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Two Hancock County Middle School teachers have been named Teachers of the Year in their respective categories.

Josh Roberts was named the mid-dle school social studies Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Council for Social Studies last Wednesday in Er-langer, Ky.

Gabe VanCappellen was named Gateway Teacher of the Year by Ken-tucky Project Lead the Way last Friday in Somerset, Ky.

Roberts was nominated by a social studies teacher outside the district, and was given his award at the annual con-ference.

“It does look really good being picked by your peers and knowing what kind of teacher you are,” he said.

But he said the accolades belong to more than just him. “I told my kids it’s more of a testament to them and how good they are in the district and what a good job they do,” he said. “Because without the kids, because that’s what it’s all about, then I wouldn’t have got-ten the award.”

Roberts, who teaches eighth grade and has taught in Hancock County for 10 years, also pointed to the collabora-tion between the administration and the principals and the teachers they lead. “It goes along with what they do on a daily basis helping me out to try to make me successful,” he said. “We’re

Two HCMS teachers receive recognition for their outstanding work in their classrooms.

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... SEPtEMBER 2015 Hancock County School & Community News

From the desk of the Superintendent

Kyle EstesSuperintendent

Hancock County Public Schools

HCPS Foundation Seeking Support for Studentsthe mission of the

Hancock County Schools Foundation is to provide

opportunities for Hancock County students to extend their knowledge from the classroom into

real-life application as they prepare to become college

and career ready in a global society.

the foundation has outlined the following funding priorities as it seeks contributors:• Support of the Early College Academy initiative to fund tuition, books, and travel.• Vocational funding opportunities focused on specific trades/training (welding, electricians, operators, etc.) outlined and identified as an area of need by local industry. This includes renewable scholarships/fund-ing.• Support of high school internships with industry (gifts for completion of programs, resources needed to complete/apply for the program.)• Incentives to increase/promote attendance and soft skills of high school students.• Increased vocational opportunities by exposure (i.e. specialized trips, training, standardized testing; to ensure students are meeting industry needs.)• traditional 4-year college scholarships (renewable.)• Specific funding priorities requested by the donor.

these priorities have been adopted based on feedback from commu-nity leaders and industry direction. Foundation directors Joe Aldridge, Nick Boling, Dr. Adam Brockman, Dr. Kyle Craighead, Jason Curry, Rick Embry, Dale Gray, Justin Nugent, Jamie Stephens, Wayne Ste-phens, Dr. Yvonne taylor, Denny Long, and Kyle Estes have conducted meetings with some of the county’s largest industry employers to seek further insight into what needs are to be addressed locally to better pre-pare our students for competition in a global economy. Plans are being made to craft funding initiatives to address the areas our industry lead-ers have pinpointed, along with traditional college scholarships.

the Foundation’s mission cannot be provided without continuous, committed support of the community and alumni. Donations can be made through estate giving, pledges, general one-time gifts, etc. with a variety of funding levels to choose from. However, if every alumni invested in our students by giving $5 per year, this would be enough money to provide students over $20,000 in scholarships each school year.

If you would like to donate, you can contact a director (listed above), look for the HCPS Foundation link on the school district website www.hancock.kyschools.us, or see the campaign sheet printed to the left of this article.

... SEPtEMBER 2015Hancock County School & Community News

NiCK BoliNGDirector of

Student Services

Student ServiceS September was attendance aware-

ness month across the nation. On September 24th there was a state-wide initiative for high attendance. School districts across the state will encourage all schools to have the best attendance percentage they have had so far this year. the goal is to make people aware of how im-portant school attendance is to the education of all children.

Here are some important facts re-garding attendance:• A child who is absent a day of school per week misses an equiva-lent of two years of their school life• Poor school attendance is closely associated with crime in that a quar-

ter of school age offenders have poor school attendance• Poor attendance rates limit the op-tions for students who wish to find employment or attend college as both employers and post secondary institutions considers attendance when making decisions on entrance statuses and employment• 7.5 million school days are missed each year through unexcused ab-sences

Here are some tips for good school attendance:• Establish good routines with chil-dren by establishing designated times to go to bed that will offer enough hours of sleep for the good health

• Attend Parent-teacher Confer-ences• take an active interest in your child’s school work and offer sup-port with homework• Don’t let your child stay off school for a minor ailment• try to make appointments for the doctor, dentist, optician, etc. after school hours or during breaks if at all possible

Please help us make sure your child receives the best education possible. Attendance plays a large role in the future success of our stu-dents.

thank You,

SuBSTiTuTE CuSToDiaN

a great opportunity for a: Parent or Grandparent who is retired.21-year-old student who needs a part-time job.

Starting Pay

$8.13 an hour

there is an opportunity to work part-time each week. If you are interested, contact Nick Boling at (270)927-6914

Starting Pay

$12.00 an hour

Help Wanted

SuBSTiTuTE BuS DrivEr

a great opportunity for a: Mom whose children are in school. Parent or Grandparent who is retired.21-year-old student who needs a part-time job.

there is an opportunity to work part-time each week. If you are interested, contact Nick Boling at (270)927-6914

Help Wanted

here in Hancock County to have fantastic parents and kids to make sure that they work hard and do a great job,” he said.

And as for his plaque, he’s sharing it with the students. “I brought it back to my room and set it on my desk so they kind of know that it’s about them,” he said. VanCappellen was given his Teacher of the Year award at the PLTW conference after being nominated for his work leading the PLTW program at the middle school.

VanCappellen teaches all three grades at the school, and implements the Teachers program, which encourages STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) learning. “It says that we’re running a good program,” he said.

The Gateway courses teach kids to learn things like how to use a 3D drawing program, how to build and program robots, and about alternative energy sources.

Not every kid is in one of his Gateway courses, he said, but he’s able to work the cur-riculum into other classes to reach those students too. “They’ve let me be pretty flexible with the curriculum,” he said. “Mr. Estes and Mrs. Biever and the principals at the school, they do a good job of making sure that we have enough equipment and they’ve really been behind the program.” “Every kid gets parts of it,” he said.

The recognition for his teaching abilities is good, but he hopes that it will benefit the program in the long run. “I’m hoping it will help us when we write grants to get new equipment and things like that because it shows that we’re doing well with our program,” he said.

“It’s a great recognition for our school and our school district to have teachers of that caliber in the classroom,” said school superintendent Kyle Estes. “Part of what makes both of them great and deserving of the awards is they have excellent rapport with their students and they have a unique ability to engage their students in what they’re teaching them,” he said. “To me that’s why they’re so successful in the classroom.” The two will be recognized at the upcoming school board meeting scheduled for October 22.

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GiNa BiEvErassistant Superintendent

of instruction and Personnel

District UpDate

Megan (Spindel) JacksonHancock County Class of 1998alumni:

Megan Spindel Jackson graduated from Hancock County High School in 1998. She currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02). Having spent more than thirteen years on Capital Hill, Megan has worked on a variety of issues including health care, telecommunications, education, transportation, energy, appropria-tions and agriculture.

Currently, she is focused on health care issues, as Congressman Guthrie serves as the Vice Chairman of the Health Subcom-mittees on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. Prior to her work with Congressman Guthrie, Megan spent over six years with Congressman Ron Lewis (KY-02) and focused on his work on the House Ways and Means Committee while serving as his Legislative Director.

Megan grew up in Hawesville, graduating with honors from HCHS in 1998. She was a member of the youth at Central Bap-tist Church. While attending HCHS Megan was involved in: Dedicated teens, Beta Club, FCA, Young Historians, Drama Club, Yearbook staff and Quill Club. She was an honor graduate and received the Commonwealth diploma. She attended Centre College and received a degree in Government. Her parents are Stu and Barbara Spindel. Her mother, Barbara, served as principal at South Hancock Elementary until her retirement in 2013 and had served Hancock County Schools in many capacities since 1969.

In effort to develop the leadership within our district and meet the learning interests of Hancock County Public School employees, Superintendent Kyle Estes recently started a District Leadership Group. this program was opened to any staff member who wanted to work collaboratively with a small group of people from all areas of HCPS to learn and grow together for personal and professional reasons. the group’s focus will be the many facets of leadership.

the group (as pictured) met September 22 for the first meeting. We are working to de-termine a name for our group. We will be reading the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leader-ship by John Maxwell, Creating Innovators by tony Wagner, engaging in discussions and activities at monthly meetings, and will have expanded leadership opportunities to practice leadership skills at all levels of the district.

HCPS District leadership Group

Left to Right: Sandra Wilson, Dale Goatley, Meggan Clark, trey Anderson, Lisa McCormick, Rhonda Adkins, Shwu-Fen Howell, Ashley Gorman, Andrea Kendall, Stacie McCune and Kyle Estes. Not pictured: Josh Robert, Karen Basham, and Gina Biever.

What is the reality Store?

It is an active, hands-on, real-life simulation which gives young peo-ple the opportunity to explore career opportunities and make lifestyle and budget choices similar to those adults face on a daily basis.

Participants assume that they are 25 years old and have completed basic educational requirements for their specific occupation. Students then draw a family situation. Stu-dents may be married or single with from 0 to 5 children. the partici-pant is the sole provider of income for the family.

Participants are given the oppor-tunity to draw an occupation based on their educational plans after high school. their plans may include completing some type of post-sec-ondary education, not continuing their education past high school or dropping out of high school. they are then given the equivalent salary and proceed through the “Reality Store”.

the Reality Store was made pos-sible by the volunteers who spent the day with the nearly 250 students:

the point of the Reality Store is to help teenagers understand that they need to prepare now for their future. their grades, their decision to drop out of school, or continue and seek post-secondary education, whether that is college or a skilled trade, all affects their earning poten-tial and their future lifestyles. the Reality Store teaches teenagers an important lesson. Its life and it’s not easy. It’s better to be prepared now, than to suffer the consequences in the future.


reality Store... September 18, 2015... SEPtEMBER 2015Hancock County School & Community News


Hancock County High School

The Hancock County FFA Chapter attended Week 4 of the KY FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, KY July 6-10. This Camp offers great leadership deve lopment , t eam bui ld ing exercises, college and career classes, and athletics! Pictured (in no particular order) sitting on and standing around the oldest Red Oak Tree in the State of Kentucky are: Dylan Emmick, Jake Rearden, Tyler Johnson, Logan Snyder, Michael Scott, Brandon Hall, Ethan Powers, Hope Emmick, Morgan Roberts, Grayce Emmick, Anna Winchell, Leah Marsch, Lydia Smith, Shelby Winchell, and Callie Hagman”

Hancock County FFa

These students have scored 30 or higher on the ACT. Six Seniors and Three Underclassmen Left to right Hunter Nugent, Jackson Richards, Blake Garvin, Daren Tindle, Leah Marsch, Ryan Emmick, Lexie Lamar. Not Pictured: Laney Brager (Gatton Academy) and Allie Richards (OCTCS Early College)

ACT 30 and over

the Health Occupa-tion Students of America (HOSA) club at HCHS is holding a fundraiser that di-rectly relates to the mission of the student led club. For the first time, HOSA is sell-ing first aid kits as the kick start to a scholarship fund for club’s graduating mem-bers. the kits are moder-ately priced and are crafted for the different places, situ-ations, and events in life. Kits start as low as $12 and increase in cost to the OSHA approved business kits at $120. the $12 kits are soft, zippered kits that fit easily in almost any space and all contain gloves to protect

HoSa raising Funds for Scholarships for Students

yourself or loved one from harmful bodily fluids.

these kits would make excellent Christmas gifts, graduation gifts, or gifts just to keep those you love or yourselves safe.

HOSA is encouraging parents of driving students to purchase an auto kit for just $12 to go in the trunk of your child’s car for minor emergencies that may arise.

Have an athlete? there are also $12 sport kits that are just the right size to fit in your athlete’s gym bag and include not only things like band-aids, steri-strips, and antiseptics, but also an ice pack for injuries needing

more attention. the bestselling kit is a

$25 soft kit with a zipper and handle that holds 130 pieces of first aid supplies including things like band-aids, ice packs, antiseptics, sting relief, etc.

Want to support breast cancer? The $25 first aid for life kit comes in a pink, hard shell case with the breast cancer ribbon dis-played prominently on the label and includes supplies for any event.

Spend a lot of time out-doors? the $40 zippered, bright orange deluxe outdoor kit may be just what you need to lightly pack supplies

for camping, hiking, fishing, or hunting trips.

Plan to spend more time outdoors or longer trips into the woods? the Ultimate First Aid Survival Kit is a soft shell zippered case that holds 168 pieces of first aid equipment preparing you for any emergency and even comes with an emergency blanket, drinking water, food, sleeping bag, slings, and even sunscreen.

Own a business? the General Workplace Cabi-net is OSHA approved and meets your employee first aid needs in one convenient cabinet. there is even a Food Service Option tai-lored to meet the needs of restaurants or kitchens in any setting. these kits are

a drop in the bucket at $120 compared to buying these products and assembling your own cabinet.

See some of the kits here in the article or contact Mrs. Stephens to see more or learn more.

To order or for questions, please call or email Michelle Stephens, Health Science Instructor at 270-927-6953 or [email protected] Michelle Stephens, RN, BSN, Health Science In-structor, HOSA Advisor, Hancock County High School, 270-927-6953

... SEPtEMBER 2015Hancock County School & Community Newsthe Future Business Leaders of America is

a nonprofit educational association of student members preparing for careers in business or who are just simply interested in learning more about the free enterprise system. FBLA helps students develop leadership abilities, and prepare for entry into and advancement within, a business or business related occu-pation. In September, FBLA along with Edge Body Boot Camp had an special event called Let’s Glow Again. Let’s Glow Again was a black light boot camp style workout. FBLA made over $200. FBLA is having another fundraiser event on October 5 at Buffalo Wild Wings in Owensboro. Mention Hancock Co. FBLA and 10% of proceeds will go to FBLA. Fundraising is vital for clubs such as FBLA because it helps with participating in regional and state competitions and educational field trips. If you would like to donate to FBLA please contact Candace Zachary or Lori Rob-erts at 270-927-6953. thank you!

FBla Fundraiser


Hancock County Middle School HCMS – Who We are! View New Events/Highlights/Athletics/Media Center and teacher

Administration: traci Sanders – Interim Principal, Kaye Aubrey – Interim Assistant Principal

Office Staff – Sherry McCaslin, Melanie Domerese, and Kathy Rice

Guidance – Pam McCaslin Media – tori Schneider YSC – Laura KessansCustodians – Shelly Bolin, James Mattingly, Chasity Arnold

Cafeteria – Annie Blan, Gail Corley, Elaine Dawson, Shelly Hawes, Ginger Fleming

8th Grade team – Fahlin Anderson, Jeni Goodall, Erika Powers, Dale Goatley, Marka Herndon, Josh Roberts

7th Grade team – Donna Popham, Sara Brown, Heather Bowlds, Berenice Kennedy, Chris Pate, and Laura Hagedorn

6th Grade team – theresa Simpson, Shannon Lemons, Karen Basham, trey Anderson, tori Schneider

Nurse – Nicole Duncan

websites at: http://www.hancock.kyschools.us/school_home.aspx?schoolid=2


Allied Arts – Lisa Jarboe, Faith Butler, Peggy Lynn, Morley Wagner, Gabe VanCappellen, Melanie Adkins

Special Needs teachers – Shwu-Fen Howell, Melissa Dauby, Rachel Johnson, Erin Johnson, Charlena Williams

Instructional Assistance-

8th grade science students recently completed an experiment with hot wheels to determine the impact of mass and velocity on Kinetic Energy. Hot Wheels

8th grade Social Stud-ies teacher, Josh Roberts, led his annual Colonial Faire on September 25th. Students, parents and com-munity members were in-vited to step back in time and visit colonists at their colonies to view cultural characteristics of each.

Colonial Faire

thank you to Angie Sor-rells from New Beginnings for speaking to all HCMS students about bullying and prevention.

recycling TeamMrs. Rachel Johnson’s third

period eighth grade class has de-veloped the Recycling team at HCMS for the 2015-2016 school year. When the class started their recycling efforts right after Labor Day, a few classes were on board with the program. the class members took the opportunity to approach classroom teachers who were not recycling white paper each week to offer them recycling crates and encourage their partici-pation. Now nearly every class participates in recycling white paper, which is picked up by the team each thursday morning during third period.

Food DriveHCMS students collected thousands of cans of food for our local food pantries as part of student teacher Sara Brown’s classroom project. the Youth Service Center provided the ice-cream sundae award to Mrs. Popham’s homeroom – the winner with the most donations.


HCMS Fellowship of Christian Athletes held a See You at the Pole even. twenty-seven FCA leaders led a prayer service with music and singing. Blackford-Breckenridge Associa-tion provided food and drinks.


North Hancock Elementary Preschool/Head Start learn about Fire Prevention from Hawesville Fire Department.

Jennifer Simpson and Rick Cox with the Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department had a blast with the Preschool/ Head Start program at North Hancock learning about fire prevention.

Four of the North Hancock Young Patriots visited the vet-erans at the Joseph “Eddie” Ballard Western Kentucky Vet-erans Center in Hanson, Kentucky, September 19, 2015. they spent time assisting veterans playing Bingo and the veterans thoroughly enjoyed their young comrades. Young Patriots meet on thursdays and complete projects such as making cards for veterans to help them celebrate Veteran’s Day, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day, plan for Veteran’s Day programs, learn how to fold the American flag, learn about patriotism and our national symbols. Students included in the picture are: Martin Wink, Leelee Board, Paris Hohiemer and Kiya Napier.

Breeze Riley, Nick Miller and Ella Staples address their peers at the D.A.R.E. gradua-tion..

D.a.r.E Graduation for 5th grade at NHES on october 9, 2015 local author Eddie Price

and little Miss Grubby Toes talk to 5th grade students

about his book.

Young Patriots Hanson, Kentucky


South hancock ElEmEntary New Faces at SHESMeredith Hayden, Preschool teacher, resides in Knottsville. She graduated from Murray State University with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She is married to Kyle and is expect-ing her first child. Her hobbies include: Sewing, painting and cooking.

Justin Bickett, 3rd/4th Grade Teacher, is from Knottsville. He is married to Amanda and they have two children, one girl and one boy. He graduated from Western KY University with a degree in Elementary Education. His hobbies include Golf, Disc Golf and Spending time with his Family.

Amy VanWinkle, Cafeteria Monitor, is from Hawesville. She is engaged to Dean Butler and they have one son. Her hobbies include photography, writ-ing poetry and romance novels. She has a novel, Starving Faithful, to be re-leased in September 2015.

Judy Payne, Cook/Baker, is from Pell-ville. She is married to Mickey and they have three girls, four grandsons, one granddaughter and one great-granddaughter. Her hobbies include: gardening, sewing, walking and just being outside.

Dana Petrie, Kindergarten Instructional Assistant, resides in Knottsville with her husband, Alan and their three girls, Ala¥na, Emilyann and Natalie. Her hobbies include boating, camping and fishing.

Andrea Matthews, Preschool Instruc-tional Assistant, is from Cloverport. She is married to Phillip and has three children, one girl and two boys. Her hobbies include: Woodworking, watch-ing her children play sports and camp-ing and boating.

leader ladder As students earn their way to the top of the Leader Ladder, Mr. Swihart collects the pins on his tie. Students are recognized dur-ing morning announcements.

5th Grade Students tie-dyed t-shirts in

Ms. Powers homeroom as a

community building project.

Above: Ms. Powers observing other students while Kassidy Swi-hart puts the finishing touches on her tie-dyed t-shirt.

Right: Kaleb Swihart watches while Gracelynn Bishop tie-dyes her shirt.

Ants in the Pants Picnic

A large crowd attended the an-nual Ants in the Pants. Families

enjoyed an old-fashion picnic and old fashion family games.

Audrey Carnes, Nolan Bollinger, Landon Brooks, Preston Blanton

Ella Powers, Allison Puckett and Izabella Volocko

Logan Morris gives a thumbs up for the Ants in the Pants Picnic while his bother Bentlee and mom, Bethany smiles for the camera.

W.a.T.C.H. D.o.G.S.Ethan Haycraft, one of our many Watch D.O.G. Dads enjoyed a few minutes outside with some of our students.


Left: Mr. Swihart poses with Preston Blanton who wants to be a principal when he grows up (complete with a leader tie clip).Below: Wyatt Huff, Layla Seaton, Hayden Ferry, Aubrey Bland and Caleb JohnsRight: Autumn Pulliam, Hunter Stephens, Miles Lenz, Eli Swi-hart, Jayden Porter, Dylan Morris, Carson Clark, trenton Duff and Brooklyn Porter

CarEEr DaY

Roger Seaton having his teeth checked out by the UK Dental School.

DENTal HEalTH

FuNFuNFuN

Colton Napier, Samantha McMananaway and McKaylee Spangler are in the bookmobile enjoying picking a book to read.

Jayden Porter is playing horseshoes at the

Ants in your Pants Picnic.


A Little Something for EveryoneHancock County Community Education Lorri Oliver • (270)927-8066

What’s in Your Budget?How to Manage Your Budget and

Plan for the Future Budgeting ClassesSeptember 24 at South Hancock Elementary from 5:30pm-8:30pmoctober 5 at Hancock County Career Center from 9:30am-12:30pmoctober 22 at North Hancock Elementary from 5:30pm-8:30pmoctober 24 at HC Middle School from 9:30am-12:30pm

**Notice: the September 26 date has been changed to October 24 due to the HC Airport “Flights for Kids” family event being on 9/26. You will be notified of any other changes.

You can still sign up for Christmas assistance if you have not already. All requirements must be completed by October 31 for sponsorship. For more information, contact… Kim Mitchell (South Hancock Elementary FRC) Lacey Mosby (North Hancock Elementary FRC) Laura Kessans (HC Middle & High School YSC)

CoMMuNiTY EDuCaTioN

Gymnastics- North Hancock ElementaryFridays at 3:15Instructor: Renee King with I tumble & Bounce.

Gymnastics- South Hancock Elementarytuesdays at 3:15Instructor: Jerrod Moore

Cheer Class- North Hancock Elementary Mondays at 4:30Instructor: Aimee Estes & HCHS Cheer team

At this time Martial Arts is still on Hold.

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