Category: Education

Eustace High School Holds NHS Banquet

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From Dr. Coy Holcombe’s blog 

Tuesday night, Eustace High School held its annual National Honor Society Banquet at the First Baptist Church in Eustace. Students and their guest were treated to a barbeque meal provided by Danny’s Barbeque. After the meal, new members of the NHS were inducted, students receiving awards were recognized, and special awards were presented by NHS sponsor, Diane Chambers.

The 2013-2014 NHS officers provided information about each of the qualities associated with NHS: Character, Scholarship, Leadership, Service. The 13-14 officers are:

Harley Dell – President
Bethany Calhoun – Vice President
Hope Rodriguez – Secretary
Mary Hamilton – Treasurer

Senior members received their collar to be worn at the graduation ceremony. This year’s senior National Honor Society members include:

Melody Allen
Wally Baker
Tyler Barrett
Bethany Calhoun
Harley Dell
Karli Gallops
Mary Hamilton
Tarah Herrera
Jonathon House
Caleb Letkiewicz
Chelsea Oliver
Casey Rickert
Hope Rodriguez
Courtney Sandell
Ridge Smith
Ashleigh White
Marcus White
Sydney Willard

Juniors received their NHS patch:

Makenzie Abbott
Carly Copeland
Savannah Hairl
Brandon Hall
Grace Holcombe
Solomon Jackson
Dane McAfee
Kelsey Ortiz
Taylor Peebles
Troy Saunders
Preston Schwartz
Chad Thomasson
Mark Zimmerer

The following sophomores were inducted into the National Honor Society at last night’s banquet:

Whitney Boerner
Kasey Lopez
Brittney Neitzel
Abra Roberts
Kristina Woodruff

The National Honor Society Faculty Council includes:

Diane Chamber – Sponsor
Phyllis Bice
Jeff Brown
Lisa Bynum
Vikki GoDair
Gwen Orr
Chuck Powers
Mandy Rolison

Superintendent Dr. Coy Holcombe wrote: “I would like to congratulate the returning members and the new inductees for their hard work and accomplishments. In order to be considered for NHS, a student must exhibit the qualities of leadership, character, and service. Members must also have an 85 cumulative average and be a sophomore, junior, or senior. I want to extend a special recognition to all of the NHS seniors. Your hard work and leadership at NHS over these last four years is greatly appreciated.” 

Malakoff Students Earn Microsoft Office Certification

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The following Malakoff High School students recently earned their Microsoft Office Specialist Certification:

Gerinesha Barker (Not In Picture)
Andrew Beheler
Dalton Bradford
Kodie Burns
Isabella Cherry
Patrick Cook
Kimberly Greenfield
Deric Greenhaw
Jacqueline Hall
Kelsey Reynolds
Justin Solorio
Priyanka Verma
Dustin Wilson

These students passed a very rigorous exam and thus have differentiated themselves in today’s competitive job market! With this certification, these students have enhanced their credentials and can verify their expertise working with Microsoft Office. There are many different certifications that students could look at to achieve job differentiation, such as the az-103 test for example. Being able to achieve one of these certifications from Microsoft is very impressive, especially at these young people’s ages. Not only will this make them stand out against potential competitors in the future, but it will also put them one step closer towards an IT job if that’s what they are passionate about. If not, Microsoft certifications, like the pl-900, are still a great way to show employers that you are dedicated to studying, as these tests aren’t easy and do require some studying beforehand.

If you are a business owner and would like to give your staff a similar level of training so that they are competent using Microsoft Office, then there are plenty of microsoft office training classes which you could use to give your staff Microsoft computing tips and tricks which they will need to get more from your software and their working day.

These students should be really proud of themselves!

Eustace Students Earn Microsoft Office Certification

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Thirty-one students from Eustace recently received certification in various components of Microsoft Office software. After learning the software during their technology classes at the High Schools, students are taken to the Region 7 Service Center in Kilgore to attempt the certification tests. The tests are furnished at no cost to the district or students by way of a career and technology consortium in which EISD is a member. Congratulations to the students on their accomplishments and to their teacher, DeDe Lancaster. (From Dr. Coy Holcombe’s blog)