EOC and Final Exam Schedule 2018

Seniors are also asked to submit 5-7 photos of throughout your school years to be used to create a video that will be shown before graduation. Your pictures are due to Mr. Mitchell before April 20. If you miss the deadline, your pictures will not be added to the slide show.

We are planning an EOC kickoff/Funday this Friday afternoon. Students must sign up and pay Coach Gilbert to play in the Coed Volleyball games, 3 on 3 basketball, 3 point shoot out and dunking contest by Wed. Entry forms are in the office. Fun Day will be this Friday from 12:15-3:00. Admission is free but students must pay for all activities except class tug of war. Concessions will be available. If you wait and sign up after Wed – entry fee doubles! If you receive any referral or suspension or are sent out of class, you will not be allowed to participate in the funday activities.

Newsletter April 2018

Due to Tuesday afternoon storms, areas in Claiborne Parish are still without power. Entergy states power will not be restored until at least midday tomorrow. Therefore Homer schools are cancelled for Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

Congratulations to Phylise Anderson!  Phylise won 5^th place at the Louisiana State Social Studies Fair held at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles on February 23, 2018.  Phylise, a junior at Homer High School, poses with the award for her project titled “Musical Influences.”

As part of a drama unit in Fine Arts Survey class, students studied the play Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber. After viewing the performance in class, students then had the chance to create costume masks for their favorite characters from the production.  Students worked in teams to rehearse a script for one of the scenes, and then had the opportunity to perform that scene on stage in the school auditorium.  Materials for the project were purchased with funds from a grant made possible by the Entergy Charitable Foundation.

Jakendra Dawson in the role of Mr. Mistoffelees and Jhzakayla Malone in the role of Macavity.

Antinesha Kimble in the role of Bustopher Jones and T’Kyia Ferrell in the role of Rum Tum Tugger.

Ty’Kierra Drake in the role of Jennyanydots and Jarkayla Davis in the role of Victoria.

Jonathan Ceccarelli in the role of Asparagus (Gus) the “Theatre Cat.”

Ag Literacy Volunteer Reader Program

Seniors from Homer High School visited Mrs. Bailey’s fourth grade class at Homer Elementary Thursday morning.  As part of the Ag Literacy Volunteer Reader partnership program between the two schools, the group presented the book Chicks and Chickens by Gail Gibbons.  Meshaunta Adams, Chauncell Jenkins, Stantavia Hamilton, Jimiracle Crew, and Kennelius Gulley read the book to the elementary students and explained about different breeds of chickens and the incubation process for eggs. After the book presentation, the team helped the fourth-graders to complete a math worksheet on addition. Students also had the chance to create a simple “baby chicken” art project using paper bags, construction paper, and color crayons.  All of the books and art supplies were purchased with grant funds from the AITC mini-grant sponsored by Claiborne Parish Farm Bureau. For hosting the Volunteer Reader team, Mrs. Bailey received a classroom set of Louisiana commodity bookmarks, a copy of the Exploring Louisiana Agriculture book, and a packet of Ag Literacy lesson plans and hands-on activity pages.  The Exploring Louisiana Agriculture book, published by the Louisiana AITC Committee, features farms and commodities from around the state.

Ms. Erika Anderson, Agri-Science/Vocational Agriculture teacher from Homer High School, accompanied the seniors and “Puffy” and “Blondie” on their visit to the elementary school. “Puffy,” a Feather-legged Bared Coching chicken, and “Blondie,” a Feather-legged Buff Brahma chicken, were the stars of the show.  In real-life, “Puffy” and “Blondie” are part of the prize-winning exhibition poultry team at Homer High School. FFA students from Homer High School have been raising the Bantam chickens all year, and have been very successful at competitions around the state.  These new Ag Ambassadors are definitely adding some fun and excitement to the classroom visits! Check out the photos from Thursday’s event…

Meshaunta Adams, Jimiricle Crew, Kennelius Gulley, Chauncell Jenkins, and Stantavia Hamilton read to Mrs. Bailey’s fourth grade class.

Stanley and Joshua solve math problems to complete the chicken puzzle worksheet.

Chauncell Jenkins helps Tanyaha with the art project.

Ms. Anderson holds “Puffy” while Chauncell Jenkins and Eddie pet him.

Sandra Banuelos, a senior FFA officer and member of the HHS poultry team, holds “Blondie” while Stanley pets her.

Homer High School has been awarded a $600 grant from the Highest Needs Classroom Fund sponsored by Adoptaclassroom.org.  This is the second award from the Highest Needs Classroom Fund, and the third award that Homer High School has received from Adoptaclassroom.org.  Grants from Adoptaclassroom.org now total more than $3,900. This year grant funds are being used to purchase project materials for students who are competing in the Louisiana State Science and Social Studies Fairs.  Students are using the new project boards, adhesives, stencils, and trim to engineer creative displays to accompany their research papers.

As part of a continued effort to fund project-based learning, an equipment and materials “wishlist” has been created for Homer High School.  Anyone who wishes to support this STEM initiative is encouraged to visit http://www.adoptaclassroom.org and check out the exciting list of projects posted on the website for this school year.

Pictured here are students who are currently working on projects for the state fair competitions.  We want to thank our donors at Adoptaclassroom.org for helping our students succeed!  We also want to wish these students continued success with their projects!

Mariah West, Chandler Glanc, and Maria Lumbreras will compete in the Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair at LSU in Baton Rouge.

Fatima Ewing, T’Kyia Ferrell, Justin Applewhite, and Phylise Anderson will compete in the Louisiana State Social Studies Fair at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.

Homer High School students who competed at the Region II Science Fair at Louisiana Tech on January 26, 2018: (left to right). Tyrese Ambeau, Maria Lumbreras, Chandler Glanc, and Mariah West.

Chandler Glanc and Maria Lumbreras with their Chemistry project titled “Chemical Reactions: Made to Entertain”

Mariah West with her Physics project titled “Magnificent Magnets: Fun with (Ferro) Fluids”

Tyrese Ambeau with his Biology project titled “The Fingerprint”

The Region II Science and Engineering Fair was held in the Student Center at Louisiana Tech University on Friday, January 26, 2018.  Project submissions were judged on the research plan and procedure, as well as data analysis. As part of the competition, students were also interviewed by teams of judges.  Congratulations to the winners from Homer High School. They are as follows:

Physics and Astronomy Category—1^st place Mariah West with her project titled “Magnificent Magnets: Fun with (Ferro) Fluids”

Chemistry Category—2^nd place Chandler Glanc and Maria Lumbreras with their project titled “Chemical Reactions: Made to Entertain”

Cellular and Molecular Biology Category—3^rd place Tyrese Ambeau with his project titled “The Fingerprint”

Congratulations to these students–we are very proud of the great job that they did in representing Homer High so well! Mariah West, Chandler Glanc, and Maria Lumbreras are now eligible to compete in the Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair competition to be held at LSU in Baton Rouge March 21-22, 2018.