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January 2020
THANK YOU
5th Consecutive Year App Challenge Sweep for PHS Students The student team from Prestonsburg High School has won the Congressional App Challenge for KY’s Fifth
Congressional District for 5 consecutive years! Team members Jenna Lewis, Bobbie Fisher, Nathaniel Curnutte and Samuel Carroll won the competition by developing the "Appalachia Opioid Prevention App." The app provides 5 functions to help address drug abuse treatment and prevention options and is featured in the U.S. Capitol Building, representing KY’s Fifth Congressional District. The app is designed to provide treatment options that are closest to your current location; resources for a life-saving medication used to revive someone during an overdose; information about what to do if someone overdoses in your presence; information and videos to raise awareness in your community; and an overview of legislation that has been enacted to combat drug abuse. "The students at Prestonsburg High School are learning two vital lessons: not only are they learning a how to code, but they are learning how they can create a mobile resource that can change and even save lives. I'm incredibly proud that they identified the opioid epidemic as an issue that they wanted to impact in a positive way," said Congressman Rogers. "I applaud the ingenuity of our mountain students and their diligent work on this concept. We have incredibly talented students in Eastern Kentucky and I'm proud that their ideas will be on display in Washington, DC."
Jenna Lewis, Bobbie Fisher, Nathaniel Curnutte and Samuel Carroll. (Back row) Supt. Danny Adkins and Dr. Jeff Shannon
The Congressional App Challenge invites winners from across the country to showcase their apps to Members of Congress and members of the tech community at the House of Code, a reception on Capitol Hill that will be held in 2020. "I really enjoy coding in class every day," said Bobbie Fisher, a member of the winning team. "This was an excellent experience to create a product as a team and I hope to do it again." "The students took on a topic that was very useful for our region. It is a pleasure to work with such a talented and unified team," said Dr. Jeff Shannon, IT Teacher. "The Floyd County School system is excited about the work Dr. Shannon and his students accomplish each year for the App Challenge," said Danny Adkins, Superintendent of Floyd County Schools. "They have set the bar for the top competition nationally!" The winning students will also receive $250 each in Amazon Web Service Credits. Visit https://tinyurl.com/tbkh2al to watch the student presentation!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Drew Butcher & Carter Akers STATE CHAMPS JV Wrestling Prestonsburg High School
FCS Hosts our 1st Regional STLP Event
2019-2020 Floyd County Schools Yearbook Website - ybpay.lifetouch.com Code - 13990120
Order your yearbook online! Visit the website, use the code & purchase for $25. You can also purchase yearbooks at the school your child attends, but personalization options are only available online.
District Middle School Governor’s Cup
AMS District 85 Runner Up
AES Quick Recall District 85 Runner Up
DACE District 86 Champs
SFES District 86 Runner Up
Regional Middle School Governor’s Cup Composition
Paisley Akers
Social Studies
Emery Bartrum
Science
Mason Buck
Arts & Humanities Language Arts
Elizabeth Goodman
Regional Runner Up
Science
Allie Hamilton
Ally Hamilton
# S T A T E B O U N D
Arts & Humanities
Brody Horne
Math
Gracie McDavid
Social Studies
Jada Reynolds
AES: 4th in Region
Math
Emily Spears
Kentucky Historical Society HISTORYMOBILE “100 Years of Kentucky High School Basketball” is a HistoryMobile exhibition developed by the Kentucky Historical Society and in coordination with the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Visit us online at www.history.ky.gov and khsbhf.com.” The exhibit will be open starting at 5 and will remain open until 8 o’clock.
The HistoryMobile will be at Floyd Central High School February 7th and at Prestonsburg High School February 14. Admission is free, and the exhibit is open from 5:00-8:00.
12 Governor’s Scholars Nominees from FCS STUDENT
SCHOOL
1st Kade Scott 2nd Lindsay Caudill 3rd Erin West 4th Karanda Newsome 5th Kobe Newsome 6th Emily Bryant 7th Bretton Jervis 8th Laiken Tackett 9th Austin Tackett 10th Emily Boyd 11th Emily Jones 12th Alyndra Meade
FCECA/Floyd Central FCECA/Floyd Central FCECA/Prestonsburg Betsy Layne FCECA/Prestonsburg Betsy Layne FCECA/Betsy Layne FCECA/Floyd Central Betsy Layne Floyd Central Betsy Layne Betsy Layne
Floyd County GSP District Nomination Committee
JD Adams Middle School
Allen Elementary School
Congratulations to AES Academic Team for a 4th Place Finish!!!
Individual Award.... Josh Miller 5th in Math Andrew Muynh 5th in Social Studies
Great Evening in the NEST!! We love our Kids and APpreciate the hard work and dedication of our Coaches!!!
Betsy Layne Elementary Betsy Layne Elementary, Middle School STLP qualified for state for the first time in several years!!!!! Go Bobcats!
Betsy Layne Elementary Allie Hamilton Caden Kidd Alyssa Stewart These students placed in District Governor’s Cup competition and moved on to Regional competition!!!!!
Betsy Layne Elementary Allie Hamilton Allie placed in Regional Governor’s Cup competition and moved on to State competition!!!!!
Betsy Layne Elementary BLE’s 5th grade classes brought in 174 cans of food to donate to Floyd County Homeless Shelter for the 100th Day of School Celebration!!!!
Betsy Layne Elementary
BLE Celebrates 100 Days of School
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats
554 Bobcat Blvd. Stanville, KY 41659 Phone: 606-263-6280 Principal: Jody Roberts Assistant Principals: Patricia Hackworth Jeremy Hall Guidance Counselor: Justin Akers
A well educated mind will always have more questions than answers. ~ Helen Keller
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats The BLHS Future Problem Solving Team placed second in district competition on January 25, 2020. Left to Right: Lexie Greer, Karanda Newsome, Christopher Brashear, Landon Howard, and Barrett Hall
The BLHS Academic Team won the HUME Sportsmanship Award during District Competition on January 25, 2020. Left to Right: Dusty Rogers, Majaia Tackett, Andrew Waddle, Brianna Johnson, Haley Tackett, and Will Justice
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats Brianna Johnson 2nd Place in Science
Andrew Waddle 3rd in Arts & Humanities and 5th in Language Arts
Majaia Tackett 2nd Place in Language Arts
Brianna Johnson 4th Place in Science
Bobcats Academic Team District Placements
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats
School winner: Donovan Mullins
Poetry Out LoUD
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats
Thank you to EVERYONE who helped make the Baseball Dreams for current and future Bobcats come true. We appreciate all the hard work which has gone into this endeavor.
Field Of Dreams Dedication
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats Congratulations to Mrs. C assandra Akers on the dedication of the Basketball Court in the Junior Newsome Arena.
If I’m not leading by example, I’m not doing the right thing and I always want to do the right thing. ~Pat Summitt (1952-2016)
Betsy Layne High School Bobcats
STLP--3 compete...3 move on to state
Duff-Allen Central Elementary
86th District Governor’s Cup Champions
1st Place Future Problem Solving
1st Place Quick Recall
Duff-Allen Central Elementary
S.T.L.P. Regional Showcase
Duff-Allen Central Elementary 100th Day of School
Congratulations to FCHS for placing 1st overall in the District Gov Cup
Congratulations to Kade Scott for placing in top 10 in the state in written assessment
Excellence in Academics
FPS WinnersChloe Watson, Alyssa Tackett, Victoria Sexton--not pictured Reece Terry
Student Council hosts appreciation dinner for Band and Dance Team
STLP--All 3 Groups are Statebound
Congratulations to the 2020 Basketball Homecoming Queen Brooke Stumbo
MAY VALLEY ELEMENTARY Perseverance Determination Success
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MAY VALLEY 2020 100 Days of Learning & Fun
100 sma day rte s r!!
mRS. Slone’s 1st Grade Sprinkle kindess LikE CONFETTI!
MVE ACADEMIC TEAM BIG SANDY ACADEMIC LEAGUE OVERALL CHAMPS!
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Haidyn O’Brian 1st Place Social Studies
Jerry O’Brian 3rd Place Science
Cova Risner 5th Place Language Arts
Colin Hatfield 4th Place Mathematics
Hannah Ratliff, 4th Place in Language Arts Lily Maynard, 5th Place in Written Composition
Amelia Gilbert 1st Place Arts & Humanities
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GO CATS! Get details about COMBOS from your English Teacher
Good Luck!
PHS Academic Team
WAY TO GO BLACKCATS!
Kaitlyn Hager 2
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Place Written Comp
Sieanna Caldwell 4th Place Language Arts 6th Place Arts & Humanities
Kaitlyn Hager 6th Place Language Arts
Haleigh Jefferson 2nd Place Mathematics
Thankful for Prestonsburg High School’s own Mrs. Gretchen Brewer for assisting in the scoring of Governor Scholar Applications!
Thank You
ARH
Our Community Partner
KDCO Regionals 1st place Small Pom 1st place Small Jazz & Grand Champions!
Way to go Blackcats!
Carter Akers Drew Butcher Barret Hyden Regional JV Champions in their weight class Tournament!
Congrats Cats!
Stumbo Elementary
Congrats to the new Homecoming Queen, Addison Maxwell!
JMS Middle School Academic Team Competes at Districts ● Allison Newsome, 1st Place Written Composition ● Morgan Newsome, 4th Place Math ● Layla Johnson, 3rd Place Language Arts ● Noah Watts, 4th Place Science
Recipients of the District Sportsmanship Award
JMS Elementary Academic Team Competes at Districts ● Lydia Johnson, 5th Place Arts and Humanities ● Conner Little, 3rd Place Social Studies
South Floyd Elementary Mrs. Slone’s first grade students celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by going back in time to watch his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Scan the QR code to watch an amazing summary by Mrs. Slone’s first grade students of why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was so special!
South Floyd Elementary
The middle school Future Problem Solving team placed 3rd at regionals.
Grayson Crum and Kaylee Johnson represent our school in the District Spelling Bee!
The STLP team at South Floyd Elementary will advanced to state this month after presenting at regionals!
Congratulations to Emily Spears for placing 3rd in the regional academic meet. Good luck at the state competition!
South Floyd Elementary
Our last home basketball game of the season was spent celebrating these amazing 8th grade athletes!!
Our little raiders were caught demonstrating kindness during Kindness Week by helping to keep the school clean. Can’t wait to see the kind acts our raiders will continue to display in 2020!
Early Childhood Biker Heroes The Brothers of the Wheel Chapter have geared up efforts once again to provide 100 early childhood students with a new pair of shoes and toys for Christmas. This is the motorcycle group’s 19th year providing shoes and toys to the 3 and 4 year old children in our early childhood program of Head Start & Preschool.
Early Childhood RTI, IEPs, and Progressing Monitoring Early childhood teachers, assistants, and special education support staff spent an NTI day being trained on special education laws, IEP progress monitoring, RTI monitoring, instructional strategies, duties, and responsibilities lead by Early Childhood Special Education Consultants, Teresa Newsome and Bethany Bingham.
Early Childhood Early Childhood Classrooms Recognized Getting a child ready for school involves, families, early environments, schools, and communities. Thanks to the outstanding support, community and family involvement in early childhood education, six early childhood classrooms were recognized at the January Board of Education meeting for reaching 90% or higher on the State Kindergarten Screener. Kentucky’s overall average for Kindergarten Readiness is 51%.
Allen Elementary-Mary Bentley and Jessica Partin
Betsy Layne Elementary-April Borowski and Brittany Tackett
May Valley Elementary-Rhonda Begley and Beth Martin
Betsy Layne Elementary-Carlene Johnson and Jessica Tackett
South Floyd Elementary-Tammy Gearheart and Misty Daniels
Stumbo Elementary-Stephanie Slone and Michelle Newsome (Not Pictured)
Early Childhood Thanks and Recognition Several community organizations were recognized at January’s Board of Education meeting for their continued involvement and support of families and children in our community and our early childhood program and initiatives. Together we are exceeding the state in kindergarten readiness in Floyd County!
Brothers of the Wheel: 19 years providing over 100 pairs of shoes each year for early childhood students
Floyd County 4-H: Assisted with SPARK event by providing materials and making gingerbread houses and the Christmas Story Stroll Floyd County Extension and Homemakers Groups: Provided materials and hosted parent Christmas craft for the past 3 years