Volume 5 | Issue 29 | March 21, 2016

SIMON SAYS

E-Newsletter of Simon Kenton High School

Dear (Contact First Name),

Schools closed March 28.

Schools closed April 11-15 for Spring Break.

Parents:

When dropping students off in the morning or picking up in the afternoon, please use the driveway in front of school. Please do not drop off and pick up in the student or faculty parking lots. This causes a danger to our student drivers and staff and congests our traffic pattern. Also please be aware of students and staff crossing the driveway and those directing traffic. Student safety is most important to us. Thanks in advance for your assistance with these very busy times of the day.

2016 Yearbooks are on sale through April. WE DO NOT ORDER EXTRA YEARBOOKS. Go to www.smart-pay.com to order your copy.

WE HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF 2015 BOOKS AVAILABLE NOW. $60.

Call 859.960.0214 or have student visit Room 214A before school or during SKORE.

FREE WHOOPING COUGH (TDAP) VACCINE
March 29 @ SK
3-6 PM
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Limited Quantities.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

End of Course Testing

May 16 - US History

May 18 - Algebra 2

May 19 - Biology

May 20 - English 2

KPREP testing (On Demand Writing)

May 10 - all 10th grade students

May 12 - all 11th grade students

FOLLOW SK SPORTS ON TWITTER

TEAM UPDATES

FFA WELDING TEAM AND FLORAL DESIGN TEAM

The SK FFA Welding Team placed 4th at the Regional contest. The team members were Brad Sipple, Dalton Howe, Dewey Cahill and Cameron Bailey. Brad, Dalton and Cameron all received $500 scholarships to KWI (Kentucky Welding Institute). Dewey Cahill tied for 7th place as an individual and was awarded a $1500 scholarship to KWI.

The SK FFA Floral Design Team placed 2nd at the Regional FFA contest. The team members were Olivia Andrews, Mikayla Strain, Kamryn Jackson and Jayna Heeger. Jayna Heeger took 1st place as an individual and also received 1st place with her centerpiece design.

ARCHERY TEAM

Good luck to our SK Archers as they attend the NASP State Tournament on Tuesday in Louisville.

SK placed 1st overall at the Grant County Tournament this past weekend.

Lydia Smith - 1st Place 10th grade women

Amanda Hornsby - 1st place 12th grade women

Courtney Roark - 3rd place 12th grade women

Kellie Shafer - 3rd place 10th grade women

Matthew Tomlinson - 2nd place 12th grade men

Charles Watson - 3rd place 12th grade men

John Flege - 2nd place 11th grade men

GET INVOLVED! SK Clubs, Groups & Athletics

BOOK CLUB The book club is meeting March 25 @ 2:30 PM in Room 104 to discuss Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen.

BLOOD DRIVE The annual Hoxworth Blood Drive for students over the age of 16 and meeting the requirements will be Thursday, 3.24.16. All students are required to have parent permission slips to donate and will need to show their driver's licenses. Sign ups going on now in Room 207. See Miss Hoerlein with questions.

CROCHET & KNITTING CLUB

New and experienced people are welcome to join the group after school on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Bring your yarn, crochet hooks and knitting needles!

FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE DANCE The Freshman-Sophomore Dance will be Friday, April 1 from 8-11 PM. The theme is 007. (James Bond/Secret Agent) and dress is semi-formal.

Tickets will be on sale in March 21-29 by the cafeteria. If you have a date from another school, forms must be filled out and turned in when you purchase tickets. Pick up forms outside Room 207.

STUDENT COUNCIL

will meet the first and second Thursday of every month throughout the school year in the Library Media Center from 2:40 - 3:30. ALL grades are welcome. See Miss Hoerlein in Room 207 if you have questions.

SK SHOWKASE SPONSORED BY STUDENT COUNCIL

Auditions for the 2016 Talent ShowKase are March 30 and April 5. Sign up outside Room 141. Any questions -- see Ms. Lewis.

PIONEER PRIDE meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month. New members are ALWAYS welcome.

GUITAR CLUB will meet from 2:45-3:45 PM every last Wednesday of the month in the chorus room. Anyone interested in playing or learning to play the guitar is welcome to attend.

SK Family Resource &
Youth Services Center

DINING ON A BUDGET

Your family is invited to a workshop about saving time and money on your family's meals.

Thursday, 3.31.16

6:30-7:30 PM

@ SK and IT'S FREE!!!

Space is limited to SK families.

Please RSVP at (859) 960-0144 or email Melissa.Cross@kenton.kyschools.us.

All families in attendance will enjoy dinner, receive door prizes and learn new money and time-saving recipes.

HUNGRY MAN CHALLENGE

Thursday, April 21 @ 6 PM

All SK males can apply to play in the
SK Powderbuff Volleyball Tournament.

Competition will pit grade level v. grade level.

Coaches will be the girls' volleyball team.

$7 participation fee per person.

Applications are outside Room 207.

Proceeds will go to SK's Resource Center to help our families in need.

isolated macaroni and cheese on a fork with white background

HUNGER RELIEF

Food Packing Event

FBLA and NHS are co-hosting the 3rd annual mac & cheese food packing with NKY Hunger Relief.

The cost per meal is 25� and we need to raise $2,000 to host the food packing. Proceeds go to our own Youth Service Center and local food pantries. We are collecting quarters in each classroom. Donations are due by Friday, April 1st.

The packing event is scheduled for April 7th from 3-6 PM. Questions and donations can be directed to Johnny Sue Bauer or Therese Dukes.

PROUD OF OUR PIONEERS

Check out this article on SK's MOS certifications by
Johnny Sue Bauer.

MOS Certification for Excell

Andrew Stevens

MOS Certification for

Word 2013:

Kyle Wilson

MOS Certification for PowerPoint 2013:

Destiny Dallas
Kiana Hartman
Sydney Barnett
Katie Wagner
Ashton Dischar
Olivia Spina
Haley West
Will Leanhart

Hannah Edwards

Dylan Perkins

Kyle Taylor

Abby Ayers

Evan Armstrong
Zach Barnett
Kyle Wilson
Jewel Claypool
Joshua Bentley
Max Brueckner
Josh Bryan
Spencer Carr
Cameron Clark
Taylor Conrad
Laura Cox
Cody Daniels
Alison Galbraith
Lily Gebauer
Jake Goldberg
Dyllan Goldick
Mallory Grove

This Week @ SK

[Please Note: For many reasons, including weather, event times or locations could change. This is the information we were given at the time of publication. Always receive your primary information from the coach or sponsor.]

Monday, 3.21

Academic Team
@ State

Art Club
Room 107 | 2:30 PM

Women's Tennis V & JV B
@ Central Park v. Boone Co.
3:30 PM

Odyssey of the Mind
Room 191 | 4 PM

Baseball - FR
v. Campbell Co. @ SK | 5 PM

Softball
v. Ludlow @ SK
V / JV | 5:30 PM

Country Chorus Concert
Auditorium | 7 PM

Tuesday, 3.22

Archery
@ NASP Tournament
in Louisville

Winter Guard
Cafeteria | 3 PM

Women's Tennis V & JV B
v. Walton @ WAP
3:30 PM

Track & Field
JV @ Conner JV Invite

Softball
v. Conner @ SK
V / JV | 5:30 PM

Baseball - V
@ Williamstown | 5:30 PM

Citizens Police Academy
School Campus
6:30 PM

Wednesday, 3.23

Women's Tennis JV A & B
v, Ryle @ SK | 3:30 PM

Baseball - FR
v. Scott @ SK | 5:15 PM

Thursday, 3.24

Hoxworth Blood Drive
Practice Gym
All Day

Winter Guard
Cafeteria | 3 PM

Men's Tennis
v. Walton @ Sports Park
3:45 PM

Softball
v. Cooper @ SK
V / JV | 5:30 PM

Baseball - FR
@ Cooper | 5:30 PM

Adaptive Guard Performance
Joe B. Stark Gym
6 PM

Friday, 3.25

Winter Guard
Cafeteria | 3 PM

Track & Field
Varsity @ Boone Co.

Baseball - FR
@ Grant Co. | 5:30 PM

Baseball - V
Big Jack Classic @ East Carter

Saturday, 3.26

Baseball - V
Big Jack Classic @ East Carter

COUNSELING CORNER

Reminder: Homecoming Scholarship applications are due to Ms. Lewis in Room 141 by Tuesday, April 5.

Attention Seniors! The second round of COMPASS testing is March 29-April 1. Please see your English and Math teachers for more information.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Three-week full-time PAID summer Youth Conservation Team student crew position with Ohio River Foundation performing habitat restoration work in NKY. For more information:
http://ohioriverfdn.org/stewardship/ecosystem_restoration/Youth_Conservation_Teams.html

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 25.

Miami University Summer Scholars Program
Session I: July 3 - July 15, 2016
Session II: July 17 - July 29, 2016

Miami's Summer Scholars Program provides a rich, early college experience for academically-talented rising high school juniors and seniors from across the globe. Students will join an engaged community of learners for an intense, two-week program on Miami's campus exploring a topic of their choice with an acclaimed Miami faculty member. Participants who later choose to apply to Miami will also receive priority consideration for Miami merit scholarships and the University's premier academic programs.

The University is pleased to offer a limited number of full scholarships for the Summer Scholars Program to academically-talented students with financial need who apply and are accepted to the program.

As part of the application process, counselors will need to submit the following materials online. All application materials must be received by May 1, 2016.

If you have any questions, please email summerscholars@MiamiOH.edu or contact Lindsey Holden at lindsey.holden@MiamiOH.edu or 513-529-2556.

Have information for Simon Says?

Deadline is NOON on Thursdays.

To our feeder schools . . . we will share your upcoming events. Just make sure we have information in plenty of time to publish it for you. Same goes for groups @ SK who need fundraisers, etc. advertised.

Simon Kenton High School | 859-960-0100 | laura.schneider@kenton.kyschools.us | http://www.kenton.kyschools.us/school_home.aspx?schoolid=3
11132 Madison Pike
Independence, KY 41051

HUNGRY MAN CHALLENGE Thursday, April 21 @ 6 PM

HUNGRY MAN CHALLENGE

Thursday, April 21 @ 6 PM