EHS Blood Drive to take place Friday, January 24th! Visitors are welcome, but must check in through the front office!
The deadline to sign up for cheer tryouts is TODAY.
Cheer tryout sign ups were sent out via email. You must complete the sign up form to be eligible to tryout.
Tryouts are set for February 14th with a mandatory parent meeting January 28th at 5:30pm.
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., from Oberlin College commencement speech, 1965
Check out Mrs. Harwell's Visual Arts I students' current project: building and painting baskets!
Cheer tryout sign ups were sent out via email. You must complete the sign up form to be eligible to tryout. The deadline to sign up is January 21st. Tryouts are set for February 14th with a mandatory parent meeting January 28th at 5:30pm.
The Senior Steering Committee will meet this Friday at 7:30 in room 2526.
Save the Animals Club will meet this Friday at 7:30 in Room 2410. We will discuss our first service day and start planning for the Doggy Dash!
Junior and senior Fine Arts students were able to visit with a few of the faculty members from the University of Arkansas Music Department last week. What an awesome experience!
Varsity cheerleaders are on the hunt for some "throwback" cheer uniforms! If any former EHS cheerleaders are willing to loan a uniform to a current cheerleader for a project, please contact Coach Tab Bledsoe at tabatha.bledsoe@esd-15.org.
Pre-AP students in Mrs. Parker's classes boiled leaves in alcohol to remove pigment and tested for starch in different environmental conditions to test how that condition affects starch.
Congratulations to the following band students for earning placement in the ASBOA All-Region Band on Saturday: Rhea Neugebauer, Tonja Willis, Courtney Fischer, Elvia Trujillo, Cynthia Venegas, Krystina Charles, Brennan Phillips, Imelda Gonzalez, Mikayla Young, Miles Jennings, Hailey Talley, Angel Tyra, Amelia Ward, Hayden Haney, Logan Lyons, Brice Dolden, and Claudia Sharp.
Congratulations to the following students for earning an audition position for the Arkansas All-State Band: Rhea Neugebauer, Tonja Willis, Mikayla Young, Miles Jennings, Hailey Talley, Hayden Haney, Bryce Dolden, and Claudia Sharp.
All students traveling to China will meet this afternoon at 4:30 for an important meeting.
Anyone who is wanting to travel to Hawaii this summer, Panama next Spring Break, or Australia/New Zealand next summer- enrollment is still open to all EHS students. See Mrs. Parker for details.
Any 10th-12th grade BOYS who are interested in running track this year need to come see Mr. Coach Curtis during your lunch shift.
ICYMI
Congrats to senior Emma Thomas who has been selected as a member of the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch International Touring Team! Check out the article in the El Dorado News-TImes!!
"Never follow the crowd." Bernard Baruch, Financier
EHS Blood Drive to take place Friday, January 24th! Visitors are welcome, but must check in through the front office!
SAVE THE DATES!
The University of the Arkansas Design Camp will be held this summer at various locations. Design Camp offers the chance to learn about the design professions through hands-on projects, tours and discussions led by architecture, landscape architecture and interior design faculty of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and collaborate with peers in a fun and creative studio environment while they walk with you through the design process. In summer 2020, two different weeklong camps will take place on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville; campers also have the option to stay overnight in a campus residence hall. Additional weeklong day camps are planned in Hot Springs, Little Rock, El Dorado and Wilson. New this year, a two-week-long residential Immersive Camp will be held on the U of A campus for more experienced designers.
Design Camp Locations: The Fay Jones School is hosting seven Design Camp sessions in five cities across Arkansas in summer 2020:
Fayetteville Camp 1 June 8-12 / University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (entering grades 9-12) (*overnight option)
Fayetteville Immersive Camp June 7-19 / University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (entering grades 11-12) (overnight required for this two-week camp)
Fayetteville Camp 2 June 15-19 / University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (entering grades 9-12) (*overnight option)
Little Rock Camp June 22-26 / Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock (entering grades 9-12)
El Dorado Camp June 22-26 / South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado (entering grades 7-12)
Hot Springs Camp June 22-26 / Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs (entering grades 7-12)
Wilson Camp June 22-26 / The Delta School, Wilson (entering grades 3-12)
Cost for Fayetteville 1 and 2, Little Rock, Wilson, Hot Springs and El Dorado camps is $325 for early bird registration by March 2; $375 for regular registration by May 22. Cost for Hot Springs camp for Garvan Woodland Garden members is $225 for early bird registration by March 2; $275 for regular registration by May 22. Cost for the two-week Fayetteville Immersive Camp is $1,520 through March 2nd, and then $1,620 through May 22nd.
*Room and board for the weeklong residential camp in Fayetteville is an additional $300. Need-based full and partial scholarships are available.
Check out this video about the Design Camp experience! And find more details on our camp FAQ sheet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSvORxXjVQU&feature=youtu.be
For more info and updates, visit the Fay Jones School website. https://fayjones.uark.edu/news-and-events/design-camp.php
The University of Arkansas Music Department will be at EHS for a regional scholarship audition on January 9th. This is for band, orchestra, or vocal students interested in attending the University of Arkansas. All students from local area high schools are invited!
The EHS Lady Cats Soccer team tryouts will be held at the stadium beginning at 4:30 on Tuesday January 7-10. If anyone has any questions, feel free to call Coach Matt at (254) 466-7941.
Let's make 2020 the best!
See you tomorrow, Wildcats!
