Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, Temple will return to the UIL Conference 6A in the nine-member District 12. Teams will include Belton High, Copperas Cove High, Killeen High, Killeen Ellison, Killeen Harker Heights, Killeen Shoemaker, Temple High, Waco High and Waco Midway. Temple's new district will be in Region 2, having previously been in Region 3.

Over 100 students will participate in the Temple High School production of Disney's High School Musical  Thursday-Saturday, February 1-3, at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on February 4 at 2 p.m. General admission tickets are available from students involved in the production. Reserved seat tickets are only available online and include the first six rows of the two center sections. General admission tickets are also available online. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and $20 for reserved seats.

ONLINE TICKET SALES — $10 General Admission and $20 Reserved Seats are available on the SeatYourself.biz website. Online sales end 5 hours before each performance. You will be emailed a receipt, which you must show (either on paper or on your phone) at the ticket table to gain admission. There is a 50¢ convenience charge per ticket.

     It's the first day after winter break for the East High Wildcats. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations and look forward to the new year.
     Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy (Chris Hitt), discovers that the brainy Gabriella (Adara Felix), a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. The couple causes an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical.
     Jealous diva Sharpay Evans (Sierra Amalbert), with her twin brother Ryan (Alante Anderson), conspire to squelch the new couple's chances.
     Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to "stick to the status quo" while also meeting their existing obligations to the basketball team and the academic decathlon.
     Musical selections include "We're All in This Together," "Getcha Head in the Game," "What I've Been Looking For" and more.

CLICK HERE for the Information Page with a complete list of the cast and crew.

The following article, with story and photos by Melany Cox, appeared in the Temple Daily Telegram on February 1, 2018.
 

The following photo by Melany Cox appeared on the front page:

Temple High theatre students had great success at the Texas State Thespian Festival held November 15-18 in Grapevine. The convention had 7892 people in attendance (students, teachers, and chaperones).

Out of the 280 troupes at convention, Temple was one of 10 schools named an All-Star Troupe. Temple was also named one of the three finalists for the 2016-17 Outstanding Troupe award. The group performed the comedy Wonder of the World in front of a standing-room-only audience, with Adara Felix being named Outstanding Supporting Actress for all marathon plays. Adara and Robert Solar both received $1000 Texas Thespian Scholarhips.

All 10 Temple individual events received superior ratings and advanced to the national competition held June 25-30, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. No other troupe in the entire state had that many entries advance. These events included group musical (Sierra Amalbert, Callie Ortega, Adara Felix, Rebecca Alley, Olivia Cabrera, Allison Quiroz and Alante Anderson), duet acting (Morgan Madsen, Kerynn Eckenrode), duet acting (Gabe Salazar, D’Andre Wright), solo musical (Kaiya Fowler), solo musical (Arreyon Blocker). scenic design (Izzy Poehlmann), lighting design (Ricardo Fontanez), costume design (Brianna Alexander), sound design (Michael Jones) and theatre marketing (Seth Little).

In the Texas Team events, Temple won first place in the state for team mask making. The team included Grace Mellette, Adara Felix, Callie Ortega, and Olivia Cabrera.

Pictured at left are Anaiya Harris and Bailee Poelker with their Team Make-Up and Hair Design entries in the Texas team events. At right is a photo of the first place winner in Team Mask Making. At the top right is Sierra Amalbert, who found her doppelgänger on a poster at the convention.

The troupe made the front page of the Temple Daily Telegram on November 28, 2017:

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