FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 2004
HES working to actively engage students
7th grade Ponies defeat Pirates
c ommut'd from /mge one
By Larry Palmer
com m unication w ith the
community, it is hoped that
this article becomes the start
o f a continuing series o f the
events that are happening
here at HES
This w eek, the
traveling O M SI R eacto
Blast assembly came to the
school All students attended
and were both entertained
and m esm erized by the
different chemical reactions
that were displayed This
presentation was packed full
of leamable moments for the
students and was a great
opportunity where many
children gained from this sort
o f arrangement The ASB
Student Council Members
helped raise over $255 for
this event and they have been
recognized for their efforts.
This example and type o f
sch o o l-w id e
learning
experience, along with a
couple o f new stu d en t-
centered programs that our
school has created, have
spurred student interest and
engagement
O ne o f the new
program s implemented is
that
o f the
M ANE
(M otivated
A chievers
N oting
E x cellence)
program This student
incentive program combines
the likeness o f earning good
grades along with several
behavior items that we feel
will in crease stu d en t
awareness and responsibility.
HES will host a parent
assembly at the end o f every
quarter (the first one was last
week) to recognize those
students that have met all of
the established criteria of the
program Along with the end
o f the quarter assembly,
th e re is also w eekly
recognition where several
stu d en ts
from
each
hom eroom
are
acknow ledged for their
efforts.
A nother
new
program th at is being
promoted school wide is that
o f the SOAR (School O f
A ccelerated
R eaders)
program HES has had the
A ccelerated
R eader
curriculum in the school for
some time, but this year it is
becom ing a school wide
priority in each class. In a
nutshell, the program
enhances
reading
com prehension by the
student taking a test after
they have read a book. Each
book is assigned a point
value and students gain
points after passing the quiz
that c o rre la te s w ith the
book The staff has already
reported that HES students
The seventh-grade Ponies traveled to Riverside to
take on the Pirates In the first quarter, the Ponies were
spotted a four-point lead and increased it in the second and
found themselves up 15-7 at the break
In the second half, the Ponies took the Pirates by
storm, cut their sails and let them adrift as they outscored
them 16-3 in the third
By the fourth, the trot turned into a gallop as the
Pirate offense was shut down and the Ponies were playing
great defense and running the offense
With three players in double figures, the Ponies were
led by Jared Huddleston with 18 points, Brent Eckman
with 12 points and Brian Holland with 12 points. Tomas
Students in grades 5-6 teamed up with their younger counterparts in grades K, 1, 2 on Elguezabal, Grant Smith, Lane Wright and Zach McCarl
Friday for an afternoon of reading. Dozens of Accelerated Reader tests were taken and added to the team effort.
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everyone had a great time, young and old alike.
Riverside 4 3 3 0-10
8th grade Ponies
By Larry Palmer
am
Brian Rill works on an experiment with the OMSI crew during an assembly held at HES.
are reading more than in
previous years and that has
been very exciting.
It is the sc h o o l’s
purpose to ed u cate and
prom ote student learning
through programs like these
w here
academ ic
and
behavioral growth is at the
forefront o f creating a school
env iro n m en t
th at
is
co n d u civ e to positive
student experiences. Please
feel free to c o n tact the
school at 676-9128 or stop
by to visit about the great
things going on at HES.
The eighth grade Ponies played a double header at
Riverside, taking on Columbia in the first game and
Riverside in the second
The stats for the game against Columbia saw
Spencer Palmer leading the team effort with 18 points and
12 rebounds. Matt Holland followed eight nine points,
Dalton Wellman chipped in six and Josh Shank added one
point Other contributors to the game were Braden Britt,
Luke Young, Sam King, Grant Smith and Chris Wellington
The Ponies took on the Pirates in the second game
in the double header The Ponies showed their teeth in taking
an 11-6 lead in the first and by the break they had bucked
out to a 20-12 halftime lead.
The Ponies kept building on their lead in the third,
running their offense and playing heads-up defense By the
end o f the fourth quarter, the Pirates dropped anchor and
abandoned ship and the Ponies found themselves with a
34-23 swashbuckling
The Ponies were led in scoring by Spencer Palmer
with 16 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Dalton
Wellman with eight points, Sam King with six and Josh
Shank with four Others contributing to the win were Grant
Smith, Matt Holland, Braden Britt and Luke Young.
7th grade Ponies squeak past
Panthers
By Larry Palmer
The seventh-grade Ponies took on the Panthers of
Athena-Weston on Nov. 12. In the first quarter, the Ponies
found themselves down 1-9. But the Ponies weren’t to be
denied as they pawed the floor and scored 10 more.
However, the Panthers weren’t about to slink away and
led at the half, 22-11.
After intermission, the Ponies started feeling their
oats and outscored the Panthers 9-4 in the third and then
again 15-7 in the fourth, to take a 35-33 win
The scoring was pretty much across the board for
the Ponies, with Brent Eckman leading with eight points.
Luke Young followed with seven points, Jared Huddleston
brought in six points, Brian Holland scored five, Drew
Johnson put in four, Justin Pranger and Tomas Elguezabal
added two each and Grant Smith added one point Also
helping the team were Zach McCarl and Lane Wright
8th grade Ponies fall to Panthers
By Larry Palmer
Dustin Tayloe and Samantha Waddell
nine points, Braden Britt and
Fighting against the M att H olland w ith four
red-hot Panthers and making
p o in ts each and D alton
costly turnovers, the eighth-
W ellman
and
Jared
grade Ponies had their loss Huddleston with two points
pretty much spelled out for each. Others helping in the
them
game were Josh Shank, Sam
Unable to get any
King, Brent Eckman and Joe
kind o f offense going in the
Pranger
first half, the lid was on the
bucket for the Ponies But
the Ponies w ere able to
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w ith
international flavors,” John
and N ancy G o ch n au er
explain w hen asked to
describe the meal they plan
to serve before the Nov. 20
Trivia N ight at the Elks
Lodge
A pizza, fruit and
salad buffet will be open to
the public beginning at 5
p.m With the help o f the
J o h n ’s Place staff, the
G ochnauers will offer an
assortm ent o f fruits and
salad in g red ien ts and a
variety o f pizzas with flavors
o f the S outhw est and
Mexico, the Northwest, the
familiar and the “creative.”
John sounds eager to
featu re the fresh-baked
pizzas, as he has not had
many occasions on which to
introduce his pizzeria skills.
The G ochnauers will be
switching their chefs’ hats for
thinking caps when the trivia
contest begins at 6:30 p m ,
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