Ad Design Contest Winners

The fourth annual Kids Takeover Ad Design contest was a huge success! Kids from across the city and county completed the ad templates for their chance to win. Each business judged the entries and chose the winners. Thank you to all of the kids who entered the contest and for all of the businesses that participated:

ALEXANDER THOMPSON ARNOLD PLLC BAKER FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC HENDERSON COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OWENSBORO HEALTH HEALTHPLEX HOLY NAME OF JESUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HENDERSON CHEVROLET BUICK GMC WOODARD COOLING & HEATING HAPPY HOUNDS PET SALON ROCKHOUSE ON THE RIVER HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL

Designed by: Stella Kate Gaines

Age: 9

300 1st St • Henderson, KY 270-827-1577 atacpa.net

Designed by: Ava Baker

Age: 9

319 8th St. • Henderson, KY 270-212-0388 bakerchiropractic.net

Designed by: Parker Hauser

Age: 11

3341 Zion Road • Henderson, KY 270-826-8387 henderson.ca.uky.edu

Designed by: Anna Sauer

Age: 10

HEALTHPLEX

1200 Barret Boulevard • Henderson, KY OwensboroHealth.org/Healthplex

Designed by: Olivia Eadens

Age: 9

Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School

628 2nd Street Henderson, KY holynameschool.org 270-827-3425

Designed by: Gareth Wilson

Age: 11

2746 US Hwy. 41 Henderson, KY 270-826-7600 hendersonchevrolet.com

1500 S Green Street Henderson, KY 827-COOL • 827-HEAT woodardcoolingandheating.com

Designed by: Jackson Bender

Age: 10

Designed by: Madelyn Mathias

Age: 10

930 N Green St. Henderson, KY 270-212-3316

Designed by: Micah Mullins

Age: 11

212 N Water Street Henderson, KY 270-212-1400

Designed by: Emily Tucker

Age: 10

101 South Main Street Henderson, KY 270-826-3712 hcpl.org

Designed by: Matthew Stearns

Age: 8

1305 N. Elm St. • Henderson, KY • (270) 827-7700 www.deaconess.com

Paws for a Cause

Making a Difference Through the Student Technology Leadership Program

Written By Adalyn Park

Do you like to use technology? Well, it can be used for more than what you think! Not just to play, communicate, or whatever you do on your electronics! At our school, Jefferson Elementary, we have a program called STLP. It is one of my favorite programs in our school. It also brings the members of STLP together, and we have fun while learning new skills! All the time we joke around and get along while learning about technology and helping others in our community. We found a problem in our community that we were all interested in making a difference for, put our heads together, and made an impact all while utilizing our technology and leadership skills.

One thing that makes STLP one of my favorite things at our school is that it allows us to get our whole school involved. For our STLP community project, we started a project called Paws for a Cause where our goal is to raise awareness, fundraise, and advocate for animals in the local shelters. We had to have enough money to do this so we could donate to an animal shelter. We knew we had to have some help, so we decided to involve the whole school to help us and ended up with $1,250! It was really fun and a lot of people in our school had fun too!

Another way we got our whole school involved was during our school-wide family night called “Bookbusters, Bots, and More.” At family night, we were able to explain what STLP is to students and families. We talked to students that wanted to join STLP when they were in 4th/5th grade, and several students were interested in it!

Also at family night, the STLP booth helped us work on our presentation skills and connect with students and families. We also got to show students the robots that we think are really fun, and they thought the same!

I enjoy STLP a lot, especially because we work in a team. If we didn’t work together, our goals would not be achieved and we would only have one presenter and that would be difficult. Also, since we work as a team, everyone in STLP is more determined because we have more people to work on our project so we have more ideas that would make our project better.

Most people use technology to communicate with others, and we do that too, but with the community! We did this by using our Chromebooks to present to the judges with Google Meet, using our teacher’s phone to communicate with the animal shelters, and we used our Chromebooks to edit flyers to communicate with our whole school to tell them about the fundraiser.

We also created videos to show our school our project with technology. We did this by using a website called “WeVideo” and put it in our morning meeting to show the school to spread awareness.

In the future, we plan to help our principal with Jeffe News. Well, you might be wondering, “ What is Jeffe News?”. It is our school-wide morning meeting that gets everyone in our school awake and ready for the day. We are planning to help with that and talk about the school climate. We will do this by creating and editing videos, making them positive, putting them all together, and then sharing them with the whole school. It includes funny jokes, our pledge, morning announcements, morning motivation, and many more positive quotes!

In STLP, we brought all our ideas together and made our project better. We are also trying to help others we don’t even know. For instance, we do not personally know the people that own the animal shelters, but in STLP it is our job to help our community, even if we don’t know them. We really enjoy helping animals and that is what our project is about! We feel bad for the animals with no home, the ones that are starving, and all the animals that are suffering.

We also make funny and informational scripts. For instance, we had to do a funny script, and we had to work together even though not everybody was in the script.

Adalyn Park is a 4th-grade student at Jefferson Elementary School. She is involved with cheer, the academic team, STLP, and Gifted and Talented. Above all, she is a kind, caring, creative, and bright student who loves to help others and spread positivity everywhere she goes!

Written By Lily Bassett

Archery is fun because of the satisfaction of getting a high score, especially a personal best, and the medals/trophies that you get. Also, the feeling of knowing you are growing in skills. When shooting for a school archery team, you will need a genesis bow and if you want you can get an arm guard, finger guard, and sometimes an eye patch if you can’t close one of your eyes. The nice thing is the school provides you with the bow and arrows if you do not get your own.

In an archery tournament, you will normally have school jerseys on and there will be other kids from other schools (grades 4 - 12). You will shoot 4 rounds of arrows at 10 yards and 4 rounds at 15 yards. The first round of each distance is practice so you can find your aim point. Then you have 3 scoring rounds at each distance, which will give you the total at the end. A perfect score is 300, but even the high schoolers can’t get that (mostly). You have to know the whistles for safety: 3 whistles = get your arrows, 2 whistles = get bows/ go to shooting line, 1 whistle = shoot, 5 or more whistles means to stop.

An outdoor tournament looks the same as any other tournament, but it is outdoors and there might be a bit of wind that could affect the arrows. At a 3D tournament, you shoot at foam animals. The circles that mark the scoring sections are always on the inserts of the animals that can be replaced. Hitting the animal outside of the circle is 7 points, and the insert has smaller sections for 8, 9, and 10 points. The trick, except on the turkey, is on the back of the shoulder blade of the front legs right above that is the ten circle where you want to hit.

You should join archery because it is fun and really rewarding, and because if you have a sibling that also plays archery then you can compete against each other and whoever wins could get bragging rights. Other than that, you get to play games and everyone is included. This year the team went to more tournaments than any other elementary school around. The 2021-22 coach and our dad, Robert Bassett, said, “My favorite part of being a coach is watching an archer when they shoot their first good shot. Their face lights up with a giant smile, and as soon as they finish and tell me all about what they just did. To me, that makes it all worth it.” Next year the coach will be Steven Meredith, Lauren Meredith’s dad. We can’t wait to see what he does with the team!

Lily Bassett is a Spottsville 5th grader who can be seen at the archery range, the gymnastics studio, or at the library with a book in her hand.

Challenging Yourself by Joining the Academic Team

Written By Carolyn Bassett

Academic team is a fun, challenging competition with coaches that help the students. Spottsville also has fun coaches that make it so much more than just a serious competition. They help us learn to get to know our teammates and make friends with each other, even if we were strangers before. For example, Mrs. D, the quick recall and composition coach, always made sure we were having fun and it was interactive. She encouraged us to talk during quick recall, which encouraged us to talk outside of the match, too. Mrs. Pinkston, the FPS coach, says, “Future Problem Solving is a great team-building component to the academic team program! It gives students opportunities to learn and apply problem solving skills through critical and creative thinking. Academic team, as a whole, teaches students to take ownership of their own learning and brings out their skills, talents, and creativity.”

There are four categories that you compete in: written assessment, composition, quick recall, and future problem solving (FPS). In written assessment, the test is multiple choice and you test in math, science, language arts, arts and humanities, and social studies. In composition, you write an essay based on a prompt. Quick recall is like a quick thinking video game (like Kahoot! or Quizizz but faster) in real life where you need quick reflexes, a quick mind, and the skill to talk with others. In Future Problem Solving, you have a futuristic problem, sometimes 20 to 30 years in the future, and you have a backstory and problem to fix. Since it is in the future, you can use technology or robots that we don’t have now to fix the problem. You really learn to communicate with peers. It also helps you know the importance of vocabulary because you have to have a strong vocabulary to convince the judges you have the best solution there is.

This year Spottsville won the district competition to move on to regionals. And for the first time ever, FPS won first place at both competitions.

Students should join an academic team because it helps you challenge yourself and learn to better communicate.

Carolyn Bassett is a fifth grader at Spottsville Elementary who can be seen hanging out with friends on the archery range and soccer fields or with a book in her hand.

A School That's More Like Family

The Benefits of Cheerleading

Written By Sophi Gonzalez

There are a lot of things that I love about Holy Name. One of the things I love the most is that I have never felt left out because we are all a family. Teachers are super nice and friendly and will always be there to help you. The teachers are always working hard to make sure that Holy Name students are learning. At Holy Name, we were taught from a young age to always be respectful.

Each day at Holy Name, students try to improve in their classes and friendships. You get the chance to make new friends every year. In House time, you get to meet new teachers, staff, and students from other grades and become friends with them. Holy Name lets you learn about God’s love. We have Christ in Me where we learn the importance of being in the family of God and how to treat others with love and respect. When I was little and I first came to Holy Name, I didn’t know how to speak English. I made friends, and they helped me learn how to speak English. The staff is always ready to greet you with a smile. Teachers are always happy when their students come in to their classrooms. Holy Name is always happy to welcome new students every year.

If 4 nuns from the Sisters of Nazareth hadn’t traveled to Henderson, KY in the caboose of a freight train to establish a Catholic school, this incredible school would not exist. Our principal and many of the staff went to school at Holy Name and now they work here and their children attend school here. Holy Name is a family that extends beyond your school years. This is why I love Holy Name.

Sophi Gonzalez is a 5th grader at Holy Name School and the daughter of Cristian Gonzalez and Rosa Rosales. Sophi shines at our school with straight As and a positive, Christian attitude. We are proud to call her a Cardinal and claim her as a member of our Holy Name School Family

Hallie Hanley is a 5th grade student at East Heights. She enjoys doing art and spending time with friends and family.

Written By Hallie Hanley East Heights Elementary School is an amazing place. There are lots of things to love about it. One thing I really enjoy about East Heights is its cheer team. I have benefited from the team in many ways; both physically and mentally. The East Heights cheer team has really boosted me socially and allowed me to make new friends. Also, it taught my whole team and I how to work together and have good sportsmanship. The cheer team has also taught me new skills. I learned so many things that have benefited me as a cheerleader and just as a person. The cheer team was a very good beginning for me as a cheerleader and pushed me to do even more things, like cheering in middle school next year. All in all, the East Heights Elementary’s cheer team is truly amazing.

Introducing the East Heights School News!

Written By Brody Mills

Good morning Henderson! I’m Brody coming to you today to talk about and explain something we do at East Heights Elementary School called Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP). STLP is a technology club where students can work on projects that help the community or school. What we do at STLP is something called EHS News. It’s news for students, by students. We of course film news for our school, talk about the weather and what’s happening at EHS, and do interviews with students and staff. We also do something a little different, such as tell a joke of the week, arts and crafts, and have a book of the week. Joke of the week is where we come up with a joke or get some inspiration from other jokes online. For arts and crafts, we have done crafts for holidays and origami. Our book of the week, we pick from our library and one of us has the job to read it on the news. This adds some fun and creativity for the viewers watching. We had the opportunity this year to go to a state competition and talk about what we do for STLP. It sure was fun! That’s all for today, hope you have a good day and stay safe.

Brody Mills is a 4th grader at East Heights Elementary. He is a social student who enjoys drawing, doodling, soccer, and trying new things.

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ADVICE AND TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE PARENTING AND LIFE EASIER

The Book Nook

All of these books are available for check out at the Henderson County Public Library.

Biscuit Loves Father’s Day

By: Alyssa Satin Capucilli Celebrate Father’s Day with Biscuit! Unfold the big flaps and join Biscuit for fun times with dad--exploring, playing, and sharing. Father’s Day is a great time to show dad how much we love him. The gentle warmth and kindness make this book the right fit for Father’s Day or any day a dad wants to cuddle up with his family.

Froggy’s Day with Dad

By: Jonathan London It’s Father’s Day at last, and Froggy is so-o-o excited. “We’re going to play golf!” he tells his dad. Oh no. Dad says Froggy’s too little for golf. “But you’re just the right size to play miniature golf!” he explains. At the fun park, Froggy discovers mini golf is fun--especially once he figures out how to face the right way. With his beginner’s luck, Froggy makes a hole in one! But his next shot hits his dad on the head--bonk!--and that’s only the beginning. All ends well, though, when Froggy presents his dad with a special coffee mug he decorated in school: To the Best Dad I Ever Had!

The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Dad!

By: Jan & Mike Berenstain In The Berenstain Bears: We Love Our Dad!, the cubs decide to spoil Papa Bear for Father’s Day. Papa Bear is, after all, the best dad there is! Your cub will enjoy reading this celebration of goofy, lovable, caring papa bears. He’s always there for his cubs, but will he let them treat him for a change, on his special day? This full-color storybook brings another delightful adventure with the Berenstain Bears.

The Night Before Father’s Day

By: Natasha Wing It’s the night before Father’s Day, and Mom and the kids have a plan to surprise Dad with a special gift. When Dad goes for a bike ride, everyone gets to work. Dad wakes up the next day to find his garage newly organized and his car sparkly clean. So, of course, he celebrates by taking everyone for a spin!

June Jam

By: Ron Roy In the sixth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy want to make homemade strawberry jam for Father’s Day. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as it first seems. Some sneaky creature is taking bites of their strawberries. Polly the pony, Pal the dog, and Josh the older brother are all suspects. If the kids can’t protect the strawberry patch from the mystery chomper, they might be in a real jam!