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News from the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School
| February 2016 |
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Students Selected to Represent KDS at the 125th Continental Congress
After an intensive selection process, Leeann Myers and William Sanderson were chosen to represent KDS during the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution's 125th Annual Continental Congress in Washington, DC, this June. All KDS Juniors were invited to apply for this honor. Applicants' names were passed on to a nominating committee, resulting in nine finalists who were interviewed.
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Farmer Directs Donation to KDS
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School recently received a $2,500 donation from America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund and directed by local farmer Linda Bevel Childers. Linda, a 1975 KDS graduate, farms row crops in Marshall, Madison, and Jackson counties with her husband and two sons. She has been farming since 1980.
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KDS Says Goodbye to Long-Time
Friend and Employee
A long-time friend and employee of KDS, Joyce June Gayle Troup, of Grant passed away on February 2, 2016. She was 89. Mrs. Troup served 29 years as the secretary of the KDS Executive Director.
Mrs. Troup, daughter of George and Annie Wallace Gayle, was born July 7, 1926, in Marshall County. She graduated in 1945 from Kate Duncan Smith DAR School. She attended Business School in Nashville,Tennessee.
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Labels for Education Program
is Ending Soon
We have some sad news. In the past few years participation in Labels for Education has declined and as a result, Campbell's has come to the very difficult decision to wind down the LFE program. To provide the appropriate amount of lead time for KDS Elementary to prepare and submit final batches of labels to Campbell's prior to the deadline, we are asking that you to submit any collected product codes by June 1, 2016. Any Labels for Education that you have collected on our behalf should be forwarded to KDS as soon as possible.
Thank you so much to every individual and every chapter that has diligently participated in this program over the years on behalf of KDS DAR Elementary School.
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KDS Elementary Learns About
Alabama Raptors
The Lake Guntersville State Park and the Alabama Wildlife Center partner to offer raptor education programs to schools to help promote the Eagle Awareness Program at the Guntersville Park. Scottie Jackson, the Director of Education and Outreach for the Alabama Wildlife Center, and Amanda Glover, Assistant Naturalist at Guntersville State Park, visited KDS Elementary to teach students and teachers about raptors on January 29th. Eagle Awareness is a popular program the park has offered for the past 31 years.
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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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