EDUCATION
A
Special Visit
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On Feb. 26 Mayor David “Milkweed” Wotier visited the
fifth grade at Owen County Elementary School. He discussed
his duties as mayor and many aspects of local government.
Second-graders
celebrate 100 days of school
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Photos submitted
Second grade classes at Owen County Primary School recently
celebrated the 100th day of school. They dressed up as cowboys
and cowgirls because of a story they read during the week.
The 2nd
grade classes at Owen County Primary School recently celebrated
the 100th day of school. The theme of the 100th Day Celebration
was based on their Harcourt reading story for the week, “How
I Spent My Summer Vacation.” The story tells about a young
boy who tells his classmates and imaginative story about being
captured by cowboys on his summer vacation.
This is the third year implementing the Harcourt reading program
after the Primary School was awarded a Reading First Grant.
To go along with the story the students transformed themselves
in to cowboys and cowgirls for the day. They rode to school on
their stick horses dressed in their best
duds.
The horses were kept tied up at the coral during the day. The
students created cowboys and cowgirls which were hung in a row
of 100 down the hallway. A “cowboy quilt” was created
by drawing 100 different pictures of things that represent cowboys.
The second graders participated in a “round-up” in
the cafeteria. They raced to see who could make the first lasso
out of 100 paper clips. The cow folks climbed on to their stick
horses and had races to see who could gallop 100 feet the fastest.
Before leaving the cafeteria the second graders had to round-up
100 cattle balloons by popping them with their boots.
After the round-up the tired buckaroos enjoyed a snack of trail
mix which they created earlier in the day by filling in a graph
with 100 small snack items and a video about real cowboys riding
in rodeos. The students also decorated 100 boots and listed 100
“dream vacation” spots. At the end of the day the
worn out buckaroos untied their stick horses, said “Yee
Haw” and rode home.
With help from Owen
County High School, Daniel (Danny) Robert O’Toole has
been chosen to receive the John Guill chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution DAR Good Citizen award for 2007.
Each year the various chapters of the Daughters of the American
Revolution sponsor the award contest for high school seniors.
The awarded student must have demonstrated the qualities of
dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.
O’Toole is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Toole of
Glencoe. An honor student throughout high school, O’Toole
is a member of the National Honor Society, beta club and student
council. He is also a member of Owen County High School’s
basketball and baseball teams and the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
Voted as “most dependable” by his senior class,
O’Toole has served as a mentor to students at the middle
school. Following graduation, he plans to attend college for
a degree in business administration and then enter a seminary
for a master’s of divinity.
O’Toole will receive the award at the end of the school
year.
His DAR Good Citizen application, school transcript, recommendations
and essay on “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility
for Preserving It” will be submitted to the Kentucky Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution for consideration
for the state-level Good Citizen award.
The state winner will then compete for the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Good Citizen
award and scholarship.
Academic
teams compete in regionals
Members of academic
teams at Owen County High School and Maurice Bowling Middle
School recently competed in regional Governor’s Cup matches.
The middle school team competed Feb. 17 at Walton-Verona High
School. Seventh-grader Josie Sizemore placed third in language
arts competition.
The high school team competed Feb. 25 at Oldham County High
School. Senior Brice Hamilton placed fourth in mathematics.
The OCHS future problem solving team, coached by Kathy Williams,
placed third in the regional competition, but only the top two
teams get to advance to the state Governor’s Cup match.
Sizemore and Hamilton will compete in the state Governor’s
Cup match. It will b e held March 17-19 in Louisville.
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