February 2011

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Principal’s CornerPrincipal’s CornerPrincipal’s CornerPrincipal’s Corner

It is a great day at Kathleen High School. We have completed a busy session of mid-term testing and feel confident that our students were pre-pared and performed to the best of their ability. Listed below are many other opportunities for our students to con-tinue to “Pump Up The Rigor”.

•Freshman Orientation is February 17, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

•Reggie Dabbs, motivational speaker, will be here February 23 to speak to our freshman class at approximately 7:10 a.m.

•Saturday Boost Camp will continue in February. Breakfast will be pro-vided and FCAT Writing and ACT prep will be available during those sessions.

•After school NovaNet is available for many course offerings. NovaNet is a credit recovery program that assists students in mastering skills and coursework that they have previ-ously struggled with. Contact the main office for more information. For our Seniors, we are offering Penn Foster credit recovery.

•After school tutoring is available each day on campus from 2 p.m.— 3 p.m. There are many offerings including assistance in math and reading, ACT prep and FCAT prep.

•FCAT Writes starts on March 1. Lets encourage our students to get plenty of rest on the night before the test and a good breakfast to start the day.

Our AP Night was held on 2/3 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Discipline Without Stress training was provided on January 6 for our teachers. This training was well at-tended and well received. We are very excited about all of the opportunities we offer our students, staff and families. Together we will continue to achieve and set the standard for excellence in education. Our stu-dents know that Knowledge + Hard Work = SUCCESS. Cecil McClellan Jr., Principal

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Kathleen High School 1100 Red Devil Way Lakeland, FL 33815

(863) 499-2655 Main Office (863) 499-2790 Fax

Principal, Cecil McClellan, Jr. Assistant Principal of Curriculum, Ginger Rosenau Assistant Principal of Curriculum, Chad Smith Assistant Principal of Administration, Tony Williams Dean Of Students, Greg Wilson Academic Dean, Keith Smith 9th Grade Dean, Charles Thacker Attendance Dean, Mozell Axson Dean, Jim Boatenhammer

Testing Coordinator, Dionne Thacker Title 1 Coordinator, Robin Futch Title 1 Parent Coordinator, Nicole Donnelly Graduation Coach, Jaime Hayden LFS Trainer, Faith Marlowe AIF/Reading, Latasha Drax AIF/Math, Sarah Raulerson AIF/Science, Kristen Storms Athletic Director, Gary Lineberger

Principal’s Corner ..................................... 1 KHS Regional Science Fair at CFAA ...... 1 2011 KHS Silver Garland Nominees ........ 2 New Faces at KHS/Prom 2011 ................. 2 Culinary Arts & FCCLA Update ................ 3 Art Walk/Reading Challenge .................... 4 AP Psychology Class ................................ 5 ISS Downlink on 1/11/2011 ...................... 5 Child Care Classes ................................... 5 FFA News ................................................. 6 Lori Bradner .............................................. 6 KHS Softball.............................................. 6 Tutoring Schedule ..................................... 6 Message from Fire Academy Dean .......... 7 A Night of Stars-Upcoming 9th Grade ...... 7 Student Council/Mrs. Donnelly/Heruska ... 7 Host a Foreign Exchange Student ........... 7 KHS Counselors/FCAT Explorer .............. 8 FCAT Dates/KHS Field & Track .............. 8

(863) 499-2670 Guidance (863) 647-4761 CFAA (863) 647-4764 CFAA Fax

ners: Freedom Roche, Carson Tucker and Zach-ery Perry-Botany; Hunter Rubio-Chemistry; Adam Maffett-Engineering; Patrick Davis, Justin Conover and Lee Perkins-Engineering; Keammy Fernandez-Physics. Second Place Winners: Lyud-milla Fuentes and Victoria Simmons-Behavioral; Christopher Worcester-Behavioral; Sarah Fulmer-Botany; Amanda Smith-Environmental; Tyler Baugher and Hunter Gates-Chemistry; Jamie

Cook and Ammer Hosein-Physics; Nathan Codispot-Zoology. First Place Winners and State Repre-sentatives: Timothy Pollock-Environ-mental; Sa-vannah Ed-fors-

Physics. Congratulations to all the participants! You make us Red Devil Proud!

CFAA/KHS students rocked the house at the Florida Air Museum during the awards ceremony held on Saturday, January 29, 2011. They won seventeen of the thirty-nine awards presented in the senior division. The awards were presented by Science Director, Mrs. Lori Bradner, Superinten-dent, Dr. Sherrie Nickell, Associate Superinten-dent of Learning, Mr. David Lewis, and Director of Academic Rigor, Mrs. Rebecca Braaten. Two students will be represent-ing us at State Competi-tion: Timothy Pollock and Sa-vannah Edfors. “ Our 2011 win-ners in-clude: Fourth Place Medal Winners: Donald Dowdle and Derric Cerruti-Botany; Charles Litzler and Javier Reyes-Chemistry; Josh Gutierrez and Richard Pazda-Environmental. Third Place Medal Win-

2011 KHS Senior Division Science Fair Winners

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New Faces at KHS

Ms. Williams teaches Physical Science and is a KHS alumnus. She began as a security guard and became a paraeducator. She worked in an ESE classroom with Mrs. Povey. She continued her education through

online and night courses. She graduated in May, 2010 from Southeastern University. “I would like to thank Mrs. Povey for showing me excellence in teaching and my sincere apprecia-tion to Mr. McClellan and the entire KHS fam-ily for seeing something in me,” said Ms. Wil-liams. “As a Mom of two wonderful children, 11 and 13, I could not have made it to the point without the grace, mercy, and favor of God, and the many people here at Kathleen that opened their hearts and resources to meet my needs as I pursued my jour-ney. I am truly grateful,” said Ms. Williams. Lisa Marini has come to Kathleen from Stambaugh Middle School, where she taught 8th grade English for the past five years. She

joined our English Department and teaches Reading and English 1. She has a BA in Eng-lish Literature from Florida Southern College and is about to finish her Master's in Ed Lead-ership, from the American College of Educa-tion. She has two adopted daughters, Chloe aged six and Emma aged three, that keep her on the go. She is an avid sports fan who is origi-nally from New York. She is a fanatical sup-porter of the NY Yankees and the NY Giants. She also likes the Miami Heat NBA team and the Rays. “I am extremely excited to be teach-ing at the high school level and look forward to a long career at Kathleen Senior High School,” said Mrs. .Marini. Kristina Ravenel is a native of Hillsborough County. She graduated from Florida A&M University with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration. “I am happy to be a part of Kathleen High School family,” said Ms. Ravenel. She teaches Intensive Language Arts, Reading and Learning Strategies. Welcome to the KHS family! We are ec-static that you are all here to stay!

Kristina Williams

Ruben Aponte Art

Savion McKenzie Athletics

Sara Kelsey Citizenship

Daisean Wilson English/Lit

Rene Perez Foreign Language

Tianna Mitchell Journalism

Richard Pazda Mathematics

Bonnie Tyre Music

Alicia Dinwiddie Performing Arts

Brittany Cabral Science

Kayla Ferro Vocational

Lisa Marini-Dillman

Kristina Ravenel

Place: Disney’s Boardwalk Inn (Promenade Room) Time: 8:00 P.M. until 12:00 A.M. All obligations must be taken care of PRIOR to purchasing prom ticket(s) – please see Mrs. Kelley in the new main office to pay for your obligation(s) BEFORE you stand in line to buy your ticket(s). If you are bringing a guest who is a KHS student – he or she MUST have his/her obligation(s) cleared.

April 1, 2011 – Red Devil Special – One Day Only - $55 per ticket in cafeteria from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. April 4 – April 21, 2011 - $70 per ticket–during lunches and after school until 2:15 p.m. (in cafeteria) April 25 – May 4, 2011 - $80 per ticket–during lunches and after school until 2:15 p.m. (in cafeteria)

May 5, 2011—May 6, 2011** NO TICKETS will be sold , promised, rain-checked, held, etc.

May 7, 2011 - $100 per ticket (CASH ONLY) at the door with prior approval from Mr. McClellan, Mrs. Kelley, and Ms. Kosier (Broderick) must be obtained. ***THERE WILL BE NO NAME CHANGES, EX-CHANGES, OR TRANSERS, ETC., ON ANY TICKET(S) FOR ANY REASON***NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED BY KHS***If you plan to purchase a ticket for another person, you MUST fill out a Visitor Application and attach a copy of his/her ID – EVEN IF they are a KHS student and turn form into the main office for approval. You and your guest MUST check in together at Prom. IF you buy a ticket for someone else, whether or not they are an eligible KHS junior or senior – he/she is considered to be your visitor! Tickets must be pur-chased separately by each individual (eligible) to be considered otherwise!

Directions, Dress Code/Visitor Policy, Visitor Applications are located in the main office.

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Culinary Arts & FCCLA Update

Prague -KHS AVID & AIFS Exchange Represen-tative, S. Pelham. The 422 canned foods collected were split and donated to The Florida Baptist Chil-dren’s Home and Woman’s Choice, Right to Life, the main charities of CCLA’s community ser-vice involvement. “We are so proud she was to have the op-portunity to demonstrate the diversity in cul-tural dishes represented in the school, the community and the district. We are truly blessed to have the support of KHS staff. It brought back the true meaning of “learning for fun with a purpose,” said Mrs. Kilday. Youth Fair winners include: Ariana Lar-gacha, Vincent Puma and Jessica Wilbur for the Chili Cook Off/3rd Place Judge’s Choice, Decorated Booth; Kayla Ferro, Kristin Ferro, Amber Medeiros, Jared Muiselaar, Vincent Puma, Dallas Warrick, and Ashley Williams for Perishable Baked Goods; Terika Faniel, Jasmine Purdue, T’Onnia Smith for Manne-quin Modeling; and Kayla Ferro, Amber Medeiros, Jared Muiselaar, and Ashley Wil-liams for Working Booth/ Healthy Wraps.

The Culinary Arts De-partment and FCCLA served over 300 plates during the “Travel the World by

Your Taste Buds” Culture event on December 14, 2010. This was offered to KHS Foreign Language and Social Studies students, funded by the Tony Cook Memorial Grant, and coordinated by Mrs. Kilday and Kayla Ferro. Ten countries were rep-resented by various classes and clubs. The KHS-Spanish Dancers performed throughout the pres-

entation to promote their heritage. Seven judges assisted, including Mrs. Leann Bennett, PCSB Workforce coordinator. The winners: Judges’ Choice- Most Authentic Food= Greece by N. Arbelo, World His-tory; Judges Choice - Most Authentic Decorated Booth=India by Ashley Williams; People’s Choice- Most Authentic Decorated Booth = Deep South-FFA by K. Hall; People’s Choice- Most Au-thentic Food =Colombia Spanish by S. Fineman; Most Cans Collected/ Pizza Party= Brazil, by K. Broderick, World History and Pedro Grolli. Other countries represented were: France by KHS French Class, B. Haley; Puerto Rico by KHS-ESOL, A. Ramos; Jamaica, KHS-Learning Strategies, W. Hud-son-Bingham & L. Morris; Germany &

Paul Sharpe and Mitch Richards have been accepted to Embry Riddle. Way to go!

Congratulations to Savion McKenzie, Tianna Mitchell, and Amy Klass They have been awarded a Elks Most Valuable Student scholarship. They will attend a scholarship dinner on March 22. Savion McKenzie and Brittany Cabral are our top boy and girl winners for the Wendy Heisman’s State Finalist award. The state will pick one boy and girl to go to the next level for national recognition. Savion has also been ac-cepted to Auburn, UCF and USF for his academics. He was also recently elected “most intelligent” by his peers. Way to go Savion! Brittany has been accepted to Campbell University in in North Caro-lina. She also has a 2 year scholarship to Polk State College valued at $6,000. Tiana Mitchell has been selected out of 70,000 applicants to be a semi finalist in the Coca Cola Scholars Scholarship program. She was selected for her outstanding leadership, aca-demic achievement, and dedication to her community. She was awarded $32,000 for the Spivey Scholarship from Florida Southern College. Tiana has also been accepted to Florida Southern College and Baylor Univer-sity in Texas.

Jasmine Purdue

Kayla Ferro Ariana Largacha Terika Faniel Kristen Ferro

Vincent Puma Jared Muiselaar Amber Medeiros

Ashley Williams T’Onnia Smith Dallas Warrick Jessica Wilbur

FCCLA Polk County Youth Fair Participants and Winners

Colombia contestants & culinary stu-dents learning how to make empanadas

KHS Spanish Dancers Perform

India Booth

Tiana Mitchell Savion McKenzie

Amy Klass Brittany Cabral

Paul Sharpe Mitchell Richards

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Art Department Upcoming Art Walk

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Congratulations to Olivia Lis-bon. She has been accepted to UCF. Rene Perez has been accepted to the University of West Florida. He has also been nominated for the American Legion of Distinguished seniors. Way to go! We are so proud!

KHS Reading Challenge

Kyle Houlihan and Ruben Aponte have both been offered admission into the USF Honors Program, each to receive a scholar-ships of $2,500 for Honors College and $8,000 for Academics. Kyle Houlihan has also been accepted to the University of Ha-waii and awarded a $24,000 Chan-cellors scholarship. Ruben has also been accepted to UCF with a $9,000 Pegasus Silver Scholarship.

Jennel Donovan, a sophomore with a GPA of 3.8, has been nominated for Outstanding Aca-demic Achievement from the National Society of High School Scholars. Way to go Jennel—-we are proud of you.

Brittany Logan, Cara Lunsford, Joshua McFarqu-har, Richard Pazda, Patrick Plank, Jasmine Pur-due, Rory Teal, Alecsander Toy. Avalon Warren, Kristin Wilkerson, and Dana Worthington. The challenges will continue throughout the year. Good luck KHS students.

In December, the Reading Department spon-sored a Reading Challenge. Congratulations to Mr. Karol and Mr. Hinton's 2nd period class who were the December reading challenge winners. Their respective classes had the highest percent-age of passing students. As a reward they re-ceived a pancake breakfast, prepared by Mrs. Donnelly. A special congratulations to the following stu-dents for receiving a perfect score on the first Reading Challenge: Chelsea Champion, Robert Chadwick, Blake Dowdy, Jesse English, Thania Estrada, Sarah Fulmer, Dylan Green, Joshua Gutierrez, Shaquille Johnson, Carrie Johnston,

Jennel Donovan

Brian Flannagan Allen Youngblood Jessica Veira

Yolanda Mejia Christina Ortiz Jean Jurado Josh Smith Yazmine Frutis Miesha Lott

Preston Pujol Rosa Bellida Shakiyla Lasiter Shonna Perkins

FRIDAY March 25, 2011, 6:00 -7:30 pm

A Bigger & Better Kathleen High School. New Buildings...More programs ... Including 2 full time Art Teachers

"Creatively Constructing" a New Vision in the Visual Arts Department

Artwork will be on display along the walk way leading up to the BACK ENTRANCE of the

New Administration Building. Park in lots off of Crutchfield Road and follow the signs.

Contact Lesli Platt for additional information 863-499-2655/[email protected]

Below are a few sample artwork pieces by KHS Art students dem-onstrating the concept of repetition. Olivia Lisbon Rene Perez

Kyle Houlihan Ruben Aponte

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KHS’ very own School Psychologist, Dr. Alvin Jones, speaks to the AP Psychology students about Intelli-gence and Psychologi-cal Testing. He does a great job combining new information with student activities

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Congratulations to Nathaniel Lawson. He has been accepted to FSC. He has also been awarded a $24,000 Charles Thrift Scholarship to FSC. T’Ionna Smith has been accepted to Nova Southeastern University with a $2500 Honors Scholarship. Way to go KHS students—-you Rock!

Mrs. Albritton and Mrs. Collins are very proud of the Early Child Care students. Re-cently students took the DCF state certification exam. Stu-dents who receive passing scores will be able to secure employment in a daycare or preschool setting. Good luck students; we are so proud of you. Continue to do your very best!

to assist the students in understanding the key con-cepts “Thanks, Dr. Jones, for the information and classroom visit! We

enjoyed you!!”

Nathaniel Lawson T’Ionna Smith

AP Psychology Class Pumping Up That Rigor

Maria Barcos and Celeste Greener

Brittany Reyes and Alyssa Colon

Junior Corria and Jackson Thomas

L to R: Chelsea Champion, Stephanie Rodriguez and Kenton Kaiser

Patience Davis and Juan Legaspi

Jennifer Guana and Becca Davis

Mrs. Albritton Mrs. Collins

KHS Child Care Classes

Our students received an experience of a lifetime on 1/11/2011 as they were able to witness as well as speak to our astronauts on the International Space Station. Students pre-pared questions in advance in

preparation for the conversation with the astronauts in space. The event was aired on NASA’s television as well as our district’s network. The live, in-flight educational downlink is an integral component of NASA’s educational program, Teaching From Space. Our school was one of five schools in the nation picked by NASA for the downlink. The FAA Production Studio at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport hosted the event.

January 11, 2011—A Day to Remember at CFAA/KHS

During the twenty minute downlink, ap-proximately fourteen students were able to ask questions to astronauts Paolo Nespoli, Scott Kelly and Cady Coleman. Many students at the academy have high aspirations of becoming a pilot and or engi-neer and this was a dream come true for them. In February, our students will also have the opportunity to watch from VIP seats at the Kennedy Space Center the next shuttle launch.

Paolo Nespoli Scott Kelly Cady Coleman

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FFA News By Amy Klass and Nathaniel Lawson

Kathleen FFA ended 2010 with a big bang! For the holiday season, FFA members Emily Klass and Natalee Moore coordinated the annual Holiday Celebration for Sleepy Hill’s Headstart students. Our Ag-ricultural Commu-nications class set up a Christmas tree and prompted Ag students to bring in toys for extra credit in their Ag classes. With over 70 Headstart stu-dents, FFA mem-bers were able to collect enough presents plus ex-tras. The presents were wrapped and ready to go. Klass, Moore, and a team of jolly givers helped make the big day a success. Providing Christmas sweets, the children were excited for their unfor-gettable day of gifts from giving hands.

In addition to giving back to the community, FFA has continued to shine through with their competitive side. Starting in mid-November, the magnificent team of four was able to dominate the State Forestry Career Development Event. The team consisted of: Kasie Myers, Morgan Carlton, Ary Folds, and Nicole Green. Kasie Myers was deemed High Point Individual of the entire contest. Extending the chapter’s success into December, another team exhibited their hard work and dedication by winning the State Citrus Career Development Event. Team members in-cluded Jennifer Meyer, Morgan Carlton, Risa Langford, and Clayton Kiddey. Jennifer received the High Point Individual of the entire state. Con-gratulations to our outstanding teams!

FFA sustained their drive for success into the New Year. On January 20th, we competed at state, in Parliamentary Procedure, Prepared Pub-

Teacher Subject Weekday Hours Benoit (Portable

13) English/ Reading

Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Gibson (I-75) Earth Science/ Biology/

Physical Science Thursday 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Hayden (N-21) NovaNet Monday - Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 pm Mezzina (I-52) Math Monday & Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 pm Miller (Q-42) ACT Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Weiss (D-15) Spanish Monday 2:00 - 3:30 pm NHS Students (Media Center)

Sign up in Guidance All Subjects Mon., Wed. & Thurs 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Kathleen Sr. High Tutoring Schedule

lic Speaking, and Ag Mechanics. Nathaniel Law-son, Morgan Carlton, Patience Costine, Tyler Wil-ford, Bonnie Tyer, and Charity Bowe triumphed over the other teams in Parliamentary Procedure.

The members had to conduct a formal business meeting including germane debates, motions, and amendments; within 10 minutes. Morgan Carlton placed second place in the Prepared Pub-lic Speaking Con-test, with her speech titled “The Green-belt Law: Protecting America’s Farmers”. The Agricultural Mechanics team, Dillon Nix, Bradley

Batke, Taylor Walker, and John Harris tried their hardest and are still awaiting results.

In January Morgan Carlton, Taylor Walker, and Ms. Hall were invited to attend the Inaugura-tion of Governor Rick Scott, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, and various other pub-lic officials. Not only did they get to see this once-in-a-lifetime event, they were able to personally meet the new Governor himself; what a tremen-dous and remarkable experience this was!

Upcoming events include the newly estab-lished “Farm Day” and the Spring BBQ. Farm Day, coordinated by the Ag Communications class, will be held on February 25th. Children from the local Headstart programs will be attending; they are expecting over 200 children. With five stations, ranging from a petting zoo to buggy rides, this day should be an eye opening experience for these children. On top of that, Kathleen FFA will be hosting their annual Spring BBQ. Come out an support our FFA chapter by purchasing some deli-cious food!

Looking for Commu-nity Service Hours? Soft-ball is looking for responsi-ble, yet funny people to an-nounce our home games and run the score board. Stop by R100 to see Coach Desandolo to sign up. Softball and Baseball teamed up for a fundraiser in February and played a 100 inning game.

Mrs. Bradner was accepted into NASA’s Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project.. She is piloting the Rocket Club at CFAA and wrote and won the Gammons Charitable Foundation Grant. Rocket Club students will participate in the national Reach for the Stars Rocket Competition. Based on her leadership and dedication to STEM, she has also been selected as one of the

three dis-trict final-ists in the Central Florida Chapter, Air Force Associa-tion 2011

Chapter Teacher of the Year . Good Luck Mrs. Bradner—-you make us proud!

Lori Bradner

Coach Desandolo

2011 KHS District Winners

Mrs. Bradner @ Wings ‘n Things

KHS Softball

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Last month, thirty faculty members gathered for a workshop about a new approach to classroom manage-ment: Discipline Without Stress – the Raise Responsi-bility System (RRS). The workshop taught us how to use four levels of social development to help us disci-pline, or teach, our students how to succeed at school and in life. The Raise Responsibility System empowers stu-dents as opposed to overpowering them. It provides them with opportunities to reflect on their actions and to choose between alternative behaviors and consequences. It also allows our teachers to ask students about expected behav-ior, rather than tell them to stop participating in inappro-priate behaviors. Ultimately, the use of RRS in our FIRE Academy will increase the level of mutual respect be-tween teachers and students, which will in turn, lead to greater student achievement. A special thank you to our guest speakers, Dr. Richard Marshall from USF and Lori Bradner, teacher from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy of KHS. Also, thank you to our sponsors, Chick-Fil-A North Lakeland and Keiser University for their generosity and partnership.

On Wednesday, February 23rd, the Kathleen High School FIRE Academy welcomes Mr. Reggie Dabbs to our campus. Reggie talks to the kids in a humorous style about choices each of them has when faced with drugs, alcohol, suicide, etc. He gets in kids faces and tells them that he never smoked a cigarette, never did drugs, never drank alco-hol, because he chose not to. He assures them that they can make the same kinds of choices. Reggie also talks to kids about family and dating relationships. Most of all, he drives home the fact that "You can never change your past, but you can change your future!" Kathleen High School is excited to have Reggie speak to the Class of 2014!

A Message From the Fire Academy Dean

Incoming 2011-2012 Freshman Orientation is a great opportunity for you to receive information from all of the clubs, sports, electives, career academies, and what KHS has to offer. We hope to see you there!

When Where Time

February 17, 2011 KHS Cafeteria 6:00 p.m.

Are you inter-ested in being a host fam-ily for exchange students next school year? We have students from all different countries. The semester students stay from August to January and the full year stu-dents are from August to June. See Mrs. Pelham for more de-tails; [email protected].

Host a Foreign Exchange Student

Mrs. Pelham

Chuck Thacker

April 30, 2011 4 p.m. – 2 a.m.

$ 80.00

CASH ONLY See Ms. Lewis in the

Media Center [email protected]

Mrs. Donnelly and Mrs. Heruska have hearts of Gold. Mrs. Donnelly serves as our principal’s secretary and she is unstoppable. She consis-tently pushes everyone, especially our students to be the best and the brightest.. She co-sponsors Student Council with Mrs. Heruska. Student Council recently sponsored Project Fill a Bucket. This project serves the needs of our homeless students. Both ladies assist other clubs throughout the year with sales on t-shirt/hoodies. KHS hoodies have a new design and are available for $25. During February, Student Council is participating in Pasta for Pennies and several various fundraisers bene-fiting Leukemia. The winning class will receive a catered Olive Garden

luncheon. Thank you Student Council, Mrs. Donnelly and Mrs. Heruska, for your commitment of service and love to the students and community of KHS—-We Love You More!

Student Council Co-Sponsors Mrs. Donnelly & Mrs. Heruska

Michele Donnelly Mrs. Heruska

Adam Schertzer

Jana Wells

Congratulations to Adam Schertzer and Jana Wells. They have been selected for the FHSAA student athlete advisory committee. They will attend meetings to give input for FHSAA guide-lines.

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Students and parents, check out www.fcatexplorer.com This free resource is designed to help students practice reading, math, and science skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards. Currently, FCAT Explorer offers reading programs for 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th grades, math programs for 5th, 8th, and 10th grades, and science programs for 5th, 8th, and 11th grades. Generally, usernames have the format of the student’s last name + first initial and passwords are 53 + first four letters of the last name + the month (two digits) + date (two digits) of the student’s birthday. For example, a student named Tyler Smith whose birthday is January 23 would have a user name SmithT and a password of 53smit0123.

• FCAT Explorer is available to all Florida public school children, their teachers, and their parents.

• Children can access the FCAT Explorer from computers at school or at home.

• FCAT Explorer includes a Parent and Family Guide, offering practical advice and focused activities for parents, guardians, and mentors who want to help children succeed.

FCAT Explorer FCAT Testing Dates

FCAT Writing

3/1/2011

FCAT Reading

4/11/2011

FCAT Math

4/13/2011

FCAT Science

4/14/2011

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National School Counseling Week 2/7—2/11/2011

February 24, 2011 Kathleen Open Track & Field meet held at KHS @ 3:30 p.m. Come out and support your KHS athletes. Our boys and girls are going to make a run for the State Finals!

We Need Your Support KHS Track & Field Team