MonticelloLive

Drew Central EAST Lab students attended the 2007 National EAST Partnership Conference in Hot Springs where they received a superior rating for their school.

It was a full three days of work, and there were 1500 people in attendance. While there they viewed other EAST schools from Arkansas, as well as California, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Illinois, and Louisiana. The schools ranged from elementary to college level. DC EAST Lab shared this year’s projects with the public, major corporations, and other EAST students.

Students attending were Sarah Eubanks, Caleb Grissom, Jessica Maggard, D.J. Jacks, Jennifer Horton, Dusty Barnette, Cody Poe, Chris Pevey, Caleb Satterlee, Kashif Kincaid, and Erica Hood attended representing as a National EAST Ambassador Team member.

Caleb Grissom and Sarah Eubanks presented a Program Impact Assessment presentation of Drew Central to a group of judges. The students took two shifts “manning” the booth to explain to visitors about their school.

Junior Jessica Maggard thought the conference was “a good way to meet new people in a business environment.”

Sarah Eubanks, a second year student felt, “it was a great learning experience and it took a lot of hard work from everyone that went.”

When students were not “manning” the booth, they attended breakout sessions to learn new software and programs. They also used this time to visit others school’s booths to obtain new project ideas.

Other schools from southeast Arkansas receiving a superior rating for their school were Star City High School, Monticello High School, Hamburg High School, and McGehee-Conner Jr. High School.

Submitted by Jennifer Horton from the Peg Leg Online newspaper