Stewart
Middle School recently held its annual NJHS
induction ceremony. Students, faculty, parents and
grand-parents were there to support and grace the
occasion as officers and inductees walked the stage, lit
the candles and said the NJHS pledge.
Nine students at Robert E. Lee High
School were among the 50,000 highest scoring
participants of 1.5 million students who took the 2007
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test. These students have now met requirements to enter
the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Front
row l to r: Kristin Johnson, Andrew Peacock, Mika Smith,
Hannah Bosley
Back row l to r: Ahmed El-Kishky, Cameron Staton,
Matthew Buckley, Gabriel Rosenfield, Alexander Baldwin
Fourteen Hubbard Middle School
students participated in the Duke Talent Search.
Students register to take the ACT or the SAT during
their seventh grade year. Students that participated
were:
Mahmoud El-Kishky
Kathryn Funderburg
Gene Lewis
Alexandra Brooks
Lauren Brown
Kendall Bullock
Justin DeSalvo
Rahil Doctor
Christopher Eubanks
Carli Faught
Rodrigo Gomes
John McCarter
Eryk McCoy
Ruhama Shakhawat
Joshua Smith
Mengxi Wang
Mahmoud El-Kishky, Kathryn Funderburg and Gene Lewis
received state recognition and will be invited to a
special banquet recognizing their outstanding
accomplishment.
Congratulations to Hubbard Middle
School student Meredith Oliver. She received a first
place art medal and a $750.00 scholarship for her pencil
drawing at the Academic Rodeo.
Hubbard Middle School student,
Blake Eubanks, won an individual contest with the Smith
County Art Contest. He won a $50.00 Savings Bond. The
theme was Safety in Our Environment.
The 6th, 7th
, and 8th Industrial Technology students have
also been busy learning about aerodynamics and
understanding how airplanes fly. The students
constructed their own Styrofoam airplanes and had a
flying contest with the help of the Civil Air Patrol.
The students were judged by design, workmanship, and
distance. The results are as follows:
6th grade winners from 3rd and 6th
periods
4th
place Chalsea King and Bre Payton
3rd place Matthew Conin and
William Etuk
2nd place Brandon Perez and
Darion Jackson
1st place Jordan Reasoner and
Mickey Mostyn
7th grade winners from 4th and 8th
periods
4th
place Blake Edwards and Andrew Speck
3rd place Josh Smith and
Austin Davis
2nd place Tucker Boyd and
Ricardo Rodrigues
1st place Caleb Latson and
Chance Busby
8th grade winners from 7th period
4th
place Travis Yanker
3rd place Alexis Rome
2nd place Idong Okon
1st place Austin Shipp
The Color Guard from Robert E. Lee
High School competed at the MA National Competition
in Fort Worth Texas in several different categories.
In the Ensemble division senior Allison Hughes, senior
Kaylee Garvey and junior Chelsea Thompson received 2nd
place overall, along with a superior rating.
The ensemble of senior Allison Hughes, junior Haleigh
Mosley, sophomores Lexxy LeBlanc, Cayla Thompson and
junior Cheyenne Johnson received a Superior Rating on
their small ensemble.
In the Solo division juniors Chelsea Thompson and
Haleigh Mosley both received Superior ratings on their
individual solos. Sophomore Lexxy LeBlanc also received
a Superior rating on her solo.
In the Color Guard Team division the Tyler Lee Color
Guard received a Superior rating, along with receiving
4th place overall in the Color Guard Team division.
Dixie Elementary students raised
$1,599.52 in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society’s "Pasta for Pennies" campaign. These funds will
be used towards research and new treatments to help
those fighting leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and
myeloma.
Stewart Middle School won 2nd place in
the Black History Bowl held at Texas College on 2/23/08.
Longview District UIL Results for
Robert E. Lee High School students :
Computer Science Individual:
Eric Cousineau – 1st Place!
Jeff Parks – 3rd Place!
Darren Hampton – 5th Place
Ahmed el-Kishky – 6th Place
Computer Science Team: 1st Place District!
Tyler ISD Students Receive Awards from
the Tyler Museum of Art
Students at Robert E. Lee and John Tyler High Schools
were awarded the Merit of Honor in the Tyler Museum of
Art 4th Annual High School Art Exhibition.
Martin Reina of Robert E. Lee High School, and Arnold
Mateos and Melissa Weber of John Tyler High School
received awards recognizing their work as the most
outstanding in the exhibition during the show’s opening
reception and ceremony in March.
Reina, among the field of Robert E. Lee students
representing the art classes of Linda East and Linda
Keane, was awarded the Merit of Honor for Fish, a
representational piece rendered in Prisma colors on
paper.
Mateos and Ms. Weber, students from the John Tyler art
classes of Marilyn Coler and Steve Fuqua, round out the
list of Merit of Honor recipients. Mateos received the
award for his pencil portrait on paper, What Are You
Looking At? Ms. Weber was recognized for Under Pressure,
a conceptual piece rendered in airbrush on paper.
Each student who received individual honors was awarded
a Merit of Honor certificate from the Tyler Museum of
Art, as well as a gift certificate for supplies from
Dick Blick Art Materials. Each student whose work was
selected for the exhibition received a certificate of
participation and a one-year student membership to the
Tyler Museum of Art.
In addition to the above honorees each school had
representative artists participating in the 4th Annual
High School Art Exhibition:
John Tyler High School (Marilyn Coler and Steve
Fuqua, instructors): Christina Avellaneda, Kirk Corbet,
Blake Hampton, Arnold Mateos, Himanshu Patel, Allie
Smith, Melissa Weber, Ajha Whitmill
Robert E. Lee High School (Linda East and Linda
Keane, instructors): Kelsey Barham, Jose Correa, Emily
Davidson, Robin Ragland, Martin Reina, Nina Resendez,
Allison Sutherland, Bailie Waters, Marian R. York.
Seventh grade Middle
Years Programme students of Hubbard Middle School
visited numerous places during an "Exploring Texas"
field trip. Attractions visited include: UT Campus, UT
Natural Science Museum, State Capitol, Bob Bullock
Museum, Inner Space Cavern and The Texas Ranger Hall of
Fame. Senator Kevin Eltife met students at the capitol.
Over
spring break twenty-three students from Moore Middle
School participated in the “Laying of the Wreath”
part of the “Changing of the Guard” ceremony at
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Four
students dressed in their Sunday best were able to go
where few people get to go-- inside the chains that
surround the marching area that guards the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldiers. These students placed a wreath
honoring the fallen soldiers. After the laying wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown, the students then went to
the Memorial for the Columbia where another wreath was
placed.
Angela Frost, a John Tyler High School student,
has been named a Gates Millennium Scholarship Finalist.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Fourteen students from Moore Middle School
participated in the Kilgore Regional Science Fair on
March 6th. The winners were sixth
graders Caroline Thompson, who won an Award of
Excellence from the Association of Women Geoscientists,
and $25 for her superb use of the scientific method;
Maria Chroneos won the Young Scientist Award, 3rd
place in Physical Science, and a berth in the Texas
State Science Fair in April in San Antonio! Other
participants were Sean Koch, Antonio Valtierras, Brandon
Majors, Macy McCombs, Laura Brown, Emily Hawk, Morgan
Mills, Seth Oldham, Claire Whitney, Aaron Cromartie,
Naina Baines, and Ryan Rendon.
In addition, former Moore Mustang Jessica Emery placed 2nd
in the Senior Division of Physical Science, and she will
be defending her state title in San Antonio.
The John Tyler Color Guard received a Superior
rating at the Marching Auxiliaries Regional
Competition. The color guard will advance to compete at
the Marching Auxiliaries National Competition March 29,
2008 in Ft. Worth.
Color Guard Members-
Alicia Sanchez Gabby Gray
Sang A Kim
Unji Kim Melanie Davis
Brittany Love
Casey Wiggins Mikki Yunoki Dilia
Cortez
Mieesha Burgess Justin Forward Cody
Hudnall
Patricia Peralta
Moore
Academic Challenge Quiz Team Takes Top Honors
The team finished the tournament undefeated, bringing
home the East Texas State Championship for the second
time in four years. Moore defeated Hubbard Middle
School, along with Edgewood Middle School, Arp Junior
High School, 2007 Champion Malakoff Middle School, and
Palestine Middle School in a double elimination format
tournament spanning several days.
The team consists of 8th graders Marina Martinez
(captain), Jack Jamison, and 7th graders Austin
Chambers, and Alex Frazier. Alex and Austin will return
next year to continue the winning tradition at Moore.
The ACQ Team has placed third or higher (with two
championships) the last five years in a row. No other
team in the East Texas area has equaled that feat. The
team coach is Dr. Jerry Frazier, 8th grade US History
and AVID teacher.
Moore Middle
School UIL results from the Academic meet in Longview:
8th grader Lauren Bingham not only took 1st place in
spelling, she had a PERFECT score on her spelling test
8th grader Marina Martinez took 2nd place in maps charts
& graphs and 5th place in science
8th grader Erin Caldwell placed 3rd in poetry
8th grader Puja Patel won 4th place in mathematics
8th grader Antonio Valtierra placed 4th in number sense
and calculator applications and 6th place in calculator
applications and listening
8th grader Sonia Montejano earned 4th place in listening
and social studies
8th grader Valeria Lujan took 5th place in spelling and
listening
7th grader Andrew Collyer placed 3rd in social studies
7th grader Tyler Ross took 4th place in number sense and
6th place in calculator applications
7th grader Aaron Guitierrez won 5th place in science
6th grader Dhruv Naraynan took 1st place in mathematics
6th grader Naina Bains placed 2nd in listening
6th grader Ty'Cember Jones won 2nd place in impromptu
speaking
6th grader Vann Hassell took 3rd place in number sense
and 6th place in calculator applications
6th grader John Willis placed 6th in social studies
The following students also dedicated many afternoons
practicing and all day Saturday in Longview
participating: Aaron Kolker, Maria Chvoneos, Alex
Frazier, Laura Calvo, Priyal Patel, Anthony Koziol,
Kerrigan Sanders, and Preston White.
All of the Moore students that participated did an
amazing job of representing their school in their
academics, dedication and behavior.
Twenty-four
students from Moore Middle School participated in
the TJC Science Fair on February 27th. Students competed
and excelled in the areas of Physical Science and
Biology. In Physical Science, Naina Baines and Macy
McCombs took 2nd Place while Laura Brown and Sean Koch
earned a 3rd place medal. In Biology, Aaron Cromartie
took 1st Place honors! In addition, the following
students will be joining the winners in Kilgore for the
next level of science fair competition at the Regional
Science Fair Meet: Maria Chroneos, Ryan Rendon, Brandon
Majors, Zachary Lawson, Caroline Thompson, Antonio
Valtierra, Claire Whitney, Emily Hawk, Seth Oldham, and
Morgan Mills.
Hubbard Middle
School participated in the Longview/Tyler UIL
One-Act Play Competition at John Tyler High School. The
cast and crew of "The Open Window" gave an exceptional
performance and walked away with three special awards.
The first went to 8th grader Austin Bell, who received
an Honorable Mention Medal for his role as Frampton
Nuttel. Austin pulled off this award-winning
performance after joining the cast a mere two weeks
before they were to compete in the event. Sixth grader,
Vivian Villapudua made a stunning performance as the
young and very British, Vera Sappleton. For her
performance, Vivian away earned a medal for All-Star
Cast. Seventh grader, Melysan Walker, received an award
for her role as Stage Manager for the play.
Congratulations to "The Open Window" cast and crew.
Congratulations
to the Math Counts team from Hubbard Middle School.
The team finished in third place at the regional
competition. They will be advance to the state
competition on Friday, March 28 in Austin. The team
members are Cole Paxson, Erika Skeele, Anish Patel, and
Sarah Hollis.
Mahmoud El-Kishkey placed 4th in the individual
competition and will also be attending the state meet.
Hubbard was the only public school to advance to state
from this region.
Robert E. Lee High School
Robert E. Lee High School students advance to Finalist
Standing in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
William
Coats, son of W. Fred and Karen Coats plans to attend
Rice University and major in History.
Cindy (Geer) Zhang, daughter of Xin Zhang and Qi Zhang,
plans to attend The University of Chicago and major in
English and History.
Hubbard Middle School
Congratulations to
Meredith Oliver for receiving first place on
her pencil competition at the East Texas
State Fair Academic Rodeo.
John
Tyler High School
Congratulations to the Band Solo and
Ensemble Contest winners:
The following students received a 1st
Division at Solo & Ensemble Contest:
Meredith Boardman- Flute Trio
Summer Davis- Flute Trio
Nicole Nelson – Two Flute Trio
Kamre Timmons – Flute Trio & Flute solo
Beatriz Lopez – Flute Trio
Rashad Minnick – Two Clarinet quartets
Chatoya Reeves - Two Clarinet quartets
Shatara Turner - Two Clarinet quartets
Kalah Hicks - Two Clarinet quartets
Oliver Flores – Saxophone solo
Demarcus Walker – Tuba solo
2nd Division Sextet
Samuel Baltazar - Trombone
Jacobe Ferguson – French Horn
Oliver Flores – Trumpet
Geronimo Leon – Euphonium
Demarcus Walker – Tuba
Markeith Whitmill – Trumpet
3rd Division
Samuel Baltazar- Trombone Trio
Isaiah Brown – Trombone Trio
DeAndre Davis-Basher – Trombone Trio
Congratulations
to the following REFLECTIONS contest
winners:
Hogg
Middle School – Art Teachers Michele Voyce
and Gary Bloome
Honorable mention in the East Texas State
Fair Academic Rodeo Art Contest
• Desiree Denman – 6th grade
Students recognized for their entries in the
Reflections Contest.
• Antonio Rigle—Literature
• James Trammell and Angelica Garcia—Visual
Arts
Hogg Art Department received a grant for
“Art and Science: Hydroponic Gardening in
the Class Room.”
