 ELEMENTARY
A letter from some students at Longbranch Elementary
Dear Community Members, 
Starting next Monday through Friday, November 30th to December 4th, we invite you to participate in a project called "Tapout." Tapout is where you drink only water everyday for a week. We ask that the money you save for a week of not buying coffee, soft drinks or other thirst quenchers be donated to FAITH2MOVE. That money will be used to provide safe drinking water to people in areas of the world with no access to safe drinking water. You can write a check for the money you saved made payable to FAITH2MOVE and send it to school with a Longbranch students or mail the check to:
FAITH2MOVE Longbranch Elementary School 2805 Longbranch Road Union, KY 41091
Thank you from FAITH2MOVE member and Longbranch student, Kathrynne.
Thornwilde Elementary
Members of the Northern Kentucky Honor Guard joined Senator John Schickel last week to present Thornwilde Elementary with a new flag. All the students were brought outside to witness and participate in the ceremony as the flag was hoisted up the flag pole to fly proudly over the Thornwilde community. The school choir sang and everyone participated in saying "The Pledge of Allegiance."
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| | Honor Guard raising the flag |
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| | The flag going up the pole |
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Honoring a Volunteer at Kelly Elementary
Kelly Elementary volunteer JoAnn Harvey has been recognized for her volunteer services and for being a family caregiver by both the AARP and Boone County Schools. Mrs. Harvey tirelessly spent 30 years taking care of her ailing husband until his recent death. November is National Family Caregivers Month and the AARP recognized 53 caregivers, one from each state as well as Washington, D. C.. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Each winning caregiver received what's called a Portrait of Care, an artist's painting of family caregivers and their loved ones. Executive Director of Student Services Kathy Reutman presented Mrs. Harvey with a Volunteer Services certificate. Since Mr. Harvey's death Mrs. Harvey has found another caregiving job, as a volunteer for Kelly Elementary. The students and staff there love Mrs. Harvey as does the principal, Kathleen Gutzwiller, who is JoAnn's daughter.
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| | JoAnn Harvey surrounded by family. |
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Florence Elementary ----->
Florence Elementary presented the sixth annual Vocabulary Parade that involved the entire school.
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The parents were invited to watch their child pass by, dressed to illustrate their vocabulary word. The students were assigned a general academic vocabulary word, for which families helped design a costume. The assigned word had to be on the costume or poster. The students and their families became very creative in demonstrating the image of their word. The students demonstrated a life size camera for photographer, a life size tape dispenser for adhesive, and even a life size bumblebee.
A vocabulary word hall was created with some of the many words presented during the parade. The parade was a fun way to increase the student's vocabulary knowledge.
Many of the grade level teachers had group costumes and were parading with their class. The office staff added a twist to 'Superhero's'. Each dressed as a character that represented a different vocabulary word, Robin - Defender, Bat Woman - Justice, Deputy - Extraordinary, Thor - Thunder, Wonder Woman - Wonder, and Superman/Clark Kent - Super. Other unique group illustrations were winter Olympic sports, going through the decades, the seasons, and an array of idioms. | 
