Paola High School Choirs

04/12/2026

Regional Solo and Small Ensemble Results

Receiving a 2 rating:
Madrigals (missed a 1 rating by a single point)
Treble Ensemble
Sophia Newton
Kayla Hertel
Maddy Hertel
Nathan Siders
To get a 1 rating, you must score a 69 or higher. All of our 2 ratings scored above a 63.

Receiving a 1 rating and will head to State in 2 weeks:
Bass Ensemble (Braden Thoden, Nathan Siders, Toby Walker, Brady Sparks, Garrett Brown, Evan Avila, Cameron McMahon, Landon Murdock, and Jaxon Troutman)
Emma Scherman
Taylor Schlup
Nora Scroggie
Lila Blackie

I am so proud of all these students and look forward to a successful State competition at De Soto High School in 2 weeks. CONGRATULATIONS Panthers!

04/11/2026

Off to regional solo and small ensemble!!! Go Panthers!!!

03/27/2026

One of ours! Thank you for being a part of our choir family!

Next we will spotlight Avarie Needham 💛🎓 Following graduation, Avarie plans to study Economics at Baylor University.

02/28/2026

Kansas All-State Choir was AMAZING! These two kids represented Paola in the BEST way and I am so PROUD of them! Congratulations to Lila and Nora…also, happy birthday to Nora. I hope you are enjoying your day making music!

02/14/2026

So proud of do these kids for their singing during our Singing Valentines yesterday. It was a long day traveling from place to place…but so worth it as we made peoples day. I have the best kids and I know it.

11/10/2025

We had a very successful day on Saturday auditioning for District/State Choir. I am very proud of all 14 of my students for auditioning. We had 9 selected. To compare, only 4 were selected last year. So very proud! Congratulations!

08/28/2025

Our Pampered Chef sale is coming to a close on Friday! Get those orders in! Thank you in advanc for your support! Here is the link to order!

06/02/2025

Congrats on a job well done! Proud of you JJ! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1296137982515522&id=100063579970527&mibextid=wwXIfr

4A Boys triple jump state champion🥇

JJ Crawford from Paola wins the 4A boys triple jump with a jump of 46-0.

05/29/2025

Walk off by our very own bass!!!! Way to go Panthers!

Panthers advance! 💪🏼⚾️

05/15/2025

Congrats Sam! Thank you for singing with us!! Also, thanks for the shout out! Best wishes as you move forward!

Our last spotlight today is Samuel Bonham. 💛🎓 Sam plans to attend KU and double major in finance and computer science.