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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
Trent Goff
Trent Goff is the Booneville Superintendent. He has certifications of a Bachelor of Science from Arkansas Tech University and a Master of Education from Harding University. Goff is starting his 12th year in administration, ten of which have been in Booneville including four years as the assistant principal at both BJHS and BHS, he was also a Dean of Students for one year at Lavaca. Before administration Goff was a Booneville Junior High Health/Physical Education Teacher and coached both junior and senior high football.
Scotty Pierce
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The Booneville Democrat is proud to cover and promote the Booneville Schools. This Back to School tab includes a look at the school and some of the things you need to know. In the tab you can find stories about bus safety, teen drivers, healthy snacks as well a profile and contact information for the School’s administration and a profile on new teachers just starting their career at Booneville. School supply lists and a school calendar are included. Much of our news and sports throughout the year revolves around the school, so be sure to pick up a copy each week to keep up with the latest happenings at the school.
Jyme Beth Diffee
The Booneville Elementary Principal is Jyme Beth Diffee. She has certifications from Arkansas Tech University in Early Childhood Education, Harding University Building in Level Administration and Harding University Curriculum Administration Prior to moving into administration she taught 14 years in the County Line School District including 3rd grade, 1st grade and Math Instructional Facilitator for K-6. Diffee is beginning her fourth year, both at BES and in administration.
Amy Goers
Amy Goers is the Booneville High School Principal. Goers said when she and her husband, Tim, left the school district it was in hopes of gaining administrative experience for a desired return to Booneville. Goers has been an administrator for five years, the last three as an assistant principal at an intermediate, fourth through sixth grades in Vilonia, school with 760 children. While here Goers was a math teacher for the elementary and junior high school, teaching third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth grades. She taught the incoming senior class, which will include her son Grant, in the third and fifth grades and the incoming Josh Walker The Booneville Junior High sophomores when they were in the fourth Principal and Athletic Director grade. She and her husband have a second is Josh Walker. He has certifi- son, Mason. cations from the University of Central Arkansas BSE, Arkan- Barbette Smithson sas State University MSE. Barbette Smithson is the Before becoming an adminisALE Principal at Booneville trator Walker taught PE/Health, School District this year. seventh and eighth Pre-AP She is certified through Social Studies, and seventh Arkansas Tech University grade Science She previously taught 3rd, Walker has three years experience in admin1st, and 5th grade math at istration with one of those being here having County Line then 4-6 Math taken over at the junior high in 2016. He was and was a half time assistant also an assistant principal at Waldron Senior principal and K-3 Principal at Booneville High. He is also a former football and strength Elementary School This will be her 8th year in administracoach at both Waldron and Booneville and was tion, with all of them being in the Booneville on the staff of the 2013 state championship team School District. and withe two state weightlifting title teams. Scotty Pierce is Federal Programs Coordinator. His certifications include a Bachelor’s from the University of the Ozarks, Masters from Arkansas State University and 15 administrative hours from the University of Central Arkansas. Prior to moving to his current position, for 17 years he was a principal at Booneville High School and Junior High School after one year as a principal in Hoxie. Before administration, Pierce taught Science and PE in different grades levels, 7-12. He also coached football, basketball, track and softball at various schools.
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The 2019-2020 Booneville School Board and Superintendent of Schools are (from left) Superintendent Trent Goff, Secretary Tyson Washburn, Vice President Todd Tatum, President Andy Napier, Bobby Haynes, Eric Jones, Janie Woolley, and Dustin Garrett.
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Meet the NEW Teachers and Staff at Booneville Public Schools Tara Bolyard
Tara Bolyard will teach third grade at Booneville Elementary School this year. She comes to BES after teaching kindergarten at Charleston Elementary School. She holds degrees in Early Childhood Education/Broadcast Journalism. She is married to Jed Bolyard and they have two children, Rex, 4, and Anna Jane, 2. Bolyard is getting ready for the school year by completing professional development requirements and preparing her classroom.
Jessica Rogers
Jessica Rogers will teach eighth grade science at Booneville Junior High School this year. Technically she will be a first year teacher but she has worked as a parprofessional, behavioral expert, and substitute teacher since 2010. She holds a bachelor of science in sports science and a business administration minor from Ohio University. She is married to Derek Rogers and they have a daughter, Evelyn, 8, and a son, Derek, Jr. 3. Rogers is preparing for the school year by Laura Cole completing a three week training course for Laura Cole will the APPL program. teach seventh grade science at B oon- Courtney Bosold eville Junior High Courtney Bosold School this year. She will teach third has been with the grade at Booneville school district for Elementary School six years, all of which this year. She will be were at the elemena first year teacher. tary school, teaching She holds a degree sixth grade reading, in Early Childsixth grade science hood Education and fourth grade. from Arkansas Tech She holds a bachelor of science degree in University. early childhood education from the UniverBosold is preparsity of the Ozarks. ing for her first year She is married to Matthew Cole and they by taking professional development courses are expecting their first child in December. to be sure she has all of the tools she will Cole says she is preparing for the school need to meet the needs of her students. She year by completing professional develop- says she is also working on her classroom ment requirements and preparing science environment that is both welcoming and lessons to get better teaching the subject. promotes thinking for optimal learning.
Charles Hunter Scott
C h a rl e s H u n te r Scott will teach freshman English at Booneville Junior High School this year. He is a first year teacher after doing his internship at Morrilton High School te a c h i n g s eve n t h grade geography and eighth grade literacy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education – Middle Level. He is married to Andrea Scott. Scott said he is preparing for the year by getting his classroom situated and making decisions on what books his students will read this year.
Ciarra Luebke
Ciarra Luebke will teach fourth grade at Booneville Elementary School this year. Starting her second year of teaching she comes to BES after teaching language arts and social studies to sixth grade students in Judsonia. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Education degree from the University of Central Arkansas. She is “mom” to a 2-year old Corgi named Oakley Luebke says she is getting ready for the year by spending the summer acquiring books for her classroom library, sharing ideas with other teachers and getting her heart ready to love her new kiddos.
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McKenzie Morris
as heat management and sudden cardiac arrest. Holub says A first year teacher, she is very excited McKenzie Morris to be in this district will teach algebra and for the upcomto freshmen and she ing year. has joined the Booneville coaching staff. She will be the head Sarah coach for junior girls Blankenship basketball and will Sarah Blankenship assist will all levels joins the Booneville of volleyball. She holds a Bach- School District this year as the junior high elor’s of Science in Middle Level Education. and high school nurse and teacher of the To get ready for the school year/season medical terminology and CNA class. She is a first year classroom teacher but Morris and her teams have been practicing and attending camps to prepare for the she has 16 years of experience in nursing, upcoming year of sports. For her classroom, including as a school nurse, most recently she has been attending professional devel- with the Magazine School District. She is married to Philip Blankenship and opment and creating lesson plans for the they have three children, Renee, 14, Natalie, start of the year. She says she is extremely 12, and Kylie. excited to meet all my new students and Blankenship said she is preparing for the getting to know my new staff members. new school year by familiarizing herself with curriculum and Katelyn Holub working to organize Katelyn Holub will lesson plans. be teaching junior Amanda high business (Keyboarding and career Wright orientation) and Amanda Wright coaching tennis. will teach fourth grade math and sciShe is a third year ence at Booneville te a c h e r wh o h a s Elementary School spent her first two this year. years in education She is a first year teacher but has served teaching seventh and as a paraprofessional in Danville for the last eighth grade health, six years. K-9 physical educaShe holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree tion, and coaching basketball, track, cross in Middle Level Education from Arkansas country and track at Shirley. Tech University. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree She is married to Dusty Wright and they in Health and Physical Education from have three children, daughters Addey, 13 and Arkansas Tech University. in the eighth grade, and Kennedy, 9 and in She is a newlywed, marrying Chase Holub the fourth grade, and son, Ian 10 and in the fifth grade. in March of this year. Wright said she is preparing for the school To get ready for the year Holub has been year by going to workshops to get ready for getting familiar with the district, while premath and science teaching. paring lesson plans and fun projects for her career orientation classes. I am also taking all my precautionary coaching classes such
Cody Harrel
Cody Harrel will be teaching seventh grade geography at Booneville Junior High School and elementary school physical education. He is a first year teacher. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History with a teaching licensure. To prepare for the school year he is attending practices and professional development requirements.
Kylee Freeman
Kylee Freeman will serve as a 3-6 grade literacy specialist at Booneville Elementary School. She is a first year teacher. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in teaching Special Education K-12. To get ready for the school year she is taking master’s classes and is preparing her classroom. Freeman is married to Dusty Freeman and they have a 22-month old son, Zayne.
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Changes
The Booneville School board approved in July a change to the semester test exemption policy for the 2019-2020 school year. Junior High School principal Josh Walker said the existing policy could be punitive to some students who make good grades but have misfortune incidents like family or medical
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issues that require an extended absence. In previous years the policy stipulated four absences, regardless of whether excused or not, with a grade of an A; three absences with a B grade; or two absences with a C grade qualified for an exemption. Out of school disciplinary referrals,
like fighting, ended any possibility of an exemption. “We have students that make all A’s but they get the flu and then miss a week of school, so they’re not exempt,” Walker said in presenting the change request to the board. “We encounter that every year.” The new policy allows for an
exemption if a student has perfect attendance and a C or better, or an A with zero unexcused absences, a B and no more than three absences with none unexcused, or a C with no more than two excused and no unexcused absences. The 2019-2020 school year begins on Aug. 13
By Glenn Parrish It is the highlight, of course, but aside from the new wellness center to be located at the elementary school, there have been several upgrades to school facilities over the summer. A new fence has been installed along the back of home side of Bearcat Stadium. The fencing, which connects at the intersection of DJ George Drive and continues along the edge of the stadium to a chain link fence just past the student section (formerly the band bleachers), cost the school district very little, superintendent Trent Goff says. That’s because the majority of the funding for the project was donated by the organizers of the Mike Fleming Memorial Tournament, which is held each year in June in memory of Fleming, a 1984 graduate who was a Bearcat football player who passed away in 1997. “They came to me and said ‘we’d like to do something nice around the stadium’ and I said sure, what would you like to do,” Goff said of the project. “They said they were thinking about fencing and I said that’s a great idea.” Inside the high school the first of likely a three phase project of addressing problems with the floor was completed in July. “Tiles were popping loose and you could see the black strip in there. When I was the high school principal it was an issue,” said Goff. “We had people coming in from the state trying to get help (with the cost) but it was to the point we had to get something done so we used some funds from the building fund.” Hallways and the cafeteria have been completed but expectations are to do classrooms and other areas. Stencil lettering and a Bearcat face will be added during the school year, Goff said, likely on a long weekend. The school district is also converting to an internet based telephone system which should elimi nate persistent issues with the intercom system. The pre-kindergarten program has also been increased by 20, so the school district will welcome 100 pre-K students this fall. “We had a pretty good waiting list for pre-K and this year we were able to add a class and the goal, if everything goes well and as planned we will add another class of 20 next year,” said Goff. “Then we’ll be tapped out. That will probably be about all we can handle.”
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From Your Superintendent By Glenn Parrish Booneville Schools Superintendent Trent Goff begins the 2019-2020 school year with something he didn’t have when last year started: He is a licensed superintendent. Completing 21 hours from June 2018 to June 2019 Goff completed the licensure requirements for the job of superintendent, which he was promoted to after the school board and former superintendent John Parrish parted ways. While it was obviously no picnic, the trip through the Harding University curriculum was a little bit easier because Goff had already
completed the first course when he was given the job. Goff isn’t quite finished, however. He needs five more hours to complete the specialist portion of the degree but, again, he is licensed. The remaining hours will likely be completed during the spring or summer of 2020, Goff said. “My goal was to get my license as soon as possible,” said Goff. “I’m thankful I was able to get that wrapped up.” Of course he also comes into the new year with something else, job experience. “I just tried to learn the job, day to day as it come to me so we didn’t add a lot of new things for this year,” said
Goff. “We had a great year all around.” In his first year as superintendent the school had a senior class that earned a potential of about $2 million in scholarships, there were more athletes sign letters of intent to play college sports than ever following record setting football and basketball seasons, band members signed, and more. “The elementary school had a lot of positive things going on with their ‘rise and shine.’ We just had a good school year all around,” said Goff. “How do you improve? That’s our goal.”
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By Glenn Parrish
COMING TO BOONEVILLE
Jyme Beth Diffee took pictures of her children outside the state Capitol building three years in a row. She wanted to see how much they had grown during her quest to acquire a wellness center grant for the Booneville school district. This year she was successful and, if all goes as expected, or at least hoped, the wellness center will be operational when the second semester begins in January. “There would be times when I would see a child that was sick or hurting and I would feel so much guilt about if I had done a better job, if I would have already gotten the grant,” said Diffee. “You take it home with you. I’m going to sleep a lot better at night knowing they have an opportunity to be taken care of. “Also, as a working momma of four I know how hard it is to take off work and try to get your kids to the doctor and how nice this is going to be for myself and these parents out here trying to make a living.” There are also kids who will not see a medical professional otherwise. “A lot of these kids don’t see anybody at all. I think it’s something that if we improve the health of our kids, we improve our future,” said Diffee. The elementary school was the obvious choice to house the clinic because mental health facilities are already there, in an area that was once one of two offices overseeing the school, and creating the clinic would require no significant remodeling, merely adding walls, Diffee said. “The elementary has 800 kids. It’s got the largest population (of the three campuses) and probably has the population that needs to see the doctor the most,” said Diffee. “It’s got the most nurse referrals so they just come out of the classroom and walk down the hall to an area they’re already used to going to seek help.
“All of their mental and physical needs will be in that area.” Diffee wrote the successful application that acquired the $540,000 grant, which will be paid out over five years, after which time the operation should be self-sustaining. The first step was for Diffee and a crew from Booneville schools to attend the National School Based Health Care Convention in Washington, D.C. this summer. Actually, even before that the school district contacted an architect who reviewed the area of Booneville Elementary which will house the clinic and indications are, Diffee and superintendent Trent Goff have both said, the construction phase will not be a long one. The school district has also advertised for a project manager, with proposals due to the district by July 17. “It will depend on who wins the bid and what their schedule is like,” said Diffee. “But it would be nice to have it done for January so we can get everything worked out that semester.” With the clinic actually located at the elementary school, junior high or senior high students who need to see a doctor will do so via a bus transport. In any case a potential patient will see a school nurse first, Diffee said. “The nurse will be the gatekeeper. Students will see the nurse and she’ll put them on the list to see the doctor,” she said. “If they’re sick, teachers can’t just send them to the clinic.” Parents will first be required to sign a form to allow their children to be seen at the clinic. If everything can be ironed out to do so during back to school orientations the forms will be available then. At the beginning medical personnel will be working in the clinic 12 to 16 hours per week, with growth depending upon need, Diffee said.
Hours will be spread across each day of the week, she added. For other times the school is a member of the Children’s Hospital Telemedicine program. “If a student needs to be seen by a doctor then we can call up telemedicine carts and they can be seen by those doctors and then they’ll refer them back to Mercy,” said Diffee. “They’re on the same filing system so they’re sharing notes. “So if a child has an ear infection and is diagnosed with that they (Children’s doctors) can put them back to be seen in the clinic in two weeks to follow up here.” Operating as providers in the clinic are expected to be Mercy, dentist Emily Kimes and optometrist Dr. Rick Ray.
The clinic will be exclusively for Booneville Schools students and staff which Diffee said she has been told is expected to alleviate crowding at Mercy’s clinic in the city. The first year grant funds are distributed for the clinic, they must be spent on renovation, Diffee said. Next the district is required to purchase all the equipment necessary for the operation. “The school has to own all the equipment because if a provider pulls out you can move another one in,” said Diffee. “They can’t take all the equipment and you’re left with nothing.” That will be a couple of dental chairs and lab equipment, as well as necessary equipment for three exam rooms.
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New School Year Obey the Laws
With the start of the new school year, motorists are urged to be aware of a couple of laws. While it is already an offense to pass a parked school bus, or one with its lights flashing and the stop sign in place, Act 166, of 2019 redefines demonstrating reckless disregard for school bus passenger safety as a Class A misdemeanor. Upon conviction of an alleged offense, the driver can be fined between $500 and $2,500. On April 24, 3,896 Arkansas school bus drivers from 227 school districts participated in a yearly, one-day survey of such offenses. Drivers recorded instances where motorists passed stopped school buses that had their red lights flashing during both morning and afternoon routes. There were 884 instances. Of those, 491 happened during the afternoon with 393 in the morning. There were 711 motorists who passed from the front of the bus but there were 12 incidents where motorists passed on the right side of the bus — where students enter and exit the bus. There were 872 instances where motorists passed on the bus driver’s left side.
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Philadelphia. Recommended schedule Throughout childhood there are three main stages when a child is recommended to receive vaccinations: from birth to age 2, from 4 to 6 and from 11 to 13, Offit said. At 16, young people should receive booster doses of meningitis vaccine, he said. “Every child over the age of 6 months should get a flu shot each year,” Klase said. Additionally, preteens should get the HPV (or human papillomavirus) vaccine, which protects against cancer later in life in men and women, Offit said. As a person ages a Td booster is recommended every 10 years to protect against tetanus and diphtheria, Klase said. Check cdc.gov/vaccines/growing/ immunization-schedule.html to see an easyto-read schedule. No matter if a child is taught healthy habits or if a school is clean and well-maintained, children get sick. Schools are a great environment for spreading bacteria and viruses because students are in crowded classrooms, sharing things and in close proximity to one another, Klase said.
While the federal government recommends the immunization schedule, it varies somewhat from state to state, which can cause some confusion especially when a family moves, Klase said. All 50 states require children attending public schools to be vaccinated (unless they have an exemption) for DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis), polio, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and chickenpox, Klase said. Some states require others, such as hepatitis B and meningitis vaccines, Klase said. Thanks to modern science many people don’t understand the severity of childhood illnesses that vaccines protect against, Klase said. For example, in 2017 a 6-year-old Oregon boy who was not vaccinated contracted tetanus after cutting his forehead. He spent nearly two months in the hospital, a majority in intensive care, and the family racked up a medical bill of over $800,000, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While measles was practically eradicated in the United States, it is now back, and whooping cough is also on the upswing, Klase said. “Why take a chance of getting a serious illness? You can almost die; or die from something that is vaccine-preventable. If you have questions, talk to your doctor. Talk to a couple of doctors. Don’t just go on the internet and do your own research,” Klase said.
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Health
By Dr. Evan Rowe, D.C.
Chiropractic is for Kids and Student Athletes
The word “chiropractic” means “to be done by hand”. Chiropractors use adjustments done by hand to restore joint function and support the nervous system. The chiropractic adjustment is safe for patients of all ages, including children and even newborns. Even if your child is in excellent health, minor traumas from bumps, bruises, falls and spills accumulate over time and can result in pain, discomfort and/or health issues in their teens and adult years. Chiropractic care is an essential part of your child’s overall wellness. Commonly seen improvements include better sleep, behavior and attitude, and immune system function. Chiropractic is especially helpful for student athletes. Chiropractic can help student athletes avoid injury as it reduces general pain and enhances your child’s natural range of motion. Flexibility and sports go hand in hand and chiropractic care may give your child a push in the right direction. It can also help with pain. Correcting restrictions in the vertebral column often releases pressure and eases pain and tension which can reduce and even eliminate pain. Often times, regular chiropractic care helps people heal faster and more efficiently, thus getting them back in the game more quickly. Some other key components to safe athletics include proper warm up, stretching and strength-training exercises as these are essential for kids involved in sports. Proper nutrition and hydration are also extremely important. Wear the proper equipment, eat healthy meals (choose fruit rather than cookies, vegetables rather than potato chips, avoid fast food and empty calories like candy bars, etc..), maintain a
healthy weight, drink plenty of water, avoid sugar-loaded caffeinated and carbonated drinks (NO soda pop), follow a warm-up routine, take vitamins daily (make sure you give your children high quality vitamins - we suggest the line of vitamins we carry in our clinic, Nutri-West Multivitamin, Vitamin D, Fish Oil/Omega 3 Liquid and Magnesium), and be sure to get plenty of sleep (aim for 8 hours each night). Chiropractors can help! Doctors of Chiropractic (D.C.) are trained and licensed to treat the entire neuromusculoskeletal system and can provide advice on sports training, nutrition and injury prevention to young athletes. Our clinic services include: chiropractic, cold LASER, kinesio-taping, acupuncture, nutritional advice, supplements, topical analgesic creams including Sombra Warm and Cool Therapy and CBD Clinic Cream, soft tissue work, Massage Therapy by Sarah, good cervical support pillows, ultrasound, TENS units, and phlebotomy services to check for nutritional deficiencies and general health/wellness markers. For more information on prevention and wellness and for all your family’s chiropractic needs, give Rowe Chiropractic and Acupuncture a call at 479-996-7693 or pop in to schedule an appointment with us at our convenient downtown location at 20 North Main Street in Greenwood, AR. Dr. Evan Rowe, D.C. Greenwood High School Graduate, Class of 2002 Chiropractic Physician at Rowe Chiropractic and Acupuncture 20 North Main Street, Greenwood, AR 479-996-7693
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