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Drew Central Elementary and Middle School collected $1,400.23 for Heifer International a SEARK Reading Council’s International project. Heifer International is an Arkansas foundation that provides animals for families in other countries. They train the families to use the animals for the benefit of their families and communities. Each animal that is purchased helps that family have food and income to help provide for their needs.
Ms. Young’s kindergarten class gave the most money for the week at Drew Central Elementary, and Mrs. Ferrell’s fourth period literacy class collected the most money at the Drew Central Middle School.
Drew Central fourth graders started the investigation by thinking about these questions “Who was Anne Frank?” and “How do we find out?” While reading excerpts from her diary and reading Ann Abramson’s book “Who Was Anne Frank?” students responded in their diaries to various prompts. Working in teams, students created a timeline of Anne’s life and a timeline of the world 1918-1960 by analyzing what was important from the text. (more…)
The Monticello Rotary Club members are leaders in the community and serve as role models for students. Each week, members read a book to students and students interview the members using questions they wrote in advance. In addition, students received their own copy of THE BFG by Roald Dahl to explore examples of a master writer using figurative language techniques studied this year. Books were a gift from a member, Dr. Louis James. (more…)
Drew Central Elementary, the Drew Central Preschool and the DC PTO continued the tradition of the “Cookies with Santa” event Friday, December 2, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Drew Central Multi-Purpose Building. This family event has always been a free event for families and includes lots of games, cake walk, pictures with Santa, free hot cocoa, free books, cookie decorating, and many other fun activities. (more…)
Jostens, the leading producer of yearbooks and student-created content, today announced that Drew Central’s yearbook program has achieved the Jostens 2022 National Yearbook Program of Excellence award at the Silver Level. (more…)
Left to Right: Eva Wright, Kacie Marlar, Courtlyn Harrison, Emma McRae, Gracie Dison, Bailey Chapman, Ben Hackett, Addien Milholland, Nate Cooper, Jakob Bayliss, Not pictured: Mariah Jenkins, Landon Peacock, Morgan Ratliff
Drew Central High School congratulates Survey of Business students for earning their Microsoft Office Certifications in Word and PowerPoint. This is a great achievement for these ninth graders.
Their hard work in study and application in these software programs will certainly lead them to a good future in the workforce and/or further education.
On April 14, World Quantum Day was celebrated by fourth graders at Drew Central Elementary. The day’s activities were supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). (more…)
Drew Central 4th grade teacher, Katlin Hogue, Riley Poor, and Tannah Goss
Drew Central Elementary fourth grade students showed their support for the front line workers in New Orleans. Students were learning about what it means to be a member of a community. (more…)
On June 3, Drew Central Jr. High Cheerleaders attended the UCA Cheer Camp at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR. The girls worked very hard and won several ribbons and brought home a superior trophy! The girls were also awarded a spirit stick every day they were at camp, which is a huge honor! (more…)
Lt to rt: Mallori Veasey, Cole Reed, and Aquira Johnson
Who takes care of the thousands of historic artifacts in the White House, cataloguing and preserving everything from presidential portraits to presidential china? And how does that person balance the needs of a building that is both a museum and symbol of American democracy, as well as a family home? Drew Central fourth grade students engaged in historically-based literacy lessons while learning the history of building the Present’s House or as it’s known today the White House. (more…)
Each year Drew Central Elementary and the Middle School students help SEARK Reading Council collect money for the Heifer Project. Heifer International is an Arkansas foundation that provides animals for families in other countries.
They train the families to use the animals for the benefit of their families and communities. Each animal that is purchased helps the families have food and income to help provide for their needs. This year Drew Central students collected $2,278.27. Thank you for your generous support!
Anely and her GT Teacher, Morgan Temple
Anely Jean-Francois placed first in the Question of the Month presented by the GT Specialist, Stephanie Hollis, at the local Cooperative. For January, students were asked to invent an indoor game to get kids moving for the recommended 60 minutes a day. Anely came up with “Moving Chaos – An Active Board Game.” Players must perform different tasks in order to escape certain doom! Thank you to Ms. Stephanie Hollis for allowing our kids a chance to express their creativity through problem solving. Anely won a $20 gift card for her hard work! Congratulations, Anely!
Drew Central is proud to announce that we have partnered with the NFHS Network, and we’ve invested in new technology that will bring you every game from the Drew Central Gymnasium LIVE.
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Eva Arrington will be leading an Education First Tours parent and student meeting for students interested from any school district and home school students. The meeting will be November 10 at 5:30 in the Drew Central School auditorium. Please RSVP to 870-224-6545. Two tours are being offered. (more…)
Amanda Smith: DCMS Heifer Coordinator, Hunter Griffin: DCMS student, Karen Robinson: President of SEARK Reading Council, River Eubanks:DCE student, Tori Simpson: DCE student, Cindy Flemister: DCE librarian and lead person at DCE for the project.
Back Row: Virginia Ward, Ember Davis, Brandon Hogg Front Row: Ny’Asia Halsell, Landon Lochala, Wyatt Hayden, Mayson Dardenne
Drew Central fourth graders were presented with dictionaries and thesauruses from Monticello Rotary Club members. Students will use these reference books when working on strategies from the Arkansas initiative, R.I.S.E. Research shows students who understand how words are formed by combining prefixes, suffixes, and roots tend to have a larger vocabularies and better reading comprehension than peers without such knowledge.
Drew Central fourth grade students held a Hana’s Suitcase Museum grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. The students gave tours to students and the public. Adult guests were asked to give the fourth graders feedback to this question “What feelings did you experience when walking through the museum?” (more…)
Drew Central Choir Spring Pop Concert, “DC’s Hottest Hits, 201.9” for 7-12 grade choirs at Drew Central. This show imitates a live radio broadcast featuring music from all genres with singing, dancing, and lot of entertainment! We will be performing for the school at 1:30, on May 2nd, and at 6:30, that evening, for the public. Free admission and we would love to invite our community!
Drew Central had two Seniors participate in the SEARK Coop Chess Tournament on March 9th.
Cairo Graham (right) placed 1st and Gage Hawkins (left) placed 2nd in the Senior high division.
Left to Right: DC Gearheads: Jacob Hall, Lane Berryman, Hunter Rhodes, Paden Defir, Jeremy Smith, Anna Coleman and Parker Duncan
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the DC Gearheads competed at the STATE Vex Robotics Championships. They did well in the morning qualification rounds by going 6-1 for the day. (more…)
Each year Drew Central Elementary and the Middle School students help SEARK Reading Council collect money for the Heifer Project. (more…)
Lt to Rt Front row Reagan Booth, Natalie Lawson, Caroline McRae, Gracie Perez, TuMarqus Conner, and Austin Williams Back Row TaMya Young, Madison Jones
Drew Central fourth graders stepped into the role of professors and taught two UAM geography classes. Students used their continent Google Slide presentations to organize the research information such as continent size, population, and number of countries in the continent amongst other various topics.
Teacher, Brandie Everett, wanted students to have a real-world application for their Google Slide presentations that emphasized knowing your audience and public speaking skills.
Drew Central’s Gifted and Talented Program is excited to share their latest project. They have started recycling at the Middle School. The GT students noticed how many students and faculty drink from a plastic bottle every day. They decided to start recycling plastic bottles. (more…)
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