What an exciting few weeks we have had in the library media center here at MVES! Over the past fourteen days, we challenged our patrons to become Caldecott Kids by reading as many Caldecott award and/or honor books as they could during the Caldecott Challenge period. (Caldecott books are picture story books that have received… Continue Reading MVES 2012 Caldecott Challenge Immensely Successful
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Oct 10 2012
Local Teachers to Perform at Vice-Presidential Debate
Congratulations to Mr. Greg Daugherty, Director of Bands and Ms. Cassandra Smith, RCMS Music Teacher! They will be performing with the Danville Community Choir during the Vice-Presidential Debate at Centre College on Thursday, October 11th. Their performance will be covered by CNN, FOX News and C-Span at approximately 5PM right after the Danville Children’s… Continue Reading Local Teachers to Perform at Vice-Presidential Debate
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Oct 04 2012
October Board of Education Meeting
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Oct 03 2012
RCHS Students Place 1st in Small Engine Contest
The Rockcastle County FFA Small Engine team placed 1st overall in the Small Engine contest at the Kentucky State Fair. Each team member received a $10,000 scholarship to Ohio Technical College. Congratulations to the following members: Spencer Childress, Spencer Baldwin, John Dillingham, and Larkan Prewitt.
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Oct 02 2012
RCHS JROTC Rifle Team Recieves Grant from National Rifle Association
The Rockcastle County High School JROTC Rifle Team in past years has competed in rifle competitions with 2 teams. We have progressed recently to where we can add a third team. The National Rifle Association has given the rifle team their second grant totaling $2,310.00 to purchase the additional equipment needed for this team.
The… Continue Reading RCHS JROTC Rifle Team Recieves Grant from National Rifle Association
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Oct 02 2012
EKU Cadet Stakes Competition
On Saturday September the 29th the RCHS JROTC Raider Team traveled to Eastern Kentucky University for the Cadet Stakes competition. They participated in six events over the course of the day.
The first event was the APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test). This event consisted of 3 different sections. First, cadets did one minute… Continue Reading EKU Cadet Stakes Competition
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Sep 28 2012
Rock – Chalk 2012
The current RCHS Art classes along with the Alumni of Rockcastle County High School recently teamed up with Renfro Valley to create sidewalk chalk drawings on the streets of Renfro Valley. The students brought images they wanted to draw and their chalks to a square on the sidewalks already laid out for them. They sat… Continue Reading Rock – Chalk 2012
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Sep 18 2012
MVES Fifth Graders Visit EKU Center for the Arts
MVES fifth grade went on a field trip to the EKU Center for the Arts to watch “The 20th Annual-A Kid’s Gala Concert” presented by the EKU symphony orchestra.
Ms. Jamie Ellison’s student, Gabe Robinson, was chosen to conduct the orchestra at the end of the concert. He had the privilege of wearing Mr. Ronald… Continue Reading MVES Fifth Graders Visit EKU Center for the Arts
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Sep 18 2012
RCMS Annual Book Give-Away
The Media Center’s annual book give-away was held on September 17th. Every student received a book to take home, courtesy of GEAR-UP, and had a chance to purchase candy at the Leadership Team’s Candy for a Cause table. What could be better on a rainy Monday? In conjunction with the Readers Are Leaders theme, we… Continue Reading RCMS Annual Book Give-Away
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Sep 17 2012
Wear PINK In Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The RCHS football team and Rockcastle Regional have teamed up again this year to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month by having an awareness night at our game on Oct 12th. We will be selling t-shirts again this year with a “pink” theme. All proceeds will go to the Hope Fund benefiting LOCAL cancer patients.
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