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Vol. XXVII, No. 3
Uniontown USD 235 - Uniontown, KS 66779
Students
read poetry
at annual
Gordon
Parks
Celebration
Submitted by
Janet Jackson
November 2009
Breakfast Menus
Milk and Juice
Served With Each Breakfast
Monday, November 2
Sabra, David, Garrett, and Sam sent poetry to the annual
Gordon Parks poetry contest.
West Bourbon Elementary’s fifth
grade students participated in the
sixth annual Gordon Parks poetry contest. This contest is a part of the
Gordon Parks annual celebration, held
on the Fort Scott Community College
campus. All fifth grade students in
Bourbon County were asked to compose a poem giving their individual
definition of diverstiy.
WBE fifth grade classes spent time
discussing what diversity is and the
many forms of diversity, while viewing photos from Gordon Parks’s collection to help visualize it.
This celebration honors the many
accomplishments of Gordon Parks,
who was born in Fort Scott and had
returned to this area many times. The
activities were held in the Gordon
Parks Center located in the Ellis Fine
Arts Center on the Fort Scott
Community College campus.
At the assembly each student read
his/her poem and was presented a
certificate and tokens of appreciation.
The students representing WBE were:
David, Garrett, Sam, and Sabra. Fifth
Grade Teacher Janet Jackson attended
the luncheon and assembly with the
students.
We congratulate our students for
such a fine job!
The Mouse That Roared
November 14 - 7:30 p.m. - UHS Gym
Adults $4, Students $2
The Uniontown High School fall play is scheduled for Nov. 14 at
7:30 p.m. in the high school gym. The play is the comedy
“The Mouse That Roared,” adapted by Christopher Sergel from the book
by Leonard Wibberley. The small country of Grand Fenwick, ruled by
Gloriana The Twelfth, is having economic problems. In order to solve
these problems, they declare war on the United States hoping to lose so
America will rehabilitate them financially. Unfortunately,
the “war” does not progress as planned.
The cast of twenty-six includes all the members of the high schoool
drama classes along with some of the junior high school drama students.
It is directed by Myrna Wildschuetz, high school drama coach, with
assistance from Julie Weyer, junior high school drama teacher.
Yogurt, Cookies
Tuesday, November 3
Poptarts, Sausage Links
Wednesday, November 4
Biscuits and Gravy
Thursday, November 5
Waffles, String Cheese
Friday, November 6
Breakfast Pizza
Monday, November 9
Cereal, Cookies
Tuesday, November 10
Long Johns, String Cheese
Wednesday, November 11
Biscuits and Gravy
Thursday, November 12
Pancake on a Stick
Friday, November 13
Breakfast Pizza
Monday, November 16
Cereal, Cookies
Tuesday, November 17
Yogurt, Cookies
Wednesday, November 18
Biscuits and Gravy
Thursday, November 19
Poptarts, Sausage Links
Friday, November 20
Breakfast Pizza
Monday, November 23
Pancake on a Stick
Tuesday, November 24
Breakfast Pizza
November 25-27
No School
Have a
Safe and Happy
Thanksgiving Break!
Monday, November 30
Cereal, Cookies
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Parent’s Toolkit Class
News Release
SEK Community Mental Health
Center is now offering a class to assist
parents in building an effective parenting style and their own behavior toolkit. The class is open to the public to
include self-referrals, mental health
referrals, and referrals from outside
agencies. Classes will be held at the
Iola Mental Health Center office and
the Fort Scott Mental Health Center
office.
The fee is $25 for a two-hour class
and is due the day of attendance.
Parent training gives parents a
”tool kit” for working with their children’s behavior, It teaches us effective
parenting strategies, reminds us of parenting tools we may have forgotten,
and helps us explore the effectiveness
of tools we already use. Just as a hammer is a great tool, it can’t be used to
repair everything. When we find that
our comfortable and familiar way of
handling problems with our children is
not solving the problem, or is creating
more conflict than it solves, it helps to
go back to the “tool kit” and review
other parenting options. The more
tools we have, and the more practice
we have using them, the less stress we
will feel when a conflict occurs.
Please RSVP to 620-365-5717 by
Tuesday before each class is scheduled
in order to ensure space is available.
Please leave a contact number at that
time in case of cancellation or rescheduling.
SCHEDULE
Fort Scott:
December 3, 2009
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
April 1, 2010
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
August 5, 2010
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Iola:
February 4, 2010
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
June 3, 2010
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Submitted Photo
The Uniontown Junior High eighth grade volleyball team placed 1st at the Altamont
Tournament and received 1st place at the Uniontown Tournament. They were undefeated
with their overall record being 14-0. Members of the team are (standing-back row) Coach
Julie Schafer, Anna, Taylor, Emily, Mandie, Ambar, Morgan, Torrie, Britney, and DaNisha;
(kneeling) Amber, Haley, Kelli, Lakyn and Hannah. (Not present for photo, Amanda.)
WAW local poster winners
travel to Emporia for the
William Allen White
Celebration
Submitted by Sandra Abati, Librarian
Five students from West Bourbon
Elementary traveled to Emporia on
Sat., Oct. 10, to participate in the
William Allen White Celebration. This
annual event is held every fall to honor
the winners of the William Allen White
Book List.
The five WBE students who had
their posters displayed were Megan,
Draven, Gavin, Lindsey and John.
Students first participated in several activities the committee had
organized including face painting, science projects, and visiting animals that
were brought in from the Emporia
Zoo. After lunch the students joined
others from elementary and middle
schools across Kansas by marching
from the William Allen White Library
on the campus of Emporia State
University, through the streets of
Emporia to get to the William Lindsay
White Auditorium. This was where the
winning authors of last year’s books
Submitted Photo
spoke to the group.
Sara Pennypacker, author of
Clementine, was the winner of the 3-5
list. Jennifer Roy, author of Yellow Star,
was the winner of the 6-8 list. Both
authors spoke to the students about the
importance of reading and the joy they
have in writing for an audience. Before
the authors spoke, all of the students
attending were able to vote on the
posters that students from across the
state had sent in advertising the books
from the 2008-2009 book lists.
The book lists that are in the running for the 2010 Award are currently
displayed in the libraries at West
Bourbon
Elementary
and
the
UJH/UHS librarys. Any student in the
state of Kansas who reads at least two
books from the list is allowed to vote
on the winner for that list in April.
Several students at W.B.E. have already
started reading books from these lists.
November 2009 - Eagle Country News - Page 3
Uniontown Jr/Sr High School - 2009 First Quarter Honor Rolls
UHS “Principal’s Honor Roll”
Amelia
Abigail
James
Hayden
Lauren
Paige
Caleb
Brittany
Colby
Seth
Joshua
Alex
David
Drew
George
Maxwell
Ashley
Seth
Zachary
Jordan
Jacob
Katelyn
Allen
Ithaca
Haley
Kyle
Jessica
Cassandra
Abigail
Cheyenne
UHS “Honor Roll”
Raylene
Shelby
Brenton
Nicole
Sara
Marie
Rachel
Zakary
Chance
Jennifer
Trenton
Garrett
Clayton
Regan
Laura
Jacy
Cassidy
Mark
Veronica
Shelby
Robert
Kelsey
Emily
Lindsey
Brenden
Julia
Tara
Audrey
Breanna
Samuel
Reed
Tyler
Caitlin
Ryan
Garic
Arren
Alysha
Samantha
Christian
Benjaman
Bethany
Darcy
Barry
Krista
Christan
Calvin
Justin
Taylor
Rayma
Michael
UJH “All A’s Honor Roll”
Rachel
Hannah
Sloane
Benjaman
Michaela
Cole
Aleah
Amber
Lakyn
Chase
Torrie
Jordan
Morgan
Anna
Mandie
Emily
Isaac
Hannah
UJH “All A’s and
B’s Honor Roll”
Caysha
Taylor
Charles
Kelli
Hannah
Carter
Jacob
Dalton
Kylie
Brodrick
Cheyanna
John
Trenton
Tyeesha
Stephanie
Lane
Sarah
Jonathan
Jana
Ambar
Montana
Haven
Joseph
Jonah
Haley
Patsy
Manda
Skyler
Britney
Taylor
Kelli