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August Newsletter

Read Kenton High School’s August Newsletter.

KHS Office Closed During the Month of July.

The Kenton High School office will be closed during the month of July. The office will return to normal operating hours on August 2nd. Have a great summer!

Final Exam Schedule for KHS

Friday, May 28
Period 1 8:50-10:05 a.m.
Period 3 10:10-11:25 a.m.
Lunch 11:30-12:20 p.m.
Period 5 12:25-1:40 p.m.
Period 7 1:45-3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 1st (modified due to one-hour early release.)
Period 2 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Period 4 9:20-10:35 a.m.
Lunch 10:35-11:20 a.m.
Period 6 11:25-12:40 p.m.
Period 8 12:45-2:00 p.m.
All students must report to their assigned exam on time. Students must take all exams unless they are exempt due to perfect attendance (no absences from class, tardies to class or in school suspensions) or Gold Card privileges (must maintain at least an A- for 3rd nine weeks). Students who are exempt are encouraged to take any exam if it will improve their semester average and GPA. If a student does not have an assigned exam they may leave the building or report to the cafeteria or Library. Bus students will report to the cafeteria until testing time. The cafeteria will also be available for those students who do not have an exam and are unable to leave. The library will be available for anyone interested in a quiet place to prepare for exams. Students will be served lunch in the cafeteria from or they may leave for lunch.

Volleyball Summer Camp

Lady Wildcat Volleyball Camp will be held June 9 – 11, 2010.  Registration deadline is Friday, May 28, 2010.  Download the registration form.

Final Sales for the 2010 KHS Yearbook

Final sales for the 2010 Kenton High School yearbook are happening now.

All yearbooks cost $50. Two lines of foil name stamping can be added as well as up to four icons for an additional cost. The first line of name stamping is $5 and the second line is $3. Each icon is an additional $3.

Personalized orders must be placed by May 1st.

In order to guarantee a book, all orders must be placed by May 10th.

Order forms are in the high school office. Please make checks or money orders out to KHS yearbook. Orders can also be made online at www.ybpay.com.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Eley.

KHS Students Assist Angeline School and Industries With Website Project

Students from the website management and journalism classes at Kenton High School visited Angeline School and Industries in Wyandot County to assist them with a website design project. Angeline provides a comprehensive program serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. The students were welcomed by Todd Dilley, Angeline’s Superintendent. Following a tour of the facilities, students conducted interviews, gathered information, and documented some of the daily happenings at Angeline.

Mr. Funkhouser stated, “This community service project allows our students to apply their technology and design skills in a real world setting. Visiting Angeline School and Industries provided the students with a better understanding of the services that are provided to children and adults with developmental disabilities. They are excited about redesigning Angeline’s website to make it a more effective tool for communicating with the community that Angeline serves.”

Participating students include Sean Castle, Evan Crabtree, Brady Hood, Lucas King, Ryan Leathem, Candace Morrison, Nelson Mustain, Joshua Pettit, William Ruddle, Trevor Sparks, Ashley Vanzant, Tyler Vermillion, and Jason Whitaker.

“Paying It Forward” Continues To Be a Focus at KHS.

As the principal of Kenton High School, I am extremely proud of how our students and staff members continue to be actively involved in many different community service and fund-raising projects to support charitable endeavors. Here are some examples of the activities students and staff have been involved in this school year.
*The National Honor Society members participated in a Toy Drive at Christmas and collected and delivered a vanload of toys to Love Inc. They also collected used cell phones that were then reprogrammed and sent overseas for use by our military personnel. Members also assisted with the Hardin Central evening book fair by reading books to students and stuffed envelopes for the Kenton Excellence For Education Foundation.
*The KHS Leadership Team organized the annual WBL Food Drive in November in which the students and staff donated over 1400 food items and $130 in cash to the local Helping Hands Food Pantry. Kenton HS won the WBL competition this year!
*Mrs. Crates’ Life Skills class have developed a school wide recycling program. We now recycle our paper, plastic, and aluminum cans throughout the building. She has worked with the Hardin County Solid Waste and Recycling Facility to obtain recycling bins and located them in every classroom and office area. Plastic and aluminum receptacles are placed in the cafeteria for collection. All recyclables are transported to the local recycling vendor on a weekly basis. Over 6000 pounds of paper, plastic and aluminum was recycled at KHS this year!
*Twelve seniors were active volunteers in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program of Hardin County. They mentored at-risk elementary students once a week throughout the year.
*The FCA chapter and their advisor, Mr. Dudek, sponsored a Hat and Glove Tree during Christmas time. They collected winter hats and gloves for needy children in the community. They also sponsored “Cans for Pancakes” in which students could enjoy a pancake breakfast with the donation of canned goods for the annual food drive.
*Our third annual fund raising drive for the fight against cancer had a different focus this year. One of our students, freshman Mikayla Hollan, is battling a very rare and difficult form of cancer called synovial sarcoma. In conjunction with Winter Spirit Week, our students and staff collected $3000 during this weeklong campaign. We exceeded last year’s total of $1660. This event involved students bringing in pennies (as well as other denominations) in an attempt to “stall” their teacher from teaching that day’s lesson. The teachers could not begin class until they counted all of the money, one penny at a time. This took place during the week of February 8th through 12th and a different class period was used each day. The culmination of the week was a school wide assembly with competitions between students and staff. All of these proceeds were used to assist the Hollan family during this most difficult time.
*The annual Red Cross Blood Drive also exceeded last year’s total. This year our students and staff members donated 70 pints of blood. A total of 95 people attempted to give blood that day.
*The annual Hardin Memorial Hospital Walk For Your Health Fitness Walk is coming up in May. Other schools, as well as many students and staff members at KHS, support this activity.
*On several occasions throughout this school year, our staff participated in fund-raising activities through Friday Dress Down Day donations for a variety of charitable causes. Some of them include raising money for Mikayla Hollan, WBL Food Drive, Paul Heilman Memorial Scholarship Fund, and for a staff member who underwent heart bypass surgery and was out of sick leave. This year’s staff donations have totaled over $2000! Coach Woody Hayes’ motto of “Paying It Forward” is alive and well at KHS.
Rick Abbott,
Principal,
Kenton High School

Mock Accident on April 21.

Juniors and Seniors will be experiencing a Mock Accident Scene on April 21st at 1:40 p.m. in KHS parking lot. The purpose of the activity is to promote safe driving during the Prom/Graduation season. This event is sponsored by BKP Services in collaboration with several other local and state agencies.

Grade Cards will be mailed on Tuesday, April 6th.

Due to some processing difficulties the Kenton High School grade cards will not be mailed until Tuesday, April 6th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We encourage you to access Progress Book to view grades.

Vaccination clinic for college bound seniors

On Wed. May 5th, 2010 @ 9:30 A.M., Kenton City Schools will be offering to all college bound seniors a vaccine clinic for the required college entry level vaccines. These include Meningitis, Hepatitis B and tetanus booster. The clinic will be at Kenton Senior High School Conference Room. The cost per shot is $10.00 or if the student is on Medicaid, Medicaid will pay for these.

The charges are payable Wed. May 5th, 2010,the day of the clinic.

Parents and students interested in receiving these vaccines must obtain the consents from Kenton Senior High School, and MUST RETURN THEM TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY APRIL 29th, 2010 for processing.

If the student is on Medicaid, he will need to provide a copy of his/her card for processing. If you are writing a check, please make it payable to the Kenton-Hardin Health Department.

If there are any questions about this vaccine clinic, please call Brenda
Jennings,Kenton City Schools Nurse at 1-419-673-0775, ext. 31.