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.
On Saturday, the Terre Haute South Jazz Band participated in the 35th Annual Purdue Jazz Festival. They received a Division 1 rating for their performance and Zander Tracy and Walter Gordon received outstanding soloists awards. After their performance they had a short clinic with the founder of the Purdue Jazz Festival, Dr. Lissa May.
Congratulations to the following South Orchestra students who participated in District Solo and Ensemble Contest over the weekend:
Solos
Addyson McCollum – Cello Solo – Gold Rating
John Mann – Violin Solo – Silver Rating
Noah Price – Violin Solo – Gold Rating
Emeliyah Sands – Violin Solo – Gold Rating
Trios
Alex Griffin, Avery King, Aria Weil – Miscellaneous String Trio – Gold Rating
Lucy Becerra, Sallee-Lou Becerra, Rosa Pascual – Miscellaneous String Trio – Gold Rating
Malia Haas, Mia James, Ella Robeson – Viola Trio – Gold Rating
John Mann, Noah Price, Noah Shober – Violin Trio – Gold Rating
Large String Ensemble –
17 members of the Concert Orchestra participated and they received a Gold Rating
Qualifying to go to State Solo and Ensemble Contest in Indianapolis on March 1st are: Noah Price and Emeliyah Sands with their violin solos, the Violin Trio of John Mann, Noah Price and Noah Shober, and the Concert Orchestra Large String Ensemble!
Congratulations to the South Band on a great job at ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest at Honey Creek Middle School this past weekend.
The following students earned Gold Ratings in Group One and will now Advance to State Solo and Ensemble on March 1st:
Crystal Wang – Flute, Zander Tracy – Alto Sax, Colby Ellison – French Horn
And, a Brass Quintet comprised of Walter Gordon and Paxton Otto – Trumpets, Colby Ellison – French Horn, Clara Noxon – Trombone, and Kaiden Alexander – Tuba.
Great job band!
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 Choir students who performed at District Vocal and Piano Solo and Ensemble competition this weekend! Awards are as follows:
Colby Ellison – Piano – Gold (Headed to State)
Addison Carton – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Akili Brown- Vocal – Silver
Anneke Donker – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Ayma Rizwan – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Gracen Black – Vocal – Silver
Jovi Hancock – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Kensington Heath – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Landen Aguilar – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Lila Tilford – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Nash McCloy – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Sophia House – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Tanner St. Juliana – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Valyn Davis – Vocal – Gold (Headed to State)
Felicity Bark – Vocal – Gold
Miles Anderson – Vocal – Gold
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 THS Choir Department on an outstanding performance at the ISSMA State Competition! Addison Carton won Silver at the State Level, and Kensington Heath, Jovi Hancock, Landen Aguilar, Anneke Donker, Ayma Rizwan, Tanner St. Juliana, Valyn Davis, Nash McCloy, Lila Tilford and Sophia House won Gold at the State Level! Way to go singing Braves!
Congratulations to the THS Orchestra on an outstanding performance at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest! Noah Price received a silver and Emeliyah Sands a gold on their violin solos. John Mann, Noah Price, and Noah Shober received a gold on their violin trio. And, 17 members of the Concert Orchestra participated in a large ensemble which also received a gold rating. It was a very successful day for the TH South Orchestra!
Congratulations to the THS Band Members for their performances at the ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble! Congratulations to: Crystal Wang, Flute Solo – Silver Rating, Zander Tracy, Alto Saxophone – Gold Rating, Colby Ellison, French Horn – Gold Rating, Brass Quintet: Walter Gordon, Paxton Otto, Colby Ellison, Clara Noxon, and Kaiden Alexander – Gold Rating! Way to play Braves!
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 five THS Latin Students recently received medals for their high scores on two of the national exams offered by the National Junior Classical League. On the National Roman Civilization Exam, Philip Hawkins earned a gold medal while bronze medals went to Samuel Rasley and Rachel Roberts. On the National Classical Etymology Exam, Isaac Goodman and Samuel Rasley earned silver medals, and Alaysia Keegan and Philip Hawkins earned bronze.
(L-R in the picture are Samuel Rasley, Philip Hawkins, Alaysia Keegan, and Rachel Roberts; not pictured was Isaac Goodman.)
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 the Concert Orchestra for receiving a gold rating from all 3 of the judges at ISSMA District Jazz. The soloists were Avery King on cello and Noah Shober on violin and both did a fantastic job!
Congratulations to the Terre Haute South Indoor Percussion! They were 1st Place out of 7 in Percussion Regional A Class at Franklin Community High School! Great job Indoor Percussionists!”
Congratulations to our Chamber and Treble Choir Groups at ISSMA Jazz this weekend. Chamber Choir received a Silver rating with two outstanding soloist awards going to Landen Aguilar and Sophie Lubic, and Treble Choir received a Gold rating with an outstanding soloist award going to Na’Ilah Terry.
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
South’s Latin Club celebrated the Ides of March with some big wins at the Indiana Junior Classical League Convention!
(L-R: Isabella Newberry, Alaysia Keegan, Philip Hawkins, Samuel Rawsley, Christopher Spencer)
Junior Alaysia Keegan was elected to serve as the 2025-2026 Indiana JCL Historian. She will take office in August and spend next year creating Indiana JCL’s entry in the state scrapbook contest for the 2026 National Junior Classical League convention. The THS JCL chapter placed in the following overall contests: 1st place in the Publicity Contest, 2nd place in Certamen for our Intermediate level team, 2nd place in Digital Scrapbooks, 2nd place in the Helen Wampler Spirit Award, which counts how active we are as a chapter over the entire year, 3rd place in the Effie Douglas Membership Award, 3rd place in the Overall Sweepstakes for the small chapters division, 8th place in Certamen for our Novice level team and 8th place in Delegate Spirit. In addition, students received the following individual awards for the contests they competed in: Philip Hawkins – 1st in Roman History, 1st in Pentathlon, 1st in Roman Life and Customs, 1st in Mythology, 1st in Latin Derivatives, 1st in Geography, 1st in Hellenic History, 1st in Small Models, 2nd in Slogans, 2nd in Classical Art, 2nd in Latin Literature, 3rd in Latin Vocabulary, 3rd in Sculpture, 4th in Impromptu Art, 5th in Reading Comprehension – Level 2, 5th in Latin Grammar, 5th in Mottoes, Quotes, & Abbreviations and by placing in the top 5 of so many academic contests, Philip also received an Individual Academic Achievement Award! Alaysia Keegan – 6th in Reading Comprehension – Level 2, 9th in Roman Life and Customs and 10th in Mythology. Isabella Newberry – 2nd in Oil/Acrylic Painting, 4th in Greek Derivatives, 5th in Reading Comprehension – Level 1, 6th in Impromptu Art, 7th in Latin Derivatives, 7th in Pottery, and 8th in Mottoes, Quotes, & Abbreviations. Samuel Rasley – 3rd in Latin Derivatives, 3rd in Weapons and Armor, 5th in Latin Vocabulary, 6th in Greek Derivatives, 7th in Latin Grammar, 7th in Roman Life & Customs, 7th in Games, 7th in Hellenic History, 9th in Mythology and 10th in Pentathlon. Christopher Spencer – 4th in Mythology, 4th in Geography, 5th in Greek Derivatives, 6th in Pentathlon, 6th in Drawn Maps, 8th in Latin Vocabulary, 8th in Illustrated Quotations, 9th in Hellenic History and 10th in Roman History.
Congratulations to the Terre Haute South Band Winter Programs on another exciting weekend of competition! THS Indoor Percussion was 1st out of 5 in Regional A Class at the Indiana Percussion Association Center Grove Invitational. THS Winter Guard gave an exceptional performance and went up 3 points at the Winter Guard International Mideast Power Regional at Avon HS, but did not advance to the Final Round on Sunday. Awesome job everyone!
Good luck to the Indoor Percussion as they head to IPA Divisional Finals at Brownsburg High School and to the Winter Guard as they head to State Finals at Center Grove High School; both this coming Saturday!
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 to the Terre Haute South Indoor Percussion finished their season SECOND Place in the State out of 14 groups in the Indiana Percussion Association’s Regional A class Divisional Finals!
Congratulations to the Terre Haute South Winter Guard placed 6th in their round and 10th overall out of 28 teams in the Indiana High School Color Guard Association Class A at State Finals!
Congratulations to the Band Directors, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Norris, who were recognized at the Indiana State House in Indianapolis on Monday for the South Band Program earning the Indiana State School Music Association’s “All-Music Award” for the last school year.
Congratulations Clara Noxon for being chosen by three local independent judges to represent Terre Haute as their candidate for the Indiana State Good Citizen Essay Contest. She has now been selected to be one of only 15 State finalists! If her essay and application makes it to the district level, she will be awarded a $1000.00 scholarship and will be considered for the national competition and additional scholarships.
