Echs Good News for Lamar

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ECHSHiday Editin - Decmbr 2010 - Vol. 3 - Isu 9FFA Dominates

Tyrel Bohrer, Will Chappell, Cody Ko-

renek, and Rebecca Korenek represented

the El Campo FFA at the National FFA

Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. TheEl Campo FFA was the only school to have

two nalists of the twelve national nal-

ists selected. There were over 50,000 FFA

members from across the United States.

Presentations over the tractors took

place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in down-

town Indianapolis on Wednesday. Awards

were Thursday evening in the restored

Fountain Square Theater.

Will Chappell and Tyrel Bohrer were

announced as the 2010 Grand ChampionWinners of the Chevron Delo Tractor

Restoration Competition. They received

$5000 as an award. Cody Korenek earned

$250 for being a nalist.

Attendees enjoyed perusing the exhibi

hall, sight seeing, and attending conven

tion sessions.

The El Campo FFA had great success at the

District Contest (consisting of 26 schools).

First and second place winners at the dis-

trict level move on to Area (250 schools),

and EC moved on in ve events. From

there, three moved on to the state compe-

tition. CONGRATULATIONS to all theLeadership Development Participants for a

job well done!

Senior Chapter Conducting-4th Place

Mary Wissinger, Paige Wallace, Jamie

Limmer, Clark Kyle, Evelyn Solomon,

Katie Herrmann, Cody Guynes, Da-

koda Leopold

Junior Chapter Conducting-3rd Place

Savanna Smith, Shelby Seaman, Chris-

tina Stehno, Lauren Herrmann, James

Kyle, Alejandro Montes, Marshall

Mach, Dayton Cain, Kacey Knesek

Senior Quiz-11th PlaceHannah Weinheimer, Hector Perez, Pa-

tricia Kocurek

Junior Quiz-5th Place

Karen Olivo, Aubree Navarro, Jordan

Limmer, Ty Sewell, Shelby Stary, Han-

nah Cortez

Job Interview -1st Place-

DISTRICT CHAMPION

Sarah Supak

Senior Skills - 1st Place-

DISTRICT CAMPION

Cody Seaman, Leslie Martin, Meredith

Jeane, Layton OndriasJunior Skills 2nd Place

Tyler Farrar, Danielle Valenta, Alexus La-

bay, Hunter Tupa

Junior Creed 4th Place

Hannah Cortez

Radio 2nd Place

Jessica Fucik, Clay Altenhoff, Tyler Ras-

mussen

Issues 3rd Place

Calen Collins, Avery Morgan, Jeremy

Supak, Allison Fucik, Jessica Fucik,

Amber Supak

Public Relations 2nd Place

Aleque Helms, Chance Nohavitza, Tayrn

Socha, Rebecca Korenek

Senior Creed- 4th Place

Sarah Supak

Area Results:Junior Skills - 1st Place

Senior Skills - 2nd Place

Job Interview - 2nd Place

Radio Team - 3rd Place

Public Relations - 6th Place

State Results:Junior Skills - 10th Place

LDE Results

Career & Technology


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Teen Court wins Best Presentation

Teen Court (ECTC) participated in a

Restortive Justice Youth Summit in Pala-

cios ISD.

There were 5 other schools there thatalso participated. Each school was given a

topic and had to prepare a brochure, hand-

outs, and a video on their topic. ECTCs

Topic was Teen Victims in the classroom,

at home and in the community. ECTC

placed 1st in the competition. We won 1st

place for best all around presentation.Special guest speaker for this occasion

was Judge Tommie McDonald, County

Judge Bastrop County.

Mrs. Hall invited to Meet Mentor

Mrs. Hall has carried around The First

Days Of School book written by Harry K.

Wong and Rosemary T. Wong for so long

now, its pretty well worn.

One day in September, Mrs. Hall

emailed the address in the back of this par-ticular book to thank Harry Wong for such

a valuable book, and she expressed how

much this book has helped her with class-

room management. About 20 minutes later,

Mrs. Hall received a personal email back

from Mr. Wong. He thanked her and asked

if he could quote her email in his next ar-

ticle. He also asked Mrs. Hall to be one of

his special guests at his next conference in

San Antonio. Mrs. Hall could hardly be

lieve what she was reading. She accepted

and started planning to attend.

On November 30th, Mrs. Hall attendedHarry and Rosemary Wongs conference a

the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio. She was

delighted to meet both of the Wongs. I

was a great honor to meet two of my fa

vorite authors. This is certainly a wonder

ful memory and I will cherish it for a long

time.

Facul

Student Grou

ECTC members that went on the trip

were: Darrell Barnes, Trey Allen, Briana

Jenkins, Sharolyn Haynes, Keyarah Clark

Colin Pressler, Marysol Ramos, AmanRandall (middle School) Clarissa Alphonse

(middle school) & Demetrius Washington

(middle School).

Mrs. Hall with Rosemary and Harry Wong

If you would like information about your organization included in

Good News at ECHS, please e-mail [email protected].

Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Sohrt are proud to

announce the arrival of

William Andrew Sohrt

9 lbs 7 oz

21 in. long

Congratulations!

New Arrival

Molly Kresta has taught at ECHS since

the fall of 2001. She came to teaching after12 years in public relations and marketing.

Most of her day is spent teaching Desktop

Publishing and Photojournalism, but she

also helps teach teachers to use technol-

ogy. If anyone has questions regarding

the use of technology in the classroom,

Id love for them to call or e-mail echs-

[email protected]. Its great to see teach-

ers nd new ways to teach concepts!

This weeks new idea is adding ani-

mation to increase understanding. Almost

Whos Next Door?

any concept can be

more easily under-stood if explained

using animation.

Check out http://

mollykresta.blogspot.com/2010/12/edld-

5366-week-three-animation.html for an

example of using animation to teach a

common concept. A simple tutorial can

be planned for your conference period!


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They

did

itagain!Division

IRating!CONGR

ATULATIONS

BAND!!!

STARS Shine All Fall

ECHS Speech and Drama were busy

preparing for the production of Lewis Car-

rolls classic tale, Alice in Wonderland,

adapted by Brainerd Dufeld and directed

by Katrese Skinner and Carl Woodworth.

Those in attendance on November 19th-

20th journeyed with Alice down the rab-

bit hole as she entered a

land ruled by the Queen

of Hearts and encoun-

tered many fun and in-

teresting inhabitants of

Wonderland and Look-

ing Glass Land. It was

a fun lled adventurethat many were a part

of, whether by partici-

pating or watching, and it was an experi-

ence that they are unlikely to soon forget.

The team also travelled to Bay City

December 3 & 4 to compete in the 14th

annual Speech and Debate Tournament.

Not only did the high school team

compete, but they invited eighth grade

students who are considering joining

the group next year. I thought playing

the Mad Hatter would be the highlight

of my fall, but winning second at Bay

City with my little brother was awe-

some! said Eli Kresta, Speech President

Jessica Morrow and Matthew Graff each

went to nals in Novice Prose, David Arvi-

zu went to nals in Novice Poetry and Eli

Kresta went to nals in Senior Impromptu

and Senior Poetry. Many

teams also made it to -

nals, including the team

Camp Elmo, consisting

of Eli Kresta, Celeste

McCann, Marilee Power

and Kari Rives, in Group

Improvisation, and KariRives and Jessica Mor-

row in Duet Improvisation

Trophy winners were:

Novice Prose .... Katelyn Baros ............1st

Novice Poetry... Marilee Power ...........1st

Dance................................................. 2nd

Celeste McCann and Shelby May

Readers Theatre .............. .............. ... 2nd

Isaac Kresta, Carlee Skinner, and Eli Kresta

Novice Prose .... David Arvizu ........... 2nd

Senior Prose .... Shelby May ............. 2nd

Auditioning...... Eli Kresta ..................3rd

I thought playing the

Mad Hatter would be the

highlight of my fall, but

winning second at Bay

City with my little brother

was awesome!

Scenes from Alice in Wonderland performed November 19-20 at the ECHS auditorium. Photos

by Molly Kresta and Ben Prochazka.

Fine ArtThe Fine Arts Department has enjoyed

many successes this fall. Choir boasts three

state choir members, the Marching Band re-

ceived a I at contest, Mrs. Mays Modern

Dance Class has perfromed locally at citi-

wide and school functions, and the STARS

produced Alice in Wonderland while com

peting at speech and debate tournaments

Thanks to the school board and com

munity for our new curtains in the auditori

um! Christmas concerts and performances

will be beautiful with the new backdrop

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