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McCracken County Public Schools
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Paducah, KY 42003 
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Nov. 20 School Board Meeting Agenda

McCracken Co. District Facilities Plan Amendment

Paducah Chamber of Commerce supports Board of Education

Click here for McCracken County Board of Education information and video regarding the Small Learning Community Model.

HLOE students conduct  food drive

Hendron-Lone Oak teachers Jenna Baker, Patty Reynolds, and Jennifer Wetzel did a collaborative unit together based on Stone Soup.  Their classes (K and 1^st) conducted a school wide food drive for Martha’s Vineyard.  Every student who donated to the food drive was entered into a drawing for a $20 gift certificate from the book fair.  Salena, from Mrs. Heine’s class, won and had fun spending her book fair gift certificate.

Lone Oak's Emma Robinson signs to play golf at Western Kentucky University

Emma Robinson, Lone Oak High School, has signed with Western Kentucky University and will be receiving a golf scholarship.

McCracken County students and staff enjoy the most
D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S Thanksgiving  meals

Thank you McCracken County Food Service staff for the extra time and effort to serve us the "MOST" delicious Thanksgiving meals.  Pictured above are Reidland students and staff enjoying their meal on Tuesday.  Reidland High students gave their cafeteria staff a standing ovation!  Also pictured are Principal Rob Richey and Assistant Principal Johnny Bohannon doing and dressing their part!

McCracken County Public School employees raised $32,411.57 during this year's United Way Campaign. This is up almost $8,000 from last year.   Thank you!  A special thank you to each school and department coordinator: Teresa Buzanis, Johnna DeJarnett, Pam Fee, Amy Fulton, Paula Grubbs, Robin Grubbs, Lisa Hughes, Terri Kirk, Nancy Mornar, Mary Paschall, Rita Pugh, Kelly Stafford, Kathy Steadham, Katherine Stinson and Holli Watkins.
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HENDRON LONE OAK STUDENTS’ SIGNATURES ARE NOW ORBITING THE EARTH

McCraken County – When the Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center Friday evening (Nov. 14) on mission STS-126, its cargo included a very personal contribution from the students at Hendron Lone Oak Elementary– their signatures! The event is part of the Student Signatures in Space (S3) program, jointly sponsored by NASA and Lockheed Martin.  Designed to stimulate young people’s interest in space and technical studies, S3 gives K-12 students the opportunity to send their digitized signatures into space and feel a personal involvement with the crew and the mission.  The program is part of the award-winning Space Day educational initiative.
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Alben W. Barkley Middle and High School Essay Contest winners announced

Alben William Barkley 
(November 24, 1877-April 30, 1956)
35^th Vice President of the United States from Paducah, Kentucky

The Alben W. Barkley Middle and High School Essay Contest winners have been announced:  High School, First Place-Josh Davis, Heath High School; Second Place-Lesley Nash, St. Mary High School; Middle School, First Place-Aubrey Withrow, Paducah Middle School; Second Place-Katherine Taylor Burton, Lone Oak Middle School.

The essay contest was part of the community's celebration of the 60^th Anniversary of Alben W. Barkley’s Election as Vice President of the United States of America.  In addition to McCracken County schools, other participating schools were Community Christian Academy, Paducah Public Schools, and St. Mary’s Academy.  The contest was sponsored by Alben Barkley's Celebration Committee with monetary support from the C-Plant Federal Credit Union. 
 The McCracken County Public School District middle and high school first place essay winners will receive $150 and second place winners will receive $100.  The overall first place winner from all the entering schools will receive an additional $150 and the second place will receive and additional $100.

Reidland High students collect over 100,000  tabs to benefit Ronald McDonald House

The RHS student council recently sponsored a can tab collection to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in memory of Keeton Mathis.  Keeton was killed in a school bus accident in the spring.  His family is attempting to collect one million tabs by his birthday, March 1.  RHS students collected over 100,000 tabs to benefit this cause.  Melissa Willoughby and Cheryl  Ramage's second block class collected over 48,000! 

City Recycling sponsors poster contest for Farley Elementary third graders

Citywide Recycling is this year's business partner for Kim Beyer's third grade class at Farley Elementary.  Crissy Mayo, the company's owner, sponsored a recycling poster contest for the class, providing all the supplies as well as prizes.  The prizes were gift cards to Wal-Mart; first place-$25, second place-$15, and third place-$10.  (Left Photo) Pictured with Mayo are the winners, (L to R) Hanna Adkison,  2nd place; Aries Hayes, 1st place; Chandler Evans, 3rd place. (Right Photo)  Mayo is pictured with the class.  This business partnership is part of the Adopt-A-Classroom Program  coordinated by the FRIENDS Center to increase collaboration between the business community and Farley Elementary.  Fourteen businesses have partnered with 14 teachers to share various aspects of their business and to support the core curriculum.   http://www.mccracken.kyschools.us/FES/adopt_a_classroom.htm.

S is for Space”

The Greyhound Center FRYSC invited Jenny Dortch, Lead Flight Director from the Challenger Learning Center to lead the students on a special journey through space for “S” week.  Dortch explained how an astronaut travels through space and the equipment needed to survive while in space.

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Eric Straub signs with Missouri State University

Eric Straub, Heath High School senior, has signed a letter of intent to play golf for Missouri State University.   Straub is a four year letterman in soccer and basketball, and a six year letterman in golf. Eric is the 2008 Paducah Tilghman Invitational Champion, the 2008 All A Region Runner-up, and the KHSAA Region 1 Runner-up. He also finished in the top 16 in both 2007 and 2008 KHSAA State Golf Tournaments. Missouri State University, located in Springfield, Missouri, is a D1 university, which competes in the Missouri Valley Conference.

What eats hay, grain and grass and was seen cavorting with students at Concord last Friday?  

What eats hay, grain and grass and was seen cavorting with students at Concord last Friday?  Goats !  Principal Ginger Hollowell's father, Coach Smith, brought two of his Kiko goats  for an informative visit.  The students learned  about the care of goats, how to protect them, and how to keep them healthy.  Kiko goats are just one kind of goat, and Coach Smith raises them for their meat.  Other kinds of goats provide milk products or fur.  Some are kept as pets or for competitive showing.  The students, K through 5^th, used  the information as a basis for an On-Demand writing task.

Students learn from McCracken County's Veterans
Students across the district celebrated Veteran's Day.  Click here to see school photos.

Heath's Mark Madison named Kentucky Soccer Coach of the Year

Mark Madison, Heath High School, has been named Kentucky Small School Soccer Coach of the Year by the Kentucky High School Soccer Coaches Association. 

Three Heath players were also named as Kentucky All State players:  Matt Kreutzer, 1st Team; Casey Breese, 2nd Team; and Eric Straub, Honorable Mention.

Several McCracken County students and media specialists;  along with Lone Oak High School students in Beth Sturm's U.S. History classes and Ellen Powless' English IIIE class; Book Club and Writing Club members attended the recent Rocket Boys event.  Best selling author, Homer Hickam was available for a book signing.

WKCTC students make donation to Farley Elementary

Debbie Swain's Surgical Technology Class at Western Kentucky Community and Technical College presented a  donation of hats and gloves to the FRIENDS Family Resource Center for Farley Elementary students.  Swain and her students are pictured above with Jimmy Johnson, principal;  Shelia Barnes, assistant principal, FRIENDS FRC Coordinator Marianna Romero, FRIENDS coordinator; and Tiffany Looper, FRIENDS assistant coordinator. 

TVA presented $1500 to PTSO president Jennifer Howle and Heath Elementary principal Donna Owen as the corporate sponsor of the school's Fall Festival.  Pictured are several HES students whose grownup works at TVA and staff members who have spouses that work at TVA.

Reidland art teacher, Lynn Pesoat's work selected for national art exhibit

Reidland High School art teacher, has one of only 40 works juried out of 500 entries entered in the Yeiser Art Center's National Juried Art Competition for the Exhibit "Blue."

The mixed media work, titled "Sacred Journey", is part of her series on "the empty nest" experienced when children have grown and moved out of the home. The Center located at Second and Broadway in Paducah and is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm.