The Kentucky Colonel: The Student Magazine of the Kentucky School for the Blind Second Semester, 1992

90 Pages·1992·6.3 MB·English

The Kentucky Colonel
A STUDENT MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY
BY THE
KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
1867 FRANKFORT AVENUE
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40206
~ SECOND SEMESTER, 1992
VOL. XLVIII NO. 2
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KENTUCKY COLONEL STAFF
News Editors--Kenneth Shake and Tabatha Barnes
Feature Editors--Judith Partin, Margaret
Mattingly and Joyce Chesser
Sports Editors--Johnny Saylor and Timmy Davis
| Sponsor--Mrs. Nancy Stivers
Braille Production--Ms. Brenda Stovall
POLICY STATEMENT
The Kentucky School for the Blind, which is a
part of the Kentucky Department of Education,
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, religion, marital status, sex, or
handicap.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR
SECOND GRADING PERIOD
The following students had perfect attendance
for the Second Grading Period.
Twelfth Grade: Bryan Earley, Melanie Justice,
Margaret Mattingly, Rhonda Roeper, Tom Shaffer.
Eleventh Grade: Anne Auvibulkit, Stephanie
Hallum, Earl Hart, Michael Cochran.
Tenth Grade: Brian Bates, Timmy Davis,
Jennifer Pearl, Johnny Saylor, Amanda Sharp,
Smith "Doc" Taylor, Kenny Vormbrock.
Ninth Grade: Mark Hardin, Paula Hester, David
Hoskins, Eddie Jones, Virginia Karr, Kelly Phelps,
James Shacklette, Kenneth Shake, Chris Simpson,
Matthew Sorrell, David Stacy, Howard Stinson.
Eighth Grade: Vivian Ayer, Chris Brooks, Jason
Keaton, Josie Kenney, Bradley Mann, ‘Thomas
Minton, Laylah Smith, William Wolfe.
Seventh Grade: Mary Beth Davis, Kevin
Hoskins, Angela Katon, Traci Smith, Charles
Turner.
Sixth Grade: Jamie Gregory, John Hovel,
Jeffery Jude.
Intermediate: Michael Cleveland, Wade Fields,
Jarred Hutchison, Jeremy Kaelin, Kevin Lowe,
Andrew Parsons, James Sparrow, Felicia Stewart.
Primary: Carrie Abercrombie, Matthew Bailey,
Sherrill Campbell, Jason Dowell, Kathy Garrett,
Jason Huff, Jacob King, Kelsey Patton, John
Rouse, Virginia Salyer, Matthew Thompson, Jamie
Weedman.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR
THIRD GRADING PERIOD
Twelfth Grade: Margaret Mattingly, Regina
Morris, Tom Shaffer, Philip Taylor.
Eleventh Grade: Stephanie Hallum, Paul
Hubbard.
Tenth Grade: Brian Bates, Timmy Davis,
Jennifer Pearl, Johnny Saylor, Amanda Sharp,
Chris Simmons, Smith "Doc" Taylor.
Ninth Grade: Mitzi Haney, Paula Hester, Kelly
Phelps, James Shacklette, Kenneth Shake, Kevin
Smith, David Stacy, Howard Stinson.
Eighth Grade: Vivian Ayer, Jason Keaton, Josie
Kenney, Jayne McCombs, Thomas Minton, Laylah
Smith.
Seventh Grade: Kevin Hoskins, Angie Katon,
Traci Smith, Charlie Turner.
Sixth Grade: Jamie Gregory, Marsh Smith.
Intermediate: Cindy Jones, Jeremy Kaelin,
Jonie Morris, Andy Parsons, Melissa Saylor, Felicia
Stewart.
Primary: Terry Anderson, Sherrill Campbell,
Abby Cocanougher, Christopher Craigmyle, Jason
Dowell, Leslie Limp, Nikki Saylor, Paris Lee
Thomas.
HONOR ROLL FOR SECOND GRADING PERIOD
The following students have maintained an "A"
or "B" average over the second six weeks grading
period.
Twelfth Grade: Melanie Justice, Tom Shaffer.
Eleventh Grade: Anne Auvibulkit, Michael —
Cochran, Paul Hubbard.
Tenth Grade: Jennifer Pearl, Kenny Vormbrock.
Ninth Grade: Jason Abrams, Tabatha Barnes,
Chris Dickens, Judith Partin, James Shacklette.
Eighth Grade: Jayne McCombs, Julie Robinson,
Laylah Smith.
Intermediate: Kevin Lowe, Andy Parsons,
Melissa Saylor, Monica Simpson, James Sparrow.
Primary: Carrie Abercrombie, Terry Anderson,
Matthew Bailey, Jason Dowell, Kathy Garrett,
Jason Huff, Leslie Limp, Timmy Moore, Virginia
Salyer, Matthew Thompson, Jamie Weedman.
HONOR ROLL FOR THIRD GRADING PERIOD
These students have maintained an "A" or "B"
average for the third six weeks grading period.
Twelfth Grade: Margaret Mattingly, Regina
Morris, Tom Shaffer.
Eleventh Grade: Anne Auvibulkit.
Ninth Grade: Chris Dickens, Mitzi Haney,
Judith Partin, Howard Stinson.
Eighth Grade: Jason Keaton, Jayne McCombs,
Thomas Minton, David Shoemaker, Laylah Smith.
Seventh Grade: Mary Beth Davis.
Sixth Grade: Jamie Gregory, Michelle Powell.
Intermediate: Kevin Lowe, Andy Parsons,
Melissa Saylor, Monica Simpson.
Primary: Carrie Abercrombie, Terry Anderson,
Matthew Bailey, Kathy Garrett, Timmy Martin,
Virginia Salyer, Paris Lee Thomas, Matthew
Thompson, Jamie Weedman.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR FOURTH GRADING
PERIOD
January 6--February 19
Twelfth Grade: Melanie Justice, Regina Morris,
Rhonda Roeper, Tom Shaffer, Philip Taylor.
Eleventh Grade: Stephanie Hallum, Earl Hart,
Paul Hubbard. |
Tenth Grade: Brian Bates, Timmy Davis,
Jennifer Pearl, Johnny Saylor, Amanda Sharp,
Chris Simmons, Smith Taylor.
Ninth Grade: Tabatha Barnes, Mark Hardin,
David Hoskins, Eddie Jones, James Shacklette,
Kenneth Shake, Kevin Smith, Matt Sorrell, David
Stacy.
Eighth Grade: Vivian Ayer, Jason Keaton, Brad
Mann, Jayne McCombs, Thomas Minton, William
Wolfe.
Seventh Grade: Mary Beth Davis, Kevin
Hoskins, Angela Katon, Billy Kirk, Traci Smith,
Charley Turner.
Sixth Grade: Jamie Gregory, Michelle Powell.
Intermediate: Wade Fields, Jarred Hutchison,
Jeremy Kaelin, Kevin Lowe, Jonie Morris, David
Perry, Melissa Saylor Primary: Matthew Bailey,
Sherrill Campbell, Abby Cocanougher, Jason
Dowell, Kathy Garrett, Michael Hunter,
James Jackson, Jacob King, Leslie Limp, Josh
Morris, Kelsey Fala John Rouse, Matthew
Thompson.
STUDENTS SHARE SPACE CAMP EXPERIENCE
Nineteen KSB students participated in the
unique first-hand experiences of studying, problem
solving, and sharing group mission experiments at
NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.
Students were selected to attend Space Camp by
an application/interview process. Accompanied by
Ms. Pawlowski and Ms. Weston, the students were
at camp from November 9-16, following a rigorous
daily routine and facing simulated challenges with
students from other schools.
Melanie Justice, senior from Louisville,
received the RIGHT STUFF award for outstanding
leadership and participation.
Several students’ reactions are printed below.
A WEEK TO REMEMBER
by Christopher Simpson
I will never forget the first day we got to Space
Camp and were assigned our rooms. We entered
our rooms only the find the rooms were designed
inside to look like a space shuttle’s sleeping
quarters. I remember going to bed the first night
and feeling excited, but in the night I woke up
feeling cold. The next morning I asked an
instructor why our rooms were cold. The
instructor explained that temperatures in space
are cold.
The second day we had the rules explained and
we were each given assignments to do. We began
training for our mission patch. We each had
specific duties to do on this mission that would
make up a team. Then we had a test to see if each
person knew his job well enough to do it.
The third day we had a lecture on the space
shuttle and the different parts that make up the
shuttle. It seemed we had a lecture before we
started each project. We learned about the
simulator and used it to help us get ready for no
gravity, because space has no gravity.
Each day we continued to work on our mission
patch so it would be ready to present at the end of
the week. I also had to work on a model space
station to be ready for a project.
| Each day we were busy so I Kept a notebook for
fear I might miss something important. We did a
study on the history of the space shuttle and we
learned how space has helped new inventions on
Earth. There is so much that space has helped
man learn about medicines and inventions that a
book could be written.
We saw a movie called FLYERS that explained
the science involved in the space shuttle. It made
me realize the importance of science and math in
school.
Each day we continued working on our project
for the end of the week. I was assigned another
job; I was to be a mission specialist. My job was to
work on the outside of the space shuttle on the
space tower. I had to build onto the tower. I also
had been assigned a new job to watch the central
board and make sure all instruments were
functioning correctly. We learned about our space
suits and we were instructed the correct way to
wear them. We were getting closer to our big
mission, so they gave us a new lesson each day.
One day we went in the swimming pool to learn
about working in space with no gravity to hold us
down. On Thursday we were working as a team to
get our mission ready for take-off. My partner and
I had to go out and work on the tower. We
encountered some problems with our engines. We
had to release one of the rocket boosters.
Now we were in space for the journey of our
life; each person must be prepared for his job. All
the training was being put to use. We solved our
engine problems and were ready to land. We
landed safely. My partner and I had built onto the
tower during the mission. All the hard work as a
team paid off. We felt proud.
When the last day came, I knew I would miss
being at the Space Camp and I hoped to come
back. When the last day arrived, I presented my
model station. I passed and received my
certificate. This trip was educational and it was
an experience to remember for a lifetime.