SMOKE SIGNAL - Ashland Independent Schools

The Charles Russell School
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The Charles Russell School provides equal education and employment
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December 3, 2010
A CRS STLP/PTA Publication
Volume 19 Issue 5
Fun Filled December
12/6- 12/10 Santa Shoppe
12/8 ALP Field trip to Louisville, Primary/4
12/9 Math Maniac Presentation, Primary-8:15, Intermediate-9:15 am, CRS Gym
12/13 Charles Russell SBDM, 5:30 pm, CRS library
12/13 AISD BOE, 5:30 pm, Central Office
12/16 Cookies with Santa, K-2nd @ 12 noon in gym
12/16 Last day to order Operation Holiday Cards
12/17 Polar Express Day, Wear PJ’s, 8 am
12/17 Christmas Celebrations, 1:30 pm
12/18- 1/2 Christmas Break, New Years Day, No School
1/3 CRS PTO meeting, 6 pm, Library
STLP Trip to Morehead
On November 30, 2010, the Charles Russell STLP went to Morehead State University to present a
project called Tall Tale Theatre. The tall tale by Alannah Molenda that was presented was named
Annie Oakley vs. Thunder Rose. Eleven more students helped out with this tall tale; their names are
Abby Crites, Bentley Meade, Makenzie Lucas, Blaine Collins, Zachary Stafford, Chase Goodrich,
Tommy McGlone, Aaron Simpson, Sarah Ratliff, Leah Smith-Mensah, and Hattie Killin. When our
showcase team arrived at Morehead, some of the students stayed at our presentation table so that
the judges could interview the characters, while some explored other presentations from different
schools. We also interviewed kids at their school’s table. To make our tall tale we used Windows
Movie Maker, MS Paint, Photo Filtre, and Audacity. Our showcase team got back to Charles Russell
Elementary at 2:15. The next day we found out that our Tall Tale Theatre got 111 points out of 112
points and Charles Russell’s showcase team is going to the state competition. Leah Smith-Mensah
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Veterans Day
Turkeys, Turkeys, Turkeys!!!!
On November 11, 2010, the whole Charles
Russell Elementary School went to the
Veterans Day Program. The Charles Russell
gym was filled with people like, students,
parents, and veterans. They did this because
they wanted to celebrate with the veterans that
have fought and died for our country. Some
cool things the CRS students got to do was say
the pledge and sing patriotic songs. Sami
Taylor started us off with the pledge then Jared
King sang the Star Spangled Banner. Then all
the veterans introduced them selves. Then
mayor Tom Kelley spoke and quoted “ To hear
the sound of those children saying the pledge
is beautiful”. Six-teen years ago Cathy Goble
began the Veterans Day program here at CRS,
in memory of her father. Marty Gute
commissioner told the history of Veterans Day.
Alfred King, a Kansas business owner, was the
one who said we should make a Veterans Day.
President Eisenhower signed the law in 1954
to make Veterans Day official. Mike Wurts,
Kentucky President of the American Veterans,
spoke and said that 10,000 MIA’s and POWs
are still missing. The veterans said they loved
the pledge and the songs our CRS students
sang. Afterward, all the students and staff said
thank you to the veterans with cards and
shaking their hands. – Makenzie Lucas
The primary students made a lot of turkeys
down by their classrooms. They made all sorts
of turkeys. One turkey has white paper,
colored with different colors. In second grade
the turkey is holding a scroll that says “ I’m
thankful for” and then the students wrote what
they were thankful for. One turkey is dressed
like Santa; it is so pretty. It looks like cotton
balls and velvet. One is silly and pretty; it is a
zebra dressed up like a fairy with a skirt that is
pink and fluffy. This one is my favorite--it’s a
princess and it has real feathers, a paper
crown, and beads. The biggest turkey
everybody worked on and made it. They used
construction paper hands and feet; I like it.
Another turkey has “ I am thankful that I can
read these words!” written on the body. The
different colored feathers have words on them
that the students know how to read. All the
turkeys are really good. –Makenzie Lucas & Abby
Crites
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The Mysterious Magic Show
Kindergarten Feast
On November 5, 2010, in the CRS gym, Mr.
Booth, the Magic Show guy, came in to show
us some magic. A lot of students got to do
magic like Preston Ledford got to go up and he
was the dummy; it was so funny. Mr. Booth
told us not to use drugs, what drugs can do to
our body, and how people act when they do
drugs. In one act he showed us a magic trick
with a coin. He threw a coin in the air and
caught it in the palm of his hand but when he
turned it over, the coin was on the top of his
hand. He told us to show respect to each
other. Everybody liked the magic show—it was
awesome! -Abby Crites & Carrina Hensley
On Tuesday, November 22, the kindergartners
had a Thanksgiving feast. Mrs. Geyer’s class
held their feast in the gym and Mrs. Bonner’s
class held theirs in the classroom. Some of the
students had headdresses and paper bags
with armholes that were decorated with
symbols to look like Indians. Others had hats
and collars to look like Pilgrims. First they said
what they were thankful for. Then they ate
cranberries, nuts, beef jerky, cheese, carrots,
popcorn, grapes, rolls, and apple juice. Most
of them loved cheese and beef jerky, that’s
very surprising! -Jake Damron & Sarah Brison
Turkey Mats and Turkey Smart
On November 11, 2010, Mrs. Blankenship’s 1st
grade class did a project that has to do with
turkeys. They learned a lot of turkey facts, like
the male turkey is called a tom and the female
turkey is called a hen. Young turkeys are
called poults and the wattle is the floppy thing
that hangs from their throat. They had a paper
that had little pictures of turkey things. They
had to match the picture to the facts. Then
they colored turkey placemats. Mrs. Janice
Ledford read them a book while they colored
their turkey mats. While they colored they also
got to eat pilgrim food like honey dipped turkey,
kettle corn, rolls, and juice. –Alannah Molenda
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Snakes
Oakview Printing Services
On Friday, November 19, 2010, Mr. Josh
Skaggs came to Mr. Manning’s class to talk
about different types of snakes. He brought an
Egyptian Sand Boa. He also brought a couple
of snakeskins. He let the students feel the
snakeskins. The Egyptian Sand Boa has a live
birth and is scaly and slimy. He said lots of
snakes grow up to be 3 ½ to 4 feet long. Mr.
Skaggs told us that his snake would only eat
white mice; it wouldn’t eat brown mice. Mr.
Skaggs’ snake will usually live to about 27-30
years. At the end he brought out the
snakeskins; first he
showed little
snakes. Then he
asked Mr. Manning
to come over and
help him and the
kids were like
“what’s going on?”
Then he brings out
this long python
snakeskin that’s 25
feet long! It was a
very interesting talk.
For STLP showcase, Oakview intermediate
students, Chase, Spencer, Connor, and
Madeline did an entrepreneurial project. In
their project they chose to write about their
school’s printing services. The printing
services provide products, which make
available different services for the community
as well as students and staff. Our favorite part
about their project was their financial reports; it
told how much Oakview makes with all of their
printing services. –Amy Moore and Casey Walter
21st Century Family Fitness
–Olivia Allen & Miranda Martin
The First Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 30, we went to the STLP
Regional Showcase and saw lots of different
projects that all have at least one thing to do
with technology. The only one that caught our
eye was Hager’s 21st Century Family Fitness
project. All of the following participants are in
intermediate grades at Hager: Ashby, Reilly,
Molly, Savannah, Katelyn, Ty, and Sydni. One
of the participants told us that the purpose of
this project was to make families healthier.
They also told us that this is a community
service project. There were many interesting
features about their project, but we only found
a few that we want to actually include in our
article. Like they had weights to show that
there are ways to exercise and another one
that caught our attention was they were playing
music. They also had a very colorful display.
Thanks for reading our article. Laura Johnson,
On Friday, November 19, 2010, Mrs. Janice
Ledford came to Mrs. Blankenship’s 1st grade
class and taught the students about the first
Thanksgiving. She let them color a Pilgrim or
an Indian. Mrs. Ledford read “The First
Thanksgiving Day” while the students colored.
She brought in an arrowhead and all the kids
were like wow! After they all finished coloring,
she let them have a chocolate or vanilla
cupcake that was a turkey. At the very end
she brought in a dot-to-dot number page
counting by twos. It was hard to some of them
but most of them got it. It was a lot of fun and
the kids loved it. –Chloe VanHorn
Blake Rogers & Sami Taylor
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Native American Burial Grounds
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Crabbe Elementary did a showcase project
called Native
American Burial
Mounds.
Participants in the
activity were
students, Spencer,
Julia, Savanah, and
Brookly. The
purpose of the project was to instruct people
about Native American Burial Mounds. The
project was instructional. Some features were
the facts, photos and locations of some burial
mounds. Bryan Lucas & Noah Roberts
Oakview Showcase did Straight from the
Horse’s Mouth, which was about the World
Equestrian Games. The World Equestrian
Games took place in Kentucky this year. Mrs.
Ryan’s
students
were the
participants
in this
activity. This
teaches
students
about the
World Equestrian Games. We like the pictures
of the horses and people with the horses best!
Poage Paparazzi
-Aryn Hughes & Kylie Thomas
At Poage, Dylan, Luke and Daniel take pictures
of students and they hang them in the school.
Sometimes they put them on Poage’s website.
They take pictures at school assemblies,
parties, and other activities. It’s nice that they
take time to take
pictures of the
students. They
are intermediate
students and
they set up a
showcase about
“Poage
Paparazzi”.
Save the Animals!!!
Two girls from Mason County wanted to help
animals from around the world. The
technology of this project is to help their local
animal shelter and teach their school and
community about ways that they can protect
and save helpless animals. They
accomplished this by using a brochure, a
bulletin board, and a keynote presentation.
They showed how to make a DVD after editing
video footage from the field trip to the Mason
County Animal Shelter. They wanted to do this
project because they don’t like animals getting
hurt, that are endangered, or put in the pounds.
The students love animals as much as their
family. They love to hug them and kiss them. I
love this project. It’s sad and wonderful. I’m
glad I picked this piece on saving animals from
around the world. If this piece gives you some
information, please think about saving animals
and helping them. –Carrina Hensley
-Sydney Jackson & Breck Oppenheimer
Tailgate with the Tomcats
We did our project on Tailgate with the
Tomcats for Oakview. The people that worked
on the project were Mrs. Clayton, Mrs.
Campbell, Mykala,
Kade, and Emily.
The purpose of this
project was to
support breast
cancer and to
support the
Tomcats. This
project was a community service project.
Some interesting features were the football and
the football helmet. We liked the photos of the
football players and the trophies. –Cody Blevins &
Keeston Clark
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How to Use an iPad!!
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Fifth grade student Zach Stafford will be
performing in the Paramount’s production of
the “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. He
will be playing the role of ‘Ollie Herdman’.
Performances will be held on: Dec. 16 @ 9:30
& 11:30 am, Dec. 17-18 @ 7 pm.
A Christmas Carol
Several CRS students have been participating
in the ACTC Theatre’s 17th annual presentation
of Israel Horovitz’s version of Charles Dickens’
“A Christmas Carol.” They are: 5th graderChase Goodrich as Young Scrooge and Peter
Cratchit; 4th grader-Jaden Stevens as Fan and
Townspeople’s child; 4th grader Raegan
Stevens as Belinda Cratchit; 4th grader Betty
Conley and 5th grader Julia Conley as
Poverty’s Children; and 3rd grader Ashleigh
Taylor, 5th grader Aly Taylor, 6th grader Sami
Taylor as Townspeople’s children. Also in the
play were: Kim Taylor-Ashleigh, Aly, & Sami
Taylor, Jaden and Raegan Stevens’
grandmother; Christine Conley-Betty and Julia
Conley’s mother; and Annie Francis, Chase
Goodrich’s mother. Performances are
December 2, 3, & 4 @ 8 pm and December 5
@ 2:30 pm in the JB Sowards Theatre at
ACTC.
On November 30th, 2010, at the Morehead
State University, the STLP showcase was held.
All of the kids on the STLP team from Charles
Russell Elementary wrote articles, but Carrina
and I were cyber reporters. We started walking
around and I turned my head to look at the
showcases and saw this catchy title called
“How to Use an iPad”. Next I went up to them
and they explained to me how to use an iPad.
They said it is pretty simple if you know how to
use an iPhone or iPod touch, although you
have to be careful on your data usage because
if you go over it can start deleting some of your
applications. Applications are apps you can
use to help research things, play games on,
and use the Internet. It is very fun to have and
use. You have to be very careful when using
it. We learned a lot. I was glad they told me
about the data usage because I could have
gone over on my mom’s iPad and caused it to
erase some of her apps. I hope you enjoyed
reading my article. –Cassandra Holbrook
United Way
What a generous group of educators we have
in the Ashland Schools! The good folks in our
district have donated $4,069 to United Way.
That is up from $2,436 last year. In spite of
these tough economic times our people have
stepped up to the plate and donated to this
worthy cause. Once again, additional kudos
go to Charles Russell for donating a total of
$695 and Blazer for donating $1,389. Please
take pride during this Holiday season that your
donations will be well spent helping those less
fortunate. –Dr. Patsy Lindsey
UNICEF
The following helped Miss Rowlett raise $100
for UNICEF: Riley Dixon, Miguel Talamantez,
Grace Sluss, Raven Rodas, Wyatt Bowers,
Gabby Talamantez, Brianna Davis, Dakotah
Forth, Carson Johnson, and Mrs. Sharla
Johnson. UNICEF helps children across the
globe gain access to better nutrition, clean
water, medicine, immunizations, education,
and emergency relief. This year we had the
most participants and the most donations!
-Miss Cheri Rowlett
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1st 9-weeks AR
4th Grade: Hood-Shalayna Rice, Elizabeth
Senters, Zack Church, Sarah Brison, Jake
Damron; Manning-Kaitlyn Lee, Nick Endicott,
Jacob Sexton, Johnathon Peterman, Mattie
Steele, Harlea Blevins
5th Grade: Gold-Madalon Burnside, Ivy
Hobbs, Hattie Killin, Tommy McGlone, Sarah
Ratliff, Morgan Vanover, Makenzie Lucas,
Baylei Park, Zach Stafford, William Zheng;
Silver-Blaine Collins, Abby Crites, Alannah
Molenda, Andrew York, Jakob Williams, Sarah
Rymer, Ema-Leigh Forbes, Leah SmithMensah, Chase Goodrich, Bentley Meade,
Brock Rogers; Bronze-Shelbi Owens, Austin
Smith
Students of the Month
Shaylee Deerfield
Abby Leeper
Lindsey Brown
Leah Grayson
Lakin Mays
Bryce Horton
Kyle Webster
Miguel Talamantez
Alex McKenzie
Nick Endicott
Aaron Simpson
Ema Leigh Forbes
Keeston Clark
Mycah Miller
Eli Chavira
Haley Hicks
Abigail Baldwin
Gharan Thomas
Austin Smith
Sonny Davis
Savannah Stambaugh
Grace Sluss
Miranda Martin
Infinite Campus Parent Portal
The link to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal is
on the District web site:
www.ashland.kyschools.us
Parents may access student grades. The user
name is the student state ID number and the
password is the student’s first initial, last initial,
and birth date (mmddyy). If you have any
problems, please contact Amy Wessel at the
Central Office Technology Department 3272706.
Inclement Weather Info
Decisions concerning school closings, delays
and school bus operations relative to inclement
and/or hazardous weather conditions or any
emergency will be made at the earliest
possible time in order to assure the safety and
convenience of our students, families and staff.
If inclement weather occurs during the school
day, children will be sent home at a time that
will allow for roads to be made safe prior to
dismissal. Announcements will be made over
the One Call phone system as well as on local
TV and radio stations, tune to:
Television
Radio
WOWK - Channel 13
WKEE - 100.5 FM
WSAZ - Channel 3
WTCR - 103.3 FM
WCHS - Channel 8
WRVC - 92.7 FM
Bonner
Geyer
Blankenship
Bocook
King
McDowell
Ledford
Rowlett
Hood
Manning
Foster
McDavid
Hall
Moore
Slater
Meade
Elkins
Green/Salyers
Reinhard
Lees/Brown
Love
Jackson
Foudray
Color Copies of Smoke Signal
Color copies are available of the Smoke Signal
including past issues. We must charge a small
fee of $1.00 each to cover the cost of ink and
paper. Please put your money in an envelope
and put the student’s name on front then send
to school.
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Recycling Collections Totals
PTO News
Hillbilly Day- total profit $58
Camo Day- total profit $35
Fall Festival Baskets- total profit $950.50
Fall Festival- total profit $3541.11.
Pampered Chef winners are: 1st place-James
Johnson-Geyer; 2nd place-Madalon BurnsideFoster; Classroom-Mrs. Blankenship.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the Fall Festival.
"Ashland Cheerleaders" and "Pie in the Face"
were big hits. We appreciate everyone who
volunteered to help! Santa Shoppe will be
December 6th-10th, $2.00 per item. Cookies
and pictures with Santa on December 16 for K2nd grades, Parents/Grandparents welcome.
Polar Express Day is December 17th;
Homeroom Parents will provide the kids with
Hot Chocolate and a small treat while they
watch the show. Texas Roadhouse gift card
sales ends December 3rd. Next Meeting is
Monday, January 3rd @ 6 pm.
Have a great Christmas from the PTO!
Bonner
86
Geyer
1781
Blankenship
238
Bocook
866
King
369
McDowell
318
Ledford
60
Rowlett
203
Hood
113
Manning
115
Foster
440
McDavid
82
Hall
110
Moore
67
The classes to bring in the most by the end of
the year will receive a prize. Please continue
to save soup label UPCs, box tops, printer
cartridges, cell phones, cameras, pop cans and
tabs. Soup UPC’s help get stuff for our school
(Mrs. Elkins, sponsor); box tops (Ms. Meade,
sponsor) & pop cans (Miss Rowlett, sponsor)
provide funds to support AR; printer cartridges
& cell phones supports STLP (Mrs. Elkins,
sponsor); Pop can tabs (Mrs. Reinhard,
sponsor) are donated to a fund to send kids to
a special camp. 6th Grade is saving Capri Sun
packages. Any questions or concerns, please
contact the sponsor.
2009-10 Yearbooks
Last school year’s yearbooks (2009-10) have
been delayed. We have new software this
year so its taking time for us to learn to use it.
Please bear with us. As soon as the
yearbooks are in, we will be making deliveries.
We apologize for the delay!
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Operation Holiday Card Winners
Card designs are all posted on the school’s
web site and cards are on sale until December
16th. Order forms are available to download on
the site or from Mrs. Elkins. The address is:
http://www.ashland.kyschools.us/olc/teacher.as
px?s=540
2nd Grade
Kindergarten
1st place-Brandon Hensley
2nd place-Cheyenne Bowers
3rd place-Delaney Jackson
4th place-Gracie Hunt
Honorable Mention-Lakin Mays
Teacher’s Choice-Eli Miller, Eden Forbes, Mimi
Moore, Willow Triplett, Diontah Mitchell
1st place-Hannah Bias
2nd place-Holly Shelton
3rd place-Conner Robbins
4th place-Tamel Smith
Honorable Mention-Tori Brown, Lana Salyer
Teacher’s Choice-Makena Francis, Natalie
Moore, Gracie Madden, Marissa Morrison
3rd Grade
1st Grade
1st place-Nathan Abbott
2nd place-Zach Francis
3rd place-Ethan Farley
4th place-Anna Heineman
Honorable Mention-Cayden Deskins, Jared
King
Teacher’s Choice-Ashleigh Taylor, Cameron
Marushi, Maggie Thompson, Riley Dixon
1st place-Gwen Akers
2nd place-Mikayla Martin
3rd place-Hayden West
4th place-Brady Allen
Honorable Mention-Leah Grayson
Teacher’s Choice-Laykin Kouns, Bethany
Ledford, Collin Corey, Dominic Whitmore,
Emelin Perez, Hannah Greene, Shannon
Phipps
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1st place-Alannah Molenda-Paint & Aaron
Simpson-Photo
2nd place-Blaine Collins & Zach Stafford (tie)Paint & Andrew York-Photo
3rd place-Sarah Ratliff-Paint & Hannah StaggsPhoto
4th place-Madalon Burnside-Paint & Hattie
Killin-Photo
Honorable Mention-Abby Crites & Britany
Guerrero-Paint & Crystal Sparks & Johnathon
Kouns-Photo
Teacher’s Choice-Baylei Park, Bentley Meade,
Jakob Williams, Julia Conley, Leah SmithMensah, Andre Donalson, Cameron Conley,
Eliott Collins, Isaiah Coffey, Jessica McLeod,
Shelbi Owens
4th Grade
1st place-Zach Greene-Paint & Preston
Ledford-Photo
2nd place-Gage Hignite-Paint & Chloe
VanHorn-Photo
3rd place-Zeus Gonzales-Paint & Maddy
Greene-Photo
4th place-Olivia Allen
Honorable Mention-Jade Mains
Teacher’s Choice-Brianna Lambert, Elizabeth
Senters, Gabby Coutino, Jaden Stevens,
Miranda Martin, Mattie Steele, Robbie Francis,
Russell Rogers
6th Grade
1st place-Sydney Jackson
2nd place-(tie) Cheyanne Salley & Miranda
Moore
3rd place-(tie) Koriah McIntyre & Sidney
Campbell
4th place-Blake Rogers
Honorable Mention-Breck Oppenheimer &
Gage Rhoden
Teacher’s Choice-Sami Taylor, Aryn Hughes
Casey Walter, Tyler Gibbs, Amy Moore, Emily
Schipmann, Keeston Clark, Kierstyn Blevins,
Riley Gransbery, Savannah Stambaugh,
Shaylyn Caldwell, Mycah Miller
5th Grade
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