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Westlake Tennis on qualifed an unprecedented eight athletes for the State Tournament.

The following athletes qualified:

Stefanie Peana, 1st place girl's singles
Sophie Lantta, 2nd place girl's singles
Sydney Bell & Leonora Slatnick, 1st place girl's doubles
Alex Durham and Russell Bader, 2nd place boy's doubles
Blair Jones & Shane Berber, 2nd place mixed doubles

On May 17^th, 2008, The Miracle Foundation (TMF), in partnership with RunTex, will host the third annual Miracle Mile, a family and pet-friendly heat within the Congress Avenue Mile. Created more than 15 years ago by RunTex owner Paul Carrozza, the Congress Avenue Mile has become a popular combination of competitive fitness and philanthropic opportunities throughout the greater Austin community. The Miracle Mile will allow The Miracle Foundation to continue its support of orphanages that empower hundreds of children in India. One hundred percent of Miracle Mile registration fees will directly benefit The Miracle Foundation orphans.

The UIL State Meet was held this weekend at UT. Congratulations to the following students:
In Feature Writing, Leslie Reynolds placed 3rd. (Bronze)
In Spelling/Vocabulary, Christina Chang, Holly Heinrich, Mary Morris, and Maya Hunt placed 2nd. (Silver)
In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Monica Ghosh placed 2nd (Silver).

Congratulations to Melinda Darrow and her team: Christina Chang, Holly Heinrich, Mary Morris and Maya Hunt. They were the highest placing 2nd place team of all teams at Region and are the "Wild Card" at UIL STATE!

Congratulations to the following individuals and teams who will represent Westlake at the UIL State Meet May 2/3:

Computer Science, placing 3rd - Jonathon Witte
Feature Writing, placing 1st - Leslie Reynolds
Lincoln-Douglas Debate, placing 1st - Monica Ghosh
Literary Criticism, placing 2nd - Anna Percy

Congratulations also to the following teams:
3rd - Computer Science
2nd - Journalism
2nd - Spelling & Vocabulary, coached by Melinda Darrow - "Wild Card" contender!

Guard Llamas

Attention hungry coyotes: beware the ultimate in livestock protection. GUARD LLAMAS! No, it isn’t just you, llamas really are scary. Maybe not scary enough to justify the fact
that you’ve turned your closet into an anti-llama panic room or to even come close to justifying your penchant for wetting the bed every time you had a nightmare about llamas until you were 13, but at least enough to scare away would-be predators from a herd of sheep. Just imagine yourself a hungry attacker attempting to feed on some helpless
livestock. You’re creeping up on them when suddenly and apparently from nowhere you are spit on by a large, angry looking and most likely castrated male llama. I take back what I said before; maybe your panic room is justifiable. Wikipedia says they’re great, so it must be true.

Online grade access

Ever wished your parents would hover more? Then rejoice and be
glad for the addition of the Skyward program to the school’s network. It’s the perfect way to keep track of how many classes you’ve skip— uh, been “sick” during and you can immediately find out how long you’re going to be grounded for once your parents log on. Not only is Big Brother watching, but he’s getting daily emails about your attendance, too.

Move over, Monty Python

Ninth grade biology teacher Eric Martin talks about his childhood in the country, his baby daughter Violet, and his love of World of Warcraft.

Student Trips

“I'm not sure how smart it is to send a bunch of orchestra kids to a ski resort, but as long as we don't get any broken bones, we'll consider it a success.”