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ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE TOGETHER |
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Boone County Schools Selects New  COO/Deputy Superintendent
Boone County School officials have selected Camp Ernst Middle School Principal Eric McArtor to be the new Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Superintendent of the Boone County School District. He is replacing retiring Deputy Superintendent and Chief Operating Officer Mike Blevins.
Eric McArtor has been in education for 24 years. He has served students in many roles including as a teacher, assistant principal and he opened the brand new Camp Ernst Middle School in 2005 as principal.
Mr. McArtor says he leaves Camp Ernst with mixed emotions. He loves the staff, the students and the community he has served for nearly a decade. "I feel it's time to move forward in my career and I am looking forward to this new position in administration. I know it will be a learning process as it is with all things in life but, I am prepared and excited about the challenges ahead. It is my hope that I continue the great job that Mr. Blevins has done over the past 7 years."
McArtor starts his new role for Boone County Schools July 1st. |
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Distinguished Alumni Award
Congratulations to Florence Elementary Principal, Lisa Reising. She was awarded the NKU College of Education and Human Services Distinguished Alumni Award. |
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 ELEMENTARY NEWS
Just before Spring Break we showed you how Stephens Elementary celebrated Artsapalooza week. Here are a few more pictures you didn't see from Thursday and Friday of Artsapalooza. Thursday, day 4, children were treated to acclaimed storyteller, Diane Macklin who uses instruments to accompany her 'lyrical voice' and 'dancing hands' as she tells a story. As she told her mezmerizing folktales she also taught the children how to be a part of the story using their hands and voices.
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Stephens students enjoying
Macklin's stories |
 | | Acclaimed storyteller Dian Macklin |
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On Friday, day 5 of Artsapalooza, Stephens students were treated to performances from
The Cooper High School Dance Troupe and the newly formed Stephens Elementary Winter Guard. As you can see audience participation was a fun requirement.
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 | | Cooper Dance Troupe working with kids |
This is the third annual Artsapalooza at Stephens. This year students are keeping journals of what they've experienced all week. In the travel journal packet students are asked to respond and reflect on what they've seen with questions like, "If you were going to design an AP what would be its function and purpose?" That was just one of the discussion questions students reflected upon after seeing a graphic designer on the second day of Artsapalooza.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
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Congratulations to Gray Middle School 8th grader Emmi Fish. Emmi is a student member of International Women's Brass Conference and has been awarded a scholarship to attend their conference at Northern Kentucky University in June. Emmi will meet professional women, brass players from all over the globe, take classes, do mock auditions, attend seminars and participate in an age appropriate solo competition.
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This is Ken Ryumae, an 8th grader at Gray Middle School, proudly showing his second place finishing in the Computer Science category at the Northern Kentucky Regional Science Fair held at NKU in February. Ken advanced to the KY State Science and Engineering Fair held at EKU March 29th. There, he placed 2nd, and was nominated to compete in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS program, which awarded him in the top 10% of middle school participants in SSP-affiliated science fairs nationwide. Congrats! RA Jones Middle Schools is hosting their 7th Annual Kids 1-Miler 5K Run/Walk. |
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
College Counseling Scholarships Available for Freshmen
Five incoming freshmen will receive scholarships for free customized college/ career counseling from Navigo. Three scholarships will go to students at all four Boone County high schools who are interested in engineering or advanced manufacturing careers. An additional two scholarships will go to students at Boone County High and Conner High for any career field. The students who will be selected will be NaviGo Scholars who will work periodically with a NaviGo Coach and a Company Mentor after school on the Thomas More campus. Starting with a focus upon the Scholar's personal interests, talents and passions, the NaviGo Coach will use a customized curriculum that leads the Scholar to possible career clusters, and eventually to a point of three viable, affordable and achievable post-secondary career paths. These are meant to lead to a career of the Scholar's choice available in the region. The NaviGo Scholars Program is designed to parallel the four years of high school.
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Anne Nichols and Donna Prieshoff |
National Honor Society students from Ryle High School collected nearly 450 canned goods for the Mary Rose Mission in Florence, Kentucky. Pictured are Ryle librarian and NHS sponsor Anne Nichols and Mary Rose Mission volunteer Donna Prieshoff.
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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. Contact your child's school to enroll 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. |
 Governors Cup Correction! The April 2nd newsletter incorrectly gave credit to Ryle High as the Governor's Cup-1st place regional winner as was announced at the Excellence in Education Celebration March 27th. Conner High should have been correctly recognized as the Governor's Cup 1st place regional winner. We apologize for the error. |
 Conner High Reunion for Faculty and Staff Final Reminder: Former Principals Hogan, Arnold, Rollins, Blevins and current Conner High Principal Tim Hitzfield are inviting all current and former faculty and staff back to Good Ole' Conner High School for a traditional steak fry reunion. Print this form. Fill it out and send it in by this Friday April 18th. |
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