Campus News

Ad Sales: Time is running out, but it’s not too late! You can still buy advertising space in the 2008 Buccaneer yearbook. Buy an ad for that special student, class, organization, or the class of 2008. Advertise your business or simply show your buccaneer spirit!

If you are interested in purchasing space in this yearbook, you can contact Faye Gardner at 296-8169 or come by East Chambers High School for more information. The EC Yearbook staff is concluding advertising sales for the 2008 Buccaneer Yearbook on May 9, so all ads must be received and/or paid for by that date.

General Sales: Pre-sale of the 2008 East Chambers Buccaneer Yearbook has begun. Yearbooks can be ordered for $45 until May 31, 2008. After May 31, books can be ordered for $50. You must purchase your yearbook during the pre-sale to be guaranteed a copy when the books arrive in early fall. Only a limited number of extra books will be ordered. Do not take a chance – order early!

There are a few copies of the 2007 Buccaneer Yearbook still available. Call Faye Gardner at 296-8169 or visit East Chambers High School if you wish to purchase a book. They are $50.

See any member of the yearbook staff to purchase a 2007 yearbook or to order your 2008 book, or contact Faye Gardner.

The One-Act Play troupe traveled to Austin to compete at the state level on Friday, May 2, 2008. They performed at approximately 11:00 p.m. that night against 7 other qualifying plays. Paul Trammell was selected to the honorable mention all-star cast and the play received positive reviews from the judge. Dennis DeMoss is the director.

The high school cast and crew performed "The Diary of Anne Frank" for regional competition on Friday, April 11, 2008, in Tyler at Tyler Junior College. The play was selected as one of two plays to advance to state competition on May 2-3, 2008, in Austin. The play went against some very good shows from Quitman, Omaha, Troup, Waskom, and Buffalo. Both plays advancing from Region III had advanced from our area competition. The other play advancing is "Pippin" from Buffalo. The judge's critique of East Chambers included, "It moved me to tears." as was seen throughout the audience during their performance.

Supporting cast includes: Shaena Oldham (Margot Frank); Cole Hoffpauir (Mr. Van Daan);  Katie Toutcheque (Edith Frank); Lesley Valastro (Miep Gies);  Justin Lezak (Mr. Kraler, Nazi soldier); Jake Cosio (Mr. Dussel); Kendall Barrow (Nazi soldier); David Hasson  (Nazi soldier). Additional crew members include: LaKendra Patrick, Kaci Bull, Heather Harrison. Alternates: Marisol Hernandez, Alexis Aulds, Jordan Daniel, Tanner LeBlanc. 
State OAP Meet Schedule

The district academic UIL competition was held on Tuesday and Thursday of last week, March 25 and 27. East Chambers won the overall district 24-2A competition  by 234 points.  Final Standings:  East Chambers - 509, Buna - 275, Warren - 204, Anahuac - 152, Deweyville - 145, Kountze - 106, Hardin - 81. These totals include points earned with previous competition in CX-Debate and One-Act Play.

Calculator Applications: Whitney Collins, 2nd; Shaena Oldham, 3rd; 1st place team - Whitney Collins, Shaena Oldham, Ethan Brevard, Trey Lambert; Current Issues and Events: Zachary Zbranek, 1st; 1st place team - Zachary Zbranek, Bryce Gilfillian, E'Joven Reed, Katie Toutcheque; Computer Applications: Bryce Gilfillian, 1st; Lesley Valastro, 4th; Computer Science: Jessica Hoffpauir, 6th, 2nd place team - Jessica Hoffpauir, Heather Jolley, Justin Lezak, Bryce Gilfillian; Editorial Writing: Kaitlyn Hale, 1st, Lana Rayburn, 2nd, Kelli Neuman, 3rd; Feature Writing: Kaitlyn Hale, 1st; Lana Rayburn, 2nd; Shelby Franzen, 5th; News Writing: Kaitlyn Hale, 1st, Morgan Melancon, 3rd, Lana Rayburn, 4th, 1st place Journalism team - Kaitlyn Hale, Morgan Melancon, Lana Rayburn, Shelby Franzen, Kristen Rollo, Kelli Neuman; Literary Criticism:  Bryce Gilfillian, 2nd, 2nd place team - Bryce Gilfillian, Brandi Stevens, Katy Stout, Katie Toutcheque. Mathematics:  Bryce Gilfillian, 4th, Jake Cosio, 6th, 2nd place team - Bryce Gilfillian, Jake Cosio, Vance McDonald, Ethan Brevard; Number Sense: Vance McDonald, 3rd, Jake Cosio, 4th, 2nd place team - Vance McDonald, Jake Cosio, Ethan Brevard, Shantrey Glenn; Ready Writing: Katy Stout, 6th; Science:  Jake Cosio, 2nd, 2nd place top Chemistry - Jake Cosio; Social Studies: Zachary Zbranek, 4th, Gloria Ramirez, 6th, 2nd place team - Zachary Zbranek, Gloria Ramirez, Joseph Melancon, E'Joven Reed; Spelling & Vocabulary: Anastasia Ashworth, 2nd,  2nd place team - Anastasia Ashworth, Dyllon Braun, Jace Silcox, Kaci Bull. Prose:  Carson Campbell, 1st, Dallas Gibson, 4th, Lana Rayburn, 5th; Poetry:  Paige Miller, 1st, Heather Harrison, 4th; Persuasive Speaking: Zachary Zbranek, 1st, Bryce Gilfillian, 3rd; Informative Speaking:  Allison Harrington, 2nd; LD Debate:  Zachary Zbranek, 4th. Top Overall Speech Team:  Allison Harrington, Zachary Zbranek, Bryce Gilfillian, Lana Rayburn, Carson Campbell, Dallas Gibson, Paige Miller, Heather Harrison.

Kaitlyn Hale set a school record by placing 1st in 4 events. In addition, it is the first time all 3 Journalism students have placed in all 4 events. 

East Chambers hosted the CX Debate District Meet on January 16, and East Chambers  placed two teams in the semi-final bracket:  1st place team:  Katie Toutcheque and Bryce Gilfillian, and 4th place team: Lesley Valastro and Austen Gilfillian. Katie Toutcheque and Bryce Gilfillian represented EC at the state meet.

One-Act Play competition was held on March 17, and East Chambers was selected as one of two plays to advance to area. More information regarding OAP competition can be found in the article below.

Sponsors include: One-Act Play Director – Sylvia Menard; Prose, Poetry, Literary Criticism and One-Act Play – Dennis DeMoss; Computer Applications – Faye Gardner; Science, Informative and Persuasive Speaking – Beth Glenn; Spelling & Vocabulary – Melissa Kelley; Social Studies and Current Issues & Events – James Stevenson; Number Sense – Joy McDaniel; Calculator and Mathematics – Beverly McDonald; News Writing, Feature Writing, Headline Writing, Editorial Writing – Bret McDonald; C-X Debate, LD Debate and Computer Science – Lynda Warren; and Ready Writing – Karen Slay.

Regional competition will be held in Tyler on April 11-12.

UIL coordinators are Kandy McBride and Beverly McDonald.

The high school cast and crew performed "The Diary of Anne Frank" for district competition on Monday, March 17, 2008. The play was selected as one of two plays to advance to the area competition on April 3, 2008, in Huntsville. Individual honors went to Paul Trammell (Otto Frank), Best Actor; Carson Campbell (Anne Frank), All-star Cast, Katie Toutcheque (Edith Frank), Honorable Mention All-star Cast, and Kaci Bull, All-star Crew.

Supporting cast includes: Shaena Oldham (Margot Frank); Jessica Hoffpauir (Mrs. Van Daan); Cole Hoffpauir (Mr. Van Daan);  Bryce Gilfillian (Peter Van Daan); Lesley Valastro (Miep Gies);  Justin Lezak (Mr. Kraler, Nazi soldier); Jake Cosio (Mr. Dussel); Kendall Barrow (Nazi soldier); David Hasson  (Nazi soldier). Additional crew members include: LaKendra Patrick, Dallas Gibson, Heather Harrison. Alternates: Marisol Hernandez, Alexis Aulds, Jordan Daniel, Tanner LeBlanc.  The play is directed by Mr. Dennis DeMoss.
 

The high school yearbook staff is selling EC basketball posters as a fund raiser. The posters are 12x18, full color, and two-sided. The boys varsity basketball team is on one side, and the girls varsity basketball team on the other. The posters cost $10.00 each or 2 for $15.00, and they are available at each campus office or from Mrs. Gardner. In addition, posters will be available to purchase at most remaining home basketball games until they are sold out. The yearbook staff is looking at making this an annual event and hopefully these will become “collectibles." Last year’s poster, “Burning up the Court” was the first edition. 

The high school district UIL competition began on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. East Chambers hosted the CX Debate District Meet, and after a full day of competition, East Chambers  placed two teams in the semi-final bracket.  Results from that bracket were:  1st place team:  Katie Toutcheque and Bryce Gilfillian, and 4th place team: Lesley Valastro and Austen Gilfillian. First and second place teams advance to the state tournament. Debate coach is Ms. Lynda Warren. The remainder of district competition will resume the weeks of March 17 and 24.

Several EC students participated in the Hamshire-Fannett UIL Practice meet this past weekend and the results are:  5th Place Ready Writing – Joseph Melancon; 3rd Place Editorial Writing – Kaitlyn Hale; 6th Place Computer Applications – Bryce Gilfillian; 6th Place Informative Speaking – Alllison Harrington; 1st Place Persuasive Speaking – Zachary Zbranek; 4th Place Newswriting – Kelli Neuman; 3rd Place Newswriting – Morgan Melancon; 4th Place Feature Writing – Lana Rayburn; 1st Place Headline Writing – Lana Rayburn; and 3rd Place Literary Criticism – Bryce Gilfillian.