- School supply lists for classes
- Washington D.C. Trip 2012 – Contact Wendy Reid for more information. For trip information visit worldstrides.org and sign up for the trip online. #66416
April 24, 2012 – Harper baseball playoff schedule:
Warm-up game Saturday April 28th vs. Center Point @ Center Point 5:00
Warm-up game Monday April 30th vs Johnson City @ Harper 6:00
2 out of 3 PLAYOFF SERIES vs SONORA
Game 1 Friday May 4th @ Harper 7:00 pm
Game 2 Saturday May 5th @ Sonora 1:00 pm
Game 3 if needed May 5th @ Sonora 30minutes following game 2
2012-2013 Varsity Cheerleaders & mascot are: Tiffany Adair, Kayla Inmon, Megan Myers, Alicia Perkins, Jordan White, Logan White, Sarah Whitten and Mascot Jacob Krebs. Harper varsity cheerleaders were the opening act for the March 14th Spurs game against Orlando.
2012-2013 Jr High Cheerleaders are: Ashlee Bowlin, Cami Cardwell, Kailey Itri, Trista Lewis, Julia Mauldin, Logan Menzies, Abby Skiff.
Results from the Wimberley UIL Invitational Meet.
2/29/2012 - BOY’S BASKETBALL ALL-DISTRICT 8-AA
DEFENSIVE M.V.P.: Reagan Randle, Senior
1st Team All-District:
Caleb Schmerbeck, Junior
2nd Team All-District:
Jose Rodriguez , Senior
Kash Bolin , Junior
Honorable Mention:
Edzon Talavera , Junior
Academic All-District: Reagan Randle, Jose Rodriguez, Caleb Schmerbeck, Kash Bolin, Edzon Talavera, Austin Rowe, Guy Stevenson and managers Hayley Marschall and Chelsea Hood
***Also Reagan Randle has set the School Record for Career Steals with 466 total
and Career Assists with 523!!!!!!****
2/23/2012 – DISTRICT 8-2A ALL-DISTRICT HONORS
NEW-COMER - LOGAN WHITE
1ST TEAM ALL-DISTRICT – SARAH WHITTEN
2ND TEAM ALL-DISTRICT – ALEXA GUERRERO & TAYLOR REID
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-DISTRICT – TAYA BEYER
EVERY MEMBER OF THE VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM MADE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Maria Guevara, Lauryn Ahrns, Alexa Guerrero, Sarah Whitten. Taylor Reid, Logan White, Taya Beyer, Jordan White, Brittany Sanders
(Also Manangers – Kinslee Elliot and Janelle Alexander)
2/24/2012 – Harper Longhorn varsity cheerleaders will be the opening act for the March 14th Spurs game against Orlando. Come see… and cheer for our girls and the Spurs!
2/6/2012 – The UIL academic team traveled to Wimberley Saturday for an invitational meet. We were one of only two 2-A schools represented there. All other schools were 3-A or higher. Here are the results:
Computer Applications: Josh Day 3rd
Ready Writing: Katelyn Torres 6th
Number Sense: Josh Day 2nd
Calculator Applications: Reagan Randle 1st
Accounting: Kelby Jones 1st, Jose Rodriguez 2nd, Michael Montoya 3rd; Kelby, Jose, Michael 1st place team
Spelling: Tyla Stephens 4th, Mariza Betancourt 5th
Literary Criticism: Katie Jackson 5th
Social Studies: Dennis Land 3rd, Jacob Frisbee 4th; Dennis, Jacob, Hector Jacobo, Alex Richards 1st place team
Informative Speaking: Clayton Harrington 3rd
Persuasive Speaking: Rachel Lester 6th
Poetry Interpretation: Bailey Baethge 1st, Tyla Stephens 3rd
12/9/2011 – I would like to say thank you to everyone that helped make the UIL Contest a big success. So many people from the other schools commented on how well the meet ran. They also bragged about how nice our facilities are kept. I feel truly blessed to live and work at Harper Texas!!! Our Elementary UIL awards ceremony will be Thursday December 15th at 2:00 PM in the Elementary Cafeteria. – Jay Harper, Elem Principal
For a complete listing of Harper teams & placings, click here.
Harper 1st place 505pts.
Blanco. 2nd place 438 pts
Comfort 3rd place 305 Pts
Junction 4th place 140 Pts
Ingram. 5th place. 56 Pts
12/6/2011 – First Team Def. – Cody Alexander, First Team Off. and Def. – Reagan Randle and
First Team Off. – Tate Parker Second Team Def – Keifer Ryno and Dalton Sembritzky
Second Team Off – Dylan Myers and Brandon Morris For a complete listing of 13AA honors, click here
Lucas Ames (HM Off), Reston Johnson (HM Def), Cal Stevenson (HM Off), Blake Reddick (HM Off), Edson Talevera (HM Def), Austin Rowe (HM Def)
12/5/2011 – This past weekend Brittany Sanders competed in the State FFA Creed contest in Huntsville where she placed 6th! In the state of Texas there were 611 FFA Creed entries so she is 6th out of 611. If you see her please tell her congratulations because this is such a great achievement.
12/5/2011: Hayley Marschall was selected to the TGCA All-State volleyball team for the second consecutive year. She was also chosen to compete in the TGCA ALL-STAR game which will be held in Arlington in July during the annual coaching clinic. The All-Star is 12 girls from East and 12 girls from West and they can be 1A, 2A, or 3A divisions. Hayley is on the WEST team. Coach Gina Lumpkins said, “I am very proud of Hayley and her accomplishments. She is an inspiration to future athletes. She didn’t start out as the “STAR” varsity player as a freshman. She didn’t even make the varsity team until her junior year. Hayley is a great example of committing to something and then WORKING at it until you accomplish your goals. Hayley has not only contributed great skill to our program, but great leadership as well.”
Lauryn Ahrns has verbally committed to go to UT Tyler to play volleyball next year.
11/22/11 – Josh Day competed Saturday in the Nike Nationals South Cross Country Race which was held in the Woodlands, Texas. Nike National Sout
h invites the top runners from Lousiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. This was a qualifying race for Nike Nationals to be held Dec. 10th in Eugene, Oregon. The top 5 runners and top 2 teams advanced. Josh finished 67th out of 244 runners in the Championship race division. He ran 17:02 for the 5K course.
Harper Ladyhorns are 2011 Area Champions in Volleyball
11/10/2011 - District 8 2A Volleyball honors announced:
Hayley Marschall: Offensive MVP
Lauryn Ahrns: 1st team
Taylor Reid: 1st team
Alexa Guerrero: 2nd team
Sarah Whitten: Honorable Mention
Erika Herrington: Honorable Mention
Krystal Kershner: Honorable Mention
11/10/12011 - Both Cross Country teams qualified for State (Top 10 individuals and top 3 teams advance to State CC Meet)
Regional Cross Country Results: Harper Girls were 3rd place team, Boys were 2nd place team – Both advance to State CC Meet Saturday at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. Girls run at 12:30, Boys at 12:50.
Josh Day – 2nd place
Kayla Inmon – 8th place
Kaylee Untermeyer – 9th place
11/2/2011 – The FFA and Ag. Department is about to start their annual fundraiser! This year things are going to be a little bit different. Instead of one big fundraiser there are going to be two, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The first fundraiser will just include meat products. The students are to have their orders in by the 17th and 18th of November and the meat will be delivered on November 22nd. The second fundraiser will include meat, fruit, and cookie dough. This delivery will be right before Christmas. If you have any questions please let us know!
11/1/2011 – The band marches at 1:55 in the Alamodome for prelims…Finals schedule will be announced at 5:35 at the retreat but it will probably be more like 6:00 before we would get final word…Finals begin at 6:45 with 1A’s and about 8:15 for 2A’s if my math is correct. So if you are one of those planning on coming to watch us in finals, you would need to be ready to roll when the announcement was made. It could be a really tight turnaround for us.
10/31/2011 - You may not have heard the roar from Elmendorff at 11:00 PM Saturday night but as many of you have probably already heard, the band advanced to state for the first time in class AA, the 4th time since I’ve been here, and the 10th time overall since 1990 on Saturday. Take a moment to congratulate these students on their fine showing (3rd place in finals). When we were going around the track for prelims, I heard a lady tell someone “We have to see Harper. They are always good!”
Somebody asked how many bands are still marching….The answer is 19 in class AA. 7 will make finals. Someone also asked when was the last time we went…2007 – we finished 3rd in class A. 2 years ago, we finished 8th in Area. State marching contest only happens for each classification every other year. This year is A/AA/AAAA. We are at the northern end of the south Texas area. Mason is in area central as is Junction. Our area is area south. It extends to almost Houston and all points south.
10/27/2011 – 
I had the privilege to watch our fantastic group of students athletes run at the District Cross Country meet in Comfort yesterday. I am very proud to say that Harper dominated . We are the District Team Champion in every division that we competed in from Varsity to Jr. High. Their hard work and dedication to this very difficult competition deserves our recognition. Congratulations to Coach Reid and all of his athletes on another District Championship. Great Job!!! – Chris Stevenson
10/27/2011 – Next week (Oct 31 – Nov 4) is Red Ribbon Week, so another week of dress up days! Student council reps will be coming by every class every day that week, keeping track of students who have dressed up in that day’s theme. Stickers will be handed out to all who dress up and then on Friday there will be a drawing for cool prizes for the students who dressed up the most days. The student council kids should be coming by your room this week or early next week to ask you for rosters of who you have 1st or 6th period. If you had these printed out already that would be really helpful to them.
- Monday is “I Pledge to be Drug Free”—wear red,white, and blue
- Tuesday is “Go Green-Don’t Let Drugs Pollute Your Life”—wear recycled shirts or hats or green shirts and green hats
- Wednesday is “Drugs Turn You Inside Out”—wear your shirt inside out
- Thursday is “I Can, You Can, We Can”—bring a canned food item to start off the Harper Community Chest food drive
- Friday is “These Paws Don’t Touch Drugs” —- bring a can of dog or cat food to donate to animal shelters
10/24/2011 – Harper High School Homecoming Candidates are:
Victoria Bacon* Cody Alexander*
Bailey Baethge Brad Butler
Krystal Kershner Tate Parker
Hayley Marschall Reagan Randle
Tyla Stephens Cal Stevenson
*Homecoming King & Queen are Victoria & Cody.
10/24/2011 – Harper Longhorn Band – The Area South marching contest is Saturday at East Central. I have just received the times for the contest. Class AA Prelims start at 9:00 AM. Harper marches at 3:45. Results of prelims will be announced at 4:45. If Harper is selected in the top 10 (26 bands competing), the band will march again that evening in the Area Finals. Class A Finals will follow 2A prelims. Class AA Finals will begin at 7:45 PM, with results announced at 10:45. Hoping to be home by 1:30 with our ticket stamped for the Alamodome next week! Hope you can come out and support the band!
10-20-2011 – Thank you for all your SUPPORT of the PTO Fall Book Fair! During a time when we are all struggling to make ends meet, we are reminded what a great community we live in! The Fair Sales were $6,324.87 which is about $400.00 more than last Fall’s Book Fair. We were able to gift about $1,600.00 worth of books to OUR Libraries! And PTO received $1,000.00 to put towards the Harper Staff Christmas Gift!! Another nice figure is $53.00 in One For Books Donations was collected. With this money, we were able to buy books for teachers from some of their wish lists. On top of that, Scholastic matches each dollar we raised with that program and gifts one book to a literacy program for kids in need. We also purchased a couple books for our students who we were told really needed them. We also had a few online orders, hopefully in the future that will become an even better option. Again, thanks for all of the support from the Parents and Teachers, and all those who volunteered! Thank you - Amanda Bennett!
10/20/2011 – Homecoming is next week (October 24-28) and student council has finally decided on dress up days!Monday is TV character day—dress as your favorite TV characterTuesday is biker day—wear your leather jackets and bandanasWednesday is camo-fishing day- wear camo or fishing attire (minus the hooks!)Thursday is toddler day—dress like a little kid and bring your favorite teddy bear or baby doll and blankie (no bottles or pacifiers!)Friday is green and gold day! Support our Longhorns and LadyHorns!
10/17/2011 – The Harper Longhorn Band earned SUPERIOR ratings from ALL THREE JUDGES on Saturday. Because of their fine showing, they have advanced past the Region Marching contest and on to the Area E Marching Contest on October 29 at East Central HS.
FFA land and range teams will be going to state in April
10/13/2011 – Hello everyone! Yesterday turned out great for all of the teams. The land team placed 2nd overall! Crystal Wetz was 1st high individual and Jennifer Scozzari was 9th. Other members of the team included Daspyn Esquell, Bailey Mathisen, Laura Gonzales, Drew Vick, and Trace Boatright. The range team placed 3rd overall. Cody Alexander was 6th high individual and Jacob Krebs was 8th high individual. Other team members are Tanner Armke and Jacob Frisbee. The plant id team placed 2nd overall Yarizma Lopez was 6th high individual and Jenelle Alexander was 11th. Other team members include Nick Adair, Destinee Love, Preston Adkins, Clarissa McDonald, Fritz Whittkohl, and Landy Bolin. The top five teams from land and range make it to state, therefore both teams will be going to state in April!!
10/11/2011 - The 2011 JH Victory Court consists of Chrissie Bryant, Rebekah Lester, Brianna Way, Macie Lumpkins, Payton Reid, Sam Lester, Erik Hager, Deen Wood, Gus Sagraves, and Roger Perkins.
10/6/2011 – This week our high school senior Josh Day received some very exciting news! He has been invited to join the Hill County Elite running club and race at Nike South, the Regional race for Nike Nationals. He was invited to join this running club based on his incredible race times this season. I’m not sure we have ever had a Harper athlete be ranked in a national elite group of competitors as Josh is. On average during the season, Josh runs about 80 miles per week, and in the summer that number jumps to 100 miles. As you can see, this invitation is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication on his part.
10/6/2011 – Once again Land, Range, and Plant ID were off to a contest. Land placed 4th. Range placed 3rd. Plant ID placed 2nd and individually Jenelle Alexander placed 9th and Nick Adair was 10th high individual. Next Wednesday they are off to Area!!
10/3/11: There are some GREAT prizes for HALO Casio Night !!! ASIDE from the $1,000 Grand Prize VISA card, there are expensive hand tools, clippers, hunting packs FULL of game cams, knives, and more! BBQ pits, hand-made furniture, antler wine rack, Many gift baskets and gift certificates….$100 plus in value on many! JEWELRY! (Lots of ” Bling” and then Avery and Champ Jennings) Gypsy Soul shoes, sports packs, home decor, artwork, kitchen “stuff”, floral arrangements…. and more and more and more, I was SO excited! Over 40 prizes on both raffle and silent auction sides and more coming in DAILY! In addition…..there are guns to raffle and a cake auction.You do NOT want to miss the fun on Saturday at the park! Tickets at bank or Waldos….or see Jackie! Cheaper to get ‘em in advance. $25 a person now or $30 at door.All the food, fun and beverages you can handle, and the money ALL goes back to the kids in this area!
10/3/11: Band Results from SaturdayRatings-Unanimous First Division Rating from all three band judges.Outstanding Marching Award for Class AAOutstanding Overall Band Class AABoerne HS (The Outstanding Class AAA) was named the Grand Champion.
10/3/11: This weekend Land, Range, and Plant ID went to Blanco to compete once again. The Plant ID team placed 2nd overall with Nick Adair (5th High Individual), Jenelle Alexander (7th High Individual), Yarizma Lopez (9th High Individual), Preston Adkins, and Destinee Love. The Range team consisting of Tanner Armke, Cody Alexander, and Jacob Frisbee placed 5th overall. The Land team came in and took 5th overall with Daspyn Esquell (9th High Individual), Jennifer Scozzari, and Crystal Wetz. On Wednesday they are off to their District competition. If you see them tell them congrats! They are doing an awesome!
9/29/2011: Yesterday was the first Land, Range, and Plant ID contest of the year. They started out in Seguin at the Comal NRCS Invitational. The Plant ID and Range team competed in the same contest and placed 3rd as a team. Jacob Krebs was 3rd High Individual. Then they competed in the Bexar County Junior Livestock Invitational. The Plant ID team placed 2nd overall. The team consisted of Nick Adair (9th High Individual), Destinee Love, Yarizma Lopez, Clarissa McDonald, Jenelle Alexander, Fritz Whittkohl, Preston Adkins, Landry Bolin. The Range team placed 3rd overall. Jacob Krebs was high individual! The rest of the team consisted of Cody Alexander, Jacob Frisbee, and Tanner Armke. The Land team was 8th overall consisting of Drew Vick, Trace Boatright, Jennifer Scozzari, Laura Gonzalas, Crystal Wetz, and Bailey Mathisen. On Saturday they are off to Blanco for another contest!
