Round Rock Christian Academy

 

 

 Congratulations go to both the Beginning & Intermediate Band and the Advanced Band of the McCarty Academy of Music, who scored straight first division ratings from the judging panel at Sound Waves Music Festival in New Braunfels on Saturday May 5.  At the end of the day, both bands also were awarded Best In Class awards.  Congratulations to our RRCA students who participated in this event. 

 

 

 

One Act Play Results

The RRCA High School and Junior High Theatre teams had a fabulous weekend April 13-14, 2012 at the One Act Play competition in Mineral Wells! The kids were amazing...both on and off the stage, and we give God the praise for their outstanding performance.

 

ACSI 2012 One Act Play & Speech High School Results:

One Act Play Second Runner-up: Mirrors - performed by RRCA
2nd All Star Cast: Jeffrey Leistico, Ashley Charles, Caleb Cook, Aria Flores
1st All Star Cast: Anne-Marie Berg, Chad Brooker

All Star Technician: Phillip Pergande

Solo Speech: Ashley Charles, 4th Place

 

ACSI 2012 One Act Play & Speech Junior High School Results:

One Act Play First Place Champion: Just Call Me Mark - performed by RRCA

Best Ensemble: RRCA

2nd All Star Cast: Jacob Hill, Stephanie Flanigan, Rob Mitchell, Jace Johnson, Thomas Kac

1st All Star Cast: Kayla Lane, Shanese Jackson

Best Actor: Caleb Cook

Solo Speech:

Shanese Jackson, 1st Place

Aria Flores, 2nd Place

Stephanie Flanigan, 3rd Place

Duet Speech: Rob Mitchell and Thomas Kac, 2nd Place

Best Overall Tech Presentation: RRCA

Best Sound:  RRCA

Best Lighting:  RRCA

Best Technician:  Phillip Pergande

All Star Technician:  Chase Kirby

 

Overall Festival Sweepstakes: 2nd Place

 

Special thanks to our super sponsors: Alisa Flores, Lisa Strong, Chris Johnson, Paul Pergande, Doug and Michelle Mitchell, Chris Leistico

 

What a blessing it is to serve the Lord! It is my extreme pleasure to have the privilege of working alongside these wonderfully talented and committed young people. Thanks to all the families and our RRCA administration for allowing us to have this awesome opportunity. Thank you all for your prayers, encouragement and support!       Mrs. Dean

 

Congratulations to Senior Kyra Detrick for receiving a regional award from The Alliance for Young Artists and  Writers in New York  City.  Three of her art pieces were recognized.  One received the Gold Key and two received honorable mention. 

 

 

2012 TAPPS State Competition Results

 

Debate and Speech Results:

 

Public Forum Debate

2^nd Place-JH Engelbrecht and Josh Jacks with a 6-1 record overall

Quarterfinalists-James Eldred and Rachel Snyder

 

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Semifinalist-Elizabeth Birkman, with a 5-1 record

Quarterfinalist-JH Engelbrecht, with a 4-1 record

 

Speech

1^st Place Duet Acting Trent Sutton/Jenna Grosser

2^nd Place Prose Interpretation Trent Sutton

4^th Place Solo Acting Trent Sutton

5^th Place Oratory Elizabeth Birkman

6^th Place Extemporaneous Speaking JH Engelbrecht

 

 

Academic Results:

 

Tim Cato  5^th place in Ready Writing

Sharlot Shepherd   3^rd in Spelling

Traci Bricka  5^th place in Spelling

 

Congratulations students for representing RRCA at State!

 

 

 

State Debate Tournament March 24, 2012

 

On March 24th, RRCA competed against teams around the state at the Public Forum State Debate tournament in Temple. The team of JH Engelbrecht and Josh Jacks had a 6-1 record overall, losing in the final round to rival Holy Trinity in a 2-1 decision. The other Crusader team of James Eldred and Rachel Snyder broke to the elimination rounds and were named quarterfinalists, with a 3-2 record. "The kids exceeded my expectations today. They proved that RRCA continues to have one of the strongest private school debate teams in the state," said coach Cathleen Ferose. This was a school record for Engelbrecht/Jacks as the highest finish in state competition for Public Forum.

 

TPSMEA Choir Competition

The HIgh Call choir travelled to Houston, Texas on March 23-24, 2012 to compete in the annual TPSMEA State Choir competition.  The choir received the highest rating of a 1 for both their concert pieces and their sightreading.  These seven students advanced from an earlier qualifying competition to compete with their solos in this competition:  Chad Brooker, Amanda Olmstead, Jenna Grosser, Trent Sutton, Jeffrey Leistico, Tara Marshall and Anne-Marie Berg.

 

 

TAPPS State Art Competition

 

The TAPPS state art competition hosted 1800 pieces of art work in 20 different categories from schools over the entire state of Texas on March 24, 2012.  Congratulations to the following amazing art students who placed at the TAPPS State art competition:

 

Victoria Redding placed 5th in Drawing Black and White for “Eye of the Beholder”

Karina Torres-Diaz placed 3^rd in Drawing Color for “Pug in a Box”

Ellen Smith received an Honorable Mention for Seek and Sketch

Karina Torres-Diaz placed 5^th in Seek and Sketch

Kyra Detrick placed 3^rd in Graphic Design for Brain Storm

Ellen Smith received an Honorable Mention in Creative and Experimental Photography for “Quandry”

Meaghyn Barker placed 1^st in On Site Design

Ellen Smith placed 6^th in Art History

 

To view these and 500 other pieces of art work from fabulous RRCA artists, attend the May 4^th Gallery of Artistry from 6-8pm.

 

 

TAPPS District Academic Meet

 

Congratulations to our high school students that competed in the TAPPS District Academic Meet on February 21st. 

 

Trent Sutton - 1st in Prose Interpretation, Solo Acting, Poetry Interpretation, and Duet Acting.  He also received the “Best All Around” Award.

Jenna Grosser - 1st in Duet Acting and 4^th in Solo Acting

Alli Denman - 6th in Poetry Interpretation

Elizabeth Birkman - 2nd in Original Oratory

Amanda Olmstead - 5th in Original Oratory

Ethan Shires - 5^th in Advanced Math and 6^th in Calculator

James Eldred -   4^th in Current Events and 3^rd in Persuasive Speaking

Tim Cato - 2nd in Ready Writing

JH Engelbrecht -   4^th in Persuasive Speaking and 2^nd in Current Events.

Daniel Eldred 5^th in Science

Traci Bricka -   2^nd in Spelling

Sharlot Shepherd - 3rd in Spelling

Rachel Snyder -   4^th in Literary Criticism

Sydney Counts - 5th in Literary Criticism

Paulina Castorena -   3^rd in Spanish

 

Our Yearbook Excalibur, placed 3^rd in competition.  RRCA received 2^nd place overall

 

TPSMEA Competition

 

Seven High Call Choir students received Superior ratings on their solos at theTPSMEA solo/ensemble competition.  These seven students will now advance to the state competition:  Chad Brooker, Amanda Olmstead, Jenna Grosser, Trent Sutton, Jeffrey Leistico, Tara Marshall and Anne-Marie Berg. An ensemble composed of Marissa Flournoy, Trent Sutton, Jenna Grosser and Anne-Marie Berg received an Excellent rating, as did soloist Laura Pascual.

ACSI District Math Olympics

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the ACSI District Math Olympics held in San Antonio on February 17^th.

 

CONGRATULATIONS to Kyra Detrick for winning a Gold Key for her photography “Blue Shoes” at the prestigious 2012 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards from the South Art Region.  Kyra also received two honorable mentions for her photography “Down the Path” and “Hello World”.  Kyra’s Gold Key submission will travel on to New York City for a national level competition and exhibition there.  

District Spelling Bee Participants and Results
 

Round Rock Christian Academy students represented our school well at the ACSI District Spelling Bee on January 27, 2012!  Congratulations Spellers!

3^rd Grade:
Rohan Gnaniah:  4^th Place Ribbon
Aurora Tyson
Ethan Anderson

4^th Grade:
Alex Chaiken:  3^rd Place Ribbon
Rachel Hildebrand
Eshita Sangani

5^th Grade: 
Eddie Kallen:  3^rd Place Ribbon
Brock Sparkman

6^th Grade:
Michaela DeJong:  4^th Place Ribbon

7^th Grade:
Heather Manning:  1^st Place Medal

8^th Grade:
Dominic Bradfute