Campus News - 2009-2010

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.

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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.
 

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.

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!

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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 at the regional meet.

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.

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.
 

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.

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.

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
 

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.