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KSP Substance Abuse Info Center adds to Symsonia DARE graduation
KSP MOBILE CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION – From left, Kentucky State Police Trooper David Archer, Graves County Schools’ resource officer John Cavin, and Symsonia Elementary School students Shelby Marshall and Callie Smith watch a video inside the Kentucky State Police Substance Abuse Information Center. Archer drove the mobile center to the school as part of the celebration for Symsonia sixth graders’ graduation from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education or DARE program. Fancy Farm, Lowes, and Wingo elementary sixth grades also completed the program this spring in its return to Graves County after an absence of more than a decade. Next year’s sixth grades will complete the program at those four schools in the spring of 2013. This coming fall, Graves County Central, Cuba, Farmington, and Lowes elementary school sixth grades will complete DARE training as well. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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Symsonia students’ essays tell about DARE training
SYMSONIA WRITERS ADDRESS DARE – Symsonia Elementary sixth graders were among the classes of the four Graves County elementary schools in which Drug Abuse Resistance Education training was presented this spring. DARE instructor and Graves County Schools’ resource officer John Cavin is pictured standing behind the four students who wrote essays judged the best at their school. Those students include, from left, Meagan Henderson, Carson McKee, Grace Shelton, and Mary Eggleston. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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Symsonia sixth grade class completes DARE training
SYMSONIA DARE GRADUATES – Graves County Schools’ resource officer John Cavin earned certification this school year as a DARE instructor. Drug Abuse Resistance Education addresses use of illegal and harmful substances, violence, and the peer pressure teenagers face concerning those issues. However, the training goes further. “There also are sections on bullying, prescription drugs, and other related topics. It’s taught in a ten-week course, leading up to DARE graduation,” Cavin explained. Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon attended the ceremony and presented the students tee-shirts purchased through his office. Kentucky State Police troopers also joined in congratulating the graduates. Students pictured here comprise the sixth grade of Symsonia Elementary School. At far left are Cavin and Redmon. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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Symsonia Elementary students recently cheered on the Nashville Sounds baseball team in Nashville, Tennessee. Students in first through sixth grades were each rewarded the trip for achieving an individualized reading goal for the school year. The team hosts many school groups throughout the season in hopes to encourage high reading achievement.
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Attention Dads & Father Figures! You and your children are invited to a very special night: All Pro Dad Dinner Followed by the Movie “Courageous” When: Friday, May 11th. Dinner at 6:00 p.m., Movie at 7:00 p.m. Where: Graves County High School Cafeteria & Gym Cost: FREE!!! Dinner will be provided for first 500 guests! Door prizes include “Courageous” DVDs, Tony Dungy books, and more!
Special appearance by MSU Basketball Coach, Steve Prohm
About All Pro Dad (www.allprodad.com) All Pro Dad is the fatherhood program of Family First, a national non-profit organization dedicated to fortifying families. All Pro Dad features NFL coaches, players and alumni who speak out about the importance of fatherhood. Through its Play of the Day email, All Pro Dad’s Day school based-breakfast program, and nationwide NFL events, All Pro Dad gives men the tools they need to make a difference in the lives of their children and families. To learn more about All Pro Dad, visit AllProDad.com. During this time, they discuss a wide range of family topics, spend time together, create fun memories, and are equipped with resources to strengthen their relationship… coming to your child’s school next fall!
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Symsonia Students Support Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Symsonia fourth grade students recently donned teal ribbons in support of ovarian cancer awareness. The students chose to wear the ribbons in memory of Lathrop’s aunt who recently passed away with the disease.
Front: Abbi Norton, Kyler Farmer, Kendra Melcher, McKenzie Beanland, Austin Massey, Levi Kelley, Abbi Nall, Jeremy Bottoms, Parker Holshouser, Louia Jones, Raegan Hartman
Middle: Aidan Wallace, Rilee Medlin, Ally Perdue, Drew Hayden, Nathan Steele, Tristen Reed, Jacob Woods, Josh Steffy, Nathaniel Varela, Nathyn Wilfort, Ashley Riley, Bethany Spraggs, Michelle Willingham, Emily Smith
Back: Holly VeuCasovic (teacher), Tanner Gregory, Martin Wheat, Blake Robertson, Zachary Dubbels, Nick Smith, Clay Mills, Brenna Dotson, Jennifer Armstrong, Isaac Hughes, Bryce Hiett, Daven Ford, Katie Kaler, Taylor Hill, Jackson Sims, Riley Thompson, Chase Robinson
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Symsonia Students Rock to 60s Music with the Wulfe Brothers The Wulfe Bros. recently held a concert for Symsonia students that celebrated music and history from the 1960s. The band integrated music culture of the decade including teen idols and the “British Invasion”. They also incorporated history from Martin Luther King, Jr. to John F. Kennedy. Band members reminded students of the importance of healthy habits that lead to their best academic performance including plenty of sleep, a healthy diet, and punctuality. The band performs at many schools across the state each year.
Left to right: Zephan Farris, Austin Lee, Jamey Theobald, Dominic Cross, John Michael Holmes, Michael Cox
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CAREER DAY Symsonia Elementary sixth grader Ally McGuire smiles while classmate Kathryn Perkins gives a curious glance during a demonstration of biofeedback by Lee Ann Morse. Morse works as a physical therapist for Baptist Health Services and volunteered as a presenter at the northeastern Graves county school's annual career day. Students in fourth through sixth grades spoke with some forty professionals representing a variety of fields. The event was designed to expose students to a variety of career options, aligning with the school district's initiate of college and career readiness.
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Symsonia students show style in 2012 Graves County Elementary Art Show SYMSONIA GRAVES ELEMENTARY ART SHOW WINNERS – Symsonia Elementary School students whose art was displayed in the 2012 Graves County Elementary Art Show in the district’s Performing Arts Center Gallery include, from left, fifth grader Lillie Johnson, third place for “Cool/Warm Bedroom,” sixth grader Trinity Fleming, first place for “Mask Papier Mache,” and first grader Emily Dunaway, second place for “Black and White Construction Paper.” Symsonia Elementary School’s art teacher is Brenda Gardner.
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Symsonia students board Kentucky Department of Agriculture Mobile Activity Center for hands-on learning SYMSONIA STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH GLEUP – Symsonia Elementary fourth grade teacher Holly Veucasovic smiles as three of her students, from left, Clay Mills, Rilee Medlin, and Tanner Gregory warily begin the process of making Gleup. Other students in the back grin as they enjoy further steps in the process of making the Silly Putty-like substance from polymers. Veucasovic said, “In science class, we’re studying matters – solids, liquids, and gases. So, we’re doing activities related to those concepts.” Mixing the starter Gleup, at right, is Graves County High School graduate Jason Hodge, coordinator of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture Mobile Activity Center. Hodge, now a resident of Hodgenville, travels the commonwealth tying agriculture products and their uses into science core content curriculum. The students also conducted experiments focusing on soil erosion and plant germination.
(Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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Symsonia girl offers nurturing hands to raise funds handled with loving touch When 8-year-old Laniya Yarber of Symsonia expressed an interest in helping others a while back, she asked her mother how she could. Before long, she had raised $300 through an on-line auction to buy toys for children at the Lighthouse shelter in Mayfield. Now, Laniya’s Nurturing Hands is a Facebook page and she asks others to help her fight cancer by raising funds “handled with a loving touch.” Mayfield Mayor Teresa Cantrell will honor her at the April city council meeting. Laniya’s story aired on the 10 p.m. newscast of WPSD/Local 6 TV Thursday evening, March 15.
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Symsonia boy to raise green to fight cancer, sells Leprechaun Juice March 17
ST. PATTIE’S DAY LEMONADE – What started out as a normal afternoon snack of cheese and crackers for 7-year-old Cayden Goodman of Symsonia has turned into a community fundraiser to benefit cancer patients. He stumbled into selling family and friends crackers with a cancer awareness ribbon made of “Easy Cheese.” Earning $8 in less than 30 minutes made him realize he could open a lemonade stand. His grandmother, aunt, great-grandfather and a close family friend all recently battled the disease. “I believe his awareness of cancer in our family coupled with the fact that his first grade class at Symsonia Elementary School is raising funds for Relay for Life is what inspired him to raise money for this wonderful cause,” said his mother, Joni Goodman. His interest in leprechauns has led him to sell lemonade on St. Patrick’s Day as “Leprechaun Juice.” So, Cayden and friends he recruited will raise cash for the American Cancer Society and the family of a local woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. The stand will be stationed at Slabtown Restaurant at the Symsonia four-way stop, the intersection of Kentucky highways 131 and 348. It opens at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, and run until 2 p.m. or until the Leprechaun Juice sells out.
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Lowes, Symsonia ‘future Eagles’ make presentations to Graves school board
‘FUTURE EAGLES’ WITH GRAVES SCHOOL BOARD – Graves County Board of Education members posed with students at a recent board meeting. Superintendent Pete Galloway said the young leaders from different elementary schools all are “future Eagles” of Graves County Middle and High schools. Students from the Lowes Elite Team had presented a summary of their roles at school. Interested sixth grade students serve on various committees on projects within the school community. Symsonia Student Technology Leadership Program members presented a Powerpoint on ways technology benefits their school. Lowes students pictured, from left, are Kacey Pritchard, Madison Gibson, Morgan Marine, Emily Courtney, Sydnie Fralicx, and Logan Traylor. Symsonia students are Pearson Perdue (wearing khakis), Carson Sims (wearing button-down shirt), Brenna Dotson (younger blonde), Carson McKee (behind Brenna), and McKayla Dotson. Adults pictured behind them, from left, include Symsonia principal Lisa Gamble, board member Kevin Curtsinger, Superintendent Galloway, board members Kelly Whitaker and Jim Wurth, Symsonia teacher Michelle Overstreet, board members Emily Duff, Ronnie Holmes and Donnie Reed, and Lowes principal Cheryl Goodman. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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Graves Schools announce kindergarten/entry level registration for 2012-2013
The Graves County School District will conduct kindergarten/entry-level registration for the 2012-2013 school year at each community elementary school on specific days the week of April 16-20. In order to enroll a student for the school year 2012-2013, the student must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 1, 2012. The child is not required to attend; however, parents must register their child for the kindergarten/entry-level program. Parents might be required to provide proof of residence. Examples include bills for electricity, natural gas, or home telephone. Each parent is asked to contact the child’s school to schedule an appointment. Parents must bring along the child’s Social Security Card, official birth certificate, an original copy of the current immunization certificate, and forms for eye, dental, and medical exams to the scheduled school appointment. Registration sessions at specific schools, times, dates, and contact telephone numbers include: Farmington, from 8 a.m. to noon Monday, April 16, phone (270) 328-4830; Sedalia, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, April 16, phone 328-4850; Symsonia, from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 17, phone 674-4860; Lowes, from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, phone 674-4840; Wingo, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, phone 328-4870; Cuba, from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, April 19, phone 328-4810; Fancy Farm, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, phone 674-4820; and Graves County Central Elementary, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 20, phone 674-4900 or 328-4900.
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DARE RETURNS TO GRAVES SCHOOLS Graves County Schools’ resource officer John Cavin holds his graduation certificate from Drug Awareness Resistance Education training from Kentucky State Police in Campbellsville. “In my 19 years of working in law enforcement, this training was, by far, the most demanding I’ve had,” he explained, later adding, “DARE is a police officer-taught lesson plan set in sixth grade for the Graves County Schools. It’s designed for students to be able to say no to drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and to their friends when they try to get kids to do something they shouldn’t…” The ten-week training utilizes a variety of teaching techniques, but cannot stand alone, he said. Cavin concluded, “I hope our parents and community get involved and support their kids in this effort. We’ve got to do something or we’ll lose our most valuable asset: our kids.” Since completing the training in mid-February, Cavin has taught it to sixth graders in four of the district’s eight elementary schools. He’ll teach sixth graders next fall in the remaining four elementary schools and return to the first four elementaries next spring. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)
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