Trojan Happenings: January 13-17, 2020
Reminder: There will be no school Monday, January 20
in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Monday, January 13
-Oaklawn 3rd-4th Grade Awards Assembly, 1:00
-Oaklawn K-2nd Grade Awards Assembly, 2:00
-Oaklawn Jr. Beta Club Meeting, 3:30
-Basketball (9th & JV Boys) vs. J.A. Fair at J.A. Fair (AWAY), 5:00
Tuesday,
January 14
-Hot Springs Junior Academy Gifted & Talented Program Students Attend Living History Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Little Rock
-Wrestling vs. Russellville at Russellville (AWAY), 4:00
-Basketball (JV Girls & Boys; V Girls & Boys) vs. Arkansas High at HOME, 5:00
-Oaklawn Social Hour Event at Hot Springs Cracker Barrel, 6:00
Wednesday, January 15
-Park Magnet 3rd-4th Grade Awards Assembly, 8:30
-Park Magnet 4th-5th Grade Awards Assembly, 9:45
Thursday, January 16
-Langston Awards Ceremonies, 12:30
-Swim Meet at Bryant (Away), 3:00
-Jr. High Basketball (8th-9th Girls & 9th Boys) vs. Camden
at Camden (AWAY), 5:00
Friday, January 17
-Pastries with Parents Event at Oaklawn, 7:00
-Family Lunch Day at Park Magnet
-Arkansas High School Dance Festival at UALR
-Basketball (JV Girls & Boys & V Girls & Boys) vs. El Dorado at HOME, 5:00
Saturday, January 18
-Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast at Hot Springs Convention Center
(Hot Springs Dance Troupe to perform), 8:00
-Jr. High Basketball (7th Girls) Lakeside Jamboree at Lakeside (AWAY)
-Jr. High Basketball (7th-8th Boys A/B) vs. Sheridan at Sheridan (AWAY)
HSSD Schools Closed Monday, January 20 in observance of
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Meet our two newest HSSD Assistant Principals, Mr. Wells at Hot Springs World Class High School - as of last week, and Mrs. Anderson at Oaklawn Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School - in July.
Read interview details, here.
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Geography Bees, hosted for HSSD 4th-8th grade students, took place this week for all four elementary schools and our Hot Springs Junior Academy. This national geography competition is designed to inspire and reward students' curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also cultures, physical features, history and earth science. Winners from each HSSD Geography Bee will take an online qualifying test. The top 100 scorers in the state of Arkansas will advance to the Arkansas GeoBee, which will take place this spring. 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.
Competitions were held in classrooms to determine the semifinalists, who then competed in a run-off to to determine the 10 finalists. The top 10 finalists were part of competitions this week. We are proud of all students who competed, and anxiously await results of whether our winners will qualify to compete in the Arkansas GeoBee. Finalists who competed and the overall winner from each event are listed below:
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Hot Springs Junior Academy Finalists:
Luis Hernandez, Mimi Reagler, Renee Nduku, Sasha Thomas, Paige Potter, Tessa Rivera, Mikaela Stevens, Pixie Rodgers, Isaiah Gomez and Landon Aksamit
HSJA Winners:
1st - Mikaela Stevens, 2nd - Sasha Thomas, and 3rd - Landon Aksamit
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Park Magnet 10 Finalists:
Milo Moore, Ocean Dryden, Justin Boone, AJ Midkiff, Treighshon Pearson, Gary Baldwin, Victoria Mitchell, Ryley Hamilton, Julian Frazier and Jameson Terauchi.
Park Magnet Winners:
1st - Milo Moore, 2nd - Jack Roberts, 3rd - Joseph Martinez
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Oaklawn/Gardner 10 Finalists:
Syan Huang (Gardner), Joshua Bates (Gardner), Anani Coleman (Oaklawn), Daniel Smith (Gardner), Dane Dudley (Gardner), Jordan Thomas (Oaklawn), Paula Rivera (Oaklawn), Ryan Tedford (Oaklawn) and Georgia Ingram (Gardner)
*Corbin Newson (Gardner) qualified but was absent.
Oaklawn/Gardner Winners:
1st - Syan Huang; 2nd - Joshua Bates; 3rd - Ryan Tedford
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Langston Finalists:
Violeta Ramos, DJ Mata, Maya Cardenas, Kingston Lockridge, Darius Henry, Takiya Johnson, Kyle Young, Quintin Bailey,
** Mylah King qualified, but was absent
Langston Winners:
1st - Darius Henry, 2nd - DJ Mata, 3rd - Quintin Bailey
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Amid the various tactics used for fostering student learning and achievement, teachers develop various creative strategies to keep young minds at work. Langston 4th grade students in Mrs. Limbaugh’s class choose from multiple learning centers and daily supplemental reading for time between assignments. Many enjoy most the daily rebus puzzle. A rebus is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words and/or phrases. Rebus puzzles are a fun way to reinforce reading skills, build and refine critical thinking, and the puzzles expose students to new vocabulary and ideas during discussion as a class at the end of each day.
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Our OVPA Jr. Beta Club was selected to be the featured group in the January R.I.S.E. (Reading Initiative for Student Excellence) Spotlight! They were chosen for their "Betas, Books, and Babies" project - which was a partnership with CHI St. Vincent Hospital to supply books to newborn babies. R.I.S.E. is a program of the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary & Secondary Education.
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Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913
www.hssd.net
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