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Middle-schooler nabs first college scholarship
By Justin B. Duke jbduke@nky.com
For Faith Evans, it is never too early to prepare for college. Evans, who is preparing for her freshman year at Ryle High School, was awarded a scholarship by the Kentucky Middle School Association. Evans was one of 16 students across the state who was given a scholarship and the first ever from Gray Middle School. “I’ve always been trying really hard in school,” Evans said.
The scholarship comes years before Evans will start college, but she’s already given herself a head start. “College is four years away, but it’s good to think about,” she said. To earn the scholarship, Evans had to fill out an application and get recommendation letters from teachers. The recommendation letters were a special treat for Karen Evans, Faith’s mom. She always felt her daughter did well in school, but to read her teachers’ recommendations was proof, Karen Evans said.
“She’s got her head on straight,” she said. As a parent with a daughter who will be going to college in a few years, kicking off scholarships this early is an added bonus, she said. “Every little bit helps,” Karen Evans said. While Faith is already started on getting her college funding, she’s still not sure where she wants to go or what she will study once she gets there. “I’m interested in chemistry, biology and sciences,” she said.
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Faith Evans, with her dad Bobby, earned her first college scholarship before starting high school.
CLASS REUNIONS S A T U R D A Y, J U L Y 1 7 Campbell County High School graduates of 1990 are holding their 20-year class reunion Saturday, July 17, at the Syndicate in Newport. The cost is $50 per person for appetizers, drinks and music. For more information, call 859-512-6213 or visit Facebook “CCHS Class of 1990 Reunion.” The Syndicate is located at 18 East 5th St. S A T U R D A Y, A U G . 2 8 Ryle High School graduates of 2000 are holding their 10year class reunion Saturday, Aug. 28, at BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon. For more information, call 614580-3712 or e-mail ryleclassof2000@gmail.com. The BlackFinn Restaurant and Saloon is located at 19 East 7th St. in Cincinnati. PROVIDED
Reading a million words
Ockerman Middle School sixth-graders were presented with a yearlong challenge to read 1 million words or more. Research has shown that reading 1 million words can improve a student’s reading by an entire grade level. These students all met or surpassed this goal.
S A T U R D A Y, S E P T . 1 1 Walton Verona High School graduates of 1985 are holding their 25-year class reunion Saturday, Sept. 11. For more information, contact Kevin Flynn at 859-4856128 or e-mail kbflynn@insightbb.com.
Have a class reunion? Please send your information to akiefaber@nky.com.
Shoop never shied away from technology changes By Justin B. Duke jbduke@nky.com
For Barb Shoop, teaching English didn’t allow her to spend time with enough students. Shoop, Ryle High School’s library media specialist, retired after five years at the school and 21 years in Boone County Schools. After years of teaching English,
Shoop made the transition to the library – she minored in library sciences in college. “I can interact with so many kids that way,” Shoop said. Shoop would open Ryle’s library at 7 a.m. and every day students would be waiting to get in. “The media center is the hub of the school,” Shoop said. During her time in the library,
Shoop saw great changes in the way libraries work. “The biggest thing is all the databases,” Shoop said. While students often like to look online for research, Shoop made sure to keep traditional encyclopedias up to date. “There are those kids that like the book in their hand,” she said. Balancing how different students work and learn made Shoop
an integral part of Ryle, said Principal Matthew Turner. “She’s kind of inside their heads and knows how they think,” Turner said. Despite the rapid changes in technology and research methods, Shoop always kept up, he said. “She doesn’t shy away from that,” Turner said. Though Shoop has about a month of retirement past her,
things probably won’t start feeling different until school is close to starting and she starts having passing thoughts of what she needs to do to prepare, she said. “It’s still in my blood,” Shoop said. Now that she is retired, Shoop hopes to finish sewing projects and write children’s books. “My husband wants me to just chill out for a year,” she said.
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Hamm meet Obama
Durell Butch Hamm meets with President Obama during a visit to the White House. Hamm is the 2010 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. He teaches at Ryle High School.
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‘Thriller’ in Burlington
The Burlington Elementary School teachers perform “Thriller” by Michael Jackson during the 2010 Burlington Elementary talent show.
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