Superintendent Chuck Adams bid farewell to three of the five Spencer County Board of Education members at the board’s December meeting.
He thanked each for their service and gave each a commemorative gift. Members Scott Travis, Mary Ann Carden and Shannon Medley did not seek reelection in 2012 and their terms ended Dec. 31.
Spencer County Middle School eighth grader Cole DeRudder played the trombone while dressed like Santa Claus during the lunch hour at the middle school recently. Members of the SCMS Jazz band performed to put students in the holiday spirit.
Christopher Riggs, 22, graduated from Western Kentucky University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program this weekend. Riggs is a 2008 graduate of Spencer County High School. He is a son of Stanley and Phyllis Riggs. He has accepted a job at Bowling Green Medical Center in Bowling Green in the cardiac care unit.
Pictured are Taylorsville Elementary School’s November Students of the Month. Students recognized include Savannah Baldwin , Clara Booth, Alexis Atcher, Emily Roberts, Haley Elmore, and Veronnica Blissett.
Pictured are Taylorsville Elementary School’s October Students of the Month. Pictured are Madison Chesser, Alexandria Wheatley, Bonnie Hou, Christian Milburn and Keziah Davis. Stanley Shivers was also selected as a student of the month, but is not pictured.
Taylorsville Elementary School’s Fall Drama Club recently performed ‘A Bad Case of Stripes’ — which tells the story of Camilla Cream, who’s obsession with what other people think of her causes her to break out in stripes. The presentation included third through fifth grade students. Pictured above are expert doctors played by Joe Tobaben and Audrey Hickerson. They are working to find out what is causing Camilla’s stripes. Camilla was played by Ella Steers.
Zoe Brooks-Jeffiers, daughter of Mark Jeffiers and Paige Brooks-Jeffiers has been selected as the SCHS Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar participant.
Spencer County High School senior Madolyn Bell Bennett completed the graduation requirement of 15 hours of shadowing at Nucleus: Kentucky’s Innovation Center.