50c October/November/December2013

By: Jeremy ****** Aerial ******** is the cool kid for the month of September. She is in the 7th grade and she is from *******, Kentucky. She is interested in playing games on the Wii, talking to her friends about funny things, and playing in Thomas gym. She is not in any sports or clubs. Her favorite food is Italian salad. What people don’t know about her is she does not want people to know things about her. She wants to keep things private. The friend going to eat pizza with Aerial is Leah. Her advice to future cool kids is help others kids and participate.

By: Jessica *********** ***** **** is the cool kid for the month of September. She is in the 7th grade. She is from **********, Kentucky. Her favorite hobbies are reading, drawing, playing basketball, playing with her brother, watching movies, and listening to music. Her favorite food is pizza. 4 things people don’t know about her are Leah’s dad, Chris, is the cartoonist for the Lexington, Herald Leader , she loves UL and UK, Leah has a baby nephew that lives in Washington, DC, and she has two Mac computers at home. Leah loves KSD because she loves to hang out and socialize with all of her friends here. Her advice to future cool kids is to try hard to earn cool compliments.

Leah Aeiral

By: Parrie Kay **** Jessica ************** was the cool kid for the month of October. She is from *************, Ky. She is a 7th grader. Her favorite subjects are English, Science, and Reading. Her favorite foods are taco salad and pizza. She loves to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Her favorite sports are basketball, softball, and soccer. Some things people don’t know about her: 1. She has a twin sister. 2. Her mom got engaged and will get married this spring. 3. She misses her uncle so much because her uncle is in the army, and was in Afghanistan. 4. Her best friends are Plah, Jenna, Zhirtien, and Leah. What does she like the most about KSD? Less drama. She earned her cool compliments by paying attention, being ready, and participating in class. Her advise for other students is be good, if someone bullies you… stay strong, and finish your homework.

By: Payne ***** Congratulations to Hannah ******* for being cool kid for the month of November. She’s in the 6th grade. Her favorite subject is reading. Her favorite book is “Smurfs”. Some things people don’t know about Hannah are she’s deaf, she has four puppies and one dog. She has a purple bed. She loves to use sketcher shoes, and she loves Christmas so much. She likes KSD because she likes Walker Hall and Kerr Hall. She got cool compliments by working hard and respecting the teachers. Her advice to other students is discuss things to solve problems.

By: **** **** Our new cool kid for November is Georgia Bell *****. She lives in *************, KY. She is in 6th grade. Her favorite subject is science. She loves to eat bananas. She likes to read about dogs. Her favorite sport is baseball. Georgia Bell has a dog named Chocolate, she likes to shop with her mom, and she likes to make new friends. What she likes the most about KSD is she likes to learn more information. She is in the student council. Participating in the class is how they earned her cool compliments. Her advice to other students is be nice.

************ Hannah

Jessica Plah Hannah ************

Jessica

By: Keaura ***** Plah *** was the Cool Kid for the month of November, She lives in **********, KY. She is in the 6th grade. Her favorite subject is English. Her favorite food is a strawberry. She likes to play basketball. There is one thing that people don’t know about her and that is she has three sisters and three brothers. What she likes most about KSD is learning, helping others and socializing with her friends. She is involved in playing on the rec. basketball team. Plah earned her cool compliments by paying attention to the teachers and participating in activities. Her advise for students is, “ You need to focus on your work and improve you work skills.”

Plah

By: Parrie Kay ******** On Monday September 9, 2013, KSD MS had their International Literacy Day in Kerr Hall’s basement. Genise Orberson said, “The United Nations set it up to Celebrate and focus on world literacy.” Why we celebrated was because it is important for everyone to learn how to read and write and learn a bit about other cultures. Some teachers told us short stories from other countries. They stopped before the end of the story. Kids wrote on paper what the character from the story’s problem was and told the character some advice. We answered and then the teachers signed until the end of the story. The students would see if the answer was right or wrong. Alexandra ******* thought: Rebecca’s expressions and action were very funny when she told the story “A Man Does Housework Right.” Payne ********: It was fun to watch the stories. Dakota ***********: Rebecca’s expressions and actions were very funny.

By: Leah Ware Our KSDMS had Book Talk activities in the Middle School classrooms on October 16, 2013. Before the Book Talk, all of the MS students had to sign up for one of the four books –Shiloh, A-Z Mystery : The School Skeleton, Going Batty, and Night of the Full Moon. Some students passed the AR test after reading those books. They could participate in the book talk after passing the AR test with a 70-100 percent. During the Book Talk, the teachers call students’ names who passed the test so they could participate. Some students didn’t passed the test so then worked on test taking skills. The students were excited to read the book and enjoy it. They discussed the book in depth that we read it and did some activities.

The book talks help improve the students’ reading and writing skills. Some students then played games related to their book some watched a movie about their book, and one group went on a scavenger hunt. Some students thoughts about the Book Talk… Aerial : The book was interesting. It was funny. Keaura ********: We watched the movie called Shiloh.” Plah **** : We searched for Mr. Bones.

Rebecca tells a story.

All MS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders participated in the reality store. The 7th and 8th graders went to the 4-H Extension office in Danville on Nov. 22, 2013. The 6th graders stayed at KSD for their reality store. The students learned how to save money, work with a budget, buy food, house, and other things they need to pay for in the future. The reality Store is not a real store, just a fake store to help student for the future, in real life, learn how to spend money right. What did the student think: Jessica *********** : It was cool and fun. Jenna *********: It was cool to pay for things like the future. Payne ********: I think it was cool. Students learned math skills for the future.

By: Alexandra Shupe

Students went to each booth.

By: Payne ******** KSD students went to Centre College on November 8, 2013 to see Dr. Kaboom. His show was part science, a lot of action and some learning was involved. KSD students saw a lot of explosion in a tall tube, a cannon that blew air out of it, and an illusion trick with a black and white spinning board that made his head look like it shrank or grew bigger. Kids learned that when chemicals go in a mixture there is a reaction and it can cause explosions. Also illusions can play with your mind to make you think heads do get bigger or shrink. Zhirtien thought it was fun to watch and learn about science. Aaron said he liked the explosions!

By: Keaura Davis On December 5, 2013 KSDMS had a math Bee for the students to learn how to use math for their future jobs that might have math involved. Students competed against each other to see how good their skills were and the 6 students with the highest score got in the top 6. The students competed in a target round, sprint round and a team round that math teacher, Renee Combs, set up. The students who were in the top 6 were 1st place ***********, 2nd place, Keaura ******, and 3rd place Gerod ********. Payne ********, Jeremy ********* and Alexandra ********* were the other top 6 students.

By: Payne ******** On December 1 through 7, KSDMS celebrated Deaf History Week. The middle school had different events. The middle school went to Jacobs Hall Museum for a tour to learn about Deaf and KSD’s history. They also had a speaker from Gallaudet University and her name is Martina Bierivenu, MJ for short. With the help of art teacher, Alex Meckes, the middle school also made hand shape hands out of plaster of Paris and wrote words to describe themselves because hands are so important to Deaf. Middle school celebrated Deaf History week to feel proud about being deaf! Andrew ****** said Deaf history week was fun!

Celebrating Deaf History Week

Spirit Week

KSD Middle school staff showed their spirit Nov. 18-22, by wearing KSD shirts everyday. The staff is very proud to work at KSD and wanted to show it. They also attended Big Green Madness on Friday night to continue building relationships!

Top 6 in the math bee.

BOTB

For the first time, KSDMS has a battle of the books team. The team members are Payne, *****, Parrie Kay, Jenna and Keaura. The coaches are Ann Arnold, Lindsey Nusbaum and administrator, Wilton McMillan. The students have to read three books chosen by the BOTB committee from Gallaudet University. The books are: See You at Harry’s, Ninth Ward, and American Born Chinese. The team will compete by videophone the week of January 13-17. Their first competition will be with Bermar Middle School, the Learning Center, and Ohio School for the Deaf. There are 20 schools competing this year. Only the top scoring teams move on to the next competition.

The KSDMS welcomes Robbin Richie! She grew up in Louisville and is a UL fan. Her favorite sport is Volleyball. She was the first Volleyball coach at KSD. Her favorite school subject was writing. Her favorite book is A Child Called It. The people she most admires are her parents. They were able to raise four children and taught them all to always do the right thing, even if it was not the most popular thing to do. The best part about KSD is the sense of family. KSD is great because, “It has deaf role models which is what all deaf students need.” She has worked in schools, but she has also worked as a waitress, a career counselor, and a flight attendant with Comair Airlines. The best advice she has for students is to find a career path in something you truly love. Find what satisfies you and become the best in your field!

By: ***********

During the first semester of this year, the KSDMS students have been involved in a transition to work program. The students filled out applications, interviewed and worked on a crew every Friday. The four work crews were: recycling, DIY crafts, cleaning crew and Jacobs Hall Museum crew. At the end of the work day (two hours), students received points based on their work performance. On Dec. 19, the students with good evaluations and those that earned enough points will receive a pay check The students will cash their checks at Farmer’s National Bank and then use their money to pay for a surprise field trip. Students with perfect evaluations for the whole semester will also receive a small bonus.

Transition to Work

Zhirtien, AJ, and ***************are working during transition to work time.

Leah's Dad the Cartoonist By: Jeremy *******

KSD MS had a visitor that happened to be Leah’s dad. The visitor's name was Chris Ware, the artist. Mr. Chris Ware spoke about drawing cartoons in the MS open area on October 15, 2013. He wanted to show the students his art to let them know you can use your talents for your job. Mr. Ware wanted to give the MS student some of his art picture. Mr. Ware come after lunch and he talked about his life, his family, and art. He demonstrated how he draws. What did the student think: Payne said, “ He is good and his arts is funny.” Aerial said,” He was wonderful and funny.” Alexandra said,” Mr. Ware has great art skills.”

******h’s dad

Aladdin Jr. Play By Jenna ******** KSD Middle School students went to the Ragged Edge Theatre on October 3 to watch the play called “Aladdin Jr.” The reason why they went to watch it was because they were learning elements of drama. They saw singing, dancing, and acting. They saw a set. It had some curtains in the background to make it look like an Arabian place. The set was really cool. One of the coolest things was where they tried to fly. They had blue lights to make it look like it was night. They also had smoke going around the magic flying carpet to make it look like they were in the sky. The actors were really cool, too. A lot of people’s favorite actor was Jafar played be Zane Arnold. His costume was really cool. He was also a great villian. ***** said she thought the play was fun. Jessica said she thought they play was fun and enjoyed it. Mrs. Arnold said she was glad we all got to go and she was proud of her son.

Halloween Party By: Jenna ******** The Middle School girls and boys and some HS students went to Walker Hall for a Halloween party on October 30th. Walker Hall had a Halloween celebration right before Halloween just for fun. They played games. The games were called Musical Chairs, Elephant, and Hot Potato. They also painted each other faces, and had a lot of candy. The students thought the candy was good and the games were fun. They also thought the scary face painting was scary. Jessica F. said she enjoyed it and she liked the face painting and games. She also liked the candy. *************said it was fun and she ate too much candy.

A scene from Aladdin Jr.

On November, 11, Veteran’s Day was observed at KSD in Kerr Hall basement by the middle school. We had a speaker from the National Guard and he is Genise Orberson’s brother, Specialist Daniel Lovett. All Ksd middle school watched his speech. His rank is Specialist. KSDMS invited him to speak because they wanted to honor Veterans who served our country, the USA. Specialist Lovett explained what it’s like in the army and what kind of military branches there are like Navy Seal, Air Force and more. He had been to Jordan helping them. He showed his uniform, and explained what duties he had for the army. Alexandra ***********: It was cool. Jenna ************: I think it’s cool that Specialist Lovett came to KSD to speak about himself in the army. Jeremy *********: I am thankful for him serving the USA and talking with KSD.

By: Parrie Kay Everyone was welcome to participate in the 3rd annual Monster walk, but especially KSD students, teachers and families. They start at Centre College and walked to Jacobs Hall, on October 27, 2013. It happened because we want people to enjoy Halloween, and help raise money for KSD. Melissa Cantrell started the monster walk. It started in 2011. They had a lots of scary characters there. They ate cookies and drank at Jacobs Hall and were told scary stories by Rebecca Kreutzer. Ethan J. thought it was cool and very fun! ********. thought it was fun, but they need to add more scary things. I hope next year it will be scarier. Jessica F. thought it was fun, but she got tired from the walk. Jenna P. thought it was fun.

By: Jessica ******* All the middle and high school students were involved in the annual Road Runner competition on a course on campus on October 31, 2013. It was important for the middle school students because it was good for their bodies and health too. What happened was that high school students helped organize and encouraged the students to run. The high school students helped mark the course, make the wooden awards, passed out water, ran with students, helped the middle school students warm-up, and cheered the runners on. For eighth grader, 1st place Payne ******, 2nd place Jeremy *****, and 3rd place Aaron ***********. 1st place Zhirtien ***********, 2nd place Keaura *******, and 3rd place ******* *********. For seventh graders, 1st place Gerod ******, 2nd place Ethan **********. 1st place **** *****, 2nd place Jenna *****, and 3rd place Aeiral *******. For sixth graders, 1st place ***** *********, 2nd place Jesse ****, and 3rd place Andrew *******. 1st place Plah ******, 2nd place Hannah **********, and 3rd place Georgia Bell ******.

By: Alex ****** KSD’S Middle School students went to Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts, on Wednesday, October 20, 2013. They went to learn about Brazilian traditional dance. KSD students saw dances called Pzada de Rede Maculele, Samba De Roda and the martial art from Capeopir. What did student say about it? ********: It was cool, but I can’t do that! Payne ******: Cool movements during the martial arts dance!

The Winners of The Road Runner race.

By: Ashley ********* When I was about 10 years old, I lived in *************. I’m deaf and I didn’t know how to sign. So, I went to ************* Elementary on the first day of school, and I was excited because I wanted to make some new friends but at the same time, I was the only deaf person in **************** Elementary School. When I went to that school, a lot of people were staring at my cochlear device because I was wearing it the first time I came in the class. Some kids were staring at me because they noticed my cochlear and they knew I was deaf. I didn’t care what they thought. The next day, When I was on the playground with a bunch of hearing kids, some of them were pointing at me and talking beside my back. Then, this girl named Alejandra came up to me with her two friends and she asked, ”Why are you here? I mean, Why are you here in hearing school? I thought you weren’t allowed to be in a hearing school because you are deaf.” Honesty, I was a little bit confused because I don’t know why she asked me that stupid question but it didn’t matter. I answered, “ Because I can? Of course, I am allowed to be in hearing school. It doesn’t matter.” Then, Alejandra asked another question, “Okay, then, why do you have a weird thing on your head?” Before I answered her question , she poked the side of head hard and laughed at me and I yelled, “stop it!” It actually hurts when someone pokes the side of my head because I have a cochlear implant inside on the side of my head. I just hate it. After I told her stop. She stopped and then, she said terrible things like, “Deaf people aren’t human! They’re just retarded freaks that have no brain!” When she said that, I started to cry a little and it really hurt my feelings, then I ran away from Alejandra and her friends. I can’t remember what else happened but I remember I went

Secret Life Of Girls By: *************** Our KSDMS students went to Danville High School to see a play on October 23rd , 2013. The Play was called Secret Life Of Girls. In the play, the girls argued about another girl who join the volleyball team. They were gossiping and starting drama. We noticed one girl who was the biggest bully named Stephanie. She cut her leg with the knife because she made wrong decisions. She changed at the end of the play and wanted to fix things and make them right. We learned about bullying. They used verbal, cyber , and social bullying in the play. The play talked about one girl, Abby, who just joined the volleyball team. Some girls were complaining and started to be mean to Abby. It was social bullying. Other girls was texting other girls. It looked like they were gossiping. That was cyber and verbal bullying. Alexandra ******* said “It was cool and we learn about bullying.” Parrie Kay said “ Wow, it was inspectional. I think it was a really good story.” Jeremy ****** said “It was good and we learned to make less bullying. It was good to learn it.

Being Bullied, A Personal Experience

The MS students sit near the actors at DHS.

home from school and explained to my mom what happened. That’s my experience of people picking on me.

By: Payne ******* Basketball season has come. The coaches for boy’s basketball are Mike Yance and his assistant is Byron Wilson. There are 11 players that are participating on the basketball team, and they are Payne, Jeremy, Irvin, Ryan, Ricky, JD, Cody, Adam, Bruce, Jonathan, and Dillion. The team’s strengths are layups. There are some things that the team should work on and they are passing, shooting, and free throws. The game the team looks forward to the most is the Mason-Dixon Tournament and the Kentucky classic.

By: Parrie Kay Karen Wellman is the KSDMS speech teacher. Her hometown is in Barberton, Ohio. She has worked at KSD for seven years. Her birthday is January 30, 1963. Her favorite sports are boxing, and basketball. Her favorite food is Mexican food. Her favorite school subjects are English and Social Studies. Her favorite movie is “Jaws”. She admires her mom the most because her mom did a lot for her. Her dream for the future is to have a food truck nearby a beach to sell food. What she likes most about KSD is she loves the kids because all of the kids are nice and good. Why she wants to work at KSD is because she likes to teach kids to improve their language and speech because it will be easier to communicate better in the future. Her advice to students is to work hard. There are no short cuts in real life, just like school.

By: Keaura ****** The 2013 KSD volleyball had one middle school player go to the Mason-Dixon tournament on October 10th , 11th , and 12th. The team players were Kaley *******, Jade ****, Savannah ******, Emily ******, Brittany *******, Casey *******, and Keaura *****. Coaches: Billy Lange and Rebecca Kreutzer. The helper for the volleyball team Is Lisa Kinglsey They went to Mason-Dixon Volleyball tournament at K.S.D. they won 2 games by beating Virginia School for the Deaf, and Georgia School for the Deaf. They lost 3 games to Florida School for the Deaf and North Carolina School for the Deaf, but they never gave up playing. The team’s strengths were keeping their feet hot and playing so hard. Some people from Kentucky went to Tennessee School for the Deaf to support the KSD team.

By: Keaura Davis The 2013-2014 KSD girls’ basketball players are Jenna *****, Keaura *****, Jade ****, Quachen ********, Alexa ****, Zoe *********, Allanah *********, Bethany ******, and Kaley ********. The manager is Savannah *********** and Zhirtien ********. The head coach is Lisa Morse. The assistant coach is Tina Yance and Chris Mcafee. The team’s strengths are good attitude and willing to learn new skills. The team need to work on improving their shooting percent. The team won their first game after 44 straight loses to St Francis. Congratulations on a great win!!!!!

The 2013-2014 Varsity Girl Basketball Team

The 2013-2014 Varsity Boy Basketball Team

Each week, students answer a Question of the Week. Here are a few examples:

Did the play “Secret Life of Girls” impact how you see bullying? Why or Why not? Parrie Kay ******: I felt bad for the kids who were suffering from bullies. I should help them. Jenna*******: Yes, A lot of kids suffer from bullying and it makes them depressed, sad, and lonely. I don’t like to see kids getting bullied. Payne ******: Yes, I see kids suffering from cyberbully, and I should help stop bullies. What was your favorite Disney movie when you were younger? Why? Alexandra ******:”The Fox and the Hound” because that movie makes me sad because the fox’s mom dropped the baby fox off at the farm. The fox’s best friend was the hound dog that lived with the mean man. What a great movie! Jeremy *******: My favorite is “Lilo and Stich” because the movie is funny, and I lov ethe different creative animals. What did you do during fall break? Hannah **********: I read a lot of books and I enjoy reading books. Dakota **********: I rode an all terrain vehicle through the forest, and had races. ************: My sister brought my baby nephew to our house. It was fun. But I miss my baby nephew. Before they left, we had a party for my baby nephew. What is your favorite Halloween memory? Payne ********: One year ago, when I was twelve, I went to ScreamPark in Lexington, KY. ScreamPark had four places. The best one was “ Instant” place. It was awesome scary! Gerod **********: When I was little I loved my tiger costume and went trick-or-treat at houses. Parrie Kay *********: When I was eleven years old, in the morning at elementary school

cafeteria, after our Halloween party, I got bacon to eat and, all of the sudden Matthew, the dorm counselor, had a Texas chainsaw costume on. It scared me! I dropped my bacon and ran out of the cafeteria. The kids laughed at me! How do you keep fit? How often? Courtney ************: I walk everyday and I always play with my sister. Aeiral ********: Sometime I do yoga and exercise in the dorm. What did you enjoy the most about Dr. Kaboom’s show? Ashley Mullins: I liked the one when Dr. Kaboom blew up the soap thing in the tube. Jessica ************: I liked when Dr. Kaboom hit the round thing to make it windy. What did you learn from Specialist Lovett? Hannah **********: We learned that USA , military helps America. Keaura *********: I did learn from specialist Lovett about their army uniform, Naval ships and the Air force. I also learned that there are about 700 men from the army that went to Jordan. Alexandra ********: I did learn about not being permited to always have a phone and , they do not have a lot of free time. Parrie Kay ********: The eat what they have. Yheir group practices at the shooting range, to improve their skills at shooting. Jeremy *******: I learned that he is in the National Guard and went Jordan to protect and serve. ******************: I like that he is serving for America ,his favorite job is launcher and, his rank is Specialist. What are you “thankful for”? Payne **********: I am thankful for being a good friend with AJ. Aeiral *********: I am thankful for my mother cooking of lot of food for Thanksgiving. Zhirtien **********: My sister, mom, dad, and I went to a Chinese restaurant to eat different stuff. I ate good food for Thanksgiving. *****************: I am thankful for my family, friends, and KSD. Ashley ********: Honestly, the one thing I am really thankful for is my family.