David Crockett High School's Cadet Katelyn Curley has received a 4-year Air Force ROTC Scholarship. Katelyn was recommended for this scholarship for her role as a DCHS ROTC leader with a 4.0 GPA. As part of the process, she was interviewed by The University of Tennessee Commanding Officer of the Air Force and was awarded this scholarship--one of the most prestigious scholarships the Air Force awards. The scholarship will be activated at U.T. and is worth more than $100,000 for her post-high school education. Upon graduation from college Katelyn will be commissioned into the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. Washington County congratulates Katelyn on this great achievement .

Congratulations to the DCHS Pioneer Band on their performance at the 28th Annual Appalachian Classic Band Festival held at Sullivan Central this on October 20, 2012.  The band came in 2nd in Percussion, 2nd in Color Guard, 2nd in Drum Major, 1st in Music, 1st in Marching, and 1st in General Effect.  The band won 1st Place for Class AA and won the Grand Champion's trophy for small bands.  Congratulations, Pioneer Band!

Congratulations to the Pioneer Band for their great performance at the 7th Annual Trailblazer Band Bash on October 13, 2012. The Pioneer Band received 1st place Music, 1st place Marching and 1st Place General Effect in their division. The Color Guard received 1st place in our division and the Percussion and Drum Major received 2nd place in our division. The band had the second highest score of all bands at the Trailblazer Band Bash.

Mikayla Chambers was invited to participate at --- Cheer Hawaii USA --- this summer.  She was named a Top 10 overall cheerleader out of 122 girls from around the world so. She was also invited back next year. They recorded her doing her slap stomp cheers so they can teach the camp next year! 

This year's camp was held on June 28th - July 5th, 2012, on the beautiful island of Oahu, at the University of Hawaii Campus. The CheerHawaii Invitational provides an amazing blend of College prep cheer instruction with an incredible Hawaiian Experience. This "Invitational" cheer camp is the only one of its kind in Hawaii that specializes in all aspects of cheerleading.

CheerHawaii focuses on 4 main areas: Cheer motion technique, Dance, Stunting and Leadership skills. They have a unique way of combining workout sessions with the experience of some of Hawaii's best beaches and activities. Some of the activities she enjoyed as a member of the 2011 CheerHawaii team: Beach time on North Shore and Waikiki Beaches, Pearl Harbor Memorial, shopping at Famous Aloha Stadium Swap Meet, canoe paddling, hula dancing, Waikiki Trolley Ride, and Polynesian Cultural Center Hawaiian Luau and Show.

Upper East Student Cosmetology...

...competition was sponsored by DCHS and DBHS. It was held at the Jonesborough Visitor's Center.  There were 8 schools present (DCHS, DBHS, Sullivan Central, Sullivan South, Greeneville/ Greene County, Sullivan East, Unicoi and Doybins Bennett).  We had 64 contestants competition in 4 different categories (Total Look, Fantasy Makeup, Nail Art and Sculptured Nails)

• Nail Art
  • 1st Place: Makayla Hill, model Haley Huffine
• Fantasy Makeup
  • 2nd Place: Brooke Laws, model Bailey Laws
  • 3rd Place: Miranda Laws, model Rebekah Ornduff

Carrigan Bishop

• All-Region 1
• All-Big 8 Conference
• 43rd out of 200 runners at state meet

Geordyn Houston receiving her DAR Good Citizenship Award

Regional competition was held at the Music Road Convention Center in Pigeon Forge.  DECA competitors were:

• Morgan Burchfield & Lyndsey Williams - Marketing Communications Team Event
• Malakai Cordeiro & Lissy Burleson - Buying & Merchandising Team Event
• Martina Harmon - Restaurant & Food Service Event
• Montinique Miller - Food Marketing Event

The competition consisted of a test & judged role plays for each event.  New this year to District 5 competition were 400 new competitors added from Knoxville & Crossville DECA chapters so we had our work cut out for us.  The end results were a 2nd place for Martina Harmon in the Restaurant & Food Service Management Event and for Montinique Miller in the Food Marketing Event with a qualification and invite to compete at the state level competition in March.

DCHS sponsored an EPIC ESSAY contest during the countywide EPIC week of September 10-14. Essays could be written about any of the EPIC success indicators such as Integrity, Honesty, Respect or Responsiblity. The winners wrote about how good character affects their school and personal success.

We are very proud of the winners. Jessie Henley, a senior won first place and $20.00. Seth Campbell a sophmore, won second place and $15.00. Our third place winner was Natalie Scott, a sophomore who won $10.00. EPIC stands for Encourage, Protect, Invest, Connect and is part of our daily focus with students at DCHS.

FBLA Regional Competition, Friday Feb, 22, Will Anderson  placed 2nd in Word Processing and qualified for State Competition.

Congratulations to Will Anderson who placed second in Word Processing at the FBLA regional competition last Friday.  Will qualifies for competition at the state level.

Regional FFA Speaking CDEs (Career Development Events) 

Jonathan Lykins of David Crockett FFA won the District and Regional Prepared Public Speaking CDEs. He advances to the State Prepared Public Speaking CDE on March 25 (only 1 of 6 to compete).

Raini Rowenhorst 3rd in the Regional Job Interview CDE. The contest consisted of an interview, resume submission, and letter writing.

East Tennessee FFA Star Greenhand Contest
UT-Knoxville on March 7

Cole Tipton and Michaela Crain of David Crockett FFA placed 2nd and 3rd. The contest judged the best overall Freshmen FFA members in East TN and consisted of a personal interview, a completed appication, and a general knowledge exam. The best Freshmen FFA members belong to Washington County!

The 2012-2013 Regional FFA Officer Team includes 2 members from David Crockett: Rebekah Wright (President) and Jonathan Lykins (Secretary). The 6-member Regional Officer Team represents the East Tennessee FFA Region. The selection process includes a personal interview, a knowledge exam, and a team activity.

District FFA Speaking CDE's

The David Crockett FFA Chapter had several successful placings in the District FFA Speaking CDE's held on November 20.  The top two placings in each CDE qualify to compete in the Regional CDE.
 
Jonathan Lykins placed 1st in Prepared Public Speaking CDE.  Raini Rowenhorst placed 1st in Job Interview CDE.  They both qualify to compete in the Regional CDE's in February. 
 
The Ceremony CDE Team placed 2nd. Team members are Kenzie Bastian, Michaela Crain, Ben Ford, Paty Morales, Kayla Price, Makay Rowenhorst, and Cole Tipton.  They qualify to compete in the Regional CDE in December.
 
Cole Tipton placed 3rd in the Creed CDE.

District Land Judging

The David Crockett FFA Land Judging Team placed 1st in the District Land Judging CDE on September 20.  Team members are: Bryce Bateman (1st High Individual), Jonathan Lykins, Bethany McCurry, and Chase Partin. The competition consists of determining soil characteristics and the interpretation of the characteristics for home and crop suitability.  Members are required to analyze four land sites by using math, science, and critical thinking skills. The District CDE involved 10 schools from Upper East Tennessee.
 
Other David Crockett FFA Members competing were: Abby Anderson, Kenzie Bastian, Aaron Ford, Ben Ford, Kayla Jones, Tiffany McGee, Makay Rowenhorst, Raini Rowenhorst, Taylor Stout, and Cole Tipton.

Chase Partin has been named a National Finalist for the National FFA Agriscience Fair. He qualified by winning the State Agriscience Fair this spring and was one of 15 National Finalists chosen out of 50 total applicants (one from each state).

Chase will compete during the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October. The process includes an application explaining his research, a written research paper, a log book, a display of the research, and an interview with the judges.

The David Crockett FFA Chapter has been named a 3-Star National Chapter Award winner. It's the highest award a Chapter can receive at the National level. Only 4% of the nation's chapters received the award this year. The award is based on student development, chapter development, and community development. Members will receive the award at the National FFA Convention.

Congratulations to the following football players who made the All Big 8 Conference team:

• First team - Kenny wells
• Second team - Caleb Arrowood, Rickey Toney, Jordan Turner and Devin Walker
• Honorable Mention - Phillip Barnett, William Hensley, Anthony Lyons and Zack McAmis.

Johnson City Press
September 5, 2012

John Miles of Jonesborough was recently recognized as the Level I or 9th-10th grade winner in the Tennessee 4-H Roundup held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, July 23 to 27.

In order to win this accolade, Miles had to receive top scores for his 4-H Portfolio, formerly known as a 4-H Record Book, and score at the top in an interview answering questions about the electric project and his service learning activities.  Therefore, communications and public speaking is essential.

Miles is the reporter for the Washington County 4-H Honor Club, on the 4-H Leadership Team and an Eastern All-Star Delegate.  He is an honor student at David Crockett High School and serves on Crockett's audio visual crew.  Miles is a member of New Victory United Methodist Church and the New Hope Parish youth group where he serves as an usher and teen leader.

Our DCHS HOSA students competed this past week in Nashville at the 2013 State Conference.  We had 9 competitors, 5 who have never competed before at this level.  Emily Lewis placed 3rd in State for Researched Persuasive Speaking.  I am so proud of each of these students for participating in competitions and Leadership workshops available at the Conference.  They all worked hard for the opportunity to challenge themselves at new levels.  Each of these students deserves a "Congratulations!"

• Emily Lewis - Third Place State Winner:  Researched Persuasive Speaking
• Kaitlin Bailey - Regional Winner: Barbara James Service Award and Medical Math
• Torrey Klee - Regional Winner: Growth & Development Knowledge Test
• Claudia Aguliera and Ali Starnes - Career Health Display-Forensic Nursing
• Tayler Jones and Kevin Lowe - Community Awareness Project
• Kelly Moore - Job Seeking Skills
• Taylor Toth - Extemporaneous Writing

Walhalla SC Rifle Shootout
October 6, 2012

Congratulations to the NJROTC rifle team for their victory Saturday at the Walhalla SC Rifle Shootout. The Pioneer team took first place out of the ten competing schools. Chasity Mullins and Meghan Lockwood finished 2nd and 3rd overall in the individual competition. John Keith Verble, Casey Arwood, Sarah Hall, Taylor Tester, and Katy Jackson rounded out the Pioneer team. Sarah Hall also finished first out of 25 shooters in the finals match.

The winners of the Spanish Club-sponsored Piñata contest are:

• 1st place $20 - Blue Fish by Callie Lee Lowe and Adrianna Stephens
• 2nd place $15  - Colorful Fish by Austin Barnes, Hannah Stewart and Whitney Anderson
• 3rd place $10 - Pig by Aleesha Murphy and Jordan Levasseur

Kara Ganyer was recognized as a Commended Student from the National Merit Scholarship Program. The Letter of Commendation places her among the top 50,000 of over 1.5 million students who entered the Merit Program through the 2011 PSAT.

State Competition, May 2013, Chattanooga

1st Place - Dylan Bailey - Graphic Communications
3rd Place - Zeth Flores - CNC Milling
3rd Place - Hayden Rambaud - Precision Machining

 Here are the results for the competition at Northeast State on February 22, 2013:

• 1st place in Precision machine - Hayden Rambaud
• 1st place in fantasy make-up - Brooke Laws (model - Bailey Laws)
• 2nd place in Auto Body - Michael Cox
• 2nd place in Evening style - Bethany McKinney
• 4th in carpentry - Jacob Morelock

Bowling
November 9, 2012

  David Crockett Students Compete at TSA State

Each year David Crockett High School's drafting instructor Guy McAmis takes a handful of TSA (Technology Student Association) members to compete at the state conference in Chattanooga.

Students prepare all year to participate in a multitude of competitions such as Vex Robotics, Architectural Renovation, Photographic Technology, Flight Endurance, and many more.

Five man team including Joseph Laws, Dylan Lovin, Jacob Long, Roger Rains, and Aaron Couch placed first in Vex Robotics and  Aaron Hill placed second. Stewart Stidham also took first in Flight Endurance.

Through TSA students learn engineering and math principles, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, along with responsibility. Students are now preparing for Nationals which will be held in Orlando, Florida, this summer. Mr McAmis has promised his students that if they place first at nationals he will shave off his iconic moustache which he has had since his teens.

David Crocketts 2012 TSA Regional Winners

David Crockett High School Drafting and Engineering Instructor, Guy McAmis, has been recognized as a Featured Member on Technology Student Association's Website. The article explains the TSA TEAMS program and competitions that Mr. McAmis leads at DCHS. Congratulations to Mr. McAmis and the TSA program at DCHS for being nationally recognized.

Click here to view the article.

Johnson City Press
June 26, 2012

David Crockett's Seth Wright was named the Jason Witten Scholar Athlete of the year on Saturday (6/23).

The award was presented to Wright on Saturday at Witten's football camp in Elizabethton.  Wright received a $5,000 scholarship from Witten's SCORE foundation as part of the award.

Wright graduated this year in the top 10 percent of his class and plans to major in sports medicine at East Tennessee State.  He led the Pioneer football team as a receiver, finishing in the top five in the nation in yards per carry.  He also played basketball and baseball and had a 3.9 GPA.

View nomination video from WJHL.

Joshua Christian and Emily Lewis completed The Youth Leadership 2015 Program. They represented DCHS as delegates at a year-long leadership training sponsored by the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce. They attended sessions focused on financial planning, leadership development, interview skills, and completed community service hours.

May 14, 2012 in the DCHS GYmnasium

Class of 2012 Top 10 Percent

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Tennessee Scholars

Departmental Awards

Presidential Awards for Academic Excellence

Presidential Awards for Academic Achievement