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STATE CHAMPIONS!
4-Speaker Debate Champions: Allie McKibban, Ren Dashner and Stephen Smith on Negative; Aaron Turner, Dakota Yates and Whitney Koerner on Affirmative. The state debate tournament was held at Silver Lake High School on the 13th and 14th of January. In the 4-Speaker Division, El Dorado had a record of 11 wins and 3 losses. EHS took the early lead and maintained first place throughout every round except round 6, where they were tied for first with Fort Scott. The EHS team beat them head-to-head in the final round to take back sole possession of first. In addition, EHS beat the second and third place teams on both sides of the issue.
In the state 2-Speaker Division, the team of Autumn Lister and Skylar Blackburn missed clearing into out rounds by 1 speaker point. They went 4 and 2, which put them in 17th place out of 72 teams.
State Novice Debate Champions: Jared Erpelding and Dakota Yates. Erpelding and Yates went undefeated through nine rounds of debate to win the State Novice Debate Tournament held at Shawnee Mission West High School in early January.
BOND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UPDATE
Update on construction projects approved on the November 2, 2010 ballot: a new middle school on a new site and a new Skelly Elementary School on the Skelly site.
• New Skelly School: Mechanical and electrical rough-in is complete in buildings D (4th & 5th grade classrooms) and C (3rd & 4th grade classrooms). Roofs and metal stud interior walls are almost complete in both buildings. Workers have begun bricking the exterior of Building D. The roof decking is in place on Building B (Pre-K, 1st & 2nd grade classrooms) and work is underway on interior metal stud walls.
• Ninety percent of interior concrete blockwork is finished. The chillers are set in place. Some of the mechanical platform walkway is complete and the stairs to the walkway have been installed.
• All electrical work is complete above the gym roof deck. The concrete roof has been poured. A plastic roofing membrane will be installed on top of the concrete. The next step is to remove the bracing inside the gym and pour the concrete sub floor upon which the athletic wood floor will be installed.
• All bar joists are up in Building A (administration offices, kitchen, mechanical & commons). Iron workers are finishing the roof decking.
• New Middle School: The district closed on the property in early January. The geotechnical survey is complete. Architects will finish the building plans in early February and bids will be accepted around March 1st. Construction is slated to begin April 1.
EHS ART HEADED TO NATIONAL JUDGING
Seven El Dorado High School students have artwork accepted into the Scholastic Art Awards of 2012 show. Their work will be on exhibit at The Wichita Center for the Arts January 31-March 11.
Awarded Gold Keys (the top award) are: Erin Connell for her drawing The Ravishing Ritualistic, Autumn Price for her drawing Ahab’s Apparition, and Kara Thomas for her painting Certain Shades of Limelight. Gold Key winners are forwarded to New York City for national judging. This is the second year in a row that Thomas will have artwork in the national show.
Earning a Silver Key are: Genna Pennington for her drawing The Dark Side of Love and Kara Thomas for her drawing Imprisoned By Society. Honorable Mentions were awarded to: Miranda Johnson for her drawing Smile!, Ayrton Stewart for his drawing Night Prowler, Kara Thomas for her painting The Bigger Picture and Katelyn Wickwire for her drawing Peace Wa Lolita.
K-8 STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY AT COUTTS
The public is invited to the 2012 Butler County (K-8) Student Art Exhibit on display through Feb. 25th at Coutts Museum of Art, 110 N. Main, El Dorado. Special dates to see student work: Friday, Feb. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 11, noon - 4 p.m.
Students with art in the exhibit are: (EMS) Sydney Harper, Ally Martinez, Tessa Brown, Cassandra Miller, Katie Kjelland, Trina Schneweis, Destiny Johnson, Sarah Garrison, Audrey Snider, Jeremiah Thompson, Andrew Tipton, Evan VanArsdale, Zach Foy, Isabel Quiram, MaKenna Florez, Hunter Minimum, Noah Farthing and Mason Laforge.
(Grandview) Makell Crenshaw, Tristyn Angwin, Jerilee Wilson, Phoebe Roop, Isabelle Haahr, Kelsi McLaren, Katie Fox, Kaleb Manke, Elijah Somerville, Victoria George, Ethan Manke, Caden Burnett, Carly Clennan, Emma Sharp, Jessie Mead, Jillian George, Soledad Edison, Lexi Dunn, Cierstin Bolen and Veda Ligon.
(Jefferson) Taylor Chambers, Averi O’Connor, Evan Summers, Devonce Small, Chloe Linville, Abigail Vail, Alexis Ruck, Shon Rakestraw II, Ariana Barraza, Korbin Johnson, Presley Johnson, Haley Morris, Brady Frye, Brooke Thomas, Lillian Mitchell, Mackenzie Countryman, Andy Cardona Gonzalez, Brianna Orsak, Sadie Scribner, Jordan Albright.
(Lincoln) Marissa Eaton, Ricki Emery, Nalea Payton, Erin Wranosky, Payton Belair, Camden Carter, Makaila Bende, Adrian Reyes.
(Skelly) Creighton Taft, Chelsey Williams, Jenna Greenfield, Chevelle Shonkwiler, Bailey Allen, Faith Noonan, Vada Goucher.
(Washington) Kyle Pinkerton, Scott McCarthy, Ashley Bentz, Cailey Holladay, Kyson Showalter, Jovana Jeanneret, Destiny Drake, Gabriela Hill, Javen Small, Trip Baker, Robert Wiedower, Taylor Downard, Destiny Williams and Adam Kimball.
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EHS SELECTED APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL
Congratulations EHS! For the fourth year in a row, El Dorado High School has been selected as an Apple Distinguished School. EHS is one of only 56 schools that Apple is recognizing nationwide this year.
“The commitment of El Dorado High School to integrating Mac notebooks and iPad devices into the classroom is commendable. This endeavor represents the qualities that are hallmarks of the Apple Distinguished School designation,” said Stephanie Carullo, Apple Education Vice President.
EMS GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNERS
El Dorado Middle School 8th grader Trey Duran won the school-level of the National Geographic Bee on January 12th and has moved closer to a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. At the bee, students answered oral questions on geography. Duran will now take a written test; the top 100 scorers in the state are eligible to compete in the Kansas Bee March 30th. State champions advance to the national contest held in May.
The second place winner was Rebecca Schroff (8th grade). The third place winner was Christian McCoy (6th grade).
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN STRING FLING
On Saturday, January 14, 23 seventh and eighth grade orchestra members traveled to Kansas State University to participate in the 2012 KSU String Fling. They rehearsed in K-State’s McCain Auditorium all day Saturday and returned on Sunday for dress rehearsals and a 10:00 a.m. concert.
The seventh grade students were in the 7A orchestra, conducted this year by USD 490 Orchestra Director Kevin
Monroe. The eighth grade students performed in the 150-plus member eighth grade orchestra under the direction of Jeffrey Bishop, Orchestra Director at Blue Valley (KS) Northwest High School.
BOWLING TEAM SETS SCHOOL RECORD
The Varsity Girls Bowling Team set a new school record for total team pinfall (2,107) January 6th while defeating Andover Central and Circle at Northrock Bowl. Team members are Heather Riddle, Sophomore; Chelsey Harber, Freshman; Sarah Burnett, Senior; Jessica Travnicek, Freshman; Lexy Smith, Junior; and Chelsey Schmidt, Junior.
PROSPECT PREPARES FOR SPRING PLANTING
Starting March 15, 2012 Prospect Greenhouse will be open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or by appointment. It will start being open on Saturdays March 31st. Saturday hours will be from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Customers may pre-order plants. The school will hold the plants until the date customers want to pick them up. The price list and order form are available on the district’s web site. Click on the link on the front page or under the News tab select Prospect Greenhouse.
Questions? Call Prospect at 322-4880, Larry Seivley at 322-0791 or Terry Gulick at 377-6329.
Note: Prospect Greenhouse is supplying The Numana Gardens all the plants that they need. Students are germinating, seeding and transplanting all the material for the gardens. Price List and Order Form
Trustworthiness
Character Counts! Word of the Month
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