SCHOOL NEWS

n The Sunset High School girls swim team started the season with four athletes. The team grew to 20 swimmers, many of whom had never swum competitively before. But they won the district championship, “by a landslide” on Jan. 17, coach Keenan Fogelberg says. The team went undefeated all season. At the district meet, they won eight gold medals, five silver and one bronze. Sunset swimmer Victoria Coleman was named female swimmer of the meet. The Carter High School boys swim team also won the district championship.

n St. Cecilia Catholic School welcomed a new principal this semester. Lisa Hernandez came from Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving. Parent Jake Barclay says Hernandez hired six highly qualified teachers in her first four weeks on the job. “Morale is up exponentially, and parental involvement is at an all-time high,” he says. “There is a feeling of positive change that exudes beyond the halls of our school.”