School Matters - Bullitt County Public Schools

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Bullitt County Public Schools
School Matters
December 2015
Look inside
School Matters
for the following:
Student
Attendance
Bullitt East High School unveils a School of Distinction Banner
BCHS Door
Decorating
District Assembly
CO Profile
McKendree
University
Calendar of
Events
Superintendent’s
Column
Birthdays
Bernheim Forest
District Red Ribbon Ceremony
Bullitt County
Board of Education
Chairperson
Roger Hayes
Vice Chairperson
Darrell Coleman
Board Members
Dolores Ashby
Lorraine McLaughlin
Debby Atherton
Foundation Grants Presented at Board of Education Meeting
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Best Third Month Student Attendance
Schools which recorded the best student attendance for the third month of the 20152016 school year are:
Mt. Washington Elementary School- 97.09%
Eastside Middle School - 96.83%
Bullitt East High School- 94.34%
CEHD Faculty Hosting Educational Sessions
Faculty in the Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and
Organizational Development at the
University of Louisville College of
Education and Human Development (CEHD) are hosting an information session, Monday, January
4th, 2016, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. that will feature the Ed.S., Ed.D, and Ph.D. programs in
Educational Leadership. Information about Director of Special Education and Superintendent certifications will be available as well. The session will be held at the Bullitt
County Board of Education (Frank R. Hatfield Administrative Center), 1040 Highway 44
East, Shepherdsville. KY.
Bullitt Central High School
college application Week
door decorating contest
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November 2015 District Assembly Meeting
The November 2015 District Assembly
meeting
featured
a
PowerPoint
presentation by Director of Facilities
Mark Mitchell on maintenance and efficiency. The meeting was held at
Brooks Elementary School.
November 2015 Board of Education Meeting
The
November
2015
Board of Education meeting featured a presentation
by Eastside Middle School
students Cassidy Alberico,
Grace Lopez, Emily Tinelli,
Emily Popplewell, Natalie
Altes, Brandy Palmerton,
Jordan Galitsky, Angel Stoll and Maddie Lawson on a drone project. They are in STEM
teacher Anne Lopez’ class.
North
Area
Music
Festival
School Matters wants to hear from YOU!!!
Submit items for School Matters anytime by email to Communication Director John
Roberts at john.roberts@bullitt.kyschools.us. Birth announcements, Adoptions, Weddings, Anniversaries, Business ventures, Safety tips, Cafeteria info, Energy information
and Recipes are welcome! School Matters is a monthly electronic newsletter exclusively
for the employees of Bullitt County Public Schools.
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Central Office Profile: New Construction
The District Construction Manager is Bret Highley and he supervises all new building
projects along with renovation and modifications to existing structures.
Projects in progress are:

Complete renovation of Maryville Elementary School. One of two open school concepts (no doors, only partitions between classes), Maryville is receiving a major
makeover which will feature enclosed classroom units, brand new cafeteria, full-size
gymnasium and new administrative offices.

Complete renovation of Mt. Washington Elementary School. The other open school
facility will also receive a new gym and cafeteria along with enclosed classrooms and
new administrative offices. Both projects are scheduled for completion by the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.
Construction projects require a lot of documentation between Mr. Highley’s office, architects, contractors and state officials.
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Congratulations to BJ Ritter who has been named
the new principal of the Bullitt Alternative Center,
Riverview Opportunity Center and Spring Meadows Children’s Home
McKendree University, Shepherdsville Campus
Spring and Summer 2016 Registration is now open!
Complete your Bachelor’s in Business Administration Degree on a monthly format!
Free Application: apply.mckendree.edu
Contact Tiffanie Cooper, site coordinator for the Shepherdsville campus, at tscooper@mckendree.edu for a additional information.
Ask about a Bullitt County Public School Alumni Scholarship Opportunity!!
Fall Gifted
Elementary
School Academic
Camps
Mark Your Calendars!
December 14, 2015—District Assembly meeting at 4:00 p.m. at Crossroads Elementary
School.
December 14, 2015—Bullitt Co. Board of Education meeting at 6:00
p.m. at the central office.
December 21,-31 2015—No School—Christmas Break
January 4, 2016—Teacher Planning Day. No school for students.
January 5, 2016—Reconvene school in the morning for students.
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Students Have the Freedom to Choose
By Superintendent Keith Davis
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep
streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare
wrote poetry.”
Reverend King preached these words in 1967, and they became a famous quotation of
what is truly an extraordinary sermon titled “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life,”
the text of which you can find on the internet.
This quote and the sentences around it tells us to be the best we can be, whatever it is
that we are.
The message that I take away from the quote is that our school system must provide the
tools for all students to become the best that they can be.
Many people celebrate the $11 million in scholarships earned by the class of 2015
BCPS graduates.
Many people were happy to see a major industrial employer making a $124,000 gift for
equipment to train students in Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
Many people love to read the Dean’s and President’s lists in the Pioneer News and still
others are thrilled to see a student athlete signing on to play at the next level.
Truly, we should all be pleased with all of those things, and every other instance where
our students are able to achieve their individual dreams, whatever those dreams.
You see, we don’t concentrate too much on preparing students for college and we aren’t
focusing too much attention on providing career pathways.
We don’t provide too many extracurricular activities and we don’t concentrate too much
effort on making sure that every child can read and do math well.
The reason for this is that we don’t know which path will speak to which student, and
they don’t know either.
A student who is intellectually gifted may find his passion in creating sculptures.
A student who struggles with reading in 2nd grade may become a novelist as an adult.
Continued on next page
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Students Have the Freedom to Choose
By Superintendent Keith Davis
Continued from previous page
A child of a banker may become a
mechanic and the child of a welder
might become a poet.
It is our job to try to provide exposure to as much as we can so our
kids can make the choices that will
allow them to live a satisfied life.
Bullitt County Public Schools exists to make sure that students graduate able to take advantage of any opportunity that appeals to them.
Though our graduation and College & Career Readiness rates (around 87 percent each)
are higher than they have ever been, it remains a fact that too many do not meet that
standard.
Frankly, this is most often not the failure of the school, but the failure of a government
that has declined to provide proper incentives for hard work and responsible behavior to
all the adults who send their children to our schools.
Still, none of us chooses our parents. Our teachers, principals, and counselors can and
do change lives and family trees through school-wide and individual programs to teach
productive habits and skills, as well as rigorous academic content.
Dr. King was saying that there is dignity in any work that uplifts humanity.
While we want our students to take advantage of opportunities that far exceed sweeping
the streets, we must
respect
individual
choice and do all we
can to instill in our
students
the
work
ethic that say any job
worth doing is worth
doing well.
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Bullitt County Public Schools Employee December Birthdays
Kristina Franklin (Teacher)
Overdale Elementary School
December 1
Mallory Sizemore (Teacher)
Mt. Washington Elementary School
December 1
Matthew Brooks (Instructional Assistant II)
Districtwide
December 1
Kymberly Toogood (School Bus Driver)
Transportation Dept.
December 1
Matthew Murphy (Teacher)
Mt. Washington Middle School
December 1
Kimberly Whitlock (Instructional Assistant II)
North Bullitt High School
December 1
Sharon Linde (Clerical Assistant I)
Bullitt East High School
December 1
Cynthia Ferguson (Teacher)
Roby Elementary School
December 2
Kimberly Buchanan (School Nurse)
Districtwide
December 2
Teresa Cooksey (Teacher)
Brooks Elementary School
December 2
Mandy Suffridge (Instructional Assistant II)
Mt. Washington Elementary
December 2
Cheryl Burkhead (School Bus Driver)
December 2
Barbara Jones (School Bus Monitor)
Old Mill Elementary
December 2
Albertene Brown (Tutor - Instructor I)
December 2
Ashley Waddell (Clerical Assistant 1)
Central Office
December 3
Wendy Stansbury (Teacher)
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
December 3
David Edwards (Vehicle Mechanic II)
December 3
Clifton Pickett (Custodian)
December 3
Dustin Gosser (Teacher)
December 4
Allen South (Teacher)
December 4
Melinda Thornton (Cook/Baker)
Zoneton Middle School
December 4
Christy Hardin (YSC Coordinator II)
December 4
Molly Reeser (Cook/Baker)
Maryville Elementary School
December 4
Timmie Mullins (Teacher)
December 4
Kelly Roach (Teacher)
December 5
Roger Dewhirst (School Bus Driver)
December 5
Leigh Ann Lowery (Coordinator II)
Old Mill Family Resource Center
December 5
Victoria Wright (Teacher)
Bernheim Middle School
December 6
Trina Kimball (Secretary I)
Nichols Elementary School
December 6
Tony Ashbaugh (Parts Clerk)
December 6
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Nichole Wisdom (Teacher)
Hebron Middle School
December 7
Heather Shick (Teacher)
Bullitt Lick Middle School
December 7
Alice Frazier (School Bus Driver)
December 7
Jeff Frye-Gilbert (Instructor I)
Lebanon Junction Elementary
December 7
Larry Rogers (Custodian)
December 7
Devin Franklin (Teacher)
Discovery School
December 8
Jodi Santora (Teacher)
Crossroads Elementary
December 9
Jessica Oden (Lunchroom Monitor)
December 9
Jacob Akin (Teacher)
December 9
Holly Moberly (Teacher(
December 9
Martha Bullock (Teacher)
Pleasant Grove Elementary
December 9
Heather Terrell (Clerical Assistant I)
December 9
Chad Buck (Teacher)
December 10
Christopher Bell (Teacher)
Shepherdsville Elementary School
December 10
Christopher McClintock (Instructional Asst. II)
December 10
Annette Murphy (SECRETARY I)
Central Office
December 10
Patricia Stevens (Teacher)
Old Mill Elementary School
December 10
Denise Fetter (ISAP Instructor II)
December 10
Jeffrey Exner (Teacher)
December 10
Lauren Walls (Clerical Assistant I)
Cedar Grove Elementary
December 11
Vickie Thompson (Secretary I)
December 11
Cecilia Akridge-Zehnder (Teacher)
December 11
Claudia Jones (Instructional Assistant)
December 11
Sarah Klein (Teacher)
December 12
Joshua Vibbert (Teacher)
Mt. Washington Elementary School
December 12
Robert Arnold (HVAC Technician)
Maintenance Dept.
December 12
Robin Crisp (Teacher)
December 12
Christine Mitchell (Teacher)
Cedar Grove Elementary School
December 12
Tammy Anderson (Instructional Assistant)
December 12
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Tabitha Vincent (Cook/Baker)
December 12
Jordan Atwell (Social Worker)
Bullitt Alternative Center
December 13
Jenny Francis (Cook/Baker)
December 13
Karla Elliott (Library Media Specialist)
December 13
Monica Tharp (Director of Special Education)
Central Office
December 13
Katie Ferguson (Food Service Manager I)
December 13
Mark Klaczak (JROTC Instructor)
December 13
Paul Halpin (School Bus Driver
December 13
Kelley Underwood (Teacher)
December 14
Leah Riggs (Exceptional Child Instructor)
Districtwide
December 15
Karen Johnson (Instructional Assistant)
Brooks Elementary
December 15
Stacy Ecton (Library Media Specialist)
December 15
Mary Raque (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 15
Sandy Veatch Clerical Assistant I)
December 15
Brandon Baugh (Custodian)
Central Office
December 16
Andrea Collins (Lunchroom Monitor)
Brooks Elementary
December 16
Brenda Morris (Teacher)
Eastside Middle School
December 16
Karen Weaver (Account Clerk I)
Central Office
December 16
Mindy Ashford (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 17
Kelly Davison (Teacher)
December 17
Deborah Pack (Teacher)
December 17
Nancy Montgomery (Cook/Baker)
December 17
Jimmy Stansberry (Bus Monitor)
December 17
Daniel Rock (Teacher)
December 18
Joanna Solgot (Instructional Assistant II)
December 18
Melissa Allen (Instructional Assistant II)
December 18
Jessica Stumph (Bus Monitor)
December 19
Wesley Brown (Teacher)
December 19
Mallory Vice (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 19
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Samantha Alongi (Instructional Assistant)
December 19
Amber Gross (School Psychologist
Districtwide
December 19
Adam Hopkins (Custodian)
December 19
Camaron Young (Instructional Assistant)
December 19
Tammy Bleemel (School Bus Driver)
December 19
Johanna Perkins (School Secretary I)
December 19
Carla Harris (Early Childhood Consultant)
Districtwide
December 20
Priscilla Carrier (Program Assistant II)
LJES Family Resource Center
December 20
Robert Music (Teacher)
December 20
Deborah Tellman (Cook/Baker)
December 20
Joe Stottman (HVAC Technician)
Maintenance Dept.
December 20
Bret Highley (Construction Inspector)
Maintenance Dept.
December 20
Reba Johnson (Teacher)
December 20
Alura Maulden (School Bus Driver)
December 21
Billy Green (Instructional Assistant)
Shepherdsville Elementary
December 21
Tammie Collins (Secretary I)
Central Office
December 21
Sean Hall (School Bus Driver)
December 21
Gerald Brown (Vehicle Mechanic I)
December 21
Rhonda Conaghan (Teacher)
December 22
Rhonda Peercy (School Secretary I)
December 22
Faith Portman (Instructional Assistant II)
December 22
Emily Minor (Teacher)
December 23
Carissa Argueta (Teacher)
December 23
Judy Wyatt (Lunchroom Monitor)
December 23
Mary Kern (Cook/Baker)
December 23
Nichole Fitzner (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 24
Renee Thurman (Preschool Teacher)
December 24
Michele Hayes (Custodian Sweeper)
December 24
Stephanie Hurst (Food Service Manager I)
December 24
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Dean Broell (School Bus Driver)
December 24
Phyllis Goodman (Tutor- Instructor I)
December 24
Amanda Hoskins (Teacher)
December 25
Ashley Gallusser (Teacher)
December 26
Robie Graham (Maintenance Worker II)
Maintenance Dept.
December 26
Melissa Pratt (Teacher)
December 26
Kimberly Alcorn (Teacher)
December 26
Beth Simler (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 27
Gina Grider (Preschool Teacher)
December 27
Michelle Chitwood (Teacher)
December 27
Pamela Welker (Food Service Manager I)
December 27
Marion Shaw (Custodian Sweeper)
December 27
Cassie Alstatt (Instructional Assistant)
December 28
Erica McClure (Exceptional Child Instructor)
December 28
Jennifer Jones (Lunchroom Monitor)
Crossroads Elementary School
December 28
Joy Brown (Account Clerk II)
Central Office
December 28
Pamela Jenkins (Cook/Baker)
December 28
Ernest Goff (Maintenance Worker II)
Maintenance Dept.
December 28
Amanda O’Bryan (Teacher)
December 29
Jamie Patton (Driver Trainer Coordinator)
December 29
Sandra Hutchins (Clerical Assistant I)
December 29
James Bowles (Teacher)
December 29
Linda Toy (School Bus Driver)
December 29
Julie Buschor (Teacher)
December 29
Katara Perkins (Teacher)
December 30
Dana Murphy (Teacher)
Crossroads Elementary School
December 30
Barbara Perkins (Cook/Baker)
December 30
Maranda Feldman (Exceptional Child Instructor) Bullitt Central High School
December 31
Paige Robinson (Teacher)
December 31
Richard Woosley (Custodian)
Freedom Elementary School
December 31
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Bernheim Forest is Beautiful during Christmas
Holiday Open House Saturday, Dec. 5 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center
ECO Kids Discovery Day: Nature Ornament Making Saturday, Dec. 5. This is a free
event with a $5 per vehicle environmental impact fee. Transform nuts, seedpods, pine
cones and other nature treasures into holiday ornaments through today’s On Your Own
Challenge from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center. During the afternoon, have fun
exploring hands-on Discovery Stations from 1:00-4:00 p.m. and the Hike of the Day at
2:00 p.m.
Smart Gardens and Landscapes: Holiday Wreath Making Saturday, Dec. 5 from
10:00 a.m.-noon at the Research Center. The fee is $40 for members; $50 for nonmembers. Decorating for the holidays can be fun, easy and inexpensive when you use
found objects in nature. Learn how to use the bounty of the season to create wreaths,
swags, kissing balls, and more. All materials will be collected from Bernheim and supplies and tools will be provided.
Pollywog Play Parties: Pollywogs Keeping Cozy Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10:30 a.m.noon at the Education Center. The fee is $10 for Bernheim members; $15 for nonmembers. Brrr! How do people and animals keep warm during the cold? Pollywogs explore winter survival strategies by comparing fur and feathers, snoozing in the hibernation cave, making bird feeders and much more.
Free Play Day Saturday, Dec. 12 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the Children’s Play Garden. This is a free event with a $5 per vehicle environmental impact fee.
Seasonal Star Stories and Sky Watch: See the Geminid Meteor Shower Saturday,
Dec. 12 from 6:00 p.m.-midnight at the Garden Pavilion. The fee is $10 for members;
$12 for non-members.
ECO Kids Discovery Day: Hot Chocolate Hike Saturday, Dec. 19. Celebrate the start
of winter with a hot chocolate treat! Earn a free cup by completing the Own Your Own
Challenge and then turning in your worksheet at Isaac’s Café. During the afternoon,
have fun exploring hands on Discovery Stations and the guided Hike of the Day.
Registration and payment due by 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to the start of the program,
For more information, call (502) 955-8512.
Recycle Your Holiday Tree December 26-January 31 at the Entrance Gate

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