El Dorado Springs High School Principal David Hedrick supplied the list below of how education has changed over the years.
He made these comments about that list, “People don’t understand why education has changed. That’s why you get the comments about “when I was in school.” When you have the programs that have been mandated by the state and federal government, that’s why education has changed.”
“One of the positive things is that other organizations compare us to other countries. The other countries take their highest quality people and continue to education them. The rest go back into the work force.”
“In reality, we are number one in the world, we are at the top. You’re not going to have anyone disagree that we’re one to the top countries in the world. We must
Students Of Distinguished Attitude, also known as (SODA), were announced for the third quarter of the 2012-13 school year. Pictured are (front row): Ryan Teague, 3rd grade, Zandria Cannady, 2nd grade, Josiah Batson, 4th grade, Cannon Ash, 1st grade and Milana Gallette-Arledge, kindergarten. (Back row): Jarid Keightley, 6th grade, Caleb Jones, 7th grade, Olivia Witt, high school, Cambria Witt, 8th grade and Finley Keen, 5th grade.
On Tuesday, April 9, local sophomores Travis Cameron from El Dorado Springs High School and Dayton Robison from El Dorado Christian High School participated in the 79th Annual Sophomore Pilgrimage sponsored by the local GFWC Generation III Club. During the visit, they toured the Missouri Supreme Court, the Capitol building and the Governor’s mansion. They also met briefly with Senator Mike Parson and attended a luncheon with several prominent speakers that included the Governor, Secretary of State and the Chief Justice of the Missouri
Fifth and sixth grade students from El Dorado Springs R-II School took first place in the Math Competition at Osceola School on April 4. Kaylee Griggs, Andrew Berndt, Dalton Smith and Sam Pippenger were the Sudoku Champions. The following students received individual medals/ribbons. 6th grade Algebraic Relationships: 1st – Hunter Jacobs, 5th – Andrew Berndt; 6th grade Geometry and Measurement: 2nd – Hunter Jacobs; 6th grade Number and Operations: 2nd – Donovan Collins, 3rd – Abby Cartwright; 6th grade Team Tangrams: 1st – Tanner Witt
The Gladiator team from the fifth grade class at El Dorado Christian took second place in the Battle of Bible Books, losing only by two points to a team from North Pole, AK. Pictured are the winners: The Harold – Finley Keen, The Contestant, – Ryan Wilkinson; The Scribe – Brayden Housh and fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Dixie Christensen. The Gladiators were presented with a medallion, a Bible Bee T-shirt and two scripture-to- music CD’s.
TOP WINNERS IN ECS SCIENCE FAIR
Nine students from the El Dorado Christian Junior High and High School received top scores at the ECS Science Fair. They competed in Life Science and Physical Science categories. Front row: Michael Middleton, 7th grade, 2nd place, Colten Pike, 7th grade, 3rd place, Caleb Jones, 7th grade, 1st place, Drew Steuck, 7th grade, 1st place and Science Teacher Mrs. Kelly Bryson. Second row: Cambria Witt, 8th grade, 2nd place, Emily Jones, junior,
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, five students from the El Dorado Christian School traveled to Missouri Southern State University to compete in the annual business contest. Competing against 14 other schools, the students brought home the Dean’s Performance Award for Division III. This is an award given for outstanding performance. To determine the winner of this award, the total number of points earned by the school is divided by the total number of students that participated from the school. The students competing were
Students from El Dorado Springs attended the annual Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference April 7-9 in the Holiday Inn Executive Center, Columbia. The delegates from across the state represented more than 11,500 members of Missouri FCCLA.
The following El Dorado Springs FCCLA members attended the conference: Melissa Gooden, daughter of Eileen Gooden; Kylee Thomason, daughter of Brad and Amy Leonard; Chandra Bettis, daughter of Rita and Tony Bettis; Karlee Collins, daughter of Kevin and Becky Collins; Rachel Cross, daughter of Matt and Holly Cross; Kimberlee
Six students representing the El Dorado Christian School attended the Crowder College Business Contest held at Neosho on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The team capturing 1st place and the event trophy for Management Decision Making were Toni Hallam, Bailee Bybee and Tiffani Hallam. Toni Hallam also took 1st in Computer Applications and 2nd in Advanced Keyboarding. Earning the Computer Applications event trophy were Toni Hallam, Tiffani Hallam and Marshall Newman. Ben Middleton took 2nd in General Business and 3rd in Beginning Keyboarding, and Christanne Middleton received 3rd
FINALLY, SOMEONE SHOOTS – All the would-be contestants at the FFA Boosters donkey ball game Saturdsay night, April 6, had a full-time job with their mode of transportation. Finally, the Bulldog head girl’s basketball coach, Tonya Hooper, got off a shot even though the golf coach, David Rogers, left his mount to try to stop the shot.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – That’s what they called it, but anybody betting on anything but the donkeys would have lost…everything.