Eldon School District

FFA Annual Career Development

The Eldon FFA Chapter will be hosting their annual Career Development Events this Saturday (3/5/11)  on the high school campus.   There will be approximately 900 students in competition representing 30 schools across the state.  FFA members will be testing in 15 different technical skills such as:  Livestock Judging, Agriculture Mechanics, Nursery/Landscaping, FFA Knowledge, Forestry and Meat Judging to name a few.  Besides the high school campus, other areas where students will be testing are:  local livestock farms, Miller County fairgrounds and Saline Wildlife Conservation area.

Eldon Speech and Debate takes First Place at Pilot Grove

This past Saturday eleven schools started toward Pilot Grove for the end of the regular season.  Due to ice and snow two schools turned around and the other nine plowed on.
EHS ended the regular season with a first place sweepstake trophy.  The individual Mustang winners include: 

Dramatic Interp.                                   Finalist                          Olivia Sparks

                                                              3rd. place medal          Katie Whitney

                                                              1st. place medal          Arri Jones

Duet Acting                                           Finalsts                        Sean Devine & Danielle Opie

                                                                ”       “                        Micaela Voegeli & Arri Jones

                                                              1st. place medals        Tori Baigi & Jon Smith

Humorous Interp.                                  Finalist                        Olivia Sparks

                                                              3rd. place medal         Katie Whitney

                                                              2nd. place medal        Tori Baigi

Poetry Reading                                     1st. place medal         Morgan Brown

Prose Reading                                       3rd. place medal         Payton Atteberry

Children’s Storytelling                          Finalists                       Dareth Armstrong

                                                               “       “                        Emily Willingham

                                                              3rd. place medal        Tori Baigi

Radio Speaking                                    Finalist                         Morgan Brown

                                                             2nd place medal          Katie Whitney

Extemp. Speaking                                Finalists                       Dareth Armstrong

                                                            “         “                        Lacey Masters

                                                            3rd. place medal         Olivia Sparks

Original Oratory                                  Finalists                       Lacey Masters

                                                            “         “                        Payton Atteberry

Improv. Duet Acting                           2nd. place medals      Jon Smith & Sean Devine

                                                            1st. place medals      Payton Atteberry & Tim Vanderveld

Original Works                                     Finalist                       Arri Jones

                                                            3rd. place medal        KatieWhitney

                                                            2nd. place medal      Brittni Wyatt

EHS will compete at Camdenton H.S. March 5th. in district competition.

Donkey Basketball, February 28th

The student council is hosting the 2^nd Annual Donkey Basketball Tournament, Monday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym.  Advance tickets are on sale now for $6 a person, and can be purchased at the main office at the high school.  Teams are still forming, contact Student Council advisor, Thomas Wright, for more information.

EHS Hosting Districts

Eldon High School will once again be hosting the 2011 Class 4 District 10 girls and boys basketball tournaments, February 21^st-25th.  The Lady Mustangs will take on the Helias Crusaders on Tuesday at 7:30 PM.  The Eldon Varsity boys will play Boonville on Wednesday at 7:30 PM.  If either team advances, they will play for a district Championship on Friday evening.  Be sure to come out and support the Mustangs!

Speech & Debate take First at Cole Camp

The weekend of January 29^th, the Speech and Debate team competed in the Cole Camp

Speech and Debate Tournament.  The speech team came home with the 1^st Place Trophy

out of 20 school, with 16 students advancing to finals.  The following students advanced

to finals:

                Arri Jones – 3^rd Place – Dramatic Interpretation

                Sumar Foster – Finalist – Dramatic Interpretation

                Katie Whitney – 2^nd Place – Humorous Interpretation

                                                  1^st Place – Radio Speaking

                                                  Finalist – Original Works

                Tori Baigi – 3^rd Place – Humorous Interpretation

                Jonathon Smith and Tori Baigi – 2^nd Place – Duet Acting

                Sean Devine and Danielle Opie – 3^rd Place – Duet Acting

                Morgan Brown – Finalist – Poetry Reading

                                                   Finalist – Radio Speaking

                Payton Atteberry – 1^st Place – Prose Reading

        Finalist – Radio Speaking

                                                        Finalist – Original Oratory

                Carol Porter – Finalist – Prose Reading

                Tori Baigi and Katie Partridge – 1^st Place – Improvisational Duet Acting

The next contest will be on February 26 at the Pilot Grove Speech and Debate Tournament.

Eldon Celebrates FFA Week

The Eldon FFA Chapter recognized FFA week February 14th – 18th.  Wednesday, February 16th was FFA T-shirt and Tractor Day.  Members were encouraged to drive their tractors to school.  Through out the day the tractors were visited and used in farm equipment cost, operation and safety education.  The students also voted for their favorite tractor.

Buses will be on Snow Routes Friday, Feb 11th

District buses will run on snow routes on Friday.

Project Prom Benefit Dinner to be Held as Scheduled

The ham and bean dinner to benefit Project Prom will be held as scheduled.  The dinner will be at the High School Commons on Saturday, Feb. 12.  Meals will be served from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.   Come on out, have a good meal and see some great basketball!

Eldon School District on Snow Routes

The Eldon School District Buses will be on Snow Routes all week, February 7 – February 11, 2011.

Kiwanis’ Courtwarming Dinner Cancelled.

The Kiwanis Court-warming Dinner rescheduled for Saturday, February 12th has been canceled.