January 2012 Chatterbox - Ruston High School

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Service and Social ChatterboxRuston High School January 19, 2012 Page 14PYPMby Ambria HolmesSports ReporterTo kick off the New Year, PYPM members will begin teaching second grade at Ruston Elementary. The group has gone to classrooms to observe so that they will knowwhat they need to do to be successful.They have not begun teaching yet; they’ve only introduced themselves. The members of PYPM created posters telling about themselves. The posters will allow the childrento remember them. PYPM is going to be very active. Their goal is to teach kids how to be safe. Though they teach serious topics, they do it in a very fun and interestingway!PCI Gives Back to the Communityby Alexandria CockerhamSport ReporterPre-College Initiatives (PCI) constructed a ginger bread house in the month of December and decided to give it away to someone who didn’t expected it to be given tothem. That was their way of trying to work on their way of giving.PCI collected can goods during December and took their collection of items to DART’s home for abused women. PCI is trying to show their appreciation and concern forour community as they give back.PCI will return to having their meetings on Monday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 P.M. They are now starting to prepare for their engineering competition at Grambling StateUniversity. If they succeed, they could receive trophies and certificates. PCI looks forward to representing RHS again this year and bringing home victories.What are We Looking For?1) Students interested in writing (notnecessarily in journalism).2) Students who actually know howto write and fact check.3) Students who love the art of expressingideas of today’s youngadults.4) Students who understand that gettingsomeone else to do peer editingis a good thing.5) Students who generally care abouttheir school and the many fineorganizations represented at HS.What are We Looking For?6) Students who can create ads andlove to create cartoons and funpages.7) Students who can be trusted in andout of class to interview and takepictures.8) Students who understand and canreport on happenings throughoutour community.9) Students with the ability to thinkoutside the box or who never wereinside the box with their ideas.10) Students who desire to managethe business aspects of the schoolnewspaper.APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING FEB. 15, 2012 FOR NEXT YEAR’S STAFF!
Clubs/Organizations ChatterboxRuston High School January 19, 2012 Page 15FFA Prepares for Leadership Competitionssubmitted by Mark MilsteadFFA AdvisorThe National FFA Organization at Ruston has been preparing diligently for the upcoming Leadership andFreshman Career Development Events. Leadership events will include Parliamentary Procedure, ExtemporaneousSpeaking, Creed Speaking, and the Geaux Teach events. Freshman Day events will include ParliamentaryProcedure, Opening/Closing Ceremonies, Creed Speaking, and Extemporaneous Speaking. The very first competitionwill the District II FFA CDE in Downsville on Friday, January 6th. Students that place in the top four intheir events will move on to the Area I competition at Louisiana Tech University on Thursday, January 12. TheState Parliamentary Procedure event will be on Tuesday, January 17 at the Louisiana Educational Youth Centernear Bunkie, LA while the State Speaking events will be held at the State FFA Convention in June. The top 2Parliamentary Procedure teams and speakers at Area competition move on to State Competition. This year'sParliamentary Procedure team will include Brandon Myers, Seth Nichols, Ryan Dooley, Jonathan Craig, MercedesFife, Dustin Thomas, and Keirstyn Sonnier. Creed Speakers will be Hannah Rhodes and Barrett Moore.Good luck at your upcoming competitions!4-Hsubmitted by Darby Rowland4-H Club ReporterRemember 4-Hers that you must participate in two parish activities to go to 4-H achievement day. A great way to be involvedin 4-H would be Junior Leaders. All 4-H members are able to participate, the junior leaders help conduct activitiesfor younger 4-H members and also have club meetings and activities of their own. The next meeting will be held on January23 at the 4-H office at 6:30.We need all club members to work on a design for the RHS 4-H club T-shirt. Turn your design ideas into Mrs. Thompson.One of the designs will be used on the shirt for Achievement Day. BE CREATIVE!Upcoming Events:*Lincoln Parish Foods Festival - February 20th*Shooting Sports Kickoff Meeting - February 4th*Honey Bee Essay - Due January 27thAll details for these events can be found in the January newsletter or atwww.la4h.org/lincoln.
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