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.
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." -Elbert G. Hubbard, Writer
Tickets for the 2019 El Dorado Military Ball are now on sale. Everyone is welcome to attend; tickets will be on sale during all lunch shifts. Tickets are $15 for a single and $25 for a couple. The Ball will be on April 20th.
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.
Congratulations to the EHS String Orchestra for their fabulous performance last Thursday at the Region III Concert Assessment!!! Their beautiful performance earned them an Excellent 2nd Division Rating on stage and a Superior 1st Division rating in sight-reading!!! Fantastic job, Orchestra Cats!!!
BIG CONGRATS to the ESD March Teacher of the Month Ms. Reynolds and Student of the Month Destiny Burns, both members of the EHS Wildcat Family!! We are so proud of you and glad to call you Wildcats!
Congratulations to the girls and boys track teams for their runner up finishes in yesterday’s Oil Belt Relays. And congratulations to Breya Clark for bringing on the high point award in the girls division.
The NAACP scholarships are due by the end of school TODAY, March 15, 2019.
ATTENTION ALL EHS SCHOLARS!
Make sure you set a CATS Conference time with your 4th period homeroom teacher. This 30 minute appointment needs to include both the student and the parent/guardian to plan for next year.
CATS Conferences are April 2nd--only a few weeks away!
CATS Conferences are coming up, and we need your help to stock the faculty hospitality room! Administration, faculty and staff work 12 hours during CATS without leaving campus. We try to provide a great hospitality room to show them how much we appreciate them. If interested in helping, follow this link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a054eabaa2fa6f85-cats
If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Steele at taylon.steele@esd-15.org.
**Some clubs are offering service hours for bringing an item or two. Check with club sponsors to see if a service hour is available for bringing items!**
Senior ads AND senior quotes are due TOMORROW!!!
If you or your family paid a $50 deposit in December, the remaining amount is due on Friday, March 15. Talk to Mrs. Cross in 2205 if you have questions.
Centennial Bank to Offer 10 Annual $1,000 Scholarships
Due March 28th
Centennial Bank Scholarship Link:
http://members.ahsaa.org/public/userfiles/Media/cenbankform1819.pdf
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - Arkansas Trucking Association is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for a scholarship opportunity for students interested in pursuing a career as a medium and heavy duty truck technician. ATA has established the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund to encourage growth in the state’s technician workforce and to help assure that the safest, most knowledgeable and skilled technicians are working on the trucks and trailers on our nation’s roads.
Applicants must be graduating seniors from accredited high schools. Scholarships will be awarded for students attending a two-semester (30-hour minimum) medium and heavy duty truck technician program at an Arkansas institution.
“The industry needs a well-educated cohort of new technicians under the hoods and over the motherboards of increasingly technological trucks and trailers,” said Shannon Newton, ATA president. “We are eager to ease the financial burden for students with technical aptitude who want to be part of our industry and a part of the future of transportation.”
In 2016, ATA’s Maintenance & Technology Council Committee formed the Technician Curriculum Advisory Committee to partner with educational institutions around the state to help shape programs that will provide a skilled labor force now and into the future.
The Advisory Committee formed the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund to encourage young bright minds to pursue a path to success as technicians in the trucking industry. The scholarship is named for the late Carl Tapp, the Council’s first chairman, who was known for recognizing and empowering talent in the next generation of technicians.
“Carl meant so much to the industry and touched so many lives. By supporting technician students financially, we hope to honor his passion for recognizing and encouraging new talent in the field to make the workforce stronger and more sustainable,” said Tapp’s colleage Kenneth Calhoun, fleet optimization manager at Altec.
Applications will be accepted through March 30, 2019, and ATA plans to name recipients by May 1 for students beginning coursework in August 2019 or January 2020, based on individual program requirements. Contact Sarah Sheets (sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com) for more information about the Scholarship Fund, and find the application at www.arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship.
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