El Dorado High School

Wow! Operation Christmas Child had over 1700 donations! If you have any last minute items please bring them to Ms. Antoon. Winners will be announced next week. Teachers if you want to contribute as well our biggest needs are individual toothbrushes and wash cloths.

Princeton University's Leonard L. Milberg ’53 HIGH SCHOOL POETRY PRIZE First Prize:$500 Second Prize:$250 Third Prize:$100 Online Submission Deadline: November 30, 2018 Princeton University’s Program in Creative Writing is now accepting submissions for the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize. The contest is open to students in the eleventh grade in the U.S. and abroad during the 2018-19 academic year. Applicants may submit up to three poems. Each page should include the applicant's name, home address, email address, and telephone number, as well as the name of the high school and the school's telephone number. For more information and online submission visit: arts.princeton.edu/poetrycontest Submission deadline: Friday, Nov. 30 at 12 midnight EST Contest judges are poets on the Princeton University Creative Writing faculty, which includes Michael Dickman, Alex Dimitrov, Paul Muldoon, Alicia Ostriker, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, James Richardson, Patrick Rosal, Tracy K. Smith, Susan Wheeler, Jenny Xie, and Monica Youn. The winning poems and results will be announced on the Princeton University Program in Creative Writing website in spring 2019. A note for high school teachers: Thank you for your interest in the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize. While we encourage the inclusion of poetry in the high school English curriculum, we ask you to please refrain from using the contest as an occasion to require all your students to submit a poem as a homework assignment. If you read the poems from the past student winners, you’ll see that they all carry a sense of urgency and necessity that is difficult to conjure when a student is obliged to submit a poem. Ideally, we hope motivated students will choose to enter the contest, and that they’ll come to see the writing and sharing of their poems as a joy rather than an obligation.

If you did not pick up your portrait and photograph from Mrs. Howard’s Visual Art class last year, please stop by Mrs. Harwell’s room (Rm 1648) and pick them up. These portraits and photographs were displayed at the South Arkansas Arts Center last year.

EHS Cross Country competed in the Lake Hamilton invitational this past weekend. This meet had all of the top teams in the state. The varsity boys placed 15th out of 33 teams. Jadon Cunningham was our top runner in this division. He placed 67th out of about 400 runners. He was followed by Brooks Coan, Hudson McDiarmid, JD Halstead, and Hayden McDiarmid. The junior girls placed 6th out of 13 full teams. They were lead by Addy Taylor who picked up an individual award for being a top finisher. The junior girls top five were rounded out by Alexa Dewey, Hope Walthall, Haven Margis, and Aubree Ezell. The junior boys placed 18th as a team. They were lead by Nic Harvey, Austin Richard, Calvin Huang, Edwin Gonzalez, and Jacob Neugebauer. The varsity girls didn’t field a full team. Competing for the girls were Alivia Zartuche, Tori Lewis, Iankel Gonzalez, and Laura Fairris. Way to go, Running Cats!

Hey Young Dems (and those interested in joining): We will meet in the morning on Tuesday, October 16th at 7:30 in Mrs. Campbell's room 2427. We will be discussing trips, volunteer opportunities, and fixing our club board. See you then!

Hey Young Dems (and those interested in joining): We will meet in the morning on Tuesday, October 16th at 7:30 in Mrs. Campbell's room 2427. We will be discussing trips, volunteer opportunities, and fixing our club board. See you then!

"Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guy's out dancing." Buddy Hackett, Comedian/Actor #MotivationalMonday #EHSCatsCan

MONDAY is the LAST DAY to donate to ASLI's donation drive for Operation Christmas Child! Change a child's life AND earn a pizza party for your 5th period class on Halloween! Small stuffed animals, school supplies, toothbrushes, and small toys are all great items to contribute!

Dues to join Thespian Troupe 42 are $25 due by Monday, October 15. Please see Mrs. Freeman to join!!

Thanks, Coach Koonce for the Cross Country Update! "CROSS COUNTRY competed on Tuesday at the Bald Knob Invitational. There were 112 runners in the varsity girls division, 137 runners in the varsity boys, 123 in the junior high girls, and 134 in the junior high boys. This was another competitive meet with a tough course. We used this meet to supplement a meet that was cancelled at Star City in September. I saw this as an opportunity to run against kids that we never see, including a number of schools that we will see at our state meet. This was our first race with a complete team in the varsity girls division, and we placed 10th overall, 5th in the large school division. Melanie Miller continues to be our leader with this group, and Alivia Zartuche had her best race of the year; I was very happy with both of those girls yesterday. It is good to finally have a result as a full team and no where we need to improve. With the way these girls work, there is no doubt that improvement will come now that we have a tangible goal. The varsity boys were runner up to North Little Rock in the big school division (4A and up) and third overall behind Cave City and North Little Rock. There were 6 schools in the upper division, and 13 in the meet. We knew coming into it that North Little Rock and Parkview were going to be the major competition in the upper classification division and we fell just short of North Little Rock. We were happy with the fact that we were able to beat Parkview, Marion, and Pulaski Academy who were the teams from our classification at the meet. We knew coming in that this was going to be a very competitive meet with a razor thin margin between a few teams and the boys left it all on the course. Jaland Upshaw, who is normally our five runner, went lame with a hip injury about halfway through the race, and Hudson McDiarmid went out a little too fast and burned out the last mile. We will be able to use this as a lesson in Hudson's case and have a better strategy going forward. Jadon and Brooks had excellent races, with Jadon breaking into the top 10 of a loaded field. The junior girls placed 7th out of 11 teams represented. Addy Taylor and Alexa Dewey lead the way once again. They continue to improve as they wind their junior high season down. Austin Richard and Nic Harvey lead the way with the Junior boys team that placed 12th out of 15 teams in the junior boys division. Austin and Nic have been neck and neck the past two weeks with Calvin Huang and Edwin Gonzalez just behind them. This team has been improving the past month due to their competitive nature. We will race tomorrow at the Lake Hamilton Invitational at Oaklawn Park."

Union County College Fair at the El Dorado Conference Center Monday, October 15th from 5:30 - 8:00. Representatives from all local colleges will be present to answer questions. Juniors and Seniors are strongly encouraged to attend. FAFSA assistance will be provided.

Student Essay/Speaking Contest – entry deadline Oct. 26th NEW THIS YEAR: The Arkansas School Boards Association is holding a personal essay/speaking contest where 11th and 12th grade students will have an opportunity to present before an audience of more than 600 school board members and administrators during the ASBA Annual Conference, held December 5-7, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The purpose for this contest is two-fold. First, it is designed to give Arkansas juniors and seniors an opportunity to express creative ideas and concepts, conduct research, think critically, practice public speaking skills and subsequently receive recognition for doing so. Secondly, it’s an opportunity for Annual Conference attendees to see and hear examples of the quality of young men and women the schools within our state are producing. Three student winners will present at designated times December 6 & 7 during ASBA's Annual conference and will also receive cash prizes as follows: 1st Place: $1000 2nd Place: $750 3rd place: $500 Honorable Mention: $250 ESSAY/SPEECH TOPIC Can and Should Freedom of Expression and Civility Co-exist? In the name of the First Amendment and the freedom of expression it guarantees, rancorous rhetoric is fast becoming more common place across our country, causing many to wonder if it’s any longer safe or beneficial to engage in democratic discourse. Is there a way to participate in conversations where various opinions and options for solving problems of common concern, weighing alternatives, resolving differences and co-existing without acrimony and hostility are possible? Is practicing civility (reasoned public discourse where respect, restraint, responsibility, and empathy coexist with free expression) still as important as self-governance, freedom of expression and individual dignity or does civility hamper free expression? Click here for detailed contest instructions, incentives and rules. http://arsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ESSAY-SPEECH-CONTEST-RULES-GUIDELINES.pdf The contest deadline is Friday, October 26, 2018.

Any boys interested in soccer this year are welcome to come out on Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 6:00p.m for practices. Field locations will be announced the days of practices. Note: these practices will be official. Come ready to learn.

There will be a photography club meeting THIS Thursday, October 11th, after school til 4:15pm in 1524. Open to all EHS students and staff who are interested! Come see what photography club will be about! Bring your camera or borrow one from Mrs. Steele. Teachers are invited to come, too!

Only one week we left to donate to Operation Christmas Child! Change a child's life and earn a pizza party for your class on Halloween! Small stuffed animals, school supplies, toothbrushes, and small toys are all great items to contribute! Check with your 5th period teacher for more info or see an ASLI member!

DECA and FBLA: Deadline for State Fair Forms are due this week. Deadline to join both clubs is this Friday--dues are $15. See Mrs. Phillips or Mrs. Martindale.

PSAT: The test is Wednesday, October 10th. The testing rooms for the PSAT are posted on the Guidance Office window. You will need to report to your testing room when the 7:55 bell rings. If you arrive after the test has started, you will not be admitted.

"You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." Leo Durocher, Baseball Manager #MotivationalMonday #EHSCatsCan

The Oratorio Singers will be having their CAR WASH this Saturday 10am to 3pm at the North Brookshire's (across from DQ). Some choir members may have approached you with yellow tickets for $10. If you have bought a ticket, just show up with the ticket and we'll wash your hoopty. Otherwise, just show up and bring a donation. We'll have Shop-Vacs handy to vacuum your interior for an additional donation, as well. Please share this Soak-a-Singer opportunity with all who might find it fun to support our kids in this fundraiser. Thanks for supporting EHS Choir!

Congrats to Mrs. Foley's 4th period class on winning the door decorating contest! And to Mrs. McClellan's class for second place! Loved the school spirit! GOOOOOOOOO CATS!!!! Check out the Facebook page for the rest of the doors!