WELCOME

Super Omnia … the best of all!

Head of School

Andrew Yepson

SUMMER AT THE CREEKJune 4 – August 3 (Closed July 2 – 6)

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

8:30 – 2:00

Wednesday

8:30 - 2:00

Thursday

8:30 – 2:00

Friday

Closed

Congratulations!

Welcome Seniors - Class of 2013

Essay Winner

Congratulations! Carlie Toliver won the DAR Essay Contest for Lincoln Parish and for the Northwest District, which includes

ten parishes.  She has also been invited to attend and be recognized at the 21st Annual DARE Training Conference

in Ruston scheduled for July 11-12.

Pre K Runs the Cougar Mile

Super Omnia BanquetCedar Creek School honored the outstanding

academic accomplishments of students in grades 6 through 12 and gave special recognition to all students enrolled in Advanced Placement and

Advanced Honors Classes at the Super Omnia Banquet.

Lamar Dowling, Cedar Creek Class of 2005, delivered an inspirational speech that

expressed the merits of the ongoing pursuit of excellence.. Lamar also, expressed the

importance of seeing failures as opportunities to learn and strengthen character. Finally, he

challenged each student to be steadfast in the ongoing pursuit of the Cedar Creek motto of

Super Omnia…the best of all.

2011 – 2012 LHSAA Class AAcademic All State

FootballHunter AndersonJacob HargroveJohn McCallumDavid MurphyBen Siegmund

Adam VanDenlangenberg

Justin Williams

SwimmingScott Barron

BasketballJordan DavisAllison EwingMorgan LolleyRuby Richie

BaseballJacob Hargrove

Dylan Spearman Adam

VanDenlangenberg

GolfScott Barron

Matthew MossBrandon Newton

Track and Field

Jordan DavisAllison EwingNoelle Futch

John McCallumDavid Murphy

Emily Prestridge

Ruby RichieBen Siegmund

TennisMorgan Lolley

Nicole NammourZach SimmonsLauren SpillersKatie Stuckey

SoftballWendi Henderson

Ruby RichieLauren Yepson

LHSAA Composite Academic All State

John McCallum Football,TrackScott Barron Golf, SwimmingNicole Nammour TennisKatie Stuckey TennisLauren Yepson Softball

Cougars Selected for A-HEC of a Summer

Attending the "A-HEC of a Summer" Health Career Volunteer Program - Taylor Witten, Katie Howard, Carley Bowman, Tyler Ray, Corey Moss, and Will Rudnicki for being selected to attend the

Eva BestOSFA Financial Aid Trailblazer

Cougar Golfer Signs with Louisiana Tech University

Brandon Newton commits to play golf for LouisianaTech University Cedar Creek has won the State Championship for 4 consecutive years, and so has Brandon.

He qualified for the Division V All-State Golf Team:Brandon finished 1st overall for the 4th consecutive year

He has been invited to play in the LHSAA Tournament of Champions at Tamahka Trails in Marksville, LA. Brandon won the Tournament last year.

State Tennis – Maggie - 2nd place

8th grader Maggie Manning placed 2nd in the State Tennis

Tournament.

Artwork Featured on Poster

This painting by senior Emily Prestridge has been selected as one

of the winners in the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Animal

Action art contest.  It is one of twelve, selected from more than 1,000

entries, that will be displayed on the 2012-2013 Animal Action poster. 

Congratulations Emily!

Cougar Names A Robot

Zach Smith of the 3rd grade entered the contest “Name Our Robot”. He was selected the winner out of 1300 entries. His award was a new iPad and his teacher Mrs. Letlow received a $250 gift certificate for classroom supplies.

H.O.S.S. “Helping Our Skilled Surgeons”

Cougars Sisters Ride ‘Em

Kelly O’Neal doing barrel racing at the WestCal arena in Sulphur,

LA.

Claire O’Neal doing pole bending in Jena, LA. at the high school rodeo.

 She placed 2nd!

Students Receive Student Achievement Award

11 students received the

"Louisiana Student Achievement

Award" from the Louisiana ACT

Council for their performance on the

PLAN (the Pre-ACT) Assessment.

These students are on target to meet

or exceed ACT's College Readiness

Benchmarks by graduation.

The students receiving this recognition are: Jacob Antee, Taylor Barron,

Blake Ginn, Katie Grappe, Catherine Hild, Story Moller, Garland Pipes,

William Pipes, Allie Veatch, Mark VanDenLangenberg, and Henry Wiygul.

State Champions AgainCedar Creek Golf Team has won the State

Championship for 4 consecutive years. They have won 6 of the last 7 years, and 8 since 2000.

All 5 golfers qualified for the Division V All-State Golf Team: Brandon Newton finished 1st overall for the

4th consecutive year Jordan Cole finished 2nd overall Scott Barron tied for 3rd after regulation play, but finished in 4th place after a “Sudden-Victory” tie breaker that went to a second hole. Matt Moss and

Johnny Maxwell tied for 8th place overall

Cougar Receives Writing Award

The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage high school students in their writing and to encourage some of the best student writers in the nation. This year, Will Rudnicki has been selected for superior performance in writing for his pieces entitle "13.1 memories" and "The World That Built Me." Will is one of only five students in Louisiana to be chosen for this honor.

Cougar 4-H Success

Caleb Cupit- Citizenship award- medal.... … for collecting over 200 boxes of MacaroniHeather Wilhite - 1st place for 5th grade … in bullying evaluationSavannah Davis- 1st place for 4th grade … in bullying evaluation3rd place- for scrapbook compiled …Collins Walker3rd place for Club t-shirt- … designed by Caleb Cupit  2012 Best Club Meetings- trophy Most Outstanding club secretary - Megan GallagherMost Outstanding club Vice President - Lauren MenzinaMost Outstanding club President - Audrey Miller 2012 Outstanding New Leader- Shauna Vallery

Elementary 4-H Club

Cougars Give 64 Units of Blood

Cougar Representatives for Girls and Boys State

Emma Crawford, Chloe Kaczvinsky, Jeff Carroll, and Ryan Dwyer will represent Cedar Creek School at Louisiana Girls State and Boys State this summer at Northwestern State University.

Sponsored by the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary, Boys State and Girls State are educational programs that focus on providing leadership experiences, character

development, and citizenship education.

Geometry Class

Geometry Students Raise Funds for JDRFThe three geometry classes have designed and created two very unique quilts to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  The

students began with some research to investigate the geometrical aspects of quilt block patterns.  Since Cedar Creek has six students who suffer from Juvenile Diabetes, the classes decided to sell raffle tickets to raise money for the support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  The thirty-

six students raised a total of $1355.00 to donate to JDRF.

Cougar Key Club

Cedar Creek Key Club members attended the LaMissTenn District

Convention in Baton Rouge. Key Club members

attended officer training, club development, and service leadership

seminars during the convention. Will Rudnicki was elected

Lieutenant Governor for Division 6. The Cedar Creek Key Club has 100

members and is active in many school

and civic service activities.

Cougar Golfers Capture Regional Tournament

Cougar golfers capture the Regional Tournament for the fourth consecutive year. Matt Moss finished in 1st place, Scott Barron in 2nd, Brandon Newton rounded out the top 3 and Jordan Cole tied for 5th place.

Mr. & Miss Cedar Creek

Mr. John McCallum and

Miss Allison Ewing

Middle School National Junior Honor Society Induction

Cedar Creek’s 2011-2012 National Junior Honor Society held its annual Induction Ceremony for new members. In order to be inducted, a student must maintain a 93% overall GPA. Mrs. Kay Phillips is the

teacher-sponsor for the CC NJHS.

State Handwriting Champion

Congratulations Chanley Patterson for

being named a State Grade-Level Winner in

the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.  Over 325,000 students

participated in this year’s contest.  She will now be eligible to compete for a

National Grade-Level title.  We are thankful for Mrs. Letlow,

Chanley’s 3rd grade teacher, for promoting legible handwriting and helping her students to develop their early literacy skills. 

8th Grade Louisiana Trip

4H Assist 4 Paws

The elementary 4H club raised $122.85 for 4 paws of Ruston.

State Social Studies Fair

Congratulations Kathryn Bryan

placed 2nd in Division Two Geography at the State Social Studies.! All students who participated did an

outstanding job and we are so very proud of them

Lady Cougar Commits to OBU

Lady Cougar basketball guard, Ruby Richie signs a letter of intent to play basketball for Ouachita Baptist University in

Arkansas.

Cougars Outside the Classroom

The First Grade Class has been learning lots of different things about the weather.  They visited KARD-TV Fox 14 . Meteorologist, Natalie Walters, gave a tour of the weather lab to enhance what the students have been learning in the classroom.  They were able to read radar screens, and see where all the action takes place.  

Elementary Social Studies Fair Winners

4th Grade1st Place – Laney Robbins2nd Place - Blake Moss

3rd Grade1st Place -Lauren Ensminger, 2nd Place - Lexi Shankle3rd Place - Cameron McCarthy, 5th Grade

1st Place - Annamari Farrar, Garrett Madden,2nd Place - Collin Hill, Bri Murray, Navy Coggins3rd Place - Trey Johnson, Brody Johnston, Reed Grayson, Tre Pardue

Cougars Travel Aboard

Students in French and Spanish classes spent their spring break traveling across the ocean to Europe. They visited Paris and Barcelona. They saw places in which they had only studied in the classroom.

Cougar Showcase

Middle School was represented by Brandon Carroll, Elizabeth Guinn, Mary Tyler Storms, and Ethan Hunt

at the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Pineville.  Mrs. Memrie Lolley is the team's sponsor and coach.

Teacher for a Day

Haley Roebuck and Ava Hartwell recently spent a day as a Teacher. Miss Roebuck worked along side with Mrs. Letlow and Miss Hartwell worked with Mrs. Storms

Pre K – St. Jude Trike-A-Thon

This is our 5th year to host St. Jude Trike-a-Thon. The Trike-a-thon program is a fun program that

exposes children to proper bicycle safety habits.

It also serves as a fundraiser for St. Jude. Thanks to our pre-kindergarten children and parents

for collecting $2,244.08 this year!

Cougar Showcase

Aaron Hunt represented North Louisiana at the

National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Middle School NHS Officers2012 - 2013

The Middle School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society have elected officers for the 2012-2013 school year. They are : Sarfraz Ahmed, Vice President, Caroline Hill, Activities

Chairperson, Jaina Robinson, Secretary, Mackenzie Harris, Treasurer, and Ethan Hunt, President. Mrs. Kay Phillips is the CC NJHS teacher/sponsor.

Cougars Make Music

Congratulations to the students who participated in the North Louisiana High School Music Rally.  ALL the students received "I"(one or first place) in their performance event!

Girls Ensemble: Saraf Ahmed, Catherine Hild, Shelby Raley, Katie Grappe, Victoria Sullivan, Domari Thomas, Morgan Vann, Brooke Evans, Irene Hild, Sarah Grimm and Chloe Kascvinsky.

Girls Solo: Saraf Ahmed, Emma Crawford, Anna Blake, Lauren Spillers, and Sarah Grimm.Piano Solo: Sam Rudnicki, Will Rudnicki, Anna Blake, Catherine Hild and Erik Eklund.

Cougar Robotics

The Cedar Creeks Robotics Team placed second in the 3rd Annual Institute of Navigation Mini Urban Challenge Robotics Competition . The goal of the competition was to program a Lego NXT robot so that it could autonomously navigate its way through a small city, accomplishing specific tasks along the way. Each team was required to give a technical oral presentation to a panel of judges. Robotics competition provides an opportunity for students to integrate science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems in real world settings.Cedar Creek qualified to go to the national competition in Washington, DC on May 26. The Cedar Creek Robotics Team

Allan Taunton, Story Moller, Hassan Shahid, Zachary Barron, John Brook, Erik Eklund, and

Gary Sidhu.

Cougar Showcase

Dr. Mark Cross and Ryan Dwyer attended the 80th annual meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, a collegiate event, in Alexandria. Ryan competed in the physical sciences division against 11 college students from across the state. He presented a poster session titled "Efficiency of CFL Lights," which explained and documented the results of experiments that were conducted under the direction of Dr. Cross. His presentation was well received by the judges and Ryan gained valuable insight into future academic and career choices.

“PINK OUT” Softball Game

The Lady Cougars and Ouachita Christian School softball team played a game designated to help raise awareness for breast cancer by wearing pink uniforms. A total of $7,600 was donated to the Kitty Degree Health Center of Monroe.

Mary Wynne takes 2nd place

Mary Wynne, Cedar Creek 6th grader, won 2nd place in the Northwest LA Spelling Bee at

LSUS on Saturday!  Mary competed against 54

other students.

Cougar Showcase

3rd graders, Catherine and Elisabeth Hunt, completed the NELSA soccer regular season with an undefeated record

and were selected to play in the CenturyLink Springfest Tournament. 

The girls are coached by their father, Chris Hunt, and brothers, Ethan and Aaron Hunt.

Cougar Rotary Student of Month

CongratulationsLauren Yepsonselected as

Rotary Student of the Month.

COUGAR Grandparents

Cougar Showcase

Congratulations Dante Cecil

State Champion Level 5

on the vault. He is in this 5th grade.

Fantastic Job

Cougar Regional Science Fair

Senior Division –RegionalScienceFairSam Rudnicki- 3rd place in Medicine & Health Special Awards:Erik Eklund -3rd place in Physics Erik Eklund – The Air Force AwardKay-Lynn Klug- 3rd place in Engineering-Materials Kay-Lynn Klug – The L-SWEEP AwardBrock Blackwell-2nd place in Chemistry Brock Blackwell – Carley Bowman- 1st place in Biochemistry The American Scientific Award The National Ocean and Atmosphere Award

Carley Bowman and Brock Blackwell will compete at the State Science Fair in March.

Team Members: Sam Rudnicki, Brock Blackwell, Kay-Lynn Klug, Carley Bowman, Hannah McNew and Erik Eklund.

Let The Good Times Roll….

Mission

Cedar Creek School seeks to provide a superior

college preparatory educational experience to

students in North Central Louisiana based on

the highest standards of academic excellence

and personal conduct.

Cougar Golf Team Wins

The Golf Team placed 1st at the St. Louis Invitational held in Lake Charles. Members are Matthew Moss, Jordan Cole, Brandon Newton, Johnny Maxwell and Scott Barron. Jordan and Brandon tied for 4th Matthew – tied 9th, Johnny tied 11th and Scott tied 28th place. The team had a total of 602 for the two day tournament. They were 9 shots ahead of 5A schools Sulphur and Barbe.

Job Shadowing Cougars

Hercules Transport & O’Neal Gas 

Squire Creek Country Club 

LA State Police Air Support Unit 

Hunt, Guillot & Associates 

Ruston Police Department 

PetStar Animal Care 

The Fashion of Ruston 

Shear Heaven 

Louisiana Tech University 

Bank of Ruston 

Belue Family Clinic 

Dr. Billy SmithTurbo Goat 

Ruston Eye and Laser Institute 

John Ward, DDS

Cougar Classroom

Second grade classes have enjoyed learning about plants.

They grew their very own Chia Pet Head. Students observed and recorded data of the plant's

growth, made predictions about the plants growth based on

availability of water, nutrients, and sunlight. They even had

the exciting task of styling their "Grass Hair.“

Cougar MS Regional Science Fair

2012 Regional Science Fair-Middle School Congratulations to the entire middle school science fair team for their outstanding performance and behavior

at the Regional Science Fair . The following awards were won:

Sarfraz Ahmed-4th place in behavioral & social sciencesCaroline Hill-4th place in biochemistryAndrew Bratton-3rd place in engineering –electrical & mechanicalMartha Mills-2nd place in Earth & planetary scienceLogan Kent -1st place environmental managementSeth Reynolds- 1st place in plant science

Special awards: Broadcom Masters awards to the top 10%

Logan KentSeth Reynolds

Regional Participants

Cougar Football Season Success

*  22 players were named to the District 2-A All District Team*  22 players were named to the Ruston Daily Leader Elite 22 All Parish Team·   12 players were named to the Monroe NewsStar All Northeast Louisiana Team·    5 players were name to the Shreveport Times All Northwest Louisiana Team·   12 players were named to the Louisiana Class A All State Team·    8 players were named to the Louisiana Class A Academic All State Team·    John McCallum was named to the Composite (All classes) Louisiana Academic All State Team·    Austin Ginn was named District 2-A Offensive Co-MVP and the Ruston Daily Leader Bert Jones Offensive Player of the Year

2011 Cedar Creek Football Team

Ben Haddox was named the Ruston Daily Leader Coach of the

Year

Cougar Achievement

Congratulations to John McCallum, the district winner of the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest!  John has now been invited to compete on the state

level in this Constitutional speech contest in March.  The purpose of the program is for students to not onlygain more knowledge about the Constitution of the United States, but

to also learn how to express themselves fluently and forcefully on the subject in order to emphasize the duties and responsibilities of an American citizen.

American Legion Representatives Jimmy French and Bill Miller

Cougar Selected by AHECUma 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.

 

101 Days of School

Cougar Geography Bee

The National Geography Bee had 29 students in grades 6 – 8 participated . Finalist were:

3rd place – Rachel Kinslow 2nd place – Brandon Carroll

1st place – Collin Moak (center)Collin will now take a written exam in hopes to

qualify for the state competition.

50th Day of School

Kindergarten celebrates the “50th “ Day of School with Hula Hoops.

Cougar “Pi ” Day

Cougar Elementary Science Fair

THIRD GRADEFirst Place: Turner FrasierSecond Place: Chanley Patterson, Garvin WittenThird Place: Jacob Norsworthy, Cameron McCarthy

FOURTH GRADE First Place: Lauren MenzinaSecond Place: Alexandra McConnell Dylan WardThird Place: Ty Lolley, Blake Moss, Landri Thomas

FIFTH GRADEFirst Place: Audrey MillerSecond Place: Kinslee SpataforaThird Place: Bri Murray

Cougar Pre-K Nursery Rhyme Day

Students of the YearCedar Creek School, in participation with the

Louisiana Students of the Year Program, recently named outstanding students in grades 5, 8, and

12.Cedar Creek Students of the Year for 2011-

2012

John McCallum - 12th , Sarah Katherine McCallum - 5th , Madison Hoffman - 8th

Cougar Achievement

Sally Foster Fundraiser Winners MS/HSJohn McCallum, Grace Smith, Bess Ewing, Alex Thomas, Dylan Jung, Will Kirkland, Mary Wynne, Domari Thomas, Kendell Raley, and Mckenzie Kees

Elementary had 38 students who sold over $200 . Top 3 winners were Tayler Ellis, Taylor Basham , and Owen Robinson.All top winners will enjoy movie-limo party.

COINS FOR CANCER

Cedar Creek School put out PINK pumpkins to collect coins for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The total collected was $4003.53.  The sixth grade class collected $1428.24.

Cougars 8th Grade DARE Certified

The 8th grade students have completed DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Lt. Sam Chrisman and Lt. Kirk Taylor from the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department were the DARE officers teaching the students. The students learned ways to avoid or resist situations in which they might be offered drugs or alcohol. All the 8th graders received a DARE t-shirt. Cedar Creek and Mrs. Phillips (sponsor)want to thank Lt. Chrisman, Lt. Taylor, and the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department for their hard work and support for the DARE program as it helps our students learn ways to avoid alcohol and drugs.

Cougars Donate Books

Elementary students presented Janet Wilson with 100 books for the boys and girls club through our Sunny D

collecting of UPC codes this fall.

Mrs. Perot's and Mrs. Lewis' children

Janet Wilson

Cougar National Honor Society

There were sixteen junior students who were recognized with this highest honor:  Jeff Carroll, Anna-Rose Chestnut, Emma Crawford, Maggie Davidson, Ryan Dwyer, Christopher Feron, Joseph Hild, Chloe Kaczvinsky, Corey Kennedy, Allison Knowles, Taylor Lee, Hannah Myles, Tori Robichaux, Will Rudnicki, Tucker Smith, and Uma Tadikonda.   

Gold Key Writing Awards

Junior - Chloe Kaczvinskyreceived a Gold Key for

her Short story entitled

“A Memoir of Wanderlust”

Senior – Saraf Ahmed received Gold Keys for both her science fiction

short story entitled “Triumph” and for her

senior writing portfolio.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the

nation’s longest –running scholarship

and recognition program for teenage artist and writers.

Cougar Finalist

Finalist of National Achievement Scholarship Program

Ben Siegmund, a senior has been named aNational Achievement Scholarship Program Finalist.

Ben serves as the senior class president andis a member of the Cougar Varsity Football and Track

team.

Swimming Success

Team Overall – 3rd place in State!Senior Scott Barron placed 3rd in the 200 Free and 4th in the 500 Free; 7th grader Matthew Usher placed 6th in the 200 Free; Freshman Preston Sparks placed 3rd in the 200 IM and 4th in the 100 Breast; Sophomore Story Moller placed 12th in the 50 Free and 6th in the 100 Breast.  The 4-man relay team placed 3rd in the 200 Free Relay and 2nd in the 400 Free Relay. 

Cougar Achievement

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

Cougars Rewarded

Students who were the top sellers of the Sally Foster fundraiser were

treated to a movie and limo party at Celebrity Theatres The forty students were picked up at school in limousines

and taken to the movies to watch “Alvin and the Chipmunks:

Chipwrecked”.

DAR Regional Winner

Molly Mitchell District 3 Winner of the

DAR Good Citizen Program.  She and five other district winners are now competing for state recognition. 

Our district encompasses Ruston, Farmerville, West Monroe, Monroe,

Winnsboro, Vidalia, and Lake Providence. 

Senior, Molly Mitchell

Cougar Veteran Tribute

Cedar Creek School, the community and all area

veterans attended a Veterans Day Tribute.

Congressman Rodney Alexander was our keynote

speaker .

Louisiana Tech A.F.R.O.T.C.

Honor Guard lead the

presentation of colors.

“Pack the Pantry”

Madison Hoffman, president of the Cedar Creek National Junior Honor Society, and Lindsey Corie, president of the Cedar Creek Middle School Student Council, present a Pack-n-Play baby bed and a gift of money to Mrs. Georgia Street, House director of the Ronald McDonald House in Monroe, LA.

In November, 2011 the Cedar Creek chapter of the National Junior Honor Society joined with the Middle School Student Council to host their annual “Pack the Pantry” food drive for the Ronald McDonald House in Monroe, LA. The entire school participated in donating food, paper goods, office or play supplies, and money.

Vision

Cedar Creek School supports its mission by

maintaining high expectations for student

achievement and by focusing on and

improving student learning through school

wide goals, a rigorous curriculum, and

diversified instructional strategies.

Cougar Art

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!

Cougar Spellers

 The following students who competed in the school-wide spelling bee: 4th Grade - Luke Black and Corbin Johnson5th Grade - Sarah Katherine McCallum and Audrey Miller6th Grade - Landon Millsap and Mary Wynne 7th Grade - Sarfraz Ahmed and Ethan Hunt8th Grade - Nikita "Nikki" Mallepalli and Mary Tyler Storms

The Spelling Bee Champion

winner is…Mary Wynne

Cougar National Merit Finalists

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

Justine Ker, John McCallum and Saraf Ahmed

THIS IS “CEDAR CREEK”

JUST WHO WE ARE - SUPPORTING THE Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

TeamCedar Creek shirt won

2nd place in the t-shirt contest

Cedar Creek raised $2178.00

Cougar Showcase

Cedar Creek congratulates Saraf Ahmed, Molly

Mitchell, John McCallum and Justine

Kerfor being named AP Scholars.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 received at least 3.25 on all AP Exams and scores 3 or

higher on four or more exams.

Cougar DARE Graduation

The sixth grade students have completed DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, with Mrs. Darby Hollingsworth as the teacher/sponsor. Lt. Sam Chrisman from the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department was the DARE officer teaching the students. The students were required to write an essay and to present it to the entire sixth grade. Essay winners were chosen by their peers and will represent Cedar Creek at the regional DARE convention. This year’s DARE Essay Winners are Ben Slusher, Carlie Toliver, Kevin Tamakloe, and Brandon Vessel.

Cougar ClassroomThe First grade class went to Mrs. Pike's Biology class and demonstrated the functions and placement of the heart, lungs and rib cage by modeling with their chest

vest. In return, the Biology students shared their knowledge of these organs in detail. It was interesting for the students to see how curriculum stretches from first to

tenth grade.

Cougar Middle School NJHS

Cedar Creek Chapter of the 2011-2012 National Junior Honor Society

Founding Fathers

Mr. Robert Dawkins

Mr. Ben James

Mr. Tommy James

Dr. Jerry Johnston 

Mr. Charles

Killgore 

Cougar 4-H Club

Elementary 4-H Club

2011-2012 officers:  President – Audrey MillerVice President – Lauren MenzinaSecretary – Megan GallagherPhotographers – Collins Walker

Lauren ShirleyTreasurer – Savannah DavisHistorian – Landri Thomas 

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

JOIN US!FCA – Wednesday at lunch

Bible Study – Thursday at 7 AM

Cougar Spirit

Varsity Cheerleaders

Cougar State FinalistsLauren Yepson and John McCallum

are state finalists in the Wendy's High School Heisman Program. 

Cougar Key Club

Pre-K Community Helper Week

LPSO Officer Williams

and Officer Taylor came to talk to the children about safety.  

LA State Trooper Haley came to visit us in the State Police helicopter. The children really enjoyed seeing him fly over and then land!

Cougar Girl Ensemble

Girls Ensemble sing at the Multi-Cultural Christmas Program at Louisiana Tech

Left to Right: Shelby Raley, Brooke Evans, Chloe KacKaczvinsky, Irene Hild, Sarah Grimm,Catherine Hild, Victoria Sullivan, Morgan Vann, Domari Thomas, Katie Grappe, Saraf

Ahmed

Board of Directors

Board President – Brandon Ewing

Sandy Kunz, Toni Crawford, Kelly Smith (front left to right)

John Maxwell, Sean Dwyer, Brandon Ewing, Jay McCallum, Lonnie Menzina, John Mark Wilhite(back - left to right)

Cougar Showcase

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

Cougars Run Cross Country

The Boys Varsity Cross Country team placed 7th at the State meet. Chris Kennedy finished 20th overall, followed by Corey Moss in 31st.  Cord Simmons kicked in to finish in 45th, followed by Johnny Maxwell in 55th and team captain, Will Rudnicki in 63rd.Great job guys on a season of racing tough!

Cougar Showcase

Emerald Entertainers  

Cougars Duke Talent

5th Grade Students:  Jackson Brashear, Navy Coggins, Annamari Farrar, Megan Gallagher, Reed Grayson, Collin Hill, Garrett Madden, Chloe Marcus, Sarah Katherine McCallum, Emma McWhorter, Audrey Miller, Virginia Grace Mills, Brook Ovitt, Cole Pike, Riley Rasberry, Kenneth Ray, Brennan Marie Roberts, Jackson Robinson, Kinslee Spatafora, Anna Jane Storms, Tate Towns, Ashley Van De Velde, Luke Vigna, Gabe Walker, Dylan Yakaboski, Mary Page Wood

Congratulations to 4th/5th Cedar Creek StudentsDuke TIP Talent Search

Congratulations to the Cedar Creek 4th and 5th grade students who qualified to participate in

the highly-selective Duke University Talent Identification Program 4th/5th Grade Talent

Search based on their excellent performance on their standardized test. 

Way to Go!! 

 

4th Grade Students:  Nicholas Adams, Luke Black, Savannah Davis, Corbin Johnson, Ty Lolley,

Isabella Marano, Jack May, Alex McConnell, Audrey McDonald, Kaleb McWhorter, Blake Moss, Jayden Nguyen, Garrett Nobles, Clayton Nolan, Christian Norris, Leyton Riley, Laney Robbins,

Lauren Shirley, Landri Thomas, Dylan Ward, John Ross Wilhite, Sydney Wilhite,

Cougar Showcase

CEDAR CREEK STUDENT EXPLORES U.S. NATIONAL

SECURITY DURING FALL FORUM

Trevor Holden, Cedar Creek 11th 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.

Trevor with Congressman Rodney Alexander in Washington, D. C.

Cougars go to Washington DC

7th Grade Field Trip

Cougar Spirit

Middle School Cheerleaders

Cougar Shout

THANK YOU to

The Adopt-a-School Partners

Green Clinic Storms and Storms KLS Princeton Place

Cougar Showcase

Kathryn Maxwell, a sixth grade student is the school winner of the Veterans of

Foreign Wars Patriot's Pen Essay Writing Contest. The contest theme

this year is "Are You Proud of Your Country?" Kathryn's essay has been chosen to represent Cedar Creek and will now enter the contest's next levels: local

VFW posts, regional, state, and national.

Good luck to Kathryn ! 

Cougar Showcase

Anna -Kate Tollette was

featured in an ad in the magazine

Diabetes Forecast. (below)

Anna Katherine is featured in the Annual Report of the American Diabetes Association

Cougar Showcase

Middle School Cheerleaders and Jewel Dancers received Superior ratings at summer

camp. Four girls received All-

American Cheerleaders:  Audrey Taunton, Elizabeth Guinn, Lindsey Corie and

Kendall Machen.  Two girls received All-

American Dancers:  Sydney Moore and Gracie Maxwell.

  Anna Yakaboski (received the "Queen of Drill Down“

FANTASTIC JOB GIRLS!!!!!

The Creek Experience…

Cedar Creek Alumni with their children enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year.

An Education for a Lifetime

the Tradition Continues

MOMS in Touch

MOMS in Touch 

Cedar Creek's group of Moms in Touch International, meet once a

week to pray for our students, our school, the activities and our

spiritual lives.  They have been meeting for ten years.  

 They pray weekly this scripture for the students:

But that you guard them from the

Evil One, from drugs and alcohol,

from sexual immorality, and from negative peer pressure.

John 17:15

JOIN USMOMS in Touch meets every Tuesday morning at 8 A. M.

in the lecture room.

Cougar Field Trip

Kindergarten visits the Ruston Fire

Department

Cougar Spirit

JV Cheerleaders

Cougar Scholar

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. 

  He represented Cedar Creek School and Louisiana at both Boys State and Boys Nation this summer.

Cougar Showcase

Carlie Toliver,a 6th grade student,

won overall at La Tech Solo Festival

Piano. She competed in the 6th and 7th grade

division. This is her 4th year in a row to be the

overall winner.

Home of the Cougar