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Education

  • Amanda Cecil named to Dean’s List at Lindsey Wilson College

    A LaRue County resident earned academic honors at Lindsey Wilson College for the 2009 fall semester.

    Amanda Cecil of Hodgenville was named to the Dean’s List.

    Students named to Dean’s List earned at least a 3.50 graduate point average on a 4.0 scale and attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester.

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  • Going ‘extreme ugly’ for a good cause

    Students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary continued their tradition of collecting for the Kelly Dean Sanders Fund with the annual Extreme Ugly Makeover.

    Classrooms compete in their collections for this fund designated for clothing and other supplies for students within their school. Then right before Christmas, the classroom with the most money is allowed to choose a staff member for the ugly makeover.

    This year’s winning homeroom was the class of Samantha Ray. The students chose their own teacher as the lucky recipient of the award.

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  • Construction booming in the gingerbread business

    Debbie Taylor’s class at LaRue County High School has entered into the home construction business.

    Unlike most builders, however, her students will be able to eat their structures as they have designed and built gingerbread houses.

    “We make them every year,” Taylor said. “However, in the past we have used graham crackers and hot glue. This year, everything is totally edible.”

    For their building plans, the students researched various recipes on Web sites, compared them, then selected the ones that best suited them.  

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  • Forcht donates $10,000 to Campbellsville University

    Terry Forcht, owner of Forcht Banking, has donated $10,000 to Campbellsville University for athletics and student scholarships.

    The money will go to the funding for new field turf for the football field and to the CU’s scholarship fund.

    Forcht Bank donates $5,000 annually to Campbellsville University. They support the scholarship fund and the bank is an athletic corporate sponsor.

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  • Forcht donates $10,000 to Campbellsville University

    Terry Forcht, owner of Forcht Banking, has donated $10,000 to Campbellsville University for athletics and student scholarships.

    The money will go to the funding for new field turf for the football field and to the CU’s scholarship fund.

    Forcht Bank donates $5,000 annually to Campbellsville University. They support the scholarship fund and the bank is an athletic corporate sponsor.

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  • Forcht donates $10,000 to Campbellsville University

    Terry Forcht, owner of Forcht Banking, has donated $10,000 to Campbellsville University for athletics and student scholarships.

    The money will go to the funding for new field turf for the football field and to the CU’s scholarship fund.

    Forcht Bank donates $5,000 annually to Campbellsville University. They support the scholarship fund and the bank is an athletic corporate sponsor.

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  • LCHS students become statesmen at Assembly

    Seventeen LaRue County High School students who attended the Kentucky Youth Assembly last month are true statesmen, and they have the documentation to prove it.

    They were one of only two schools out of the 46 in attendance to receive the Statesman Award, according to Dee Hutchins Jr., LCHS social studies teacher and adviser to the school’s Y-club.

    “St. X received one recognition and LaRue County received the other. This is outstanding,” Hutchins said.

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  • LaRue County Schools K-12 Student Attendance Policy

    The LaRue County Public School District expects all students to attend school regularly and be in the assigned classroom on time. Regular attendance is necessary if students are to receive maximum benefit from the instructional program. We firmly believe that attendance is a student and parent/guardian responsibility.  However, every effort will be made to contact the parents of students having attendance-related problems.

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  • Personnel updates

    The LaRue County School Board reviewed the following personnel changes at its meeting Dec. 21:

    Accepted resignation of:

    •Lisa Lewis, instructional assistant at Kids Crew effective Nov. 30.

    • Paul Richardson, TRT at LaRue County Middle School, effective Jan. 3.

    •Amy Adams as instructional assistant at Kids Crew effective Dec. 11.

    Accepted extended-employment resignation of:

    Eric Hughes as freshman baseball coach at LaRue County High School effective Nov. 19.

    Accepted recommendation for employment of:

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  • Lincoln Cabinet honorees named for November

    The faculty and staff of Abraham Lincoln Elementary announce the November recipients of the Lincoln Presidential Cabinet. Representing the certified staff is Sara Mullins who teaches in the Highly Structured Classroom and from the classified staff, Jamie Hines, an instructional assistant.

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