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The Lizard’s Tale
Homecoming Week 2013!!! Inside this issue: Things you need to know Junior Notice College & Career Day
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Student of the Month ASVAB Important Info
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2013 Sand Lizard Football Schedule Powder Puff Game results
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Literacy Board information EAST Teen Leadership Coalition FBLA News
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Band Earns Awards Teacher of the Month FBLA District Meet
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All the of the homecoming court “staying fierce!” The homecoming court from left to right; Harlee Childers, Allie Evans, Candy Adame, Elizabeth Burgess, Homecoming Queen Taylor Eubanks, Carley Criswell, Leslie Hudgeons, Amanda Weaver, and Kayli Standridge. The entire week was full of activities such as dress up days and pep rallies. Photo by Chuck CraIg
Sand Lizards win! Score 54 to 7 over Waldron
Chris Kershner and J.J. Dunn both made the school proud with huge defensive plays on the night of Homecoming.
T.J. Tucker made huge offensive plays for the Sand Lizards against the Bulldogs on Homecoming night.
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Juniors: We need your help! As you know, you Junior Ring Day ceremony is coming up soon! EAST is putting together a memoire of this occasion. In an attempt to incorporate fun pictures of you & your friends as a children, and how much you’ve changed, we ask for you to select ONE picture to be included in the Ring Day book. The deadline for the pictures is Nov. 8th, 2013. If digital copies are available, they can be emailed to: yomira.ayala72834@gmail.co m or cecilia.benitez72834 @gmail.com or mswilliams72834@gmail.com Original photographs may be dropped off at the Dardanelle High School office. To ensure safety of the original photographs, we request that the photos be placed in a zip-lock bag with returned info included. This includes a name & advisor’s name.
Detention for tardies: detention for disciplinary reason, special study hall is held in room 109 during either lunch.
Test C for algebra I and geometry is always on your own time. The test is given on Thursdays before school, during lunch, and after school. Before school it is held in the office. At lunch you will come to the office get a test then go to room 109. ( Bring your lunch) After the school day is over it will be held in the cafeteria. Tutoring in the morning at 7:15 A.M. Afternoon at 3:25 P.M. Upward Bound: Advising will be in the library conference room, each week, during your lunch.( You are to get your lunch and return your lunch things to the cafeteria) Tutoring for Upward Bound will be each Thursday at 3:30 in room 112.
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 ScholMs. Hudgeons, DHS Counselor
College & Career Fair—2013
Hosted by EAST students Bryland Young, Audrey Price, Jazmon Guyton, and Kelli Collins, Congratulations our parents and students were Students of the Month at given an opportunity to learn Career Center Campus: more about colleges and careers at the Parent Conference night Allison Sharp & last week. Representatives from Joseph Smith colleges and local merchants were available to help our students. “I think lots of good questions were asked and great inis created and designed by the followformation was exchanged. Looking EAST students: Aaliyah ing forward to it being even bigBrousseau, Melanie Navarrete, and Kyle Smith. ger and better next year.” said Kelli Collins.
Student of the Month: Sydney Lane
Grade: 9th Advisor: Mrs. Balloun In her free times she like to do archery. Advice she would like to give to the student body is “Stay focused on school.”
Tips and Tricks for getting ready for college: College Check List for Juniors Must Do: Take the toughest courses and study. Thus, pre-
College Check List for Seniors October-December:
pare for ACT Schedule ACT exam (s). Take a CPEP class. Get involved in community service through EAST and/or school
organization. This will allow you legitimate community service hours on your applications. Provides a network of community leaders who will know you and, perhaps, recommend you on applications. Begin to research colleges: Go on-line and really study some institutions. Consider those institutions with good honors programs and/or the best programs of study that meet your intended path of study or intended career. When you cut it to three or four, contact an actual live person at their admissions office. Get the person’s name. Always use this person for questions and advice. Make a connection! Check the requirements for admission at each university in which you are interested against your four-year plan and accomplishments. Make a plan to address things you need to add to meet those requirements. See if the college of your choice offers any scholarships to entering freshmen. Again, check your transcript and credentials against those required and make a plan to meet those requirements. member) give them a list of your accomplishments, activities, community service, and goals. After they give you the letter, thank them in a note, E-Mail, or call. Write your essay for applications. You can change it appropri-
ately for the specific college or scholarship, but have it basically written. Get the schedule of scholarship applications.
Visit, with a parent, college nights at ATU and at DHS. Get financial aid information at these visits. Schedule a small number of campus visits. Go to the FAFSA site (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ )and fill out what you can on the application. Apply for every scholarship for which you are eligible and interested. These will be listed in school bulletins and in advisory in Senior Notebooks. Continue to monitor the Senior Notebooks for updates on scholarships. Begin collecting required information for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship available to Arkansas seniors: http://www.adhe.edu/Pages/home.aspx Visit Ms. Hudgeons’ Scholarship Corner on the high school web page for continued updates for scholarships. Follow up on other scholarship deadlines and do not wait until the last minute.
January:
Finish FAFSA Turn in all applications. Make contact with the college admissions representative to see about your current status at the college (s) in which you are most interested. February through the end of this school year: Check applications on-line. Respond at once if you find something in an application needing attention. Don’t put anything off. Continue to do this until your applications are fully completed and you hear about your status.
ATTENTION JUNIORS & SENIORS: ASVAB is the armed services attitude/ability test. It must be taken and passed by anyone entering the armed services, including the National Guard. Any person may take the test for practice and information about his ability. We will give the test on Wednesday, November 6th. Juniors and seniors may take the test. Sign up today in the office prior to November 6th.
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Powder Puff Results:
And the winner is...
Sophomore quarterback Tia Gadberry looking for an open lane to follow to the end zone.
Freshman Shelby Dunn sprints around the end, gaining yards with every stride.
Senior coach, Hugh Benfer showing lots of spirit for the Senior team.
The 2013 Powder Puff games were a big success. The sophomores won it all leaving the Seniors, Juniors, and Freshmen in the dust. Scores: Sophomores v Freshmen: 26-6 * Seniors v Juniors-: 8-0 * Sophomores v Seniors: 8-0 - Photos by Chuck Craig
Dardanelle High School Recognized as one of America’s Best High Schools Dardanelle High School Class Presidents pose with a plaque from Newsweek magazine recognizing the school’s inclusion on its “America’s Best High Schools” list. From the left: the presidents are Hugh Benfer, senior, Nicole Luna, junior, Carlee Gray, sophomore, Aaliayah Brusseau, freshman. Dardanelle High was also listed as one of the nation’s best schools last year by US News, and on the electronic media’s The Daily Beast. The school was also named as an exemplary AP school last year by The College Board.
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EAST students attend Pope County Drug Coalition Teen Leadership Summit Branda Dugan, Saul Martinez, Gabriel Shalda, Harlee Childers, and Cade Wilks, along with approximately 50 representatives from others schools in the area, attended the Teen Leadership Summit sponsored by the Pope County Drug Coalition. The summit was over a two-day period at the Lake Point Conference Center in Russellville. The students worked together to understand teen issues and ways they could change harmful behavior. The Sand Lizard Coalition is developing plans to address the use of smokeless tobacco as their main project. Cade was impressed with the many ideas from other students about the issues that face teens today. Saul mentioned that he gained a great deal of knowledge about the high level of harm about challenges confronting students The Sand Lizard Coalition is discussing project issues with Heather Sprinkle, cotoday. ordinator for Yell County.
FBLA Talent Show and Other FBLA News The winners of the FBLA Talent show were Hannah Hooten and Rachel Hooten for their duet: Hallelujah. Second place was won by Jessica Steele for Doing a Beat Box. Through the talent show proceeds, the club raised $535, which will be shared partially with Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Please see FBLA members as they are selling basketball donation cards for $1.00 each. Along with the Miracle Minute at the basketball game in January, the members hope to raise between $1200 and $1500 this year to go to ACH. The DHS Student Council shared part of their proceeds from the Power Puff Game in the amount of $285. Dardanelle FBLA has placed as a top three school group fundraiser for ACH for the past 2 years.
L-R Jessica Steele, Hannah Hooten and Rachel Hooten
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Scarlett Regiment brings home award Congratulations Scarlett Regiment: Dale Bumpers Marching Champions! Special awards to color guard/majorettes, Luck Bartlett, Hugh Benfer, and Jonnathan Ortiz.
Teacher of the Month: Bryan Hardaway, SR. Coach Hardaway teaches biology, which he is very passionate about. He also coaches his favorite sport of football and futbol (soccer). In his free time he likes to hunt, fish, watch football, and play with his kids. He also ponders the problems of the universe while he tries to solve world hunger. He wants to let all of you know in his chocolaty voice. “When life gets you down and all odds are against you, stand up and punch life in the face. Have faith that it will get better.” He also wants EVERYONE to know that he likes chocolate chip cookies.
Senior Fall FBLA Conference We had 30 students attend the FBLA Fall Conference at Arkansas Tech University and had a great time! Our own Jonnathan Ortiz serves as District V State Vice President. We took 2nd place in the Battle of the Chapters competition. Proud of Tyler Corbin and Dakota Thomas for their great showing in this event. We also were 2nd Place in the Program Cover Design competition.