In the Student Spotlight

 

Brooklyn Freeman, a junior at Northland, decided to audition for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State Choir instead of the smaller all-state choir for just private school students. In order to do this, she is competing against high school students from the biggest school districts around. Her first round of auditions, District, had her competing against students from public schools in the Spring, Spring Branch, Humble and Aldine Independent School Districts. She placed first in that round and moved on to Region, again facing students from public schools in our area including Porter, New Caney, and Galena Park in addition to Spring, Spring Branch, Humble and Aldine ISDs. After competing against these 5A and 6A public high schools she again placed first! 

 

Brooklyn will move onto the next round of auditions, Pre-Area, on December 2 where she will face even more students from public high schools across Texas.

 

According to TMEA, of the more than 70,000 Texas high school students who compete in All-State each fall, only 1,800 are chosen to be a part of one of their ensembles.

 

 

Congratulations to Brooklyn for making it to the next round of auditions! We are so proud of you for your hard work and for representing Northland so well in this competition.

 

Congratulations to Northland's inaugural Academic Decathlon for placing 5th at the Frisco State competition after competing with public and private schools from across the state. The 2020-21 NCS Academic Decathlon team includes Riley Frank, Brooklyn Freeman, Danielle Rangel, Angela Vu, Ian Wietstruck, and Charles Xie.

 

These students immersed themselves in a deep study of this year's National Academic Decathlon theme, The Cold War. Their study and competition included ten subjects: math, science, social science, art, music, language and literature, economics, speech, interview, and essay. We are so proud of the talent and perseverance of our NCS Academic Decathletes! We are looking forward to next year's national theme: WATER: A Most Essential Resource.

 

Students should contact the Academic Decathlon coach, Mrs. Freeman, for information about joining.

 

 

Pictured above, each team member received a monetary scholarship ($300) due to the team placement, and Riley Frank also received a scholarship ($1500) for his individual score and placement.

Brooklyn Freeman, a member of the Northland Christian School Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State Choir.

 

Brooklyn was chosen for this prestigious honor through a competitive process held this year across the state at Region, Pre-Area, and Area levels, earning first chair at the Region level, second chair at Pre-area and Area. Only the top 2.6% of musicians who initially audition become All-State musicians.

 

Brooklyn is a voice student of Judy Boyter. As a sophomore, this will be Brooklyn’s second time to perform as a member of a TMEA All-State organization. Brooklyn loves to sing and has worked hard to persevere during the pandemic. She joined the Houston Girls Chamber Choir during the fall semester of 2020 and participated in the Texoma NATS Classical Competition placing first for the second time.

 

 

The Northland Christian Volleyball Team had a season to remember. Only two years removed from a state finals appearance in 2018, and after only graduating two Seniors in 2019, the team appeared to be ready for another deep playoff run. The ladies continued to perform admirably, despite the mounting pressure and stress created by global pandemic.

After an undefeated district campaign, and their first district championship since 2002, San Antonio Lutheran came to Northland for the Area Championship. The Lady Cougars handled Lutheran 3-0, and traveled to La Grange for a neutral site match up against San Antonio Holy Cross. After losing the first set to Holy Cross, the team found their focus and execution, winning the next three sets, and advancing to the State Final Four for the second time in two years.

Their semifinal matchup was against a familiar foe. Faith West Academy has been Northland's toughest district rival the last two years, and this would be their third matchup this season. Though Faith West Academy played an inspired match, the Lady Cougars would advance after winning a decisive fifth set.

The Championship Match was to be played at New Braunfels Christian Academy against Fort Worth Lake Country Christian. Fort Worth Lake Country Christian was talented and prepared for the match, and the first two sets were as close as they could be.

Lady Cougars take set 1, 25-23
Lady Cougars take set 2, 26-24
Lake Country would not fade away, and convincingly took the third set 25-13.

The Lady Cougars went to the huddle a little stunned, but the resolve of Coach Gonzales and the leadership provided by Seniors Aimee Arash-Ajayi, Nicole Berkeland, and Emma Nelson had the team refocused for the fourth set.

Lake Country would take an early lead in the fourth set, but Freshman Kinsey Kraner and Sophomore Christina Vigil had key serves that swung the fourth set for the Lady Cougars, and secured the team their first ever State Championship.

This special group of young people, led by their passionate coach, inspired their school and community amidst the backdrop of a world battling COVID-19.

 

Andrew Gonzales, Head Coach

 

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