The Maroon Messenger-May 2019

Volume 5, Issue 6
May 2019

On May 25th, the graduating class of 2019 will walk May 6-7: State Testing/
Retesting
across the stage, ready to embrace a new chapter of their
lives. Some will go off to college, others will head off into May 7: Athletic Banquet

the job market. Whichever path is taken, may God be with May 8-10: State Testing/
you and always remember, Tiger Pride Never Dies! Retesting

Top 10 Seniors May 10: HS Track: State
Meet
Stephen Allen Katie Laird
Kenneth Cole Bardsley Mason Maddox May 10-12: State Fishing
Emily Day Shelby Nichols
Hannah Eakin Holton Quinn Roberts May 11: HS Track: State
Meet
Adan Govea Nadia Shertzer
-Prom– @The Cascades

May 13-14: State Testing/
Retesting

May 14: Spring Concert

May 15-17: State Testing/
Retesting

May 17: Sound Post Music
Festival

May 20: Awards and
Scholarships

-FFA Banquet

May 24: Kindergarten
Graduation

-5th Grade Graduation

-8th Grade Graduation

-Early Release

May 27: Teacher Holiday

May 28-29: Teacher In-
service

May 30-31: Teacher/Staff
Bad Weather

Jun. 1-3: State Band Solo &
Ensemble

Aug. 8-14: Teacher In-
service

Aug. 15: First Day of
School!

Arp ISD is proud to announce that we will be partnering up with The REC
in Whitehouse to provide after school care for our elementary students start-
ing this fall. The REC staff will provide daily nutritional snacks, homework
time and indoor/outdoor active play time to children ages 5-12. Parents may
pre-register their children by contacting The REC at 301 Terry in Whitehouse
or by calling them at 903-202-7181. You can also find them online at
www.whitehouserec.org.

We have a multitude of events going on these last few weeks of the school year.
EOC test will be given on the following dates: Monday, May 6- Biology; Tuesday,
May 7- US History; Wednesday, May 8- Algebra I.
AP Biology test will be given on Monday, May 13 and AP Calculus test on Tuesday,
May 14.
Scholarships and Awards assembly will on Monday, May 20 in the high school
auditorium at 9:30AM
Senior exams will be given in the auditorium on Monday, May 20 (starting after
lunch) and continue on Tuesday, May 21.
Senior Trip to see the Rangers in scheduled for Wednesday, May 22.
High school graduation practice will be at 10:00AM on Thursday, May 23. This will
be a regular school day.
Graduation is scheduled to begin at 7:00PM on Friday, May 24.
In addition to events listed above, we will be having class meetings to discuss
schedule requests for next school year.

By: Britani Webb

The teacher of the month is Coach Wills and
this is his second year teaching at AHS. His
favorite part about teaching is getting to interact
with the kids. He attended Tyler Junior College
and Oklahoma Panhandle State University. If he
could go on an all paid vacation, Coach Wills
would like to visit Europe to see the World War II
memorial sites. His favorite holiday is Thanks-
giving and favorite food is hamburgers. Outside
of school, he enjoys watching movies and listen-
ing to country music.

By: Katelyn Wilmoth

Congratulations to Leonard Cabe, a senior here at
Arp, for being selected as student of the month!
He enjoys hunting, fishing, playing sports and play-
ing the drums. As a successful band student and
athlete, Leonard has participated in State Solo and
Ensemble for three years and has been in the All Re-
gion band for two years as well as baseball and foot-
ball for 3 years. His favorite holiday is Christmas
and after high school he plans on attending TJC to
pursue a nursing degree. He enjoys listening to all
kinds of music and if he could go anywhere he would
go back to the Philippines. His favorite food is his
mom’s BBQ and he is looking forward to life after
college most and he absolutely cannot live without
his family. Congrats Leonard!

On April 30, the Arp High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted nine new
members into the organization. The 2019-2020 members are:

Jack Brady—President
Dezerai Allred-Hunt—Vice-President
Kyndel Fuller—Secretary
Jacob Langlinais—Treasurer
Joshua Pawlik—Historian
Briana Dear
Emily Herrell
Olivia Sawyer
Katelyn Wilmoth
Julie Allen—Sponsor

By: Carlos Ponce

This year the One Act Play group of Arp High School performed “Leading Ladies” by
Ken Ludwig.
Cast:
Margaret “Meg”....................................................................................... Zoe Carnes
Reverend Duncan Wooley .................................................................. Kevin Mauldin
Doctor Myers “Doc” ...................................................................... Lamichael Walker
Leo Clark................................................................................................ KD Barnett
Jack Gable ..........................................................................................Cole Bardsley
Butch Myers..................................................................................... Landan Harper
Audrey ................................................................................................... Liana Cabe
Florence Snider ......................................................................................Niya Nelson
Townspeople............................................................ Aareona Barnett, Raine Brocke,
........................................ Caleb McClure, Thanathip Muangsuk, Marissa Alibrando
Crew ......................................................................... Jalyn Johnson, Kajun Horton,
......................................................Jonathan Blackwell, Hailey Honzell, Emily Day
Director....................................................................................... Danielle Rousseau

Volume 5 Issue 6

By: Katelyn Wilmoth

Congratulations to all Arp students who participated in any UIL Academic competition!
This year was filled with impressive results and academic improvement for anyone who
competed. Many students and teams placed in their events, but we had several advance
to regionals and receive impressive results! As a school, Arp placed 4th overall.

Accounting Science

Adan Govea - 1st Sam Gentry
Desiree Sawyer - 3rd Marissa Alibrando
Emily Styles – 5th Quinn Roberts
Macy Maxwell Chris Dawson
Hailey Honzell
Team earned 1st place Ashton Jenkins
at the District meet.
Placed 3rd as a team
At Regionals, Desiree at District!
Sawyer placed 4th and
Adan Govea placed Social Studies
7th with the team
placing 2nd overall! Ashton Jenkins - 4th
and advance as an al-
ternate to Regionals!

Computer Applications

Mason Maddox - 2nd
Marissa Alibrando - 4th
Emily Styles – 6th

Mason Maddox advanced
to Regionals with Marissa
Alibrando as an alternate.

The following Arp FFA members placed at the Smith County Fair on April 4-7th:

Hayden Bradshaw, Quinn Roberts, Ben Van Winkle, Zach Batie—Overall Champion Ag Mech
Kylie Hill—5th Place Class 6 Pigs
Lacey Hill—2nd Place Class 6 Pigs
Abbie Morton—5th Place Class 5 Pigs
Hailey Honzell—Overall Reserve Champion Ag Mech
Shelby Nichols—1st Place Tractor Restoration
Abby Nichols—2nd Place Wood Working
Reed Thorn—Champion Overall Heifer and Reserve Division Heifer, 2nd Place Market Lamb
Reagan Smith — Reserve British Champion Heifer
Colton Smith—3rd Place British Heifer
Katelyn Carnes– 2nd Place American Heifer and 1st Place Photography
Hunter Wright—3rd Place American Heifer
Haley Bryand (JH) - Supreme Champion Heifer, American Division

Champion
Heidi Bryand (JH) - 1st Place class 1 American Heifer
Lillie Haskins (Elem) - 3rd Place Class 1 Goat

On April 16th, the livestock team did extremely well and qualified to
return to the state contest on May 4th. That team placed 4th out of 57
teams. Team members and awards are as follows:

Colton Smith: 4th high point individual
Reed Thorn: 10th high point individual
Reagan Smith
Ben Van Winkle
Kylie Hill (Alternate)

By: Joshua Pawlik

The Arp fishing team competed at the Lake Tyler tournament on Sunday March
17th. All six of Arps teams were able to weigh in some fish! Claye Whitehead and
Josh Pawlik lead the way for Arp finishing 4th with five fish, including a 9.01lb big
bass, for 17.18lbs. Ben Van Winkle and Hunter Wright finished 25th with two fish for
9.55lbs and AJ Arrington and Hayden Wright finished right behind in 26th place with
five fish for 9.39lbs. Collin George finished 29th with five fish for 8.74lbs. Hayden
Bradshaw and Hannah Eakin finished 41st with four fish for 6.64lbs and Weston
Sanford and Landon Latham rounded it out for Arp finishing 62nd with two fish for
4.56lbs. Arp finished 3rd as a school and all six of the Arp boats will advance to the
regional tournament on Lake Palestine on April 14th!!!

On Sunday, April 14th, the Arp fishing teams competed at the Lake Palestine re-
gional tournament. Four of the six Arp boats were able to weigh in some fish. Claye
Whitehead and Josh Pawlik lead the way for Arp finishing 20th with four fish for
10.14lbs. Ben Van Winkle and Hunter Wright finished 38th with three fish for
7.26lbs and AJ Arrington and Hayden Wright finished right behind in 39th place with
four fish for 6.71lbs.
Hayden Bradshaw and
Hannah Eakin round-
ed it out for Arp finish-
ing 71st with one fish
for 3.61lbs. The teams
advancing to the state
tournament are: Claye
Whitehead and Joshua
Pawlik, Ben Van Win-
kle and Hunter Wright,
and AJ Arrington and
Hayden Wright!

Each year, freshmen and sopho-
more high school girls, who live in
Smith County, have the opportunity
to apply to become the official greet-
ers of the Azalea Trail. Known as the
Azalea Belles, young women from the
Tyler area are chosen each year to
dress in antebellum gowns and wel-
come thousands of visitors who come
from around the world to see the
beautiful flowers. For the second
year in a row, Macy Maxwell, Marissa
Alibrando and Angel Taylor were cho-
sen as ambassadors for the annual
trail.

On April 16, The Rotary Club of Tyler recognized outstanding students and staff
members from Arp Jr High and Arp High School. Mrs. Oexman and Coach Greer were
recognized as Teachers of the Year. Tucker Evans, Kyia Horton, Emily Day and Adan
Govea were declared to be members of the Tyler Rotary Young Citizens Club. Member-
ship is based on meritorious conduct in cleanliness, thriftiness, courtesy, loyalty,
honesty, service, dependability, sportsmanship, scholarship, and leadership.

By: Leonard Cabe

Caleb Wright #1
Gunner Bryant # 2
Dorian Reyes #3
Jacob Langlinais #4
Zach Batie #5
David Barocio #6
Weston Sanford #7
Joey Keegan #8
Edwin Argueta #9
Quinn Roberts #10
Kajun Horton #11
Kadaylon Williams #12
Tren Jones #13
Leonard Cabe # 14
Hayden Bradshaw # 16

By: Briana Dear

Congratulations to Arp Golf team at the District Tournament !! On April 1-2 both
boys and girls played at District. The boys team finished 3rd place on the first day
and 5th place on the second day. The girls competed very well too; there are not
enough girls to qualify as a team, so each girl competed as medalist , each one min-
imizing their scores each day.

Boys

Landon Latham
Caleb Wright
Jordan Wright
Derick Ishee
Weston Sanford
Jacob Langlinais
Josh Latham
Jack Brady
Michael McCelvey
Hunter Wright
Caleb McClure

Girls

Briana Dear
Angie Lezama

By: Briana Dear

Varsity
Marissa Alibrando
Rachel Mason
Paige Laird
Jasmine Cavazos
Halie Laird
Mikayla Wiggins
McKensi Roberts
Kyndel Fuller
Katie Laird
Reagan Smith
Natalie Wiggins
Heather Hanks
Emily Day
Samantha Wilson
Kayla Lara

JV

Aareonna Barnett
Lexi Ferguson
Ashley Lopez
Christina Wilson
Kylie Hill
Lyric Garrigan
Ashley Brewton
Jade Staggs
Arianna Padron
Julie Cates
Jalyn Johnson
Emma Ducksworth
Maddie Fleming
Emily Jenkins

By: Aaron Dews Bradley Roach
Michael McKelvey
Brandon Hollaway Marco Argueta
Kadaylon Williams Landon Smith
Aaron Dews Aiden Moon
Tren Jones Josh Latham
David Perry Sam Lopez
Chris Gladney Kelvin Wallace
Dorian Reyes Eric Nochez
Michael Brager Freddy Hernandez
Gunner Bryant Daniel Granados
David Barocio Johnathon Blackwell
Colby Eschberger
Landon Bowins Area Results:
A.J. Arrington Jayden Medlock—3rd
Kierra Yarbrough– 3rd
long jump, 1st 100 and
200 meter dash.

Aareona Barnett
Madison Evans
Hannah Johnson
Abby Lee
Jaedyn Medlock
Arieonna Richardson
Christian Watts
Caitlyn Wilson
Karisma Yarbrough
Kierra Yarbrough

By: Katelyn Wilmoth and Brittani Webb

Congratulations to Mrs. Huffstetter for being selected as the teacher
of the month! Mrs. Huffstetter graduated high school from Paris,
Texas and she attended Henderson State University in Arkansas. This is
her fourth year teaching here at Arp Jr. High. She said that the favorite
part about teaching is when the students finally understand the material
that is being taught in class. Outside of school, Mrs. Huffstetter enjoys
hanging out with friends and family, going to church, and doing anything
outdoors. If she could go anywhere, she would love to go back to Africa.
Her favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, she loves Mexican food and enjoys
listening to Christian music. During the summer she plans on recovering
from foot surgery and relaxing. Congrats Mrs. Huffstetter!

Erica is in the 6th grade. After she graduates, she plans on
attending college to become a veterinarian. She enjoys
playing softball and listening to music. Her favorite holiday is
Christmas and her favorite subject is science. If she could visit
anywhere she would like to visit Hawaii. Erica’s favorite food is
enchilada's and her favorite teacher is Dr. Dacus.

Congrats to Lillian for being selected as student of the
month! Her favorite subject is art and she enjoys painting
with watercolors in her free time. Her favorite holiday is Hallow-
een and her favorite food is spaghetti. After high school she
plans on attending college to become a graphic designer! If she
could go anywhere she would like to go to Japan.
Congratulations Lillian!

Congrats to Zach for being selected as the AJHS student
of the month. Zach is in the 8th grade. He enjoys
spending time at the mall and listening to country music.
His favorite subject is science and favorite teacher is Coach
Wade. Zach likes to fish, play baseball, and would like to
visit Hawaii. His favorite holiday is Christmas and favorite
food is Mexican. When he graduates high school, Zach
would like to attend college to become a veterinarian.

Congrats Zach!

By: Aaron Dews

By: Briana Dear an Leonard Cabe

Mrs. Whistler has been teaching at Arp for 7 years and
was a UT-Tyler graduate. Her goals as a teacher are
for the students to know that they are loved, safe and to in-
still in them the continuous love for learning. Outside of
school, Mrs. Whistler enjoys spending time with her two
sons along with her friends and family. She has a wide vari-
ety of favorite foods and enjoys listening to many different
types of music. Her favorite places to go to are Michaels,
Kohl’s, and Johnny Carino’s.

Rayleigh is in kindergarten and her favorite subject is math!
Outside of school, she likes to play with her sister. Rayleigh
likes to listen to country music and when she grows up she wants
to be a cheerleader like her older sister. If she could have a super-
power, Rayleigh would want to be Wonder Woman. Her favorite
holiday is Christmas and her favorite food is spaghetti.

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By: Briana Dear