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LCHS Speech Qualifies 6 Students to Nationals – Wins Two Championships LCHS Speech competed at the KCFL State Qualifier this past Saturday to earn spots on the Kentucky entry to the NCFL Grand National Tournament. The national tournament will be held over the Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore, Maryland this May, and LaRue represents 6 of the 50 entries Kentucky will be taking, and two LCHS students earned top spots in the process. Junior James Reding took 1st at the qualifier in Congress for the third year in a row, and Freshman Brian Anderson won the Extemp championship. Other students who will represent LCHS and Kentucky at the national tournament are Chelsea th Blair, 4 Place in Oratory; Curtis Milby, 4th Place in Prose/Poetry, and Elijah Thomas and Alison Schurfeld, 6th Place in Duo Interp. “These national tournaments are unique in that when we go, we are all one large Kentucky team competing against the teams from the other states who come to the tournament. The team is made up of students from several schools that compete on the state level to earn spots on the overall team,” explained Katy Blair Cecil, the team’s head coach. “This young team has held their own, and definitely lived up to the legacy that their predecessors created. I am very pleased with our results.” Last year at the 2011 Nationals Timmy Gibson, a 2011 graduate, took 3rd Place in the nation in Prose/Poetry while Ian Mather advanced to semi‐finals in Prose/Poetry, and Jeshua Logsdon and Angelia Whitlock advanced to quarters in Duo. Mather, Logsdon, and Whitlock are all 2011 graduates as well. Cecil expects to have good results this year, “These students continue to
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impress me with their hard work and determination – I can’t wait to see what they accomplish at Nationals.” Cecil attributes much of the increased success of the team to her husband and co‐coach, Eric Cecil, and her assistant coach, Bill Thompson. “Eric and Bill have spent a lot of their time this year focusing on oratory, congress, and extemp, and those make up three of the five entries we will be taking to nationals. We all have our strengths, and we have a great division of labor that has enabled us to improve the overall success of the team this year.” Eric Cecil has coached several debate teams to the nationals over the past few years, but with the help of Thompson, shifted the focus this year to include the extempers and orators, which has made the team much more well‐rounded. “We are continuing to win overall team awards this year because we have expanded our focus, and it has really worked out well for us,” asserts Mrs. Cecil. The team also took 2nd place overall in sweepstakes points for the second year in a row. Out of 21 schools competing with the best of the best from their teams, this was a major accomplishment. “The sweepstakes at this tournament is determined only by how many students you advance to finals, so it really levels the playing field among the teams, regardless of how many entries you bring,” explains Thompson. “You have to advance kids to finals to even have a shot, and LaRue has taken 2nd the last two years, which means we have maintained out power and consistency, even with the loss of 11 seniors last year.” Next weekend the team is off, as the drama program will be presenting its spring production of An Evening of Culture by Mark Landon Smith. This play is a major fundraiser for the speech and drama program, and the proceeds fund their competition at the middle and high school state tournaments which are coming up later in March. “I hope people will come out to the play to support this wonderful program – oh, and see a great show, of course!” says Mrs. Cecil. Mrs. Cecil can be contacted at 270‐358‐ 2210 for ticket information. Tickets are available at the door on Friday and Saturday nights’ shows, but must be purchased in advance for the dinner show on Sunday.
BETA Club Announces Scholarship Winner Hodgenville, KY – The National Beta Club announced earlier this month that Zachary Lee has been named a Beta Scholar which entitles him to a scholarship award of $1000.00. Zachary, a senior at LaRue County High School, competed against more than 700 candidates nationwide for this honor. Two hundred twenty‐one scholarship recipients were
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chosen. He plans to study electrical engineering in college. He was recommended for this award by the local Beta Club sponsor, Rex Hanson and high school principal, Paul Mullins. “This outstanding young person represents the true spirit of National Beta, having excelled not only academically, but in leadership and service to school and community as well,” said Mr. Ken Cline, executive director of the National Beta Club. Zachary is the son of Marty and Teresa Lee. His grandparents are Shirley Crawford and Sharon and Carl Howell, all of Hodgenville. When asked how they felt about Zachary’s accomplishment, sponsor Rex Hanson said, “Zachary is very deserving. In my first year of being Beta Club sponsor, I have been impressed with Zachary’s leadership and community service.”
LCHS Students Compete at FBLA
The Future Business Leaders of America competed in the FBLA Regional Competition at Western Kentucky University on March 15. LaRue County High School business students competed in different business and marketing events. Chelsea Blair placed 1st in Public Speaking II, Ethan Hedgespeth & Zach Lee placed 1st in Banking & Financial Systems, Sydney Holt placed 2nd in Word Processing II and Lauren Meredith placed 3rd in Computer Applications. The students that placed will compete at the State FBLA Competition in April at the Galt House.
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Nancy Howell & Olivia Dulak – Business Ethics Mariah Higdon & Katie Barros – Business Presentation Zach Lee & Ethan Hedgespeth – Banking & Financial Systems Emily Armes & Ivy Brown – Desktop Publishing Megan Smith, Nicole Burt & Sarah Mortensen – Digital Video Production Sydney Price & Paige Nalley – Name Tags Gracen Williams – Word Processing I Sydney Holt – Word Processing II Lauren Meredith – Computer Applications Whitney McDowell, Amelia Miller & Ashley Robinson – Bulletin Board Chelsea Blair – Public Speaking II Haley Holt – Voting Delegate Taylor Albert – Sports Management
LCHS Speech Top 4 in the State! The LCHS Speech and Debate Teams competed at the KHSSL State Speech and Debate Championships this past week at UK and returned home with top individual honors in both divisions, and placed 4th overall in the state. The team also brought home one individual state championship: Chelsea Blair is the 2012 State Oratory Champion. The team had three finalists in the 12 speech events and two who advanced to the finals of Congressional Debate in the debate tournament. Sophomore James Reding placed 3rd overall in Congress, and freshman Brian Anderson placed in the top 18 in the state. In speech, besides the state
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champion, LaRue also had the following finalists: James Reding took 3rd in Extemp, and Chelsea Blair took 6th in Prose. Several students also advanced to the semi‐finals, but did not make it into final round competition: Zachary Thurman in Broadcasting; Elijah Thomas and Alison Schurfeld in Duo; Curtis Milby in Poetry; Kaitlyn Burden in Poetry; Madison Lee in Poetry and Storytelling; Brian Anderson in Extemp and Impromptu; Claudia King and Sarah Mortensen in Improv Duo; Sidney Cline in Humorous Interp; and Schurfeld in Declamation. Of the 27 entries the team took to state, they advanced 14 into elimination rounds, and 3 of those entries advanced to finals. Each team who participates at the state level can only bring three students to the state in each event. According to Cecil, 80% of the LaRue County entry was made up of underclassmen. “Last year the team lost 11 seniors. This year we are only graduating four, so the majority of the students we have competing and advancing will be back with us last year. Of the fourteen semifinalists we had this weekend, 10 were freshmen and sophomores. That really bodes well for the future of this program,” says Mrs. Cecil The debate team also performed very well, advancing both of their Student Congress entries into the final congress session which is called Super Congress in the speech world. Mr. Eric Cecil and Bill Thompson, who coach the debate team, reported that LaRue was the only school to take ALL of their entries into the super session, “I was extremely proud of the job these boys did, and they all finished their seasons very strong, even though James (Reding) is the only one who placed in the top six.” According to Mr. Cecil, Reding, who is only a junior, “is going to be accomplishing many great things in the next two years, I am very excited about the prospects for LaRue debate with James as the upcoming captain.” Reding will represent LaRue County and Kentucky at both the NFL and CFL National Tournaments in Congressional Debate. This is the third year in a row the team has been big enough to compete in the open division at state. Last year they took 3th overall, and with such a young team assistant coach Thompson contends, “I am thrilled to have remained in the top six in the state. With
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only four students graduating the program, we are a relatively young team. We held our own with a team made up mostly of underclassmen, and still took on of the top spots in the state, against much larger schools and entries. There is no doubt that these young students will be bringing home many more honors, and they are working hard to help the middle school speech students improve, so they can continue our tradition of excellence for many years to come.” Several of the students who advanced at state have also earned spots to compete for LCHS and represent Kentucky at the CFL National Tournament in May and the NFL National Tournament in June. Blair advanced to both tournaments in Oratory; Reding is representing the state in Congress at both, Milby will be attending the NCFL Tournament in Prose/Poetry, Anderson will attend both in Extemp, and Thomas and Schurfeld will compete at NCFL in Duo. “The season is not quite over!” says Mrs. Cecil. “We are still working on raising the money to make these two national tournaments happen for these kids. We are looking for donations and planning some other fundraising activities as well before the end of the school year. We are looking at a pretty significant shortfall, since we have advanced so many entries to nationals.” If anyone is interested in helping the speech program, or would like more information about making a donation, Mrs. Cecil can be contacted at katy.cecil@larue.kyschools.us
LCMS Students Submit Winning Design LaRue County Schools received an Energy Management grant. As part of that grant, an art contest was held for students to design an energy management logo. The winning design
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was created by Stephen Giles, Ryan Henning & Miranda Hickman from LCMS. Each month our district recognizes the school with the most energy savings. The winning school will now get to display the newly designed “Super Energy Saver Award” banner.
The Science Olympiad Team Triumphs! On Saturday March 17, 2012, ten LaRue County Middle School students participated in the Regional Science Olympiad competition in Somerset, Kentucky. The Science Olympiad consists of over 20 competitions that span diverse areas of science. The students performed exceedingly well at the competition in their first year. The results from the regional competition are as follows: 1st place in Meteorology: Skyler Hornback & Matthew Warren; 1st place in Reach for the Stars: Walter Parrish & Stephen Giles; 1st place in Write It, Do It: Symone Whalin & Alyssa White; 1st place in Food Science: Matthew Crain & Tanner Reynolds; 2nd place in Anatomy: Jesse Gehr & Skyler Hornback; and 2nd place in Microbe Mission: Skyler Hornback. JD Mathews competed in Forestry and Dynamic Planet as well. The students who placed 1st in a contest will compete at the State Science Olympiad competition on April 21st at Western Kentucky University.
LCMS Helps Eastern Kentucky Tornado Victims LaRue Co. Youth Service Center sponsored a donation drive to help victims of the devastating tornadoes that hit eastern Kentucky. LaRue County Middle School students and staff did their part to help our neighbors in eastern Kentucky.
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LCMS collected cleaning supplies, food, clothing and toiletry items that were then transported to a distribution center in Morehead, KY. YSC coordinator, Marsha Duncan and FRYSC Regional Program Manager, Sherrie Martin drove the collected items to Morehead on Mar. 16th. LCMS Student Ambassadors helped load the donations on the truck for delivery. LaRue Co. Middle School is proud to be a part of this relief effort!
LCMS SPEECH This season has been a groundbreaking year for LCMS Speech. Assistant Coach Bill Thompson stated, “I couldn’t be more pleased with the progress this group has made. In middle school the focus is always teaching fundamentals and finding the events where each student best fits.” The season started with a trip to Bowling Green for the WKU Junior tournament. Breea Kirkpatrick was LCMS’ only finalist at the tournament placing 2nd in Poetry and 3rd in Prose. On December 10th the middle school team travelled to Florence, Ky to compete in the Ockerman Stars of Tomorrow tournament. Those placing in the top 6 in their events were Kirkpatrick 1st Prose, 3rd Poetry & Sophie Akin who placed 4th in Storytelling. The strong showing of these students as well as several students who did not break allowed the team to finish 5th overall in sweepstakes.
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The spring semester got under way with the middle school speech Hawks co‐hosting at the J Garland Blair swing tournament with the high school team. The LCMS team competed in one half of the tournament and two students made it to final round competition. Breea Kirkpatrick placed 2nd in Prose & Sophie Akin finished 4th Poetry. The next weekend the team travelled to Danville for the Anchor Tournament. This tournament would be the team’s best showing of the season to that point. LCMS advanced 3 students to a total of 5 final rounds. Kirkpatrick took 1st in Prose and 4th in poetry. Akin took 2nd in Storytelling and 6th in poetry. Celeste Minard took 6th in Prose. This strong showing allowed the team to finish 5th at the largest invitational tournament of the year. Three weeks ago the middle school team had one of its strongest regional performances ever. Head coach Katy Cecil explains, “All year this young team of middle school students has worked hard and shown progress with each passing week. Each week the middle school students work with the coaches as well as high school team members who compete in the same events. This practice arrangement has helped the middle school students progress more quickly and has helped our high school students see the activity from a judges perspective.” All this hard work resulted in LCMS finishing runner‐up in team sweepstakes at the regional tournament. Breea Kirkpatrick was Regional Champion in poetry interpretation. Celeste Menard, Sophie Akin, Alexa Herrin, and Hannah Keith were also Region Runners‐up in their events! Also representing LCMS at the KHSSL Middle School State Tournament on March 30‐31 will be Elena Cecil, Lindsey Shelton, Alexia Trumbo, Essence Barbour, Alyssa White, Zoë Blair, Maddy Poirier.
STATE GOVERNOR’S CUP 2012 Five LaRue County Middle School students competed in 7 different events this past weekend at the State Governor’s Cup ”Battle in the Bluegrass II” academic competition in Lexington. These students had won in both District and Regional competitions before progressing to State. Jesse Gehr, an 8th grader, competed in both Social Studies and Arts & Humanities. Eighth grader Andrew Coy competed in both Arts &
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Humanities and Written English Composition. Ripley Lucas, an 8th grader, competed in Written English Composition. Eighth grader Matthew Crain competed in Science. Skyler Hornback, a 6th grader, competed in Mathematics. Doris Jean Holleran, 8th grade Math teacher, coaches the LCMS Academic Team.
LCMS MATHCOUNTS TEAM and HORNBACK PLACE FIRST IN COMPETITION
LCMS MATHCOUNTS: Hannah Harry, Hannah Keith, Skyler Hornback, Hannah Jolly, Symone Whalin, Matthew Crain, Alyssa White, Hunter McLaughlin, Coach Doris Jean Holleran, J.C. Dunn, Zachary Cooper, Brandon Crist, Andrew Coy, Ripley Lucas
The LCMS MATHCOUNTS team of Skyler Hornback, J.C. Dunn, Matthew Crain, and Brandon Crist placed 1st as a team and will compete at the STATE MATHCOUNTS competition in March. Skyler Hornback placed 1st individually and received a full 4‐yr tuition scholarship to Western Kentucky University and a $500 general scholarship from the My Old Kentucky Home Chapter of Engineers. Hannah Keith placed 10th individually and also qualifies to go to State competition. Other LaRue students who placed in the top 10 individually were: J.C. Dunn who placed 5th, and Matthew Crain who placed 6th.
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Other students who competed were Hannah Harry, Ripley Lucas, Andrew Coy, Alyssa White, Hunter McLaughlin, Hannah Jolly, Symone Whalen and Zachary Cooper. The MATHCOUNTS coach is Doris Jean Holleran.
ALES Family Reading Night The ALES Family Resource Center coordinator, Machelle Durham and Amy Kiper, 3rd grade ALES teacher collaborated to provide a Dr. Seuss activity night for 2nd and 3rd grade families on Tuesday, February 28th. Families had a great time visiting the Book Fair, doing parent/child crafts, enjoying some refreshments and visiting their child’s classroom for more planned activities. HELP (I don’t’ like this phrasing, but I don’t know what else to call it!!) Reading Intervention Teacher, Diane Morris, provided educational reading information for parents and students. Clifford the big red dog and Cat in the Hat were here greeting families and taking some photo ops.
Dr. Seuss Week The Kindergarten students at Abraham Lincoln celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday during the week of February 27th – March 2nd. On Monday students wore mis‐matched clothes in honor of A Great Day for Up. On Tuesday we enjoyed crazy sock day and read The Foot Book. On Wednesday we celebrated The Cat in the Hat with crazy hat day. On Thursday we wore goofy green clothes in honor of Green Eggs and Ham. Finally, on Friday we celebrated “Thing 1 & Thing 2” by wearing red shirts and making crazy blue hair. We also learned all about properties of matter when we made Oobleck just like the magicians did in Bartholomew and the Oobleck. We ended the day by playing our favorite board games and relaxing in our pajamas. Dr. Seuss week was fun and educational
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because students learned all about rhyming words and were able to use their creativeness in their writing. Some of the other Dr. Seuss titles we read throughout the week were: Oh, The Places You Will Go, Horton Hears a Who, and The Sneetches.
3rd Grade FUN In the spirit of Dr. Seuss and “I Love To Read Week” third grade teachers Mrs. McMillion and Mrs. Kiper arrived at school as Thing 1 and Thing 2 on Friday, March 2nd. The students had several activities during the week as well. They included readers theater performances, crafts, book fair and many interactive read alouds.
Thank You, Mrs. Patterson! With the 2012 school year coming to a close, we want to wish Mrs. Patterson the best as she retires after 22 years of teaching and being our librarian. She began her career as a primary teacher at Magnolia Elementary and moved to the librarian position a few years later. When a position at Buffalo Elementary opened, she moved her career home to the school in which she grew up. Funds were soon cut and she assumed the position of librarian for both campuses and has been the only ALES librarian to date!
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Mrs. Patterson has many wonderful memories to take with her including the many Book Fairs and great volunteers like Mr. Dwayne Bell, Mrs. Blythe Gehr, Mrs. Stephanie, Mrs. Rhonda Cundiff and of course, Miss Jackie and Miss Kim! She’ll miss the hugs, smiles, and reading with all the students, but being a mother and grandmother is calling her! Plans include spending time in Texas with her husband, Wayne, and visiting children, Brian, Deanna, and Blake. Her six grandchildren, Gabi, Dominic, Mason, Maxton, Madison, and Luke can’t wait to spend more time with her! Mrs. Patterson wishes her ALES family the best and especially wants all her students to become life-long readers as reading can take you anywhere!
ALES Academic Team Begins Competition Season The ALES Academic Team officially began its 2012 competitions with the first of four tournaments. The team was defeated in the first match with Hodgenville Elementary with a score of 28 to 21 but rallied in a barn-burner second match with an overtime score of 25-24. Simon Coy was named most valuable player for answering the final question. The team, composed of third, fourth, and fifth grade students, began practices in October and meet each week with their coach Kathy Ross. The team is assisted by Jackie Harley, Andrew Coy, Glenda Coy and Skyler Hornback. Members of the team are as follows: Front Row- Biven Turner, Tharon Blair, Chase Childress Second Row- Simon Coy, Nick Vazquez, Bridget Southwood, Alexis Grimes, Emma Cobble Third Row- Mason Lane, Victor Helm, Jacob Cundiff, Maddie Helm, James Akin, Isaiah Pruitt
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H.E.S. BETA and 4th & 5th grade Leadership Kids Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana’s annual fundraising event. This wonderful program has been providing successful mentoring relationships for children who are referred to the program. H.E.S. Beta, coordinated by Mrs. Traci Weaver, and the 4th & 5th grade Leadership Kids wanted to help provide for this great organization. They collected pledges from sponsors. On Sunday, March 4th, H.E.S. students turned in their money and bowled two games. At the end of the day, they were told that they raised the most money for that day; $2,679.00. And our very own, Keaton Puckett raised the most for that day; $800.00. Way to go guys!!! Those not pictured are Chase Baker, Sabastian Barzee, Noah Davis, Presley Grant and Keaton Puckett. Event was sponsored by the Hodgenville Family Resource Center.
HES 1st Grades Celebrate 100 Days by Giving Back Hodgenville Elementary first graders marked the 100th day of school with many math activities based on the number one hundred. In addition to the usual activities of counting to one hundred in multiple ways and charting those variations, H.E.S. first grade students also chose to make a difference in st
HES 1 Grade teachers, David Edwards, Angela Morris, and Billie Webb box donated canned goods for delivery.
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our community. The students and teachers brought in one hundred cans of food to donate to a local food bank. With the guidance of Mrs. Pearman, we found out the Hodgenville Methodist Church houses a food bank to help local families who may have an immediate need for food due to unfortunate circumstances. We thank our first grade families who donated cans of food, Mrs. Susan Phelps, and Zeke Phelps who picked up and delivered the canned goods to the donation site. Working together, we can make a difference!
HES Teams Up for Success
History is well‐documented with people who have teamed together for success—Ira and George Gershwin in music, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in comedy, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in dance. In each case, those pairs were more effective than individuals, and at Hodgenville Elementary School, a couple of educators are complementing each other as they seek to help special education students. Connie Shawler, in her 35th year of teaching, and Jaime Keith, nearing the completion of her first year, are a team in which one person offers the knowledge gained through experience while the other shares the latest ideas in instructional methodologies freshly learned from the university. “Connie has been a great role model for me as a first year teacher,” declared Keith. “I often call her the master of special of education. We always try to share with each other what we have done best at the end of the day for our kids.” Both share the same resource room from which they go each day into different classrooms to work with special education students, then pull some to the resource room for reading and math interventions. “We work together on strategies to use with these students,” Shawler shared. “I have helped her with paperwork and the whole due process for special education.”
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The two help their students with various needs‐‐homework assignments, science projects, money that should have been turned in, and other routine duties expected at school. But the teachers’ assistance goes beyond academics. “We listen to the students, because many of them have situations at home or at school which they feel a need to talk about, and they many times simply need someone to listen to them,” said Shawler. “We pretty much ‘take them to raise’ and are their advocate in many situations.” She observed that if the students know their teacher cares, they will want to please that teacher. “This makes them proud of themselves, which is movement upward in the right direction, to stay in school, to graduate and to get a job,” she explained. Keith added, “We want our kids to reach their highest potential and to be a productive member in society.” To do that, the duo urges each child they teach to try his best. “We always want best effort from each child,” noted Shawler. “Our goals are for each and every child to become a productive, hardworking adult. We try to teach them to set goals and work hard to reach them.” “When they meet goals‐‐grades, Accelerated Math and Accelerated Reading points‐‐ they are proud of themselves and press on for more,” Shawler remarked. “That gives us a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.” By: Ron Benningfield
Leprechaun Spotted at HES On Friday March 16th, some Hodgenville Elementary kindergarteners went in search of the leprechaun to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. He left his foot prints on the library door, office door, the fish tank in the library, and many other places around the school. When he finally showed up, Mr. Walsh happened to fall victim to some of his silly antics. After he left, they went back to class and he had left some magic green dust on some of their desks. Some colored worksheets about the leprechaun and others even got to
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draw what they saw. The kindergarteners had a fun time learning about St. Patrick’s Day and chasing the leprechaun.
HES Students Donate to Tornado Victims On February 29th, Hodgenville was struck by 2 tornadoes that affected several families in the community. Despite the devastation that our community received, other towns and cities were completely destroyed by tornadoes that struck just 2 days later on March 2nd In Southern Indiana and Eastern Kentucky. Hodgenville Elementary students felt like they needed to collect and donate some much needed items to the families in these locations. They collected school supplies, toiletries, and Hallie Frye and Pablo Hernandez stand next to some of the other basic necessities. They are also currently collecting items collected for the tornado victims. books to donate as well. If you have any books you would like to donate, please drop them off in the boxes located in the front entryway or the office.
Former Hawk Shares with Future Artists Don Taylor, a former Hodgenville Elementary and LaRue County High School alumni, stopped in to HES to talk to students about printmaking. Mr. Taylor is an art professor at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas, where he has been teaching the last 34 years. Mr. Taylor explained to students the different printmaking processes, and how important the elements and principles of art are to design works. He shared work of his own and other printmakers from across the nation, and let students discuss what they saw in them. Pictured is the artist with one of his prints and his great‐ nephew, aspiring artist Preston Self.
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Mr. Thomas’ Class Wins Fundraising Party The Family Resource Center held a fundraiser in order to have some funds for the upcoming school year. The class that had the most sales would win a pizza party and a movie. They would also win $100 for scholastic books. The winner of the fundraiser was Mr. Thomas’ Class. The Family Resource Center would like to thank all the students for their hard work to help with supplies for the next school year.
Hodgenville Elementary Academic Team Has Successful Year From L to R:(front row) Traci Weaver(Coach), Abigail Hazelwood, Noah Davis, Allison Bauer, Alexandra Shelton, Malerie Skaggs, Taylor Newton, Elyssa Hawkins, Kylee Thurman, (back row) Brady McDowell, Anthony Adkins, Emma Bell, Kristen Boone, Sarah Cooper, David Durbin, Logan Rock.
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The Hodgenville Elementary School academic team recently competed at the Governor’s Cup competition at both the district and regional levels. The team, which consists of 15 students, was runner‐up in district competition held on February 24th at Foster Heights Elementary in Bardstown. The Quick Recall team finished in 3rd place. Eight students qualified for regional competition in written assessment content areas. They included: Abigail Hazelwood – 1st place, Math; 5th place, Science Emma Bell – 4th place, Math Logan Rock – 5th place, Math; 3rd place, Social Studies Noah Davis – 4th place, Social Studies Malerie Skaggs – 2nd place, Written Composition; 3rd place, Language Arts Elyssa Hawkins – 3rd place, Language Arts; 4th place, Arts & Humanities Kylee Thurman – 2nd place, Arts & Humanities Taylor Newton – 5th place, Written Composition Three students placed at Regional competition held on March 17th, at Glasscock Elementary in Lebanon. Students placing in regional competition were: Malerie Skaggs – 3rd place, Language Arts Taylor Newton – 5th place, Written Composition Elyssa Hawkins – 5th place, Arts & Humanities
The academic team is coached by Traci Weaver. The team would like to thank Mrs. Weaver for her hard work and their parents for all their support this season. The Quick Recall team is looking forward to beginning competition with ALES this week! Pictured from left to right: Taylor Newton, Elyssa Hawkins, and Malerie Skaggs.
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Award Winner
LaRue County Board of Education Superintendent ‐ Sam Sanders Board Members Price Smith ‐ Board Chairman Ronnie Chelf ‐ Vice Chairman Norbert Skees ‐ Member Joanna Hinton‐ Member Michael Hornback – Member Tell your friends about The Bridge. To view the Bridge Newsletter archives visit http://www.larue.kyschools.us Subscribing to The Bridge is simple. Go to the LaRue County Schools website and click on “The Bridge” located just below the banner. The link to sign up is just below the image of The Bridge. If you have questions, comments or suggestions about The Bridge, please direct them to the LaRue County Chief Information Officer at freddie.newby@larue.kyschools.us