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A Touch of Fame and Fashion 2012
On Saturday, February 4th, A Touch of Fame and Fashion Talent Show will be performed at 7:00pm at the Dodson Auditorium at Kilgore College. The night will include a fashion show, a talent show and the beauty and handsomes presentation. The businesses supplying clothes for the style show are Cherry Hill, Tiger Lily Boutique, and The Glitz of Longview; Brides and Belles of Tyler; and Calamity Jane's, Heart to Heart, and The Lucky Cowgirl of Kilgore. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Door opens at 6:30. The event is sponsored by the Anchor Club and the Reflector yearbook staff.

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Kilgore Seniors Sign With Colleges
Five Kilgore Seniors have signed to play football on the college level, L.D. Anthony, Riley Toler, Dondra Halton, Donald Jackson and Wesley Williams all signed national letters-of-intent to play football on a college level Wednesday. Anthony signed with TCU, Halton signed with Kilgore College, Toler signed with Navarro College, Jackson with Sam Houston State, and Williams signed with Kilgore College. Congratulations to these talented athletes.

KISD New District 16-3A
Schools in our new district whom UIL realigned February 2nd are: Bullard, Gilmer, Gladewater, Henderson, Kilgore, Spring Hill and Chapel Hill.

Reflector Receives Award
The 2011 Reflector staff has received the Award of Distinguished Merit from the Interscholastic League Press Conference and the University Interscholastic League. Pictured are the 2011Reflector staff and 2012 Reflector staff. Congratulations on a fine job on the U Define yearbook.

CNN Student News

Mrs. Hattaway's Economics class made a video introduction for CNN Student News and it was selected.

Donations are needed
Anchor Club will be collecting donations to help medical costs for KHS Senior Haley Linkinhoker's son, Bryce. He is less than a year old and has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. The club will be collecting until Friday, February 3rd, so if you would like to donate see an Anchor Club member or Mrs. C. Carter in room 203. Every dollar is appreciated and needed so anything you can spare is welcome.

All-East Texas Football Coach of the Year
KHS' own Mike Woods has recently been named The All-East Texas Football Coach of the Year for his outstanding coaching this past season. Below is a copy of the interview and picture done by the Longview News-Journal, with all credit going to the interviewer, Gabriel Brooks. Picture by Les Hassell.

Blood Drive Sign Ups
The blood drive was held last Thursday, January 26, was changed from a normal blood drive to special patients drive. The drive was held in the  KHS Cheer Room and the Carter Blood Center bus.

Spice Up Your Day
FHLA is now selling "Paletas Con Chile" (Mexican lollipop covered in chili powder). Each lollipop will be sold for 50 cents. Come to room 221 (upstairs in the Social Studies wing) or buy from FHLA members now through January 30.

Senior Song
Senior Song voting will take place January 23 to February 3. Check your school email for your link to vote.

Senior Signed With UT-Arlington Softball
Senior Becca Stokes signed with UT-Arlington to play softball. Pictured with Becca are her parents Evelyn and Mike Stokes and two of her siblings. Congratulations Becca!

La Bamba Candy Sale
It's that time of the year again! LaBamba members will be selling lollipops and chocolate candy bars. The LaBamba members are asked NOT to sell in any class WITHOUT the teacher's permission. All of the proceeds goes to scholarships for LaBamba seniors!

New Coffee Shop
There is a new coffee shop in the library. This shop will be open daily in the mornings from 7:30am to 8:15am and also during A & B lunch. It will be serving coffee, muffins, and other snacks. As the year progresses the library will add more items to the menu for the students to buy. The coffee shop will need a name, so students are asked to think of a name for the coffee shop. The deadline will be Friday, January 20. The winning name will be picked by StuCo and the student who created it will have a his or her name recognized.

A Touch of Fame and Fashion 2012
On Saturday, February 4, A Touch of Fame and Fashion Talent Show will be performed at the Dodson Auditorium at Kilgore College. The night will include a fashion show, a talent show and the elected beauty and handsomes will be presented. Tickets will go on sale on on Monday, January 23, for 10 dollars each in Mrs. Bates's room. This year's theme is Big City.
Our school's Beauty and Handsomes are listed below.

Club Meetings

La Bamba will meet Tuesday, February 7th, at 7:30am in room 106

FCA will meet every Thursday at 7:30am in room 219.

Kilgore Football Honors
Our football players won numerous awards for the 14-4A All-District Football Team. Donald Jackson was unanimously picked district's top offensive lineman and was top blocker of our team that produced a pair of 1,000-yard rushers. Other awards went to L.D. Anthony (Offensive MVP), A.J. Davis (Defensive MVP) and Jake Brantley (Defensive Newcomer). Anthony carried 237 times for 1,296 yards and 19 touchdown and caught six passes for 147 yards and one score. A.J. Davis racked up 179 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions, five passes broken up, three blocked kicks, a blocked punt and three fumble recoveries.
In the following table are more honors for our players:

Hat For A Buck!
On Monday, December 12, students who paid a dollar were able to wear a hat. The proceeds benefitted the African American Student Alliance.

Seniors Receive Award From National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Seniors Haley Colley and Ashley Sanders have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their high scores on the Pre-SAT test. They were honored during Kilgore's last regular season pep rally. They both plan on attending the Texas Christian University after high school.

All Region Band
Congratulations to the following band members who made the All Region Band last Saturday
Senior- Tori Dheil
Senior- Jared Kicks
Sophomore- Jacob Wilkins
Sophomore- Shyah Kindig
Sophomore- Dylan Custer
Sophomore- Anthony Brooks who also advanced to the area auditions.

FFA Chili Cook-Off
On Tuesday, December 13th, FFA held a Chili Cook-Off. Over 100 KHS students participated. The event was held at the Leon Gibson Memorial Ag. Farm.

 A lot of people came out and supported our KHS students and got a sample of chili!!
 

Door Spirit Contest
Kilgore recently had a door decorating contest to show support for the football team and school spirit. Mainly everybody that decorated their door won a title in the competition. The overall award was the Heisman Award--it went to Mrs. Phillips. Congratulations to door decorators for showing your spirit!

Kilgore Soccer Adopts a Child
The Kilgore Boy's Soccer program has adopted a child in order to help pay for his expensive hospital bills. Aiden was diagnosed with Alypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (AHUS). It's an extremely rare disease with only 300-600 cases known. AHUS makes Aiden's body's immune system unable to react properly to infection, and attack his own kidneys and blood cells. Aiden is 4 years old and waiting to be put on the kidney transplant list. They would appreciate your donations to help Aiden and his family.

KHS Orchestra made All-Region
The following orchestra members have made All-Region Orchestra:
Zane Yarbrough
Elijah Owings
Lyndsey Johnston
Jordan Exline
Braelon Mitchell
Synnamon Ferguson

Congratulation to these six amazing Orchestra students for making All-Region.

2011 College Readiness Award

Kilgore High School has received the "2011 College Readiness Award" from the Texas ACT council for increasing the number of students taking the ACT Assessment over the past five years and significantly increasing the level of achievement and college readiness. The Texas ACT Council is comprised of secondary and post-secondary educators who advise ACT, Inc. and provides assessment, research, and workforce development. The ACT Assessment is the college admissions test that is used and accepted by all colleges nationwide and throughout Texas. In 2011, over 205,000 Texas students took the ACT which was an all-time high and Texas ACT scores have increased substantially over the past 5 years.

According to Karen L. Pennell, Assistant Vice President and ACT Southwest Regional Manager:

"The Texas ACT council wanted to recognize those Texas high schools that have made significant strides in increasing college readiness of their graduates as demonstrated by their ACT score increases over the past 5 years. This can only happen as a a result of the high school's faculty and staff efforts and the dedication of Kilgore High School students and parents to focus on college readiness and raise the level of college readiness for all students. Only 10% of all high schools in Texas were honored for this superior level of accomplishment. These outstanding high schools should be proud of their faculty, staff, and students."

KISD Receives Two More Awards for Academics

The Texas Education Agency released the 2011 Texas Education Agency Gold Performance Acknowledgements (GPA) and awarded the school district 2 Gold Performance Acknowledgements.

Kilgore High School received a Gold Performance Acknowledgement from TEA in Social Studies Commended Performance.

Kilgore Intermediate received a Gold Performance Acknowledgement from TEA in Reading Improvement.

The Gold Performance Acknowledgment system acknowledges districts and campuses for high performance on statue indicators from the Texas Education Code or those determined by the Commissioner of Education, other than those used for accountability ratings.

Pictured are Kilgore High Social Studies teachers who taught the tested areas. Pictured left to right is Kathy Mehringer, Les Loper, Jennifer Hattaway, Ron Avey, Keith Meyers and Jimmy Williams.

Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week was a huge success! From October 24th to October 28th, students dressed up to show your support against drugs. 
Monday- Sweats "Don't sweat drugs"
Tuesday- Western "Give drugs the boot"
Wednesday- Crazy Day "Go crazy against drugs"
Thursday- Twin Day "Double up against drugs"
Friday- Blackout "Don't black out with drugs"

Red Ribbon week is sponsored by KYSSED

KHS Supports Pink
KHS students and staff supported Breast Cancer Awareness all day Friday. You could see it in the classes, at the Pep Rally and at the game. Pictured are teachers, students and cheerleaders. KHS Pinked Out the Stands at the football game against Hallsville, which we won 31-21. Mrs. Higginbotham has been working hard selling t-shirts for the PINK day and will soon let us know how much was raised for the American Cancer Society. 

Chandler Elementary Adopts a Dog

Chandler Elementary is proud to announce their Adopt a Dog Program. The students at Chandler Elementary have teamed up with the Kilgore High School Bulldog Football Players. Classes at Chandler will show support for their assigned Bulldog each week by making banners, cards, or sending treats. In return, the Bulldogs will be visiting with students, reading to students, and even teaching a Character Lesson.
 

Science Club
On October 14th, the KHS Science Club went to Chandler Elementary to demonstrate physical properties of matter to the 3rd graders. The Science Club sponsor is Mr. Homeniuk.

North East Texas Marching Festival
The band attended the North East Texas Marching Festival. Tori Dheil received a 1st division as drum major. The drum line received a 1st division and the band received a 1st division. Congratulations band members!
                                                                      

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