- Caldwell High School (Caldwell, Texas)
Caldwell High School is a
secondary school inCaldwell, Texas . Its principal is John Meckel and vice-principal is Vicki Ochs.According to the
Texas Education Agency , Caldwell is a Recognized and Exemplary School. On April 4th, 2007, the Caldwell High School Band won First divisions across the score board at the 3AUIL Concert & Sightreading contest and took home the sweepstakes trophy.The Band
The Caldwell High School band can be known for its talented performers. Directors of the band are William Foster and Todd Phillips. Jodi Addison, flutist, made ATSSB State. Lucas Schoppe, Jennifer Erchinger, and Robyn Luna advanced to the State Solo&Ensemble Competition held at Texas State University-San Marcos in both 2006 and 2007. The Caldwell High School band picked D.Lester Sheppard & Robyn Luna as the drum majors for the 2007-2008 school year (look below for Drum Major timeline). The 2006 - 2007 school year was a good year for the Caldwell High School Band. They earned Division 2 in Marching Contest and Division 1 in both concert and sightreading contest. The Band has not earned a sweepstakes or special sweepstakes trophy since 2002. Recent halftime shows include:2007 - Paul Simon; 2006-Jazz; 2005-Latin; 2004- The Lord of the Rings; 2003- The Beach Boys.The band's show for the '08-'09 year is "Latin Jazz" Featuring music from Chuck Mangione, and Santana.
Drum Major Timeline
2008-2009 Owen Foster & Shawn Roche2007-2008 D. Lester Sheppard & Robyn Luna2006-2007 D. Lester Sheppard & Robyn Luna2005-2006 Jennifer Erchinger & Robyn Luna2004-2005 Michael Gaskins & Aurora Munoz2003-2004 Matthew Schielack & Deborah Beran
*D. Lester Sheppard made history in 2006, becoming Caldwell High School's first African American Drum Major in the 80-odd years the program has been running.
The Theatre Arts Department
The Caldwell High School Theatre Arts Department is known state wide for their growing talent. For the past two years they have conducted a One-Act Play Festival with over 25 schools in attendance and nationally renowned directors as clinicians. The director of the department since the 2006-2007 school year has been Elizabeth Munoz. In 2007 the Caldwell High School Theatre Department's One Act Play was Alternate to Regionals with their production of "Anatomy of Gray". Receiving individual acting awards were: Kayla Gaar- Best Actress (Area)/ All Star Cast (District) Benton Arnett- Best Actor (District)/All Star Cast (Area), Gavin Bartnesky-All Star Cast (District), Kayla Wilson-Honorable Mention (District), Sara Grieg-Honorable Mention (Area), Daniel Ferguson-Honorable Mention (Area), Blake McCoy-Outstanding Technician and Anna Zamarripa- Outstanding Technician. In 2008 they have been awarded Advancing Play to Area with "The Women of Lockerbie". Receiving individual awards were: Kayla Gaar- Best Actress, Kayla Wilson-All Star Cast, Owen Foster- All Star Cast, Stephanie Stutts- Honorable Mention and Bobby Mikulin-All Star Crew. The Area competition will be held on April 4, 2008.
Recently, the Caldwell High School Theatre Arts Department placed 3rd in the 3A Conference State competition.-
The Great Fire of 2006
On March 23, 2006, suspects entered Caldwell High School and set fire to the Chemistry lab. The room was a loss. Prior to the fire, the school had recently installed an extensive security camera system, including one directly outside of the room. Following the incident, the school was cited for having not completed the recommended amount of fire drills per year and having non-working fire alarm systems. Also following the fire, school closed for 3 days and finally reopened smelling of smoke and burning cherry blossoms. Even though the scent was supposed to not make anyone sick, it did. Students were relocated to another classroom where they can be quoted as saying "we had a grand time learning about chemistry".
Famous Alumni
Charlie Krueger (American football player) - Defensive Lineman,
San Francisco 49ers , 1959-1973Jason Carter - Wide Receiver,
Carolina Panthers John Symank , American football player and coachLou Ida Marsh-Director and critic
Links
Caldwell Independent School District Website http://www.caldwell.k12.tx.us
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