Lone Oak wins District Governor's Cup Championship

Lone Oak High School’s academic team won the Overall Championship at the Second District Governor’s Cup on Feb. 2.   The team also placed Second in Quick Recall and Third in  Future Problem Solving. The team will be competing in the Regional Governor’s Cup on February 20^th, at Calloway County High School.   Individual Lone Oak winners include Math: Nicolas Anderson-1^st place, Blake McKinney-3^rd place; Social Studies:  Neal Clark-2^nd place, Roberto Arreaza-3^rd place; Science:  Nicolas Anderson-1^st place, Matthew Dolan-5^th place; Language Arts:  Sanjana Pampati-2^nd place, Rachel Lundberg-3^rd place, Roberto Arreaza-5^th place; Arts and Humanities:  Seth Helton-2^nd place, Matthew Dolan-5^th place; Composition:  Jack Pfeiffer-2^nd place

Heath Middle Future Problem Solving places First in District Governor's Cup Competition

Heath Middle School Future Problem Solving Team placed 1^st in the Governor’s Cup District Competition: Schubert Moffatt, Adrianna Hendricks, Taylor Romans and Wyatt Seed.  Student who placed in written assessment: Schubert Moffatt, 2^nd Place Science; Alexandria Montgomery, 2^nd Place Arts & Humanities and 5^th place Social Studies; Bradley Baker, 4^th Place Math; Anna Solomon, 3^rd Place Composition; Nikki Germain, 4^th Place Composition.

Challenger Learning Center at Paducah Hits Milestone with 50,000^th Student to Fly Mission

Wells Purdom from Lone Oak Middle School received a big surprise as he walked through the doors of the Challenger Learning Center at Paducah on Wednesday, February 3.  He received balloons and shouts of congratulations as he became the 50,000^th student to fly a mission at the center. MORE

Students in Joy Lampley's Concord Elementary classroom performed a "Shape Rap" (written by one of the students) to demonstrate to Principal Ginger Hollowell their mastery of shapes.

Heath Middle places Second in Academic Showcase

Lone Oak Fifth Graders learn from Living Gallery

Kelly Smith's fifth grade class at Lone Oak Elementary made history come to life on February 1st!Each student studied an important historical figure of their own choosing.  Students used many different resources to research their historical figure, practiced memorizing their lines with each other, and then presented a "Living Gallery" that other Lone Oak students could walk through and learn important information about each individual.  The students were in character with costumes and held picture frames to make the gallery more exciting.  The students chose historical figures ranging from King George III, Cleopatra, Abraham Lincoln, to Clara Barton.  Students said that this project not only taught them about the figure they studied but also sparked an interest in history that had not previously been tapped!  They asked, "can we do this again tomorrow?" at the end of the project! MORE PHOTOS

Congratulations to winners of the 2nd Annual Winter Chills Story Contest sponsored by Paducah Parenting and Family magazine

Noah Ellis:  Second Grade, Concord Elementary School, Giant Ants of Georgia

Hayden Faughn, Third Grade, Concord Elementary School, The Devastating Doodles of Denver

Shelby R. McCutchen, Fourth Grade, Concord Elementary School, The Terrifying Ax Man from Tennessee

Mallory Thompson, Fifth Grade, Lone Oak Elementary School, Aliens Cause an Ice Storm

Jack Reed, Sixth Grade, Heath Middle School, The Aliens are Coming!

Amelya Powell, Seventh Grade, Reidland Middle School, Wishbone

Winning stories from grades 4-7 are published in the February edition of Paducah Parenting and Family magazine

Souder and Glisson awarded academic KAPOS scholarships

Paige Souder and Nikki Glisson, seniors at Heath High School, were awarded two of the three academic scholarships given at the Region 1 KAPOS Cheerleading Competition at Graves County High School on Sunday, January 24.  Paige is the daughter of Richard and Tammy Souder.  Nikki is the daughter of Lee and Jerrie Glisson.

Marc Mavigliano, a teacher at Lone Oak Middle School, has successfully completed the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification process for 2009. The certification process consists of several projects in which participants work with mentors to develop techniques and their own philosophy of teaching.  Portfolios are submitted which include videos of classroom teaching and student work.  Evaluations are based on content knowledge, effectiveness in teac hing and the ability to manage and measure student learning.  Preparation of materials averages at least 300 hours in addition to their full-time teaching responsibilities. McCracken County now has 28 teachers who have achieved National Board Certification.  Thirty-four teachers have earned National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification while employed by the McCracken County Public Schools. 

McCracken County National Board Certified Teachers:

The McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center has been selected to participate with the McCracken Co Public Library in the Great Stories CLUB.  This program pairs a public library with a program that services at-risk kids, and provides a series of books for the student to read and discuss.  The Great Stories CLUB is organized by the American Library Association Public Programs Office (PPO), in cooperation with the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Major funding for the Great Stories CLUB has been provided by Oprah’s Angel Network.

The Great Stories CLUB is a reading and discussion program that targets underserved, troubled teen populations. The program reaches teens through books that are relevant to their lives, inviting them to read and keep the books, and encourages them to consider and discuss each title with a group of their peers. It seeks to show that reading can be a source of pleasure, a tool for self-exploration, and a meaningful way to connect to the wider world. Its ultimate goal is to inspire young adults who face difficult situations to take control of their lives by embracing the power of reading.

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