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The Lizard’s Tale 2013 Sand Lizard Football Honors
Inside this issue: All– Region
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Teacher of the Month
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Weather
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Food Drive
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CAPS & Seniors
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ALL-REGION HONORS ANNOUNCED AT DHS BY: DAKOTA THOMAS AND KELLI COLLINS, DHS EAST STUDENTS
The Dardanelle music program is a celebrated one: the Scarlet Regiment is the “Pride of Yell County” and year-in, year-out winners of numerous competitions and awards. However, the Dark Horse of the Dardanelle School District is the choir program. This year the Dardanelle High School Choir has gone above and beyond in their All-Region competitions. Between all the choirs, ranging from seventh to twelfth grade, there were a total of ten All-Region qualifiers. All the choir members auditioning for All-Region honors practiced for many extra hours in order to learn the especially difficult music required for auditions. (Teresa Balloun, Dardanelle Choir Director, affirms their hard work: “I’m really proud of our All-Region students. They put in a lot of hard work learning their music.”) They then endured an entire Saturday at the Russellville Performing Arts Center, waiting throughout the morning for their time. The judges of the competition knew them solely as a number and the tryouts were conducted blindly, so that winners were determined by vocal performance only. All choir members who made All-Region participated in concerts in early November according to their placements. Junior High All-Region members included seventh-grader Karly-Beth Backer, eighth-graders Cortney Gadberry and Clayton Sparks, and several freshmen: Cheyanna Wester, Jacklynn Stout, Rhiannon Swaim, Elesha Yarbrough, and Jason Sharp. Senior High All-Region members included Junior Mary Kathryn Cruse and Senior Alex Clark. Cruse was an All-Region member each year of Junior Choir (7th-9th), and this is her first year to return to the ranks as a Senior High vocalist. In Senior High All-Region, the top 19 vocalists of each district are eligible to compete for All-State honors; Clark, a returning All-Region member, placed First Chair, which qualifies her for theFebruary 7 tryouts. If she attains All-State honors, then she will participate in the State Music Conference February 19-22. “I’m extremely proud of our choir, and happy to be able to try out for All-State, too,” says Clark. Alongside her already prestigious success, Alex had an audition for a scholarship into the UCA Choir the afternoon of Friday, January 24; the afternoon of Sunday, January 26, she auditioned for an ACS Scholarship. Ms. Balloun and the Dardanelle Choirs have enjoyed great success this school year. With ten All-Region members and an All-State qualifier, they truly exemplify the Lizard Spirit of determination and motivation. Ms. Balloun, in reference to her honored students, attests: “The experience they received in performing with the All-Region Choir makes them better musicians when they come back to school.” Dardanelle High School is extremely proud of our Choir program’s success.
Senior High All-Region Choir members Mary Kathryn Cruse and Alex Clark
Junior High All-Region Choir members L to R: back row- Rhiannon Swaim, Cortney Gadberry, Clayton Sparks, Jason Sharp; front row-Karly-Beth Backer, Elesha Yarbrough, Cheyanna Wester, Jacklynn Stout
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CAPS Dates: Conferences on (or around )February 13th 4 Year Plans and APPLICATIONS due in office February 19th Choir Try Outs, January 30th after school choir room Progress reports are the first week of February. Teachers will have all grades to be considered in Pinnacle by mid-night Tuesday. Trip to Hawaii planned: A private trip (non-school sponsored) is being planned to Hawaii over Spring Break. See Mrs. Pierce in BOB II for information. Credit Recovery: Dates January 13-March 3rd. Meets Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 3:30-6:30 for 20 days. IN PROGRESS After School Enrichment: drama, guitar, scrapbooking, food, photography (and more) Just be there at 3:30 beginning Monday. Nothing but fun!
Ms. Hudgeons is the counselor and senior high cheer sponsor here at Dardanelle High School. She is open to talk to anyone at any time, just come find her. Some of the main things she wants the students to know are the scholarship options you have. Some scholarships you can apply for are, Gates Millennium Scholars Program, Scholarships for High School Seniors, and The American Legion. These are just some of the many scholarships you can find on the DHS Scholarship corner on the DHS website. Ms. Hudgeons, DHS Counselor
Congratulations to all band members that made all region!!
Teacher of the Month My name is Rick James. I teach civics, economics, and world geography here at Dardanelle. In my free time I enjoy watching Duck Dynasty on TV. My message to the student body of Dardanelle High School is adults are just big kids with money.
Weird Weather Only in Arkansas Arkansas Temperature Records: Hottest temperature ever recorded: 120 F, Ozark, northwest Arkansas, 8/10/1936 Coldest temperature ever recorded: -29 F, Pond, northeast Arkansas, 2/13/1905 Hottest city ranked by highest average annual temperature: Texarkana, southwest Arkansas, 64.6 F Coldest city ranked by lowest average annual temperature: Mammoth Spring, northern Arkansas, 56.7 F Little Rock, Arkansas endured its hottest summer ever in 2010, with an average temperature from June - August of 85.8 F (average is 80.7). The city broke the all-time record for most consecutive days equal to or above 90 degrees with 60 days, beating the previous record of 57 set in 1980. 117 total days equal to or above 90 F from June - August was also an all-time record. During the summer of 1936, The United States endured its worst heat wave on record. Ozark, Arkansas, exceeded 100 F every day from August 3 - 23.
We are invited to compete at Central High School in Little Rock on Saturday, February 15th. See Mrs. Huelle at the Middle School no later than February 5th if you want to be on our team.
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The Student Council will sponsor this effort from February 10th through February 14th. We send home 150 backpacks for younger students each Friday. Much of the food is supplied by First Baptist Church and corporate helpers like Wal-Mart and Tyson. There is, always, a shortfall. Without the children would be hungry over the weekend. We need healthful foods, that a six year old can open and prepare. Please give to this cause. Collection point is on the Lizard in the outer lobby.
Dardanelle High School is having our own COLLEGE GOAL MONDAY! At 6 p.m. on Monday, March 3rd, cafeteria and library, highly qualified college admissions officers will help you AND YOUR PARENT get your applications finished. Plan to be here.
Congratulations, BETA: Dardanelle High School was named national School of Distinction at State Convention. Austin Thaxton placed in the state BETA academic contest in social studies. Way to go, Austin, congratulations!
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CAPS BY: DAKOTA THOMAS AND KELLI COLLINS, DHS EAST STUDENTS CAPS is a mandated activity that Arkansas High Schools must employ. Career Action Planning is a counseling technique for high school students in which the advisor and the student consider (1)the student’s career choice, (2)where the student is in achieving his career goals, (3)and formulate a plan for moving toward those goals during the rest of the high school career.
Dardanelle High Teachers will be trained in the techniques of CAPS during professional development work on January 5 th. Between that day and CAPS Conferences in February students and advisors will formulate the CAPS plan. In midFebruary, all students, advisors, and parents will meet together to share the student’s plan. “CAPS stretches the advisor’s counseling skills. The advisor must use concrete data to help the student set goals. Then both advisor and student must confront the parents. It is the most important activity for advisory and, in large part, the very reason for the advisory program at Dardanelle High School,” comments Principal Marcia Lawrence. The advisory program was started at DHS some thirty years ago. In fact ,Dardanelle High School had the first high school advisory program in Arkansas, and the concept has been widely copied throughout the state. Every year, at this time, CAPS makes advisory extremely important at Dardanelle High. Parents are encouraged to
Attention Seniors! l. All seniors must fill out fassa. application online. 2. All college bound students must fill out the Universal Scholarship Application online. This is one step to the Lottery Challenge Scholarship and all other scholarship offered by colleges. Baptist Health Schools in Little Rock are offering degrees or certificates in a number of health related fields: nursing, laboratory, imaging, therapy, sleep technology, surgical technology. Mrs. Hudgeons and advisors have information on contacting this entity. A drawing for $500.00 of financial aid will be made from AASFAA. If you fill out the form and turn it into Mrs. Hudgeons be February 3rd, your name will be in the drawing. This is strictly luck and the effort to fill out and turn in the form.