Uma Tadikonda, a junior,  has been selected to participate in
"A Day with the Doctors"
sponsored by the North Louisiana AHEC and
LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine.
 
This program is an educational opportunity for students to explore health careers.  Uma Tadikonda was selected based on her interest in pursuing a health career, her academic accomplishments, and successful participation in other AHEC health career enticement and training programs.  Only 60 students from northeast and northwest Louisiana (21 parishes) were selected for this unique opportunity.

CEDAR CREEK STUDENT EXPLORES U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY DURING FALL FORUM

Trevor Holden, Cedar Creek 11^th grader, recently attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C.  The program allowed Holden the opportunity to explore careers in American diplomacy, intelligence, the diplomatic corps, and defense.

The curriculum for the Forum on National Security is based on actual world events.  Throughout the program, students use critical thinking, leadership and public speaking skills to tackle the complexity of national decision-making as they examine how the U.S. plans for peace and prepares for crisis.

CONGRATULATIONS!

The National Geography Bee had 29 students in grades 6 - 8 to participated.  The finalists were:

3rd place - Rachel Kinslow
2nd place - Brandon Carroll
1st place - Collin Moak

Collin will now take a written exam in hopes to qualify for state competition.

Lauren Yepson and John McCallum have been named State Finalists
in the Wendy's High School Heisman Program. 

CONGRATULATIONS

Emma Crawford and Christopher Feron accepted the Honesty & Integrity Award
for Cedar Creek given by The Grand Lodge of Louisiana, Free and Accepted Masons, Ruston Lodge #106.

Cedar Creek is honored to have three students named
National Merit Semifinalists for the 2011-2012 school year:

Justine Ker, John McCallum and Saraf Ahmed

Semifinalist of National Achievement Scholarship Program
Ben Siegmund, a senior has been named a
National Achievement Scholarship Program semifinalist.
Ben serves as the senior class president and
is a member of the Cougar Varsity Football and Track team.

Cedar Creek School…  There’s an app for that!

That’s right, Cougar fans – the Cedar Creek TeamInfoApp is now available in the Apple App Store!!
  Search for “TeamInfoApp” in the app store & get started using the Cedar Creek TeamInfoApp today!

John McCallum, Cedar Creek School Student Council President, has been named a Samsung American Legion Scholar. With this honor, McCallum receives a scholarship that may be used for undergraduate study in the United States. McCallum is the son of Deanna and Jay McCallum. He represented Cedar Creek School and Louisiana at both Boys State and Boys Nation this summer.

Cedar Creek students earning the Duke TIP Talent Search Program are: Safraz Ahmed, Cameron Barron, Andrew Bratton, Matthew Brown, Blake Canales, William Dinh, Henry Futch, Matthew Gallagher, MacKenzie Harris, Caroline Hill, Ethan Hunt, Logan Kent, Martha Mills, Kelly O’Neal, Matthew Owens, Austin Riley, Jaina Robinson, Shivkaran Sarai, Nicholas Slusher, Mary Terral, Matthew Usher

Cedar Creek AP Scholars

Saraf Ahmed, Molly Mitchell,John McCallum and Justine Ker

These students have received scores of 3 or higher on three or more Advanced Placement Exams.

Sarah Ahmed, has earned the added recognition of being named an AP Scholar with Honor.  She receive at least 3.25 on all AP Exams and scores 3 or higher on four or more exams.