William G. Enloe High SchoolGT/IB Center for the Humanities, Sciences, and the ArtsScott Lyons , Principal |
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National French CompetitionEnloe Student's have done it again! Enloe has always had high scorers for the National French Competition and this year is no different. An incredible number of students have scored top 12 in the nation(with a few ties). Make sure to congratulate them when you see them. French I - Teacher Julia Mastro
French II - Teacher Lidia Popescu
French III - Teacher Lidia Popescu
French IIIC (originally from french speaking country)
French IV - Teacher Lidia Popescu
French V - Teacher Julia Mastro
French V C (originally from French speaking country)
Additional congratulations should go to Kate Nelson, whose score qualified her for the French Embassy prize drawing for a trip for two weeks to study French in France. Congratulate her and wish her luck on the drawing! FCCLA State ConferenceEnloe students have done a wonderful job at FCCLA State Conference. 13 members competed in 8 events, ending the day with an incredible 2 bronze, 5 silver, and 1 gold medal, as well as an invitation to compete at Nationals in Nashville, TN this summer. Please congratulate the following students on representing Enloe
USA Junior Mathematics OlympiadPlease congratulate Evan Liang and Franklin Chen for qualifying for USAJMO. They will compete in a two day event at the end of April. DECA State CompetitionThe DECA Organization attended the State Competition in Greensboro, NC from March 3-5. The students all did a wonderful job. We had 24 of the 26 students made proficient on the exam portion of competition. We had 14 of the 26 students medal for having a high exam or role play.
Enloe Robotics ClubThe Enloe Robotics Club competed in their first FRC Regional Event this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They were selected to be part of the top alliance along with South East Raleigh and Southern New Hampshire. Together, they took first in the competition and have been invited to go to the International Competition in St. Louis, MO. Enloe was also the second ranked "rookie" team out of the eight this year. Please congratulate this students when you see them.
Park Scholarship WinnersA huge congratulations to Dhruv Jain and Lauren Frey for being offered the PARK Scholarship at NC State. This Scholarship not only gives a full ride to NC State, but also offers special opportunities like summer study, travel abroad, and other amazing experiences. When you see them please give them a huge congratulations for this amazing feat. literature ContestSenior Emily Wayland won the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Essay Contest, “The Wonders of Plastics.” Emily will receive a new ipad that will be presented to her at the Feb 5th SPE meeting. The school will receive a check for $250.00. Sixty one seniors have had their poems accepted for publication in the Creative Communication Poetry Contest. Eighty one seniors have had their essays accepted for publication in the Creative Communication Essay Contest. Enloe High School was the only school from North Carolina to be chosen. Quiz Bowl ResultsPlease congratulate the A and B teams on their fantastic results at the Western NC Shoot-out in Granite Falls today. The A team took 2nd place and the B team took 3rd place. Both teams have now earned a bid for HSNQT (Nationals) in Atlanta over Memorial Day weekend. The B team's only loss for the day was to the A team. Nathan Lasala took 2nd place overall in scoring at the tournament. Illirik Smirnov and Shantan Krovvidi also scored in the top 10. The A team's only losses were to Early College of Guilford's A team whom they had to play twice due to the Swiss pairings seeding. Eagle Battalion Drill Team ResultsCongratulations go out to the Eagle Battalion Color Guard, Drill Team and SFC Williams for an excellent performance this weekend. We competed at Cleveland High School against 15 schools from throughout the state of NC. Below are the team members and how we place in events.
Enloe Robotics ClubThe Enloe Robotics Club competed in their first FRC Regional Event this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I am extremely proud to announce that our team was selected to be part of the top alliance, which comprised of the Robodogs from South East Raleigh, and Mechanical Mayhem from Southern New Hampshire. This alliance worked together and placed first in the competition. We have been invited to go to the International Competition in St. Louis, MO this April!!! We were also the second ranked "rookie" team out of the eight new "rookie" teams this year. Please join me in congratulating these students (a few of which are in Greensboro with me at the TSA competition and will be back in school Wednesday):
Odyssey of the MindWe had several groups of students that went to "Odyssey of the Mind" regional competition. Below are the students that entered and placed! Be sure to congratulate them. Architecture: The Musical (2nd Place)
It's How You Look At It (2nd Place)
Pet Project (2nd Place)
Tumblewood (3d Place)
Governor's School 2013Please say "congrats" to these students when you see them - they were accepted to Governor's School 2013!
WSSU Math Contest ResultsPlease congratulate the Enloe team that competed at WSSU today. Three students qualified to move on to the State Math Meet next month Jenny Wang (5th place), Cindy Chen (4th place) and Peter Luo (1st place). The team also took 1st place overall! This is the second year in a row that the team has taken home the first place trophy, and the fourth year they have placed in the top 3 teams overall. I hope you enjoy the picture of our winning Eagles! The Wake Tech Comprehensive and Algebra II teams will compete on Thursday. David Smith is taking the teams to Wake Tech this year so I don't have to be out two days in a row. I know he will have great news for us! Wake Tech Math MeetA big thanks to Dave Smith who took the Algebra II and Comprehensive Teams to Wake Tech today. The Algebra II team took 3rd place overall, but no individual student qualified for the State Algebra II contest. Rishi Sundaresan took 9th place on the Comprehensive Team, Evan Liang took 6th, Justin Luo took 3rd and Franklin Chen took 1st place. Enloe took first place team honors again. Rishi, Evan, Justin and Franklin will attend the State Math Contest next month at NCSSM. Yujian Tang, who finished 10th in the individual comprehensive competition, will also be going to the State Finals in Greensboro. Please give these students a high five tomorrow for their awesome performance! Scholastic Art and Writing Award Winner Julie XingJulie Xing has earned a silver medal for poetry in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2013. Julie has been identified by a panel of creative professionals as one of the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. This year, 230,000 works of art and writing were submitted. Only the top 1% were recognized at the national level. History Day WinnersWe can be proud of our History students that entered the National History Day Project Competition. All four entries that submitted to the regional competition at Greensboro will be advancing to the State competition. Please congratulate the following students:
April 27th is the state competition that will determine who will go on to National competition. NC Chinese writing and speach contest result18 students from our school participated in 2013 North Carolina Chinese speech and Chinese writing contest. Chinese Writing contest winners from our school are:
Please congratulate those students on their achievements. Enloe High DebateEnloe debate Team took third place this weekend at states. They worked hard and all did very well. Those that went on the debate trip were:
Also be sure to congratulate Barack Biblin for taking 3rd in Congress and taking home the best presiding officer award. Engineering Club/TSA Conference resultsEnloe's Engineering Club/TSA (Technology Student Association) went to Greensboro last week and competed in the State Conference. Enloe placed 15 times, with 1st place in two events- Biotechnology Design with a team of 5 students (Radhika Pasi, Kaan Peksenar, Hudson Ayers, Shrijan Tallury, Vivek Hebbar) and Technical Sketching Application by James Homiller. We won second place 8 times, and third place 5 times. The students were excellent representatives of Enloe High School. Winners of National Chinese Cultural Knowledge ContestFour students from Enloe, Ruguan Liu, Melissa Nie, Qiyuan Pan and Hal Lin, attended the First National Chinese Cultural Knowledge Contest. All four of them won rewards. Hal Lin won the first prize with 100% correct answers. They have been invited to attend 2-week summer camp in Beijing China, in July 2013. All the cost will be covered by China. Please congratulate them on their success. HOSA Students Compete at StatePlease join me in congratulating the Enloe HOSA students who competed at state this past weekend. In their first year of competition 25 out of 32 students placed in top 10 with 3 students qualifying for nationals. They did a phenomenal job and I am so proud of their work.
Special Recognition- Sadhana Anatha, Helen Glazanov, Akil Guruparan, Kiara Kelly, Jahnavi Yetekuri, Julia Zhang, Meera Deva Special thanks to Mrs. Massengill and Mr. Reeves for assisting the HOSA team this past weekend and helping create a successful weekend! State Math Contest ResultsEnloe's math students cleaned up on 4/11 at the State Math Contest. Overall, Evan Liang took 8th place, followed by Justin Luo at 10th, Jenny Wang at 11th, Franklin Chen at 13th place and Yujian Tang at 17th. These students have been guaranteed a slot on the North Carolina ARML team (which took #1 in the nation last year). They will be going to the University of Georgia to compete the weekend of June 1-2. Matthew Zheng, Cindy Chen and Peter Luo took honorable mention in the top 40. Many of you will remember Calvin Deng, Jason Liang and Tejas Sundaresan. All have been accepted to MIT. Tejas is still deciding between MIT and Princeton. Jason is considering multiple colleges. Calvin won the contest and has been offered a full scholarship to Duke. He has a choice of a full-ride to Duke, a partial ride to Harvard and a no-funding option at MIT (they never give out scholarships). Please remember that these students got their foundations here at Enloe, not just in math and science, but in English, social studies, and second languages. I cannot imagine any of them being accepted to such wonderful universities without writing exceptional essays with their applications. I know they are very appreciative of the two years they had at Enloe! Dontor's JourneyDontor's Journey, the documentary featuring our own Dontor Rmah has won a Student Emmy for best long form fiction at the Mid-South Emmy Awards. Please congratulate Carson Roach-Howell, Carly Dawson, Thomas Joines, Julian Tran, Shannon Campbell and Kayla Joncich for their excellent work. National Merit Finalists13 students from Enloe qualified for National Merit Finalists.
Please be sure to congratulate out 13 finalists. This is quite a feat. Enloe Debate TeamEnloe's debate team did great this weekend while representing you at the EE Smith High School Debate Tournament. We had a number of students place in their events and Enloe took third overall.
If you see these students be sure to congratulate them, they worked really hard!!! Park Scholarship FinalistsDhruv Jain and Lauren Frey were 2 of the 105 Park Scholarship Finalists recently selected from nearly 1,650 candidates from across North Carolina and the United States! They were selected following interviews conducted by 200 NC State and Park Scholarship alumni. They have been invited for final selection activities on Fri, Feb 22 and Sat, Feb 23. During this time, they will have the opportunity to meet faculty, alumni, current Park Scholars, and other distinguished guests, and will take part in assessments intended to identify exceptional potential in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service and character. Dhruv and Lauren's selection as finalists is most definitely a testament to the strength of Enloe HS's academic and co-curricular programs as well as the dedicated support you ALL provide our students at school and through letters of recommendation. Please Congratulate Dhruv and Lauren on this remarkable recognition! American Invitational Mathematics ExaminationWe had 12 AIME qualifiers from the 10/12A contest on Feb 4th. These students will sit for the 3-hour American Invitational Mathematics Exam on Thursday, March 14th, as the next step toward qualification for the USA Mathematics Olympiad. Please congratulate these students on their outstanding performance!
These 12 students will also attend one of the three regional math contests that Enloe attends next month in hopes of qualifying for the State Math Contest. More details about that a month from now. Quiz BowlAfter a 3 month hiatus from tournaments, the Quiz Bowl teams journeyed to Winston-Salem to compete in the second annual Wake Forest Brain Summit. The A team finished 7-1 and tied with Raleigh Charter A for second place. The tie-breaker was average points per game which Raleigh Charter won, so we brought home the third place trophy. The team also qualified for the NAQT Nationals in Atlanta again this year and the PACE Nationals in College Park, Maryland. Justin Luo finished as the 6th highest scorer overall, Illirik Smirnov was 8th and Shantan Krovvidi on the B team took 10th place. Enloe was the only school with three scorers in the top 10. Please congratulate Rebecca Liu, Svetak Sundhar, Justin and Illirik for their big win and qualification for Nationals! PTA Reflections ProgramOnce again, Enloe students have had great success in this year's national PTA Reflections Program! In November, the Enloe Reflections committee received 89 entries, exhibiting a fantastic range of talent from Enloe students. Congratulations to the twelve Enloe students with entries submitted for competition at the county level:
We are so pleased to announce that this year, Enloe had 4 winners at the county level! Congratulations to the three Enloe students who swept 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the category of literature: Vanessa Wu (1st place), Spencer Bloom (2nd place), and Emily Keough (3rd place). Congratulations also to Kathryn Mangum, who was awarded 2nd place in the category of dance choreography. Vanessa Wu's 1st place entry will move on to compete at the district level. Way to go Enloe -- fine arts talent is alive and well with the Eagles!! NC Honors OrchestraThe following students were selected to participate in the North Carolina Honors Orchestra. This orchestra is made up of 120 students from across the state. Enloe placed 10 students into this prestigious orchestra. The orchestra will meet in Winston-Salem Nov. 9-11 to rehearse with a nationally known clinician, and then perform for the opening of the 2012 NC Music Educators Conference.
NC HS Honors ChorusWhen you see the following students, please congratulate them. They are a part of 176 students chosen out of 1200 who auditioned around the state for the NC HS Honors Chorus. Enloe is top in the state with the most students going!
The following students were also chosen to participate in the Honors Chorus:
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