6th Grade Band

SPECIAL POINTS OF

INTEREST:

January 13 @ Overton

January 20 vs Carlisle

January 27 @ Mt. Enterprise

February 3 vs Leveret’s

Chapel

Bearkat “Thumpin” Band by Eric Sanford

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JANUARY 2011 The Bearkat 411 Title by Eddie Fletcher

CJH - NEWSLETTER

Galkat B-Ball 2

Coach‟s Corner 2

Student of the Month 2

Brain Buster 3

UIL Results 3

Elections 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Top Row: Marleg Delarosa, Braden Austin, Dylan Johnson, Dalton Fergerson &

Iovanni Contreras

Bottom Row: Shelby Dempsey, Jordyn Wise, Aurora Vazquez, Cody Walton,

LaDamian Simmons, Jake Baxter, Joshua Provost, Taylor Jackson & Eric Sanford

Tyler Reynolds, Kayah Dumas, & Katy Beavers

Picture by Eric Sanford

Picture by Gina Gresham

All Region Band

Several junior high

members of the Bearkat

Band recently audi-

tioned for a chance to

attend the All-Region

Clinic and Concert that

will be held on January

15, 2011. Cushing stu-

dents competed against

hundreds of other stu-

dents from schools

ranging from single A

to AAA band programs

in the East Texas re-

gion. Three of these

students earned cov-

eted positions in the All

-Region Band: Tyler

Reynolds, Kayah Du-

mas, and Katy Beavers.

They will attend an all-

day clinic on January

15, where they will join

other band students

from the region to per-

form music at a concert

that evening. Con-

gratulations to the three

that made All-Region

and well done to all

those that participated!

More happenings

from the Band Hall:

The 6th Grade Middle

School Band performed

at the annual Christmas

Concert on December

9th, 2010. They per-

formed Ode to Joy, Up

on the Housetop, Jingle

Bells, and First Christ-

mas March. All these

songs were prepared in

the previous weeks

leading up to the con-

cert, which ended in

great success.

Congratulations to

the Middle School

Band on your

Christmas Concert!

-Mr. Sanford

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derstand that we must be a de-

fensive team. Good defense

leads to quick offense. Please

come out and support the boys

the rest of the year.

Austin Derby goes up for a

“bucket” against Mount Enter-

prise.

Photo by Deanna Egan

The Jr. High Baseketball season

is already half way done and

both teams are doing very

well. As the standing sit right

now the "White" team is tied for

first, and the "Purple" team is

currently in third place. Both

teams are showing great im-

provement every day in practice

and beginning to gel together to

form two good teams. They un-

The CJH Galkat Basketball teams are

halfway through the season. After a

slow start, the Purple Galkats are 2-2 in

District and getting better every week.

Sammi Jo Brashears leads the team in

scoring, with outstanding support from

point guard Madison Jackson. Others

playing well for the Purple team include

Briley Brandon, Brooke Tucker,

Miranda Reeves, Shelby Goldsberry,

Jessica Rowell, and Brittni Williams.

These girls went a tournament in Hemp-

hill on Saturday, January 8, winning 5th

place after a 19-15 overtime victory

over West Sabine.

The White Team is sitting at 1-2 in

District, and are led by Emily Self.

They also went to Hemphill last Satur-

day and played games against Buna and

Hemphill. The girls are getting better

every week and learning more about

basketball as they play. Others contrib-

uting to the team are April Myers, Mor-

gan Myers, Angela Arreguin, Margaret

Carpenter, Madison Richardson, Kyndal

Branton, Casey Hoffpauir, and Larissa

Kelly.

Both teams travel to Overton on Thurs-

day, January 13 to resume District play.

Our next home game is on Thursday,

January 20, against Price Carlisle.

Please come support our JH Basketball

teams!

Coach’s Corner by Coach Parker

Galkat “B”-Ball by Coach Fothergill

December Student

of the Month

Racheal Marshall

& Billy Johnson

January Student

of the Month

Iovanni Contrearas

Cushing Junior High

#1 Bearkat Drive

Cushing, Teaxas 75760

Phone: 936-326-4890 Ext. 244

Fax: 936-326-4131

E-mail: mlee@cushingisd.org

Morgan Myers Photo by Deanna Egan

Congratulations to all the Jun-

ior High Election Winners…

and to 2nd place OAP...you are

all Stars with me.

Martha Lee

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Math Brain Buster…

Basketball Tournament

2nd Place in District UIL for Junior High—-Great Job!!!!!!

Sixth graders at Cushing know Thursday is CAPP day. The Cam-

pus Assessment Prevention Program is presented by Debbie Tan-

ner with the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council in Lufkin. The stu-

dents participate for one period weekly, in an interactive session

in which they learn skills of goal setting, resisting peer pressure,

decision making, dealing with stress, using time wisely and many

more things. The program last around 12 weeks and will soon

come to an end with a party the final week. Ms. Tanner always

has good things to say about the sixth graders!

A total of 128 basketball teams enter a tourna-

ment. If a team loses a game, it is out of the

tournament. If a team wins, it moves on to the

next round and continues to play until it loses

a game. Overtime will be played, so no game

will end in a tie. How many games must be

played in this tournament?

Art Smart

8th grade: Jessica Rowell-2nd place &

Team-2nd place

7th grade: Team –2nd place

6th grade: Carli Cary-1st place

Calculator Apps.

8th grade: Tyler Reynolds-1st place &

Team-3rd place

7th grade: Kirstyn Hyett(6th)-2nd place

& Team-2nd place

6th grade: Aurora Vasquez-4th place,

Trey Crisp-6th place & Team-3rd place

Dictionary Skills

8th grade: Miranda Reeves-5th place,

Kayah Dumas-6th place & Team-2nd

place

7th grade: Ragan Herrick-2nd place,

Sammi Jo Brashears-5th place & Team-

2nd place

6th grade: Kaysie Owens– 6th place

Editorial Writing

8th grade: Jessica Rowell-4th place &

Noah Grant-5th place

7th grade: Margaret Carpenter-2nd place

Impromptu Speaking

8th grade: Kyle Fears-3rd place, Brittani

Williams-4th place & Miranda Reeves-

5th place

7th grade: Emily Wortham-3rd place

Listening

8th grade: Hayden McCormack-1st

place, Aaron Lowbridge-5th place &

Team-2nd place

7th grade: Ashley Knight-5th place &

Morgan Myers-6th place

6th grade: Kirstyn Hyett-2nd place &

Team-3rd place

Maps, Graphs, & Charts

7th grade: Margaret Carpenter-3rd place

Mathematics

8th grade: Collin McGinnis-1st place,

Brady Breaux-4th place & Team-2nd

place

7th grade: Margaret Carpenter-1st place,

Taylor McBride-2nd place & Team 1st

place

6th grade: Callie Joiner-1st place, Wade

Moore-4th place & Team-2nd place

Modern Oratory

8th grade: fuller Matlock-2nd place &

Tristan Pruitt-4th place

7th grade: Sammi Jo Brashear-1st place,

Madison Jackson-2nd place & Kyndal

Branton-3rd place

Number Sense

8th grade:Collin McGinnis-1st place &

Tyler Reynolds6th place

7th grade: Margaret Carpenter-1st place,

Sammi Jo Brashears-3rd place, Taylor

McBride-4th place & Team-1st place

6th grade: Wade Moore-1st place &

Team 2nd place

Oral Reading

8th grade: Katy Beavers-2nd place,

Jacob Smelley-4th place & Ethan

Harrell-5th place

6th grade: Kaitlyn Arnold-5th place

Ready Writing

8th grade: Fuller Matlock-1st place,

Noah Grant-2nd place & Brittani Wil-

liams-4th place

7th grade: Madison Jackson-4th place,

Sammi Jo Brashears-5th place & Kyn-

dal Branton-6th place

6th grade: Mason Reeves-4th place

Science I

7th grade: Brendon Fears-2nd place,

Madison Jackson-5th place & Team-

1st place

Science II

8th grade: Brooke Tucker-6th place &

Team-3rd place

Social Studies

8th grade: Lady Flores-1st place, Cha-

risma Lewis-5th place & Team-2nd

place

7th grade: Angela Arreguin-6th place

& Team-3rd place

6th grade: Wade Moore-1st place,

Braden Austin & Team-1st place

Spelling

8th grade: Team-3rd place

7th grade: Brandon Matlock-2nd

place, Margaret Carpenter-4th place &

Team-1st place

6th grade: Kirstyn Hyett-5th place

Next Year 1st

Place!!!!!!!!!

JH UIL is the Bomb

CAPP by Mrs. Goff

JH OAP is the

BOMB!!!

Junior High Class

Election Results

6th Grade Officers

President-Rosemary Guadarrama

Vice President-Braden Austin

Treasurer-Kaitlyn Arnold

Secretary-Shelby Dempsey

Class Favorites-Rosemary Guadar-

rama and Braden Austin

7th Grade Officers

President-Brenden Fears

Vice President-Angela Arreguin

Treasurer-April Myers

Secretary-Sammi Jo Brashears

Class Favorites-Madison Jackson and

Brandon Matlock

8th Grade Officers

President-Dylan Crawford

Vice President-Collin McGinnis

Treasurer-Tristan Pruitt

Secretary-Reeanne Haney

Class Favorites-Miranda Reeves and

Brayan Valencia

Junior High One Act Play Comes Home

With Trophy!! By Mrs. Ab.-Duffin The Junior High Theater classes presented

“The Small World of Millie McIvor” at the

One Act Play competition. December 8,

2010. Though we had a few bumps on our

road to the contest, the cast and crew did an

amazing job. The play came home with the

second place trophy!

Miranda Reeves held the title role

of Millie McIvor. She was wonderful at

learning the lion‟s share of the dialogue.

She also did a very creditable job in portray-

ing a young, overworked, and going no-

where young lady. She came home with an

Honorable Mention All Star Cast award.

Tristan Pruitt came in to save the

day during the last week before the play was

to go to competition. He did an admirable

job as the male lead, Jonathon, learning all

the lines within a very short time and devel-

oping a very enjoyable character along the

way. He managed to scoop up an Honorable

Mention All Star Cast award.

Kyndal Branton was the young,

rather naïve, assistant to Millie McIvor -

Lucy. When she walked onstage, the audi-

ence knew exactly who her character was.

There was never a moment that Kyndal lost

that really wonderful portrayal of Lucy.

She‟s a natural. Kyndal brought home the

All Star Cast award for her very believable

performance.

Brandon Matlock plays Jona-

thon‟s „sidekick‟, Toby. Toby is infatuated

with Lucy from the moment he lays eyes on

her. Brandon had the audience believing

that from the start. He did an exceptional

job being the young, innocent boy with his

first crush. He came home with an All Star

Cast award, as well.

Brooke Tucker played the social-

ite, Ms. Jennie Gifford. Her first time on

stage, Brooke‟s posture and stage presence

seemed very mature. She did a fine per-

formance in her supporting role.

Cameron Burk and Ragan Herrick

were the Hornbuckles, a very interesting

couple who visits Millie‟s dress shop. Cam-

eron was hilarious as the dirty old man mar-

ried to a very domineering woman, Ragan.

Ragan had her hands full keeping her

„husband‟ in line.

Sammy Jo Brashears received the

Outstanding Crew Member award. She

worked diligently, continuously, and effi-

ciently to help get the „show on the road.‟

Also helping with the production

were Ethan Harrell, Casey Hoffpauir, Aaron

Lowbridge, Kimberly Stephens, Joanna

Harris, Shelby Goldsbury, Austin Cruz,

Reeanne Haney, Angela Arreguin, and

Larissa Kelly,.

JH Class Officers

Front Row: Angela Arreguin,

April Myers, Braden Austin,

Rosemary Guadarrama, &

Chelby Dempsey

Back Row: Brenden Fears,

Tristan Pruitt, Collin McGinnis,

Sammi Jo Brashears, Reeanne

Haney, Kaitlyn Arnold

Photo by Gina Gresham