CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT

GIRLS REGIONAL TRACK MEET

POSTED: 5/5/11
CONTACT: Holly Hartley

The 4X100m relay consisting of Brea G, Alonda D, Nikki M and Kailey W qualified to finals on Monday finishing 1st in their heat and them placed 3rd in the finals on Tuesday running the teams fastest time of the season.

The 4x200m relay consisting of Shalisa S, Nikki M, Alonda D and Brea G also qualified to finals on Monday and then placed 7th in the finals on Tuesday.

Madison M qualified to the finals on Monday in the 800m run by running her personal best and then placed 6th in the finals on Tuesday.

Kailey W qualified to the finals on Monday in the 400m dash finishing 2nd in her heat and then placed 7th in the finals on Tuesday. She was also anchor leg of the 4x100m relay.

Nikki M qualified to the finals in the long jump and finished 8th. She also ran 3rd leg on the 4x100m relay and 2nd leg of the 4x200m relay.

Our State Qualifier, Brea G, ran 1st leg of the 4x100m relay, anchor leg of the 4x200m relay, placed 4th in the long jump, 2nd in the shot put and 1st in the 100m hurdles! She will be competing in the 100m hurdles and shot put next Saturday in Austin at the State Track Meet.

BEST OF SHOW

POSTED: 5/2/11
CONTACT: RJ Williams

Congratulations to Doug M. who won Best of Show in the AISD Media Fair for his Black History Month video!

Terror Magazine by senior Tyler D was also honored as a Top 5 Spotlight Project. To view his project and other MHS student work honored at the fair, see Media Fair.

UIL SCIENCE

POSTED: 4/18/11
CONTACT: Libi Kruta

Please congratulate Jay A. and his UIL Science Team, Connor B., Abraham L., Michael L., and Matthew L. They came in 2nd at regionals, but qualified for STATE as the wildcard team. They actually had the 3rd highest score in the state at regionals!!!

AISD MEDIA FAIR

POSTED: 4/15/11
CONTACT: RJ Williams

Terror MagazineCongratulations to the following students (and their teachers) who placed in the AISD Media Fair! They will be honored in the 2011 Media Fair Showcase on Thursday, April 28.

ANIMATION
1st place Rachel S - Cold War
2nd place Orlando D - Smart Animation
3rd place Alice H - Mico & Jam's Forest Adventure
Honorable Mention Valerie S - The American Revolution

DESKTOP PUBLISHING
1st place Tyler D - Terror Magazine
3rd place Justin B - Mag Cover

DIGITAL GRAPHICS
3rd place Dustin H - G8 GXP Drawing

DIGITAL VIDEO
1st place Doug M - Black History Month News Video
2nd place Suzie C, Osmon M, Jamie S - Martin Out Loud

WEB DESIGN
1st place Jerrad H - Weather Site- Hayes
2nd place Rachel R - Weather Site- Richardson

Student projects will be displayed throughout the PDC from 6:00-7:00 pm. An Awards Ceremony will be held in the Grand Hall from 7:00-8:00 pm. You are welcome to join in the celebration of these students and their projects using technology!

LIFT-A-THON

POSTED: 4/15/11

LiftAThon 20 lifters over 300lb on the bench, 5 over 300 on the power clean.

Johnathan L benched the most at 370 lbs!

Area V FFA

POSTED: 4/14/11
CONTACT: Kristin Phillips

I had the opportunity to take two teams to the Area V FFA Contests. I took a Floriculture team and a Nursery/Landscape team. These two teams are a brand new addition to what the students were typicaly used to when they went to these competitions. The Floriculture team placed 9th in the area (We were only 3 spots away from going to State!!!!!!). The Nursery/Landscape team placed 11th in the area. I am proud of the hard work that the students put in and they are already geared uo to make sure we adavnce to state next year!

ONE ACT PLAY

POSTED: 4/14/11
CONTACT: Sara Giles

Yesterday, the JV tennis team competed in district and had great results. These kids have fought hard for their spot and to get where they are today. If you have any of these students, please congratulate them.

The jv tennis students are officially finished for the season. The good news is that they should not be missing anymore days due to tennis!! Thank you to all of you who have worked with our students and their many tennis absences!

ONE ACT PLAY

POSTED: 4/14/11

Our One Act Play competed at Regionals yesterday in Lubbock. They were up against 5 other plays. I am happy to announce that they are advancing to STATE! Only 8 teams in the state will get to perform at this level! The competition will be on May 11th in Austin on the UT campus. Woo Hoo! Way to go theater!

Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Connor L & Cara S
All-Star Cast: Laurel H & Tori R

DISTRICT 4-5A TRACK

POSTED: 4/15/11
CONTACT: Holly Hartley

The varsity girls track team WON the District 4-5A meetTuesday, April 12. The following is a list of the athletes that advanced to Regional Meet and the events they will competing in. Please congratulate them and wish them luck when you see them....they did an amazing job representing our great school this week!

Brea G - 100m hurdles, shot put, long jump, 4x1 relay and 4x2 relay
Nikki M - triple jump, long jump, 4x1 relay and 4x2 relay
Alonda D - 200m, 4x1 relay and 4x4 relay
Madison M - 800m and 1600m
Shalisa S - 200m, 4x2 relay and 4x 4 relay
Kailey W - 400m, 4x1 relay and 4x4 relay
Megan W - 4x4 relay
Julianne B - pole vault and 300m hurdles
Mikayla S - 4x2 relay
Jasmine H - alt. for 4x1 and 4x2 relays
Alexis W - alt. for 4x4 relay

View details and results of all 2011 District 4-5A Track Meet events

TEXAS RELAY GOLD

POSTED: 4/12/11

Senior Brea G. won the gold in the shot put at the Texas Relays, with a personal best of 48'4.5" (second best in the nation this year) and a second time to break the MHS record!

UIL BRONZE

POSTED: 4/11/11
CONTACT: Linda Altoonian

Please take time to congratulate the yearbook staff members. They were awarded not only Distinguished Merit but also a Bronze Star by UIL in Austin this weekend. Only 33 books throughout the state were distinguished with such an honor.

Additionally, the following students distinguished themselves individually:

Mary B. won for Headline Writing.
Raegan C. won for Feature Writing.
Jamie S. won for Feature Writing.
Victoria C. for Feature Writing.
Maddie D. for Sports Writing.
Briana R. for Profile Writing.
Becca R. for Profile Writing.

BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT CHAMPION

POSTED: 3/23/11
CONTACT: Cory L. Elolf

Congratulations to the Boys Soccer team for an outstanding Undefeated Distrct Championship with a record of 13-0-1 and an overall record of 19-3-2. We will play Odessa High at Shotwell Stadium in Abiliene on Tuesday. Thank you for your Support of Martin Soccer.

LADY WARRIOR SOCCER PLAYOFF INFO

POSTED: 3/23/11
CONTACT:Ruth Knight

Congratulations to the Lady Warriors for winning the 2011 Co- district championship!! We had an 11-1-2 district record and 15-4-2 overall record. It is our 9th consecutive and 19th District championship as well as our 23rd year in the playoffs!!! Bidistrict Game vs. Midland Lee at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene Tuesday March 29 at 2:00pm.

Thank you for everything you do to support the Lady Warrior Soccer teams! We hope you can make the trip to Abilene and know you'll be pulling for us even if you can't be there. Go Lady Warriors!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Coach Knight

VARSITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT

POSTED: 3/7/11
CONTACT: Derek Moore

Friday the Varsity Tennis Team went to Grapevine TX in order to participate one of the hardest tournaments of the year. We were able to gain incredible confidence due to our great results. Here are some of them.

Wrestling State Champs

POSTED: 2/27/11
CONTACT: Patrick Dunn

Over the weekend the wrestling team placed 4th as a team at the state wrestling tournament. We had 3 state placers.

130- Keith S 3rd place
145- Peter H STATE CHAMPION
285- Chandler F STATE CHAMPION

Texas Association of Journalism

POSTED: 2/25/11
CONTACT: Linda Altoonian

Please congratulate the following Phoenix Yearbook students for winning top honors in the Texas Association of Journalism Educators state-wide competition. These are extraordinary results.

Ravyn W - Excellent in Advertising Design
Stephanie D - Excellent in Advertising Design
Lauren T - Excellent in Headline Writing
Lauren T - Excellent in Academic Design
Mary Beth B - Excellent in Headline Writing
Raegan C - Excellent in Story Writing
Victoria C - Excellent in Story Writing
Kimberly J - Excellent in Student Life Design
Doug M - Excellent for Sports Action Photo
Brianna R - Honorable for Story Writing
Casey R - Superior for Headline Writing
Victoria C - Superior for Story Writing
Alicia S - Superior for Sports Writing

The yearbook also won Excellent in Sidebar Presentation, Excellent in Yearbook Theme, Excellent in Sports Design, Excellent in People Design and Superior in Headline Design.

SUNDANCERS AT SHOWTIME

POSTED: 2/22/11
CONTACT: Ashley Gaither

SundancersThe Sundancers competed this past Saturday at the Showtime Competition at McKinney Boyd High School. They did an outstanding job! Please help me in congratulating these young ladies on a job well-done. They have worked so very hard all year long and especially these past couple of weeks dealing with weather-related challenges (6 practices missed because of the weather!) Our goals were to stay positive, be friendly to each other and other teams, do our best performances each time we got on the court, and stay focused. In each area, our girls succeeded and surpassed! I cannot be more proud of their performances on and off the court.

As an extra special bonus, the girls received the following awards:

Team Circle of Champions (one of top 3 scoring teams of the whole competition)
Team Sweepstakes Award (Division 1 rating on all dances)
Team Judges Award (All dances with a score over 90)
Best in Class Team Military Dance
Best in Class Team Production Dance
Officer Circle of Champions
Officer Sweepstakes Award
Officer Judges Award
Best in Class Officer Jazz Dance
Best in Class Officer Hip Hop Dance
Runner-up Best in Class Officer Lyrical Dance

Junior Kickmaster Finalist: Meredith B
Senior Kickmaster Finalist: Chara N

Division 1 rating for the following solos: Haylie P, Brittney D, Alyssa B, Tami C, Sarah S, Courtney C, Cassidy L, Sophia F, Ashton R

Division 1 rating for a duet performed by Alyssa B and Brittney D

All-State BAND

POSTED: 2/12/11
CONTACT: Gordon Hart

Andrew D. placed 8th out of 42 french horns in the state, earning him a spot in the top ensemble, the symphony orchestra. He performed at the Texas Music Educators Convention & All-State Conference in San Antonio.

All-State Choir

POSTED: 2/4/11
CONTACT: Amanda Owens

The following choir students earned a place in the prestigious Texas All State Choirs:

All-State ChoirMichael B - 10th - - 1st chair Bass 2
Emma B - 10th - 6th chair Alto 1
Karon C - 9th - 8th chair Alto 1
Sean F - 11th - 6th chair Tenor 2
Mitch G - 12th - 1st chair Tenor 2
Reid H - 11th - 8th chair Tenor 1
Connor L - 12th - 1st chair Bass 1
Maddie M - 11th - 8th chair Soprano 2
Lauren S - 12th - 3rd chair Soprano 2
Cara S - 12th - 5th chair Alto 2
Allie W - 12th - 9th chair Alto 2

UIL Accounting

POSTED: 2/14/11
CONTACT: Ramona Wood

Sophia H placed 3rd in the Accounting UIL practice meet held at Mansfield Legacy High School this past Saturday. If you have Sophia in class, please congratulate her!

FBLA Area Leadership Conference

POSTED: 2/13/11
CONTACT: Griffin Goldstein

Please congratulate the following students for their accomplishments at the FBLA Area Leadership Conference. They have all qualified to compete in the state-level competition in April:

BOYS WRESTLING

POSTED: 2/13/11
CONTACT: Matt Spengler

Congratulations to the Boys Wrestling Team for their 2nd place finish at the Region II Championships.  The team had 2 individual champions and an additional 3 wrestlers advancing to the State Tournament.  Great Job Warriors!

MARTIN VARSITY GOLF TEAMS

POSTED: 2/10/11
CONTACT:MAX SPENCER

THE MARTIN VARSITY GOLF TEAMS WON 1ST AND 2ND IN THE SOUTH HILL HIGH INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT AT PECAN VALLEY ON TUESDAY. JOHN GANSS FINISH WITH AS 3RD PLACE OF THE FIELD OF 40+ PLAYERS. CONGRATULATIONS GOLFERS.

Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists 2010 National Winners

POSTED: 1/24/11
CONTACT:Linda Altoonian

Congratulations to the following students for being declared by the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists as the 2010 National Winners:

Ravyn W for her Yearbook Advertising Designs.

and Grant D for his Yearbook feature photo.

Both students have won the Gold Key Award and are eligible to apply for one of the Edward J. Nell Memorial Scholarships in Journalism. Way to go!

2010 National Journalism Winners

POSTED: 1/11/11
CONTACT:Linda Altoonian

Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists National Winners are

Ravyn W for her Yearbook Advertising Designs.
Grant D for his Yearbook feature photo.

NCA High School National Championship

POSTED: 1/11/11
CONTACT:DL

To continue the congratulations to the National Championship cheerleaders for their awesome weekend in Dallas.

These girls are also on the large novice team: Katie M, Niki N, Meagan P, Susie R, Rylee R, Alexis S, Devert S, Maddie S, Candice S, and Madeline W.

2011 MHS Large Novice Routine

The following girls are on the small intermediate team that won their division in Dallas:

Ashley B, Peighton F, Ainsley H, Brittany H, Haylie J, Riley J, Brianna K, Felicia L, Heidi M, Lindsay M, Shanice P, and Taylor S

2011 MHS Small Intermediate Routine