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LFH Representatives to District Reading Fair

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Eighteen L. F. Henderson Intermediate School students were chosen as winners in the annual Reading Fair competition. First, second and third place winners were chosen from both fourth and fifth grade entries in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Technology. The top two places in each category will represent their school in the district Reading Fair competition held at the DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative in Gillham on Jan. 21-22.

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Students who entered the Fiction and Nonfiction categories created eye-catching visual displays using trifold boards on which they presented information about the books they had chosen. Those students who chose to present their book in the Technology category used computer programs, such as the cloud-based Prezi or Microsoft PowerPoint, to create an interesting informative report about their book.

Ashdown School Board Recognized

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Ashdown Mayor James Sutton presented a Proclamation declaring January as "Ashdown School Board Recognition Month" at the regular school board meeting on January 12. Pictured are (front - l to r) Ashdown School Superintendent Jason Sanders, school board president Chuck Davis, Mayor Sutton, school board secretary Rosa Bowman, school board vice-president Dorothy Henderson, and (in back) school board members Michael Turner, Ricky Ward, and Bradley Day. School board member Raymond Latson was not present.

Ashdown Band Members Participate in All Region Clinic

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Ashdown Junior High and Ashdown High School (9th Graders) participated in the Junior High All Region Clinic at Lake Hamilton High School. Students were selected based on prepared music, sight-reading, and scales. Students were (l to r): Cody Barton (Tuba, 1st band, 8th chair); Noah Pounds (Trombone, 1st band, 8th chair); Hunter Billingsley (Trombone, 1st band, 1st chair); Micahla Swilley (Trumpet, 2nd band, 10th chair); Ethan Sullivan (Tuba, 1st band, 1st chair); Casie Greeson (Clarinet, 1st band, 10th chair); Isaac Cross (Trombone, 1st band, 2nd chair); T'Nia Washington (Flute, 2nd band, 12th chair); Allyson Deloney (Clarinet, 2nd band, 16th chair); and Bradee McKean (Clarinet, 2nd band, 6th chair)

Local Professionals Participate in Career Day for Elementary Students

Area professionals who participated in a Career Day for LFH fourth and fifth graders are (l to r) Area Learning for Life Director Linda Willis, Ashdown Chief of Police Mark Ardwin, Ashdown Police patrolman Glen Hankins, Little River Memorial Hospital Registered Nurse Cindy Metzger, Attorney Thad Bishop, Ash Grove Cement electrical engineer David Davis, Chef James Powell, stylist Devona Powell, Kemira Chemical sales representative Darren Adkison, and Brookshire's pharmacist Angela Adkison.

Nine career professionals recently spent an afternoon with the fourth and fifth graders of L. F. Henderson Intermediate School, informing them of the requirements of their jobs and encouraging the students to begin preparing themselves for the careers they might choose in the future. Sponsored by Learning for Life, an organization that offers seven programs that focus on character and career education for preparing youth to be successful in handling the complexities of their futures, the speakers included medical professionals, engineers, law enforcement professionals, and other representatives from the fields of law, culinary arts and personal stylists who own and operate their own businesses. Students were able to interact, ask questions and receive solid advice from representatives of their own community.