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Anderson Signs with LSU-Eunice
Congratulations!
Martin Anderson signs a letter of intent to play baseball with
LSU-Eunice.
The Gold Award The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers celebrates the creative achievement of America's teens. In 1923, The Awards were founded in order to offer recognition and scholarships for students for their artistic talents, instead of their academic or athletic abilities. Students who excel in the visual arts and creative writing participate in the The Awards in order to earn recognition, get their work exhibited or published, and to earn scholarships. Previous winners of this award include artists and writers such as Andy Warhol, Joyce Carol Oates, and Sylvia Plath. This year, two Cedar Creek students have been awarded the Gold Key, the highest level of achievement on the regional level. Gold Key works are forwarded to New York City for national adjudication. We are proud to announce Chloe Kaczvinsky, with her story "Arid,' and Saraf Ahmed, with her story "First," as winners of the Gold Key Award. Congratulations on these outstanding achievements!
Gov. Jindal Appointment 
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced in a written statement that he is appointing Connie Bradford of Ruston to fill the vacant position to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).
"I'm pleased to appoint Connie to serve on BESE. She has extensive professional experience in the education community and she supports the types of reforms we need to make in our education system so we can give our students the opportunity to pursue their dreams right here in Louisiana," the statement said.
"Connie's experience at the schoolhouse level will be invaluable since we know the best reform ideas come from lessons learned at the local level."
Connie will serve as an at-large member of the BESE.
She is head of school and her duties include implementing curriculum and instruction for students and overseeing professional development of the school's faculty and staff.
Signing Day
Aldredge Signs with Texas A&M 
February 3rd, Ashley Aldredge signs with Texas A&M Track Team next year.
She has committed to throw the javelin for the 2009 National Champion
Texas Track Team.
Recipient of G.W. James Service Award Coach Donnie Barmore began his involvement with FCA as an athlete at Dubach High School. As a coach at Cedar Creek, he attended FCA meetings under Billy Henderson
in 1971. He became Huddle sponsor the following year and has served as Cedar Creek's Huddle Sponsor for 35 years. Coach Barmore served on the Board of Directors for North Louisiana FCA for several years, and now serves as Co-President along with Coach Wallace Martin of the Executive Board of Directors for North Central Louisiana FCA. He has seen lives changed by the gospel and those who knew Christ grow deeper in their faith as a result of their involvement with FCA. He also recalls serveral former huddle members who now serve in full time ministry. Throughout Coach Barmore's service with FCA, his desire has been to live a life of significance and make an impact in the live of young people for Chirst. | 
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2009 NCTE Promising Young Writer Winner  Art Leangsuksun was one of 487 students nominated for the 2009 NCTE Promising Young Writers Program. Only 163 students were chosen as outstanding writers.
Each student submitted two pieces of writing which were read and evaluated by two judges. Papers were judged on content, purpose, audience, tone, word choice, organization, development, and style.
Art was the only student from the state of Louisiana to be selected. He was awarded a certificate of participation. Art is a student of Mrs. Glenn. |
Excellent Writing Talent Honored 
| Dana Bennett, a senior, is one of 544 high school seniors (one of five in Louisiana) awarded as an Outstanding Writer in the 2009 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing. Students were selected by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The recipients were chosen from 1,783 students nominated in their junior year by their teachers from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Canada and American schools abroad. | | The Achievement Awards in Writing program was established in 1957 to encourage high school students in their writing and to recognize publicly some of the best student writers in the nation. Assessments of student writing are based on students' samples of their won best prose or verse and on impromptu themes that are written under supervision. A team of English teachers judge the writing, looking especially for writing that demonstrates effective and imaginative use of language to inform and move an audience. | | Dana Bennett received a certificate recognizing her accomplishment. She also received a card highlighting her achievement to attach to her college application forms. |
Cedar Creek AP Scholars Recipients 
Kramer Allen
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Vikas Gullapalli
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| Two students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing threeor more AP Exams with grades of 3 or highter. The AP Scholars are Kramer Allen and Vikas Gullapalli. | | Of this year's award recipients at Cedar Creek, one is a junior, Kramer Allen. This student has at least one more year in which to comlete college level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award. Vikas Gullapalli, a 2009 graduate, is attending Emory university located in Atlanta, Georgia. | | Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared studetns with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP exams are aligned with the same high standrads expected by college faculty at some of the nation's leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,600 college and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and or placement for qualifying exam grades. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP. | | The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect studetns to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,600 schools, college, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 2,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-know progams are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program (AP). The College board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity and that commitment is embodies in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns. |
CYBER INNOVATION PRESENTATION 
On Friday, August 21, Mr. G.B. Cazes , Vice President of Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier, spoke to junior high and high school students . The focus of his presentation was on the importance and the impact of their future by the Cyber Innovation Center and also to inform students about the various opportunities surrounding cyberspace.
Printer Friendly State Rally at LSU on April 25th State Literary Result | | | Advanced Math II | Kramer Allen | 2nd | Algebra I | Art Leangsuksan | 1st | Biology I | Chloe Kaczvinsky | 1st | Biology II | Trey Carpenter | 1st | Chemistry | Andrew McGehee | 2nd | Civics | Boyang Piao | 1st | English I | Saraf Ahmed | 1st | Journalism | Lauren Yepson | 1st | Physical Science | John McCallum | 1st | Physics | Vladik Voziyona | 1st | Spanish II | Zach Johnston | 2nd | | | | State Music Rally | | | Addie Barron | Soloist | I | Lauren Davis | Solist | I | Margaret Hindman | Solist | I | Addie Barron | Trio | I | Emily Cox | Trio | I | Allison Whittenburg | Trio | I | Lauren Davis | Mixed Quartet | I | Emily Cox | Mixed Quartet | I | Robby Earle | Mixed Quartet | I | Luke Hockenjos | Mixed Quartet | I |
Geometry Quilt Winners 
On Wednesday, April 15th, some students at Cedar Creek finalized a term project by awarding the local chapter of the March of Dimes a check for $2075 . The project was conducted by the geometry classes and consisted of designing original quilt blocks and putting these together to form 3 quilts that were raffled on Wednesday. The quilts were a part of a project that investigated areas of quadrilaterals, scale drawings, and the use of symmetry in design. Each student participated in quilting their blocks and then sold raffle tickets to raise money for the March of Dimes. The winners of the three quilts were Drew and Tyler Jimmerson, Christopher Warren, and Jeffery King. There were 60 sophomore and freshman students who participated and several adults contributed by piecing the fabric blocks and helping to complete the hand-quilting on each block
Junior High Regional Science Fair Winners Congratulations to the Junior High Science Team that competed at the Regional Science Fair on March 24th.
The following students placed at the fair:  Taylor Williamson -4th Environmental
Brooke Lolley - 3rd Behavioral
Wesley Cox-3rd Chemistry
Shefali Rai- 3rd Medicine & Health
Josh Austin -3rd Microbiology
Emma Carpenter -2nd Biochemistry
Carter Carroll -2nd Energy &Transportation Emma Carpenter and Carter Carroll qualify for the State Science Fair in Baton Rouge on April 19th & 20th.
Printer Friendly District Rally Winners Winners in the 2009 North Louisiana District Rally qualifying for the State Rally in Baton Rouge or who won first through fifth place in a subject for which there is only district testing have been announced following competition at Louisiana Tech on March 21. Approximately 1,500 students from 18 parishes competed. Testing in the 48 subject is separated into five divisions based on school size. The number of students qualifying for State Rally is determined by the number of contestants entering the specific subject category per division. The State Rally is schedule for April 25. | Chemistry | Andrew McGehee | 1st | | Algebra I | Art Leangsuksun | 1st | | Civics | Boyang Piao | 1st | | Biology I | Chloe Kaczvinsky | 1st | | French II | Clayton Avery | 2nd | | English III | Dana Bennett | 2nd | | Calculus | Drew Antony | 1st | | French I | Emily Cox | 1st | | Physical Science | John McCallum | 1st | | Geometry | Justine Ker | 1st | | Spelling II | Kelly Humphries | 1st | | Adv. Math II | Kramer Allen | 2nd | | Journalism | Lauren Yepson | 2nd | | English Literature | Lily Grappe | 1st | | Sociology | Mallory Cox | 1st | | Free Enterprise | Matt Moss | 2nd | | English II | Natalia Gomez | 2nd | | American History | Robby Earle | 4th | | English I | Saraf Ahmed | 2nd | | Biology II | Trey Carpenter | 1st | | English IV | Vika Gullapalli | 2nd | | Physics | Vladik Voziyanov | 1st | | Spanish II | Zach Johnston | 1st | | Algebra II | Addie Barron | 3rd |
Regional High School Science Fair Winners Congratulations to all students who participated in the Regional Science Fair at Louisiana Tech. Cedar Ceek earned 2nd place in the school rankings. The following students won individual awards: Saraf Ahmed - 3rd place - Physics
Addie Barron - 2nd place - Energy and Transportation
John McCallum - 1st place - Animal Science
Margaret Hindman - 1st place - Behavioral & Social Science
Boyang Piao - 1st place - Physics and overall 2nd place - Technical Presentation All 1st and 2nd place winners advance to the State Science Fair in April.
Louisiana High School Music Rally Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Louisiana High School Music Rally at Louisiana Tech March 13th. Making a"II" in Solo Vocal Performance were:
Robby Earle, John Waltz, Kayla Hart and Lauren Clayborn
Receiving a "II" also was the following Girls Trio:
Saraf Ahmed, Lauren Spillers and Mary Singletary. These piano students participated and all made Superior Ratings:
Casey Blackwelder, Mallory Cox, Megan Cardwell, Justin Ker and Kelly Humphries The Girls Ensemble received a "I" in performance. The members of the ensemble are:
Saraf Ahmed, Addie Barron, Emma Crawford, Lauren Spillers, Emily Cox,
Sarah Grimm, Allison Whittenburg, Mary Singletary and Katie Grappe The following students made a "I: in Solo Vocal Performance and will be eligible for State Music Rally on April 25th:
Margaret Hindman, Addie Barron and Lauren Davis Receiving a"I" in Girls Trio and eligible for State Music Rally are:
Addie Barron, Emily Cox and Allison Whittenburg Receiving a "I" in Mixed Quartet and eligible for State Rally:
Lauren Davis, Emily Cox, Robby Earle and Luke Hockenjos These students performed on the Honors Recital Friday afternoon. The honor recital is a select group of students chosen by the judges to perform.
The Girls Trio: Addie Barron, Emily Cox and Allison Whittenburg
The Mixed Quartet: Lauren Davis, Emily Cox, Robby Earle and Luke Hockenjos
The Girls Ensemble: Sarah Ahmed, Addie Barron, Emma Crawford, Lauren Spillers, Emily Cox, Sarah Grimm Allison Whittenburg, Mary Singletary and Katie Grappe
Piano students: Mallory Cox, Justine Ker and Casey Blackwelder
Regional Social Studies Winners 
Congratulations to the following for placing first in their divisions at the Regional Social Studies Fair held March 9th at Louisiana Tech. These students are eligible to compete in the Louisiana State Social Studies Fair in Lake Charles to be held April 27th.
Division II – Junior High
- Anthropology Individual – Ashton Terry
- Economics Individual – Sarah Grimm
- Economics Group – Anna Rose Chestnut and Lilla Jimmerson
- Geography Individual – Christopher Feron
- History Individual – Cord Simmons
- History Group – Brandon Davis and Luke Rinehart
- Political Science Individual – Chloe Kaczvinsky
- Political Science Group – Ryan Dwyer and Will Rudnicki
- Sociology Individual – Morgan Corie
Division III – High School
- Economics Group – Justine Ker and John McCallum
- History Group – Saraf Admed and Molly Mitchell
- Political Science Individual – Casey Bowman
- Political Science Group – Lacy Brown and Taylor Simonsen
In addition Cedar Creek Students won both of the Overall Divisions
- Division II – ASHTON TERRY
- Division III – LACY BROWN AND TAYLOR SIMONSEN
Trike-A-Thon 
Cedar Creek School Pre-Kindergarten participated in the St. Jude Trike-a-thon on Friday, March 6th. 36 children participated in this event, raising $2,381.00.
During the week, the children learned the rules of bike safety: Always wear a helmet, Never ride in the street, Always be careful near driveways, and Always watch where you are going. Donations enable St. Jude Hospital to continue its mission of finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is denied treatment because of the families inability to pay. A big thank you to all who supported our annual event!
Social Studies Fair Winners 2009
Congratulations to all these winners on a great job. All First Place winners advance to Regional Competition at Louisiana Tech on March 9th.
Division II Junior High
Anthropology Individual 1st - Ashton Terry
2nd - Joseph Hild
Economics Individual 1st - Sarah Grimm
2nd - Tie - Brian Chicola and Blair Bennett
3rd -Tie - Tori Robichaux and Corey Kennedy
Economics Group 1st - Anna Rose Chestnut and Lilla Jimmerson
Geography Individual 1st - Chris Feron
History Group 1st - Brandon Davis and Luke Rinehart
History Individual 1st - Cord Simmons
2nd - Justin Calhoun
Political Science Group 1st - Ryan Dwyer and Will Rudnicki
Political Science Individual 1st - Chloe Kaczvinsky
2nd - Tie -Taylor Nealy and Tyler Ray
3rd - Claire O'Neal
Sociology Individual 1st - Morgan Corie
2nd - Emma Crawford
DIVISION III-HIGH SCHOOL
Economics Group 1st - Justine Ker and John McCallum
History Group 1st - Saref Ahmed and Molly Mitchell
Political Science Group 1st - Lacey Brown and Taylor Simonsen
Political Science Individual 1st - Casey Bowman
National Shakespeare Competition The results of the competition: Overall Winner - ALARICA DIETZEN Freshman Sophomore
1st - Christopher Warren 1st - Alarica Dietzen
2nd - Saraf Ahmed 2nd - Addie Barron
3rd - Justine Ker 3rd - Natalia Gomez
4th - Molly Mitchell 4th - Marissa Lee Juniors Seniors
1st - John Waltz 1st - Vikas Gullapalli
2nd - Robby Earle 2nd - Logan Harsfield
3rd - Lynley Farrar 3rd - Colby Bowman
4th - Kramer Allen 4th - Victor Sarai The National Shakespeare Competition in 2009 at Cedar Creek School was the most successful to date! The competition is open to all Cedar Creek students, but the AP and Pre-AP classes have the competition built into their curriculum. Each participant must choose both a sonnet and a 20 line monologue to perform for the judges. They are judged on how well they remembered their piece as well as conveyed the message through “acting”, although the participants aren’t really to act out the piece with costumes and props. This style of performance is called Oral Interpretation. The freshman students get training and guidance in their speech class taught by Mrs. Huckaby. “Getting to work with the freshman, sets them up for the next four years” said Huckaby. The students usually pick their pieces before Christmas break and perform them at the end of January. The overall winner from Cedar Creek gets to perform in the Branch Competition in Monroe on Sunday February 8th at the Strauss Playhouse Youngstage at 2:00.
2009 Junior High Science Fair 
Congratulations to all the students that competed in the junior high science fair on January 12th - 16th.
All first place winners will compete at Louisiana Tech on March 24th. Behavioral & Social Sciences Biochemistry
1st - Brooke Lolley 1st - Emma Carpenter
2nd - Taylor Baron
3rd - John David Sawyer Chemistry Environmental
1st - Cass Turpin 1st - Taylor Williamson
1st - Wesley Cox
2nd - Garland Pipes
2nd - Chase Murphy
3rd - Katie Grappe Energy & Transportation Botany
1st - Carter Carroll Honorable Mention - Allie Veatch
2nd - Grant Clary Honorable Mention - Suzanna Gomez Medicine & Health Physics
1st - Shefali Rai 1st - Ty Oakes
2nd - Jamie Bimle 1st - Henry Wiygul
3rd - Muriel Woodard 2nd - Austin McNeill
Honorable Mention - Maggie Humphries
Honorable Mention - Matthew Shehane
Engineering
1st - Addison Goff
1st - Gunner Durrett
1st - Mark Van
2nd - Catherine Hild
3rd - Caley Pyles
3rd - Morgan Vann
Margaret Hindman To Present Research Paper 
"Personal Space Proxemics: A Two Year Study”
a research paper Margaret Hindman will present at the 2009 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on the LSU campus.Thirty two students from across the state were selected on the basis of an original research project and paper that has been submitted and judged by a panel of PhDs. These students selected will present their research to a panel at the regional symposium. Three papers will be selected from Baton Rouge to present at the national convention.
The United States Achievement Academy
Recognizes 
MOLLY MITCHELL
as a
National Science Merit Award Winner
2007 - 2008
Nominating Educator
Sue Simmons
Honors and Activities:
Academic Award, Bastekball, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Honor Roll,
National Junior Honor Society, Student Council Parents:
Ricky and Angela Mitchell "Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation." - John F. Kennedy
Ribbon Cutting Cermony for the Early Learning Center Ruston Mayor, Dan Hollingsworh and Cedar Creek Founder, Ben James joined in the ribbon cutting cermony for the Early Learning Center on Friday, October 24th. Pre-K teacher, Garson Woodard and Kindergarten teacher, Sherri White officially cut the ribbon and opened the doors for viewing of the building.
State Champions
Presidental Physical Fitness Award
In October, Cedar Creek Elementary school was announced the Presidential Physical Fitness State Champions for the school year of 2007-08. The state champions program rewards the top schools in each state based on their enrollment size. The school has been the State Champions six times since starting the program in 2000. The Physical Fitness Test recognizes students for their level of physical fitness in 5 events: curl-ups or partial curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull-ups or right angle push-ups, and V-sit or sit and reach. The Presidential Physical Fitness Award recognizes students who achieve an outstanding level of physical fitness. Boys and girls who score at or above the 85th percentile (based on the 1985 School Population Fitness Survey) on all five events were eligible for this award.
Students who accomplished this award were:
Eden Adams, Megan Gallagher, Sarah Tompkins, Hansel Chiang, Annamari Farar, Kendall Goff, Harlie Robinson, Mattie Lou Stinson, Samantha Mays, Landon Milsap, Katie Aldredge, Samariah Speed, Anna-Kate Tollett, Connor Nolan, Abigail Hanks, Kinslee Spatafora, Audrey Miller, Brennan Marie Roberts, Julianne Brown, Katelyn Moore, Mary Julia Klug, Sarah Grace Riggle, Hope Wilhite, Mandi Gresham, Chelsea Johnson, Kathryn Maxwell, Hallie Rambin, Isabella Vigna, Mary-Taylor Fuqua, Caroline Hill, Olivia Adams, Avery Hanna, Abby Poole, Halie Robinson, Carolin Menzina, Sadie Craighead, Mackenzie Harris, Kendall Machen, Kelly O’Neal, Jaina Robinson, Aubri Skinner, Rebecca Mays, Anitra Milford, Mary Terral, Annabelle Yates, Morgan Williams, Lindsey Corie, Christelle Emanuel, Ali Grant, Karlee Malone, Audrey Taunton, Elizabeth-Kate Pardue, Lauren Houck, Samantha Funderburk, Madison Huffman, Nikki Mallepalli, Gracie Maxwell, Brooke Evans, Maggie, Manning, Ella Nealy, Lauren Wade, Ann-Marie Kimble, Morgan Winstead, Carley Bowman, Bess Ewing, Ann-Marie Fortenberry, Kay-Lynn Klug, Lexie Oliver, Melissa Riggle, Grace Smith, Mary Gleason, Haley Gray, Madeline Mays, Samantha Moak, Kasten Furr, Pearce Simmons, Hayden Ginn, Andrew Gleason, Alex Harris, Luke Vigna, Henry Terral, Logan Kent, Gabe Walker, Jed Mariano, Collin Moak, Logan Newton, Josh Riggs, Helmmy Chiang, Matthew Gallagher, Tripp Marcus, Jacob Adams, JT Dooley, Landon Northcott, Evan Tompkins, Matthew Fuqua, Cade Gibson, Ben Gleason, Sam Terral, Jackson Miller, Chase Spatafora, Josh Terral, Huff McIntosh, Josh Sullivan, Colin Coates, Michael Gallagher, Ethan Ginn, Tyler Mann, Corey Moss, Johnny Maxwell, Thomas Peterson, Jordan Riggs, Preston Sparks, Reid Bowen and Wes Gresham.
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