Important Dates in May

 

May 3 - Jr/Sr Prom in the Gym,9pm-1am

May 12 - SBDM Meeting at 4:30 PM in the WCHS library

May 19 - Spring Fling

May 20 - No school for students/Election Day

May 21 - Sr. Breakfast

May 26 - Memorial Day/No school

May 27 - Sr. Class Night in the Gym @ 7pm

May 28 - Underclass Awards 9:48am-11:32am

May 29 - Last day for students. Sr. Graduation practice 8:30am-12:00pm.

May 31 -  WCHS Senior Graduation 1:00 p.m. @ Frankfort Civic Center

 

News

Reminder.  Bluegrass Community Hospital will be hosting FREE athletic physicals at Woodford County High School today, May 1st from 3:30-5:30. Doctors Jon Sanchez, Martin Favetto, and Brian Smith along with his physicians’ assistants have generously donated their time and expertise. Parents and student/athletes please be patient while waiting for your physical. Last year we were able to perform 165 physicals. With so many athletes there is bound to be a bit of a wait so please be understanding and patient with us. Parents can download the physical form at: http://www.khsaa.org/forms/ge04.pdf     . Parents, you MUST fill out all information (except for the physical examination section) and sign the physical form BEFORE your son or daughter can receive a physical exam.

Reminder. Attention Seniors and Senior Parents: Seniors or their parents can submit a picture at The Woodford Sun Office for the special senior section for graduation (for free).  Submission deadline is Friday, May 2. This is a great keepsake!

New 5-1-08. SENIOR PARENTS: There are several copies of yearbooks being sold for $10 apiece from the following years: 2005, 2006, and 2007. These would make great gifts for seniors who missed getting one of their yearbooks when they came out originally. See Coach Watts for more details.

New 5-1-08. Contestants Being Sought -- Contestants are being sought to participate in the Miss Woodford County Fair, Teen and Preteen pageants. Visit the fair web site at  www.woodfordcountyfair.com  for information or call one of the pageant chairs. 

 

New 5-1-08. Dear AP World History Parents and Guardians:      We have finished our textbook, and have begun the AP Review process in preparation for the AP Exam.  It’s been a fun group, and I feel confident that they can do well on the AP test IF they put in the study time!  Here are some suggestions on how you can help from home:

1.     The AP Exam is scheduled for Thursday, May 15th in the morning.  The Counseling Office will administer the test at KCTCS – more information will be coming to you via handout from the counselors.  To receive the weighted grade, students MUST take the test.  Be watching for the handout and review it with your student

2.     Students are not required to purchase review books, but they do help.  If your student is using a review book he or she should be reading/taking notes or highlighting EVERY DAY.  Perhaps only 30 minutes this week – more as we move into next week (60 minutes) 

3.     If you student is not using a review book he or she should do the following with the text:

a.     Read the into/conclusion (in yellow) for each chapter – take notes!

b.     Review the glossary – make flashcards and review them

c.     Review notes from the year

d.     Fill out trends charts (will get next week). 

4.     All students should make use of the book on-line resources and take the online quizzes for each chapter – then make note of the questions they miss for review. 

5.     Beginning next week (Monday, May 5th) we will be working in class on review strategies, taking AP practice tests (for a grade), doing final writing activities (again – for a grade) that will help prepare students for the test.   Before and after school study sessions will be announced Monday. 

 

More information on test day will be coming next week.   I’ve enjoyed your student so much this year, and am hoping for a strong showing on the AP exam.  Much depends on their independent study – so encourage them please!!  I know they can do it!!!  Susan Carey

 

 

New 4-30-08. Woodford County 4-H will be hosting a leather belt workshop for youth ages 9-19 on May 14, 2008 at the Woodford County Extension Office located at 184 Beasley Road. The workshop will begin at 4:00pm and will take about 2 hours to complete. Participants will learn how to stamp and tool their name and pictures onto leather belts. A utility belt buckle will be included, but you may bring a special belt buckle with you and we will help you fit it to your new belt! Youth ages 9-13 will be eligible to enter their belts at the county fair for cash and ribbon prizes.Pre-registration and payment are required to hold your spot. The cost is $8.00. A strict limit of 20 participants will be taken on a first come basis. For more information, please contact the extension office at 873-4601.

New 4-29-08. The PTO would like to thank all who came out to vote in the SBDM elections! We had a great turn-out! Our newest parent representatives are Lea Martin and Jean Barrows. Thanks to these ladies for their willingness to serve our school!

We also have the results of our PTO Officer elections:

President: Libbie Turley

V-President: Marti Congleton

Secretary: Lora Gowins

Treasurer: Tricia Roca

Thanks so much to these new officers as well as to the 2007-08 officers who have served this past year!

New 4-29-08 PTO Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week - May 5 - 9. The PTO will be sponsoring a teacher/staff breakfast on Monday, May 5.  Donations needed include breakfast casseroles, bacon, sausage or ham biscuits, fresh fruit, bagels/muffins, pastries and juice or milk.  Food may be dropped off in the first floor teachers' lounge after 7:40 am. Contact Sue Jacobs at 873-0838, or skjacobs@alltel.net, if you can send in an item.

 

The PTO will also be sponsoring a teacher/staff salad lunch on Wednesday, May 7.

Please contact Kim Frye at: kbfrye@yahoo.com, if you can send in a salad.

 

The PTO will treat the teacher's/staff to a catered lunch on Friday, May 9.

 

Thank you for your help in honoring the great teachers and staff at WCHS!

 

New 4-25-08. Attention all WCHS Parents - Frozen in Time, the 2008 Junior-Senior Prom will take place in the WCHS Gymnasium from 9pm-1am.  If you would like a "sneak peak", you and your family are welcome to stop by May 3rd from 6:30-8pm when we will have the gym open for our community to see the transformation!   Please plan on parking in the front or coop side of the building and walking around the building to our rear entrance, as our parking area will be restricted for our students.  The gym closes at 8pm, in preparation for prom.   In addition, parents are welcome to gather beside the red carpet to snap photos of their student as they make their way into the building - again, parking is restricted to the front of the building.   Our juniors have been working hard - come out and see the results!  Susan Carey, Junior Sponsor

 

New 4-25-08. Attention Junior Parents - Prom is this Saturday, and the Junior Class has been busy designing, organizing and planning for the best prom ever at WCHS.  The kids wanted me to get the word out to all junior parents that we need your assistance!  Please send your Junior to school with a roll of duct tape OR clear, wide packing tape.  We'd appreciate it!  Drop off all donations in room 104.  Also, if you are able to fill any of the requests below, please contact me - Susan Carey - at WCHS (susan.carey@woodford.kyschools.us) 

1.  Small couch or loveseat for the girls bathroom - color doesn't matter as it will have a cover over it

2.  Artificial Christmas trees (won't be lighted) of varying heights

If you find yourself with some free time (!!!) and would like to help, we begin decorating on Wednesday, April 30th right after school until 9pm / Thursday, May 1st same times / and Friday May 2nd until we are finished!  The kids would love the help. 

 

New 4-25-08. The Band is planning a car wash at Kentucky Bank on Saturday, May 10, from 12:30 to 4:30. Cost is a donation only. They will also be having a bake sale running concurrently at Kroger's from 1:30 to 4:30. Come on out for a great handcrafted car wash and some great homemade baked goods!”

 

WOODFORD COUNTY FAIR, June 14 through 21.  Wow, this year's fair is bursting at the seams.  If you want to experience all the fair has to offer, get involved, it is not a sideline sport and you have to be on the inside looking out.  As always, the Woodford County Fair is a family affair.  Go to www.woodfordcountyfair.com to see what is in store.  This site has information and entry forms on contests, pageants, etc.  It is updated daily so please check back often.  If you have any questions about the fair, please contact a member of the fair board.  Our goal is for Woodford County to have the best county fair

ever.  

 

To apply for a driver's license or permit, students must pick up a verification letter (KRS 159.051/No Pass/No Drive Statute) from the WCHS main office at least one week prior to taking the test.  This form must be returned to the WCHS main office after being completed and signed by the student's parent/guardian (paperwork actually needs to be signed by the office the week before test is taken).

 

From Guidance Office

New 5-1-08. Brad Lacefield State Farm “Good Neighbor” Scholarship. The Brad Lacefield State Farm “Good Neighbor” Scholarship is now available in the guidance office.  All seniors with community service hours should apply.  Application deadline is May 19.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship is now available in the guidance office.  The application deadline is May 20.

 

The following scholarships are now available in the guidance office.

·         Landmark Lodge No. 41 Masonic Scholarship…application deadline is May 15.

·         Dr. W.C. McCauley Scholarship…application deadline is May 2.

·         Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship…application deadline is May 2

·         Montgomery Scholarship…application deadline is May 2.

·         Central Kentucky Maintenance Council Scholarship…this scholarship is for students studying diesel mechanics…application deadline is May 15.

·         Louisville Technical Institute Interior Design Scholarship…application deadline is May 2.

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Bluegrass Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship,$500 per semester Freshman year, Application deadline is May 9.

 

A scholarship for a Seniors planning to major in Education is available in the Guidance Office. It is a scholarship from Kentucky CHI Chapter of ADK. Stop in the guidance Office to pick up an application. Due date is May 1st.

 

The Versailles Kiwanis Club Scholarship is now available in the guidance office.  the Application deadline is May 5.

 

The ACT will be administered at WCHS on the following dates:

June 14th.

Athletics

This Weeks Schedule:

April 28 -

                        4:00pm - Boys WCHS Tennis vs. Tates Creek , 6-0 (W)

                        6:30pm - Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Louisville Male , 3-2 (W)

                       

April 29 -

                        4:00pm - Girls WCHS Tennis vs. Tates Creek , 7-2(W)

                        5:30pm - WCHS Track Team " Henry Clay All-comers"

                        5:30pm - Girls Varsity Softball vs. Western Hills ,  0-4 (L)

                        6:00pm - Boys Varsity Baseball @ Rowan County , 1-0 (W)

                        7:30pm - Girls JV Softball vs. Western Hills  , 0-2 (L)

April 30 -

                        4:00pm - Boys WCHS Tennis vs. East Jessamine , 7-2 (W)

                        4:00pm - Girls WCHS Tennis vs. East Jessamine , 6-3 (W)

                        5:30pm - Boys Varsity Baseball @ Henry County (Cancelled)

                        7:00pm - Boys JV Baseball @ Henry County (Cancelled)

May 1 -

                        4:00pm - Girls WCHS Tennis vs. Dunbar

                                    5:30pm - Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Scott County (home)

                        5:30pm - Girls Varsity Softball @ Franklin County

                        7:30pm - Girls JV Softball @ Franklin County

                                    7:30pm - Boys JV Baeball vs. Scott County (home)

                       

May 2 -

                        4:00pm - Boys WCHS Tennis vs. Franklin Co.

                        5:30pm - Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Danville @ "Bryan Station Classic"

                                    5:30pm - Girls Varsity Softball @ West Jessamine

May 3 -

                        Boys WCHS Tennis @ John Harnice (Time TBA)

                        10:00am - Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Warren Central @ "Bryan Station Classic"

                        12:30pm - Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Bryan Station "Bryan Station Classic"