Front row: Dustin Smith
and Jordan Phillips; middle row: Mikala Byers, Kaylee Boling,
Ethan Lankford, Brady Young, Spencer Wilburn, Carrie Gibson,
Emily Allen, and Cory Stidham; back row: Yobani Lopez, Clay
Dempsey, Chad McDonald, Jarrod Ball, William Leap, Hannah McCormick,
Kristen Mygra and Kristen Gabbard
January
Students Of Character
Front row: Trevor
Smith, Austin Herrington, Colton Matt, Kristen Parker, Jessica
O’Connor, Cheyenne Gaines, Mikala Byers, Kyler Law and
Jordan Phillips; back row: Nicole Roberts, Elma Sanchez, Judith
Maldonado, Chris Sutton, Logan Shelton, Sarah Wotier, Mackenzie
Ogden and Makenzie Fitzgerald; Not pictured: Kerstyn Willis
and Helen Campbell
OCHS
academic team wins district competition
The Owen County High
School academic team took first place at its district Governor’s
Cup meet on Feb. 4.
The team, co-coached by Mark McMillen and Melissa Carpenter,
placed first in quick recall, future problem solving, math and
composition.
Here are the complete results from the competition:
First place, quick recall team: seniors Brice Hamilton and Jared
DeZarn, juniors Kyle Hagedorn, Zac Wolfe and Nick Kelly.
First place, future problem solving, coached by Kathy Williams:
seniors Jared DeZarn and Mary Takhtjian, junior Zac Wolfe and
freshman Garnet Owens.
Individual medals in written assessment: Brice Hamilton, first
place in math; Kyle Hagedorn, fourth place in math; Wolfe Greene,
second place in science; Rebecca McDaniel, third place in science;
Jared DeZarn, fourth place in social studies; Kayla Smith, fourth
place in language arts; Nate Grimm, second place in arts and
humanities; Kevin Ramsey, fifth place in arts and humanities;
Kyle Hagedorn, first place in composition; Rebecca McDaniel,
third place (tie) in composition; and Kevin Ramsey, third place
(tie) in composition.
Kathy Williams is the advisor for the composition team.
Kentucky
American Water announces winners
Nearly 600 public,
private and home-school students in grades four through 12 participated
in the 23rd annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair held
today at the newly opened Bryan Station High School. The event
entitled, “It’s a Jungle Out There,” included
all types of science projects that were judged by approximately
100 professionals, including many faculty and staff from the
University of Kentucky.
Projects were judged in several categories, including behavioral
science, earth and space science, botany, zoology, medicine/health,
engineering, environmental, microbiology, chemistry and physics.
One hundred students were recognized for outstanding achievement;
five students received special recognition for demonstrating
achievement in projects related to water; and for the first
time Lexmark International recognized six students, one from
each grade level, who demonstrated achievement in engineering.
Their prize included a Lexmark printer and a $250 donation to
their school to enhance the school’s engineering programs.
In addition, Lexmark gave each first-prize winner in every category
a Lexmark printer.
“Kentucky American Water is pleased to have helped bring
the district science fair to our community for 23 years,”
said Valeria Cummings Swope, communications specialist. “This
has been a wonderful partnership with Fayette County Public
Schools and the Explorium of Lexington. It’s also exciting
to see so many young people interested in the fields of science
and engineering which play such a major role in the water industry.”
Nick Rowe, president of Kentucky American Water, and Stu Silberman,
superintendent for Fayette County Public Schools, assisted with
the awards presentations. All winners advance to the Central
Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair to be held March
3 at the University of Kentucky.
Kentucky American Water initiated the science fair for junior
high school students in 1985 as part of the company’s
centennial celebration. The next year, Kentucky American Water
joined with Fayette County Public Schools in coordinating the
event. The fair has been expanded twice: first in 1989 to include
elementary school science projects, and again in 1991 to include
high schools.
