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HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETE IN SUPERMARKET SWEEP
On Friday, March 25 three Henderson County High School students showed up in Owensboro to participate in a ‘supermarket sweep’ at IGA. Each team had :76 seconds to race down the aisles and collect a selection of non-perishable food items. These groceries have been donated to “Feed Seniors Now”, which helps seniors with hunger in our local communities. High school seniors from surrounding counties of Daviess, Henderson, Hancock, McLean and Webster were asked to participate. Students filled up numerous IGA grocery carts that were then all purchased by Independence Bank to benefit the annual drive.
HENDERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S STEM CLUB PARTICIPATED IN A.B. CHANDLER’S FAMILY NIGHT
Henderson Community College’s STEM Club had the opportunity to participate in A.B. Chandler Elementary’s Family Night. Elementary students were able to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math as they worked with their families to create “Magic Milk,” which is a chemistry experiment involving intermolecular forces.
The Henderson Fire Department recently hosted the Sparky TikTok challenge for the elementary schools. Each elementary school (10 total) received a teaser video of the Henderson Fire Department staff and Sparky outside of their school giving instructions of the Sparky TikTok Challenge. At the end of the teaser videos, Sparky spun the wheel of dance and what it landed on is what dance that particular school had to use in their TikTok video. Then, each school received four safety videos that the students watched. Within these videos, there was a key word or words that gave the students the Sparky safety message. Then students made their TikTok video saying their name, school, and Sparky safety message. They then had to perform their dance that was selected for their school. After the contest was finished, one winner from each school was selected. Sparky, Chief Foreman and Captain Dixon personally went to each school to present the student/winner its prize.
Typically, the fire prevention team performs its program inperson. However, due to the pandemic their team had to think outside the box. They know TikTok is widely popular with students and always try to relate to them what they feel will keep their attention, but still educate while also having fun!
HOLY NAME SCHOOL RECEIVED A VISIT FROM THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MOBILE SCIENCE UNIT
On April 11th, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture Mobile Science Unit visited Holy Name. Students in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 4th grades were fortunate to participate in this hands on STEM experience, in which they learned about germination, absorption materials and the importance of agriculture for Kentucky and the world.
