement!
• Congratulations to Elizabeth Birle. Elizabeth was named to the MaxPreps Junior Class All-American Team for 2012.

2011-12 Highlights

• Seminole County Player of the Year - 3 seniors were chosen by Brighthouse for their respective sports.
  • Chris Breen - Baseball
  • Kiersten Coffman - Softball
  • Kris Coppolino - Lacrosse
• Congratulations to Connor Viorin!- He was chosen 1st team All-Conference - by the Seminole County volleyball coaches.
• Jeff Perez have been selected as the Seminole County Coach of the Year for the Seminole County Recreation Council’s High School Athletes & Hall of Fame Breakfast of Champions, sponsored by Bright House Sports Network
• Rebecca Evans who placed in 2 events at the state track meet! She entered the state meet ranked 14th in the shot put.  She tossed her best throw of the year to earn a spot on the awards podium 8th place in the state. She then later in the day tossed her best throw ever in the discus and climbed the awards poduium again to have a 3rd place medal hung around her neck
• 4 athletes have received major recognition.  They were selected by the Orlando sports media as Brighthouse Athletes of the Year for Seminole County:
  
  • Eric O'Neill - Wrestling
  • Shannon Potter - Swimming/diving
  • Luis Checa - Soccer
  • Hazel Ortiz -Volleyball
• Baseball players were selected 1st team All-Conference by the Seminole County coaches. Jon Sandfort, Chris Breen, Bob Andrews, Taylor Perez, and Parker Perez
• Jeff Perez Seminole County Baseball Coach of the Year
  
• Rebecca Evans was crowned Regional Champ in the Discus
• Five of our students qualified for the National Debate Tournament in Baltimore, MD.  Under the leadership of Mr. Kupscznk, these dedicated students have competed all year at various tournaments to reach this crowning achievement.  We are VERY PROUD to have so many of our students qualify for nationals!
• JROTC keeps bringing in the awards as well.  Our female armed exhibition platoon won first place in state competition. The armed exhibition squad placed fifth and one student placed third in the individual armed exhibition.
• Two WSHS students recently competed in the Florida Stock Market Challenge sponsored by State Farm Insurance.  Students were given a “virtual sum” of money and they had six weeks to invest it in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.  Alex McCalla placed 8th in the state and Bakari Harris placed 10th in the state.
• Twenty five Latin students recently competed in the state Latin Forum.  The team, under the leadership of Mr. Robie, placed 5th in Olympics, 7th in Academics, and 10th overall in the state.
• Madison Warncke, our baton twirler for the Band of Gold recently competed in the state baton twirling championship.  With over 100 twirlers competing Madison won first place!
  
• Orlando Central Florida Chapter Society for Technical Communication, High School Writing Competition, Society for Technical Communication

  Level	Award	Essay Title	Recipient	Gr / Sponsor (s)
  Excellence	$150	The Effects of Antimatter on the World	Jason Keeler	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia Ms. Judy Peck
  Merit	$75	Head Over Heels: The Mechanics of Horse Jumping	Cassidy Hall	11th Grade Ms. Michele Ciccarello
  Achievement	$25	Innate Behavior	Katie Davis	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia Ms. Judy Peck
  Achievement	$25	Where is Everybody?	Annika Norris	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia
  Achievement	$25	The Influence of Influenza	Jared Russo	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia Ms. Judy Peck
  Achievement	$25	Music and Mathematics: The Unexpected Duo	Austin Suarez	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia Ms. Judy Peck
  Honorable Mention	Certificate	Sea Microbial Life	Marcus Darby	10th Grade Mrs. Kay Miraglia Ms. Judy Peck
  Honorable Mention	Certificate	The Lip's Secret	Yi-Ting Liu	11th Grade Ms. Michele Ciccarello

• Kiersten Coffman recorded the second PERFECT GAME in school history the night after Elizabeth Birle threw hers.
• Eric O'Neill has been selected the Orlando Sentinel Wrestler of the Year
• Fastpitch History was made as Elizabeth Birle pitched the first PERFECT GAME in Winter Springs history.
• Congratulations to Luis Checa, Orlando Sentinel Soccer Player of the Year
• Wrestling team had a very impressive showing finishing 5th in the entire state out of 124 schools. All 4 seniors stood on the awards podium night.
  • 152lbs Eric O'Neill, 12th - State Champ
  • 285lbs Scott Accomando, 12th - 2nd Place
  • 120lbs Taevin Stoney, 12th - 3rd Place, most impressive finish! He got killed his 1st match 8-1 then came back to win 5 straight matches against elite competition.  One of the greatest sports performances in WSHS history
  • 170lbs Joe Davila, 12th - 4th Place
• Wrestling Team wins 3rd consecutive Regional Title. Regional Champs are:
• 152lbs Eric O'Neill, 12th
• 170lbs Joe Davila, 12th
• 285lbs Scott Accomando, 12th
• Will Gonzalez, Sarah Miller, Andrea DeWitt, and Jacob LaJoie to represent Central Florida at the State Debate Championship.
• Wrestling Team wins District Title. District Champs are:
• 120lbs Taevin Stoney, 12th
• 138lbs Patrick Cobb, 11th
• 152lbs Eric O'Neill, 12th
• 170lbs Joe Davila, 12th
• 220lbs Brandon Rod, 10th
• 285lbs Scott Accomando, 12th
  
• Boy's Soccer team wins District Title
• Congratulations to Adam Efland and his Winter Springs Culinary Team as they took 2nd place at the Regional Pro Start Culinary Competition Friday. The team consists of Alexander (Xander) Franke, Katie Rutigliano, Jacob Ferro and Miro Blagojevic. They competed in the Gourmet Meal category finishing second. They now prepare for the state wide competition February 25th at the Orange County Convention Center.
• Wrestling Team wins Seminole Athletic Conference Title
• Congratulations to Terri Iannuzzi Teacher of the Year
• Congratulations to Chris Gibbs School-related Employee of the Year
• Congratulations to Kurt Oettl and the Girls soccer program! For the 7th consecutive year, the team was recognized by the National Soccer Association earning the very prestigious Team Academic Award.
• Girls volleyball finished the season with a 25-6 record as the state 7A runner-up (80 schools in our classification)
• On Friday, November 18, 16 Seniors went to the FAMU Educational Fair in Orlando, FL.  Of those 16 students, five were awarded the following scholarships:

  Student Name	Category	Amount
  Sagine Etienne	George W. Gore	$56,000
  Nadia Hawthorne	George W. Gore	$20,000
  Tyson Brown	George W. Gore	$12,000
  Morgan McClary-Davis	George W. Gore	$8,000
  Dayna Clark	Presidential Special	$4,000

• Shannon Potter finishes undefeated season as STATE CHAMP in Women's Diving
• Girls Volleyball Regional Champs
• Girls Volleyball District Champs
• Girls Softball Seminole Athletic Conference Champions
• Girls Volleyball Seminole Athletic Conference
• Athletic Scholarships:
  • Shannon Potter signed diving scholarship to Florida Atlantic
  • Kelsey Whalen signs volleyball at Southeastern University
  • Luis Checa signs soccer at Lincoln College in Illinois.
  • Saphir Salvador signs soccer at Lincoln College in Illinois.
  • Trevor Bone signs football with FAMU football.
  • Sarah Moghadas' signs Women's Soccer with Jacksonville University
  • Jon Sandfort signs Baseball with University of Florida
  • Parker Perez  signs Baseball with  Seminole State College
  • Taylor Perez  signs Baseball with St. Leo University
  • Kris Coppolino signs Girls Lacrosse with U.M.B.C.
  • Kelly Garrett  signs Girls Lacrosse with Liberty University
  • Katie Mandigo signs Girls Softball with University of North Florida
  • Kiersten Coffman signs Girls Softball with University of Delaware
  • Katherine Penn signs Girls Softball with Manatee Community College
  • Adriana Mclamb signs Girls Volleyball with Rutgers University
  • Monica Lowe signs Girls Volleyball with Bethune Cookman
  • Tawni Small signs Girls Volleyball with Stetson University
  • Eric O’Neill signs Wrestling with NC State University
• Renewable Energy class taught by Dave Johnson cooks lunch with Solar Power and had made cookers. For images, click here.
• Student of the Month:
  • March: Grade 9: Eliana Karr, Grade 10: Marcus Darby, Grade 11: Nick Bonura, Grade 12:Juyang "Sandra" Lee
  • April: 9th Grade: Daisy Martinez , 10th Grade: Jessica Toro 11th Grade: Sean Carey, and 12th Grade: Kayreen Cepeda
  • May:Grade 9: Alex LaJoie , Grade 10: Kirsten Waldroff
    Grade 11: Jacob LaJoie, Grade 12: Erika Passalacqua

2010-11 Highlights

• Girls soccer won the Regional Championship, and went on to the Class 6A Final Four, the first appearance by a Winter Springs soccer team.
• A Winter Springs senior, Christopher Duncan-Lewis, recently represented Seminole County and the state of Florida at the International Science and Engineering Fair held in Los Angeles, CA.  Christopher was competing against students from 65 different countries, regions, and territories.  His project, "The Effects of Zinc Gluconate and Two Other Divalent Cationic Compounds on Olfactory Function" placed second in international competition!
• The following athletes were honored on May 19th as the Brighthouse Central Florida Athletes of the year--voted on by a panel of sports media from the Orlando area.
  

  Joe Bonura	Scholar Athlete
  Eric O'Neill	Wrestling
  Alley Rhinehart	Lacrosse
  Timmy Nguyen	Cross Country
  Kiersten Coffman	Softball

• Girl's Lacrosse is STATE Runner-up
• Fastpitch Softball is STATE Runner-up
• Sophomore Rebecca Evans placed 6th in the shot put and 5th in the discus at the
  STATE Track & Field Meet.
• National Merit Finalists
  
  • Ross Harrington
  • Kaley Wilburn
  National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
  
  • Austin Blount
  • Ross Harrington
  • Philip Stevens
  • Kaley Wilburn
  National Achievement Scholarship
  
  • Matthew S. Darby
  • Christopher D. Lewis
  National Merit Commended Students
  
  • Matthew Brock
  • Matthew Chappell
  • Matthew Darby
  • Rhea Dorris
  • Christopher Duncan-Lewis
  • Joseph Giacona
  • Leland Henry
  • Jacob Mould
  • James Simpson
  • Ashley Towe
  • Lauren Towe
• Orlando Chapter’s Society for Technical Communication sponsors a Technical Writing contest.  On Tuesday, April 19, six of the top seven awards were given to Winter Springs students. Deanna Ferrante, Carly Howard, Ninah Diaz, Chandler Blount, John Ferrante, and Katie Cournoyer received awards.
• Winter Springs, FL-Matthew Gerken, 18, of Winter Springs, FL has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.
  
  The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was presented by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Barack Obama. Matthew Gerken participated in the Spirit of Community program this year as a representative of the Environmental study center in Longwood, FL, where he is a volunteer.
• Debate team attended the National Forensic League national qualifying tournament in Jupiter, Florida. Two students qualified for nationals: Joe Giacona in Senatorial Student Congress and Will Gonzalez in Representative Student Congress.
• Wrestling Team Finished 3rd at State Championship:
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 189LB STATE CHAMPION: ROBERT O'NEILL, 12th
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 140LB STATE CHAMPION: ERIC O'NEILL, 11th
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 215LB STATE RUNNER-UP: RYAN PETRO, 12th
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 145LB 4TH PLACER: ARIEL SERRANO, 12th
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 285LB 4TH PLACER: SCOTT ACCOMANDO, 11th
• 2011 FHSAA 3A 171LB 5TH PLACER: KYLE GACH, 12th
• Wrestling Team Wins Regional Championship:
• Eric O'Neill (11th): 140lb Regional Champion (2-time champion)
• Ariel Serrano (12th): 145lbs Regional Champion (2-time state qualifier)
• Kyle Gach (12th): 171lb Regional Champion (2-time state qualifier)
• Robert O'Niell (12th): 189lb Regional Champion (2-time champion)
• Ryan Petro (12th): 215lb Regional Champion (3-time state qualifier)
• Scott Accomando (11th): HWT 3rd Placer (2-time state qualifier)
• Girls Soccer Team - 1st Team All Conference: Natalie Lawlor - Senior, Taylor Hoch - Senior. 2nd Team All Conference: Cayce Dossett - Senior, Shelby Savolainen - Senior
• At the Lake Mary Festival of the Arts. Blakley Miller 1st place painting, Chris Abrahamsen 1st place Photography, Jason Rotger 3rd place Sculpture, and merit awards for Bailey Pharis, Ross Harrington and Erin Schmidt. Grayson Malchow had a photo accepted to the Leu Gardens, Florida Oaisis Show and is published in the book that goes with the show.
• Girls’ soccer coach, Kurt Oettl, was named the 2010 NSCAA Large Public School Secondary Schools Girls Coach of the Year. The National Soccer Coaches Association chose Oettl as the coach of the year for Florida and he is in the running for the honor of being named National coach of the Year.
• Boy's Cross Country of Timothy Nguyen, Matthew Streich, Nathan Dekrey, Stefan Yocom, Cornelius Wesley, Logan Walker and Dan Marinelli claimed the District Title in Gainesville on Saturday, Nov 6, 2010.
• Elizabeth Birle, Andrea Savino, Kelsey Deese and Kelly Mountcastle brake the 8 year old 200 Medley Relay record in a time of 1:56.51
• Maegan Carlton - 1st team selection All Conference Girls Volleyball
• Timmy Nguyen was crowned SAC Champion at Conference Cross Country Meet
• National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists: Austin Blount, Ross Harrington, Philip Stevens, & Kaley Wilburn
• National Achievement Scholarship: Matthew S. Darby & Christopher D. Lewis
• National Merit Commended Students: Matthew Brock, Matthew Chappell, Matthew Darby, Rhea Dorris, Christopher Duncan-Lewis, Joseph Giacona, Leland Henry, Jacob Mould, James Simpson, Ashley Towe, & Lauren Towe
• Girls slow pitch softball team captured the SAC Championship
• Mitch Ryerson Conference Champ winning both the 50 and 100 free at Swim Meet
• Bears football team is highlighted on ESPN as they defeat Hagerty HS 28-21
• Athletic Scholarships:
• Shelby Savolainen signs to play soccer at Brevard Community College.
• Alley Rhinehart signs a scholarship to play Lacrosse at Rollins College
• Kenna Wick signs a scholarship to play Lacrosse at Queens University
• Garrett Ethridge signs to by Football at North Texas
• Vincent Luzzi signs to play Baseball at Seminole State College
• Jasmine Moore signs a scholarship to play Basketball at Maryvile College, Tennessee
• John Sebelle signs to play baseball at Daytona State College
• Mike McCloskey signs a scholarship to play Basketball at Regis College, Massachusetts
• Blake Edwards signs a scholarship to play Golf at Air Force Academy
• Nik Lacey signs a scholarship to play Football at Pikeville, Kentucky
• Cole Morgan signs a scholarship to play Football at Weber College
• Chase Russell signs a scholarship to play Soccer at Coker College, South Carolina
  
• Erica Garcia signs a scholarship to play Fastpitch Softball at Savannah College of Art and Design.
• Sharde Alls signs a softball scholarship to play at Bowie State University in Maryland.
• Maegan Carlton Signs a scholarship to play Division 1 volleyball at McNeese State University in Louisiana.
• Amanda Guthrie signs a scholarship to play Division 1 lacrosse at University of Detroit Mercy
• Amanda Brown signs to play Softball at USC Beaufort
• Annalisa Condame, signs to play Soccer at NAIA Concordia College in Nebraska.
• Matt Davis signs a football scholarship to play at Jacksonville
• Dillon Kelly signs a football scholarship to play at Bowdoin College, Maine
• Ryan Petro signs a football scholarship to play at Central Michigan
• Joe Bonura signs a football scholarship to play at Princeton
• Rachell Sherman signs a softball scholarship to play at Seminole State College.
• Ladale Hollie signs letter to run track at Colby Community College in Kansas
• Kyle Darlin signs his letter of intent to play football at Jacksonville
• Ed Schuster signs his letter of intent to play football at Geneva College--Pennsylvania.
• Robert O'Neill will sign his letter of intent to wrestle at North Carolina State!
• Student of the Month:
  • September: 9th Grade: Alexandra Hain, 10th Grade: Lloyd Bandy,
    Grade:11 Josh Mounts, and Grade 12: Matthew Darby
  • October: 9th Grade: , 10th Grade:
    Grade11: , and Grade 12: Nicole Griffin
  • November: 9th Grade: Hannah Garnes, 10th Grade: Stanley Alexander, 11th Grade: Jordee Kopanski, and 12th Grade: Giancarlo Licitra
  • December: 9th Grade: Marcus Darby, 10th Grade: Alexander Franke
    11th Grade: Neal Romberg and 12th Grade: Kaley Wilburn
  • January: JonJon Alexander, Grade 11: Jordie Kopanski & Grade 12: Giancarlo Licitra
  • February: 9th Grade: Trent Glisan, 10th Grade: Nadia Hawthorne, 11th Grade: Ninah Diaz and 12th Grade: Odessa Ekdahl
    
  • March: 9th Grade - Andrew Keller & 10th Grade - Claudia Davis
  • April: 9th Grade - William Cavolan 10th Grade - Hannah Hickman, 11th Grade - Daniela Acosta & 12th Grade: Mandy Lopez
  • May: 9th Grade - Katie Davis 10th Grade - Ginna Leftwich, 11th Grade - Logon Walker & 12th Grade: Amanda Guthrie

2009-10 Highlights

• Kiersten Coffman was selected as softball player of the year, she's only a sophomore.
• Luis Jacobo was chosen as basketball player of the year--he's heading to Stetson next year on a full BB scholarship
• Shelby Pursley earned Seminole County volleyball player of the year--she's heading to LSU on a full scholarship.
• Aubrey Chase was selected as the scholar athlete of the year. He will be taking his 4.7 GPA to the Ivy League (Penn) next year where he will be studying engineering. Aubrey was a member of our football and lacrosse teams.
• Schowonda Williams received a standing ovation as she was inducted into the 2010 Seminole County Sports Hall of Fame.
  For those who don't know, Schowonda was an incredible athlete. She graduated from Lyman HS where she was a state champion in the hurdles--in fact, she still holds the FHSAA state record in the 400 meter hurdles. Schowonda then graduated from LSU where she was a national champion. Then, she won the Olympic trials and became a member of the US Olympic team. Schowonda competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
• Congratulations to Becky Wilson, Dominique Maisonave, and Andrea Dewitt who will be traveling to Omaha, Nebraska to participate in the very prestigious
  National Debate Tournament.
• Girl's Fastpitch Team qualifies for Final Four
• Congratulations to Coach Efland! He has been chosen to coach Florida's national lacrosse team in the national tournament on Memorial Day.
• Culinary Team DJ Murphy , Dakota Kendall along with Chef Jay Judy participated in the Annual Shrimp Cook-off. This is the 5th year WSHS has participated & the 4th time the Bears have placed & won the people choice award !
• Fastpitch team Ranked #1 in State
• Lady Bears Win Regional Championship, The Lady Bears girls lacrosse team won their 2nd straight Regional Championship defeating Ponte Vedra High School 19-13 Friday night. It is their third Regional Title in four years.
• Girl's Lacrosse team advances to Districts.
• Congratulations to Matt Obermeyer was selected as an All-American lacrosse player.
• Spenser Mitchell was selected MVP at a senior showcase basketball game.
  
• Girls soccer senior Vanessa Aponte, has recently been competing for the Colombian Under-20 Women's National team, as they attempted to qualify for the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup.  These world championships for the Under 20 age group, will be held in Germany this summer.  Last week, Vanessa scored the winning goal against Bolivia, which was hailed throughout Colombia.  Yesterday the team defeated Paraguay, which put them in the final against Brazil.  By virtue of getting to the final (this Wednesday) the team qualifies for this summer's World Cup!  Congratulations to Vanessa on a great accomplishment, and being the first Winter Springs soccer player to compete on the world stage!
  
• Shelby Pursley, has been selected as a volleyball high school Academic All-American
• Congratulations to Matthew Nereim - 2010 FHSAA 3A 140lb STATE CHAMPION
• Congratulations to Sophomore Eric O'Neill - 2010 FHSAA 3A 135lb State Runner-up 
• Wrestling Regional Champs are:
  112lbs: Mike Riccard Regional Champion
  135lbs: Eric O'Neill Regional Champion
  140lbs: Matthew Nereim Regional Champion
  145lbs: Ariel Serrano 3rd Place Finisher
  152lbs: Brent Basich Regional Champion
  171lbs: Robert O'Neill Regional Champion
  189lbs: Ryan Petro 3rd Place Finisher
  215lbs: Kyle Gach 3rd Place Finisher
  285lbs: Scott Accomando Regional Runner-up
• Girls Soccer team defeats FPC 2-1 to advance to the Final Four in Tampa
• Matthew Nereim tied a national record for the fastest pin in HS wrestling history - WATCH VIDEO of PIN
• Wrestling District Champs are:
  112lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Mike Riccard, 10th
  135lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Eric O'Neill, 10th
  140lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Matthew Nereim, 12th - (4x District Champion)
  145lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Ariel Serrano, 11th
  152lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Brent Basich, 12th- (2x District Champion)
  171lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Robert O'Neill, 11th
  189lb DISTRICT CHAMPION: Ryan Petro, 11th - (2x District Champion)
• Boy's basketball wins District Title
• Girls Soccer team defeats Oviedo 2-1 to advance to the Regional Finals
• Debate Team competed in a state tournament at Lake Mary Prep School last weekend and started off the new semester by winning three first place trophies.
  William Gonzalez won first place in Student Congress Debate. Dominique Maisonave won first place in novice Dramatic Performance AND first place in varsity Dramatic Performance. This was only her second tournament!
• This past weekend, WSHS Thespian Troupe 5777  joined 1400 students from high schools in Orange and Seminole county to compete at the District V Thespian Competition. We received a number of Superior AND Excellent Ratings in Individual Acting, Technical,  & Musical events. The highlight of the competition was the performance of our one act The Laramie Project. We received straight Superiors in performance/tech and many wonderful, lovely compliments about the play.  Michelle Arok was selected to the All Star One Act Cast .
• Congratulations to all the Business Professionals of America members who competed in the Business Professionals of America State Competition on January 8–10 at the Walt Disney World Hilton Hotel.  The following students placed in competition and will represent Winter Springs High School in May at the Business Professionals of America National Competition in Anaheim, California:

  Jahmal Dailey	4th — Prepared Speech
  A.J. Matthews	2nd — Extemporaneous Speech
  Eterria Wright	3rd — Advanced Interview Skills

• Senior Vanessa Aponte was named to the NSCAA All Region (South) Team. This honors the best high school girls players in the southern United States.
• Brianna Barry, a 6-3 middle blocker for Florida State University, is a senior from Winter Springs, Fla. Barry, who was FSU's first-ever ACC Player of the Year in 2009, helped the Seminoles to a historic 31-3 season, including the program's first-ever outright ACC title. Barry, who stood second nationally in hitting percentage, is picking up her first
  AVCA All-America nod.
• Congratulations to Shelby Pursley for making the All-Central Florida 1st Team and being named the Seminole County Volleyball Player of the Year.
• Mr. Mike Constantino is this year's Support Staff Person of the Year
• Ms. Debbie Abel is this year's Teacher of the Year
• Congratulation to the AP Computer Science Programming team (Aubrey Chase, Jimmy Luke and Alan Wright) for placing 3rd out of 30 teams at a statewide programming competition held at Stetson University. The team won thousands in Stetson scholarships and a gaming computer.
• Travis Jones 300 Basketball career wins as a coach
• Reddy Cox inducted into the Taylor High School Athletic Hall of Fame
• Kevin Deese, Sara Gherasim, MacKenzie Muller, Cerise San-Fillip, and Stefanit Tucker were given Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program.
• National Merit: Aubrey Chase, Monica Torres, Elana Hain, Sofie Tucker, Gilbert Murimwa, Melanie Abou-Jaoude, Kalyn Franke, Shelby Pursley, Dinah Vincent
• Girl's Cross Country wins Seminole Athletic Conference (SAC) Championship
• Student of the Month:
• September: 9th Grade - Rebecca Evans, 10th Grade - Logan Walker, 11th Grade - Stephanie Peterson, and 12th Grade - Erick Vazquez
• October: 9th Grade - Anne L'Heureux, 10th Grade - Eric O'Neill, 11th Grade - Matthew Gerken, and 12th Grade- Zach Edler
• December - 9th - Marissa Moore, 10th - Michael Riccard, 11th - Natalie Lawlor, 12th - Zoe Goldberg
• January - 9th Grade - Rebeka Leduc , 10th Grade - Karol Perez, 11th Grade - Shea Atkinson, 12th Grade - Cerise San Filipo
• February - 9th Grade - Lauren Mawhinney, 10th Grade - Carolina Perez, 11th Grade - Ryan Aceituno, 12th Grade - Kara Steele
• March - 9th Grade - Matthew Chin, 10th Grade - Kelly Garrett, 11th Grade - Cesar Chin, 12th Grade - Marjorie Arment
• Athletic Scholarships:
• Carlos Nieto signs a scholarship to play football at Norwich University, Vermont.
• Zach Edler signs a scholarship to play baseball at Newberry College.
• Gina Figliolia signs a scholarship to play softball at Daytona State College.
  
• Spenser Mitchell signs a basketball scholarship at Saint Leo University.
• Dishon Deering signs a tennis scholarship at the University of Dubuque.
• Vanessa Aponte signs a full scholarship to play soccer at The Citadel
• Matthew Nereim signs a wrestling scholarship at North Carolina State
• Shelby Guenthardt sign soccer scholarship with Trininty College
• Kevin Odom signs his letter of intent to play football at St. Olaf College.
• Allison Crandell signs to play lacrosse at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina.
• Morgan Carson signed to play volleyball at Thiel College in Pennsylvania.
• Katrina Leibbrandt signs a soccer scholarship with Asbury College, Kentucky
• Quentin Avery signs football scholarship with Marian University
• Monica Torres signs Softball and academics scholarships with Notre Dame
• Mackenzie Johnson signs Fastpitch Softball scholarship with Palm Beach Atlantic University
• Luis Jacobo signs basketball scholarship with Stetson and
• Brian Holmes signs basketball scholarship with the University of North Florida.
• Shelby Pursley signs volleyball scholarship with LSU
• Matthew Obermeyer signs Lacrosse scholarship with St. Leo University
• Football team makes it to State Playoffs
• Volleyball team makes it to State Playoffs
• Blake Edwards places 25th at State Golf Tournament
• The All Americans 2009 - 2010 - The WSHS Hunnybear Dance Team and Director Rebekah Krausman attended UDA Camp at the University of Central Florida. Six team members competed and were selected for the highest individual recognition as a UDA All American. The six dancers from left to right are Jenny Knipe, Kelsey Ripple, Olivia Flail, Cristen Mould, Lori Chambers and Kristin Cox. On November 21, 2009. Kristin Cox and Cristen Mould will travel to New York City to represent WSHS and the Hunnybear Dance Team at the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• WSHS would like to welcome our new Boy's Head Lacrosse coach Brian Gabak.

2008-09 Highlights

• FHSAA has announced the Academic Team Championship winners for the Spring sports and I am happy to say that Winter Springs took 1st place in Baseball and 1st place in boys and girls Waterpolo.  This is a huge accomplishment because it is measured state wide.  WSHS had the highest unweighted team GPA in the state for baseball and b/g waterpolo.  If you are interested as to all of the other spring sports and where they ranked please check out the FHSAA website at www.fhsaa.org and click on Academic Team Champion under headlines.  This makes 5 team championships this year with boys and girls swimming taking 1st place in the fall sports.  Congratulations!
• After four years of hard work and much success, Robert Colonel has won the shinning crown of debate by becoming the National Forensic League National Student Congress Senate Champion. 3500 students from around the nation converged on Birmingham, Alabama to determine the champion in ten different speech and debate categories.
• Kaley Wilburn won the Orlando Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication high school competition. This automatically qualified her for entry in the international competition for the Society for Technical Communication where she also won the Distinguished award.
• Congratulations to Ted Jones! Ted has been named as the 3rd Athletic Director in WSHS History. He succeeds Kenne Brown who is leaving to take the Athletic Director position at Orangewood Christian School.
• The Debate team had an outstanding national tournament in Albany NY. Malik Priest advanced to the quarter final round in Original Oratory. This was the first time our team has advanced this far in the individual events. Robert Colonel also advanced to the final round in student congress. Good Luck to both Robert and Malik as they compete in the final Nationals in Birmingham Alabama in June.
• Harold W. Pote Behind Every Graduate Award for Excellence in Secondary Teaching - The award was given by Drexel University to Scott Hamsik. It is awarded annually to 4 secondary teachers from around the country and was initiated in 2006. Scott will be flown to Philadelphia (with a guest), honored at a dinner and take part in Drexel's commencement exercise. Scott and his school each receive $2000.00. The teachers are nominated by graduating seniors at Drexel who write an essay about the nominee. Scott was nominated (and written about) by Jenni Izzo, a 2005 graduate of WSHS who was a student in Scott's photo classes for three years.
• Mark Huaman was named Coach of the Year for Fast Pitch Softball from the Seminole Athletic Conference
• Congratulating Ross Bohlken and the entire Swim Team for their Academic Team Champion Award. This was awarded to WSHS Swim Team for the highest GPA in the State of Florida.
• The JROTC drill team returned from the National High School Drill Team Championships earned the overall 3d Runner Up ranking for all JROTC teams in the United States. The Bears’ drill team garnered two first place finishes, a third place ranking, and several fifth through tenth place rankings. The female Bears were crowned National Champions in Armed Squad Exhibition, displaying an awesome precision as well as a show of strength and energy in their championship routine. In Armed Dual Exhibition, Brittany Argentine and Kristine Pons dominated the competition, crushing the nearest challenge by nearly 100 points in a meticulously choreographed performance that combined precision, strength, showmanship, and difficulty into a routine that resulted in judge’s comments like “best dual all day with the most difficult rifle toss exchange witnessed in the competition” and a second judge stating “glad to see someone step up to the plate and present one of the most challenging drills seen this year at the Nationals.”  In the knockout drills, Amby Delacruz outlasted approximately 400 other cadets to place 5th in the armed knockout and Will Getz captured 2d in the unarmed knockout.
• Kim Vach was named Coach of the Year for Boys' Volleyball by the Seminole Athletic Conference
• Symphonic Band earned straight superior ratings at the State Music Performance Assessment.  The accomplishment also earned the band program the Otto J. Kraushaar Award for superior ratings all year
• Boy's Volleyball team wins District Title
• Patricia Thebaut wins Moses Law Firm poster contest and receives $500 scholarship
• Kailtin Booth and Haley Cownie make All American for Lacrosse
• Girl's lacrosse wins Regional Title and Advances to the Final Four
• Coach Efland named US Lacrosse High School Coach of the Year, Women's Division (Florida).
• Ashley Evans takes 2nd at State Meet in the women's Discus
• US Lacrosse All American - Peter D’Amore – Midfield
• Boy's Lacrosse wins District Title
• Girl's lacrosse wins District Title
• Ashley Evans breaks school record in Discus at regional Meet with a throw of 141' 4"
• Robert Colonel took second place at the Tournament of Champions in Lexington Kentucky.  This is a tournament restricted to those that had already been in final rounds in other large nationals tournaments across the country.
• Senior Terence Weigand was the District Singles Tennis Champion for 2009.
• Junior Matthew Nereim just made history as he ripped off 15 straight wins in Ohio to became the first WSHS wrestler ever to capture a National Championship!
• Girl's lacrosse wins Regional, makes Final Four
• Boy's 7 Girl's lacrosse teams win Districts
• Senior 160lber Wrestler Nick Benante has been selected as a recipient of the 2009 Zac Jarzynka Scholarship.  
• Seminole County Essay winners:

Award	Person	Link to Essay
Distinguished	Kaley Wilburn	Memory: How and Why We Recall Our Experiences
Merit	Ross Harrington	Electric Cars: The Shocking Truth
Achievement	Zachary Loparo	Been There, Done That?!
Achievement	Yvette Sierra-Vignau	Stem Cell Research: Medical Ramifications vs. Ethical Risks
Honorable Mention	Rhea Dorris	Parasomnias: Nightmares, Sleepwalking, and Sleep Terrors
Honorable Mention	Amy Rumbaugh	Accutane: Miracle Drug or Death Trap

• Robert Colonel, Taylor Grimes and Malik Priest all qualified for the Catholic Forensic League Nationals held in Albany NY in May. Robert Colonel and Malik Priest Also qualified for the National Forensic League Nationals held in Birmingham, Alabama in June.
• Ashley Evans sets new school record in the discus with a throw of 133’ 4”
• Robert Colonel won the State Championship in Student Congress. This is the debate team’s first ever state championship! Taylor Grimes won fifth place in Humorous Interpretation. And Malik Priest made the semi final round in Original Oratory.
• Senior Ben Nelson has received his official appointment and will be attending the United States Naval Academy in the fall. Ben has run cross-country and is currently playing baseball for WSHS. He will be playing baseball for the Midshipmen as a pitcher. The Naval Academy is a member of the NCAA Division I in baseball. Winter Springs High School would like to congratulate Ben on the fantastic accomplishment.
• Harvard National Debate Tournament. Among thousands of students from hundreds of schools around the nation, Winter Springs shined. Robert Colonel won second place in Student Congress. Malik Priest advanced to the semifinal round of Original Oratory. Joe Giacona made the semifinal round of student congress and Taylor Grimes was in the octofinal round for Humorous Interpretation.
• Our Waiters Relay team who recently placed 1st in the State Prostart Culinary Competition. WSHS also placed 3rd in the Overall competition. The Gourmet Meal Team- Jeff Patton, Joey Williams, Dillon Alspaini and Jahmal Dailey and Edible Centerpiece-Leah Tapley
• Wrestling Team wins District Meet
• The debate team competed at the state qualifying tournament in Feb 09. Taylor Grimes qualified in both Dramatic and Humorous interpretation. Robert Colonel and Peter D’Amore qualified in Student Congress. Malik Priest and Alex Godinho qualified in Original Oratory. William Gonzalez was also first alternate in Student Congress.
• Winter Springs High School Football team received a Good Neighbor Grant for $1000.00 thanks to Cory Alexander and Kurt Neidlinger who volunteered 40 hours each of community service to the football program.
• Melissa Gregory is presented with a Silver Congressional Medal at Winter Springs High School on February 3, 2009. The Congressional Award program challenges participants to establish and achieve goals in four areas; physical fitness, community service, personal development and exploration.
• Congratulations to all the Business Professionals of America members who participated in the Regional Competition held at Seminole Community College on December 12th! The following students placed in regional competition and will represent Winter Springs High School in the Business Professionals of America state competition to be held in February:

Charna Blake	5th —Advanced Word Processing
Ashlei Hodges	4th — Fundamental Word Processing Skills
Evan Lewis	3rd — Extemporaneous Speech
Tatiana Moring	3rd – Keyboarding
Courtney Samples	2nd –Advanced Word Processing Skills



• Al Terek McBurse was faced with some hard decisions this season but he chose wisely when he decided to continue his football career at Purdue University
• Ms. Patti Kemp is this year's Support Staff Person of the Year
• Ms. Angel Collins is this year's Teacher of the Year
• Glenn Hill receives award for Support Staff Employee for October
• First place video in the red ribbon drug awareness contest.  10th year in a row.
• Bowlers, Devin Erickson, bowled a perfect 300 game in the state tournament.  He is also the Seminole County Bowler of the Year.
• Al-Terek Mcburse who has been named the Orlando Sentinel Player of the Week.
• Congratulations to Robert Colonel who is the new Champion of the Student Congress division of the Yale University Invitational Debate Tournament.  Robert traveled to New Haven, Connecticut September 27th and 28th for two days of debate competition against students from all over the nation.
• Athletic Scholarships:
• Terence Weigand signed a scholarship to the University of Toledo to play on the men's tennis team.
• Johnathan Jones signed with the The Apprentice School to play football
• Kelsey Johnson signs a Fastpitch scholarship at Spring Arbor University in Michigan
• Kyle Tran signs with Merchant Marine Academy of New York and will be playing football
• Bacarri Washington signs with Merchant Marine Academy of New York and will be playing football
• Kaitlin Booth signed with Pfeiffer University to play lacrosse
• Cassie Strawser signs soccer scholarship with Swarthmore College
• Emily Keeter soccer team has received her official appointment appointment and will be attending the United States Air Force Academy.
• Ashley Evans, Track & Field signs scholarship with Troy University, Alabama
• Ben Nelson (P), baseball team has received his official appointment and will be attending the United States Naval Academy.
• Matthew Zettler (P, 3b), baseball team has received his official appointment United States Air Force Academy.
• Cory Oberst, football team has received his official appointment and will be attending the United States Naval Academy.
• Cain Elliott (FIU)and signs full scholarships for football
• Marissa Blake signs fastpitch scholarship with Daytona State College
• Heather Knoop signs fastpitch scholarship with Pasco Hernando Community College
• Al Terek McBurse decided to continue his football career at Purdue University
• Student of the Month:
• September: 9th Grade - Jaime Heflin, 10th Grade - Esmer Tanuyan, 11th Grade - Lindsay Morris , and 12th Grade - Jeff Patton.
• October: 9th Grade - Keionna Sands, 10th Grade -Aseky Rivera, 11th Grade - Lynn Nader, and 12th Grade - Chantel Salado
• November: 9th Grade - Kylan Salem, 10th Grade - Joseph Jurbala, 11th Grade - Robert Jason Clement, 12th Grade - Sloane Henry
• January - 9th Grade - Lauren Tanuyan, 10th Grade - Nathan Dekrey, 11th Grade - Elizabeth Lammert , and 12th - Grade Andrew Boik
• February - Franco Franceschelli - 9th Grade, Tyler Patterson - 10th Grade, Sefanit "Sofie" Tucker - 11th Grade, Peter Romberg - 12th Grade
• March - Idanya Clark - 9th Grade, Enzo Menezes- 10th Grade, Charles Cintron - 11th Grade, Ashley Bittle- 12th Grade
• Interact has been recognized as an International club ~ They adopted a boy from Chile. Interact was the most active club on campus last year.
• Best Buddies won - Outstanding High School Chapter (a nationwide contest)
• Girls Volleyball: District Champion,
• Orlando Sentinel Player of the week: Macall Toohey
  Seminole Athletic Conference 1st Team: Macall Toohey - Senior and Shelby Pursley - Junior
• The Boys and Girls Cross Country team work together to bring home the Seminole Athletic Conference (SAC) Championship. Boys team was lead by individual champ Nathan Duby, 2nd place finisher Richie Kamaka, 5th place finisher Brian Dekrey and 7th place finisher Brett Hinds. The girls team was lead by 2nd place finisher Kristen Yocom, 8th place finisher Arielle Loupos and 10th place finisher Elizabeth Adams.

2007-08 Highlights

• As many of you know, Newsweek Magazine ranks high schools based on a formula that includes AP scores and IB scores. The new rankings have just come out and for the 4th year in a row WSHS ranks very highly. They rated us 326th out of more than 26,000 high schools in the U.S. This places us in the top 1% of all schools in the U.S.
• Symphonic Band earned straight superior ratings at the State Music Performance Assessment.  The accomplishment also earned the band program the Otto J. Kraushaar Award for superior ratings all year
• US Lacrosse All American - Tanner Gard – Defense
• Men's and Women's Cross Country Team wins Seminole Athletic Conference. Nathan Duby is Individual Champion
• Men's Cross Country Team wins Districts
• National Hispanic Recognition Program - Caroline Acha, Carolina Lock, and Gabriella Sweezey
• National Achievement Scholarship Program - Woroma Ejiowhor
• National Merit Semi-Finalist - Adrian Chase and Jenna Nikles
• Students of the Month
  • October: Nicole Ortega - 9, Shelby Guenthardt - 10, Emily Warrner - 11, and Jeremiah Rodriguez - 12
  • November: Jason Rotger - 9, Tyler Marino -10, Victoria Martin - 11 , and Jenna Nikles - 12
  • December: Joseph Giacona - 9, Sefanit Tucker -10, Elizabeth Holt - 11 , and Kyle Giesler - 12
  • January: Sydney Butler - 9th grade, Angel-Caleb Laureano - 10th grade
    Caroline Davoli - 11th grade, and Chung Heo - 12th grade.
  • February: 9th - Calliane Escudero, 10th - Carlos Ybarra, 11th - Alex Curley, 12th - Jenna Strathdee
  • March: 9th - Taylor Hoch, 10th - Nicole Hester, 11th - Briana Mincey, and 12th- Valarie Goulet
  • April: 9th - Taylor Hoch & Jocelyn Putzke, 10th - Nicole Hester & Eterria Wright, 11th - Briana Mincey & Austin Valle, and 12th- Valarie Goulet & David Daniels.
  • May: 9th -Vashti Bishop, 10th - Audrey Clark, 11th - Brittany Argentine, and 12th -Mindy Lampitelli
• Band of gold for earning straight superior ratings at Saturdays Marching Music Performance assessment. This is the third year in a row the band has earned straight superiors.
• Former Winter Springs player named to college All-American team. Congratulations to Amy Clampitt-Holsenbeck ('04) who has played the last four years at Florida Southern College, was recently named to the Daktronics Div II All American First Team. Amy is the daughter of Joyce Clampitt and Dan Holsenbeck. (Dan continues to support the Bears as the play-by-play announcer for girls soccer!) Congratulations Amy, we are all very proud of you. For the complete story, Click Here.
• National Board Certified Teachers: Megan Pankiewicz
• Athletic Scholarships:
• Lacrosse: Kristy Kemp - Queens College
• Baseball: Bryan Brown, Jordan Rasinski, Jake Huxtable, Austin Smith, and Anthony Figliolia sign with UCF, Nathan Edler - Newberry College, Ryan Fern - University of South Carolina Upstate and Steven Grimsley - Rollins College.
• Football: Jake Ciccarello- University of Albany, Okoye Manley- Charleston Southern University, Justin Brockhaus-Kann- University of South Florida
• Lacrosse: Tanner Gard signs with Presbyterian College
• Soccer: Andy Osborn and Philip Durand-Southeastern and Danny White-St. Leo
• Lacrosse: Stephanie Wiedenhofer, Rollins College and Brandi Jacobs, Queens University, Charlotte, NC
• Soccer: Sam Staut with Florida Gulf Coast University
• Cheerleading: Jenna Kolby with University of Central Florida
• Basketball: Woody Taylor with Eckerd College
• Nate Duby also set a new school record with his time of 16:03 in the 5k
• The following students placed in regional competition and will represent Winter Springs High School in the Business Professionals of America state competition to be held in February:

  Charna Blake	2nd—Presentation Management, Individual
  Woroma Ejiowhor	5th–-Administrative Support Concepts
  Ashlei Hodges	4th—Keyboarding Production
  Nicole Mannara	3rd—Basic Office Systems & Procedures and 2nd—-Video Production Team
  David Margolies	1st—Java Programming, 2nd—Administrative Support Concepts, 2nd—-Video Production Team and 4th—Information Technology Concepts
  Daniel Mongiove	1st—Software Engineering Team and 2nd—Java Programming
  Alexandra Pedicone	3rd–-Administrative Support Concepts and 4th–-Integrated Office Applications
  Christa Reynolds	2nd—Medical Office Procedures
  Courtney Samples	2nd—Fundamental Word Processing Skills
  Jordan Shih	1st—Software Engineering Team and 5th—Information Technology Concepts

• Congratulations to the following students who competed in the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference on May 7-11 , at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada: Daniel Mongiove & Jordan Shih 6th in the nation for Software Engineering Team. Charna Blake & Ashlei Hodges successfully completed the 2008 National Leadership Academy.
• Our computer animation and gaming program won the Alion 2007 Science Education Award for the use of technology in the classroom. The representatives from Alion, which is located in Research Park, presented the $2500 check to Dr. B and Dr. Gaught's class.
• Congratulations to all the Business Professionals of America members who competed in the Business Professionals of America State Competition on February 1-3, at Walt Disney World Hilton. Special recognition goes to the following people: Charna Blake for being accepted into the 2008 National Leadership Academy. Nicole Mannara for placing 1st in Basic Office Systems & Procedures, David Margolies for placing 1st in Insurance Concepts, and 4th in Java Programming, Daniel Mongiove & Jordan Shih for placing 1st in Software Engineering Team, Christa Reynolds, for placing 4th in Insurance Concepts and Jordan Shih for placing 2nd in Information Technology Concepts. These students will represent our school in the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference to be held in Reno, Nevada in May.
• Alex Curley, Matt Nereim, and George Mills all captured District championships for our wrestling team. Jake Gonzalez, Morgan Beveridge, Garret Glover, Kurt Francouis, Ian Seibt and Greg Gaught all placed 2nd. Brent Basich, Travis Wairick and Ryan Petro will all be competing for Winter Springs at Regionals.
• Congratulations to Winter Springs High School Thespian Troupe 5777! With 31 Thespian troupes competing in one of the toughest judging years to date, Troupe 5777’s play The Remarkable Susan received Straight Superiors and placed third among the district’s One Acts, automatically sending it to the state level competition.
• Congratulations to the Boy's Basketball Team for winning the 6A District 3 Championship, Semi Regional Champs
• State Wrestling qualifiers are: Matt Nereim - 125, Morgan Beveridge - 130, Greg Gaught - 215, George Mills - HWT
• Two Wrestlers finished as State Runner-up: Matt Nereim - 125 and Greg Gaught - 215
• Bryan Brown pitched a no hitter against Lake Mary in baseball in a 6 - 0 win
• Boy's basketball team defeats Orange Park 74-67 and will travel to Lakeland for the Final Four in 6A division.
• Robert Colonel makes finals at Harvard National Debate Tournament
• Bryan Brown throws his SECOND CONSECUTIVE NO-HITTER !
• Senior attack player Kristi Kemp signed with Charlotte, NC school, Queens University. Senior Attack player Chelsea Kent signed with Saint Francis University, PA. Both players were members of Florida's National Team in 2007.
• Three Wrestlers Name to Orlando Sentinel All Central Florida Wrestling Team; Matt Nereim, Morgan Beveridge, and Greg Gaught.
• Congratulations to the debate team for an outstanding national qualifying tournament in Gainesville. Qualifying to nationals in May in WI are: Robert Colonel in Student congress, Emily Haslam in Original Oratory, Chelsea Murray in Dramatic Interpretation, and Malik Priest and Kyle Parker in Duo interpretation. In addition Emily Kirby is first alternate in Original Oratory and Alex Godinho was 1st alternate in Declamation.
• Congratulation to winners of the Orlando Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication’s High School Writing Competition, Kalyn Franke and Melanie Abou-Jaoude.
• SHS won two trophies at the SCC competition Saturday, April 12th and placed SIX students in the top ten of each course shown below.

  The geometry team coached by Lois Arp placed 2nd place for a team trophy and the statistics team coached by Awilda Delgado placed 2nd place for a team trophy.

  Algebra I Top Ten - Marissa Hendrickson
  Geometry Top Ten - Ke Zhana and Ross Harrington
  Algebra II Top Ten - Paul Zielinski
  Pre-Calculus Top Ten - Cory Oberst
  Calculus Top Ten - David Daniels
  Statistics Top Ten - Austin Valle

• Ashley Evans set school record in Discus with a throw of 129' 7"
• 4 x 400 Relay team of Brett Hinds, John Rivera, James Rolle, and Nathan Duby set school record with a time of 3:22:14
• 4 x 800 Relay team of Brett Hinds, Richard Kamaka, John Rivera, and Nathan Duby set school record with a time of 7:52.11
• Nathan Duby sets school record in 800m with a time of 1:52.63

2006-07 Highlights

• US Lacrosse All American - David Drehoff – Attack
• Daniel Robie wins Seminole County teacher of the Year
• Kenneth Colonel won the Debate National Tournament last year in student congress. Our first National Champion.
• Alexia Ash and Eric First came in second place in International Public Forum Debate at the NFL Nationals in June in Philadelphia.
• WSHS scores an A. Congratulations to the students, parents, community, faculty and staff of Winter Springs High School for earning an A on the recently released Florida School Grades.
• Winter Springs High School Ranked in the Top 1% Nationally! For the third time, NEWSWEEK Magazine ranked the nation’s 27,468 high schools according to the Challenge Index. This year, ALL 8 of the Seminole County 4-year public high schools are ranked in the top 3% of the nation. (Hagerty HS and Quest Academy do not have seniors.) This is the second straight year that Seminole County Public Schools ranked in the top 3%!
• WSHS is an "A" school
• National Merit Winners - Michael Muller, David Thompson, Carlos Sierra, Michelle Abou-Jaoude, Keith McMillan, Nicole de Paz, Justin Wright, Jeremy Hsu, Jeremy Heuslein, Heather Niemetschek
• Girl's Cross Country team wins SAC Championship
• Robert Colonel placed 6th in Student Congress at the Florida Varsity State Debate Tournament (our first student to place at state). Kenneth Colonel was a finalist in Student Congress. Coach Wells was recognized as the Regional Coach of the year.
• The JROTC Bear Drill team returned from Lakeland last week crowned the overall State Champion drill team. The male team garnered three event firsts, plus one each second, fourth, fifth and sixth places. The Golden Bears female team collected a first, second, third, fifth and three sixth place positions. Chris Martinez capped the day with a seventh place finish in the armed knockout drill. When all was over, the Bears are again the best Army Drill Team in Florida for the third straight year – and the State Champs for six of the past seven years. Congratulations Bears.
• Senior soccer player Stephanie Avitabile is shown signing her National Letter of Intent, for Gardner-Webb University (NC).
• Football Scholarships: Lars Anderson- Boston College; Kris Vite - Concord; Cameron Thompkins - Illinois State
• Mike Kintz named new Head Coach for Football
• Five students qualified to nationals over spring break. They will all go to Houston in May to compete. Kenneth Colonel and Robert Colonel in Student Congress; Taryn Martin and Becca Magyar in Duo Interpretation; and Chelsea Murray in Dramatic Interpretation.
• Michael Muller our Disney Dreamer and Doer
• Prostart State Culinary Competition Winners - Senior Joseph Kelley accepting his 4th place award for Edible Centerpiece
• Prostart State Culinary Competition Winners - Seniors Matthew Ponziano, Scott Ward and Junior Taylor Tharp with their 5th place award for Waiters Relay. There were over 50 schools from all over the state in the competition.
• Softball Scholarship: for Christine Roser to Rollins College
• Andreinda Santiago and Taylor Grimes won 6th place in Duo Interpretation at Novice Debate States and Taylor Grimes also won 5th place in Dramatic Interpretation.
• Lacrosse Scholarships: Jessica Sundman Pfeiffer University in NC, Hayley Efland to Salisbury University MD, Katy Wick Penn State PA, Caitlin O'Rourke Queens University NC, Leah Manooch Queens University NC, Alexis Goldman to St. Andrews Presbyterian College NC
• Western Kentucky University baseball coach Chris Finwood announced on Wednesday that infielder Drew Morgan has signed a National Letter of Intent
• Tony Caldwell signs baseball scholarship with University of Miami
• Congratulations to the boy's 4x800 relay team and their spectacular performance at the Florida High School Association Track and Field Final. The team consisted of Brett Hinds, Richard Borger, Tommy Goodman, and Nathan Duby finished seventh. Nathan Duby came back only hours later in the prestigious 800 meter final and ran a flashing race to finish second and only a few meters away from victory. He shattered his previous personal best as he set a new school record of 1:54.50
• The Winter Springs High School Army JROTC Drill team returned from the National High School Drill Team Championships Monday, 7 May 2007, with multiple event trophies and the National fourth runner up title. During the exhausting two-day drill meet featuring the top 150 schools in the Nation, the team earned top 10 places in every event. Two cadets earned individual recognitions among nearly participating 4600 cadets. Judges rated Christine Pons the number two individual rifle exhibitionist in the United States and in the Armed Knockout Drill Angelina Ajdukovic earned the number 21 slot. The Winter Springs cadets have concluded this very successful season with multiple drill victories throughout the school year including the Army State Championship as well as this fourth runner up in the National Drill Championships.
• Congratulations to Lauren Cameron, Wilbert Gordon, David Margolies and Christa Reynolds, for competing in the Business Professionals of America National Conference on May 10 – 13, in New York. Special recognition goes to David Margolies for placing in the top ten for Administrative Support Concepts. Approximately 3, 500 high school students throughout the United States participated in this conference.
• Nathan Duby named Seminole County Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
• Students of the Month
  • August: Freshman- Arnold Mathews, Sophomore- Anisha Connelly, Junior- Chelsie Kohlberg, Senior- Aaron Burlison
  • September: Freshman- Alan Wright, Sophomore- Daniella Chavez, Junior- Stephanie Wiedenhofer, Senior- Bradley Kelly
  • October: Freshman- Rachel Griffin, Sophomore- Michael Corbett, Junior- Jeremiah Rodriguez, Senior- Amber Morris
  • November: Freshman- Morgan Carson, Sophomore- Jennifer Bucek, Junior- Alyssa Seholm, Senior- Metrah Pashaee
  • December: Freshman- Christina Flango, Sophomore- Nancy Leigh-Thompson, Junior- Christine Pulliam, Senior- Metrah Pashaee
  • January: Freshman- Elizabeth Lammert, Sophomore- Peter Romberg, Junior- Amber Pearson, Senior- Matt McKinnon
  • February: Senior- Jimmie Nelson, Junior- Matthew Cole, Sophomore- Marissa Clarkson, Freshman- Katie Webber
  • March: Senior- Nicole De Paz, Junior- Sabrina Berhow, Sophomore- Elizabeth Adams, Freshman- Malik Priest

2005-06 Highlights

• US Lacrosse All American - Casey Hodges - Attack
• The Lady Bears Lacrosse successful season resulted in a bounty of individual awards:
  All American:
  Katy Wick, Jr. Attack Wing
  Academic All American:
  Katy Wick, Jr. Attack Wing
  Hayley Efland, Jr. Defenseman
  Karen Eckel, Jr. Attackman
  Caitlin O'Rourke, Jr. Attack Wing
  Jill Wiest, Sr. Defenseman
• Congratulations to Andrew First, Chris Lako and Daniel Mongiove who competed in the Business Professionals of America National competition held at the Swan & Dolphin hotel in Orlando, FL from May 10 -13. Andrew First placed 1st place in the Java Programming event and was one of the top ten finalists in the Information Technology Concepts event.
• Casey Hodges was also selected as an All American in Boys Lacrosse for the state of Florida. Which is an extremely high honor.
• Men's 4 x 800 relay team of Johnny Prawl, A.J. Walker, Nathan Duby, and Tommy Goodman finished 2nd in the state meet.
• Yvonne George continued to demonstrate that she is not only one of the best jumpers in the county, but one of the best in the state. Yvonne finished 5th in the long jump with a leap of 17’10 inch. She then leaped 37’0 earning recognition as the 3 rd best triple jumper in the state.
• The first set of FCAT scores have arrived. We received the results of the FCAT Writes test on Thursday, April 20th GOOD NEWS for WSHS!!! We had a combined average score of 4.2 on a 6 point scale. This is up from last year (4.0) and ties the mark for the highest scores in school history. The state average was 3.9 and the district average was 4.0. In fact, 37 of our 10^th grade students received a perfect score on the exam. They will receive a free parking decal for next year.
• WSHS junior Brandon Hatchett finished 5th in the 152 lb. weight class at the NHSCA Junior National Wrestling Championships this past week in Pittsburgh. The 5th place finish earned him designation as an "All-American" with the NHSCA and puts him on the map nationally as a rising senior.
• Congratulations to members of the AP Computer Science Programming team, Andrew First, Jeremy Hsu, and Shawn Sirigampola, for their first place finish at a statewide programming competition this past weekend at the University of Florida.
• Congratulations to all the Business Professionals of America members who competed in the Business Professionals of America State Conference on Feb. 4-6 in Orlando, Florida. Special recognition goes to the following people: Andrew First for placing 1st in Administrative Support Concepts, Java Programming, Management/Marketing/Human Resources Concepts and 2nd place in Information Technology Concepts. Christopher Lako for placing 5th in Financial Math & Analysis and Daniel Mongiove for placing 2nd in Fundamental Word Processing Skills. These students will represent our school in the Business Professionals of America National Conference in May.
• Varsity women's soccer team from 2004-05, received a "Team Academic Award" from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for its outstanding academic achievements last year. (Team GPA was 3.7) There were only 315 teams in the nation to achieve this.
• Carmen Beasley named teacher of the year
• 16 students are National Merit Finalist - most in Central Florida
• Todd Cook's football animations get recognition from the Oviedo parents.
• Kay Miraglia– is National Board Certified Teacher!
• 2005 Lake Mary Art Festival: First Place Sculpture, "Angela Tagatac"
  Merit Awards in Photography, Jason Boldt & Brittany Sever
• 2005 Maitland Art Festival: First Place Sculpture "Alana Bevell"
• Yearbook Adviser, Steve Kendall, selected to be one of five advisers nationwide to help edit Taylor Publishing's "Yearbook Yearbook."
• Football team makes state play-offs
• Volleyball team makes state play-offs
• Scholarships:
• Christina Morgan swimming to Kentucky
• Brianna Barry signs a volleyball scholarship to Florida State University
• Daniel Rivera signs a wrestling scholarship with Old Dominion University
• Chris Krack signs a football scholarship with Eastern Kentucky
• Andrew Keel signs a football scholarship with Augustana College
• Zach Hillery signs a football scholarship with Florida State
• Yvonne George signs a Soccer scholarship with University of Central Florida
• Kristin Voirin signs a Soccer scholarship with Belmont-Abbey College
• David LeBar signs a Soccer scholarship with Holy Cross
• Dwayne Tolleson signs a Wrestling scholarship with Newberry College, SC
• Brittany Memoli signs a Fastpitch scholarship with Belmont Abbey.
• Carlos Mora signs a soccer scholarship with the University of Tampa
• Shakhea Moore-Hagins signs a volleyball scholarship with University of
  New Haven
• Students of the Month
• August: Sloane Henry, Alison Columbus, Trey McCarty, Todd Cook
• September: Britanny Fizgerald, Michelle Woods, Brendan Malafronte, Michael Dwyer
• October: Jennifer Bucek, Terry Juhl, Jeremy Heuslein, Katie Valle
• November: Michael Cioffi, Gabriella Sweezy, Marie Lenart, Derek Zink
• December: Karen Jenks, Michael Rhody, Caralyn Mander, Jenna Basham
• January: Matt Browning, Jerry Ervin, Mercedes Johnson, Lliani Giannoni

2004-05 Highlights

• Yearbook Awarded: First Place - Go For It - Theme Portfolio by Jostens Publishing; Silver Medallist by Columbia Scholastic Press Association; First Place Award by American Scholastic Press Association; Superior from Southern Interscholastic Press Association; First Place Award from Florida Scholastic Press Association; Adviser, Steve Kendall, invited to speak at Jostens National Sales Conference.
• Three new National Board Certified Teachers: Lois Arp, Alice Condari, and Paula Vickers
• WSHS scores an A for the third time in four years. Congratulations to the students, parents, community, faculty and staff of Winter Springs High School for earning an A on the recently released Florida School Grades. We can all be proud of the hard work and dedication that has gone into this success! Our students have over and over again shown they are Achieving the Dream with our support!
• Best Buddies International, Internationally selects 10 chapters to be Chapter of the Year, and for the 2003-2004 school year, our WSHS chapter has been selected as one of the top 10 Best Buddies chapters in the WORLD!
• 11 National Merit Scholars
• Scholarships:
• Vinnie Cucci signs a baseball scholarship with University of Central Florida.
• Brett Hodges signs a football scholarship with Wake Forest University.
• Kirsten Sosnowski signs a Volleyball scholarship with Samford University.
• James Caldwell signs a football scholarship with Western Kentucky.
• Emily Ryerson signs a Volleyball scholarship with Palm Beach Atlantic University.
• Antonio James 6'1" 240 has signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Mississippi Valley State University
• Daniel Dodge signs a soccer scholarship with Palm Beach Atlantic University.
• David Hagel signed National Letter of Intent with Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina to play lacrosse.
• Allison Ellis signs a swimming scholarship with Delta State in Mississippi.
• Anthony Brunshtein Grant in Aids and will be playing football at Maryville College (TN)
• Solomon Kearse and have signed Grant in Aids and will be playing football at Maryville College (TN)
• The Boys Cross Country team ran away with the team title at Thursday's, Oct 7th Seminole Athletic Conference Championships. They had 4 runners in the top 5 and were led by Kyle Jones who finished 1st in a time of 16:33.
• Kyle Jones named SAC Cross Country Runner of the Year.
• The Debate Team had an awesome tournament this weekend. Twelve students traveled to West Palm Beach for the National Qualifier. Five of the students qualified for Nationals in June, an unprecedented number for Winter Springs. Natasha Jubert qualified in Original Oratory. Brandon Blount and Lacey Lowers qualified in Public Forum Debate. Alexia Ash and Eric First also qualified in Public Forum Debate with a 6 – 0 record. Only two entries per event qualify for Nationals so Winter Springs closed out Public Forum Debate beating schools like Lake Highland Prep, Trinity Prep and Drefoos School of the Arts. In addition to qualifying in Public Forum, Eric First was also 1st Alternate in Congress. Jenna Freidman also made it through to the semifinal round in Extemporaneous Speaking. The five qualifiers will travel to Philadelphia in June to compete for the National title.
• Alexia Ash and Eric First came in second place in International Public Forum Debate at the NFL Nationals in June in Philadelphia.
• Twelve students traveled to West Palm Beach for the National Qualifier. Five of the students qualified for Nationals in June, an unprecedented number for Winter Springs. Natasha Jubert qualified in Original Oratory. Brandon Blount and Lacey Lowers qualified in Public Forum Debate. Alexia Ash and Eric First also qualified in Public Forum Debate with a 6 – 0 record. Only two entries per event qualify for Nationals so Winter Springs closed out Public Forum Debate beating schools like Lake Highland Prep, Trinity Prep and Drefoos School of the Arts. In addition to qualifying in Public Forum, Eric First was also 1st Alternate in Congress. Jenna Freidman also made it through to the semifinal round in Extemporaneous Speaking. The five qualifiers will travel to Philadelphia in June to compete for the National title.
• JROTC Drill Team - Winter Springs Army JROTC Drill Team battled it out at the Regional Drill Meet on Saturday held at Lyman High school. The Bears finished out with a first place overall trophy, and have already began to practice for the state meet on March 12th. Congratulations bears and good luck at states.
• Ashley Cleaver is the State Champion girls weightlifter at the 139lbs class. The team placed 4th. Amy Hartman was the State Runner-Up
• Congratulations to the Winter Springs girls soccer team, who placed 6 players on the Seminole Athletic Conference’s “All-Conference” teams. Players were voted on by coaches from the 7 member schools, for First, Second and Honorable Mention teams. Being selected the “All-Conference First Team” were junior Kristin Voirin and junior Yvonne George. Selected to the “All-Conference Second Team” were senior Lauren Affolter, and junior Michelle Ernest. And named to the “All-Conference Honorable Mention Team” were sophomore Erin Jacobs, and freshman Chrissy Scarlata. Congratulations to these fine players for being recognized by their opponents, for their hard work and excellent play.
• The WSHS Wrestling Team finished fourth out of 29 teams in the 3A-1 Region Championships this past weekend at Lyman High School. With five individuals placing in the top 4 of their respective weight classes, WSHS will be well- represented at the State Championships in Lakeland February 24-27. Dwayne Tolleson (130) and Brandon Hatchett (135) each won individual Region Titles, while Daniel Rivera (160) and Anthony Brunshtein (275) finished 2nd. Cameron Nereim (140) picked up the final state birth for the Bears with his 3rd place finish.
• Daniel Rivera became the third Winter Springs High School Wrestler to garner All-American honors by finishing in 5th place (69 kg/152 lbs)at the USA Wrestling/FILA Cadet National Wrestling Championships.
• Can you say "District Champs"? In overtime, the Men's Basketball team defeated the Oviedo Lions on Saturday night, Feb. 19th in the Winter Springs High School Gym. This is the first time the school's short history that the Men's Team has been District Champs.
• The Varsity Wrestling Team completed an outstanding State Tournament this past weekend in Lakeland, finishing 4th overall in the team standings. Sophomore Brandon Hatchett captured the 135 lb. individual state championship, becoming the second state champion in school history. Dwayne Tolleson also had an excellent tournament, finishing second in the 130 lb. weight class in a hotly contested 7-6 match. Anthony Brunshtein finished 4th in the 275 lb. weight class, and Daniel Rivera rounded out the state place winning performance with a 5th place showing in the 160 lb. weight class. Cameron Nereim also competed this past weekend, but fell short of placing. The four state place winners equal a team record with the 2002 team that finished 2nd overall. The coaching staff is extremely proud of their performance and wishes to thank and congratulate all the wrestlers on an outstanding season!
• Ben Finley, a sophomore chemistry honors student at Winter Springs High School, was selected to participate in the 2005 NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program.
• The team of Andrew Jensen and Lacey Lowers won the Novice State Public Forum
  Debate competition.
• Winter Springs High School dominated the STC Science and Technical Writing Competition for the last five years. Award Winners included the following students: Andrew First, Andrew Lai, Jeremy Hsu, Travis Pillow, Jackie Boehme, Nicole de Paz, Jason Kwong, Davis Tiblier. Two students, Andrew First and Andrew Lai moved on to the international competition and won First and Third Place.
• Congratulations to members of the AP Computer Science programming team! Eric First Andrew First, and Jeremy Shu for their 1st place finish at a State-wide programming competition held Friday at UCF.
• Congratulations to the following water polo athletes who made the 2005 all Seminole County Water Polo Team. Boys First Team: George Baker and Ross Bohlken. Girls First Team: Kayla Corkery and Ali Greene. Boy's Second was Matt Kovacik, Girls was Emily Simpson. Boys Honorable Mention: Corey Atkins and Tommy Lechner. Girls Honorable Mention: Caroline Ingoglia and Jessica Warrner.
• The following Girl's Lacrosse team members received recognition this year:
  First Team All Conference: Katy Wick
  Second Team All Conference: Hayley Efland
  Academic All Americans: Erin Ramsey, Brittany Tran, Brittany Bennie, Heather Barry, Jen Harvey, Jenna Basham, Lizzi Muller, Lindsey London, and Allison Adolphe.
  Katy Wick, Hayley Efland and Caitlin O'Rourke made the Florida All Star Team which will be traveling to Maryland in June to compete in the Cup of Nations Tournament, a high school tournament in conjunction with the Women's World Cup.

• BPA Regional Competition Winners -
Congratulations to the following for their tremendous achievement at the BPA Regional Competition held at Seminole Community College on January 7, 2005. The highlighted students will represent Winter Springs High School in the Business Professionals of America State Conference in February.

Individual Winners
Matt Bilskie * 1st Place – VISUAL BASIC Programming
Julia Bourg * 3rd Place – Administrative Support Concepts
Chris Cannizzaro * 5th Place – Information & Technology Concepts
Paulina Dela Cruz * 4th Place – Advanced Accounting
4th Place – Management/Marketing/Human Resources
2nd Place – Parliamentary Procedure Concepts
Eric First * 1st Place – JAVA Programming
5th Place – Management/Marketing/Human Resources
Casey Hodges * 2nd Place – Basic Office Systems & Procedures
Min Jiang * 4th Place – Financial Math & Analysis
David Jones 5th Place – JAVA Programming
Christopher Lako * 3rd Place – Financial Math & Analysis
1st Place – Management/Marketing/Human Resources
Daniel Mongiove * 1st Place – Keyboarding Production
Christa Reynolds * 1st Place – Medical Office Procedures3

Team Winners
Julia Bourg * 3rd Place – Administrative Support Team
Katelyn Busowski *
Lauren Cameron *
Choyce Middleton *

Jacob Bartoszek * 1st Place – Parliamentary Procedure Team
Cassie Breinlinger *
Paulina Dela Cruz *
Eric First *
Min Park *
Christina Rosario *
Sundeep Virk *
Jessica Yu *

* State Qualifiers

2003-04 Highlights

• Yearbook Awarded: First Place Group Theme Portfolio by Jostens Publishing; Silver Medallist by Columbia Scholastic Press Association; First Place Award by American Scholastic Press Association; Outstanding Table of Contents Design Award by American Scholastic Press Association; Awarded First Class with One Mark of Distinction by National Scholastic Press Association; First Place Award from Florida Scholastic Press Association; and an Excellent from Southern Interscholastic Press Association.
• Dale Phillips, was named Seminole County Assistant Principal of the year.
• Dr. Michael R. Blasewitz will be the new principal at WSHS. He comes to us from Edgewater High School in Orange County, Florida. The students, faculty, staff, and community would like to welcome him to BEAR COUNTRY.
• Allison Nowak's wood sculpture entitled, "Spike" won first place in the "Taste of Oviedo" art show over the weekend. Allison received two honors for this sculpture receiving both the school award and first place overall award.
• Winter Springs High School proudly announces that its Safe School Ambassadors Program, through SCPS, received national attention this morning at 8:10 AM on the Today Show with Katie Couric.
• Lois Arp named Teacher of the Year
• Amy Hartman won her second state weightlifting title with a bench press of 215 lbs. and a clean/jerk of 175 lbs. for a total of 390 pounds. Her total was 55 pounds more than the second-place finisher.
• Senior Tony Segretario on his State Weigh Lifting Title.
  Results: Anthony Segretario - 455-290-745; Bench Press - Clean & Jerk - Total
• Teachers Kris Cole, Jack Dearing, Trent Daniel, Jim Marshall and Brian Urichko were awarded a Top Program Award at Disney's Magic Kingdom on Saturday, Dec 13th. Congratulations to these teachers for their "Going Batty" Project.
• Two new National Board Certified Teachers: Mark Huaman and Martha Thomas. Mark and Martha join these elite ranks along with Maureen Warner, Trent Daniel and Donna Whelchel.
• Carolyn Guzman has been chosen as one of 30 finalists for the NASA Astronaut program. She has a B.S. degree in Mathematics Education and teaches Pre-calculus, AP Calculus AB, BC.
• Cadets receive awards on 4 October from Lieutenant Governor Toni Jennings after patriotic ceremony presentation.
• Students Qualify for Debate nationals:
• CFL Nationals in May in Boston: Jenna is going in Extemporaneous Speaking, Luke in Student Congress and Natasha in Original Oratory. (CFL is the top six in the region for each event.)
• For NFL Nationals in June in Salt Lake City. Luke is going in Extemporaneous Speaking. (NFL is the top 2 in the region for each event.)
• Scholarships:
• Kelsey Combes to play volleyball at Florida Southern.
• Lauren Starcher to play fast pitch softball at Rollins College.
• Tony Segretario to play football at Southern Illinois.
• Zach Waters to play football at Gannon University in Erie, PA.
• Tim Oliver to play football at Gannon University in Erie, PA.
• Amy Clampitt-Holsenbeck to play soccer at Florida Southern College.
• Natalie Wilmers to play Girl's Basketball at Rollins College
• Sara Nuxol to play Girl's Basketball at Middle Tennessee State University
• Cody St. Onge, signs with West Point Military Academy (Army).
• Pat Cucci, signs with Illinois State to play football
• Weston Grimes after he received his trophy and $1,000 scholarship from the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation on December 1.

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