Park Hill High School

Please congratulate Rylee Bornheimer and Chamberlain Webster who won awards at the Cappies Gala and Blue Star Awards this season!

At the Cappies Gala, Rylee Bornheimer won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical for her role in Freaky Friday.

At the Blue Star Awards, Chamberlain Webster was awarded one of four Ceremony Ensemble Awards worth $400

25-26 Park Hill High School Nominees for the Cappies were:

Hair and Makeup Design for a Play: Rylee Bornheimer, Claira Pearson, Play On

Orchestra: Freaky Friday Pit Orchestra, FREAKY FRIDAY

Ensemble in a Play: Cast of Murder Most Foul (Jonah Bruce, Emmy Johnston, Hayden Meschon, Claira Pearson, Sable Runyan, Francis Spadafore), Play On

Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Ziona Clayton, FREAKY FRIDAY

Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Claira Pearson, Play On

Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Hayden Meschon, Play On

Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Claira Pearson, FREAKY FRIDAY

Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Rylee Bornheimer, FREAKY FRIDAY

Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Chamberlain Webster, FREAKY FRIDAY

Critic: Angela Villamayor

Critics Team: Park Hill High School Team (Rylee Bornheimer, Lauren Cobb, Jade Lopez-Alvarado, Emmy Johnston, Eva Mandujano Gil, Claira Pearson, Sable Runyan, Angela Villamayor, Chamberlain Webster)

25-26 Park Hill High School Nominees for the Blue Star Awards were:

Outstanding Orchestra, Tier II

Outstanding Performer in a Lead Role: Chamberlain Webster as Ellie Blake

Ceremony Ensemble: Rylee Bornheimer, Garrett Webster, II, Chamberlain Webster (will perform at the ceremony and have the chance to win a scholarship!)

Community Impact Award: for our theatre department’s outreach to young audiences and performers in the Northland through our Kids’ Camp and Children’s Show



Thank you for your support throughout the year!
Jennifer Jarman Sandau
Theatre Director

Please congratulate Angelina Vitale. She is an official qualifier to the National Speech and Debate Tournament held this June in Richmond Virginia. She will join Ali Bray, Rosie Mormino, and Tasha Sherman who qualified previously. She is also the first freshman to qualify from Park Hill High School in a very long time (maybe ever).

Tyler Unsell
Speech & Debate Advisor

Message from Park Hill Trojans Baseball Head Coach:

On Monday, we opened district play with a 4-2 win over Park Hill South. We had previously lost twice to South, by a 2-1 score. Owen Gutierrez was 3-4 with a stolen base. Cailen Bradford was 2-4 and Bryson Augustyn was 3-4 with a double and 3 RBI's. Bryson collected his 100th varsity hit, joining Caelin as the only two Trojans to ever accomplish this. Ian Springer once again dominated on the mound, scattering 7 hits over 6 1/3 innings striking out 9 and walking 1. Bryson came in and got the save in the 7th.

Last night we upset #1 in the state Liberty with a 5-4 win in 9 innings. Logan Conley started and gave us 4 quality innings, giving up 3 runs. Bryson Augustyn came in, in the 5th inning and gave us 5 innings of 3 hit baseball giving up only 1 run. He also went 3-4 at the plate including a game tying solo home run in the top of the 7th inning. Lex Young was 2-4 with a triple. Logan Conley was 2-5 with the game winning hit in the 9th. Chi Smith was 2-4 as well. Noah Vance, Joe Martorana, Owen Gutierrez also collected a hit. In total we out hit the Blue Jays 12-7. It was a gritty performance by our Trojans.

On Friday we will play Staley in the District Championship at 5:00 at Liberty North. The kids would love to see as much support as possible cheering them on. This will be our first district championship game since 2010. We, by far have the toughest district in the state with Liberty, Liberty North, and Staley all ranked 1,2,and 3 in Missouri class 6 baseball. We previously beat Staley 7-6 earlier in the season and also got past Liberty North 3-0. It should be an awesome atmosphere for high school baseball on Friday night. We have a very gritty and resilient group of players this year that play hard and play together. Please wish them well if you see them. Hope to see you all Friday night.

Jon Davis

Message from Park Hill High School Girls Soccer Head Coach:

The girls are currently 15-2 and have won 12 straight matches. We beat PHS last night for the third time this season in a thrilling 3-2 comeback win. We trailed 2-1 before battling back to finish it off. It was an awesome environment, helped by a student section that brought a ton of energy, especially the baseball team.
The girl's soccer team will play Staley Friday at 6:00 PM at PHS for the district championship. If you are not heading to baseball, we would love to have you come out and support the girls.

Thanks,
Jason Pendleton

***ATTENTION***
Today's Class 6 District 8 Park Hill Trojans Baseball Varsity game location is moving to Creekside Baseball Complex, 15900 Long Ball St, Parkville, MO 64152. The start time will still be at 1:00pm.
Sorry for the change. We hope to see you all there!

25 PHHS Juniors were awarded a KC Scholars Scholarship!

With the Traditional Scholarship, students can pick one out of the 26 network schools to attend for up to $50,000. There are only 250 Traditional Scholarships awarded each year (and our students got 10 of those). The rest of the students received a college-specific scholarship where they are awarded money to attend a specific college. Please congratulate these students when you see them 😊

Airam, Neyna: NWMSU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Alvarez, Samantha: Avila-Specific - Awarded 2026
Anderson, Aysha: NWMSU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Ashton, Jordin: MU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Beckley, Elizabeth: NWMSU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Bektas, Idil: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Belachew, Ephrata: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Bezuneh, Tsinate B: UMKC-Specific - Awarded 2026
Carrell, Kalean: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Cole, Kylee: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Gjoni, Ava: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Hidai, Rachel: Ottawa-Specific Ottawa - Awarded 2026
Holloway, Brayden: USM-Specific - Awarded 2026
Holmes, Dominic: MU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Irving, Leigha: MU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Jamal, Rihana: UMKC-Specific - Awarded 2026
Keefe, Alice: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Loya, Gabrielle: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Nega, Aklile: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Regan, Amora: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Rouk, Alexie: NWMSU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Sama, Princess Mary: UMKC-Specific - Awarded 2026
Shiferaw, Motu: Traditional - Awarded 2026
Wesson, Sa'Niya: NWMSU-Specific - Awarded 2026
Yu, Tin Wing: Truman-Specific - Awarded 2026

We are incredibly proud to recognize these students! Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence have truly paid off, and we are honored to celebrate their achievements.

Last week, we played well but lost to Liberty 5-2. We drew first blood when Carter Lovitt and Drew Miller won at #1 doubles. Liberty put their #1 guy (odds on state champion contender) at #2 doubles and we were a bit outmatched at that court. #3 doubles was as close as they come. We trailed early, rallied back to take the lead, but ultimately lost in a tiebreaker. We trailed 2-1 after doubles.

In singles, we lost the first set on 5 of the 6 courts. Liberty is incredibly strong at #1 and #2 and though we played well, we could not put much up on the score card. The freshmen in the middle of our lineup have been a real strength and #4 Lane Marshall notched our second victory after losing the first set. #3 Alex Kalis was on his way to victory (had match point actually when the match was called). #5 Cody Phan also fought back and ended 4-4 in the second set and was playing well. #6 Bond Pasley had a lead early in the first set, but couldn't hang on.

Ultimately, these boys deserve a lot of credit. They played their hearts out and we just got beat by a better team. We end the season at 14-6 with a couple of regular season tournament trophy's and two state qualifying doubles teams.

Next Up: Drew/Carter and Alex/Lane will play in the MSHSAA State Doubles Championships in Springfield, MO next week (May 14-15).

Thanks for support of Trojan Tennis!

Coach Reys, Brinkmeyer & Kalis

Doubles:
#1 Drew Miller & Carter Lovitt W 8-4
#2 Alex Kalis & Lane Marshall L 2-8
#3 Cody Phan & Bond Pasley L 8-9

Singles:
#1 Miller L 1-6, 2-6
#2 Lovitt L 1-6, 0-6
#3 Kalis DNF 6-2, 5-4
#4 Marshall W 2-6, 6-3, 10-4
#5 Phan DNF 1-6, 4-4
#6 Pasley L 4-6, 1-6

If you see these students, please congratulate them on all their hardwork this season! ❤️🤍

Park Hill High School is proud to announce 15 seniors who achieved the Missouri Seal of Biliteracy this year!

Nicole Apraiz (Spanish)
Alessandra Carrillo Espana (Spanish)
Feaven Danye (Amharic)
Heaven Danye (Amharic)
Alejandra Jaramillo Florez (Spanish)
Hamzeh Joudeh (Arabic and Spanish)
*Alejandro Magana Cardenas (Spanish)
Isabella Martinez (Spanish)
*Santiago Mendoza Martin (Spanish)
Jane Oakley (Spanish)
Maria Ortiz-Arcos (Spanish)
Ivan Skipor (Russian)
Madina Togtogan (Mongolian)
Chamberlain Webster (French)

*Distinguished Seal of Biliteracy

The photos attached shows their pictures, award, and a quote from their essay.
The Missouri Seal of Biliteracy recognizes students who have attained functional fluency in at least two languages by the time they graduate. These students demonstrated proficiency in English, proficiency in another language in all four language domains: reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well as sociocultural competency by completing a project and essay.

I am proud to announce the Kansas City Cappies nominations that our theatre students received for their excellent work on our fall musical, “Freaky Friday,” the spring play, “Play On!” and as part of the Cappies Critics Team this year. The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a national program through which high school theatre and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, and write reviews, which are then submitted for evaluation by adult mentors.

The awards will be presented at the Cappies Gala on Saturday, May 23rd at the Folly Theatre. Tickets are $17 in advance and $22 at the door (everyone INCLUDING those nominated must purchase tickets). The website to purchase tickets is https://orders.follytheater.org/ChooseSeats/33201

Thank you for your support throughout the year!

25-26 Park Hill High School Cappies Nominees

Hair and Makeup Design for a Play: Rylee Bornheimer, Claira Pearson, Play On

Orchestra: Freaky Friday Pit Orchestra, FREAKY FRIDAY (Josh Adams, Braylon Epps, Liran Staggs, Gabriel Epps, Kaitlyn Werner, Madi Timmer, Annabelle Stapleton, Cameryn Hines, Gwendolyn Bell, Ava, Ciccio, Elise Bolyard, Jesse Kao, Jennifer Ethetton)

Ensemble in a Play: Cast of Murder Most Foul (Jonah Bruce, Emmy Johnston, Hayden Meschon, Claira Pearson, Sable Runyan, Francis Spadafore), Play On

Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Ziona Clayton, FREAKY FRIDAY

Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play: Claira Pearson, Play On

Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play: Hayden Meschon, Play On

Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Claira Pearson, FREAKY FRIDAY

Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Rylee Bornheimer, FREAKY FRIDAY

Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical: Chamberlain Webster, FREAKY FRIDAY

Critic: Angela Villamayor

Critics Team: Park Hill High School Team (Rylee Bornheimer, Lauren Cobb, Jade Lopez-Alvarado, Emmy Johnston, Eva Mandujano Gil, Claira Pearson, Sable Runyan, Angela Villamayor, Chamberlain Webster)

Jennifer Jarman Sandau
Theatre Director
Park Hill High School

🎉 Celebrating Excellence in Our School Community! 🎉

We are incredibly proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our dedicated teachers and staff who were recently honored with well-deserved awards! 🍎✨

Their passion, hard work, and commitment to our students make a lasting impact every single day. Please join us in congratulating the following individuals:

Northland Chamber of Commerce
🏆Excellence in Teaching: Samantha McCaffrey
🏆Excellence in Service: Eric Hinkle (Nothland Overall Winner!)

Park Hill Star Awards
🏆Melissa Burghardt
🏆Matt Magnuson
🏆Suzannah Smith

Park Hill School Disctrict
🏆Teacher of the Year: Tyler Unsell
🏆PHHS Spirit Award: Morgan Padilla
🏆Support Staff of the Year: Eric Hinkle

These awards reflect the excellence, compassion, and leadership that make our school such a special place. We are so grateful for everything you do to support and inspire our students! ❤️🤍

👏 Help us celebrate by leaving a note of congratulations in the comments!