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Spartans In The News

Sumner High School Marching Band performs at the Portland Rose Festival

The Sumner High School Marching Band participated in the 2009 Portland Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon, June 5-6, 2009.

The Marching Band performed their field show, "Disney's Fantasmic," in Portland's PGE Park at the Friday night Bandfest. They were voted winners of the "People's Choice Award."

On Saturday morning the 100+ members participated in the 4-mile long Grand Floral Parade, and earned the 1st Place Award for an Out-of-State Band, the highest placing they have ever received at this event.

The Sumner High School Marching Band is under the direction of Joe Carl.

Sumner High School earns top honors at State FFA Convention

Sumner High School will send twenty-seven students to the 82nd National Conference in October 2009, following successful competition at the state convention.
FFA Advisors are Ag Science teachers Rusty Finch and Greg Pile.

What is Agricultural Science Education and FFA?
Excerpted from the National FFA Web site www.ffa.org/
The agricultural science education program is built on the three core areas of classroom and laboratory instruction, supervised agricultural experience programs and FFA student organization activities/opportunities.

FFA represents the relevancy to the core areas offering students opportunities that changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth and career success. Founded in 1928, the FFA organization represents a large diversity of over 300 careers in the food, fiber and natural resources industry. FFA uses agricultural education to create real-world success.

More than 7,000 FFA chapters are currently in existence; their programs are managed on a local, state and national level. Each chapter’s Program of Activities is designed with the needs of the students in mind. Activities vary greatly from school to school, but are based in a well-integrated curriculum. Chapter activities and FFA programs concentrate on three areas of our mission: premier leadership, personal growth and career success.

Sumner High School
State FFA Convention Results – 2009

• Meats Evaluation Team—1st place
  Kassandra Ognoskie - 1st place-individual, Katey Scholz - 2nd place-individual, Lindsey Montgomery, Erin Frazier, Jordan Swarthout
• Livestock Evaluation Team—1st place
  Christian Reinke - 2nd place-individual, Eric Larson - 5th place-individual, Caitlin Quesenberry - 9th place-individual, Tristan Hanon, Jordan Swarthout
• Ag Communications Team—1st place
  Sarah Josten - 2nd place-individual, Connor Mickelson - 3rd place-individual, Tim Hurd - 6th place-individual, Renee Valle - 8th place-individual, Kellyn Walker - 10th place-individual
• Food Science Team—1st place
  Amanda Lee - 1st place-individual, Natasha Moffitt - 3rd place-individual, Carly Lange - 5th place-individual, Chase Barrus, Annie Elias
• Dairy Foods Team—1st place
  Alexis Brendible - 1st place-individual, Eric Larson - 3rd place-individual, Caitlin Quesenberry - 8th place-individual, Kevin Warren - 10th place-individual, Tristan Hanon
• Public Speaking Team—2nd place
  Tristan Hanon - “On the Road To a Fuel Solution”
• Ag Sales Team—4th place
  Emily Campbell - 1st place-individual, Ben Timbs, Becca Humphries, Matt Cox
• First Year—8th place: Caitlin Karr, Lyle Moe, Brennan Mickelson, Alex Landes, Dani Nasawang.

Ag Science Fair Winners – 2009

• Microbiology Category
  Tim Hurd, Grades 10-12 Individual Competition
  “Distribution of Vector-Borne Pathogens”
  
  Becca Humphries and Kelsey Oliver, Grades 10-12 Team Competition
  “OVHV-2 Shedding”
• Animal Science Category
  Carly Lange, Grades 7-9 Individual Competition
  “Piglet Casteration”
  
  Haylee Olson & Kasie McAfee, Grades10-12 Team Competition
  “Prolapse”
• Botany Category
  Megan Cihak & Chase Barrus, Grades 7-9 Team Competition
  “Dairy Struvite”
• Eric Larson & Jordan Swarthout, Grades 10-12 Team Competition
  “Is it Worth the Count, Bulbs”
• Ag Engineering Category
  Alexis Brendible & Erin Frazier, Grades 10-12 Team Competition
  “Big vs. Small, Ultrasound”

Local art students capture awards
(Published in The News Tribune, April 22, 2009)

High School Principal Recognized
Principal Bill Gaines was named the Distinguished League Principal of the Year for the South Puget Sound 3A League by the Washington Association of Secondary Principals. The award recognized noteworthy contributions to Sumner High School, students and community. Mr. Gaines has 30 years of experience in education and was appointed principal at Sumner High School in 2001.

Wilson takes 42 awards at high school science fair
Students from Wilson High School in Tacoma scored big Saturday at the 11th South Sound Regional Science Fair at Pacific Lutheran University. Wilson students took five first-place awards, 10 second-place ribbons, 10 third-place and 17 honorable-mention awards.
Nearly 600 students from 86 schools in Pierce and Thurston counties participated.

The overall winner was William Edwards, an 11th-grader at Bonney Lake High School, for his study of neuro-muscular control of prosthetic devices. Tim Hurd, a senior at Sumner High School, took second for his project on geographic distribution of vector-borne pathogens.
(Published in The News Tribune, March 25, 2009)

Art Show at Sumner High School

Sumner High talent shows to aid teacher
(Published in The News Tribune, February 26, 2009)

Marching Band earns top prize in Macy's Holiday Parade

The Sumner High School Marching Band performed in the Seattle Macy's Holiday Parade and received the "Musical Excellence Award" for the best music group in the parade. The honor also includes an award check for $500.

This week the group will be performing Saturday December 6, the Sumner Holiday Parade at 2:30PM down Main Street, and the Puyallup Holiday Parade on Meridian in Downtown Puyallup starting at 4:00PM.

The band will travel to perform for an audience of over 300,000 spectators at the Rogers Santa Claus Parade in Downtown Vancouver, B.C., 1:00PM, December 7, to conclude their parade marching for 2008.