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Your Community Brief from Evans High School
Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Thank you for your commitment to making Evans High School, "A Place of High Achievement." Our focus is on Literacy, Rigor, and Relationships and our school's pillars of Pride, Determination, and Perseverance continue to be on display by our students, staff and community.
Thank you SGA
I would like to thank SGA and our Sponsors (
Ms. Steadman and
Mr. Berardi) for their work last week on our Homecoming activities. Often times the work of our student leaders and SGA sponsors go unnoticed! Planning events require a great deal of collaboration and time, their level of inclusiveness with this year theme of "All around the World" displayed the diversity in cultures that walk the halls of Evans daily. It was easy for everyone to get involved with activities and daily themes. I was extremely happy with the turnout of Thursday's homecoming parade that included clubs, performing arts, sports teams and feeder middle and elementary dance/step teams. Thank you
Mrs. Nzinga Green (parent/community coordinator) as your leadership and guidance made this event a huge success and will continue annually.
Fall sports
As the fall sports season comes to a close, we are transitioning into the winter sports season. Celebrations will occur recognizing our seniors who have participated on varsity sports teams, band and athletic training. I say thank you for your commitment to your teams, your craft, and to your coaches and teammates.
Report cards
We will be releasing first quarter report cards on Monday, October 29th.
With Trojan Pride,
Principal Rolando Bailey
Pictured very top: Evans High School 2018-2019 Social Studies Department faculty.
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Rigor in the Classroom
AP World History with Ms. Mathews
AP World History students researched the Classical Empires as a group and presented the information in the form of "autopsies." The information included the social, political, and economic structure of the Empire and its subsequent demise. Each group hung their autopsies in the 500 building hallway and each class walked the autopsy gallery taking notes. The students overall consensus on the project - "It was much more interesting than just sitting and listening to a lecture."
In the form of a human autopsy, these art pieces tell the story of the rise and fall of the world's Classical Empires. While difficult to read here, the pictures provided insightful details of key periods in each empire's history. The students did a superior job in their research.
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Homecoming Highlights
Homecoming week brought us all "around the world" with games, dress up days, and a revival of a traditional Homecoming parade that featured all our clubs and organizations, as well as our feeder middle and elementary schools.
Above: musical chairs during lunch. Right: Ms. Riha with our Trojan mascot.
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Tacky Tourist Day
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Green Machine Marching Band
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Student Spotlight
Early Childhood Breast Cancer Walk
Our littlest Trojans teamed up with their high school counterparts to participate in a breast cancer walk around the school campus on Wednesday, October 17th. The Early Childhood Juniors and Seniors helped the young students learned about staying healthy before parading around campus with their banners.
Honor Choir
Congratulations to the following students for auditioning and being selected for the OCPS Honor Choir which will perform in November.
- Bervens Beltinor - Bass 1
- Antwan Harris - Bass 1
- Javahri Johnson - Bass 2
- Kendal Pierre - Bass 2
- Britney Marthurin - Soprano 1
- Zabryan Grant - Tenor 1
- Skylar Thomas - Tenor 2
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FFA
Evans participates in FFA competition
On October 9th, our Agriculture/FFA students participated in the District 7 Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) held at Moss Park.
The students had the opportunity to apply and evaluate the skills they have learned in the areas of forestry general industry knowledge, timber cruising/lumber estimation, tree identification (dendrology), using a hand compass, tree pest/disorder identification and forestry equipment identification.
The life skills and forestry knowledge the students have gained will be very beneficial to them in the future no matter what path they choose.
Evans received an honorable mention and big "shout out" for the participation in their very first year as an Agriculture/FFA program! Below are all participants from the competition.
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Alumni Spotlight
Maurice Allen
An Evans High School graduate, this world long drive champion has been a guest speaker for our City Year student group last year and continued his service to his alma mater by donating $20,000 to our scholarship fund this year. He is currently working with OCPS to begin partnerships to expand the scholarship opportunities for students.
Now that is pride, determination, and perseverance!
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Trojan Athletics
Swimming
The Swim Team was able to take part in a phenomenal collaborative community outreach event this month. Several of our swimmers teamed up with swimmers from Jones High School and both teams assisted and taught youth in the community at the Frontline Outreach center pool. District Tournaments are fast approaching for all of our Fall Sports.
Bowling
The Bowling team will participate in the district tournament on October 30 at Wekiva Lanes. Our Ladies team continues to prove that they are a force to be reckoned with. They are currently 10-2 having bested some traditional powerhouse teams, including the former state champions from Apopka. The Lady Trojan Bowlers, led by senior Patricia Rosales have high hopes for finishing among the top teams in our area.
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Guidance Corner
* The second quarter began on Tuesday, October 16. This week we finished the second week of the quarter.
* Report cards for the 1st quarter will be sent home this coming Monday, October 29.
* Counselors are currently conducting Junior class meetings for the month of October.
* Sophomore class meetings will be held during the month of December.
* Seniors will complete the Bright Futures application with counselors on Thursday, November 1, Friday, November 2 and Monday, November 5.
* SENIORS, be sure to complete your FAFSA as soon as possible to ensure financial aid for the upcoming year. Please see Mrs. Bohn in CCRC or your counselor if you need assistance completing the application.
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Trojan Teacher Spotlight
Mrs. Ronelle Dunkley graduated from The Mico Teachers College Kingston, Jamaica and has been teaching for 15 years. She expresses that, "I chose to come to the US to teach to expose myself and family to another cultural experience. The hope is that this experience will promote personal and professional growth and also help me to learn more about my new school family at Evans." Mrs. Dunkley is most excited about sharing aspects of her culture with the Evans family and helping her students to grow academically. Her hobbies include spending time with family while enjoying Jamaican food. She also loves watching and assisting with sports and playing netball. Mrs. Dunkley currently teaches 9th grade English.
Mrs. Dunkley is a proud graduate of the Mico University University College in Kingston, Jamaica. It has the distinction of being the oldest teacher training institution within the western hemisphere (est. 1836).
Mr. Sanjay Dunkley also graduated from The Mico Teachers College Kingston, Jamaica and has been teaching for 10 years. He came to teach at Evans High School and the US specifically for a new and different cultural experience. He looks forward to continue learning about the the American culture. When not teaching Digital Information Technology, he loves to go scuba diving.
Mrs. Dunkley, 9th Grade English
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Mr. Dunkley, Digital Information Technology
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We are excited to have this dynamic husband and wife team on our faculty and thank them for their great instructional practices that occur daily in their classrooms.
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College and Career Resource Center
"Trojan success stories"
* Thanks to Mr. Parkinson, Mr. Dailey, Ms. Blakeney, Mr. Chandler, Ms. McKnight and Mr. Timothee for chaperoning forty of our Trojans to the Valencia College Fair! Five seniors earned on the spot admissions from Florida Memorial University:
Wakglene Marc, Benson Fleuretin, Sean Davis, Daniel Doyen, Valinsky Venus
* Congratulations to Cynthia Gaspard and Desiree Smith who are QuestBridge Finalists! QuestBridge is a powerful platform that connects the nation's brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities.
* Congratulations to Nabiha Nur and Desiree Smith who are Gates Millenum Scholar Finalists! You make us proud!
* The 2018-2019 Evans High School College and Career Fair was a success! Colleges, technical centers, military recruiters (below) and community partners were on campus to share opportunities with our students. Over 1,200 students were exposed to these opportunities in the gym.
Still need help completing your 2019-2020 FAFSA? Stop by the CCRC today!
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HUB Happenings - "Community Support"
2018 Scholarship Night yields $65,000 for the Class of 2019 . . .
On Friday, October 12th, our second annual Scholarship Night was held. Our donors were honored with VIP seating area, refreshments, and a check presentation on the field during halftime. Our Trojan seniors will benefit tremendously this year as thanks to our generous donor organizations, we were able raise $65,000 to be given out in scholarship monies.
We would like to recognize the following groups for their contributions:
- Alicia Dorsett Legacy Scholarship
- Aditta Riha
- BETA Club
- Bohn Stars
- Color Me Confident
- Curtis Arnett Highwayman Artist
- Essie Marshall Memorial Scholarship
- Evans Giving Back Alumni
- JL Wilson Concrete Inc.
- Men of Royalty
- Orange Blossom Family Health
- Pammy's Cool Stuff
- Pine Hills Community Council
- Pine Hills GO & Let Your Voice Be Heard
- Pine Hills Press
- Sarai Antoine
- Southside Church of Christ
- Target Performance Systems, Inc.
- 6001 Silver Star Partners
- United Foundation of Central Florida
The donors listed above are pictured here holding up poster-sized copies of the checks they donated to our senior class after half time at the Evans vs. Wekiva football game this month.
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Trojan Vital Signs
| Grade |
10/129 |
10/12 |
10/5 |
9/28 |
9/21 |
Direction
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Trend
(weeks)
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| 9th |
90.1% |
92.6% |
92.8% |
93.5% |
92.7% |
Slowing
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3
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| 10th |
91.3% |
93.3% |
90.8% |
91.6% |
90.0% |
Slowing
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1
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| 11th |
89.9% |
92.1% |
89.4% |
90.8% |
90.8% |
Slowing
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1
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| 12th |
90.5% |
93.0% |
91.0% |
91.1% |
91.2% |
Slowing
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1
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Note: Includes excused and unexcused absences as both represent lost class time. Higher figures are more favorable.
Direction: Rising, slowing, same (no change)
Trend: Number of school weeks in current direction
Source: Daily Absence Bulletin report.
"Chronic Absences"
Number of students with 2 or more unexcused absences over this 10-day period: October 8 to October 19
- 9th grade = 7.6 students with 2 or more unexcused per day (fewest count, all grades)
- 10th grade = 8.1 students with 2 or more unexcused per day
- 11th grade = 9.4 students with 2 or more unexcused per day (highest count, all grades)
- 12th grade = 8.9 students with 2 or more unexcused per day
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Trojans Serving the Community
Our Trojans supported World Food Day last week . . .
The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental right. Yet, in a world of billions, 805 million people worldwide live with chronic hunger, 60% women and almost 5 million children under the age of five die of malnutrition-related causes every day.
World Food Day is celebrated each year on 16 October. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days on the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. Click here: #ZEROHUNGER #STOPFOODWASTE to find out more!
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Special Events
Evans High School Engineering and IT students are a part of a NAF Academy. A NAF Academy is a career-themed program that affords many opportunities to participants. It is a partnership between industry and our high schools.
The NAF Academy Advisory Board members are comprised of community and business leaders committed to working with educators to prepare your student for future career opportunities. These members participate in your child's education as guest speakers, hosts for work site tours, fundraisers to provide scholarships and work-based experiences, and are working to provide internships. As a show of support of their efforts, we invite you to help the NAF Academy Board by attending a Magic basketball game.
* Funds raised by your participation will be used to offer meaningful career experiences for all NAF students.
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This Week's Motivational Moment!
THE FORMULA OF SUCCESS
The United States operates using the free enterprise system. One fact about success applies in school just as it does in the business world. The formula or principle is misunderstood enough, or overlooked enough, that it can truly be called magic those who understand it. Ready? Here it is.
You can surpass 50 percent of the people in America by working hard. You can pass another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent boils down to your perseverance and determination. As for luck? That usually comes to those who set goals and are prepared for opportunity when it arrives.
And please remember . . .
A success is one who decided to succeed -
and worked.
A failure is one who decided to succeed -
and wished.
A decided failure is one who failed to decide -
and waited.
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Have a nice weekend Trojans!
Mr. Bailey, Principal
Evans High School
Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Leadership Team
Pride - Determination - Perseverance
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