Jun 19
Melanie Kiker won the Coaching Excellence Award at National Science Olympiad tournament on May 19, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. The award was open to the thousands of Science Olympiad Coaches from around the nation. She won an expense-paid trip to the Science Olympiad Summer Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
Melanie has been teaching in the Little Rock School District for six years and has been at her alma mater, Little Rock Central High School, for three years. She currently teaches Physical Science and Pre-AP Biology and, interestingly, her classroom is situated between two of the science teachers she had when she attended Central.
Way to go, Melanie! We are proud of your commitment to excellence!
Jun 13
LRSD salutes its valedictorians, salutatorians and honor graduates at Central, Fair, Hall, McClellan and Parkview high schools for their outstanding academic achievement.
Join us in recognizing Whitney Gao and Liang Zhang from Central, Chelsea Gillespie from Fair, Cheyanne Hampton from Hall, Tevin Wilbourn from McClellan and Seok Lee from Parkview, who earned the distinction of valedictorian. Valedictorian status is determined by the senior with the highest overall grade point average.
We are equally proud of salutatorians Aaron Yin, Central; Andrew Culberson, Fair; Jyssica Simmons, Hall; Jessica Green, McClellan; and Robert Rogers, Parkview. Graduates with the second highest overall grade point are designated as salutatorians.
Click here for a complete list of honor graduates from all five high schools. Honor graduates are those who complete at least eight Pre-Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement, and/or International Baccalaureate courses over a four-year period and graduate with an overall average of 3.5 or greater.
Congratulations to all of the graduates!
