EHS faculty and staff would like to thank the members of First Assembly of God for providing the pizza lunch today. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated it! It's awesome to have a such a supportive community who truly cares about education.
Bethany Gaddy, Regions Bank Vice-President and Branch Manager, talked to Mrs. Phillips's Financial Literacy and Accounting classes about practical banking, money, and investing techniques during a two day seminar. The students thoroughly enjoyed having her in class!
Beta officers, Hannah Crawford, treasurer, and Macey Barker, secretary, delivered socks to three local community organizations this week. The Socktober donation drive collected 459 pairs of socks, which were sorted and donated to The Call, Turning Point, and Agape House. Special thanks to all who donated!
Congratulations to EHS Student of the Month, Kate Vernon. Kate was recognized at the November board meeting on Monday, November 6th. She is the daughter of Trey and Pam Vernon and her AP (Advanced Placement) Human Geography teacher, Caitlin Noble, said she “exemplifies the true meaning of growth mindset. As a student she sets goals for herself, then tries out different strategies to meet those goals.”
Her principal, Alva Reibe, said Vernon has a 4.2 grade point average and plans to attend Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia and major in speech pathology. At EHS, she participates in Student Council, Senior Steering Committee, National Honor Society and Beta Club. She is a member of Camp Fire and loves art and dance. She is a member of First Baptist Church and is a youth worker.
Also, congrats to Mrs. Steele, EHS Teacher of the Month. Mrs. Steele, in her second year of teaching at EHS, teaches EAST I, II, III, IV and photography. She is a 2004 EHS graduate and received her bachelor of science in English from Harding University, her master of education and her master of art in journalism from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Co-workers said she is “determined, dedicated and diligent in making an impact on young people’s education and lives. She engages students in real-life and relevant learning through problem solving and community involvement.” She is a Beta Club sponsor; organized and carried through a school-wide project in partnership with the Adopt-A-School program to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief; sponsored “Socktober,” school-wide where students donated socks for Turning Point and The CALL. She organized homecoming and sweetheart events, is the EHS website and Facebook manager and editor of Wildcat Weekly. She is an active member of College Avenue Church of Christ and teaches cheer at TNT. She is married to Daniel Steele and mom to toddlers Sutton and Gabe.
The El Dorado High School Swim team recently competed in the 50/100 Free Meet Hosted by Little Rock Central High School. The team placed 3rd overall. The boys team was led by junior Jacob Boshears. Boshears had an amazing performance swimming the 50 meter freestyle with a record breaking time of 23.28. The rest of the boys followed in the 50 meter free: Hudson McDiarmid (23.68), Everett Gati (25.97), Garrett Jeans (26.38), Nathanael Marino (28.30), Ethan Hammons (28.39), Ethan McCuistion (32.58), Steven Doan (33.15), Noah Gaul (34.45), Alvin Gonzalez (35.45), Aleck Ramirez (35.42).
The girls team was led by freshman Abigail Thompson. Abigail swam the 50 meter free in 30.78. The rest of the girls were close behind: Haley LaGrone (31.89), Torrie Brown (33.13), Jessica Carroll (33.95), Rachel Murphree (34.98), Kali Bronson (35.86), Rachel Morgan (39.44), Tiffany Tran (43.36).
When it came time for the 100 meter freestyle nobody could touch Senior Hudson McDiarmid. He completed the race with a time of 53.19.
Boys 100 Meter Freestyle Times: Boshears (56.70), Gati (59.50), Hammons (1:07.55), Marino (1:07.85), Doan (1:19.22), Ramirez (1:21.13), Gonzalez (1:23.38), Gaul (1:25.60).
The girls 100 meter freestyle was also led by Abigail Thompson with a time of 1:08.31.
Girls 100 Meter Freestyle Times: Brown (1:16.73), Carroll (1:17.52), Bronson (1:20.80), Murphree (1:22.47), Morgan (1:35.22), LaGrone (1:35.82), Tran (1:35.82)
The Wildcats will be back in action on November 16 in Conway.
CTE Showcase will take place tonight!! Come see what the CTE Department is about by meeting the teachers, talking with some students, and visiting the classrooms. The program will begin in the EHS Commons at 6pm. Refreshments will be provided by the Culinary Arts classes.
School board meeting tonight at 6:00pm at Central Office. All are invited to attend.
FCCLA attended the District V meeting on November 1st at UACCH in Hope, Arkansas.
Attention All FBLA Members: The deadline to sign up to compete in the FBLA Disrict III competition is November 14, 2017. Please see Mrs. Martindale in room 1512 to sign up.
Mrs. Howard’s art classes recently completed a study/project on 1) symmetry, and 2) the importance of masks in different cultures.
Tonight is the last regular season football game for the Wildcats. It's also Senior Night! Senior band, cheer, choir, football, JROTC, and tennis will be recognized before the game at 6:30pm. We hope to see everyone there!
Check out the Black Light Pep Rally THIS SUNDAY! Details below!
Juniors that are interested in applying for Arkansas Governor's school should stop by the Guidance Office for more information or visit the website at: www.hendrix.edu/ags
Congrats to freshman Dave Davison for winning the 2017 MVP Chess Association for Arkansas Schools Junior High on October 21, 2017. Davison is a member of the EHS Chess Club.
Mrs. Odom's 9th grade English classes wrote eulogies for the characters in Romeo and Juliet. The students presented their eulogies at a mock funeral on Homecoming.
Congratulations to Chess cats Shayla Smith, Cameron Kuhlmann, and Dave Davison for their outstanding performances in Saturday's regional chess tournament at Lake Hamilton. Dave was named tournament MVP for his perfect 5-0 record, topped off by an absolutely beautiful smothered mate in the championship match. Be sure to ask him what that means. Great job, everybody.
The Cross Country teams had a great showing at the Moro Bay Invitational held at Moro Bay State Park this past Saturday. The Varsity Boys placed 1st place out of 6 full teams. Alexander Jiminez placed 4th out of about 50 runners. Brooks Coan placed 6th, JD Halstead placed 7th, Ruben Berrequin placed 9th, and Hayden McDiarmid placed 12th. Sally Senn placed 6th out of about 50 in the Varsity Girls division.
Pictures from last week's Homecoming 2017 will be posted throughout the week. Check out our Facebook page for new pictures each day!
Students investigate enzymatic reaction rates in preAP Biology.
Anticipating the products of a reaction and practicing patience as student times the reaction.
The first ever Fine Arts Fright Night Fundraiser is on Saturday, October 21, 2017.
