Lower School News
After school programs for term 4
Attached is the Intramural Athletics and After School Program Guide for Term 4. There is also a registration form for a spring baseball clinic for JK-4 students. See the attachments for details.
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| Baseball-Clinic.pdf | 281.96 KB |
KCDate 2010 sets the “Stage” for the future
KCDate coordinator Elizabeth Sherrard is pleased to announce that KCDate 2010 was a tremendous success. Although the final numbers are not in yet, all signs indicate that the event is close to meeting this year’s goal.
All proceeds from the event go to the KCD Fund. Numbers are still being crunched, and totals will be announced shortly.
This was the second year for KCDate’s new format, which included a cocktail buffet and a streamlined selection of live and silent auction items. The new format and the beautiful space at the Mellwood Arts Center combined to create the perfect environment for a fun and relaxing evening on Saturday, February 20.
Special thanks are due to Elizabeth Sherrard and KCDate co-chairs Abbie Kamen, Annie Locke, and Jane Tierney, whose hard work was crucial to the success of this year’s auction. We would also like to thank Mark Samide and Matt Evans for providing a lively auction as auctioneers as well as Steven Meeron, Keith Kidd, and the entire maintenance crew for their help.
A special thanks goes to event sponsor Norton Healthcare for their continuing support of this event. This is Norton Healthcare’s fifth year supporting KCDate as our event sponsor!
In addition, we would like to thank the other sponsors listed below for their support:
Event Sponsor
- Norton Healthcare
Platinum Sponsor
- Yum! Brands
Gold Sponsors
- Brown-Forman
- The Underwriters Group
- The Miller Family Foundation
Silver Sponsor
- Parco Constructors Group, LLC
Bronze Sponsors
- Mainstream Investment Advisers
- Kentucky Mirror and Plate Glass Company
- Stock Yards Bank & Trust
- Frost Brown Todd
- Fifth Third Bank
- Flynn Brothers Contracting, Inc.
- Heaven Hill Distilleries
- Lusk Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
- Ready Electric
Finally, thanks to all the faculty and staff volunteers who donated their time to make the event run smoothly.
Saxophone instruction available
Saxophone teacher Jacob Duncan is now offering lessons to lower and middle schoolers through KCD's after school programs. More information is in the attached flyer.
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PA sponsors first-ever Father-Son All Star event
On Sunday, February 21, the first-ever Father-Son All Star event held at Velocity Sports Performance was an exciting father-son afternoon of sports, games, pizza and prizes. Special thanks to all of the volunteer “coaches” who worked on the committee and spent the day assisting in the event. These coaches included Karen Blue, Denise Moriarty, Julie Walkoff, Monet Jaggers, Wendy Anzalone, Andrea Bruns, Amy McLaughlin, Elizabeth Poindexter, Heather Alford, Shandra Holbrook, Laura McAdams, Kelly Wagner, Karen Sherman, Nikki Bockhorst, Lauren Shaftel, and Traci Green.
In addition, the Parent Association would like to give special recognition and appreciation to Keith Sherman and Velocity Sports Performance for offering their facility to KCD and hosting a wonderful event. There were two special raffles going on during the event. Carter James was the lucky winner of the Bats Baseball Box for fourteen and Sammy Goldentul was the winner of a Birthday Party at the Basketball Academy. Special thanks to Scott and Janie Ferguson for the donation of the Bats Box and an additional special thank you to Amy and Kevin McLaughlin who were the winners of a special live auction and took home two personalized Kentucky Wildcat Basketballs signed by Coach John Calipari.
Father-daughter dance sets attendance record
On Friday, February 5, the Lower School Father-Daughter Dance was a magical night for girls and their fathers. Special thanks to Karen Blue and all the committee members for all of their hard work on the event: Kathy Cox, Julie Walkoff, Diana Gamber, Teri Smart, Najla Goldberg, Jill Vogel, Pam Klinner, Heather Alford, Carmen Mathis, Libby Gray, Melissa Robertson, Kate Latts and Kimberly Jackson. Proceeds from the event will benefit Exploremore.
Lower School sends supplies to Haiti
Lower school students helped fundraise over $11,000 for Haiti relief from the Read-a-Thon and a dress-down day. Many of the funds went towards purchasing medical supplies to send to Haiti. Mathis Specialties arranged for the school to purchase supplies at cost, allowing us to maximize the amount of money used for medical supplies.
The fourth grade team was responsible for coordinating a student effort to stuff ziplock bags with pediatric toothbrushes, toothpaste, disposable washcloths, lotion, shampoo, body wash, combs and band aids on Friday, February 19. That same day, a Parent Association bottled water drive collected enough water to help aid over three thousand people in Haiti.
The medical supplies and four pallets of bottled water collected will be shipped to Haiti with other relief supplies through Go-Ministries here in Louisville.
Reading Connection, March 2010
Attached below is the March, 2010, issue of the Reading Connections newsletter.
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Six new members inducted into Bearcat Athletic Hall of Fame
Five alumni and one former coach were inducted into the Bearcat Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, February 19. Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are recognized for bringing honor and distinction to their particular sport and to the athletic program at Kentucky Country Day School. The athlete or coach must have brought measurable success to a particular sport, including outstanding recognition from conference, local, regional, or state level competition. The induction ceremony took place at halftime of the boys’ basketball game vs. Collegiate.
This year, the inductees were Dale Bryant ’72 (swimming); Lydia Plamp Brownlow ’82 (swimming); David Oclander ’85 (boys’ soccer); Hollis Rodgers ’87 (field hockey); Jennifer Roos ’89 (field hockey); and Coach Valerie Dawson Vertrees (field hockey). Biographies of this year's honorees are posted here.
Mr. Jorge Oclander (former KCD soccer coach) represented his son David, who is stationed in Southern Afghanistan. Ms. Sue Evans represented her daughter Hollis Rodgers, who had a business conflict in San Diego.
LS Newsletter update: February 2010
Chris Robertson has completed the February update of the Lower School Newsletter. Read it online at http://www.kcd.org/content/lower-school/newsletter.
Noted Native American poet visits KCD
Renowned poet Simon Ortiz spent two days visiting KCD last week. Mr. Ortiz met with classes in all three divisions and offered several workshops for aspiring writers.
During his class visits, Mr. Ortiz read from his collection Woven Stone, talked with students about the creative process, and described how Native American stories have informed his own work.
