ACT ASPIRE TESTING STARTS TOMORROW!!!!
Test Schedule:
Wednesday, April 10: Freshmen Test
Thursday, April 11: Sophomores Test
Tuesday, April 16: Freshmen Test
Wednesday, April 17: Sophomores Test
It is vital that your student attend school on their designated testing day. All freshmen will test two days, and all sophomores will test two days. If you have any questions, please contact your counselor.
Pre AP Physical Science students completed an online escape room focusing on Ionic Compounds last week. Cool lesson, Mrs. Lowe!
Congrats to the Student Council Officers for 2019-2020!
President - Emme Landes (Front Middle)
Vice President - Erinn Roblee (Front Left)
Secretary - Autumn Parker (Front Right)
Treasurer - Camille Terry (Back Left)
Reporter - Reaves Robinson (Back Right)
South Arkansas Community College is hosted its first annual "Show and Tech Competition" in March. The competition was open to all Union County students currently in 5th – 12th grades. This year’s competition was a programming challenge to create an application program (App). Participants could use the language and platform of their choice.
Mrs. Phillips' El Dorado High School Computer Science Essentials class took top prizes in the High School Division in the team and individual events. Congrats to the team winners: Caleb Baker, Ben Oswalt, and Joe Sharp who took first place with their gaming APP. In the individual event, EHS students took 1st and 2nd place: Mekaila Hunt with first place and Dominique Williams with second place. Both students developed a gaming app.
Today, representatives from SouthArk presented students with their awards. Academic Advisor Catherine Harrell and Professor and Computer Information Systems Vicki Badgley visited with students about the programs offered at SouthArk and awarded winning students with a medal, Sonic gift card, tshirt, and SouthArk swag bag.
EHS is proud of our students and Mrs. Phillips as they work to develop their computer science skills. Awesome job, Cats!
Madison Pierce won 1st Place in the Senior Division at the 2019 Sybil Nash Abrams Memorial Student Contest. This competition is offered through The Poets' Round Table of Arkansas. We are very proud of Madison's hard work! The poem and the painting will be on display at The South Arkansas Arts Center from May 6th-13th. Congratulations, Madison!
CATS is next Tuesday!!!
Hey parents! We need a few more volunteers to help fill our CATS Conferences Hospitality Room! We're looking for the following items: banana pudding, strawberry pie, coconut pie, lemon ice box pie, banana bread, strawberry cake, chocolate cake, chocolate pie, bottled water, DrPepper, Coke, Diet Coke, and sweet tea. If you can help with any of these items, please go to the sign up before and select what you can bring. Your help is greatly appreciated!
To all who have already signed up, THANK YOU!!!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a054eabaa2fa6f85-cats
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY! Stop by the counselors' office to pick up the full scholarship application!
Calling all AP kids! Here's a summer prep course opportunity! Deadline to apply is quickly approaching!
SAVE THE DATE!
EAST Night Out is happening April 8th!
PROM IS APRIL 6TH!
Prom dress guidelines and guest forms can be picked up at Mrs. Thigpen's desk. Forms are due back no later than TOMORROW, MARCH 29TH! Any student who does not meet dress guidelines will not be admitted into prom and no refund will be given. If you have any questions about a dress, please see Mrs. Newton.
Prom tickets will be sold this week and next during all lunch shifts. $15 each or $25 per couple!
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY!
Below is the link for the application of the North Little Rock Elks Lodge Scholarship.
http://elks1004.org/2019/01/28/scholarship-committee/
Mrs. Moon's classes presenting their poetry projects before spring break! Awesome job, guys!
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY!
Students can apply for the Arkansas Rice scholarship program at the link below. The deadline is April 1, 2019.
https://www.arkansasrice.org/rice-reps
DECA Recognizes Outstanding School-based Enterprises
The School-Based Enterprise-The Wildcat Café at El Dorado High School was among School-Based Enterprises in the United States achieving Gold Level Re-Certification this year and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida. There were a total of 520 SBE Chapters to achieve Gold, Silver, or Bronze. The number of SBE’s achieving Gold were 483, 7 Silver and 12 Bronze. El Dorado High School SBE (Wildcat Café) under the guidance and leadership of their advisor, Mrs. Jackie Phillips, are one of only 4 SBE’s in the state of Arkansas that achieved this high level of achievement. The School-Based Enterprise at El Dorado High School has operated for 6 years and is to be commended for this achievement.
A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods and services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate National Curriculum Standards in Marketing, Finance, Hospitality and Management. Marketing educators and DECA advisors have utilized this effective educational tool for over four decades to provide their students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st century skill development, and prepare students for college and careers.
DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program was developed to provide recognition for outstanding achievement by school-based enterprises and to motivate SBEs to strive for excellence and growth. SBEs can be certified at three levels: Bronze, Silver or Gold. In order to apply for the certification, SBEs must submit extensive documentation that demonstrates their adherence to various marketing and retail standards. After the documentation is submitted, a review committee evaluates the documentation to determine which level of certification has been achieved.
DECA Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit student organization with more than 220,000 members in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. DECA’s activities assist in the development of academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders.
Complete information about DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program can be found at www.deca.org/sbe.
Attention Seniors: There will be an El Dorado Promise meeting for Senior Parents in the Auditorium at 6pm on Tuesday, March 26.
Congratulations to sophomore Anzel Preston! She wrote the winning essay for the El Dorado News-Times Newspaper in Education contest about the impact our youth can have on society. Her essay will be featured in the March 26th edition of the Student Express.
MASH Applications are available in the Guidance Office for current 10th -11th grade students that are interested in learning more about medical careers this summer.
Check out the UAPB Recruitment Day on Sunday, March 31st at Douglas Chapel MBC in El Dorado!
The MAX MOODY Scholarship applications are available in the Guidance Office, this $1,500 scholarship is for graduating seniors attending University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Deadline, Friday, March 29.
Prom dress guidelines and guest forms can be picked up at Mrs. Thigpen's desk. Forms are due back no later than March 29th. Any student who does not meet dress guidelines will not be admitted into prom and no refund will be given. If you have any questions about a dress, please see Mrs. Newton.