Spring 2013- Nate Signs with Loyola

Senior basketball player Nate signed with Loyola today. Congratulations, Nate!

Spring 2013- Garrald goes to NIKE

Garrald went to Memphis for a NIKE camp. His performance earned him a spot in "The Opening."  The Opening is a 4 day camp put on by Nike in which 150 of best high school players from across the country, compete against each other.  It is held at Nike headquarters in Oregon in late June/early July.  It really is an honor to be asked.  Garrald was 1 of 4 people out of 270 to be asked.

Spring 2013- Vonnie Borden Speech and Theatre Festival

On Friday, March 15th, CHS went to the Vonnie Borden Speech and Theatre Festival. Ryan Brown placed first in extemporaneous speaking, and Jaden Gillespie got second. They both received a superior rating and will compete at the state level in April. Rachael Kennedy placed third in Prose Interpretation, and both Rachael and Abby ketelsen earned a superior rating and will also go to state. Kaitlin Fouquet and Cameron Welch scored superior in Dramatic Interpretation, while Payton Core and Jaden Gillespie scored superior in Poetry Interpretation. They will also go to state. In the category of Dramatic Duo all three groups received superior ratings. The three duos were Jillian Carlos and Desiree Williams, Chase Hefte and Hannah King, and Collin Cagle and Titus McCann. Finally, in the One-Act Play competition, we came in 1st place! The play, Roundabout Sideways, featured Scarlett Taylor, Camille Albarez, Abbie Stoltz, Melanie Smith, Jaela Driver, William Gary, Cameron Harmeyer, Allie Thomas, Neely Corken, Desmond Moss, and Wesley Holmes

Spring 2013- Jane Austen Love Letter Contest

Holden Pitre won 2nd place in the Jane Austen Love Letter Contest for the 6th Annual Old Mandeville Jane Austen Literary Festival. Matt Bruhl won 3rd place.

Spring 2013- Poetry Out Loud

Cameron Welch represented Covington High at the state finals for Poetry Out Loud, and Cameron placed 3rd overall. Covington High has placed a student in the top three at the state level for the past four years.

Spring 2013- All-District Wrestling

2nd Team All-District- Brendan Allen and Payton Holmes
Honorable Mention- Troy Fautheree, Chris Gonzales, and Jaden Gillespie

Spring 2013- CHS FFA

The Covington High FFA had several students place in the top rankings in the district welding competition. Colt Clemons was awarded 3rd best welder. Colt Fauntleroy placed in the top 15, and Andrew Holmes placed in the top 20. They competed against 49 students from 18 different schools.

Spring 2013- PTSA Reflections Contest

District Level

Visual Arts
Rachael Bennett- Award of Excellence
Whitney Mahl- Award of Merit
Taylor Mauldin- Award of Merit
brandon Brumfield- Award of Merit

Photography:
Abbigail Monlezun- Award of Excellence

Literature:
Whitney Mahl- Award of Excellence

Film:
Colin Glover- Award of Excellence

State Level

Visual Arts
Rachael Bennett- Award of Merit

Photography:
Abbigail Monlezun- Award of Excellence

Film:
Colin Glover- Award of Excellence

Spring 2013- Allstate Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame

Dylan Perez was selected by the Allstate Sugar Bowl chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame as a 2013 Scholar-Athlete. He was recovnized at the annual Scholar-Athlete luncheon on March 19th in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Spring 2013- National Shakespeare Competition

Olivia Metz placed 2nd in the New Orleans branch of the National Shakespeare competition. In four of the last five years, Covington High has had someone place either first or second in this competiton.

Spring 2013- CHS World War II Quiz Bowl

The CHS WWII Quiz Bowl team placed 4th in the annual tournament at the World War II museum. Team members are Josh Grunder, Colten Juul, and Bill becker. They were up against 29 teams across the state.

Spring 2013- All-District Men's Basketball

1st Team All-District- Montelle Chatman
2nd Team All-District- Mitch Brumfield and Nate Pierre
Honorable Mention- Matt Dunnaway and George Brister

Spring 2013- Colin Advances to State

Colin Glover's film, "Slender," has advanced to the State level of the PTSA Reflections contest. The State competition is on April 20th and he'll find out if he wins at that time.

Spring 2013- Michaela Wins Awards at VIP Dance Competition

Michaela won several awards this past weekend at the VIP Dance Competition. She won the Platinum Award for her solo performance, 1st Place Overall in her division, and 4th Overall at the competition. Michaela has also won a scholarship to the National Finals in Orlando!

Spring 2013- Zhaniece part of 1000-point club, signs with Faulkner State

Zhaniece scored her 1000th career point as a Lady Lion. She is the fourth Lady Lion to ever accomplish this! In addition, she signed with Faulkner State to play volleyball.

Spring 2013- CyberPatriots

The Covington High "CyberCats" recently completed their semi-final round of the CyberPatriot and learned that they had advanced to the finals to be held in Washington D. C.  CyberPatriot is the premiere national high school cyber defense competition created by the Air Force Association to inspire high school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation’s future.  The CyberCats had previously won two rounds of very difficult competition in which they are tasked with downloading a "virtual machine" and identifying the vulnerabilities within it and repairing it.  The first two rounds involved Windows images with which the team was familiar but the semi-finals involved a Linux image of Ubuntu and a forensics image (cryptology) which was relatively new to the team and drew on each  members knowledge and experience.  Their hard work paid off with a win which includes a fully funded trip to Washington D. C. to compete in the finals .  The team departs for Washington D. C. on March 13th and will return on March 17th.  The entire trip including airfare, hotel and meals is funded by participating sponsors (Northrop Grumman, Cisco, AT&T, CIAS, SAIC, Raytheon, URS, Splunk, the Air Force Association, K2 Share and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University).  Needless to say, the CyberCats are excited, placing (1-3) in the finals competition means thousands of dollars in scholarships.

Spring 2013- FFA Parliamentary Team

CHS FFA Parliamentary Law Team Competed against the top 9 teams throughout the state and received the honors of being the 3^rd best team in the state.  The team did an outstanding job as they are all Freshmen students whom competed against junior and seniors.  The members were Reese Tassin, Brandi Mowen, Delani Hopper, Shane Guidry, Evangeline Worley, and Abigail Jenkins.

The CHS FFA students competed at the Area IV Career Development Events at LSU against the top speakers throughout the southeast part of the state for a chance to go and compete at the FFA State Convention where the top 2 students from 4 areas will compete for the State Title of their respective event.

Each Event had 16 possible participants and our students placed the following:

2^nd Place in the Gulf Of Mexico Speaking was Amber Monlezun and will compete for the Title at State Convention.

2^nd Place in Prepared Public Speaking was Amanda Haley and will compete for the Title at State Convention.

2^nd Place in Extemperaneous Speaking was Nancy Peck and she will compete for the title; also placing 3^rd in this category was Chris Mowen.

Spring 2013- Colin Advances in the PTSA Reflections Contest

Colin Glover's video, titled "Slender," won the local PTSA Reflections contest for the Film and Video category. It has advanced to the regional competition and he'll find out the results at the March 15th awards ceremony!

Fall 2012- LHSAA Academic All-State

Fall 2012- Ozone Camellia Art Contest

Fall 2012- St. Tammany Player of the Week

Fall 2012- Core Obtains CCENT Certification

Fall 2012- "Shades of Autumn" Art Competition

Talented Art Students earned recognition for their artwork in the "Shades of Autumn" student art competition in Covington.

Maylin Prince- 1st Place, 13-15 Year Olds
Taylor Mauldin- 2nd Place
Sarah Sharp- 3rd Place
Delanie Rodick- Honorable Mention

Brandon Brumfield- 1st Place, 16-17 Year Olds
Whitney Mahl- 2nd Place
Darby Thompson- 3rd Place

Fall 2012- Three Rivers Art Festival

The Three Rivers Art Festival Student Competition was this past weekend and several Covington High students placed!

9^th grade

1^st place - Michelle Greene

2^nd place – Farrah Daws

Honorable Mention – Courtni Riviere

Honorable Mention – Victoria Gibbons

10^th grade

2^nd – Brandon Brumfield

Honorable Mention – Will Busby

12^th grade

Honorable Mention – Nathaniel Martin

Fall 2012- Dylan Perez Receives Multiple Honors

Fall 2012- International House of Blues

The following students earned recognition for their outstanding art entries in the International House of Blues Contest.  Their artwork will be on display during the month of October at the Columbia Theater in Hammond.

9^th Grade

1^st – Maylin Prince
2^nd – Jourdan Staffier
3^rd – Chris Bevels

10^th Grade

1^st – Karleigh Greer
2^nd – Allie Guidry

12^th Grade

3^rd – Rhonda Stockstill

Fall 2012- National Society of High School Scholars

The following students were named to the National Society of High School Scholars: Emily Guillet, Allison Guillet, Ethan Guffy, and Shelbi Booth.

Fall 2012- St. Tammany Parish Fair Results

Princess Division- Courtney Randazzo (1st Alternate) and Amanda Haley (3rd Alternate). Junior Miss Division- Shelby McMorris (Queen and $500 scholarship) and Alexis Petry (2nd Alternate). Miss STP Fair Division- Nancy Peck (Queen and $1000 scholarship), Melana Warfield (2nd Alternate), and Ashleigh Boudreaux (4th Alternate).

Fall 2012- Forestry Competition

CHS FFA members Chris Mohen, Brandi Mowen, Delani Hopper, and Eddie Bangs won against 78 students from the Southeast part of Louisiana in a 4-person Forestry competition. These students will compete for the state title on October 17th!

Fall 2012- Cheerleader Successes

The CHS Cheerleaders won 1st place in division and 2nd place overall in the St. Tammany Parish Fair competition.

Fall 2012- Wild Fowl Student Art Contest

Michelle Greene was awarded 1st place in the 12-14 age group at the Wild Fowl Student Art Contest held at the Castine Center in Mandeville.

Fall 2012- All State Band

Several students were selected for All State Band on October 13, 2012. In All State Orchestra: Ashley Johansen (Violin), Faith Conlin (Piano). In All State Symphonic Band: Alex Drago (Clarinet). In All State Concert Band: Jake Conlin (Trombone) and Sydney SantaAna (Clarinet).

Fall 2012- WWL Prep Player of the Week

Our own Garral McDowell was named WWL's Prep Player of the Week for his performance against Slidell.

Fall 2012- Art Students Take Home 1st Place at Fair

Covington High School earned 1st Place and Sweepstakes for their educational display booth at the St. Tammany Parish Fair. The theme was "Covington High Celebrates Louisiana's Bicentennial" and included the efforts of math, language arts, science, social studies, foreign language, construction, theatre, and visual arts students.

In addition, the following Talented Visual Art students from Covington High School placed at the Wild Things Youth Art Contest:

First Place--Mina Culbertson
Third Place--Brandon Brumfield
Third Place--Michelle Greene
Honorable Mention--Sarah DiMarco
Honorable Mention--Katelynn Sprague
Honorable Mention--Will Busby
Honorable Mention--Darby Thompson

Fall 2012- Band Performs at Parish Fair

The Covington High band was spotlighted at the St. Tammany Parish Fair this past weekend, marching and playing in the Friday parade and providing entertainment during the opening ceremonies. Several dignitaries complimented the band during the event, saying it showcased Covington High's talent and commitment to the community.

Pictures: http://stpsb.org/news/Schools/CovHigh/covhighnews.htm

Fall 2012- Callahan Wins Outstanding Participant

	Senior Giselle was awarded "Outstanding Participant" by the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Giselle was one of 3,100 students nationwide to achieve this honor. She was one of the top 3% of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2013 National Achievement Program when they took their PSATs.

Fall 2012- Annie Barker sings National Anthem for 9/11

Annie Barker sang the National Anthem at the St. Tammany Parish Justice Center for the "A Day of Remembrance" ceremony hosted by the American Legion Post 16 Family of Covington on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.  She sang beautifully and the American Legion appreciated her volunteering for this event.

Summer 2012- Buddy Duracher wins Burger King Scholars Award

David “Buddy” Duracher Jr. of Covington was selected as a winner of the Burger King Scholars Award, making him the sole St. Tammany Parish resident to receive the $1,000 scholarship this year.  A 2012 graduate of Covington High School, Duracher’s passion for serving veterans, youth and his community has been best seen through the 954 hours of service he has accumulated over the past four years.  Fittingly born on Veterans’ Day, Duracher has been very active as a lifetime member of the Robert H. Burns, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 16 serving as 1st Vice Commander for four years, and St. Peter Catholic Church in Covington.

Summer 2012- Skip Webster takes several 1sts

Skip Webster won 1st place in The Schools Out Regatta, The Junior Olympic Festival, and the Meigs Regatto this summer!

Summer 2012- April Randazzo Senior Miss Elite Dance

April Ranzaddo was selected as Senior Miss Elite Dance! She received the award in Panama City, Fl where she competed in audition classes and solo performance of a lyrical dance.

Summer 2012- Lexi Brugier Miss Majorette of Louisiana

Our feature majorette, Lexi Brugier, won 1st place at the Miss Majorette of Louisiana competition this summer. This is her 5th year in a row that she has taken the title!

Summer 2012- Zack Kidder wins Key Club Scholarship

At a recent Kiwanis of Greater Covington meeting, Zack Kidder was presented with the annual Key Club scholarship.  It is open to Key Club members at CHS and SSA only. Zack also played in the All-State Soccer Game in Lafayette this summer and was on the winning team! Zack had two good shots on goal and he was the first player from CHS to ever be selected to this team.

Summer 2012- Katie Ketelsen wins Capital One Scholarship

Owr own Katie Ketelsen was one of two who received the $5000 Capital One scholarship in May! She received the The Capital One “Investing For Good” Scholarship on May 17th and was presented with the honor at the May 17th School Board meeting.

Here is a link to the news article from stpsb.org.