Hope everyone enjoyed winter break!
Students return to Hamilton County Schools on Wednesday, January 4, with faculty attending the prior two days for professional development.
Hopefully you were able to enjoy at least one of the many holiday events sponsored by our schools.
The SMMHS Theatre Arts Boosters helped kick off the holiday season with its annual Mountain Madrigal Feast, where guests joined a Royal Court for an evening of great food and holiday entertainment. Concerts and other fun events were also enjoyed by students from all our schools.
Fall and spring are full of activities for our students in both academics and athletics.
Students at SMMHS were excited to return to an in-person Model UN conference. Although the huge regional event held in prior years went under during COVID-19, alumni in various colleges banded together to create an “AltMUN” to give high school students a similar experience.
Senior Kaitlyn Castellanet and junior Mark Nashi were among high school students in our region who served as vice chairs working with the collegiate group. Nearly 60 SMMHS students were among the approximate 800 attending the event at Chattanooga State.
Signal’s USA team was recognized for distinction in rhetoric. team Members were Adrian Andreescu, Jack Gibby, Josh Dulin, Jake Stubblefield, and Weston Livingood. Jeffery Lin, Adrian Andreescu, Jack Gibby, Josh Dulin won individual awards.
A small group from SMMHS also attended the state Beta Club convention in Nashville. Four students placed in the top five of their categories: Riley Goff, French; Ava Sabatini, poetry; Abbie Dungan, language arts; and Lydia Miller, math.
Signal Mountain had the most qualifiers of any high school in East Tennessee for the All East Jazz Clinic that will occur in late January. Congrats to Luke Robertson, first chair Red Band; JJ Massey, fourth chair Red Band; Nicholas Barrett, first chair White Band; Andrew Milz, first chair White Band; Wesley Graybeal, second chair White Band; and Fin Dodson, third chair White Band. These guys play saxophones, trumpets, and trombones.
Come hear our school’s own jazz band at the annual “Swing, Swang, Swung” event on Saturday evening, April 29.
Congrats also to Signal’s seventh through ninth grade band students who qualified to perform in the All Region Honor Band concerts in early December! Signal had seven Region Champs, four runners up, and several students who earned a chair in one of the four honor bands.
Recognized as champs on their instruments were seventh-graders Caroline Stone, Paul Corcoran, Hannah Harris, Ethan Bhosale; and eighth- and ninth-graders Ella Wu, Emily Campbell, and Carter Kent.
Kudos also to our runners up: seventh-graders Mason Edwards and Grayson Rock, as well as Ellie Bielcik and Barrett Cloud in the eighth/ninth grade category.
Eleven of Signal’s Strings students in grades seven through nine also earned the honor to participate in a junior orchestra clinic and concert in mid November. Seven were in the (Top) Blue Orchestra at the event sponsored by the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association. Signal Mountain was honored to have more musicians in that top group than any other school other than Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts.
Congrats to Mia Sabatini, Ben Marsden, Zara Hossain, Naomi Hays, Billy Wooden, Hyrum Gree, and Finley Holmes for being in Blue Orchestra! Kudos also to Violet Garney, Mason Cabell, Emma Elser, and Seven Dapp for being in the Red Orchestra!
Sports News
Signal’s high school basketball teams opened their seasons with some wins to get that program off to a great start.
Defending state champs, the Signal Mountain wrestling team also opened its season with a double victory and was just starting its road to State as this issue was going to press.
High school bowling was entering the district tournament at press time, with our boys’ team seeded No. 2.
Our football Eagles continued to be recognized in post season. Congratulations to senior Ripley Hutcherson for being named Region 3-3A Defensive MVP and sophomore Cash Keene for being named Region 3-3A Newcomer of the Year!
Congrats also to these football players for being named to the Region 3-3A All-Region Team: Luke Alexander, Malik Aljack, Daniel Odom, Chance Townson, and Collins Payne.
Students return to Hamilton County Schools on Wednesday, January 4, with faculty attending the prior two days for professional development.
Hopefully you were able to enjoy at least one of the many holiday events sponsored by our schools.
The SMMHS Theatre Arts Boosters helped kick off the holiday season with its annual Mountain Madrigal Feast, where guests joined a Royal Court for an evening of great food and holiday entertainment. Concerts and other fun events were also enjoyed by students from all our schools.
Fall and spring are full of activities for our students in both academics and athletics.
Students at SMMHS were excited to return to an in-person Model UN conference. Although the huge regional event held in prior years went under during COVID-19, alumni in various colleges banded together to create an “AltMUN” to give high school students a similar experience.
Senior Kaitlyn Castellanet and junior Mark Nashi were among high school students in our region who served as vice chairs working with the collegiate group. Nearly 60 SMMHS students were among the approximate 800 attending the event at Chattanooga State.
Signal’s USA team was recognized for distinction in rhetoric. team Members were Adrian Andreescu, Jack Gibby, Josh Dulin, Jake Stubblefield, and Weston Livingood. Jeffery Lin, Adrian Andreescu, Jack Gibby, Josh Dulin won individual awards.
A small group from SMMHS also attended the state Beta Club convention in Nashville. Four students placed in the top five of their categories: Riley Goff, French; Ava Sabatini, poetry; Abbie Dungan, language arts; and Lydia Miller, math.
Signal Mountain had the most qualifiers of any high school in East Tennessee for the All East Jazz Clinic that will occur in late January. Congrats to Luke Robertson, first chair Red Band; JJ Massey, fourth chair Red Band; Nicholas Barrett, first chair White Band; Andrew Milz, first chair White Band; Wesley Graybeal, second chair White Band; and Fin Dodson, third chair White Band. These guys play saxophones, trumpets, and trombones.
Come hear our school’s own jazz band at the annual “Swing, Swang, Swung” event on Saturday evening, April 29.
Congrats also to Signal’s seventh through ninth grade band students who qualified to perform in the All Region Honor Band concerts in early December! Signal had seven Region Champs, four runners up, and several students who earned a chair in one of the four honor bands.
Recognized as champs on their instruments were seventh-graders Caroline Stone, Paul Corcoran, Hannah Harris, Ethan Bhosale; and eighth- and ninth-graders Ella Wu, Emily Campbell, and Carter Kent.
Kudos also to our runners up: seventh-graders Mason Edwards and Grayson Rock, as well as Ellie Bielcik and Barrett Cloud in the eighth/ninth grade category.
Eleven of Signal’s Strings students in grades seven through nine also earned the honor to participate in a junior orchestra clinic and concert in mid November. Seven were in the (Top) Blue Orchestra at the event sponsored by the East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association. Signal Mountain was honored to have more musicians in that top group than any other school other than Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts.
Congrats to Mia Sabatini, Ben Marsden, Zara Hossain, Naomi Hays, Billy Wooden, Hyrum Gree, and Finley Holmes for being in Blue Orchestra! Kudos also to Violet Garney, Mason Cabell, Emma Elser, and Seven Dapp for being in the Red Orchestra!
Sports News
Signal’s high school basketball teams opened their seasons with some wins to get that program off to a great start.
Defending state champs, the Signal Mountain wrestling team also opened its season with a double victory and was just starting its road to State as this issue was going to press.
High school bowling was entering the district tournament at press time, with our boys’ team seeded No. 2.
Our football Eagles continued to be recognized in post season. Congratulations to senior Ripley Hutcherson for being named Region 3-3A Defensive MVP and sophomore Cash Keene for being named Region 3-3A Newcomer of the Year!
Congrats also to these football players for being named to the Region 3-3A All-Region Team: Luke Alexander, Malik Aljack, Daniel Odom, Chance Townson, and Collins Payne.
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