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NEWS FROM ARLINGTON HIGH
Photo by Theresa Clements
All-State AHS Band Students at the TMEA Conference
AHS Students
Perform at All-State
Program Details
Announced for 2014The following Arlington High 15 Freshman
School students auditioned and were Applicants
chosen to participate in the All-State
Clinic hosted by the Tennessee
Music Educators’ Association at the
Cannon Center in downtown
Memphis. The TMEA Conference
was held from April 10th through the
12th. These talented AHS students
joined students from around the state
to perform a concert that concluded
the conference.
9th & 10th Grade Band:
Alexandria Burks, Jake
Milligan, Riley O'Mearns, Emily
Soto, Victoria Hayden, Nolan
Robinson, Denny Huynh, Ryan
Bright well, Lauren Ro well
(Alternate)
11th & 12th Grade Band: Ashley
Milligan, Kelsey Green, Zaria
Jones, Aryanna Lewis, Chase
Gasko, Jacinda Drenckpohl, Jake
Warren (Alternate)
Orchestra: Chris Grumban, Daniel
Knickerbocker (Alternate), Tia
Watkins (Alternate)
Choir (pictured below): Ceilidh
Belnap, Erica Caruso, Mikayla
Correll, Mariya Fedotova, Sarah
Murray, Tim Pope, Riley Swaim,
Harper Wagner, Hayden Wagner,
Angela Wilson, Reginald Wimbley
The Arlington Scholars Program
is designed for students who are
passionate about learning. The ASP
challenges the intellect and cultivates
the talents, interests, and scholastic
aptitude of exceptional, highly
motivated freshman students.
Opportunities are offered for
students to excel in a rigorous
academic program that culminates in
a minimum of eighteen Honors/AP/
Dual Enrollment courses, school and
community leadership skills, and
personal development through
twelve hours per year of community,
school, and elective service projects.
Admission to the Arlington
Scholars Program is for incoming
freshmen students. In addition to a
written application, all As and Bs,
and letters of recommendation,
students will be interviewed by a
panel and required to write from a
prompt
before entry into the
program.
Working with a faculty mentor,
ASP participants will write a
research paper and present a
culminating Senior Project reflecting
the student’s academic focus area, or
complete a school or community
need project, or other real--‐world
application of critical analysis and
enlightenment.
All forms relevant to the
Chris Duncan Named to Top Post at AHS
Special to THE VIEW 38002
After servings as interim
principal
at
AHS
since
January 2014,
Chris Duncan
was recently
named Principal at Arlington
High
School for the 2014-15
school year. Duncan has
worked with Shelby
County Schools for 22
years at schools including Houston High, Bolton High, and Arlington
High.
After graduating from
Union in 1991,
Duncan started
his high school
coaching career
as an assistant
at Skyview and
moved
to
Houston High
in 1993. As an
assistant and a
pitching coach, Duncan
helped lead Houston
High to the AAA State
Championship in 1996
and a 3rd place finish in
1999. After moving to
Bolton High in 2000,
Duncan helped lead the
Wildcats to the Region
Title in his 1st season as
an Assistant Coach and a
Substate berth. In his
stops at Houston and
Bolton, Mr. Duncan has
helped many of his pitchers further their careers in
college. Finally realizing
his goal, he was named
as Head Coach in 2006
and helped lead Bolton
Baseball to the Sectionals
and one game from going to the State Tournament in his 1st season.
After the 2006 season,
Duncan was named the
“Coach of the Year” by
the Commercial Appeal.
Duncan was named as
an assistant Principal at
Arlington High School in
2007. He was named
Vice Principal for the
2013-14 school year.
Duncan hopes to lead
Arlington High School Ѽ)