SCHOOLS
A6 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Editor: Marc Emral, memral@communitypress.com, 578-1053
ACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS
COMMUNITY
RECORDER
CommunityPress.com
Gateway has Office evening courses
AT THE HOP
Gateway Community and Technical College will offer eight different computer courses in popular Microsoft Office courses during the 2013-14 academic year at Gateway’s Boone Campus, 500 Technology Way, Florence. The courses will be offered from 6-9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the college’s Bank of Kentucky Classroom and Training Center on the Boone Campus. Four courses will be offered this fall, and the remaining four courses are scheduled during the spring semester. Excel Level 2 will focus on advanced formulas, spreadsheet development, charts and adding graphical elements to worksheets. The class costs $99 per person and will meet Sept. 30, Oct, 2, 7, and 9. Registration deadline is Sept. 23. This class will be repeated Dec. 2, 4, 9, and 11, with a registration deadline of Nov. 25. The class also will be repeated next spring with sessions scheduled for May 5, 7, 12, and 14, 2014. Register for the May classes by April 28, 2014. Word Level 1 will instruct participants on creating, editing and formatting Word documents. The $99-per-person class will meet Oct. 21, 23, 28 and 30. Registration deadline is Oct. 14.
Excel Level 1 will teach students how to create, edit and enhance Excel spreadsheets, manipulate charts and create formulas and macros. Registration deadline for the $99-per-person course is Nov. 4. The class meets on Nov. 11, 13, 18, and 20. Excel Level 1 will be repeated next spring with class sessions on April 7, 9, 14 and 16, 2014. Registration deadline for the May class is March 31. Gateway will teach a basic course on how to use Microsoft Outlook in February 2014. The $50-per-person course will focus on sending email, scheduling appointments and meetings, managing contact information and tasks, and creating notes. The class will meet Feb. 10 and 12, 2014. The registration deadline is Feb. 3, 2014. Gateway will conduct a PowerPoint class next spring to provide participants with the skills needed to create professional presentations. This $50-per-person course will meet on March 17 and 19, 2014. The registration deadline is March 10. For more information or to register, call Regina Schadler, 859-442-1170, or Jenni Hammons, 859-442-1130.
Theatre opens with ‘Soldier Come Home’ Community Recorder
Eva Russo, 7, gets ready for the Kenton Elementary Sock Hop. The Hop was a reward for more than 400 academically talented students who mastered their math facts. “It was really exciting to see all of the students who had worked very hard to learn their addition and subtraction facts or their multiplication and division facts dancing and having fun. The students were quite surprised to see their teachers, and principals, doing the Hokey Pokey, Bunny Hop, and YMCA as they danced to the music and had a great time,” said Marge Nabzdyk, Kenton Elementary assistant principal. THANKS TO TERESA WILKINS
COVINGTON LATIN HONOR ROLL The following students made the honor roll for second quarter at Covington Latin:
First honors
Tristan Britt, Elisa Hernandez, Jessica Wooldredge, Benjamin Baarlaer, Logan Baarlaer, Geoffrey Cochran, Justin Deters, Margaret Jett, Melissa Becker, Claire Kaelin, Mya Desai, Anna Matchinga, Berkeley Creager, David Brockhoff, Jack Flesch, Alexis Krumpelman, Gabrielle Kumpelman, Noah Baioni, Katherine Meyer, Isaac Li, Sarah Wells, Rachel Zalla, Mitchell Blewett, Kennedy McGuire, Alexa Mitchell, Robert Case, Brooke Robinson, Michelle Bitter, Isabel Eliassen, Matthew Le, Peter Rodgers, Jacob Sutler, Nicholas Zalla, Sara Lee, Emma Gripshover, Emily Banks, Evana Dias, Kara Kanter, Maria Pope, James Stebbins, Grace Thomas, Daniel Zalla, Elizabeth Zalla, Katherine Bischoff, Sam Bohman, Alexandra Mitchell, Peyton Steinau, Danielle Thaxton, Carolyn Brueggemann, Carter Codell, Jason Grout, Angela Warning, Jared Burton, River Carpenter, Chinglin Chan, Gabrielle Cottingham, Elizabeth Davis, Emily Isrealson, Kathryn Minzner, Lilia Traut, Grace Bradtmueller, Hallie Fogarty, Catherine Meadows, Alayna Ross, Christina Binkowski, Michael Chang, Ryan Divine, Julia Harrison, Karah Knotts, Gretchen Mueller, Hannah Mueller, Natasha Lee Rodriguez, Georgia Shehan, Carolina Wetherall, Madeline Jensen, and Elisabeth Logan.
Second honors
Ashley Fusting, Michael Haas, Samantha Hamilton, Bridgette Hildreth, Natalie Kyle, Ashley Parton, Taylor Parton, Kendall Smith, Jacob Woodlredge, Cole Gatman, Nicholas Pilcher, Alexa Trapp, Michael Wilmhoff, Maura Baker, Braden Benzinger, Alex Gerwe, Marcy Livers, Eli Terry, Claire Gerhardt, Madeline Paganetto, Kaikou Uchiyama, Sophie Zalewski, Caroline Cain, David Darpel, Andrea Halenkamp, Brendan Connelly, Alexander Bitter, Anna Dressman, Madison Light, Tyler Schreiver, Victor Villacis, Krista Borchers, Emma Ganshirt, Jack Johnson, Alexis Bosley, Luke Hackman, Alexandra Trunnell, Sara Combs, James Macke, Jamie Adams, Devon Artmeier, Jude Noel, Benjamin Simmons, Matthew Moellman, Joshua Frommeyer, Adam Green, Kaleigh Howland, Neil Li, Mikaela Perez, Leigh Anne Turner, Regan Wakefield, Dylan Damico, Caroline Duchette, Cathryn Duchette, Michael Elmlinger, Emily Goodner, Alexander Green, Daniel James, Caitlin Lancaster, Zachary Lancaster, Kyle Webb, Katherine Wiedeman, Paul Wintring, Ceilidh Ahearn, Marcus Becker, Dorien Clark, Anna Raker, Amy Enzweiler, Nicholas Grosser, Matthew Richter, Marcus Villareal, Evan Divine, Emma Foster, William Foster, Jared Kerth, Noah Keyser, Brandon Kohlman, Eric Latz, Emily Noel, Emily Bosch, Brigid Dunn, Clare Dunn, Jacob Gross, Harrison Corp, Michaela Powers, Mindy Reutter, Matthew Waters, and Dimitri Hubenka.
SCHOOL NOTES Arnett Elementary honored again
Arnett Elementary in Erlanger recently was recognized as one of the top schools in Kentucky in a survey that measures teaching conditions, student achievement and school safety. It is the second consecutive time that Arnett has received this honor. Arnett is the only elementary school in Northern Kentucky on the top-tier list, and one of only two schools in Northern Kentucky that made the list.
(The other is Connor Middle School.) Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday made the announcement after a five-phase review process that resulted in the selection of 49 exemplary schools across the state. The measurement is the Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Survey, a nationally recognized survey used to measure teacher engagement and support, instructional practices, leadership, community engagement, student conduct, facilities and other factors.
Thomas More College’s theater department and The Villa Players will open its season Friday, Sept. 20, with “Solider Come Home,” written by Frank W. Wicks Jr. and directed by Jim Nelson. Productions will be at the Thomas More College Theatre, Crestview Hills, at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 20, 21 and 27, 28, at 2 p.m. and Sunday Sept. 22 and 29. Before the performance, Rabbit Hash String Band & Friends will perform Civil War-era music. Original letters written during the Civil War will also be on display. The play is based on the Civil War letters of Wicks’ great-grandparents, Philip and Mary Pringle, and family members, written between 1859 and 1865 from western Pennsylvania and from major Civil War battle sites. In 1950, the long-forgotten letters were discovered in a shoe box in the attic of the home of Wicks’ grandparents. Wicks’ father,
Frank Wicks Sr., began to transcribe the letters. Frank Wicks Jr., a founding member of the Long Wharf Theater, a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a theater professional since 1958, continued the project after his father’s death and then began transforming the letters into the dramatic stage presentation of “Soldier, Come Home.” About 15 of the original letters on which the play is based will be on display in front of the theater, including one that Pringle wrote to her husband on the battlefields, informing him that Lincoln was shot. General admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased online. For more information on the performance, visit www.thomasmore.edu/theatre or call 859-341-5800. The next production will be “Red” by John Logan and directed by Frank Wicks Nov. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10. “Red” focuses on abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko.
TMC adds marching band, women’s lacrosse and athletic training. Thomas More College has new programs and activities, including a new academic major in athletic training, the formation of a marching band and the addition of women’s lacrosse. College President Dave Armstrong said each of these new offerings is expected to appeal to a wide variety of current and prospective students, giving them opportunities to expand their skills and continue developing talents. “As Thomas More College continues to expand its reach and relevance in the region, we are seeking to find programs that are mission-centric and appeal to the quality students who thrive here,” Armstrong said. “Our faculty have been working on a launch of athletic training as a major for the last several years because it is founded in the strength of our science programs and there is a growing market for this profession. Initiating a marching band has great appeal because of its relation to the liberal arts, and the students in this region have an intense passion for excellence in this genre. Women’s lacrosse is an emerging sport in the NCAA, and bringing it to Thomas More will enhance the strong tradition of women’s athletic programs here.” Athletic training will be offered as a new major during the current academic year, bringing the total number of ma-
jors offered to 34. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Thomas More College Brad Bielski said athletic training fits well with the academic offerings already available and the college is currently recruiting for the program. The new marching band is being developed as a co-curricular activity which allows students to pursue their interest in this musical discipline simply for the love of it or as a complement to pursuing an associates degree in music. Women’s lacrosse will begin as a varsity sport during the 2014-15 academic year. According to the most recent research by the Sports Marketing Surveys USA, it is the fastest-growing team sport in the United States. The addition of women’s lacrosse will bring the total number of athletic teams at Thomas More to 19 (10 women and nine men). The team will play in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, which will officially sponsor a championship in women’s lacrosse during the 2014-15 academic year. Currently, Saint Vincent College, Thiel College, Washington & Jefferson College and Waynesburg University sponsor women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport in the PAC. For more information or to schedule a visit, contact the Office of Admissions at 859-344-3332 or visit www.thomasmore.edu.