March Rotary Student and Teacher of the Month

Congratulations to Will Brown and Ashley Hawkins!

Rotary Teacher of the Month:

Ashley Hawkins

Mrs. Hawkins outstanding job as Theatre teacher for HHS has been recognized by her administration, she was chosen as the 2010-2011 Hernando High School teacher of the year. Over the last four years Mrs. Ashley Hawkins has built a thriving theatre program from the ground up. She is motivated to guide her students to be independent while producing quality theatre for the school and community. One of the things that makes Mrs. Hawkins stand out is her conviction that there is a place for all students in her program. She is teaching a lot more than theatre technique, she is teaching team work, responsibility, community, acceptance, organization, money management, time management and the most valuable thing she gives her students is the ability to be proud of a job well done. She is allowing the students to invest in themselves.

Her students and the shows she has produces have won numerous awards on the local and state level.  Most recently the theatre department just wrapped up a wonderfully fun and energetic show called “All Shook Up”.  Mrs. Hawkins is also a graduate of Hernando High School.

Rotary Student of the Month:

Will Brown

Will Brown holds a  4.02 G.P.A. at Hernando High School, as well as participating in many extra-curricular activities including Football, Choir, Knowledge Bowl, Theatre, Chess Team, and is actively involved in his youth group at Hernando United Methodist Church. He is also the founder and President of the Youth Advisory Council, which is a peer to peer tutoring group. Will has been to multiple Leadership Conferences, including the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference this past weekend as the Hernando Rotary representative.

Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors Scholarship

Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors Scholarship

$1000 Scholarship for one year. Fall ($500) and Spring ($500) for the 2011-2012 school year.
Application Deadline is April 29, 2011
Contact: Tom Campbell at 901-674-7355 for more information
Download application or come by the Guidance Office at HHS

9th Grade Orientation

Reminder!!

9th Grade Orientation will be WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th at HMS.

7:30 a.m.-Girls
8:30 a.m.-Boys

View Orientation information online:
http://www.desotocountyschools.org/subsite/hhs/page/8th-grade-orientation-95121

The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

Congratulations to six HHS students for being accepted to The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science!  HHS had the highest number of students qualify for the MSMS School for the 2011-2012 school year throughout DeSoto County.

Congratulations to:
Amanda Gurly, Audry Johnson, Shelton Matthews, Jacob Padgett, Alyssa Reid, and Simon Schwartz

Soladigm Scholarship

Reminder!!

The Soladigm Scholarship Deadline is March 31st!  Please remember to apply. The application can be found and downloaded at http://www.desotocountyschools.org/subsite/hhs/page/scholarship-information-9785.

This is FULL paid tuition for a Mississippi College for a student majoring in Physical Science or Engineering for all four years of college.

ERCA Community Contribution Scholarship

ERCA is a non-profit corporation that awards student scholarships and conducts voluntary surveys of high school and middle school students throughout the United States. ERCA provides a minimum of 25 scholarships per year to deserving high school students. The scholarship awards recognize and reward high school students who have made an extraordinary contribution to their community and/or high school and are not based upon financial need.

Application Deadline July 22, 2011
www.studentresearch.org

Mississippi Municipal League (MML( Scholarship Program)

1. $2,000 general scholarship sponsored by Mississippi Power
2.$2000 scholarship sponsored by Phelps Dunbar to the children or grandchildren of Mississippi Municipal officials, and city employees who plan to attend a college in Mississippi.
3.  $2000 Mississippi Municipal Service Company Limited Scholarship restricted to children or grandchildren of employees or elected officials of Mississippi municipalities.

Applicants must write an essay.  DEADLINE MAY 6TH

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

The Ole Miss Society of Women Engineers chapter invites High School ladies to:

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at The University of Mississippi

Friday, April 8th, 2011

9am-3pm

For an application and more information log onto:
http://www.desotocountyschools.org/subsite/hhs/page/programs-high-school-students-83907

Rural Medical Scholars Program

The Rural Medical Scholars Program is an opportunity for high school students between their junior and senior years to learn more about careers as Family Practice physicians. An intense, rigorous program, it provides significant insight into the academic requirements necessary to becoming a physician coupled with a real world look at the day-to-day practice of medicine and some of the issues relevant to the work and personal life of rural physicians.

Log onto http://msucares.com/health/rms/index.html for more information. 

Application deadline is March 19th. You may download the application at :

http://www.desotocountyschools.org/subsite/hhs/page/programs-high-school-students-83907

February Rotary Student and Teacher of the Month

Congratulations to Mrs. Rona Eckles and Gabrielle Schultz for being selected Rotary Student and Teacher of the month for February 2011!

Gabrielle is the 2010-2011 STAR student for Hernando High School. She holds a 4.31 weighted grade point average and scored a 31 on the ACT. She was also named a National Merit Commended Scholar. Gabrielle has been inducted into the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and International Thespian Society. She attended Mississippi State University’s Rural Medical Scholars Program and successfully completed college courses in Biology I and Pre-Calculus. Gabrielle plays the violin in the orchestra, does costume design, and serves in five choirs. She has won awards at Playhouse on the Square’s Youth Conservatory and past president of FCA. In her spare time she volunteers for mission trips. She plans to attend the University of North Texas and major in physics.

Mrs. Eckles has taught for the past 39 years, and she will be retiring this May. During her time at Hernando High School, she has taught creative writing, humanities, mythology, PSAT and ACT test preparation, Advanced Placement English Language and Composition, and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition.  She has also coached Future Problem Solving and Knowledge Bowl teams.  Her current Knowledge Bowl team just took home the countywide Knowledge Bowl championship this month.

She has a BA from MUW, an MA from the University of Tennessee, and post-graduate work at the University of Mississippi, University of Memphis, Millsaps, and University of Guadalajara in Mexico. She has recently been selected as our STAR Teacher for the 2010-2011 school year. She has been honored by her students as STAR Teacher 24 times, more than any other teacher in the state, and has been inducted into the STAR Teacher Hall of Fame.

She is married to Joseph Eckles, a local potter, and have one daughter, Donan, who will
graduate from pharmacy school in May.

More Local Scholarships!

Seniors!

The Hernando Lions Club and the Hernando Optimist Club are offering scholarships. Please visit http://www.desotocountyschools.org/subsite/hhs/page/scholarship-information-9785 to print an application or come by the Guidance Office.