During his recent visit to Austin High School, Rep. Pete Olson spoke with NJROTC cadets . . . Full Story 
 
 
The choir competed in the Alamo Showcase of Music in San Antonio the weekend of March 31.

Both Austin Singers and Chorale received a SUPERIOR RATING!

Both Austin Singers and Chorale received the OUTSTANDING IN CLASS recognition.

Chorale also received FIRST PLACE (OVERALL OUTSTANDING RATING).

Congratulations to all choir members!  
 
 
AHS Theatre advanced to region in UIL One Act production. 

-Best Actor went to David Herrera  

-Courtney Russell was awarded All Star Cast
-All star cast honorable mention went to Nora Hunt

Regional competition takes place Saturday, April 21 at San Jacinto College.   Congratulations AHS Theatre!
 
 
The April 2012 Fort Bend Focus Magazine features Shawn Cleary in its High School Hot Shot article.  Shawn is recognized for his accomplishments, character and integrity.  
 
 
Congratulations to the AHS French Students on their success at the Texas French Symposium.  Results are as follows:

Stephen F. Austin High School- FIRST place in the STATE! (overall—small school division)

Instrumental group--- 4th place (Busola Akinniranye, Antony Samuel, Caroline Miller, Kristen Paige)

Vocal group---finals (Joey Weber, Praniet Chopra, Simi Moirangthem)

Busola Akinniranye: Civilization test-5th place, Poetry-6th place, Sight reading-finals, Prose-semifinals

Praniet Chopra: tied for 11th place in the state (out of over 1000 students competing!) , Drama solo-2nd place, Guided speaking-5th place, 
Poetry—1st place, Prose—5th place, Sight reading—2nd place, Vocal solo—semifinals

Emily Clayton:  tied for 11th place in the state with Praniet, Collage---3rd place, Drama solo---finals, Grammar test---3rd place, Guided speaking---6th place, Listening comprehension test---1st place, Poetry---5th place, Prose---finals, Sight reading---finals, Vocabulary test---1st place

Delaney Dupree:  Drama solo---5th place, Sight reading—finals

Charlotte Hunt:  Poetry—finals, Prose and sight reading---semifinals

Zawadia Lefang:  Guided speaking and prose---semifinals

Caroline Miller:  Drama solo--- 2nd place,  Guided speaking—semifinals, Poetry---finals, Prose---finals, Sight reading---semifinals

Simi Moirangthem:  Civilization test--- 6th place

Kristen Paige:  Instrumental solo: 5th place, Poetry and prose--- semifinals

Misbah Sajid:  Poetry---semifinals

Antony Samuel: Guided speaking—finals, Poetry—3rd place, Prose--- semifinals, Sight reading--- semifinals

Rachel Walfoort: Poetry---semifinals
Joey Weber:  Civilization test--1st place, Guided speaking---semifinals Texas French Symposium, Poetry---5th place, Prose---finals, Vocal solo— 3rd solo

 
 
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NJROTC cadet Couch is awarded a scholarship to Texas A&M.
 
 
Two NJROTC cadets have qualified to compete at the NJROTC National Championship, 12-14 February 2012, at Camp Perry, Ohio.  

Congratulations to Shawn Cleary (Senior), and Mandi Major (Junior) on their this outstanding achievement!  Shawn finished 2nd and Mandi finished 5th in the state of Texas among all Navy schools at this year's Secretary of Navy NJROTC Air Rifle Competition. This will be the second time in three years that Shawn has advanced to Nationals.  

Over 2,750 cadets participated in this year’s competition with Shawn finishing 12th and Mandi 44th in the nation.
 
 
On Friday/Saturday, 9/10 December 2011, our NJROTC Unit competed at the Coastal Bend Classic Drill Meet held at Rockport, TX.   Our teams finished  2nd place overall among the 15 JROTC units at this meet.  The following are the individual team results:


Team results:
Academic Team:           2nd
Air Rifle  Team:             3rd   Shawn Cleary was 2nd in kneeling, 3rd in standing and was 2nd overall high shooter!
 
                                      Situps               Pushups           Run             Overall
Physical Fitness:            3rd                      4th                2nd               3rd       

Female Color Guard                     5th
Varsity Male Color Guard             7th
JV Male Color Guard                   12th

                          INSPECTION        REGULATION DRILL            EXHIBITION DRILL       OVERALL

Varsity Armed            6th                        4th                                  1st                           3rd

JV Armed                  12th                      14th                                 13th                         13th

Unarmed                    8th                       1st                                    6th                           2nd

Note:  Our Armed and Unarmed Drill Teams had to perform their regulation and exhibition drill in the rain and cold on Saturday.  They did an outstanding job in spite of the adverse conditions!

Team Commanders:
Armed - Ryan Pruthi
Unarmed - Jaquala Couch 
Male Color Guard - Brice Harris
Female Color Guard - Megan Schmidt
Academic - Michael Brand
Air - Shawn Cleary
Physical Fitness - Britany Orta, Aaron Callegari, & Megan White
JV Armed - Ashtad Boomla
JV Male Color Guard - Walker Shores



Our next competition will be on 04 February 12 at Tomball HS.


 
 
Mehran Namazkar finished 23rd at the Cross Country state finals.  He improved from being the 10th place regional qualifier to 5th in the region.  His 23rd place finish is the highest ever for a Fort Bend runner.  Way to go Mehran!

 
 
Congratulations to the following students for earning All State Orchestra positions!

Ankit Shah, bass 12th (3rd year)

Blake Awodu, bass 10th (1st year)

Federico Venturi, bass 11th (1st year)

Travis Yeh, violin 11th (3rd year)

Jonathan Yeung, violin 11th (3rd year)

Kevin Zhang, cello 9th (1st year)

Anne Wells, viola 11th  (2nd Year)

Jane Lee, Cello 11th (3rd Year)

Claire Wood, Violin 10th (2nd year)

Mai Ito, Violin 11th (2nd year)