Our lady Trojan softball team traveled to Cleveland to play in the rotary tournament from March 9th through 11th. They played a total of 6 games and, after a rough start they came out and won first place in the silver bracket.

#TrojanSoftball #TrojansWin

Our Trojan tennis team traveled to Madisonville to compete in a tennis tournament. They came home with a first place win in girls doubles by Cali Crowder and Tess Phillips. A first place win in boys doubles by Jack King and Luke Monroe. Finally, a 5th place win in mixed doubles by Franzi Ozer and Matthew Irving.

#TrojansWin #TrojanTennis

Our Hosa team hosted the third successful blood drive of the year. There were a total of 57 people who donated and the goal was only 55. Every worker said they had a lot of fun!!!!

#TrojansSaveLives #TrojanMedical

The Coldspring FFA chapter has been busy at the Major Livestock Shows in Texas.

Branden and Austin Oehrlein showed their breeding swine at the San
Antonio Livestock Show. Branden and Austin exhibited both crossbred gilts and registered gilts. Branden made the first pull, with his
registered gilt.

Houston Livestock Show: Trap and Clays team participated in Young Guns Shooting Sports. (Cinco Bailes, Rigby Bailes, Collis Currie, Colby Durdin, and Hunter Durdin.) It was their first time competing in a major show shooting event. The students learned a lot about the process and what is involved in the sport.

Averey Moss calf scrambled in San Antonio. Although she was able to grab a calf by the tail, she was unsuccessful in getting it
haltered and to the center of the ring. She will try again later this year.

Cinco Bailes, Rigby Bailes, Heaven Burleson, and Georgia Maldonado traveled to San Antonio with their registered Heifers. Cinco and Rigby showed Brangus heifers, Georgia showed her Simbrah Heifer, and Heaven showed an ORB heifer. Cinco placed 2nd, Rigby placed
6th, Georgia placed 11th , and Heaven placed 12th in their respective classes. With his 2nd place finish, Cinco advanced to the division championship.

Cinco Bailes, Rigby Bailes, Collis Currie, Logan Edwards, and Branden Oehrlein made the trip to San Antonio to compete in the Junior Shootout. There were over 1,100 competitors at the contest, and even though we didn’t win the championship, the students
learned a lot about safety and handling of firearms, improved their scores, made some new friends, and even got to compete against and beat a couple of their fathers on the course.

Heaven Burleson and Georgia Maldonado have returned to San Antonio to show their market steers. Heaven is exhibiting a Charolais Cross and Georgia is showing an American Breeds Cross.

#TrojanFFA

COHS  freshman, Cali Crowder, started what we hope to be a fantastic winning streak, by taking first place at the recent Livingston Tennis Tournament. Fans and teammates like to watch Cali play because she has such a smooth hitting style. Cali contributes her win to her winning attitude and her disappointment when she loses. She feels she fought hard in Livingston and didn’t give up even though the day was long because of a rain delay. Her dad, Coach Crowder,  has been coaching her since 3rd grade and was there to see her win. 

Cali says that she and her dad would go to the courts anytime they could get there to practice. She remembers serving the ball, like a million times. Even though her dad pushed her on days that she didn’t feel like it, she is glad she got to spend time with him and is very grateful for her exceptional skills. 

Cali also played varsity volleyball this year and now travels at least twice a week for club volleyball. Cali is in honors classes and is enjoying high school. She likes the times she gets to hang out with her friends during sports the most.

#TrojansWin

COHS athlete, Vincent McCarty, has to miss some of his tennis practices because he is currently getting ready for dirt bike spring nationals. He is training three times a week and pushing himself to be the best athlete that he can be. He is focusing on proper nutrition and keeping a clear healthy mindset.

Vince started riding dirt bikes at the age of five and  started racing when he was ten. His first race, he placed 5th in his class and finished the series racing 3 times a month. Later, he moved up from the 85CCH class to the 125CCH class when he turned 13. Since then, he has made his way up in the rankings within the state of Texas.

Vince is now 3rd overall in the Texas State Championship series, racing in the 12-16 year category called Schoolboy 1, 125 Intermediate/Junior Level. He has been making consistent podiums all season.

Vince’s next step is to compete in the area qualifiers in March, hoping to do well enough to make it to the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, Jul 31 - Aug 5 in Hurricane Mills, TN.

#TrojanPride 

JROTC students placed 2nd Runner up in the UIL State 1A - 3A VEX Robotics Competition. The competitors are looking forward to competing in the VEX Robotics World Championship 2023 in Dallas.

Jaden Griffith, Corey Collier, Celeste Lamonte, Angel Zane, Quinton Walberg, and Savanna McClure

Members of the Coldspring Garden Club visited COHS for a tour of the Ag Facilities and paired with students in Advanced Floral Design,creating a Bud Vase arrangement. #GardeningClub #Trojans #FloralDesign

In Our Principles of AFNR class, our students created our FFA Official Dress using only paper and then got to model it for the other Ag classes.

On Thursday, October 27, 2022 students enrolled in Advanced Animal Science attended the Southeast Texas Beef Symposium hosted by Texas AgriLife Extension, with the assistance of professors from Texas A&M and Sam Houston State University Agriculture Science departments.  Students spent the day attending hands-on sessions including: Anatomy and Physiology dissection lab, a blood draw for pregnancy checks on cows, ultrasounding cattle for carcass traits and fat thickness, taste testing tenderness of different cuts of meat, identifying parts of cattle, where their bones are placed and where each cut of meat comes from on the animal, and digestion, featuring a cannulated cow.  Cannulated cattle are those which have a surgically placed cannula, or porthole-like device placed on their side into the rumen.  This allows veterinarians and researchers to examine content digested by the animal for various purposes.  They finished off the afternoon with a lesson on safe food handling and proper cooking temperatures, followed by seasoning and grilling their own hamburgers.  

Dr. Jason Cleere with Texas A&M University explains to students how blood is taken from a vein in the tail and used to determine if a cow is bred.

Amaree Barfield watches as Dr. Cleere draws blood from a bred Red Brahman cow.

Students in Advanced Animal Science who attended the trip (left to right): Chester Blackmann, Amaree Barfield, Trevor Liljequist, Logan Wilke, Drew Hodge, Kylie Currie, Gray King, Colton Bailey, and Kaylen McAdams.

Logan Wilke and Trevor Liljequist dissect the heart, liver, lungs and kidneys of a pig.

Logan Wilke and Trevor Liljequist investigating the feed intake and digestion of a cannulated cow.  This is done for research of feedstuff and its digestibility in cattle and is not harmful to the animal.

Kalyan McAdams uses an ultrasound machine on a steer to determine the area of the ribeyes, how much fat cover is on the steer and the amount of intramuscular fat.  This steer was around 1,000 pounds and only had around ¼” fat, meaning that he was not market ready just yet.

#AgricultureRocks #TrojanFFA #FutureFarmers

Our Child Guidance class travels to James Street Elementary to help teachers and observe the classrooms. The CTE high school class gets real-world practice in education. 

#TrojansGiveBack #TrojansLearn

“It’s all about the videos and the cards!”

In Mrs.Cook’s Medical Terminology classes, her students get a total of 50 flash cards each week and are expected to memorize all of them.

They are given 25 on Monday, they review those on Tuesday, the other 25 are given on Wednesday, then there’s a huge review on Thursday.

Students study these audionym words and learn the definitions by Friday, when they take the exam. Most kids out of Cook's classes ace the test and find it easy.

“Passing these tests makes me feel accomplished and ready for my next set of flashcards," said I'Kayla Byrd. "It makes me feel like I can be successful in the medical field."

The learning secret seems to be the weird way students learn the words. They’re given these videos that the medical field teachers have been using for decades. These videos give the weirdest and funniest examples of ways to remember words. 

As an example, the video says “Dactyl , this word sounds similar to “ducktail”, so imagine a sitting duck then all of a sudden his tail turns into fingers and toes!”

Weird, right? The first time some of her students watched the videos, they thought it was the most foolish and meaningless way. But the next day, her first period students line up at the door waiting to answer the flash card correctly to enter her classroom. Then they catch themselves going “ OK dactyl, so ducktail-, ummm… FINGERS AND TOES!” 

Mrs.Cook is one of the most understanding and best medical field teachers of all time. She has a great way of teaching and tries to get through to all of her students. ~I'Kayla Byrd

Our JROTC cadets traveled to Waller ISD on October 5th, 2022 to compete in the rocketry competition. They were most excited about competing in the Bulldog Blast Tug of War competition.

Our cadets brought home three trophies: 2nd place 60 Feet Spot Landing, 3rd place Expedition (showing off the rocket and telling the story behind it), and 3rd place tug of war. 

#GoTrojans #JROTCRocks

Mrs. Robertson's English II class attempted to make towers out of four sheets of paper. This activity helped the students learn the necessity of a proper foundation in writing an essay. 

#TrojansLearn #GoTrojans