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Graduation Week is a KDS tradition which involves many activities and much planning and preparation. The festivities began on the evening of Tuesday, May 15th with the KDS Senior Baccalaureate Service held in the Nan Roberts Lane Chapel. This special ceremony provides seniors with the opportunity to reflect fondly on their time at KDS and to share with their classmates a well wish for the future.
Senior Awards Day on Friday, May 18th provided a time to recognize graduating seniors for their achievements and to award them scholarships which will enable them to pursue their future goals.
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Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Taku and McKayla are KDS Top Graduates for 2012.
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These students were recognized during graduation week as the top ten academically for their high achievement and excellent academic performance over their four years of high school.
Front from left: Meghan Dennis, Leigh Stahl, Monica Cooper, Tessa Patterson, Jenna Keel, McKayla Edmonds
Back: Taku Koiwai, Riley Jones, Charlie Walker, Justen Rhyne |
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The National Honor Society at KDS High School recently inducted 56 new members, recognizing the students for their character, scholarship, leadership, and service. The induction ceremony included the lighting of candles representing scholarship, service, leadership, character, respect, loyalty, patriotism, and honor; all qualities that members of the National Society are expected to demonstrate.
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KDS Middle School Media Center
by KDS Librarian Myra Morrison
The KDS Middle School Library media program is a central part of our school. We continue to improve, with the tremendous support of the DAR, even though money from the state is nonexistent. To stay current and meet the needs of all of our students, the library has to continually purchase new reference, nonfiction, and fiction books, and any other materials that supplement the students' learning. This year with the support of several DAR Chapters, we were able to purchase 30 copies of each of the three books of the Hunger Games Series.
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Recipes from the Famous Basket Luncheon
Good Slaw - Louise Willson Jacobs
½ cup drained shredded pineapple
½ cup small marshmallows cut fine
2 cups cabbage chopped fine
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup blanched almonds chopped
½ cup cooked dressing
Mix well. If you like more dressing, use equal parts of dressing and mayonnaise.
Cooked Dressing -
2 eggs, slightly beaten ½ cup sugar
2 Tbs. butter ½ cup vinegar (mild)
1 ½ tsp. red pepper 1 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. prepared mustard
Mix all ingredients and cook in double boiler until thick. Cool and use.
Mrs. H. Grady Jacobs was the KDS Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1950 to 1976. The Old Main Building of the school was re-dedicated and named the Louise Willson Jacobs Building on May 21, 1978. |
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If you have a "Did You Know?" article about KDS School, the Grant community, or the state of Alabama that you would like to share with readers of our monthly newsletter, submit it to Heather Green at hgreen@nehp.net. If you have pictures in a digital format that relate to the article, submit them along with the article. Many of our readers are new to the area and do not know the wonderful, rich history of KDS School and the Town of Grant. I am sure they will be enlightened with something that you know and take for granted that everyone else knows too. |
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Grant, AL 35747
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Upcoming Events
Dedication Day
October 11 and 12, 2012
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Did You Know?
In November, 1936, a barbeque pit was constructed and a "Ring of the Fairies" sixteen feet in diameter and approximately fifty feet in circumference, of half log seats arranged on the south side of Munson Cottage. Some dogwood trees were planted with a simple program by the students on Arbor Day, December 11, 1936.
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Elementary Students Celebrate AR Success
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a software program used in every classroom at KDS Elementary that challenges student readers to choose books and read independently. Students are tested and goals are set at the beginning of the school year according to each student's reading and grade level.
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Career Fair
April 26 and 27 were exciting days for students at KDS. The schools sponsored a career fair for middle and elementary students. These students visited display tables where representatives from over forty different career choices explained various aspects of their careers.
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