NJHS teacher discusses Nat’l Board Certification
February 28, 2012
Filed under Features, Junior High
Achieving National Board Teaching Certification was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The goal of this program is to establish clear educational standards to help accomplish excellence in leading the regular classroom. This program required me to examine every aspect of my course... Read more »
Junior Quiz Bowl team competes at state
February 28, 2012
Filed under Clubs, Junior High
Teacher Karen Dawson coaches the Quiz Bowl team for Nashville Junior High. In its last tournament, which was regionals, they placed second, and they competed in the state tournament last weekend. Hunter Guffey was named MVP, had an average 220 points per game, and answered 24 questions. Teammate Duncan... Read more »
Counselor Deb Wallis shares reasons for making Nashville permanent home
February 28, 2012
Filed under Features, Junior High
Counselor Deb Wallis was born and raised in Nashville. “I enjoyed living in Nashville because it was a wonderful living place,” she said. When I was in high school my favorite subject was history because I enjoyed reading and learning about our country and what was going on. She attended... Read more »
Junior high FCCLA chapter provides community service, wins top awards
February 28, 2012
Filed under Clubs, Junior High
The local junior high chapter of FCCLA has won 18 state championships since 1993. FCCLA members have competed in District, State, and National STAR Events for many years. Members have placed first at state competition and represented Nashville and Arkansas at National STAR Events competitions throughout... Read more »
Freshman plays violin with youth orchestra
February 28, 2012
Filed under Junior High
Sydney Dean, a freshman, recently performed at the Texarkana Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas Concert on Dec. 4. “[The Christmas Concert] was awesome. I think it’s really cool and will open a lot of doors for [Dean] in the future if she decides that’s what she wants to do. She has an opportunity... Read more »
Seventh grade students adjust to new school
October 11, 2011 • Margarita Jiminez, 9th grade Staff Writer
Filed under Junior High
Walking into a new school feeling like little kids again, all the seventh graders looked around not knowing what do to. As the first bell rang for bottom lockers, all of the seventh grade students walked into the building in a huge crowd. New rules, new schedules, and new teachers were now a part of... Read more »
ACTAAP Week
April 11, 2011
Filed under Junior High
Yesterday, the 7th and 8th grade began benchmark testing. The 7th grade will be testing the entire week of April 11-15 and the 8th grade will be testing starting tomorrow. 7th grade will be taking the Science section of the ACTAAP. During this week, please make sure you are at school on time. If you... Read more »
NAEP Test
March 1, 2011
Filed under Junior High
The NAEP (National Assesment of Educational Progress) test was held at Junior High on February 23th. The test is usually taken by 8th graders, randomly chosen. The purpose of the NAEP test is to periodically evaluate how well students know common school subjects such as mathematics, reading, sciences,... Read more »
Team Wins Again
February 28, 2011
Filed under Junior High
The Junior High quizbowl team placed third in the Regional tournament at Lake View on February 11th, which qualified the team to compete in State. The State competition was located at Valleyview in Jonesboro on February 26th and the team won. “It was really close. The score was about 165-170.”... Read more »
First Science Test
January 12, 2011
Filed under Junior High
The 3rd block and 4th block classes will be tested over their knowledge of lab equipment and measurements in Mr. Hellum’s Physical Science class. To name a few, the lab equipment consists of Erlenmeyer flasks, Florence flasks, safety goggles, safety glasses, beaker tongs, etc. The measurements... Read more »
