Veteran's Day

• Our schools had some wonderful tributes to our Veterans this week for Veteran's Day. Thank you to our Veterans for all that you have dedicated and sacrified and to our schools for honoring them.

UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS

• November 13-Early Release.
• November 19-Site Visit conducted at Miles Elementary
• November 20-Site Visit conducted at Howell Elementary
• November 23-Site Visit conducted at Lloyd High School
• The Kentucky Center for Mathematics will hold the annual KCM Conference on February 4th & 5th. It is only $60 to attend. Research-based effective strategies for math teachers in grades K-12 will be provided. Conference strands include: Teaching for Depth of Understanding and Formative and Summative Assessments. For more information visit the KCM website at www.kentuckymathematics.org or phone 859-572-7690.
• The Kentucky Reading Project is now accepting Applications for elementary teachers interested in taking part. The project provides training in research-based literacy strategies, free graduate credit, stipends and free materials. If you are interested in applying more information may be accessed through http://www.kentuckyliteracy.org/ and/or by contacting Kathy Burkhardt via email.

Trivia Night

Special Olympics Trivia Night was held on October 17th. Erlanger-Elsmere competed in the event with 5 tables! Howell Elementary Captain Krista Wainscott returned to her school with the 1st place trophy. Arnett/Miles had a table that included Mr. Engel, Ms. Weber, and Mr. Pilgrim. Captain Candace Campbell sported 3 teams from Tichenor and Lloyd. Team members included Mr. & Mrs. Flick, Mr. Robles, Mr. Hughes, the Edwards family, Ms. Burk, the Woolleys, Ms. Donnell, Ms. Hils, and Ms. Clark. One of the Campbell teams came in 2nd. Officer Brendel is now in charge of the event. Around $1900 was raised for Special Olympics.

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN

On behalf of the Erlanger-Elsmere Schools, I would like to thank all of our employees who actively participated in our 2009 United Way Campaign. Our totals have increased this year, nearly nine-fold since last year, with $2,617.00 contributed in all. You’re to be commended for your efforts, and for your continuing commitment to those in need all around us. We’d like to offer special congratulations to the employees at Howell Elementary for having the highest employee participation rate during our United Way Campaign, with over 50% of their staff members participating. Howell also had the highest contribution rate per employee, averaging nearly $23.00 per staff member, and totaling $800.00. Howell was honored and presented plaques of recognition by the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education at the November 12th board meeting. We’d also like to thank our campaign managers for their energy and enthusiasm through the entire campaign: Kathy Nafus, Karen Costello, Maryann Moore, Karen Hughes, Missy Sorg, and Tracy Molley.