Texas high school seniors can earn cash for college by composing a 350-word essay suggesting additional measures to be used in the state’s fight against litter.

With materials provided by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)’s High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP), students are offered a program about managing money that turns learning into action.

Little Cypress Junior High achieved a first when they won the 2010 District UIL Academic and Literary Team meet, competing against junior high and middle schools from across Southeast Texas.

Teachers and staff at Pine Forest Elementary in Vidor raised $300 for the American Cancer Society and Orange County’s Relay for Life through a “Kiss the Pig” fundraising contest.

The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Honey Bears have been invited to perform at Downtown Disney World over spring break. The girls have spent many hours preparing and held numerous fundraisers to offset the cost of their trip. 

Students from 12 Southeast Texas public and private high schools students will test their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, important American documents, people, issues, civic values and current events in the 20th annual Regional Citizen Bee, which is set for March 4 in the Performing Arts Center at Lamar State College-Port Arthur.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School held its fifth annual Locks of Love Drive on Thursday.

Several Little Cypress-Mauriceville students, as well as members of LCM’s Child Nutrition staff, took part in the Region V Food show on Thursday afternoon at the Beaumont Civic Center.

Ten Bridge City finalists entertained judges and audience members Sunday with the presentation of speeches and readings in interpretive literature for the 106th Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation. 

Bridge City High School competed at the Port Neches-Groves UIL Academic Meet in February. Results from this contest are: Number Sense- Jessica Kelly placed 4th, Lisa Huynh placed 5th and Jacob Howard placed 6th. The Number Sense team of Jessica Kelly, Lisa Huynh, and Jacob Howard took 2nd place. 

In Calculator Applications, Lisa Huynh placed 2nd, Jessica Kelly placed 4th, and Jacob Howard placed 5th. The Calculator Applications team of Lisa Huynh, Jessica Kelly, and Jacob Howard placed 1st. 

This spring outstanding high school students from across the United States took part in a unique career development program in our nation’s capital. During the six-day program, the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security (NYLF/NS): Exploring American Diplomacy, Intelligence and Defense introduced students to the challenging careers in national security, intelligence, the diplomatic corps and more.

The West Orange-Stark AP Government class traveled to Austin Feb. 17-20 for an educational experience. The seniors heard oral arguments in three cases given before the justices of the Texas Supreme Court at the University of Texas School of Law. 

The Bridge City Strutters attended the Gussie Nell Davis Classic Regional Competition at Kilgore College in Kilgore on Feb. 20.  The team won Best in Class (First Place in small team category),

The Orangefield High School debate teams of Robert Ehrlich and Elana Newell, Constance Ingram and Leah Matlock, and Nicolette Schreier and Chris LaChance competed for the opportunity to go to state at the District Cross-Examination Debate tournament held at Little Cypress-Mauriceville.

Bridge City Middle School sixth graders participated in the first ever “Derby Car Races” as a final lesson in energy for science class.

Orangefield students recently competed in the fifth annual Cypress Challenge Tournament, an academic quiz tournament for high school students hosted by Lamar State College-Orange.