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These 2011-12 AECHS students must attend a mandatory meeting at 11:30 Tuesday, March 29 in the library to fill out the necessary paperwork. If your name is not on the list and you want to take college classes, please see Ms. Pearson today to sign up.

High school teachers attend College Readiness Symposium

Seven members of the staff at Star City High School attended the 4^th Annual Invitational Symposium on College Readiness, Course Rigor, and Student Preparation in Dallas January 12-13. The Symposium was sponsored by the Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas ACT Councils and designed to share best practices for increasing course rigor and college readiness for all students.

Attending the symposium were Leonda Holthoff, ACT class, physics, and chemistry instructor; Teresa Scifres, CPEP, Journalism, OC, Drama instructor; Joyce Foster, CPEP, Algebra, and statistics instructor; Shelly Owen, Special Education, algebra and geometry instructor; Lee Ann Boren, civics, economics, world history instructor; Kim Bayliss, Business instructor; and Mike Walker, high school principal.

Drama club’s poetry night is on Tuesday, February 22 at 5:30 in the cafeteria. We look forward to seeing you there to revel in the musical, poetic, and artistic talents of Star City students. Please see drama club members for tickets.

Star City High School’s EAST Night Out was a huge success, held on Tuesday, November 9^th at the High School. There were close to 150 visitors who attended and 40 student presenters who helped make this event happen. EAST Night Out was an open to all the community, business leaders, and parents to show them what EAST students are doing to help our community. Visitors had the opportunity to view different stations and learn about projects and the technology involved with it.

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High School Mission Statement
The mission of Star City High Schools is to enrich students academically, physically, emotionally, and socially so that each may become a productive member of society. We accept responsibility for providing quality instruction in a safe, orderly, and positive environment. We know success depends on the joint effort of students, teachers, parents, and the community

Physics Class built roller coasters:

This is a project Physics Class does when they complete the motion component of Kinematics. They must work together to complete the rollercoaster. There are about 51 sections. After it is completed, both cars must travel through the loop twice. The students have calculations to complete. They calculate velocity, distance, acceleration, and momentum. They also use the loop formula to determine velocity and acceleration during the loop.

WITS Came to SCHS!

   WITS (Writers in the Schools) came to Star City for a two day visit in Mrs. Martha Weatherford’s English 10 classes on October 5-6.
   For over thirty (30) years, WITS has sent teams of two writers to Arkansas schools to work with and to encourage students to use their imaginations to create well-crafted poetry. During these visits, the writers lead students in writing activities based on five major rules:
1. Be concrete, as opposed abstract
2. Be specific
3. Use imagery (the five senses)
4. Avoid rhyme
5. Be unique

   WITS is lead and staffed by graduate students in the Programs in Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and reaches out to 30-40 schools during the fall and spring. Working in the WITS program is not a course requirement but is an extracurricular activity for the team members.
   The team members who visited SCHS, Jason Torrente and Adam Pearson, are both in the MFA program in Creative Writing at UAFayetteville.

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The EOC Literacy test will be given to all 11^th graders on March 8 & 9. The rosters and testing sites are posted in the hallways. Please make sure you are well rested, eat a good breakfast and bring 2 sharpened #2 pencils on the days of the tests.

Juniors: MASH applications are available in the counselor’s office for students interested in the medical field. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 1, 2011

All Jrs. are encouraged to participate in the C&L Essay Contest. Contest entrants are required to submit an essay of at least 250 words on What Leadership Means To Me. All entries must be typed and include a cover sheet with student’s name, address, grade point, school and community activities. Submit all essays to: C&L Electric Cooperative, Attn: Debbi Turnbow P.O. Box 9, Star City, Ar. 71667. The deadline to submit will be March 18,2011.

Science Fair Poster Pictures

Juniors: MASH applications are available in the counselor’s office for students interested in the medical field. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 1, 2011

Sophomores (10^th grade): It is time to sign up for HOBY. This is the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership seminar held each year in Bentonville , Arkansas . The Seminar Dates are April 1, 2011 – April 3, 2011 and cost $150.00 to attend. We only have 5 slots allotted to our school so the first five to sign up will be the only ones able to attend. You are responsible for paying the fee. You may go online at www.hoby.org to research the seminar. Applications are in the Counselor’s office.

CPEP

Star City High School receives check!

Mr. Mike Walker and the Star City High School received a $25,000 check from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for submitting their application for the College Access Challenge Grant project. This project's purpose is to focus on encouraging and preparing underserved students to pursue a postsecondary education. This project will be presented by Mr. Lawrence Graves.

These EAST students were here to help receive this check.

Left to right: Emily H., Deandra E., Keith C., Liza D., and Krista W.

Mike Walker, Principal Mr. Walker has a BS in education from UAM and a MSE from HSU.	Blair Brown, Vice Principal Mr. Brown has a BSE in education from UAM and a Masters in Administration from HSU.