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Student
Achievements
High School
Student of the Month
Danielle Graffagnino was
chosen as Student of the
Month for May. She was
honored at a luncheon
hosted by the Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary
Club.
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Danielle Graffagnino |
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On April 10, four students from
Orangefield High School participated in the Kiwanis Citizenship Day to get
first-hand exposure to the state and local governments. Over fifty students
from Orange County participated. Representing OHS were freshmen Brian
Kelley and Bria Crain, as well as, sophomores Elana Newell and David
Blanke. The students did a job shadowing in the morning and ended with a
luncheon. The press secretary for Kevin Brady of Congressional District #8
was the keynote speaker.
High School UIL
Results from the State UIL Meet
The State
UIL Meet was held on May 2nd
and 3rd at the University of
Texas in Austin.
Trevor Lancon placed 2nd
in Computer Applications
(this makes two years in
a row)
Ryan Holland placed 4th
in Persuasive Speaking
(this is the second
time, once as a
Sophomore and now as a
Senior)
Other competitors were
Ashley VanPelt in Prose
Interpretation and Josh
Juneau in Current Issues
and Events.
The Orangefield High
School Stark Reading Contest began on
February 26 with the semi-final round
and continued on March 13 with the OHS
final round. The top five students for
the declamation and interpretive
speeches were selected from the
semi-finalist participants. The
students for declamation included
Heather Quarles, Jessica Maass, Caleb
Smith, Stephanie Bridges, and Erin
Heimbach. The students for interpretive
included Robyn Boudreaux, Leah Matlock,
Hannah Richard, Lauren Flowers, and
Jennifer Garrison. The two finalists
selected to represent Orangefield at the
County Stark Reading Contest to be held
on April 27 are Stephanie Bridges for
declamation speech and Robyn Boudreaux
for interpretive speech. These students
will receive scholarships in the amount
of $2,000. The second place finishers,
Caleb Smith for declamation and Jennifer
Garrison for interpretive, will receive
$1,500 scholarships. Thanks to the
Stark Foundation for funding the program
and to Mrs. Catt for sponsoring this
program.
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DEBATE
The Orangefield High School CX Policy
Debate Team attended the State CX Debate Tournament in
Austin on March 10th and 11th. The team of Caleb Smith
and Matthew Squires went 2 and 2. The team of Jennifer
Garrison and Elana Newell also went 2 and 2. Both teams
won their first two rounds putting them in power matches
in the 3rd and 4th rounds. This is very good for a first
state tournament. Both teams worked really hard and
learned what it takes to be winners at state. Next
year the girls team will be back to defend their
district title.
TCEA
announces more than 100 winners in the Texas
Computer Education Association’s 2008
Student Technology Contests. Forty-three
contest judges evaluated more than 800
entries and chose the winners on Saturday,
March 29, 2008.
Two Orangefield High School Digital Graphics
students were among the winners. Tasha
Anderson got second place in the Digital
Graphics Original Illustrated Art category
and Aharon Fukuda got third place in the
same category. Their teacher is Cindy
Womack.
Shawn Newell placed 2nd at a welding contest held on
Friday, May 9th at Associated Builders and Contractors. There was a
total of 78 contestants for the Southeast Texas area.
Junior High
Orangefield Junior HIgh brought four teams to
the Orange County Relay for Life event Friday,
May 2. The campus was represented by two
Student Council Teams, a National Junior Honor
Society Team, and a Faculty team. These teams
earned a combined total of over $11,000. The
Student Council Teams were awarded both Best
T-Shirt Design and Most Spirited
Team.2007-2008 Houston Livestock & Rodeo Show Art
Contest Winners: 7th Grader Erin Henagen
-Gold medalist and 8th grader Alissa Bishop-Best
of Show. These students competed against
7th-12th graders throughout our region and it is
quite an honor to be selected,especially at this
young age. Alissa's piece will be displayed
later in the front office of the Wetlands
Foundation.
7th
graders, Jennifer Mcmanus and Jacob Bilbo, from Mrs.
Coulter's Language Arts class were chosen as Southeast Texas
Finalists for the DO THE WRITE THING TEXAS CHALLENGE. There
were over 973 other students who submitted essays.
They were honored as" Do the Write
Thing" Southeast Tx. Finalists at a formal
banquet at the Hotel Elegante. They were
presented their awards by Judge Randy Shelton.
Also in attendance were Superintendent Phillip
Welch, their parents, and teacher Heggie
Coulter. Their essays were published in the
foundations 2007 book and a copy will be
available to view in the central administration
office.
Christy Greer's
5th grade students at Orangefield Junior High have found a
creative way to replace the former D.A.R.E. program. They
now participate in B.E.A.D. which stands for Bobcat
Education Against Drugs. Greer's 5th graders performed
anti-drug skits and listened attentively to guest speaker
Stephanie Davis, a D.P.S. officer.
Orangefield
students participated in the District UIL Meet at WOS last
week. Overall the students earned 35 medals with 9 of them
being 1st Place. We are very proud of them for all of their
hard work.
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Poetry |
Number Sense |
Spelling |
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Katy Petry(6) 1st Place |
Austin Seaux (6) 4th Place |
Mason Ousley(8) 6th
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Kacey LeBlanc(7) 2nd Place |
Maps, Charts &
Graphs |
Impromptu Speaking |
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Lindsey Caswell(7) 3rd Place |
Cody Angelle(7) 1st Place |
Haley Permenter(8)
1st Place |
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Jordee Cook (7) 4th Place |
Morgan Williams(8) 4th Place |
Allie Sherwood(8)
2nd Place |
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Ashley Granger(8) 5th Place |
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Listening Skills |
Modern Oratory |
Ready Writing |
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Tristan Dunn(6) Deion Jones(6) 3rdPlace |
Constance Ingram(8) 1stPlace |
Abbi LeDoux (7)
5thPlace |
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Reggie Romano(7) 6th Place |
Calculator |
Science |
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Kassie Stevens(8) 2nd Place |
Joey Greer (6) 1st Place |
Heather Singletary
(7) 4th Place |
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Blake Bridges (8) 3rdPlace |
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Prose |
Dictionary Skills |
Science II |
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Joey Greer (6) 1stPlace |
Breanna LeDoux (6) 4th Place |
Robert Ehrlich(8)
1st Place |
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Tanner Holland (7) 1st Place |
Jared Bennett(6) 5th Place |
Paul Sieber (8)
5thPlace |
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Reagan Ficken (7) 3rd Place |
Emily Blanke (6) 6th Place |
General Math |
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Kaitlin Crew (7) 6thPlace |
Hannah Walles(8) 6th Place |
Cameron Childress
(6) 3rd Place |
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Erica Edgerly (8) 2nd Place |
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Alex Gilson (8)
5thPlace |
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Breanna Graffagnino (8) 3rd Place |
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5th Grade UIL Results
Listening Skills
Jade
Ousley - 2nd place
Wendy Gillett - 3rd place
Ashton Gautreaux - 5th place
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Number Sense
Whitney Whitson - 2nd place
Dagan Smith - 4th place
Emilee Adrio - 6th place
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Oral Reading
Kylie Bradley - 1st place
Emilee Bellow - 2nd place
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Maps, Charts,
& Graphs
Brandy Ehrlich - 3rd
place
Chase Slaughter -
5th place
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Spelling
Morgan Worthy - 2nd
place
Bethany Vermillion -
3rd place
Kaitlyn Swanson -
5th place
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Dictionary Skills
Brooke Whitley - 1st
place
Kaitlyn Burke - 2nd
place
Kristen Blanke - 3rd
place
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Ready
Writing
Sage Granger -
6th place
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Elementary
First
graders at Orangefield Elementary are
kicking off their annual Math Olypics! Kyle
Pickard starts the events with the running
of the torch.
Third
graders at Orangefield Elementary are ending
school with a bang! Students in Mrs.
Rice's science class built and erupted
volcanoes today as the culminating activity
for their volcano unit.
First Grade students at
Orangefield Elementary enjoyed a Mexican
Fiesta today as the culminating activity
for their multi-cultural social studies
unit. Students enjoyed piñatas,
nachos, cultural music, traditional
Mexican clothing, and a guest dancer,
Dana Esqueda Wiltz , of the Mexican
Heritage Society Dancers.
Orangefield Elementary students enjoy a day of
fun in the sun at Claiborne Park. For the past
several years, the Southeast Texas Resource
Conservation & Development (RC&D) has worked
with Orange County Parks and the local schools
in Orange County on the “March for Parks.” This
event is held at Claiborne West Park and gives
local students an opportunity to learn about the
environment and the natural resources of
southeast Texas.
The
development of the park is an ongoing project.
In conjunction with the “March for Parks” event,
teachers and students raise money throughout the
year to help with the development of the wetland
nature trail located in the park.
Orangefield Elementary students in Mrs.
McCall's class love their new adapted swing set. The
swing set was provided by Dupont as part of a
community grant project. Thank you Dupont!
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Student's and teachers at Orangefield
Elementary earned $11,000 for the American
Cancer Society during their Relay for Life
activities. Mrs. Wolfford's 3rd grade
class raised $800 for the cause. As the
winning team, they won the right to duct
tape Principal Larry Haynes to the wall.
Kindergarten students at Orangefield
Elementary enjoyed fun in the sun at their
annual frog race. Mr. Welch, Ms. Morrell,
and assistant principal Terri Rainey joined
in the annual frog race fun. Also pictured
are Olivia Truncale and Trevor Jenkins who
were among the participants in this
category.
Lisa McCall's class participated in the Babe
Zaharias relays in Beaumont.
Orangefield Elementary students
participated in a mini relay to
raise money for Bobcats for
a Cure. All proceeds will
be donated to the American Cancer
Society. Pictured are relay
organizers Kerri Morrell and Julie
Fuller with part of the
kindergarten team who walked during
their P.E. class Friday.
The winds of March might come in like a
lion and go out like a
lamb.............but they roared long
enough today for first graders at
Orangefield Elementary to enjoy Kite
Day! Charles Donnaud and his grandson
Grant Morrell have a high
flying adventure while Mrs. Lyons tries
to help her students get their kites off
the ground. Kylie Koonce sports
Strawberry Shortcake on hers.
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