Trojan Happenings: Weekly Newsletter of the HSSD
Trojan Happenings: Jan 14 - 18, 2019
Reminder: HSSD Schools will be closed on Monday, January 21 to honor the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.
Trojan Events
Monday, 1/14
Jr. High Basketball vs. JA Fair at home (Home), 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, 1/15
Sr. High Basketball vs. Lake Hamilton at home (Home), 5:00 p.m.
HSSD School Board Meeting at Central Admin Building, 5:00 p.m.
OVPA Social Hour at Hot Springs Cracker Barrel, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, 1/16
HSWCHS Bowling Team vs. Lake Hamilton & Lakeside at Hot Springs Central Bowling Lanes, 4:00 p.m.
7th Grade Basketball vs. Lake Hamilton at Lake Hamilton (Away), 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, 1/17
OVPA Donuts with Dads Event, at OVPA Cafeteria, 7:15 a.m.
HSWCHS Bowling Team vs. Mountain Pine & Jessieville at Hot Springs Central Bowling Lanes, 4:00 p.m.
HSWCHS Wrestling vs. Russellville (Away)
Swim Meet at Bishop Park-Bryant (Away), 4:00 p.m.
Jr. High Basketball vs. Camden at home (Home), 5:00 p.m.
Hot Springs Chamber Awards Banquet, Horner Hall, 5:00 p.m. (*HSSD has been nominated for Large Business of the Year)

Friday, 1/18
Arkansas High School Dance Festival, Henderson State University
Sr. High Basketball vs. Benton at Benton (Away), 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, 1/18
7th Grade Basketball Jamboree at Lakeside (Away)
Hot Springs Dance Troupe Performs at MLK Prayer Breakfast, at Hot Springs Convention Center

HSSD Schools will be closed on Monday, January 21 to honor the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Trojan News
Geography Bees, hosted for HSSD 4th-8th grade students last week, are the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee. This national geography competition is designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Winners from each HSSD Geography Bee (Milo Moore, Andrew Steven-Assheuer, and AJ Orellana) will take an online qualifying test. The top 100 scorers in the state of Arkansas will advance to the Arkansas GeoBee. The winner of the Arkansas Geo Bee will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the National Geographic Bee, which will be held in Washington D.C. next May. See more, here.
HSWCHS Librarian Mrs. Shipman has been selected to serve on the Arkansas Teen Book Award Steering Committee by the Arkansas State Library. An honor for Mrs. Shipman and the HSSD, this four-year position allows her to contribute input and call attention to leading books for 7th-12th grade students across the state. She will also gain valuable insight about books, authors, opportunities, and more for the HSWCHS Library offerings and book collection. Learn more about how students vote on books for the annual Arkansas Teen Book Award program and more, here.
Laura West, GT Coordinator for the HSSD, was chosen as the Arkansas representative to the National Education Association Foundation's Global Learning Fellowship for 2018. Alongside 46 other K-12 public school educators from across the U.S., the year-long fellowship included an in-person workshop in Washington D.C., online coursework each month, webinars with leading experts, and an international field study to South Africa in July where the NEA Fellows visited five schools. Fellows wrote global minded lesson plans in culmination of all experiences and study that were combined in the book "Twelve Lessons to Open Classrooms and Minds to the World" and were invited to Harvard University for the book launch in November of 2018. See more, here.
6th grade students at HSSD Intermediate School had a once-in-a-lifetime experience just before winter break as they wrapped up a unit on cells and systems by dissecting sheep hearts and brains in Ms. Casey Wylie’s science class. Students had to apply to be part of the exercise, and were selected based (mostly) on a record of good behavior, and interest. Students who dissected the brains were looking at nerves and nerve chords. Those dissecting hearts learned about the circulatory system, including the atrium and ventricles. This experience was their first at HSSD with using scissors and exploring actual animal tissue. See more, here.
This week’s shout out goes to our #HSSD maintenance staff. While we all enjoyed two weeks of a winter break to recuperate, our maintenance personnel were busy taking care of our facilities and trying to accomplish as much as possible while we were out of their way! To all of our custodians, technicians, mechanics, and all maintenance support staff and leadership in between - THANK YOU for all you do to keep our campus and classrooms running smoothly. Also see an anonymous shout out here for the great work by Ms. Christie Spriggs at our #HSSD Gardner STEM Magnet School. See more, here.
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