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Starks High School Newsletter
September 30, 2010 Vickie Poole, Principal
Volume 6, Issue 1 Dale Dardeau, Assistant Principal

PTO
Building parent involvement is the single most important thing that parent
groups do. Often, it’s the most difficult too. And that’s too bad because there
are many compelling reasons why all parents should get involved in their
children’s education. Researchers have been studying the effects parent
attitudes and actions have on their children’s academic success for more than 30
years. Research shows that when parents are involved in their child’s education,
the children are more likely to:
Contents  Earn better grades

PTO 1
 Score higher on tests

Home Access 1  Pass their classes

Yearbook 1  Attend school regularly

Upcoming Events 1  Have better social skills

6th Grade Field Trip 2  Show improved behavior

Middle school Basketball 2  Be more positive in their attitude toward school

4-H Impacts Lives 2  Complete homework assignments

Book Fair 2 Our PTO has several things planned for the month of October. There is going to
be an Open House on October 4th from 6:00 to 8:00 where parents can meet and
Recycling 2 greet the teachers. There will be gumbo served from 5:00 to 7:00 in the
Grandparent’s Day 2
cafeteria. Parents may also visit their student’s classrooms to see what their
children are doing. These will be held on the following days: Pre-K visits on
Teacher of the Year 3 October 4th, high school visits on October 7th, and middle school visits on
October 14th. Elementary class visits will be announced later.
Math Exemplar 3
Everyone is welcome to attend the next PTO meeting on October 18 th at 6:00
Middle School English 3
pm.
~Brennon H.

HOME ACCESS
Upcoming Events Our school’s Home Access Center allows parents and students to
view student registration, scheduling, attendance, assignments,
and grade information. Every Tuesday evening, papers will go
 Oct. 4 Open House home in grades 1 – 5. Most teachers, grades 1-12, use HAC to
 Oct. 4 -15 Brisket Sale record their class grades. It is updated every Tuesday also. If
you need your Home Access information, you should contact Mrs.
 Oct. 4 Pre-K visit Humble. ~Amanda M.
 Oct. 7 High school visit
 Oct. 14 Family Reading Night SHS YEARBOOK
 Oct. 14 Middle school visit
Guess what?!? Our 2009-2010 yearbooks are finally in. Some of you
 Oct. 18 PTO meeting may have already got yours but there are some of you who need to
 Oct. 18-29 Pecan Sales pick yours up. Yearbooks are $35 each or you can bring the
remaining amount if a deposit was placed. See Mrs. O’Banion for a
 Oct. 18-29 Spook Gram Sales yearbook ASAP!! ~Kyra B.
 Oct. 29 Carnival
Page 2 of 3 Starks High School Newsletter

6th GRADE FIELD TRIP MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
The Chem Expo will be Thursday, October The girls middle school basketball team is being coached by
28th, at the LC Civic Center. It is Coach Wade Gillet and Assistant Coach Carolyn Givens. This
sponsored by the LAIA (Lake Area Industry year the season started on September 2, 2010. The main
Alliances). Mrs. Coleman will be taking leading scorers are Wendy G. and Hannah I. The main
our 6th graders this year. There are booths defensive standout is Talley R. Both JV and varsity girls are
set up with different experiments for the doing an outstanding job this year!
students to see. Sixth grade students ~Kyra B.
from all over the parish are invited to
attend so they can see how chemistry is
involved in their everyday lives. 4-H IMPACTS LIVES
~Amanda M. 4-H, since is humble beginning more than 100 years ago, has
gown to become the nation’s largest youth development
organization. The idea of 4-H is simple. It is to help young
BOOK FAIR people and their families gain skills they need to be proactive
in their community and develop ideas for a more innovative
If you love to read books this is your cue! economy. 4-H still holds the same values today as it
continues to reach and teach the generations of today and
Come check out our book fair that is coming up very
tomorrow. Not only does it give students something fun to
soon in October on the 11th through the 15th. The
do, it is also a learning experience.
students will be able to view the books and decide
which one they like best. If you would like to come This summer, Liegha C., Emily I., and Gabby M. from the
and view the books with your child during the Starks High 4-H club were chosen to attend the Cal-Cam
“FAMILY READING NIGHT”, it will be held on Maneuvers. They went to the Cameron coast for 3 days of
Thursday October 14th from 5:45 to 7:30. There will crabbing, fishing for Reds, sampling and testing water,
be contests, which you can win door prizes from. We planting saw grass, airboat riding, swimming, studying the
hope to see you there. Family Reading Night was marsh environment, and living in luxury camps. They learned
created to encourage parents to spend quality time to clean the fish and crabs they ate. They also learned that
with their kids. ~Danielle C. even though Rita and Ike invaded the freshwater marshes
that these marshes are recovering and rebounding to support
even a more diversified ecosystem.
~Brennon H.

RECYCLING
Do you recycle? If not, you can start. The school is recycling ink cartridges and old cell phones.
Why does the school recycle? Recycling does a lot more than people think. Recycling is just reusing something.
For example, if you drink a coke then take the can to a recycling place, they would wash it, crush it, and reshape
it into something else. What makes it even better is that it helps the environment. It reduces the amount of
wastes in landfills. It also saves money. You don’t just have to recycle your ink cartridges; you can recycle cans
and bottles, just to name a few. Just think how much we could save and how much we could help the
environment by recycling, and it doesn’t take that much effort. I hope you will start recycling by donating all ink
cartridges and old cell phones to our school. ~Danielle C.

GRANDPARENT’S DAY
On September 10, 2010 our Pre-K celebrated Grandparents Day. Grandparents Day has a three hold
purpose: to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children’s
children, and to help children become aware of the strength, information and guidance older people
can offer. By celebrating Grandparents Day, they decided to sing three songs for their grandparents and
sing one with them. Then they played a few games together. The songs they sang were “Tarzan”, “Five
Little Monkeys”, and “Tooty-Ta”. They sang “Tooty-Ta” again with their grandparents. They played the
Guess Who game together. They had a lot of fun this day honoring their grandparents.
~Amanda M.
Starks High School Newsletter Page 3 of 3
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
The Starks High School Teacher of the Year has been chosen. To be chosen for teacher of the year, a
candidate should hold full state certification and be a classroom teacher. The faculty has chosen Jeremy
Carlile. He has taught middle school math for five years and English I for two years. Before Mr. Carlile
became a teacher he worked for a company that made cartoons. He graduated from McNeese State THREE
times. Mr. Carlile has many hobbies. He enjoys reading, exercising, and getting into adventures with his
daughter. Most of you know he as an unnatural love for COFFEE! Of course like most adults, he wishes that
kids would put down the cell phones and video games and pick up a book. He isn’t against video games, TV,
the internet, cell phones, etc.., but fears that these electronic conveniences have robbed children of their
imaginations, creativity, and sense of wonder. Mr. Carlile has been teaching here at SHS for five years.
Congratulations Mr. Carlile. It is a great honor to have you represent our school as Teacher of the Year
2010-2011. ~Kyra B.

MATHEMATICS EXEMPLAR
In our efforts to improve mathematical problem-solving and communication skills, teachers at Starks High
School have integrated Exemplars Math performance tasks into the curriculum. Each month, a sample
problem (including the solution) will be included in the school newsletter. This month we invite you to
explore a kindergarten problem.

CAR WASH
Amy’s school was having a car wash to raise money to buy a new computer.
When a car came to be washed Amy was in charge of washing the wheels.
Amy washed 20 wheels. How many cars did Amy help wash?

MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH
The 7th grade ELA students are starting their research on
Westward Expansion. Guest Jim Karr and Hershel Frazier were
here to share stories with them on Tuesday, September 14 th. The
students are excited about researching outlaws. As part of math
and social studies integration, they have worked to plan a wagon
tip to California. They had to figure the amount of supplies and
costs, and how long it would take to save the money. All income
and expenses are based on prices from the 1800s. Students have
been amazed at the prices of items back then.
The 8th grade ELA students have researched a person on whom to
write a biography. They will type their biography and use the Holt
Online Essay Grader to receive feedback on their essays. After
this, they will have to write a multi chapter autobiography. They
have been busy in middle school English classes!
~Danielle C.