Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Emily Estep works through math problems, via a computer. She is one of about 20 fifth grade students at Davis Creek Elementary that participates in the new digitalized math course.
Learning Math in the 21st Century
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Gus keeps his nose to the ground By Amanda White
By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
BARBOURSVILLE - Students at Davis Creek Elementary are diving into a new style of learning, fit for the 21st century. Math is often a subject many children struggle with, but a one-on-one, digital teaching method, developed by the nonprofit organization Reasoning Mind and funded by a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, is already impacting fifth grade students in Teri Crowder's classroom. The Davis Creek Elementary teacher smiled while she looked toward her students, who were all solving equations and word problems, via a computer. "These kids are all working independently, at their own pace," Crowder explained. "I know if a child is excelling or struggling on certain concepts." Emily Estep solved a plethora of problems as they showed up on her computer monitor. The fifth grade student smiled while working with the new software. "My favorite part is achieving SEE MATH ON PAGE 11
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If you’re ever wandering around Barboursville Park, you may see Barboursville Police Department’s favorite employee out playing fetch. Gus, a five and a half year old bloodhound, has been working for the police department since 2009. In the three years since he’s been trained, he has been on over 60 cases and visited countless elementary and middle school students around the county. “It’s just the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done,” said Corporal Tim Corbett, head of the Barboursville’s K9 program and Gus’ partner. “When you’re actually tracking someone and you find them, there is no better reward.” Corbett requested to create a BPD K9 unit after being with Barboursville for two years. He had been with the Marshall University Police Department for seven
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years before. He was adamant that they get a bloodhound, although at the time, there were only two working bloodhounds in the entire state. “In the last 20 or 30 years, administrators have had to find the most cost effective ways to do things,” Corbett said. “One of those things is to have dogs that have many purposes. The problem is that these dogs don’t have as high of success rates. I told them that we needed a single purpose dog that just finds people because we had seen so many cases that a bloodhound could have helped with.” Corbett said Barboursville was the perfect place for a bloodhound, as they have jurisdiction over several public schools, the alternative school, Western Regional Jail and a thousand acre park. In 2009, the Barboursville Police Department acquired Gus from the Riverside Bloodhound Rescue in Elizabeth, Pa. where Dr. Marybeth Cline frequently rehabilitates rescued blood-
Gus, a 96 pound bloodhound, stands with Cpl. Tim Corbett. Gus and Corbett have been working together for three years. hounds. “She has a great program,” Corbett said. “She has rescued and placed around 30 dogs with the National Police Bloodhound Association.”
Gus, who was named prior to coming to Barboursville, was brought to Barboursville at 14 months old. SEE GUS ON PAGE 5
Knights take set but fall in state match By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
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CHARLESTON - Cabell Midland lost the West Virginia AAA State Volleyball Tournament in a hard-fought, four-set nail-biter against No. 3 ranked Parkersburg. Despite the disappointing end, the Knights had a season full of successes to look back on, including the run to the state tournament. Coach Julie Brumfield recalled the five-set, semifinal regional fight to beatWinfield and the hard
loss to Spring Valley in the finals. The coach also remembered her team's history against Parkersburg in regular season play. "We had to fight to get through sectionals and regionals," she said. "Parkersburg is one of the state's top contenders, and we're the underdog." The Big Red came into the tourSEE KNIGHTS ON PAGE 6 Keely Thompson, Cabell Midland's junior middle blocker, defends the net during the Knights state tournament game. Photo by Jack Withrow
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