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Honors Band

11/20/2018

Congratulations to all the students who were selected to the Harrisonburg City - Rockingham County Honors Band. Turner Ashby High School had thirteen (13) students selected:

Emma Manning
Annalynn Merryman
Zhanna Shumeyko
Daisy Bickerstaff
Isabelle Ours
Spencer Gallon
Wyatt Smith
Kevin Matthew
Matthew Hoover
Zeke Flint
Lauren Estes
Alyson Harmes
Owen Chester.

Congratulations Knights!

On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Turner Ashby participated in District Choir Auditions at Broadway High School. Over 350 students auditioned from the district. TA had 34 students make it and 4 alternates. This was the most in the district with the next biggest school having 21 students. If you see one of these students give them a congratulations!

Aaron Looney
Abigail Collier
Addison Ortiz
Allison Byers
Aly Harmes
Andrew Lough
Audrey Sellers
Ben Neher
Brendan Parsley
Caden Hogan
Caroline Clem
Carter Young
Claire Parsley
Danielle Hall
Emily Reichard
Hannah Simmers
Isaac McCall
Jack Sellers
Jane McCoy
Jenna Landes
Julie Armstrong
Kara Longenecker
Katie Zubov
Kelsey Spickler
Leisha Nissley
Libby Kreps
Luke Slagell
Madison Cofer
Megan Parmeter
Naomi Slater
Rachel Lowe
Seth Stapel
Spencer Gallon
Yasser Perez

Alterantes:
Chandler Byers
Micala Curry
Sara Dolack
Sarah Furr

DECA Conference

11/13/2018

Last Friday, November 9, TA DECA broke several records at the District Leadership Conference including having the largest chapter at the competition and proudly bringing home 15 1st place medals! Congratulations to 1st place medalists: Aaron Young, Ben Yoder, Jordan Brittle, Gracie Moyers, Hannah Lovinger, Kyle Stephenson, Avery Andrews, Sammie Krysiewicz & Jennifer Roth. Double medalists were Will Childs, Hannah Hirtriter & Tori Moats. Good luck to TA DECA as they prepare for competition at the State Leadership Conference in March.

Forestry Team Advances to Area Competition

11/2/2018

Congratulations to the FFA Forestry teams at yesterday’s competition! The senior team of Paul Craun, Jacob Craun, Shelvin Arey and Grant Pennybacker placed 2nd and advance to the area contest. Josh Payne placed 2nd individually in the Junior Contest. The Senior Contest placement was as follows: Shelvin 10th, Grant 8th and Paul 3rd.

One Act Play at VTAF

10/30/2018

Congratulations to the one act play team for their performance and awards at the Virginia Theatre Association Festival in Norfolk this past weekend.

Emma Charlton, Emily Howe, Blake Lipinski, Luke Slagell and Andrew Lowe won 2nd place in the Technical Olympics.
The play "Cinderella Waltz" received a special judges award for technical merit.
Ava Grace Flory and Luke Slagell won individual acting awards.

Come support the team this Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 A.M. at Spotswood for our District Meet.

FFA National Awards

10/30/2018

The Turner Ashby FFA chapter attended the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo this past week in Indianapolis. A job well done to all students that competed and assisted with National Courtesy Corps.

The Ag. Communications team earned a Silver Team Rating with Hope Showalter, Melanie Lewis, Emily Daggett and Loren Satterwhite, all rating Silver individually.
The Food Science team earned a Silver Team Rating with the following individual rankings: Paul Craun – Gold individual 8th place in the nation, Jacob Craun – gold individual, Shelvin Arey – Silver individual, and Krystalyn Hassett – Bronze individual rating.
In the national Extemporaneous Public Speaking contest, Kendall Knicely received a silver rating.
We had two (2) American Degree Recipients: Hunter Hilbert and Chris Payne.
The Turner Ashby FFA Chapter was recognized as a National 2 Star Chapter!

Thank you all for a great trip and congratulations on all your accomplishments!

See pictures on the RCPS website.

Marching Knights Receive Superior Rating

10/30/2018

Congratulations to the Marching Knights for an incredible finish to their competition season. The band received a Superior, or 1 rating at the state marching assessments Saturday morning. That evening the Marching Knights competed at the Powhatan Fall Classic and finished 2nd overall and received caption awards for 2nd in music, 2nd in visual, 2nd in general effect and 3rd in guard. The Marching Knights finish the season with 13 awards. Great Job!

Marching Knights Outstanding at JMU's Parade of Champions

10/23/2018

Congratulations to the Marching Knights for an outstanding performance at JMU's Parade of Champions! Fifty-four (54) bands from all over Virginia came to compete this past Saturday (10/20/18). The band placed 4th in Class AA. Great Job Marching Knights!

Yearbook Wins Yet Another State Championship

10/22/2018

At the VHSL Championships on Saturday, October 20, 2018, the yearbook staff was awarded its 14th consecutive Trophy Class State Championship!

In addition, the book’s theme “The Power in You” was named the first place theme (another state championship) in all of Virginia.

Several students’ individual pages were recognized, and we had three individual state champions:

Carley Davis, First Place in Personality Profile
Hailey Myers and Jillian Jones, First Place in Academics
Hope Showalter, First and Third Place in Advertising

We also had some students in second and third place in the state:

Kaley Burgess, Second Place in People Coverage
Jordan Bennett, Third Place in Photography
Kristen Lewellen, Emily Malone and Ieasa Custer, Third Place in Student Life
Rylee Clark, Alexander Logan, Kaitlin Atkins, and Baleigh Cline, Third Place in Club Coverage
Krista Wright and Avery Miller, Third Place in Infographics

Two Knights in the Top Eight at State Film Festival

6/4/2018

At the VHSL Film Festival, two Knights placed in the top eight of their respective categories. Asher Arey placed 3rd in Experimental and Ian Phillips placed 4th in Animation. Congratulations to both!

Honors Band

District Choir Results

DECA Conference

Forestry Team Advances to Area Competition

One Act Play at VTAF

FFA National Awards

Marching Knights Receive Superior Rating

Marching Knights Outstanding at JMU's Parade of Champions

Yearbook Wins Yet Another State Championship

Two Knights in the Top Eight at State Film Festival

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