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Important meeting for incoming
freshmen and parents set April 27
The Vinita High School will host a Parent Night for parents of 8th graders on Tuesday, April 27, at 6 p.m., in the high school commons area.
This is a time for parents to learn about freshmen enrollment, class offerings, graduation requirements, and other pertinent information.
Incoming freshmen students are encouraged to attend as well.
Master schedules and enrollment forms will be given out that night for
parents and students to take home and go over before 8th graders actually enroll on Thursday morning, April 29.
For more information about the freshmen orientation and parent night,
call the high school at 256-6777.
Photo courtesy of VHS art dept.
Kaylea Perusse holds up a poster she designed to help promote the upcoming
Fine Arts Festival, which will be held two nights, on Tuesday, May 4, at 7 p.m., and
on Thursday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Ewing Halsell Middle School. The Fine
Arts Festival includes drama, music, instrumental performances, multimedia, and
multicultural foods. Everyone is invited to attend the festival which features the
talents of students of all ages from all school sites.
by Rozi Caraveo/Varsity Blue
The 6th annual Vinita Public Schools Fine Arts Festival has been scheduled for Tuesday night
May 4, at 7pm and Thursday night May 6 at 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. throughout Ewing Halsell Middle
School.
On Tuesday night, speech and drama instructor, Wendy Brown’s students will perform a series
of skits in the auditorium.
Everyone is welcome to attend a free concert featuring young Christian rock
Also on that same night, contemporary Christian recording artist Elizabeth Montgomery will group A Road Less Traveled, on Tuesday night, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church.
sing. Montgomery is a Vinita High School alumni. She has taught at Belmont University in Free door prizes will also be given away!
Nashville, Tenn.
Montgomery is also a former Miss Craig County Jr. Miss.
Thursday night artwork from a combination of Vinita Public Schools pupils will be on display
in the Ewing Halsell gymnasium.
In the gym, the multimedia instructor Shelley Reed’s Advanced Broadcasting Class will be
showing all their films that have been created throughout the year.
In one corner of the gym, a various set up of street performers will be playing several instruments, such as, Brice Reheard strumming his guitar.
The art club will also be doing ‘Characiture’ drawings as part as a fundraiser.
That night, the auditorium will host several choir members from the different schools a part
of VPS.
The cafeteria will be filled with all types of authentic Hispanic food available to the public for
$3 a plate. All proceeds will go to the Vinita High School Spanish club.
The Advanced Broadcasting Class of VHS will also be showing a memorial video in tribute to
school board member Kimsey Wade, who passed away a few weeks ago.
Photo courtesy of Matt Young
Members of the Vinita High School marching band, under the direction of instructor Matt Young, received Superior and Excellent ratings as they competed in State
Competitions this week. Those who competed included, front, from left, Forrest
Blount, Xavier Idleman, Aly Clarkson, Chelsea Fiedler, Chelsey Johnson, Britney
Wadley, Kendra Fiedler, Lindsay Harrah, Tim Taylor, Daniel Day, back row, from
left, Michael Snowden, Sarah Parrish, Deedra Parrett, Zach Vaughn, Chelsie
Bynum, Breanna McKisick, Ryan Miller, Harley Riley, C.J. Anderson, and Ryan
Lucas.
Get Involved!!!
Contact Rusty Rankin
[email protected]
OR
Janet Link
[email protected]
2010 Young Native Writers Essay Contest
deadline in May
High school students responding to this year’s writing contest should write an essay of
no more than 1,200 words that addresses the following prompt:
“Describe a crucial issue confronting your tribal community today. Explain how you
hope to help your tribal community respond to this challenge and improve its future.”
See contest rules below for complete details and submission requirements. If this is your
first essay contest experience, please click on Writing Tips to the right.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: In preparation for writing, students should draw
from their own personal knowledge and research information from a variety of sources.
Primary and secondary source material could include: historical and reference material,
interviews, personal experiences, oral testimonies, official documents, diaries, letters,
autobiographies, newspapers, academic journals, films and television movies, CD-ROM,
and Internet sources.
ELIGIBILITY
The 2010 Young Native Writers Essay Contest is open to Native American high school
students currently enrolled in grades 9-12 only. All students participating in Young Native
Writers Essay Contest should have a significant and current relationship with a Native
American tribal community.
PRIZES
The following prizes will be awarded to winning essayists:
Five (5) First-Place Winners will each receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington,
D.C., (tentatively scheduled for July 20-24, 2010) to visit the National Museum of the
American Indian, and other prominent sites.
The winners will be accompanied by the teachers who inspired their entries into the
contest. First-Place Winners will receive a special award for display at home or school. In
addition, each First-Place Winner will receive a scholarship of $2,500 to be paid directly
to the college or university of his or her choice.
Entry Deadline is May 10, 2010. For more information, see Shelly Williams in the high
school counselor’s office.