7 Juggernauts Named to the NKU Honors Band

Seven Lloyd High School Students were named to the NKU Honors Band. These students have worked very hard and have earned this distinctive honor.

Trumpets: Ian Himes & Phillip Richardson

Flutes: Morgan Morrison, Kaeli Perriman, & Hope Bradford

Clarinet: Megan McEntee

Alto Saxophone: Wesley Gault

Thank you to Lloyd Memorial High School Students Rae Banta, Paige Puckett, Amanda Rentchler, Dawn Thompson and Devin Trevor for creating this wonderful banner for the KSBA Conference February 3-5. Thanks also to Ms. Vogelpohl for providing them with the time and resources to create the banner. The banner will be displayed at our district board office.

• MARY BURCH, our district health coordinator and R.N. has received a wonderful well-deserved recognition. The UC College of Nursing has selected her as a recipient of the Nursing Nightingale Award. She and 5 others were chosen from about 250 nurses that were nominated. She will be presented with her the award and $1000 at the award dinner on April 28th. Please congratulate her!


• Thank you to everyone who was able to complete the TELL Survey. Our district had a 91.16% participation rate! Thanks to Sherri Schmitz, Vicki Baker, Joan Bryson, Asha Coltrane, Regina Danks, and Regina Pelfrey for facillitating the process.


• Please refer to the email sent to all teachers on 3/31/11 regarding the TELL Survey Prize Drawings that will be held in the district.


• The last day for students will be May 27th. Employees will still work on May 31 and closing day will be June 1. A detailed hand out was sent out to all employees yesterday. You may also obtain a hard copy from your school principal. Parents will be notified in multiple ways providing them with advance notice of this calendar change.


• The state core content testing window will be April 18-29. The ITBS state testing window for students in grades 3-7 will be May 2-6.


• Enjoy a well-deserved Spring Break next week to those of you off during that time. Thanks for all you are doing each and every day for our students.

News and Information

• Bryan Sweasy, or Chief Information Officer has been sending out weekly links to stories highlighting schools and events in the Erlanger-Elsmere School District. Please take a moment to read over the stories to find out what's happening around the district.



• January 3-February 11 is the state assessment window for all ACCESS testing for students who are English Language Learners. These assessments are a part of state and federal accountability and should be taken very seriously by all teachers. Please schedule around the set ACCESS testing schedule at your school. All principals were given a copy of each school's schedule on December 8th.



• The district MAP testing window will be January 10-28. Please work with all students at all grade levels on personal goal setting. Those schools seeing the most increases are those who are setting individual goals with their students and differentiating instruction to meet individual student needs.



• We are still accepting entries for the district logo contest. The winner will receive a $100 savings bond. The contest is open to all students enrolled in the Erlanger-Elsmere School District.



• The Family Resource Centers and the Youth Service Centers assisted record numbers of families for the holidays this year. Thank you to the coordinators and the school personnel who assisted them in all that was provided.


• All schools in the district participated in giving during the holiday season. Many held canned food drives and some schools partnered allowing older students to work with younger students.



• The Erlanger-Elsmere School District was listed in the state Commissioner of Education's presentation to all Kentucky Superintendents as a best practice district moving forward with our work with the content standards.The entire PPT presentation may be found at http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Administrative+Resources/Commissioner+of+Education/Commissioner+Hollidays+Presentations/20101206+Leadership+that+Kentucky+Children+Deserve.htm