CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL

The Arkansas Young Artist Association (AYAA) is a state-wide organization of high school students in grades 9 - 12. The mission is to encourage the visual arts in Arkansas students through professional speakers, competitions, and exhibitions. Congratulations to this year's AYAA Spring Competition winners:  

Shea Ashby, 2nd place Realistic Pencil/Graphite
Shea Ashby, 3rd place Expressive Pencil/Graphite
Madelyn Bradley, 1st place Expressive Scratchboard
Tori Burton, Honorable Mention Color Photography
Rebekah Delph, 4th place Color Photography
Brittany George, 2nd place Abstract Pencil/Graphite
Skylar Glover, 3rd place Cut Paper/Collage
Tristan Griffith, Honorable Mention Expressive Charcoal/Conte’
Lexus Hadden, 1st place Digital Manipulation Photography
Alise Holloway, 2nd place Color Photography
Shade McPeake, 2nd place Realistic Scratchboard
Justin McVey, Honorable Mention Abstract Mixed Media 2D
Morgan Mourot, Honorable Mention Abstract Scratchboard
Elinore Noyes, 1st place  On-Site Competition – All Dry Color Media
Elinore Noyes, 4th place  Abstract Oil Pastel
Tori Owens, Honorable Mention Black and White Photography
Tori Owens, Honorable Mention Advertising Design
Savannah Pelley,  AYAA scholarship winner
Savannah Pelley, 2nd place Expressive Oil Pastel

Conway High School 11th and 12th grade students swept the 2016 Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase (Y.E.S.). Please congratulate our entrepreneurs and their teacher, Elizabeth Wells!

Kharisma Aaron, 1st place: “The Blotch”
Sam Emery, 2nd place: “Sam’s Record Shop” 
Jhordan Collins, Tavian Cranford, and MarQuese Jackson, 3rd place: “Eclipsed Orchid” 
Ryan Bush, 4th place: “Ryan’s Law Care Service” 

Winning team members for first place in each category receive a $100 cash prize and a certificate. The teacher advisor of the first place teams win $500 and a trophy for the school. Second-, third-, and fourth-place winners in each category also received cash prizes, team member certificates, and school trophies.

Competitors also included teams from Little Rock Central, Spring Hill School District in Hempstead County, LISA Academy / North Little Rock, and Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock. In all, 47 business plans were submitted by teams totaling 85 high school students.Nearly 30 Arkansas business, education, and community leaders volunteered this year to judge the plans and selected the winners.

Since 1957, Arkansas Capital has worked to empower Arkansas entrepreneurs by providing capital to businesses through its capital availability programs and advocating for entrepreneurs through capital, educational and technological improvements.

In 1999, the company established the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with a mission to promote and foster the development of Arkansas’s future entrepreneurs and small business owners. In addition to the Y.E.S. 2.0 competition, AEAF also coordinates the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition and the Y.E.S. for Arkansas business plan competition for 5th – 8th grade students.

Congratulations to all of our seniors who were recognized at the sports recognition program on Wednesday. We have 132 senior athletes this year and many of them are going on to play sports in college, joining the military and attending colleges and universities next year. 
 
Every year, Conway Corporation gives a $500 scholarship to the top male and female scholar athlete (athlete with the highest GPA). This year’s winners were Meredith Ott and Harrison Dawson. They are both members of the swim team and represented Conway well in the classroom and the pool. 
 
Conway Corporation also gives a $250 scholarship to the top male and female athletes (voted on by the coaches).  This year’s winners were Hailey Estes and Austin Norris. Hailey participated on the basketball and soccer teams and will be playing basketball at Henderson State in the fall.  Austin participated on the football and track teams and will be playing football at UCA in the fall.  

​CHS Mock Trial team members took time today to thank Matt Brown, the teams' attorney coach for the competition. They presented Mr. Brown with a signed teams photo and his favorite drink, Diet Dr. Pepper! Mr. Brown spent many weekends working with the teams, helping them prepare their court cases, witness questioning, and witness testifying. Thank you Matt Brown for having a positive impact in the lives of CHS students! 

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2259 awarded CHS students for winning entries in the ​Voice of Democracy Essay Contest. This year's theme was "My Vision for America." From the VFW website,

"The VFW established the Voice of Democracy program (VOD) in 1947 to provide students grades 9-12 the opportunity to express themselves in regards to democratic ideas and principles.The national first-place winner receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. Other national scholarships range from $1,000-$16,000, and the first-place winner from each (state) VFW Department wins a minimum scholarship of $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C."

Meet our Conway High School essay winners:

• 1st place, Braeden Davis  
• 2nd place, Brooke Bynum
• 3rd place, Brooke Humbert

Braeden Davis also placed 3rd in the the VFW state competition and received a $1,000 scholarship.

Congratulations to the following students who advanced to National History Day competition in Washington, D.C. following their success at Saturday's State History Day competition.

• 1st place in Sr. Historical Paper: Joe Coker
• 1st place in Sr. Individual Performance: Hadiyah Cummings
• 1st place in Sr. Individual Web Site Design: Lauren Campbell
• 1st place in Sr. Group Documentary: Mary Nail and Kennedy Reynolds
• 1st place in Sr. Group Performance: Andrea Beggs, Maggie Carroll, Neely Caudle, Avery Glover, and Will LaRue.

 
Conway High School had the most overall first place finishes among the schools competing.
The students will be representing Conway and the state of Arkansas at the National History Day competition at College Park, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C., in June. 

The CHS Camerata Singers earned straight Division 1 Superior ratings today at the State Choral Performance Assessment today at UCA's Reynolds Auditorium. They also earned Sweepstakes Award by earning a Division 1 Superior Rating in Sight Reading. Congratulations to these amazing students. 

Congratulations to the following students for winning and placing at FBLA State Conference.  Students that placed in the top positions will be attending Nationals in Atlanta this summer.  We are so very proud of everyone that competed and all the hard work that went into the competition process.
 

• 1st place 3-D Animation - Sarah Raycher
• 1st place Accounting 1 - Francisco Gomez
• 1st place Business Calculations - Matt Sweere
• 1st place Database Design and Applications - Juan Melendez
• 1st place Digital Video Production - Wade Dykes, Spencer Greer, and Carter Lewis
• 1st Health Care Administration - Faith Hendrixson
• 1st place Insurance and Risk Management - Zach Webster
• 2nd place Network Design - Olivia Whitehead and Kirsten Hubbard
• 2nd place Spreadsheet Applications - Logan Walsh
• 3rd place Business Financial Plan - Taylor Beene and Mallory Anderson
• 5th place Business Ethics - Cindy Kim and Sophia Warriner
• 5th place Personal Finance - Meredith Ott
• 5th place Securities and Investments - Equasya Samuels

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Fifteen interns from CHS recently earned National Career Readiness Certificates.   The Arkansas CRC is being promoted through the governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services in an effort to ensure that a newly hired employee has the skills required for 21st century jobs. The CRC certifies that a person has core employability skills required across multiple industries and occupations. The certificate will help distinguish job seekers from the competition and help them enhance their workplace skills. Arkansas has joined twenty other states who have implemented the certification as a part of workforce development.

The interns participated in KeyTrain instruction during the fall semester. This instruction included targeted, self-paced instruction in three areas:  Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information. This determined their eligibility to take the WorkKeys assessments.        
Paige Ashcraft, Ethan Beard, Blaine Booher, Melodie Moore, and JT Toal earned the “Gold” level of certification. This means that they have core employability skills for 90% of jobs profiled by WorkKeys.

The following students earned “Silver” level certification:  Rachel Battisto, Rileigh Bush, D’Nea Coats, Sean Emerson, Lars Jesperson, Baylea Johnson, Mica Walter, and Kendra Wooley. This level shows that they have core employability skills for approximately 65% of jobs profiled by WorkKeys.
    
Alondria Benton and Makaila Payne earned the “Bronze” level of certification, which means that he has employability skills for 30% of the jobs profiled by WorkKeys. 
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