CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to the 2025 Winter Homecoming Court!
Freshmen Attendants: Alexandra Cook and Ariya Dogra
Sophomore Attendants: Elsie Aidoo and Isabella Worrall
Junior Attendants: Avery Cassell and Reagan Smith
Junior Crownbearer: Taylor Gray
Senior Attendants: Savannah Semmler and Margo Mallory
Senior Candlelighters: Gabrielle Blakeney and Sydni Weber
AND our 2025 Winter Homecoming Queen is
Shalane Blakey!
Bottom Row L to R: Sydni Weber, Margo Mallory, Queen Shalane Blakey, Savannah Semmler , and Gabrielle Blakeney. Top Row L to R: Alexandra Cook, Isabella Worrall, Elsie Aidoo, Avery Cassell, Reagan Smith, Taylor Gray, and Ariya Dogra.
Congratulations to Lynae Owen who won the McDonald’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow Scholarship. She is one of fourteen students nationwide who received this scholarship!
Congratulations to the THS Science Olympiad team for earning 2nd place at regionals and advancing to the state competition in April! Individual events and rankings are below.
Anatomy & Physiology – 3rd place: Shivam Chauhan and Anika Gera
Astronomy – 1st place: Serena Leja and Jessica Kallubhavi
Chemistry Lab – 2nd place: Abigail Moore and Arya Odhayamangalam
Codebusters – 2nd place: Fatih Akgul and Yash Parikh
Disease Detectives – 4th place: Fatih Akgul and Jeffrey Chen
Dynamic Planet – 3rd place: Landon Piloni and Shivam Chauhan
Ecology – 1st place: Jeffrey Chen and Serena Leja
Entomology – 2nd place: Shree Dalal and Anthony Chapman
Experimental Design – 3rd place: Abigail Moore, Shree Dalal, and Selma Akgul
Forensics – 1st place: Fatih Akgul and John Gassert
Fossils – 3rd place: Yash Parikh and John Gassert
Geologic Mapping – 2nd place: John Gassert and Landon Piloni
Materials Science – 2nd place: Jessica Kallubhavi and Shivam Chauhan
Microbe Mission – 1st place: Jeffrey Chen and Anthony Chapman
Optics – 1st place: Anthony Chapman and Arya Odhayamangalam
Wind power – 2nd place: Serena Leja and Selma Akgul
Write It/Do It – 2nd place: Jessica Kallubhavi and Anika Gera
Bungee Drop – 2nd place: Jessica Kallubhavi and Shree Dalal
Electric Vehicle – 2nd place: Landon Piloni
Helicopter – 2nd place: Anika Gera and Selma Akgul
Tower – 2nd place: Arya Odhayamangalam and Abigail Moore
Congratulations to our first ever Culinary and Baking pastry Individual Competition. Awards are as follows:
Culinary
Ruby Case 4th Moving on to state
Rebbeca McCarter 3rd Moving on to state
Baking and pastry
Kambria Walter 7th
Abigail Young 6th
Congratulations National Merit Scholars Nominees
Arjun Bhatia
Anthony Chapman
Clara Noxon
Courtney powell
Benjamin Spencer
Congratulations Department of Education Presidential Scholar Nominee
Anthony Chapman
Congratulations to the Science Bowl Team who competed in the regional competition. The team of four finished in the top eight in the state. The Science Bowl Team consisted of: Jeffrey Chen, Vatsal Mannepalli, Vaishant Mannepalli, and William Drummond.
Congratulations to the following future ISU Sycamores, who earned scholarships to ISU: Presidential Scholarship- Sydni Weber, Presidential Scholarship – Brady Wilson, University Honors Scholarship- Aja Irish, University Honors Scholarship- Vatsal Mannepalli, and University Honors Scholarship- Gabe Young. The Presidential Scholarship covers room and board for all four years and is only awarded to 18 students nationwide. The University Honors Scholarship covers tuition for all four years and is only awarded to 30 students nationwide. Great job learning Braves!
Congratulations to this year’s TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) competitors! The following scores reflect these students’ performance at the state level competition.
Clara Noxon, John Gassert, and Landon Piloni
— Multiple Choice: 2nd place
— Essay: 2nd place
— Design and Build: 4th place
— Overall State Rank: 2nd place
Our other team members include Christian Gatto and Samuel Rasley.
Congratulations to the Terre Haute South Jazz Band on receiving a Gold with Distinction award at the ISSMA Jazz Festival! This is the first time the jazz band has earned this rating at that level in school history. We also want to congratulate Zander Tracy, Clara Noxon, Diarmuid Corcoran, Carter Body, Colby Ellison, Rebekah Gormong, and Walter Gordon on receiving Outstanding Soloist awards!
Congratulations to South DECA at the State DECA Career Development Conference this week. The following students received recognition:
Skylar Bauer – T-shirt design contest
THE DECA Chapter-won Chapter Campaign
Mrs. Craft – 30 Year Award
Ryker Heath – Finalist in Principles of Business
Olivia Cleveland and Lily Tislow – Honorable Mention
Armani Suggs – Finalist and Honorable Mention
Kate Telle and Callista Dilion – Finalist and Honorable Mention, Bumped up to compete at International Competition
Makenzie Craft and Jackson Stewart – Honorable Mention, Tie for 3rd competing in Aspire at International Competition
Katy Snow – 3rd place competing at International Competition
Ella Tanoos, Jordan Miller, Lila Hurd – 2nd place competing at International Competition
Savannah Semmler, Anna Miles, & Alexa Rader – 3rd place competing at International Competition
Julia Peschier will be in the Thrive Academy at International Competition
Congratulations to the members of the Terre Haute South Envirothon Teams! Both teams did wonderfully during the regional competition at Ivy Tech on Friday with Team 1 (Clara Noxon, John Mann, Alvina Mastakar, Eve Reid, Anna Miles, & Maddison Smithson) receiving 1st place and Team 2 (Skylar Vinzant, Samya Ward, Isis Johnson, Sophie Lubic, Darcy Kirby, & Sam Rasely) receiving 5th! T eam 1 will compete at the state competition! Congrats to all!
Congratulations Concert Orchestra – not only did they do a fabulous job playing for the Hall of Distinction Ceremony on Friday morning, they also received a Gold Rating at ISSMA Organizational Contest on Friday evening at Northview High School. Their sight reading score was just a 1/2 point away from perfect – Great job!
Congratulations to the Terre Haute South Bands! The Symphonic Band earned a Gold Rating in Repertoire, narrowly missing ‘With Distinction’ by 1.5 points, and a Gold Rating in Sight Reading! The Wind Ensemble earned a Gold Rating ‘With Distinction’ in Repertoire and a Gold Rating in Sight Reading! We are extremely proud of these kids! Both bands played some of the hardest Repertoire that each group has played in years and they performed extremely well!
Congratulations to the Intermediate Treble Choir and Advanced Chamber Choir, who both competed at this weekend’s ISSMA District Organizational Competition and both achieved high-ranking Gold scores!
Congratulations to South’s Academic Super Bowl Teams who competed at the Regional at Greencastle High School. All the South teams placed in the top three of the Class 1 Division, and the English team qualified for the third consecutive year for the State Championship that will take place at Purdue on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Please congratulate the following students for their hard work and dedication.
Social Studies Team – 1st Place
Shivam Chauhan – Captain – 12th, John Gassert – 11th, Yash Parikh – 10th, Benjamin Spencer – 12th, Coached by Mr. Mann
Math Team – 2nd Place
Anthony Chapman 12th, Jeffrey Chen – Captain – 11th, Christopher Gosingco 11th, Yash Parikh 10th, Coached by Mr. Stephens
English Team – 1st Place (State Qualifier)
Ella Hardwick 10th, Sophia House 11th, Kensington Heath 11th, Clara Noxon – Captain – 12th, Coached by Mrs. Grabowski
Fine Arts Team – 3rd Place
Eve Reid – Captain – 11th grade, Lauren “Sam” Webster -11th grade, Koda D’auria – 11th, Isabella Newberry – 11th, Samya Ward – 11th, Skylar Vinzant – 11th, Coached by Deb Herndon
Science Team – 2nd Place
Shivam Chauhan – Captain – 12th, Arjun Bhatia -12th, Anthony Chapman – 12th, Vaishant Mannepalli -12th, Vatsal Mannepalli -12th, Coached by Mr. Reppelle
Congratulations to DECA International competitors from South Vigo High School. There were over 25,000 people in attendance at this event. It is an honor for all of the students to have even made it this far, however additionally we had 5 students recognized:
Katy Snow placed in the top 10 IN THE WORLD for her business growth plan for her own non-profit Katy’s Kids
Callista Dillion and Kate Telle received Awards of Excellence for their Integrated Marketing Campaign about Riley Dance Marathon
Jackson Stewart and Kenzi Craft received recognition in their Aspire Academy
Congratulations to South’s English team who competed at Purdue University and are IASP’s State Runners Up! The competition was close, and these stellar students represented Vigo County so well! Please congratulate these Irish literature rock stars: Ella Hardwick, Kensington Heath, Sophia House, and Clara Noxon (captain)
Congratulations to the following Latin students: Sophomore Philip Hawkins received a bronze medal on the National Latin Vocabulary Exam, a gold medal on the National Hellenic History Exam, a Summa Cum Laude Award and gold medal on the National Latin Exam. Junior Isabella Newberry received a Magna Cum Laude Award on the National Latin Exam. And Sophomore Samuel Rasley received a bronze medal on the National Hellenic History Exam, a Summa Cum Laude Award and gold medal but had a perfect score on the National Latin Exam!
