May 14, 2007
Teresa Daugherty was recognized in a ceremony at Margaret Daniel
Primary School as Wal-Mart’s Teacher of the Year. Ms. Daugherty
was selected based upon nominations from the community. Ashdown
Wal-Mart presented Ms. Daugherty with a polo shirt and a gift card to
Wal-Mart for school supplies in the amount of $100. Margaret Daniel
Primary also received a check for $1,000.00!
Thank you to our community merchants who
donated prizes for the District Staff
Appreciation Week drawing. Texarkana
Embroidery, Century Bank, Davis Feed,
Sonic, Regions Bank, the Flower Shop, Corner
Pharmacy, Brookshire’s, CCCU of A, Domtar,
Ashdown Pharmacy, Family Medical
Associates, PA
Picture Caption: Gold Medallist, Chelsie Ellis, excitedly receives a four-year scholarship to the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith.
April 17 and 18 the Ashdown High School SkillsUSA club attended the annual Arkansas State SkillsUSA Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at the Summit Arena. Attendants included Jasmine Allen, Holley Berry, Sheena Cantley, Kristle Carson, Chelsie Ellis, Christine Keener, Britanye Ragland, Shaniqua Rivers, and club sponsor Laurie Jones.
Congratulations to Chelsie Ellis and Britanye Ragland for receiving the Statesmanship Award, awarded to those that score a 90% or above on the Skills Knowledge Exam. Chelsie Ellis also received the gold medal in the Job Interview Competition. For being first out of ninety-three contestants, Ellis was presented a four-year scholarship to the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith. Ellis will be attending the National SkillsUSA Competition June 24- 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, to compete against other state medallists.
Article by Club Secretary Chelsie Ellis
Ashdown High School junior, Phillip Bradley, won 2
nd place in theTexarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council Art Show this past week.
He won a prize of $50.
Congratulations to Alex Washington who made the flag line at the
University of Central Arkansas.
Congratulations to Marilyn Griffin, Ashdown Headstart Director, for
winning Headstart Director of the Year for the second consecutive year.
Charlett Fields, teacher at Ashdown Headstart program, won Teacher of the
Year. Their awards were announced at the area Headstart Banquet in
Texarkana over the weekend.
The annual Ashdown Scholarship Tea was held on Sunday, April 29, 2007
at 2p.m. in the Ashdown Junior High School Cafeteria. Thirty-two
scholarships of about $ 9000 were given to 32 Ashdown High School
Seniors.
The Scholarship Committee has awarded over 100% of all donated moneys for some time
due to investments. We plan to continue this trend and strive both to recognize students’
needs and to reward their hard work and high aspirations.
Last year, we awarded 44 scholarships with a total value of $9,185. This brings the total
scholarships to over 229, 709 awarded to 700 students over the course of our 20 year
history. The committee has authorized an alumni fund through which former students of
Ashdown High School may contribute to the program in any amount and at any
time. Such contributions may be made in honor or memory of friends and loved
ones. Scholarships are tax deductible and may be sent to Ashdown Public Schools, 511
N. 2
nd St., Ashdown, AR 71822. You may attention your correspondence to: AshdownScholarship Committee.
We would like to thank all of the donors for allowing us to continue honoring our
deserving seniors from Ashdown High School.
Here is the picture of the 2nd grade team that won 1st place at the Battle of the Books competiton on May 2nd at the co-op.
Pic#2 Second place 1st Grade Battle of the Book winners out of 22 teams.
Pic#4&5 Third place 1st Grade Battle of the Book winners out of 22 teams.
Congratulations to the following winners at the District IV FBLA Spring Conference!
Ms. FBLA Abby Rayfield (Quincey-LF)
1
st Place Tracee Durham Tabulations2
nd Place Kasharie Sanders SpreadsheetsHank Bird Keyboarding Applications I
Caitlin Smith (Denise-ALE) Business Communications
Travis Patt Computer Concepts
Elizabeth Lisenby Proofreading
3
rd Place Candice Jefferies Keyboarding Applications II4
th Place Greg Martindale Business LettersFlorence Nunn 3-Minute Timing
5
th Place Travis Patt Computer Slide ShowMcKenzie Harris Parliamentary Procedure
Ashley Brewer Manuscripts
Jalesa Easter Public Speaking
They also won one of the sweepstakes awards for the most winners overall.
