Saginaw High School (Texas)

Saginaw High School
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, Tarrant County, 76131 United States
Information
Opened	2005
School district	Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
Principal	David Priddy
Number of students	1999
Average class size	25
Team name	Saginaw Rough Riders
Website	http://www.emsisd.com/saginawhs/site/default.asp

Saginaw High School is the second of two high schools in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District (EMS-ISD). Established in 2005, Saginaw High School is a 5A school located in Saginaw, Texas, United States. Its mascot is the Rough Rider. The school colors are Cardinal red and Las Vegas gold. It has a rivalry with Boswell High School,^{[citation needed]} in Fort Worth, Texas. The current principal is David Priddy. Enrollment is 1999 students.

Athletics

The most notable Saginaw High School sports teams are gymnastics, basketball, soccer, football, softball, and cross country track. The 2009 boys Soccer team made their first-ever playoff appearance. Coaches Sam Trevino, Jason Carnley and Coach Jason Crawford guided the team to a playoff berth with a fourth-place finish in district play. The men's gymnastics team placed sixth at the UIL state meet in 2010, and improved their placement to 3rd in 2011. Although some of the programs have had success, the football team has yet to have a successful season. They posted a 1-9 record for the 2011 season, showing massive improvements from the abomination of the 2010 season, where the team went winless, and posted a -338 point differential over 10 games. They cut the point differential down to 190 in the 2011 season. The 2009 season the team played in its first and last ever playoff game, despite only winning 4 games. The team is under coach Mike Peters, who faces a career 1-19 record going into the 2012 season.

Fine arts

Spirit of Saginaw Band

The Spirit of Saginaw Band was founded in 2005. The band began its first marching season with 80 members and participated at the Plano East Marching Festival, earning a Division II at UIL Region. In 2006, the band grew to 130 members and participated in Bands of America, the Plano East Marching Festival, and earned a Division I at UIL region. In 2007, the band had 160 members and won its first marching competition of the year, the Golden Triangle Marching Classic, and its second top three placement. The color guard and percussion participated in the Crowley Guard & Drumline Competition. The guard placed 1st, with Best Weapon Line, and Best Colour Guard. Percussion placed second. They tiled for first (with the Azle marching band) in the UIL Area A marching competition and received 14th place at the UIL State Marching Championships in San Antonio. In 2008, the band placed 2nd at the Aledo Unleash the Sound Competition (the band won this contest in the 2011 marching season), received a Division I at UIL Region, and placed 3rd at the USSBA State Championships, including 1st Place Colour Guard, and 1st Place Percussion. The Guard & Percussion participated again at Crowley, where the guard made 2nd, 3rd overall, and Percussion won Best Snare Line. Percussion attended PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention) November 5–8, and placed sixth out of 10 bands in their division. The Saginaw Band also received the UIL Sweepstakes Award three years in a rowsss, beginning in 2008. The concert band is under the direction of Matt Pearson. Colorguard/Winterguard Directors are Molly Owen and Art Grossman.

2005-2006 Drum Majors were sophomore Maegan Davis and sophomore Jordan Yamada. The show for this year was Genesis, featuring excerpts from Dvorak's "New World Symphony"

2006-2007 Drum Majors were sophomore Brad Baker, junior Maegan Davis and junior Jordan Yamada. This year's show was Descent Into Madness, based loosely around the plot of the Stanley Kubrick film The Shining.

2007-2008 Drum Majors were junior Brad Baker, senior Maegan Davis, junior Brittany Harris and senior Jordan Yamada. The show for this year, A Purple Heart, was a tribute to the brave soldiers that fought and died in World War II. It featured music from the Mel Gibson film We Were Soldiers

2008-2009 Drum Majors were senior Brad Baker, senior Brittany Harris, junior McKenna Johnson and junior Courtnee Morton. The 2008 program was Lost, based on the television series by JJ Abrams of the same name, featuring the music of Michael Giacchino

2009-2010 Drum Majors were senior McKenna Johnson, junior Morgan Mitchell, senior Courtnee Morton, Senior Lauren Daughhetee, and Junior Samantha Le. The 2009 Marching program was Romeo & Juliet, which included four movements.

2010-2011 Drum Majors are Seniors Samantha Le and Morgan Mitchell, and Juniors Lauren Robertson and Phil Esmaili. The band consisted of over 270 members for this season. The 2010-2011 Marching program was Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror, including pieces from Copeland's ballet entitled "Grohg" with music arrangements by Timothy J. Gorgas.

Instated as a 4A program, the Spirit of Saginaw band was reclassified to 5A as of the 2010-2011 school year.

List of Competition Programs by year:

2005-2006: Genesis

2006-2007: Descent into Madness

2007-2008: A Purple Heart (4A state bound)

2008-2009: LOST

2009-2010: Romeo and Juliet (4A state bound)

2010-2011: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror (5A state bound)

2011-2012: Rise Up!: Music from Johan De Meij's Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings", Original Music by Timothy J. Gorgas

Saginaw High School Theatre

The Saginaw High School Theatre is currently directed by David Kersh. Kersh is a 17 year veteran teacher, having taught at Garland Lakeview Centennial and more recently at Fossil Ridge High School in Keller. Before his teaching career, Kersh spent 15 years as a professional actor, appearing in numerous musicals, plays, independent films and commercials. He earned his BA in Theatre from Texas Wesleyan University and his teaching credentials from The University of North Texas. He has competed at all levels of the UIL One Act Play competition, earning First Runner Up and Best Actress at the 2008 State Meet.
The program was formerly led by director Jeffrey Smith from the school's opening until 2010.^{[citation needed]} Jeffrey Smith is a 12-year Theatre Arts teaching veteran, in his ninth year with Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD. Prior to his work as a teacher, Smith was a professional actor/technician on the east coast. He obtained his master's degree from Lamar University in the Summer of 2009.^{[citation needed]} He is now an assistant principal at Saginaw High School.
The 2009 fall musical was Once Upon A Mattress.
2010 fall musical is Little Shop of Horrors.
2011 One Act Play - Over The River and Through The Woods - Regional Finalist (Top 24 in the state)
2011 Musical - Grease

Starsteppers dance team

The Starsteppers perform at all SHS varsity football games, pep rallies, basketball games, community events, competitions and camps.

Cheerleader controversy

The Fort-Worth Star Telegram reported on April 8, 2010 that a group of cheerleaders from the school were disciplined after spiking their fellow teammates' soda cans with urine. The incident happened during that previous Winter when at least one of the cheerleaders urinated into a cup and then mixed its contents with soda bought at a nearby restaurant. At least two girls were given in-school suspensions and others received lesser punishments, according to the Star-Telegram. The girls were barred from cheer leading events for the rest of the school year but were allowed to return the following year.

External links

• Saginaw High School website