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The Star City High School EAST lab is beginning a mentoring program for students. This mentoring program is designed to help prevent teens from dropping out of school which is becoming an increasing problem in our state. The students working on this project attended the 4th Annual Arkansas Safe School Conference in North Little Rock. The EAST lab, in collaboration with the Criminal Justice Institute of the University of Arkansas will be starting a mentoring program with the elementary students called “MENT for you.” This mentoring program will consist of high school students visiting elementary students and helping students stay focused on school work and establishing a one-on-one relationship with them.The EAST students are hopeful they will be able to help students understand the benefits of graduating from high school and the consequences of dropping out. The mentoring with the Elementary students began in December and so far has been has a huge succes. Smart Choices, Better Chances
There are three groups of Smart Choices, Better Chances. One for each
campus of our school - Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. The
Elementary School group is working on making a video of a tour of Jack
Jones Detention Center and also a video of a former youth offender. The
Middle School group is using Flash Animation to create scenarios of
possible incidents that could occur, in a teenagers life. The High
School group is creating a video teaching the youth of our school on how
to make smart choices giving them better chances.
PRIDE
Body Walk
An innovative new way to learn about the importance of good nutrition and physical fitness came to students at Jimmy Brown Elementary School! On November 18, 2008 the Body Walk exhibit visited the school. Students will have the opportunity to explore the human body with EAST Lab and community volunteers as their guides. The tour begins when students, in groups, walk through a giant ear into the brain. Inside the huge brain dome, students experiences “brain waves” and a bookmark designating them as a food, such as a carrot, or hamburger. The “foods” step into the exhibit’s larger-than-life mouth, are “swallowed’ through the esophagus tunnel and move into the stomach dome. From the stomach, the students travel through the small intestine where they are “absorbed” into the blood. They the students follow the paths of the nutrients to the heart, lung, bone, muscle, and skin stations. The Star City High School EAST Lab in collaboration with Jane Newton from the Lincoln County Extension Office will be hosting the Body Walk. Star City High School EAST Lab group members Tyler Harrison, Justin Huddleston, Megan Mullikin, Lauren Owen, and Patricia Morrell are the students that are working on this project. Tyler Harrison and Hunter Bennett, project managers of the group, stated that “They are very excited to be working with community members and JBE students in an effort to have a more healthy community. |
SCEAT - Rapid Response Team
The Star City EAST Rapid Response Team is a group of students selected from our school to respond to an emergency Freshman Orientation
Teen Suicide
Pandemic Flu
Earthquake Preparedness
GO GREEN
The Go Green team is trying to make Star City a more eco-friendly environment. The members of this group have found that community members are not well informed about the cities recycling plan. By making brochures, cards, and other informational packets they hope to inform the Star City community about what they can do to help, and where they can recycle. They also plan to put a "GO GREEN" tip in the Lincoln Ledger each week. Please bring all plastic bags to the Star City High School EAST Lab to help our school district in the Wal Mart Recycling challenge. Go Green Tip Every ton of paper we recycle we save 17 trees, 6,953 gallons of water 463 gallons of oil, 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space and 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy!
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