HSHS Senior Wins Design Contest, Governor’s Scholarship

Jordan Breckenridge is the winner of the 2009 Hot Springs Technology Institute (HSTI) cover design contest. His design will be featured as the program cover for the 2009 HSTI conference at Hot Springs High School, held June 17-18. Jordan was also awarded the Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship: $10,000 per year in addition to other scholarships awarded him. The award is based on a 32 or better score on the ACT, a 3.5 or better GPA unweighted in core classes only and/or status as a National Merit finalist. Jordan was the only student from Hot Springs High School to be named such, and there are only 300 such awards given across the state.

Lakeside Student Takes the Helm

Fifth-grader Austin Morrow recently served as the Principal of the Day at Lakeside Middle School. His duties included introducing Miss Arkansas to the student body, making announcements, and changing the marquee.

FL Students Attend Workshop

Three Fountain Lake High School students were selected to go to the 2009 Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts(AACD) Youth Conservation Workshop. The camp is from June 7-12 at Camp Clearfork Campgrounds. The students will end the week with an exam to determine who receives three $500 scholarships sponsored by AACD and the Razorback Chapter of Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Society.

Lakeside Junior High announces the 2009-2010 Ram Cheerleaders: Front row, left to right: Lexie Huddleston, Libby Cooper, Ivey Reagan, Haley

Whitworth, and Darrian Huskey. Back row, left to right: Payton Hicks, Hannah Hollingsworth, Elise Johnson, Emily Loyd, Madelyn Albright, Meg Allen, and Katie Cattaneo.

CMS Quiz Bowlers Strike it Rich

The Cutter Morning Star Senior High Quiz Bowl team was awarded the 2A State Runner-up Trophy, as well as a monetary award of $1,600 to be divided among the team, plus the opportunity to advance to three different National Quiz Bowl Tournaments. The team had been practicing with the ASMS Senior High Quiz Bowl team which was supporting their endeavors. The big day finally arrived and the CMS team competed for the State Title on live television.

Fountain Lake Student Takes Part in National Leadership Conference

Carrington Tillery, a junior at Fountain Lake High School, recently took part in the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) a six-day leadership development conference in the nation’s capital that provides scholars the opportunity to interact with the three branches of government, the news media and the international community.

Lakeside Students Tour Europe

Patricia Epperhart, Spanish Teacher for Lakeside High School, recently returned from chaperoning five 2nd-and-3rd-year Spanish students on a whirlwind tour of Europe. For some, this was their first trip abroad. Activities included: seeing Picasso’s home in Montmartre; touring Paris and the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and cruising up the Seine River; touring Versailles and taking a high-speed train to Provence past vineyards and orchards. This was the first train trip for all of the students, and they continued to Arles, where the group stayed in the hotel where Van Gogh painted his famous work, “The Yellow Cafe.” The students took calligraphy lessons, fencing lessons, and then traveled to Spain where they visited a cooking school and learned to prepare authentic Spanish Food. In Madrid’s Reina Sofia museum, they viewed Picasso’s famous work, “Guernica.” During the trip, the group viewed many Roman ruins and aqueducts and practiced speaking both Spanish and French.

l-r: Abby Catlett, Alex Reagan, Allison Drobena, Kali Hester, Alyson Messersmith, Madi Gardner, Schyler Winston (Miss Lakeside), Emily Ratcliff, Faith Alexander, Abby Jordan, Alison Norman, Kalie Huddleston, Hanna Dean, Catie Cooper

Lakeside High School Holds Annual Miss Lakeside Pageant

Students at Lakeside High School celebrated the culmination of their years together with the tradition of pageantry, choosing Schyler Winston as Miss Lakeside.

Rotary Club Donates Games to

Children’s Organizations

Gilbert Martin (center) a volunteer mentor with the group Men Mentoring Young Minorities (MMYM) and MMYM President Fred Nicholson (to the left of Martin) accept a Baggo game for the organization from Oaklawn Rotary Club member David Conville, right (orange cap) during Oaklawn Rotary Kids’ Day at Arc Isle on May 2. Also pictured is Oaklawn Rotary Club president Dave Hoffman (on the right, in the blue cap).Conville donated a game to each of the three organizations represented at Kids’ Day, including MMYM, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Ouachita Children’s Center (OCC). Arkansas Game & Fish and the Ouachita Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in providing a fishing derby, archery and other recreational activities, and a buffet lunch for approximately 50 area at-risk children. The event was held at Arc Isle on Lake Hamilton. For more information on Oaklawn Rotary Club service projects, contact Hoffman at 520-9779.

Jessieville Seniors Win Awards

Three students from Jessieville High School won scholarship awards from the Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild. Brynn Hobbs, Alex Wright, and Jakeb Coy will continue their education with a focus on music. The Guild awards scholarships, provides music programs, and helps provide musical equipment for educational programs in area schools.

Sisters in Service for 2009-2010: Front row, l-r) Vanessa Thompson, Regan Pelican, Haley Pullen, Madison Montgomery; Second row, (l-r) Caroline Twyford, Katherine Montgomery, Shara Robins, Lexie Huddleston, Madison Wilson; Back row, l-r: Kristen Lovelady,Clair King, Emily Loyd, Payton Hicks, Morgan Moody, Ashley Maffit, Hope Gilliam, Rachel Hughes, Nelia Fisher, Hannah Hollingsworth, Ali Kinsey, Abby Alexander, Elise Johnson, Paige Plumley