Trojan Happenings: November 11-15, 2019
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Monday, November 11
-State Cross Country Meet
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Jr. High Basketball (9th Boys), Joe
T. Robinson Tournament AWAY
-Jr. High Basketball (8-9 G&B) vs. Lake Hamilton at Lake Hamilton (AWAY), 4:15
-JV Basketball vs. Benton at Benton (AWAY), 6:00
-Hot Springs Veterans Day Parade, downtown Hot Springs, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 12
-Leadership Hot Springs Group to visit HSSD
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Jr. High Basketball (9th Boys), Joe
T. Robinson Tournament AWAY
-Welcome Center Open House Event, 4:00 - 6:00
Wednesday, November 13
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Jr. High Basketball (9th Boys), Joe
T. Robinson Tournament AWAY
-Hot Springs World Class High School Reality Fair
Thursday,
November 14
-Jr. High Basketball (9th Boys), Joe T. Robinson Tournament AWAY
Jr. High Basketball (7-9 Girls) vs. White Hall at White Hall (AWAY), 5:00
Basketball (7th and JV Boys) vs. Vilonia at HOME, 5:30
Friday, November 15
-8th grade GT field trip to Clinton Presidential Center for
"We Hold these Truths" play about Japanese Internment during WWII
-Hot Springs Dance Troupe performs at
"Dancing into Dreamland" in Little Rock, 6:00
Saturday, November 16
-Jr. High Basketball (7th Boys) Morrilton Jamboree (AWAY)
Thanksgiving Break: November 25-29
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A Veteran’s Day Tribute to LT Paul Riley, from LCDR Sean M. Garrett, USN (Ret.), our Senior Navy Science Instructor
for the HSWCHS NJROTC
As Veteran's Day arrives (tomorrow) and the weather gets colder, many Garland County resident veterans and government employees prepare to take a well-deserved day off, possibly enjoying a cup of coffee and sharing pictures of their military service online with their military brethren from far away. Some will take an opportunity to pay a visit to the recently re-dedicated Veteran's Memorial in Hot Springs, while others who are able will line the streets for Monday night's Veteran's Day parade.
A younger generation may get their first glimpse of action from World War II by attending this week's opening of the Lionsgate PG-13 action movie, "Midway." The movie stars Deadpool's Ed Skrein, as well as action movie favorites Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Ekhart, Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson. The movie hopes to show a more realistic side of the attack on Pearl Harbor and focus on the following battle of Midway, seen by many as the turning point in the Pacific for World War II.
Not listed in the characters is a little-known hometown hero named Paul "Pablo" Riley, a 1931 graduate of Hot Springs High School who enlisted in the Naval Reserves in 1931. He was later accepted to the Naval Academy in 1933. Graduating in 1937, he was commissioned as an officer and began his sea duty assignments. In 1939, he began flight training in Pensacola and served as a pilot in the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. In 1942, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his action against Japanese forces in the Marshal Islands, and fought in the Battle of Midway as a part of VT-6, a torpedo plane squadron that went up against vastly superior Japanese fighters. Ten of the fourteen aircraft from VT-6 were shot down during the engagement, with Paul Riley and Petty Officer Mushinski, his radioman and gunner, presumed dead. Lieutenant Riley was awarded the Navy Cross for his efforts posthumously, along with the Purple Heart, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
His efforts in the war did not end with his death. USS Riley (DE 579) was sponsored by Paul's sister and earned two Combat Stars for service during WWII, serving in the same theaters of operation as another noted Hot Spring High School Naval Officer: Rear Admiral Thomas Becton. Rear Admiral Becton won acclaim in actions off the Beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and later commanded the destroyer USS Laffey, "The Ship That Would Not Die." Becton and the USS Laffey were rumored to be the subjects of a potential Mel Gibson movie, "Destroyer."
LT Paul Riley is remembered in Hot Springs with both mention on the Veteran's Memorial and with his own monument at Greenwood Cemetery. Please take a moment to remember him and the many other notable Garland County veterans this Monday, November 11th.
Hot Springs World Class High School maintains a proud military heritage, and hosts Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, celebrating its 50th year of service. The unit and the Hot Springs World Class High School Marching Band are scheduled to participate in the Veteran's Day Parade (tomorrow night, in downtown Hot Springs at 6:30).
A portrait (below) of LT Paul Riley was produced by Senior Art Student Rachel Tyler, Hot Springs World Class High School. Her outstanding oil painting was completed in the same school year her work was featured in HER magazine. Mrs. Tyler's portfolio is proudly featured in Hot Springs World Class High School and regional art shows.
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angston Students Host Mock Trial with Honorable Judge Naramore
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Students at our Langston Elementary Leadership Academy hosted a live mock trial with Honorable Judge Wade Naramore. We appreciate Judge Naramore so much for generously dedicating his time. Students prepared for weeks to present formally both sides of a case, and complete the entire trial process.
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Third grade students in Mrs. Jackson’s class at our Gardner STEM Magnet School now have pen pals
from an elementary school in Indiana! They take special class time to read letters and respond. Parents help with postage by sending stamps.
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Congrats to our Rachel Snider, Janaiya Reedy, and Emma Campas
, who will represent the HSSD among the Garland County ladies committed to the 2019-2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Sweetheart program, presented by National Park Medical Center
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Our Devin Hill and Cassidy Miller were selected to represent Hot Springs World Class High School as September Students of the Month by the Hot Springs Elks Lodge
. They were honored at a dinner and ceremony. Students are selected based on citizenship, community service, academic achievement, and school involvement.
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The
first ever
HSSD
Digital Art Show - a partnership project between the Hot Springs Junior Academy EAST Program, Art Classes, and also hosted in part by the FCCLA - was a huge success last week by creative and talented 7th-8th grade students.
Interactive artwork and weeks of projects and displays were presented/demonstrated by students in multiple stations across the hallways.
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Our
second graders at
Oaklawn Magnet School
participated in an Arkansas Learning Through the Arts workshop with Talala
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He told the students the “Legend of the First Flute,” and then allowed students to play his flute. ALTTA offers literacy workshops and arts-focused sessions integrating language arts, social studies, art and music learning standards that are taught in specific curriculum units throughout the school year.
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Our shoutout this week goes to our students and staff members who make our Fall athletic, performance, musical, and all other extracurricular activities possible! Friday was our Senior Ceremony ahead of the final home Football game versus Lakeside, and also marked the transition from fall to our winter sports and programs. We are so proud of our kids who have represented us in tennis, volleyball, football, golf, our fall dance concert “Broadway Bound,” marching band, choir, orchestra, strings, cheerleaders, T-Steppers, NJROTC and all other groups, clubs, and programs who are active in fall events and activities. We especially honor our seniors - as we do all year long - who are enjoying their final seasons with us before moving on to careers, training, college, and more. Congrats on an excellent Fall HSSD!
Read more, here.
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400 Linwood Avenue
Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913
www.hssd.net
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