6. Congratulations!
Carlie Toliver won the DAR Essay Contest for Lincoln Parish
and for the Northwest District, which includes
ten parishes. She has also been invited to attend and be
recognized at the 21st Annual DARE Training Conference in
Ruston scheduled for July 11-12.
7.
8. Cedar Creek School honored the outstanding
academic accomplishments of students in grades 6
through 12 and gave special recognition to all
students enrolled in Advanced Placement and
Advanced Honors Classes
at the Super Omnia Banquet.
Lamar Dowling, Cedar Creek Class of 2005,
delivered an inspirational speech that
expressed the merits of the ongoing pursuit of
excellence.. Lamar also, expressed the
importance of seeing failures as opportunities
to learn and strengthen character. Finally, he
challenged each student to be steadfast in the
ongoing pursuit of the Cedar Creek motto of
Super Omnia…the best of all.
9. Football LHSAA Composite Academic All State
Basketball
Hunter Anderson
John McCallum Football,Track Jordan Davis
Jacob Hargrove
John McCallum Scott Barron Golf, Swimming Allison Ewing
Nicole Nammour Tennis Morgan Lolley
David Murphy
Katie Stuckey Tennis Ruby Richie
Ben Siegmund
Adam VanDenlangenberg Lauren Yepson Softball
Justin Williams Track and Field
Tennis
Baseball Jordan Davis
Morgan Lolley
Jacob Hargrove Allison Ewing
Nicole Nammour
Dylan Spearman Noelle Futch
Zach Simmons
Adam VanDenlangenberg John McCallum
Lauren Spillers
David Murphy
Katie Stuckey
Softball Emily Prestridge
Golf Ruby Richie
Scott Barron Swimming Wendi Henderson
Ruby Richie Ben Siegmund
Matthew Moss Scott Barron
Brandon Newton Lauren Yepson
10. Eva Best
OSFA Financial
Aid Trailblazer
Attending the "A-HEC of a Summer" Health Career
Volunteer Program - Taylor Witten, Katie Howard,
Carley Bowman, Tyler Ray, Corey Moss, and Will
Rudnicki for being selected to attend the
11. Brandon Newton commits to play golf for LouisianaTech University
Cedar Creek has won the State Championship for 4 consecutive years, and so has Brandon.
He qualified for the Division V All-State Golf Team:
Brandon finished 1st overall for the 4th consecutive year
He has been invited to play in the LHSAA Tournament of Champions at Tamahka Trails in Marksville, LA.
Brandon won the Tournament last year.
12. 8th grader Maggie Manning
placed 2nd in the State Tennis Tournament.
13. This painting by senior Emily Prestridge
has been selected as one of the winners in
the International Fund for Animal
Welfare’s Animal Action art contest. It is
one of twelve, selected from more than
1,000 entries, that will be displayed on the
2012-2013 Animal Action
poster. Congratulations Emily!
14. Zach Smith of the 3rd grade entered
the contest “Name Our Robot”.
He was selected the winner out of
1300 entries. His award was a new
iPad and his teacher Mrs. Letlow H.O.S.S.
received a $250 gift certificate for “Helping Our Skilled Surgeons”
classroom supplies.
15. Kelly O’Neal doing barrel racing at Claire O’Neal doing pole bending in
the WestCal arena in Sulphur, LA. Jena, LA. at the high school rodeo.
She placed 2nd!
16. 11 students received the
"Louisiana Student Achievement
Award" from the Louisiana ACT
Council for their performance on the
PLAN (the Pre-ACT) Assessment.
These students are on target to meet
or exceed ACT's College Readiness
Benchmarks by graduation.
The students receiving this recognition are: Jacob Antee, Taylor Barron,
Blake Ginn, Katie Grappe, Catherine Hild, Story Moller, Garland Pipes,
William Pipes, Allie Veatch, Mark VanDenLangenberg, and Henry Wiygul.
17. Cedar Creek Golf Team has won the State
Championship for 4 consecutive years. They have
won 6 of the last 7 years, and 8 since 2000.
All 5 golfers qualified for the Division V All-State Golf
Team: Brandon Newton finished 1st overall for the
4th consecutive year Jordan Cole finished 2nd
overall Scott Barron tied for 3rd after regulation play,
but finished in 4th place after a “Sudden-Victory” tie
breaker that went to a second hole. Matt Moss and
Johnny Maxwell tied for 8th place overall
18. The NCTE Achievement Awards in
Writing is a school-based writing
program established in 1957 to
encourage high school students in their
writing and to encourage some of the
best student writers in the nation. This
year, Will Rudnicki has been selected
for superior performance in writing for
his pieces entitle "13.1 memories" and
"The World That Built Me." Will is one
of only five students in Louisiana to be
chosen for this honor.
19. Caleb Cupit- Citizenship award- medal....
… for collecting over 200 boxes of
Macaroni
Heather Wilhite - 1st place for 5th grade
… in bullying evaluation
Savannah Davis- 1st place for 4th grade
… in bullying evaluation
3rd place- for scrapbook compiled
…Collins Walker
3rd place for Club t-shirt-
… designed by Caleb Cupit
2012 Best Club Meetings- trophy
Most Outstanding club secretary
- Megan Gallagher
Most Outstanding club Vice President
- Lauren Menzina
Elementary 4-H Club Most Outstanding club President
- Audrey Miller
2012 Outstanding New Leader- Shauna Vallery
20.
21. Emma Crawford, Chloe
Kaczvinsky, Jeff
Carroll, and Ryan Dwyer
will represent Cedar Creek
School at Louisiana Girls
State and Boys State this
summer at Northwestern
State University.
Sponsored by the American Legion and the American Legion
Auxiliary, Boys State and Girls State are educational
programs that focus on providing leadership
experiences, character development, and citizenship
22. Geometry Students Raise Funds for JDRF
The three geometry classes have designed and created two very unique quilts to raise
funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The students began with some
research to investigate the geometrical aspects of quilt block patterns. Since Cedar
Creek has six students who suffer from Juvenile Diabetes, the classes decided to sell
raffle tickets to raise money for the support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. The thirty-six students raised a total of $1355.00 to donate to JDRF.
23. Cedar Creek Key Club members attended
the LaMissTenn District Convention in
Baton Rouge. Key Club members
attended officer training, club
development, and service leadership
seminars during the convention.
Will Rudnicki was elected
Lieutenant Governor for Division 6.
The Cedar Creek Key Club has 100
members and is active in many school
and civic service activities.
24. Cougar golfers capture the Regional Tournament for the fourth consecutive year.
Matt Moss finished in 1st place, Scott Barron in 2nd, Brandon Newton rounded out
the top 3 and Jordan Cole tied for 5th place.
26. Cedar Creek’s 2011-2012 National Junior Honor Society held its annual Induction
Ceremony for new members. In order to be inducted, a student must maintain a
93% overall GPA. Mrs. Kay Phillips is the teacher-sponsor for the CC NJHS.
27. Congratulations
Chanley Patterson for being
named a State Grade-Level
Winner in the Zaner-Bloser
National Handwriting
Contest. Over 325,000
students participated in this
year’s contest. She will now
be eligible to compete for a
National Grade-Level title.
We are thankful for Mrs. Letlow, Chanley’s
3rd grade teacher, for promoting legible
handwriting and helping her students to
develop their early literacy skills.
30. Congratulations
Kathryn Bryan
placed 2nd in Division Two
Geography at the State
Social Studies.!
All students who participated did an
outstanding job and we are so
very proud of them
31. Lady Cougar basketball guard, Ruby Richie signs a letter of intent to
play basketball for Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas.
32. The First Grade Class has been learning lots of different things about the weather. They
visited KARD-TV Fox 14 . Meteorologist, Natalie Walters, gave a tour of the weather lab
to enhance what the students have been learning in the classroom. They were able to
read radar screens, and see where all the action takes place.
33. 3rd Grade 4th Grade
1st Place -Lauren 1st Place – Laney Robbins
Ensminger, 2nd Place - Lexi 2nd Place - Blake Moss
Shankle
3rd Place - Cameron McCarthy,
5th Grade
1st Place - Annamari Farrar, Garrett Madden,
2nd Place - Collin Hill, Bri Murray,
Navy Coggins
3 rd Place - Trey Johnson, Brody Johnston,
Reed Grayson, Tre Pardue
34. Students in French and
Spanish classes spent their
spring break traveling
across the ocean to Europe.
They visited Paris and
Barcelona. They saw places
in which they had only
studied in the classroom.
35. Middle School was represented by
Brandon Carroll, Elizabeth Guinn, Mary Tyler Storms, and Ethan Hunt
at the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Pineville.
Mrs. Memrie Lolley is the team's sponsor and coach.
36. Haley Roebuck and Ava Hartwell recently spent a day as a
Teacher. Miss Roebuck worked along side with Mrs. Letlow
and Miss Hartwell worked with Mrs. Storms
37. This is our 5th year to host St. Jude Trike-a-Thon.
The Trike-a-thon program is a fun program that exposes
children to proper bicycle safety habits.
It also serves as a fundraiser for St. Jude.
Thanks to our pre-kindergarten children and parents for
collecting $2,244.08 this year!
38. Aaron Hunt
represented North Louisiana at the
National Catholic Youth Conference in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
39. The Middle School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society have elected officers for the
2012-2013 school year. They are : Sarfraz Ahmed, Vice President, Caroline Hill, Activities
Chairperson, Jaina Robinson, Secretary, Mackenzie Harris, Treasurer, and
Ethan Hunt, President. Mrs. Kay Phillips is the CC NJHS teacher/sponsor.
40. Congratulations to the students who participated in the North Louisiana High School Music Rally.
ALL the students received "I"(one or first place) in their performance event!
Girls Ensemble: Saraf Ahmed, Catherine Hild, Shelby Raley, Katie Grappe, Victoria Sullivan,
Domari Thomas, Morgan Vann, Brooke Evans, Irene Hild, Sarah Grimm and Chloe Kascvinsky.
Girls Solo: Saraf Ahmed, Emma Crawford, Anna Blake, Lauren Spillers, and Sarah Grimm.
Piano Solo: Sam Rudnicki, Will Rudnicki, Anna Blake, Catherine Hild and Erik Eklund.
41. The Cedar Creeks Robotics Team placed second
in the 3rd Annual Institute of Navigation Mini
Urban Challenge Robotics Competition . The
goal of the competition was to program a Lego
NXT robot so that it could autonomously
navigate its way through a small city,
accomplishing specific tasks along the way.
Each team was required to give a technical oral
presentation to a panel of judges. Robotics
competition provides an opportunity for students
to integrate science, technology, engineering, and
math to solve problems in real world settings.
Cedar Creek qualified to go to the national
competition in Washington, DC on May 26. The Cedar Creek Robotics Team
Allan Taunton, Story Moller, Hassan
Shahid, Zachary Barron, John Brook, Erik
Eklund, and Gary Sidhu.
42. Dr. Mark Cross and Ryan Dwyer attended the 80th annual meeting of the
Louisiana Academy of Sciences, a collegiate event, in Alexandria. Ryan
competed in the physical sciences division against 11 college students from
across the state. He presented a poster session titled "Efficiency of CFL
Lights," which explained and documented the results of experiments that
were conducted under the direction of Dr. Cross. His presentation was well
received by the judges and Ryan gained valuable insight into future
academic and career choices.
43. The Lady Cougars and Ouachita Christian
School softball team played a game designated
to help raise awareness for breast cancer by
wearing pink uniforms. A total of $7,600 was
donated to the Kitty Degree Health Center of
Monroe.
44. Mary Wynne, Cedar Creek 6th
grader, won 2nd place in the
Northwest LA Spelling Bee at
LSUS on Saturday!
Mary competed against 54 other
students.
45. 3rd graders, Catherine and Elisabeth Hunt,
completed the NELSA soccer regular season with an undefeated record and
were selected to play in the CenturyLink Springfest Tournament.
The girls are coached by their father, Chris Hunt,
and brothers, Ethan and Aaron Hunt.
48. Congratulations
Dante Cecil
State Champion Level 5
on the vault.
He is in this 5th grade.
Fantastic Job
49. Senior Division –RegionalScienceFair
Sam Rudnicki- 3rd place in Medicine & Health Special Awards:
Erik Eklund -3rd place in Physics Erik Eklund – The Air Force Award
Kay-Lynn Klug- 3rd place in Engineering-Materials Kay-Lynn Klug – The L-SWEEP Award
Brock Blackwell-2nd place in Chemistry Brock Blackwell –
Carley Bowman- 1st place in Biochemistry The American Scientific Award
The National Ocean and Atmosphere Award
Carley Bowman and Brock Blackwell will compete at the State Science Fair in March.
Team Members: Sam Rudnicki, Brock Blackwell, Kay-Lynn
Klug, Carley Bowman, Hannah McNew and Erik Eklund.
50.
51. Cedar Creek School seeks to provide a superior
college preparatory educational experience to
students in North Central Louisiana based on
the highest standards of academic excellence
and personal conduct.
52. The Golf Team placed 1st at
the St. Louis Invitational held
in Lake Charles. Members are
Matthew Moss, Jordan
Cole, Brandon
Newton, Johnny Maxwell and
Scott Barron. Jordan and
Brandon tied for 4th Matthew
– tied 9th, Johnny tied 11th and
Scott tied 28th place. The team
had a total of 602 for the two
day tournament. They were
9 shots ahead of 5A schools
Sulphur and Barbe.
53. Turbo Goat Dr. Billy Smith Hunt, Guillot & Associates LA State Police Air Support Unit PetStar Animal Care
Belue Family Clinic
Louisiana Tech University John Ward, DDS Ruston Eye and Laser Institute The Fashion of Ruston
Shear Heaven
Hercules Transport & O’Neal Gas
Ruston Police Department Bank of Ruston Squire Creek Country Club
54. Second grade classes have enjoyed
learning about plants. They grew their
very own Chia Pet Head. Students
observed and recorded data of
the plant's growth, made predictions
about the plants growth based on
availability of water, nutrients, and
sunlight. They even had the exciting
task of styling their "Grass Hair.“
55. 2012 Regional Science Fair-Middle School
Congratulations to the entire middle school science fair
team for their outstanding performance and behavior
at the Regional Science Fair .
The following awards were won:
Sarfraz Ahmed-4th place in behavioral & social sciences
Caroline Hill-4th place in biochemistry
Andrew Bratton-3rd place in engineering –electrical &
mechanical
Martha Mills-2nd place in Earth & planetary science
Logan Kent -1st place environmental management
Seth Reynolds- 1st place in plant science
Special awards:
Regional Participants Broadcom Masters awards to the top 10%
Logan Kent
Seth Reynolds
56. * 22 players were named to the District 2-A
All District Team
* 22 players were named to the Ruston Daily
Leader Elite 22 All Parish Team
· 12 players were named to the Monroe
NewsStar All Northeast Louisiana Team
· 5 players were name to the Shreveport
Times All Northwest Louisiana Team
· 12 players were named to the Louisiana
Class A All State Team
· 8 players were named to the Louisiana
Class A Academic All State Team
· John McCallum was named to the
Composite (All classes) Louisiana Academic
All State Team
· Austin Ginn was named District 2-A
2011 Cedar Creek Football Team Offensive Co-MVP and the Ruston Daily
Ben Haddox was named the Leader Bert Jones Offensive Player of the
Year
Ruston Daily Leader Coach of the Year
57. Congratulations to John McCallum,
the district winner of the American
Legion High School Oratorical
Scholarship Contest! John has now
been invited to compete on the state
level in this Constitutional speech
contest in March. The purpose of the
program is for students to not only
gain more knowledge about the
Constitution of the United States, but
to also learn how to express themselves
fluently and forcefully on the subject in
order to emphasize the duties and
responsibilities of an American citizen. American Legion Representatives
Jimmy French and Bill Miller
58. Uma Tadikonda, a junior, has been
selected to participate in
"A Day with the Doctors“
sponsored by the North Louisiana
AHEC and LSU Health Shreveport
School of Medicine.
This program is an educational
opportunity for students to explore
health careers. Uma Tadikonda was
selected based on her interest in
pursuing a health career, her academic
accomplishments, and successful
participation in other AHEC health
career enticement and training
programs. Only 60 students from
northeast and northwest Louisiana (21
parishes) were selected for this unique
opportunity.
59.
60. The National Geography Bee had 29 students in grades 6 – 8 participated .
Finalist were:
3rd place – Rachel Kinslow
2nd place – Brandon Carroll
1st place – Collin Moak (center)
Collin will now take a written exam in hopes to
qualify for the state competition.
63. THIRD GRADE
First Place: Turner Frasier
Second Place: Chanley Patterson, Garvin Witten
Third Place: Jacob Norsworthy, Cameron McCarthy
FOURTH GRADE
First Place: Lauren Menzina
Second Place: Alexandra McConnell
Dylan Ward
Third Place: Ty Lolley, Blake Moss, Landri Thomas
FIFTH GRADE
First Place: Audrey Miller
Second Place: Kinslee Spatafora
Third Place: Bri Murray
64.
65. Cedar Creek School, in participation with the Louisiana
Students of the Year Program, recently named
outstanding students in grades 5, 8, and 12.
Cedar Creek Students of the Year for 2011-2012
John McCallum - 12th , Sarah Katherine McCallum - 5th , Madison Hoffman - 8th
66. Sally Foster Fundraiser Winners MS/HS
John McCallum, Grace Smith, Bess Ewing,
Alex Thomas, Dylan Jung, Will Kirkland,
Mary Wynne, Domari Thomas, Kendell
Raley, and Mckenzie Kees
Elementary had 38 students who sold over
$200 . Top 3 winners were Tayler Ellis,
Taylor Basham , and Owen Robinson.
All top winners will enjoy movie-limo party.
67. Cedar Creek School put out PINK pumpkins to collect coins for the
Susan G. Komen Foundation. The total collected was $4003.53. The
sixth grade class collected $1428.24.
68. The 8th grade students have completed
DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance
Education. Lt. Sam Chrisman and Lt.
Kirk Taylor from the Lincoln Parish
Sheriff’s Department were the DARE
officers teaching the students. The
students learned ways to avoid or resist
situations in which they might be offered
drugs or alcohol. All the 8th graders
received a DARE t-shirt. Cedar Creek
and Mrs. Phillips (sponsor)want to thank
Lt. Chrisman, Lt. Taylor, and the Lincoln
Parish Sheriff’s Department for their hard
work and support for the DARE program
as it helps our students learn ways to
avoid alcohol and drugs.
69. Elementary students presented Janet
Wilson with 100 books for the boys and
girls club through our Sunny D collecting
of UPC codes this fall.
Mrs. Perot's and Mrs. Lewis' children
Janet Wilson
70. There were sixteen junior students who were recognized with this highest
honor: Jeff Carroll, Anna-Rose Chestnut, Emma Crawford, Maggie
Davidson, Ryan Dwyer, Christopher Feron, Joseph Hild, Chloe
Kaczvinsky, Corey Kennedy, Allison Knowles, Taylor Lee, Hannah Myles, Tori
Robichaux, Will Rudnicki, Tucker Smith, and Uma Tadikonda.
71. The Scholastic Art &
Writing Awards is the
nation’s longest –running
scholarship and
recognition program for
teenage artist and writers.
Senior – Saraf Ahmed
Junior - Chloe Kaczvinsky
received Gold Keys for
received a Gold Key for her
both her science fiction
Short story entitled
short story entitled
“A Memoir of Wanderlust”
“Triumph” and for her
senior writing portfolio.
72. Finalist of National Achievement Scholarship Program
Ben Siegmund, a senior has been named a
National Achievement Scholarship Program Finalist.
Ben serves as the senior class president and
is a member of the Cougar Varsity Football and Track team.
73. Team Overall – 3rd place in State!
Senior Scott Barron placed 3rd in the 200 Free and 4th in the 500 Free; 7th grader
Matthew Usher placed 6th in the 200 Free; Freshman Preston Sparks placed 3rd in
the 200 IM and 4th in the 100 Breast; Sophomore Story Moller placed 12th in the 50
Free and 6th in the 100 Breast. The 4-man relay team placed 3rd in the 200 Free Relay
and 2nd in the 400 Free Relay.
74. Emma Crawford and Christopher Feron won the Honesty & Integrity Award
for Cedar Creek given by The Grand Lodge of Louisiana, Free and Accepted
Masons, Ruston Lodge #106
75. Students who were the top sellers of the
Sally Foster fundraiser were treated to a
movie and limo party at Celebrity Theatres
The forty students were picked up at school
in limousines and taken to the movies to
watch “Alvin and the Chipmunks:
Chipwrecked”.
76. Molly Mitchell
District 3 Winner of the
DAR Good Citizen Program.
She and five other district winners are now
competing for state recognition. Our
district encompasses
Ruston, Farmerville, West
Monroe, Monroe, Winnsboro, Vidalia, and
Lake Providence.
Senior, Molly Mitchell
77. Cedar Creek School,
the community and all area
veterans attended a
Veterans Day Tribute.
Congressman Rodney Alexander
was our keynote speaker .
Louisiana Tech
A.F.R.O.T.C.
Honor Guard lead
the presentation of
colors.
78. Madison Hoffman, president of the
Cedar Creek National Junior Honor
Society, and Lindsey Corie, president
of the Cedar Creek Middle School
Student Council, present a Pack-n-
Play baby bed and a gift of money
to Mrs. Georgia Street, House
director of the Ronald McDonald
House in Monroe, LA.
In November, 2011 the Cedar Creek chapter of the National Junior
Honor Society joined with the Middle School Student Council to
host their annual “Pack the Pantry” food drive for the Ronald
McDonald House in Monroe, LA. The entire school participated in
donating food, paper goods, office or play supplies, and money.
79. Cedar Creek School supports its mission by
maintaining high expectations for student
achievement and by focusing on and
improving student learning through school
wide goals, a rigorous curriculum, and
diversified instructional strategies.
80.
81. There’s an app for that!
That’s right, Cougar fans – the Cedar Creek TeamInfoApp
is now available in the Apple App Store!! Search for
“TeamInfoApp” in the app store & get started using the
Cedar Creek TeamInfoApp today!
82. The Spelling Bee Champion
winner is…Mary Wynne
The following students who competed in the school-wide spelling bee:
4th Grade - Luke Black and Corbin Johnson
5th Grade - Sarah Katherine McCallum and Audrey Miller
6th Grade - Landon Millsap and Mary Wynne
7th Grade - Sarfraz Ahmed and Ethan Hunt
8th Grade - Nikita "Nikki" Mallepalli and Mary Tyler Storms
83. Cedar Creek is honored to have three students named
National Merit Finalists for the 2011-2012 school year:
Justine Ker, John McCallum and Saraf Ahmed
84. JUST WHO WE ARE - SUPPORTING THE
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Team
Cedar Creek
shirt won
2nd place in
the t-shirt
contest
Cedar Creek raised $2178.00
85. Cedar Creek congratulates
Saraf Ahmed, Molly Mitchell,
John McCallum and Justine Ker
for being named AP Scholars.
These students have received
scores of 3 or higher on three or
more Advanced Placement Exams.
Sarah Ahmed, has earned the
added recognition of being named
an AP Scholar with Honor.
She received at least 3.25 on all AP
Exams and scores 3 or higher on
four or more exams.
86. The sixth grade students have completed DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education,
with Mrs. Darby Hollingsworth as the teacher/sponsor. Lt. Sam Chrisman from the
Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department was the DARE officer teaching the students. The
students were required to write an essay and to present it to the entire sixth grade.
Essay winners were chosen by their peers and will represent Cedar Creek at the
regional DARE convention. This year’s DARE Essay Winners are Ben Slusher, Carlie
Toliver, Kevin Tamakloe, and Brandon Vessel.
87. The First grade class went to Mrs. Pike's Biology class and
demonstrated the functions and placement of the heart, lungs and
rib cage by modeling with their chest vest. In return, the Biology
students shared their knowledge of these organs in detail. It was
interesting for the students to see how curriculum stretches from
first to tenth grade.
89. Mr. Robert Dawkins
Mr. Ben James
Mr. Tommy James
Dr. Jerry Johnston
Mr. Charles Killgore
90. Elementary 4-H Club
2011-2012 officers:
President – Audrey Miller
Vice President – Lauren Menzina
Secretary – Megan Gallagher
Photographers – Collins Walker
Lauren Shirley
Treasurer – Savannah Davis
Historian – Landri Thomas
91. JOIN US!
FCA – Wednesday at lunch
Bible Study – Thursday at 7 AM
93. Lauren Yepson and John McCallum
are state finalists in the
Wendy's High School Heisman Program.
94.
95. LPSO Officer Williams
and Officer Taylor came to
talk to the children about
safety.
LA State Trooper Haley came to
visit us in the State Police helicopter.
The children really enjoyed seeing
him fly over and then land!
96. Girls Ensemble sing at the Multi-Cultural Christmas Program at Louisiana Tech
Left to Right: Shelby Raley, Brooke Evans, Chloe KacKaczvinsky, Irene Hild,
Sarah Grimm,Catherine Hild, Victoria Sullivan, Morgan Vann, Domari Thomas, Katie Grappe, Saraf Ahmed
97. Board President – Brandon Ewing
Sandy Kunz, Toni Crawford, Kelly
Smith (front left to right)
John Maxwell, Sean
Dwyer, Brandon Ewing, Jay
McCallum, Lonnie Menzina, John
Mark Wilhite
(back - left to right)
98. Cedar Creek students earning the Duke TIP Talent Search Program are: Safraz
Ahmed, Cameron Barron, Andrew Bratton, Matthew Brown, Blake Canales, William Dinh, Henry
Futch, Matthew Gallagher, MacKenzie Harris, Caroline Hill, Ethan Hunt, Logan Kent, Martha
Mills, Kelly O’Neal, Matthew Owens, Austin Riley, Jaina Robinson, Shivkaran Sarai, Nicholas
Slusher, Mary Terral, Matthew Usher
99. The Boys Varsity Cross Country team placed
7th at the State meet. Chris Kennedy finished
20th overall, followed by Corey Moss in
31st. Cord Simmons kicked in to finish in
45th, followed by Johnny Maxwell in 55th and
team captain, Will Rudnicki in 63rd.
Great job guys on a season of racing tough!
101. Congratulations to 4th/5th Cedar Creek Students
Duke TIP Talent Search
Congratulations to the Cedar Creek 4th and 5th grade
students who qualified to participate in the highly-
selective Duke University Talent Identification
Program 4th/5th Grade Talent Search based on their
excellent performance on their standardized test.
Way to Go!!
4th Grade Students: Nicholas Adams, Luke Black,
Savannah Davis, Corbin Johnson, Ty Lolley, Isabella
Marano, Jack May, Alex McConnell, Audrey
McDonald, Kaleb McWhorter, Blake Moss, Jayden
Nguyen, Garrett Nobles, Clayton Nolan, Christian
Norris, Leyton Riley, Laney Robbins, Lauren Shirley,
Landri Thomas, Dylan Ward, John Ross Wilhite, th
Sydney Wilhite, 5 Grade Students: Jackson Brashear, Navy Coggins, Annamari
Farrar, Megan Gallagher, Reed Grayson, Collin Hill, Garrett Madden, Chloe
Marcus, Sarah Katherine McCallum, Emma McWhorter, Audrey
Miller, Virginia Grace Mills, Brook Ovitt, Cole Pike, Riley Rasberry, Kenneth
Ray, Brennan Marie Roberts, Jackson Robinson, Kinslee Spatafora, Anna Jane
Storms, Tate Towns, Ashley Van De Velde, Luke Vigna, Gabe Walker, Dylan
Yakaboski, Mary Page Wood
102. CEDAR CREEK STUDENT EXPLORES
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY DURING
FALL FORUM
Trevor Holden, Cedar Creek 11th grader
recently attended the National Youth
Leadership Forum on National Security in
Washington, D.C. The program allowed
Holden the opportunity to explore careers
in American diplomacy, intelligence, the
Trevor with Congressman Rodney
diplomatic corps, and defense.
Alexander in Washington, D. C.
105. THANK YOU
to
The Adopt-a-School Partners
Green Clinic Storms and Storms
KLS Princeton Place
106. Kathryn Maxwell, a sixth grade student is
the school winner of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Patriot's Pen Essay Writing Contest.
The contest theme this year is
"Are You Proud of Your Country?"
Kathryn's essay has been chosen to
represent Cedar Creek and will now enter
the contest's next levels: local VFW
posts, regional, state, and national.
Good luck to Kathryn !
107. Anna -Kate Tollette
was featured in an
ad in the magazine
Diabetes Forecast.
(below)
Anna Katherine is featured in
the Annual Report of the
American Diabetes Association
108. Middle School Cheerleaders and
Jewel Dancers received Superior
ratings at summer camp.
Four girls received All-American
Cheerleaders: Audrey Taunton,
Elizabeth Guinn, Lindsey Corie
and Kendall Machen.
Two girls received All-American
Dancers: Sydney Moore and
Gracie Maxwell.
Anna Yakaboski (received the
"Queen of Drill Down“
FANTASTIC JOB GIRLS!!!!!
109. The Creek Experience…
the Tradition Continues
Cedar Creek Alumni with their children enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year.
An Education for a Lifetime
110. MOMS in Touch
Cedar Creek's group of Moms in Touch
International, meet once a week to pray
for our students, our school, the
activities and our spiritual lives. They
have been meeting for ten years.
They pray weekly this scripture for the
students:
But that you guard them from the
Evil One, from drugs and alcohol,
from sexual immorality, and from
JOIN US negative peer pressure.
MOMS in Touch meets every John 17:15
Tuesday morning at 8 A. M.
in the lecture room.
113. John McCallum,
Cedar Creek School Student Council
President, has been named a
Samsung American Legion Scholar.
With this honor, McCallum receives a
scholarship that may be used for
undergraduate study in the United States.
He represented Cedar Creek School and
Louisiana at both Boys State
and Boys Nation this summer.
114. Carlie Toliver,
a 6th grade student,
won overall at
La Tech Solo Festival Piano.
She competed in the
6th and 7th grade division.
This is her 4th year in a row
to be the overall winner.
