Pioneer honors for the 2005-2006 year:

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS

Twenty one Pioneer students were National Merit Scholarship Finalists this year.

MATH

Of the 299 Pioneer students who took the American Mathematics Competition Test
this year, 33 qualified for part two, the prize round of the test.  Six Pioneer students finished
in the top 202 of more than 10,000 students who took the test.

Four Pioneer High School students placed 1st in the State Competition at the 60th
Annual DECA State Career Development Conference.  The State DECA Conference
is one of the largest and most competitive of all student organizations in Michigan with
over 2,100 students in attendance from 157 Michigan High Schools.

CREATIVE WRITING

Six Pioneer students represented Pioneer High School at an international youth poetry competition
in New York City.  The team finished tied for 7th overall out of 40 teams at this year’s Brave
New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival!

MUSIC

Pioneer's Music Department received the National GRAMMY Signature School Award for 2005-2006! This award is given to the BEST high school music department in the nation!  Pioneer was named one of the top 7 music departments in the country for both  2004-5 and 2003-4.

Band

• The Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) DISTRICT Band Festival was held at Pioneer on March 11, 2006. The Pioneer High School Symphony and Concert Bands each received  First Division Ratings.   The Concert Band received straight “A”s in all categories in Class B , with a First Division rating from each concert judge, and the Symphony Band received straight “A+”s in all categories in Class AA also with First Division ratings from each concert adjudicator and the sightreading judge.  Eleven District 12 bands competed for this state-qualifying event.
• The Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) DISTRICT Solo and Ensemble Festival was held on January 28, 2006. Students prepared a solo and/or an ensemble and performed for an MSBOA Adjudicator. Their performance was evaluated and a rating between "I" (Excellent) and "V" was assigned.
• Pioneer Band students received 114 first division ("I") and 33 second division ("II") ratings in SOLO competition, as well as 121 first division and 21 second division ratings in ENSEMBLE competition.
• The Pioneer Concert Band "Won it All" in Toronto at the Festivals of Music InternationalCompetition.  They were the only concert band to receive a superior rating in Class AA; and are the winners of the William D. Revelli Trophy and, as the highest scoring high school concert band regardless of classification, the winner of the Dr. Tim Lutzenheiser Esprit de Corps Award.

Orchestra

• The Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) DISTRICT Solo and Ensemble Festival was held on January 28, 2006. Students prepared a solo and/or an ensemble and performed for an MSBOA Adjudicator. Their performance was evaluated and a rating between "I" (Excellent) and "V" was assigned.

• Forty-six Pioneer High School Orchestra students received a rating of First Division, or "I" (Excellent) and 6 received a "II" (Good) for their performance of a District SOLO.  In the Ensemble competition, 22 Pioneer students in ensembles received ratings of "I" and 10 students received "II" ratings.

Vocal Music

• Three Pioneer High School Choirs had excellent results at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association State Choir Festival
   April 27 and 28, in the Potter Center for the Performing Arts at Jackson Community College.
  

• Twenty-six members of the Pioneer Choirs participated in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association State Solo and Ensemble Festivall at Eastern Michigan University on Saturday, February 11th.  26 performers received 40 excellent, (1), ratings. 
  

• Five members of the Pioneer Choirs were selected to participate in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association All State SATB  and SSA (Junior High) Honors Choirs.

• Pioneer Theater Guild placed 4th in the state one-act play competition with 'Elephant Man'.
• Pioneer Theater Guild won the Golden Truck award for the best all-around backstage crew in the state this year.
  

ATHLETICS

Pioneer is the home of the 2005-2006:

• Women's Swimming and Diving State Champions
  
• Women's Field Hockey State Champions
• Women's Tennis  State Champions
• Men's Cross Country State Champions
• Men's Water Polo State Runners-up (state champions 5 of the last 10 years, runners-up the other 5!)
• Women's Swimming and Diving State Champions (seventh year in a row!)
• Synchronized Swimming State Champions (thirteenth year in a row!)
• Men's Swimming and Diving State Champions (either #1 or #2 in the state since 1992!)
  
• Men's Tennis State Champions
  
• Women's Track and Field State Champions
  

more Athletic records

Pioneer honors for the 2004-2005 year

Pioneer honors for the 2003-2004 year

Pioneer honors for the 2002-2003 year