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Elayna Ainsworth
Kelsey Day
Kenzie Day
Marissa Ellis
Britney Evans
Cloe McCullough
Ana Ramirez
KK Ramirez
Prause Rising Above and Beyond
On November 3rd, Amy
Prause High school English
teacher, was recognized by
Mrs. Bairds as the Teacher on
the Rise after being nominated by Cole Royal.
Mrs. Baird’s Bread
and United supermarkets are proud
to host this program in 2016-2017
this school year.
Throughout this
school year, students can log onto
www.MrsBTeacher.com and
fill out a brief entry on why
their teacher(s) deserve special recognition. The winning
teacher receives a $100 United Supermarkets/Market
Street/Amigos gift card and a
$100 VISA gift card, and the
student who nominated their
teacher will receive a $50 gift
card. “The Teachers on the
Rise Program honors these
teachers who go above and
beyond the call of duty for
their students and we are
proud to bring this program
to the South Plains, ” said
Mrs. Baird’s Director of sales
Jerry Cureton. To follow the
Teachers On The rise Program
throughout the school year,
including the latest monthly
winners at the Mrs. Baird’s
and United Supermarkets
Facebook pages go to:
www.facebook.com/
mrsbairds.
Smyer participates for October Awareness Month
Seniors won the Battle
of the Classes with 86%
of the senior class
wearing blue.
Many of the faculty and
students of Smyer High
School participated in Drug
and Breast Cancer Awareness week by showing off
there spirit. The week of
October 24th was Monday
hat day, Tuesday twin day,
Wednesday pink day,
Thursday battle of the classes, and Friday was costume day. Battle of the
classes was a day where
each class wore a different
color for their class spirit
and seniors were blue, juniors were orange, sophomores were red, freshman
were white, 8th was black
and 7th was green. The winners were the seniors. On
Friday, to support Cancer
Awareness everyone shined
bright in their neon pink
shirts at the game, and student council went out to
support our Bobcats and
raise money by passing a
boot around for the American Cancer Foundation.
They raised a total of
$613.45.
Seniors win the Battle of the
Classes by wearying blue.
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Varsity girls and Jerrod
Fowler participated in
the District cross country meet in the Yoakum County Golf
Course.
8 athletes travel on a cross country journey
7 Ladycat athletes and 1 Bobcat athlete trip over to the
Plains golf course on
10/11/12 to run the District
cross country meet
with 5 other schools:
Sundown High,
Plains High, Tahoka
High, and Seagraves
High. The athletes
participating in this
event from Smyer
ISD were: Junior,
Jazmine Lee; Jazmine completed the course with the
time of 15:14.90, she placed
11th; Sophomore, Elayna
Ainsworth; Elayna completed
the course with the time of
15:49.82, she placed 12th;
Senior, Kelsey Day; Kelsey
completed the course with
the time of 16:32.25, she
placed 16th; Junior, Anastacia
Ramirez: Anastacia completed the course with the time
of 16:35.13, she placed
18th ;Freshman, Myranda
Ramirez; Myranda completed
the course with a time of
17:35.12, she placed 26th;
Sophomore, Britney Evans;
Britney completed the course
with the time of 17:35.12,
she placed 27th; and Sophomore, Mackenzie Day; Mackenzie completed the course
with the time of 18:08.32,
she placed 30th . 31 varsity
girls ran at this meet. Smyer
High School also had a male
athlete travel over along with
the girls to compete in the
same meet. Senior, Jerrod
Fowler; Jerrod completed
the 3 mile course with a time
of 19:27.80, he placed 10th. The
top 10 athletes to finish would
be taken to regionals as an individual and top 3 teams would
also be taken to regionals, none
of the Smyer Ladycats placed
top 10 but they placed 3rd as a
team ; therefore, the Smyer
Ladycats along with the Sundown Roughnecks and the
Plains Cowgirls made it to regionals by placing as a team;
placing 1st was Sundown, 2nd
Plains ,and 3rd Smyer. On the
other hand Jerrod Fowler from
Smyer High School placed 10th
as an individual; Jarrod made it
to regionals as an individual.
On 10/28/16 the 7 seven athletes that represented Smyer at
the District meet now represent
Smyer once again at the Region-
Smyer band marches to a superior rating
“It was fun to be a
part of a band
who could receive
a 1. I love them
all.”
-Alexis DeLeon
The Smyer Bobcat Band competed at the UIL Marching
Competition at Lowery Field
Saturday October 22th. They
received a superior rating and
overall received a 1, 2, and 1
from the judges. Band director
Julie Tefertiller said “I was very
excited; the students really
came through. We had a difficult show that I felt was very
entertaining to watch. The
students had to focus every
second to make it happen. I
was excited for them!”
The band met early Saturday
morning to practice before
the competition at Lowery
field. The four drum majorsAryiah Stith, Austin Brown,
Ryan Cantu, and Alexis DeLeon- saluted before the performance and directed the band
to a successful outcome as
they played Jaws, Godzilla,
Cruella Deville, and Imperial
March. As the band marched
off the field, Mrs. Tefertiller
gave a speech about how
proud and honored she was to
be the Smyer band director
and how great the performance was. Given a superior
rating from the judges, the
band received a trophy. Senior
Alexis DeLeon said “It was fun
to be a part of a band who
could receive a 1. I love them
all.” The band ate at Furrs in
Lubbock and traveled safely
back home with grins and giggles.
Junior high students participate in Honor Band auditions
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The Junior High Honor Band
Competition was Saturday
November 5th in Levelland.
The students who participated
were Christine Cisneros- flute,
Zachary De Leon- clarinet,
Anna Garcia- tuba, Will Overstreet- euphonium, Andres
Pizano- trumpet, Karime Prieto
-flute, and Autumn Stith- saxophone. The students competed
against 1A-4A schools. Andres
Pizano placed 2nd chair on
trumpet, Will Overstreet
placed 3rd chair on euphonium,
Anna Garcia placed 7th chair on
tuba, and Logan Villegas became 1st alternate on Tenor
Saxophone.
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Say it Loud; say it PROUD!
On Monday October 17, the Smyer
Varsity Cheerleaders heldtheir 5th
annual mini cheer camp. At the
camp the girls were split up in
groups K-3 and 4-6. Each group
learned three cheers each and a
dance during the camp and also
played games. At the end of camp
the parents of the mini cheerleaders came and watched the girls
show them everything that they had
learned. Hailey Casias, a senior this
year, has cheered all four years of
high school. Hailey said, “The past
four years of mini cheer camp have
been incredible for me. I love being
able to teach the younger kids how
to cheer, and I’ve enjoyed watching
them grow up and get better and
better every year. It’s nice to know
that there are little ones looking up
to you; wanting to be just like you.”
The girls preformed on Friday October 21, during the Pep Rally. First,
all of the girls preformed a cheer
called “Go Big Blue and White”
together. Next the K-3 grade group
preformed the two cheers they had
learned- “Were Here” and “Spirit.”
Then the 4-6 grade groups pre-
formed the cheers that they had
learned: “Hey- Hey
Bobcats,” and
“Bobcats Louder
Now.” Lastly all of
the girls preformed
their dance that was
called “Swagger Jagger.” Kira Posadas, a
third grader said,
“My favorite part of cheer camp
was learning and preforming the
dance over and over again.”
students
Elementary participates in mock election
On November 2, 2016, 3rd
through 6th grade participated in
a mock presidential election.
The teachers found out about
the online mock election
through Studies Weekly,
https://vote.studiesweekly.com/
vote/results, the curriculum
they use for social studies. They
spent several days discussing
the process of voting and the
presidential candidates. Out of
the Smyer elementary, Donald
Trump had 90 votes, Hillary
Clinton had 24 votes, Jill Stein
had 8 votes, and Gary Johnson
had 5 votes. Out of all of the
elementaries that participated
in the US, Hillary Clinton had
48.5% of the votes, Donald
Trump had 36.5% of the votes,
and Jill Stein and Gary Johnson
both had 7.4% of the votes.
Chess Club continues to grow
Cari McCullough has been sponsoring the Smyer Chess Club for
8 years. 2nd through 8th grade
can become members of the
Chess Club. Most of the members arrive at school at 7:00 AM
once a week to practice. The
Chess Club can participate in
UIL chess in December and usually goes to at least one tournament in the spring that is host-
ed by the Texas Tech chess
program. On Tuesday, October
25, 2016, the chess club had
Alex Onischuk, the Director of
the Texas Tech Chess Program,
come to give a UIL Chess workshop to the 4th through 8th
graders. He gave them some
history of the game, some
pointers on good strategies,
and went over solving chess
“The
puzzles. Cari McCullough said, “I
love having chess club! It is a
great motivator for the students
that are involved. It gives them
an opportunity to be involved in
something that is
different from the normal school routine, but
still helps their problem
solving skills and selfcontrol.”
enjoyed the
experience
of voting.” Mrs. Eudy
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FFA students show at the Fair
Many FFA students participated
in both South Plains Fair and
West Texas Fair to show off
their skills and to prepare for
upcoming big shows.. The West
Texas Fair took place on September 8th. Katelyn Ramirez had
a 2nd place Duroc and a 2nd place
Spot. Ethan Ramirez had a 5th
place Hamp and a 4th place Meat
Pen Rabbits. Kayden Gillit had a
3rd place Spot and a 9th place
Meat Pen Rabbits. The South
Plains Fair Ag Mechanics Show
took place on September 24th.
All of the projects were worked
on by many Ag students; the
projects were not worked on
individually. In the Large General Shop category there was a
1st place Folding Metal Rack,
2nd place Shop Table, 3rd place
Bottle Storage Cage, and a 4th
place Shop Table. In the Small
General Shop category there
was a 3rd place Plasma Cart. In
the Large Livestock category
there was a 2nd place Cattle
Chute. In the Large Recreational/Home category there
was a 3rd place BBQ Pit, 4th
place Bed Frame, 5th place
Double T Propane Fire Pit, 6th
place Wooden Fajita Cooker,
and a 7th place LED Double T
Stand. In the Small Recreational/
Home Category there was a Black
Fajita Cooker, 2nd place Ford Tailgate Bench, 3rd Black Fajita Cooker, Hanging Fire Pit, Large Fajita
Cooker and a Outdoor Bench.
The barrow show for the South
Plains Fair was on September 25th.
Katelyn Ramirez had a 1st place
Hamp and a 2nd place Duroc. Ethan
Ramirez had a 4th place Spot. Kayden Gillit had a 2nd place Spot and
Breed Champion Duroc. Ag teacher Mr. Gillit said “All of my students worked very hard and I am
very proud of them.”
Fun was had by all at the Fall Festival
“The fall festival
was a fun
experience for my
friends and family “
Ethan Ramirez
8th Grade
The Fall Festival was on Saturday, October 29th. The whole
Smyer community enjoyed
candy, games, a haunted house
and a special guest that kissed
a pig!
The FFA thought the festival
was extremely successful and it
exceeded all of their expectations. The high school seniors
got together to form a haunted
house for the families and kids
of Smyer. They dressed up and
scared people through all of
the locker rooms. The fall
festival set up a lot of booths
for organizations. The booths
offered games and handed out
candy for the kids.
Before the fall festival the
school asked the kids of Smyer
to put coins in a bucket to see
who would have to kiss the
pig. Many kids put coins in the
bucket but the winner of the kissing
the pig challenge was Mr. Igo. Mr.
Igo was the one with the most
coins in his bucket.
The whole festival was a huge success for the Smyer community and
the FFA. Everyone enjoyed the
games candy and entertainment.
Spanish Students show their skills!
Edgar, Jerrod, and Ryan
placed 3rd in the Creative Competition.
Smyer High School’s Spanish club members participated in the “Language and
Culture Day” at Texas
Tech on Friday, October
28th.
Kassidy Armes, Ryan
Cantu, Allison Chandler,
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Kade Stewart, Cayden
Hayes, Jerrod Fowler, Edgar Gonzalez, Joel Gonzalez, Adamary Prieto, Adam
Prieto, Randy Juarez, and
Dominic Lucero all participated in the “Language and
Culture Day”. Kassidy
Armes and Allison Chan-
dler placed second in the
Culture Competition giving
them a prize of 50 dollars.
Kassidy and Allison chose
the theme of Mexican culture. They then proceeded
to decorate their own table, they dressed the part
as well, using face paint.
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Honor Roll
Chloe Horn
Victoria Bradley
Mariposa Juarez
Connor Brock
1 Grade
Ella Kirkland
Meiah Dominguez
Jaelyn Blackwell-Hayes
Aaliyah Lopez
Merrill Hernandez
Cole Braker
Jose Paredes
Cadence Marquez
Titus Carr
Izabella Ramirez
Brock Royal
Layla Evans
Kurt Royal
8th Grade
Daxton Garner
Maegan Smith
Jaden Fuentes
Amelia Martinez
Rylan Smith
Frank Hernandez
Daniel Paredes
Mattie St Clair
William Overstreet
Makayla Pittman
Katherine Steele
Autumn Stith
Evie Puente
5th Grade
9th Grade
2ne Grade
Madelyne Brown
Brendon Johnson
Adelynn Grisham
Valeria Juarez
Calvin Neal
Tessa Perez
William Medart
Levi Sinclair
3 Grade
Ally Riedel
Kade Steward
Kayden Gillit
Gavin St Clair
10th Grade
Savannah Jourden
Trystan Steward
Judson Locke
Mariana Lara
6th Grade
11th Grade
Kelley Martinez
Xavier Avitia
Aryiah Stith
Ismael Pizano
Dionna Basnight
Cloe McCullough
Rylee Riedel
Mackenzie Bradley
Shanna Tate
Sebastian Rodriguez
Madison Bridgeman
Lauren Taylor
4 Grade
Kristen Gonzaloez
12th Grade
Shelbi Albert
Cameron Gutierrez
Kassidy Armes
Jaylen Basnight
Mollie Norman
Kaitlin Franklin
Ronaldo Corral
Andrew Overstreet
Mykayla Ortiz
Devyn Crouch
Allyson Rodriguez
AB Honor Roll
Jaxon Fetsch
Benjamin Steele
1st Grade
William Grisham
7th Grade
Kaidi Albert
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Conner Bradberry
4th Grade
Jayden Martinez
Madilyn Chavez
Nicholas Baker
Rebecca Rocha
Micah Elkins
Blakeley Cage
Jaelynn Shaw
Logan Jones
Michaell Castellano
Deacon Trevino
Isaiah Lopez
Mattheu Corder
Katelyn Womack
Braylee Mawson
Ethan Deleon
6th Grade
Heaven Sifuentes
Kassandra Gomez
Harlie Adams
Jackson Stone
Ryley Herrin
Lexie Ainsworth
Korbyn Trejo
Heather Huffman
Jordan Bartlett
2nd Grade
Berenicce Lara
Gabriela Bascues
Katelyn Albus
Tayler Newsom
Landon Benevedes
John Drachenberg
Jakob Riedel
Brandon Carpenter
Jada Hernandez
Erin Rossiter
Faith Dominguez
Alexandra Martinez
Nathaniel Sifuentes
Autumn Escamilla
Blackely McMurry
Zechariah Sifuentes
Chloe Escamilla
Mason Medart
Ashlynn Teague
Jocelynn Evans
Joseph Oakley
Preston Vasquez
Paris France
Marshall Schaap
5th Grade
Makenzie Howard
Mykal Self
Cody Armes
Deliyah Lemer
Paige Smith
Ava Avitia
Francesca Martinez
Scarlett Winegeart
Dyamond Baker
Keller Martinez
Skylar Wiseman
Dawson Brock
Kayla Medrano
3rd Grade
Gavin Carr
Zoe Patridge
Alejandro Bascues
Ryleigh Childers
Landon Polk
Lynzie Benevedes
Mersaydes Corder
Dessaria Ramirez
Jaten Fetsch
Levi Dewbre
Zachary Sigala
Noah Gonzales
Giovann Garcia
Kaden Smith
Malakai Johnson
Juan Gil
Sydney Sumrow
Kira Posadas
Jackson Griffin
Tessa Thomas
Alexis Swint
Christian Hernandez
Alex Torrez
Daisy Hernandez
Sladen Varnell
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Perfect Attendance
7th Grade
9th Grade
Damien Martinez
Angel Arzate
Reilly Casillas
Anastacia Ramirez
Hailey Castellano
Brody Childers
Katelyn Ramirez
Mandy Caton
Obadiah Escamilla
Harleigh Sumrow
Kyan Collins
Patricia Garcia
12th Grade
Isreal Gonzalez
Luke Martin
Rebecca Carroll
Kagen Haywood
Logan McKandles
Colby Casas
Alyssa Hernandez
Myranda Ramirez
Hailey Casias
Haili Herrin
Garrett Reno
Kelsey Day
Jazlyn Lee
Cole Royal
Alexis Deleon
Noah Norman
Hunter Smith
Marissa Ellis
Caleb Northcutt
Jonathan Tate
Jerrod Fowler
Jayden Pearce
Sarah Tate
Kaily Murphy
Samuel Shaw
Ashlynne Vine
Lindsey Myers
Adley Smith
10th Grade
Cordell Ostrander
8th Grade
Mackenzie Day
Perfect Attendance
Mikaela Baker
Annamarie Edwards
Pre-K
Shaun Baker
Britney Evans
Paislee Clabaugh
Luis Bascues
Joel Gonzalez
Caitlin Dailey
Zachary Deleon
Hannah Nichols
Gracelyn Gonzalez
Cierra Flores
Julio Piaz
Ian Lozano
Marcus Garcia
Zoey Roberson
Morgan Pittman
Gilberto Gil
Star Simmons
Tanner Price
Jaden Lee
Kennlee Tate
Sarai Rodriguez
Jenna Lee
Matthew Torrez
Aubrii Soto
Andres Pizano
11th Grade
Kindergarten
Karime Prieto
Haley Crawford
Addison Corder
Ethan Ramirez
Hayden Franklin
Caiden Dailey
Logan Villegas
Jazmine Lee
Dontae Evans
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Bella Garcia
Carmen Castro
Addison Barajas
Kamryn Gillit
Adelynn Grimsham
Jaylen Basnight
Benjamin Griffin
Jada Hernandez
Keeth Brister
Halston Kimbell
Miranda Juarez
Blakeley Cage
Dejah King
Blakely McMurry
Matheu Corder
Stephen Medina
Mason Medart
Ronaldo Corralo
Kaleb Oakley
Joseph Oakley
Devyn Crouch
Alexis Oliver
Marshall Schaap
Tiffany Diaz
Lillian Rodriguez
Chance Oakley
William Grisham
Jeremiah Sifuentes
Andrew Upchurch
Ryley Herrin
Jaeton Brown
3rd Grade
Chloe Horn
Josiah Castle
Alejandro Bascues
Heather Huffman
1st Grade
Santos Butler
Mariposa Juarez
Kaidi Albert
Devin Deleon
Jose Montoya
Joaquin Bascues
Madason Diaz
Tayler Newsom
Jaelyn Blackwell-Hayes
Jaten Fetsch
Izabella Ramirez
Titus Carr
Lily Garcia
Erin Rossiter
Madilyn Chavez
Kayden Gillit
Kurt Royal
Layla Evans
Noah Gonzales
Mattie St Clair
Daxton Garner
Savannah Jourden
Preston Vasquez
Braylee Mawson
Kelley Martinez
5th Grade
Makayla Pittman
Trenten Parcells
Dyamond Baker
Heaven Sifuentes
Caleb Pearce
Dawson Brock
Ava Soto
Ismael Pizano
Vonte Brown
Jackson Stone
Kira Posadas
Gavin Carr
2nd Grade
Alexis Swint
Ryleigh Childers
Keagan Albus
Da’majay Williams
Mersaydes Corder
Teiara Benevedes
4th Grade
Levi Dewbre
Kimberly Carpenter
Shelbi Albert
Jackson Griffin
Edward Castellano
Nicholas Baker
Christian Hernandez
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Perfect Attendance cont.
Daisy Hernandez
Andrew Overstreet
Luis Bascues
Jadyn Johnson
Landon Polk
Reese Bolen
Jesus Juarez
Dessaria Ramirez
Javier Castillo
Kylie Lee
Ashley Rossiter
Abigail Chandler
William Medart
Zachary Sigala
Jaden Fuentes
Alicia Moore
Benjamin Steele
Adriana Garcia
Joana Pizano
Tessa Thomas
Frank Hernandez
Rebecca Rocha
Alex Torrez
Madison Howard
Jaelynn Shaw
Jenesis Alvarez
Angel Juarez
Gavin St Clair
7th Grade
Jenna Lee
Trystan Steward
Victoria Bradley
Mercy Martinez
Deacon Trevino
Bronson Bridgeman
Carson Moore
Katelyn Womack
Connor Brock
Melodye Morgan
6th Grade
Mandy Caton
Harlie Adams
Krista Chandler
Duncan Oatrander
Lexie Ainsworth
Kagen Haywood
Jordan Bartlerr
Alyssa Hernandez
Gabriela Bascues
Merrill Hernandez
Dionna Basnight
Haili Herrin
Landon Benevedes
Jazlyn Lee
Madison Bridgeman
Cadence Marquez
Brandon Carpenter
Noah Norman
Victoria Diaz
Matilda Ramirez
Jocelynn Evans
Brock Royal
Kristen Gonzales
Samuel Shaw
Cameron Gutierrez
Adley Smith
Makenzie Howard
8th Grade
Keller Martinez
Mikaela Baker
Mollie Norman
Shaun Baker
Andres Pizano
John Quintanilla
Amariah Ramos
Matthew Rocha
Autumn Stith
Nathaniel Sumrow
Ethaniel Villegas
9th Grade
Kaylee Allen
Reilly Casillas
Brody Childers
Patricia Garcia
Brock Hahn
Jazlynn Harris
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Perfect Attendance cont.
Brendon Johnson
Matthew Torrez
Dominic Lucero
11th Grade
Angel Luz
Haley Crawford
Luke Martin
Daniel Deleon
McKinley Murphy
Hayden Franklin
Calvin Neal
Edgar Gonzalez
Aaron Orosco
Randy Juarez
Myranda Ramirez
Jazmine Lee
Garrett Reno
Damien Martinez
Cole Royal
Cloe McCullough
Jolie Simmons
Anastacia Ramirez
Levi Sinclair
Katelyn Ramirez
Hunter Smith
Gilbert Sanchez
Timothy Steele
Aryiah Stith
Kade Steward
Chance Sturgeon
Johnathan Tate
Kyle Sumner
Eduardo Trevino
Harleigh Sumrow
Ashlynne Vine
12th Grade
10th Grade
Kaila Albus
Elayna Ainsworth
Kassidy Armes
Mackenzie Day
Justin Davis
Annamarie Edwards
Kelsey Day
Austin Escamilla
Brian Drake
Cayden Hayes
Jerrod Fowler
Jusiah Lee
Kaitlin Franklin
Nico Lee
Alexandria Lozano
Judson Locke
Adrian Mojica
Robert Ponce
Nathan Rocha
Bobby Rossiter
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