EAST is a student-led , project based class where students come up with problems to solve in their community and use technology within the classroom to solve those problems. Using teamwork and initiative they have accomplished many amazing things!
EAST at Hellstern Middle School started in 2014. We have had many projects along the way, and several have continued through the years. Some have changed and evolved into even bigger projects. Each year we continue to add new projects and improve on the old. EAST students at Hellstern Middle School believe that traditions are important and that this is our family. Many students return to help new students with old projects and the new students are always eager to carry on the traditions of the students before them. Changing things together has become our mission and theme. We believe that one person can make a difference and with the help of our EAST '"family," we can change the world.
6th graders at Hellstern not Currently in EAST apply here. 5th Grade Apps due March 31.
We have many small and large projects. Some as small as Lost and clean and some as large as mapping and creating 360 videos of the ZOO!
After Shelter
Athletic Options
Band-Aids
Canine Classmates
Civil War Comes to Life
Clean + Claimed
Cleat Swap
Engaging in History
First Aid
Forest Fires
Foster-care/ Aftercare
Garden
Family roots
Give a Hand
Hard Hits
Hope Disputers
House Museum
Italy
Learning Music
Littering Project
Little Rock Zoo
Medical Mate
Paper Bags
Patching Police
Prairie Grove Website
Safe Text
Say Hi
Scaffolding in Teaching
School Events
School Lunches
At EAST Conference 2019, we won the founders award. We represent this award by having _ amazing projects, _ hard working students, and one great facilitator, Ms. Pena. Eleven of our students went to conference the year we won founders. Each worked very hard to come up with a design, and make it happen. EAST cares more about the project and information, then the look. Thanks to this, we got into the finals and won the highest accomplishment an EAST program can achieve.
We have won many other accommodations through EAST, but our biggest accomplishment is the environment of a family that we have created and continue throughout our programs years. We have students in Har-Ber High School that continue to come back and check on "their" program.
Events:
9/11 Breakfast:
"9/11 breakfast" is a breakfast we provide for all first responders, run by EAST students. The students ask local breakfast restaurants and community partners for donations. In the morning all police officers and firefighters are delighted with a breakfast buffet, here at Hellstern. They can take food to go or sit and enjoy each other. We deliver food to all the stations that can't make it.
BBQ:
This is our 1 and only fundraiser. In which we raise money by selling tickets to our community. We invite them to a barbeque dinner that our EAST program hosts at our school—completely run by our EAST students.
EAST Night Out:
This night is a professional event in which we show off all our hard work to family, friends, and our school community. We explain what our projects and software are and what EAST is. It gives students the motivation to continue to work to be the best they can be.
EAST Conference:
EAST conference is an event where a selected amount of kids go to. They present projects and represent their program. The students who get chosen to go make a booth, presentations, and speeches to present and have a chance to win awards for their school. When not in the booth presenting they get to go to tech training's of their choice.
Amazing Shake:
The Amazing Shake is a dynamic and exciting live competition that rallies leaders and role models in a school’s community together to teach students about professional skills for success.