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Campus News - 2009-2010 |
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ECHS
Academic Banquet Held |
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The Annual ECHS Academic Banquet
was held Monday night, May 10,
2010, at the community building.
Students, faculty, staff, and
attendees enjoyed a meal prior
to recognizing students for
their academic accomplishments.
The valedictorian and
salutatorian were revealed, as
well as honor graduates, top ten
percent of each class, Mr. and
Miss ECHS, Who's Who, and
outstanding student performances
in UIL and class subjects.
The Class of 2010's
valedictorian is Brandi Stevens,
and salutatorian is Kaci Bull.
Miss ECHS is Shelby Franzen, and
Mr. ECHS is Shantrey Glenn.
Graduation is scheduled for
Friday, May 21, 2010, at 7:00
p.m.
View
slideshow (approx. 10
minutes)
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ECHS
One-Act Play Wins Second Place
at State Meet |
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The One-Act Play cast and crew
traveled to the University of
Texas' Hogg Auditorium in Austin
to compete on Friday night, May
7, 2010, at the state level of
competition. The Last
Night of Ballyhoo
directed by Dennis DeMoss was
one of 214 plays from 2A
competition that began their
journey with zones, district,
area, regional and finally state
competition. The performance was
the last play of the night with
awards not beginning until 12:10
am. East Chambers play won
second place as the first
runners up.
In addition,
individual awards went to Carson
Campbell who won Best Actress
along with Taylor Reddell and
Kaci Bull who were chosen to the
All-Star Cast. Also, Zoe
Zbranek was awarded Honorable
Mention All-Star Cast. Other
cast members were Dallas Gibson,
Kayla King, and Kyle White.
Crew and alternates were Micah
Frugia, Heather Harrison, Ethan
Hughes, Jared Matlock, Emily
McKnight, Sadie Long, Paige
Miller, and Chase Olivier.
There will be one final
community performance on Sunday,
May 23, at 4:00 p.m. in the high
school auditorium.
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Regional
UIL Academic Competition Results |
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Regional UIL academic
competition was held April 23 -
24, 2010, in Tyler. East
Chambers High School was
well-represented with
competitors in several contests.
The results were: Kelli
Neuman 1st News Writing, 2nd
Headline, 1st Journalism
Team, advances to State; Carson
Campbell 1st Prose, advances
to State; Mallory Franzen 8th
Prose; Ben Wilchek 4th
Computer Applications; Laci
Breaux - 8th Computer
Applications; Zach Clark -
Quarter Finals in Lincoln
Douglas Debate. |
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The One-Act Play was chosen to
advance to State and is set for
Session 2, last play to perform
on May 7. Individual awards
were: Carson Campbell - All-Star
Cast; Kayla King - All-Star
Cast; Zoe Zbranek - All-Star
Cast Honorable Mention; Kaci
Bull - All-Star Cast Honorable
Mention; Micah Frugia - Tech
Award.
Regional results can be viewed
online for Spring Meet,
Conference 2A, level Regional,
Region 3 at this
link. |
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OAP Advances
to Regional Competition |
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The ECHS One-Act Play
competed in the area round
of UIL competition in Jasper
last weekend, and was chosen
to advance to regional
competition to be held on
Friday, April 23, 2010, in
Tyler.
Individual awards received
were as follows: Best
Actress: Carson Campbell;
All-Star Cast: Kayla King
and Zoe Zbranek; Honorable
Mention: Taylor Reddell and
Dallas Gibson. |
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One-Act Play
Wins District and Advances to
Area |
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One-Act Play competition was
held on Wednesday, March 31,
2010, and it concluded the
District Academic Contest
with East Chamber's
play advancing to area
competition. After all
results were tabulated, East
Chambers has won the overall
district meet with 520
points. Coming in second
place was Buna with 347
points.
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Cast members of "The Last Night
Of Ballyhoo" directed by Dennis
DeMoss are Carson Campbell, Kaci
Bull, Dallas Gibson, Kayla King,
Taylor Redell, Kyle White, and
Zoe Zbranek. Alternates and crew
members are Ethan Hughes,
Heather Harrison, Sadie Long,
Jared Matlock, Chase Olivier,
Paige Miller, Micah Frugia,
Colby Touchet, and Emily
McKnight. Individual awards are:
Best Actor: Taylor Reddell; Best
Actress: Carson Campbell;
All-Star Cast: Kaci Bull, Kayla
King, and Zoe Zbranek; Best
Crew: Ethan Hughes.
East Chambers' One-Act Play will
be competing Saturday, April 10,
2010, at Jasper High School for
area competition. The plays will
run back to back starting at
1:00 p.m. with EC being the
second play. It was suggested by
the area coordinator for EC fans
to be in their seats by 1:45
p.m. There will be no late entry
for any of the plays. There will
be a $3.00 admission charge
regardless if you see one play
or all of them. We have been
asked by the area director to
remind fans that cell phones
and small children can be a
distraction to play performance.
Also, leaving while a play is
performing is not acceptable
either. Poor theater etiquette
is a reportable offense that can
be reported to the UIL offices.
Please come and support our
winning play!
View
slideshow. |
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ECHS
Leading District UIL Academic
Meet |
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East Chambers was once again the
host for the District UIL
Academic Meet. The first day of
competition was March
22. According to Kandy McBride,
East Chambers' UIL Coordinator,
the results going into
Thursday's
competition was as follows:
East Chambers 330 points; Buna
199; Anahuac 167; Warren 138;
Hardin 71; Deweyville 59; and
Kountze 55. These totals also
included the points from CX-Debate
which was held in January.
After Thursday's competition,
the final totals were: EC
472, Buna 317, Anahuac 196,
Warren 154, Hardin 85,
Deweyville 67, and Kountze 63,
making East Chambers the overall
leaders going into the OAP
competition scheduled for March
31..
Individual results from
Thursday, March 25, are as
follows: Persuasive
Speaking - 4th Zoe Zbranek,
6th Kirstie Thompson;
Informative Speaking - 2nd
Jared Matlock, 3rd Ethan Hughes,
4th Zach Clark; Poetry
- 2nd Zoe Zbranek, 5th Heather
Harrison; Prose - 1st
Carson Campbell, 2nd Mallory
Franzen, 4th Dallas Gibson;
LD Debate - 1st Zachary
Clark, 2nd Kyle Norris, 3rd Kyle
White.
Individual results from Monday,
March 22, are
as follows: Headline Writing
- 1st Kelli Neuman, 4th
Shelby Franzen; Editorial
Writing - 1st Kelli Neuman,
4th Ariana Ashworth, 5th Shelby
Franzen; News Writing -
1st Lesley Valastro, 2nd Kelli
Neuman, 4th Lindsey McDonald;
Feature Writing - 2nd Kelli
Neuman, 4th Lesley Valastro, 6th
Jordan Horger; EC Journalism
1st Place Team. Social
Studies - 2nd Xavier
Broussard, 3rd Sadie Long, 6th
Austin Jackson, 2nd Place
Social Studies Team -
Broussard, Long, Jackson, &
Ramirez. Spelling and
Vocabulary - 4th Tyler Nipp.
Computer Science - Ben
Wilchek. Computer
Applications - 1st Laci
Breaux, 2nd Ben Wilchek, 5th
Lesley Valastro. Science
- 1st Taylor Reddell, 2nd Jace
Silcox, 3rd Zoe Zbranek, Taylor
Reddell Top Score Biology
Alternate, Taylor Reddell
Top Score Chemistry Alternate,
Sara Bertrand Top Score
Physics, 1st Place Team:
Reddell, Silcox, Zbranek,
Bertrand, Glenn, Olivier.
Literary Criticism - 2nd
Alec Brooks, 2nd Place Team:
Brooks, Thurman, & Long.
Calculator Applications -
4th Katelyn Domingue. Current
Issues - 3rd Jared Matlock,
2nd Place Team: Matlock,
Broussard, Braun, & Nipp.
Number Sense - 3rd Spencer
Glenn, 4th Austen Gilfillian.
CX-Debate - 1st Austen
Gilfillian & Lesley Valastro,
4th Chase Olivier & Jasta Alicie.
ECHS's second place Social
Studies team has made the Wild
Card at UIL Academic Regionals. The
team members are Xavier
Broussard, Sadie Long, Austin
Jackson, and Gloria Ramirez.
This means they will now compete
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ECHS
Students Participate in State CX-Debate
Tournament |
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Austen Gilfillian and Lesley
Valastro traveled to the
University of Texas at
Austin on March 14-15 to
participate in the State CX-Debate
Tournament. This was the
second consecutive year the
team advanced to the state
tournament. After winning
their first two rounds, they
were power ranked against
other 2-0 debaters. In close
competition, they fell to
the eventual 2nd place
championship team from
Blanco.
This year's topic was
"Resolved: The United States
federal government should
substantially increase
social services for persons
living in poverty in the
United States." Mrs. Beth
Glenn is their coach. |
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Students
Place at Sabine Pass UIL
Academic Meet |
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East Chambers High School
students participated in the
Sabine Pass Invitational UIL
Academic Meet on Saturday, March
6, 2010. Results were as
follows: Literary Criticism
4th place Sadie Long, News
Writing - 6th place Lesley
Valastro, Computer Applications
5th place Lesley Valastro,
Poetry 3rd place Zoe Zbranek,
and Prose 2nd place Carson
Campbell and 5th place Dallas
Gibson. |
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ECHS Students
Place in PN-G Academic Meet |
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On February 6, 2010, East
Chambers High School students
competed in Port Neches-Groves'
UIL Invitational Academic Meet.
East Chambers was the only 2A
school participating and
competing along side 3A, 4A, and
5A schools. In the Poetry
competition, Zoe Zbranek
received 1st place, and Heather
Harrison was awarded 5th place.
These young ladies took 2 out of
the 6 places awarded in that
contest with a total of 30
contestants competing from area
schools.
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Dennis
DeMoss Selected to Receive
Education Award |
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The Winnie Area Chamber of
Commerce will be holding its
annual Chamber Banquet
honoring outstanding
individuals and businesses
from our area on Monday,
February 8, 2010. Mr. Dennis
DeMoss, an English,
Communication Applications,
and Theater Arts teacher at
East Chambers High School
has been selected to receive
the Education Award. Mr.
DeMoss is in his tenth year
of teaching at ECHS. He is a
graduate of East Peoria High
School in Illinois and Lamar
University. In addition to
his teaching assignments,
Mr. DeMoss also coaches
several UIL events including
One-Act Play.
Mr. DeMoss's one-act play
performances have garnered 8
consecutive district
championships, 6 regional
advancements, and 2 state
showings in 2005 with The
Miracle Worker, and in
2008 with The Diary of
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Other 2010 honorees include
Outstanding Business - East
Chambers County Bank;
Agriculture Award - Bobby
Thornton; Community Service
- Nolan George; and
Outstanding Citizen - R.J.
and Ray Henrichson.
The social and silent
auction will begin at 6:00
p.m., and the dinner will
begin at 6:45 p.m. at the
Winnie-Stowell Community
Building. Tickets are $20
per person and must be
purchased before February 4.
Contact the chamber office
at 296.2231 or any chamber
director for tickets. |
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ECHS Wins
District CX-Debate and Advances
to State |
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On January 27, 2010, ECHS hosted
the 23AA District Cross
Examination Meet. Teams from
East Chambers placed 1st and
4th securing 30 points in
the first district
competition for this year.
First place team was
comprised of Lesley Valastro
and Austen Gilfillian; fourth place team was Chase
Olivier and Jasta Alicie.
Other team members competing were
Jared Lacombe and Tanner Mazzola.
EC had two teams place after
qualifying in the prelim
rounds and advancing to
semi-finals and finals.
Lesley and Austen will be
representing East Chambers
and our district at the
state meet to be held in
Austin on March 15-16. Buna
will also be advancing to
state as the second place
team. Mrs. Beth Glenn is
East Chambers' coach. |
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ECHS
Students Attend H-F UIL Meet |
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ECHS students attended the
Hamshire-Fannett Invitational
UIL Meet on January 8-9, 2010.
Results were as follows:
Science - 5th place Charles
Olivier, 6th place Taylor
Reddell. Charles Olivier placed
2nd as Top Biology; ECHS science
team composed of Charles
Olivier, Taylor Reddell, Zoe
Zbranek, and Sara Bertrand were
awarded 2nd place Science Team.
Poetry - 1st place Zoe Zbranek.
Prose - 1st place Carson
Campbell. Computer Applications
- 5th Laci Breaux, 6th Ben
Wilchek. Editorial Writing - 3rd
Place Ariana Ashworth. |
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Homecoming Festivities
Reveal Winners |
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The 2009 Homecoming Festivities
revealed Devinn LaRive as queen
and Jon Yawn as king. Jace
Silcox was chosen band beau, and
Leticia Chavez was selected band
sweetheart. |
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Homecoming
Court Selected |
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The Homecoming Game against the
Warren Warriors will be held on
Friday, November 6, 2009. The
pre-game ceremony will begin at 7:00
pm honoring the past queens from
these graduating classes: 1950,
1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000.
The 2009-2010 Homecoming Queen will
be crowned at the half-time show. A
pep rally will be held in Buccaneer
Stadium at 2:45 pm on Friday
afternoon. We hope to see all of the
Buccaneer Ex-Students supporting the
Mighty Bucs!
Homecoming Court:
Senior Princes: J.T. Hallmark, Brock
Lavergne and Jonathon Yawn.
Senior Princesses: Karrie Bennett,
Devinn LaRive and Kara Rutherford.
Freshman Duchess & Duke: Caroline
Reddell and Glenn Roberts
Sophomore Duchess & Duke: Michelle
Alvarez and Kyle Norris
Junior Duchess & Duke: Janae Alleman
and Jose Anaya
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Junior
Girls Beat Senior Girls in
Powder Puff Football Game |
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Project
Graduation sponsored a powder
puff football game to raise
money, and the game was held at
Buccaneer Stadium Monday night,
November 2, 2009.
The game
offered spectators a full range
of excitement from the plays on
the field to the "unique"
performances by the cheerleaders
and drill team. Although both
teams traded possession several
times, the juniors prevailed and
beat the seniors 14-0.
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HS
StuCo Attends Fall Convention |
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The East Chambers
High School student council attended
the TASC District 17 Fall Convention
at the Beaumont Civic Center on
Wednesday, October 14. The theme of
the conference was the same as the
state's theme, The time is now, our
world, our responsibility." The
guest speaker was a representative
from the group Love is Respect. In
the afternoon sessions, the students
were released to join discussion
groups to share thoughts on
improving student government at
their respective schools. Junior
class members were unable to
attend due to taking the PSAT.
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Freshman
Class Officers Elected |
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The freshmen recently elected
class officers. The new
2009-2010 officers are:
President Konnor George; Vice
President Ariana Ashworth;
Secretary Emily Neuman;
Treasurer Alexandria Extejt;
Student Council Girl Caroline
Reddell; and Student Council
Boy Jase Vanya.
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High School Campus Archives -
2008-2009 |
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