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ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE TOGETHER |
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COMING SOON: Boone County Day of Play 5K Walk & Run
3rd Annual Boone 4 Health Boone County Day of Play-Family 5K Run/Walk
Sponsored by the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council
Saturday March 29, 2014; England-Idlewild Park
8:45-9:00 Zumba Kick Off
9:00-10:00 Family 5K Run/Walk
10:00-11:30 Family Activities and Health Fair
Cost:
Pre-registration:
(March 1-March 22)
Students & adults register separately
$10 students; $20 adults and $35 families (2 adults and at least 1 child or 1 adult and more than 2 children)
Proceeds will support: Feed his Kids
Get more information here.
Student Registration click here
Adult Registration click here
Family Registration click here |
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WARM 98 Teacher of the week
Congratulations to Jessica Wells from New Haven Elementary. She was nominated by the mother of one of her former students, Natalie Burch. Rhiannon Burch says of Mrs. Wells,  "Natalie was painfully shy but believed in fairies, she loves fairies, so Mrs.Wells taughther class to believe in whatever their interests were and in themselves. She made a difference in our lives. I know my daughter would not be the same without Mrs. Wells." Jessica Wells received a glass apple and her classroom received a pizza party courtesy of Westshore Pizza. |
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15 Boone County School District Teachers nominated for Golden Apple
 Congratulations to Crystal Blanton of Cooper High, Sara Franxman and Dan Wagner of Conner High, Andrea Gronefeld and Heather Turner from Stephens, Dustin Margrave of Ryle High, Holly McVaigh from Camp Ernst Middle, Dawn Padgett from New Haven Elementary, Margie Shively and Rebekah Warner of North Pointe Elementary, Melissa Stolz from R.A. Jones Middle, Betty Webber of Erpenbeck Elementary, Ilah Conley from Florence Elementary, Lisa Fischer of Longbranch Elementary and Pamela Schlabaum of Thornwilde Elementary. Winners will be announced at the Excellence in Education Celebration: Northern Kentucky has Talent! on Thursday March 27th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. The Golden Apple is a prestigious award given to an outstanding teacher for his or her excellence in teaching. |
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SCHOOL BOARD NOTES
Good News items:
 BCEMA Benefits from OMS FIRST Lego League Teams
The Ockerman Middle School
(OMS)Robotics teamed up with the Boone County Emergency Management Agency (BCEMA) and their director Mark Ihrig to create a website and data base for BCEMA's use. "The Little What If's" team created a website for legitimate charities in Boone County. It is set up to fundraise when viewed and all the money raised will be donated to BCEMA. They are also donating their robot field mat and Lego kit to the BCEMA. "The Big What If's" team created a data base on legitimate businesses in Boone County that searches for certain keywords and the companies that offer the services requested. Both projects will be implemented and used in Boone County. Team members from The Big What If's include:
Dylan Coe, Seth Cutright, Andrew Cotton, Tyler Pfeiffenberger, Brady Guo, Jack Shelley and Tommy Sheehan. Team members from The Little What If's include: Austin Coe, Cheryl Thomas, Alan Zhang, Matthew Weaver, Chandler Stegman.
 Victoria Yeomanson from Cooper High School has received the 3C Outstanding Educator Award from the colleges of education at Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati.
Cooper High School Instructional Coach Durell "Butch" Hamm says Mrs. Yeomanson is one of the most distinguished teachers at Cooper High. "What makes Vicky such an excellent teacher is her ability to entertain students while teaching Advanced Placement-English. This skill has facilitated learning in her classroom to the degree that her AP scores are the best of the four county high schools. Furthermore, we have students wanting to take her class because they hear that her classes are 'fun and you learn a lot.' The students are right. Her class is unbelievably filled with high energy, enthusiasm, and engagement. Her students achieve on average 20 points higher than the national average on the AP exam."
Break The Mold
 Paul Goodridge, Bus Driver to North Pointe Elementary School is the March 2014 Break the Mold winner! Paul Goodridge is much like a teacher in that he knows every student on his routes by name. As each child gets on his bus each morning he greets them with a "Hello, Suzie, Sam, Paul," and so on. Mr. Goodridge talks to his students and gets to know them on the drive to and from school. If a child is having a particularly bad day he knows it because he knows these children like he knows his own. Before the children get off the bus to enter school Paul involves them in an uplifting song or encouraging message to help get their day started. And that's not all Mr. Goodridge does. He also plays guitar and when invited he uses his musical talent to enrich curriculum in their classes as a special treat.
Parent Power
 The Boone County Board of Education established the PARENT POWER Award to recognize parents who have a significant impact on the advancement, growth and development of Boone County Schools. From Goodridge Elementary: Amie and Dwayne Humphrey and Gail Tanner. From Kelly Elementary: Jolene Benedict. From Longbranch Elementary: Jodi Garuccio. From Mann Elementary: Emily Boomershine and Beth McIntire. From New Haven Elementary: Shawn Murdock and Elaine Stich. From Stephens Elementary Paula McPeake, Leslie Keyes and Celena Fraider. From Thornwilde Elementary: Laura Dover, Kathy Super, Patti Ottino, Mary Eloise Baynum and Michelle Reeder. From Conner Middle: Brooke Burcham-Hurst. From Boone County High: Karen Sherman, Jean Edwards. From Conner High: William and Bridgette Michels.
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ELEMENTARY NEWS
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Students are from Mrs.Horton's
class from RA Jones |
Collins Elementary, Yealey Elementary and R.A. Jones Middle School students have been given the opportunity to practice basic swimming skills and water safety at R.C. Durr YMCA funded through the PEP Grant. The Physical Education Program (PEP) grant focuses on academic success through physical activities and nutritional education. Two weeks out of the month a class from each school is selected to attend a YMCA swimming field trip. A different group of students attends each time to increase basic swimming skills and water safety skills throughout each of these buildings. The students have made huge strides learning how to swim and staying safe in the water thanks to the instruction from R.C. Durr YMCA.
Families at Collins Elementary enjoy a night of physical activity, nutrition and reading sponsored by the Family Resource Center and the PEP Grant. Kari Kelly, PEP Grant Facilitator  and Kathy Ohler, Family Resource Center Coordinator created Literacy night geared around the Winter Olympics. Students at Collins Elementary took an accelerated reader test to increase their point totals after listening to teachers read Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester, 2005. Families participated in Olympic themed games in the gym such as team skiing, scooter bobsled and hockey with physical education teacher Kristine Seever. Healthy "winter" snacks were made by all using low-fat frozen yogurt an assortment of nuts, berries and coconut for toppings following the myplate guidelines.
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Dade Holland, Natalie Tanner,
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Goodridge Elementary students who placed in their respective categories at the Regional Science Fair held at Northern Kentucky University. Dade Holland received first place in Botany, Laci Wagner received 2nd place in Engineering and Natalie Tanner received 3rd place in Behavioral Science.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
R.A. Jones 8th grade dance class taught by Ms. Kendra Caldwell, PEP Facilitator, has learned a variety of ceremonial, recreational and artistic dances over the course of the 2013-2014 school year. Ms. Caldwell's students were divided into groups and asked to select a dance they had already learned, put together a presentation and teach these dances and the content related to the dances to 1st grade students at Collins Elementary. The 8th graders gave a poster presentation to their assigned 1st grade groups at Collins which included: name of dance, elements of dance, purpose of their dance and cues used to teach the dance. Jones students then began teaching their selected dances that they modified for 1st grade students. After several days of teaching the Jones students alongside their group of 1st graders performed their dances for the class.
Camp Ernst Middle School's new club, the Kentucky Junior Historical Society participated in the regional National History Day contest at NKU Saturday March 8th. Two groups are moving on to the State National History Day Competition on April 25th. They both are in the junior division in the performance category.
 Six Odyssey of the Mind teams from Gray Middle and Camp Ernst Middle Schools move on to state competition. Gray Middle had four teams to qualify and Camp Ernst has two, which is significant becasue this is the first year Camp Ernst has participated. |
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
 Conner High School's Robotics Team placed first in the regional competition at the Robo Xtreme Campbell County Tournament with a score of 205 points in a 2.5 minute challenge. The teams were tasked with completing missions with a LEGO robot they design and program. Team members: Samantha Potter, Kevin Slone, Grant Godbey, Kendyl Strahan, Cody Haskett, Matthew Reeves, Tyler Cooper, Zach Farrell and coach Michael Barker.
 The Alternative Center for Education (ACE) has teamed up with the World of Golf to increase golf skills and physical activity through the PEP Grant. The students at the Alternative Center have received instruction on swinging a club, striking a ball, putting skills as well as the use and purpose of different clubs. The students spend time working on their swing at the driving range, analyzing their swing at the indoor range, putting on the putting greens and implementing all the skills and rules together on a 9 hole course.
Ryle High School students on a field trip to Funke Fired Arts trying their hands at pottery |
 Boone County Kids Running in the Heart-Mini!
These are students from the Boone County School District that participated in the Cincinnati Heart Mini Marathan last weekend. Forty five students from Boone County Schools ran as a group in both the 2k and the 5k events. (That's 1.25 and 3.1 miles for the metrically challenged.) |
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Kindergarten Registration for 2014-2015
If you have a child at home and not in school yet it's time to start thinking about preparing them for Kindergarten. To start the enrollment process your child must turn five before October 1st, 2014. Click here for the enrollment dates for the 2014- 2015 school year. The Boone County School District makes the process easy and fun for you and your child. Click here for kindergarten readiness videos then download the kindergarten enrollment packet. |
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