MENT For You
Bradley S. and Krista W. The Star City High School EAST lab is beginning
its second year of the 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 in 2008.
The EAST lab, in collaboration with the Criminal Justice
Institute of the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, began 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 success.
"Germ City"
Candace P. and Ashley H.
Virtual Reality
The virtual reality group has worked the past several
weeks to take pictures of every room in the Star City High School. They
plan to use these pictures to create a virtual tour of the school. The
tour will then be made available to parents who are considering
enrolling their students in the SCHS school system. It will also be
distributed to local law enforcement and emergency centers so that they
might react with a greater knowledge of the schools layout in the case
of an emergency.
Jarret F., Shelby D., and Keith C.
Exercise/ Obesity
This project is intended to help children understand
and try to prevent obesity. We are planning on going to Star City
Elementary School (JBE) to present our statistics, facts, and other
information about our project. Our main focus is 1st grade. We feel this
grade is most compatible with our project plans. Children these days are
bigger than they have been in the past, and we’re trying to prevent that
from getting worse.
Curtis P. and McKensey S.
Harley C., Shania R., and Jamal J.
Backpack Project
The backpack project is working to provoke awareness
amongst parents and students in the elementary school about the
importance of backpack safety. The team members hope to help their
audience realize the damage that may be inflicted by improperly carrying
a backpack. The group also wishes to inform the students of the
appropriate weight for a pack.
Allison H., Julie C., and Darby W.
Teen Issues
This project is directed towards addressing issues
commonly found in the lives of teens. The issues range from peer
pressure and drug abuse to problems in the school environment.
Kayla B. and Alex C.
Book Reading
This project will benefit the second graders by
teaching them the importance of why reading is really important read and
to enjoy it. Also let them and their parents know that once reading at a
younger age it will increase their: vocabulary, speech, the
understanding of words, hand-and- eye
Coordination, and
even open doors for them in the future.
 Sitting;
Juquecia L. and Taylor W.
Standing: Jorge A. and Austin W.
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Dating Abuse This
project is intended to help decrease the frequency of the occurrence of
dating abuse. The members hope to increase awareness of the issue that
has become somewhat of a silent epidemic. By increasing the awareness
and addressing the issue in a forward manor, they feel that they may be
able to diminish the problem. To see this website, go to
http://www.wix.com/abbyshima/abbyshima.
KaShima W. and Abby W. Website
These three EAST students make up the team who is responsible for
updating and maintaining the SCHS website.
Kylie D., Alyssa S., and Hannah D.
Self-Defense
In our project we plan to teach students and
the Star City community how to defend
themselves. We are teaching a free class on
self defense and the instructor for the
class is Earnest Bright. The class will be
open to anyone in the community and will be
held at the Civic Center. We also are
reading the book “Defensive Living” so we
can help teach the classes.
Haley D., Megan M., and Justin H.
Alcohol Abuse
Whitney E., and Kennedy T.
Steroids
The project will consist of research and once that is complete, the
project can start moving forward. We will begin by putting our
information into a PowerPoint. After that we can create a website.
Sometime during this project we will learn Final Cut Pro software so we
can create our video. I am excited to see where this project can go!
Zach T., Jeremy L., and Lucas S.
Internet Safety
The purpose of this project is to inform others of the dangers of the
internet. We are mainly focusing
on the fourth and fifth graders of Jimmy Brown Elementary.
We want to teach students how to responsibly and safely use the
internet. We are also planning a
parent night so we can make parents aware of the dangers their children
could come in contact with online.
We are making brochures, a poster, a PowerPoint and movie clip
for students, and a PowerPoint and movie clip for parents.
We will contact a police officer for a collaborator.
First period’s internet safety team is collaborating with us.
Our project will lower the amount of crime online.
(4th grade group)
Kendall D., Kyle D., and Ashley N.
Top: Allison J., and Kindra W.
Bottom: Abbey B., Misty F., and Tyler H
Hispanic Culture
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Today’s Society is
extremely caught up with modern ideas. The
Hispanic Culture Group will better inform 5th
graders on the importance of Hispanic
Traditions and customs. There will be a
PowerPoint and video shown to students about
the difference between Hispanic and Anglo
people.
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Liza D., Jobana M., and Taneshia H.
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