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Varsity girls place 15th in indoor state track championship
The varsity boys’ and girls’ track and field team competed in their first meet of the season at the 2010 Kentucky Class A Indoor State Championship at Broadbent Arena. Nine Bearcat athletes competed in the annual meet, which is also called the Mason-Dixon Games. Seven individuals scored points, and one team member set a KCD indoor track and field record.
Highlights from the event included a fourth-place finish for the girls’ 800m relay team of Chelsea Klein, Lyle Gernert, Olivia Tennant, and Mallory Eisenbrei. Sophomore Healey Loeffler placed fifth in the shot put with an impressive indoor school record distance of 28’01.25”. Additional scorers in the meet were senior Daniel Greene (eighth in the 800m) and freshman Meredith Brown (eighth in the 1500m). Other impressive competitors in the meet were Sam Summers in the 55m and Johnny Marcsik in the 1500m.
Collectively, the six members of the girls’ team placed fifteenth in the state indoor championship, representing the fifth-best female finish in KCD history. This indoor event provides great experience for both the boys’ and girls’ teams as they prepare for the outdoor season.
Middle school track returns to Mason-Dixon Games
The middle school track and field team sent seven competitors to the 2010 Mason-Dixon Games, which serve as Kentucky’s middle school indoor track and field state championship. After a four-year hiatus, new head coach Chris Herrick decided to travel back to Broadbent Arena for the marquee middle school event. According to Coach Herrick, the event serves as great preparation for the upcoming outdoor spring track and field season. Although the middle school event is limited to grades six through eight, the Mason-Dixon Games are not divided by size classification. Many events, therefore, receive over a hundred entries.
Five Bearcats placed high in the event standings, including a thirteenth-place finish by the girls’ 800m relay team of Selena Morgan, Kaitlyn Dwyer, Brigitta Hendren, and Catherine Lavin. Brigitta placed 35th in the girls’ 1500m, Catherine finished 36th (out of 139 competitors) in the girls’ 55m, and Hans Naake placed 36th in the boys’ long jump. Other notable competitors for the Bearcats included George Arnold in the boy’ 55m and Jack Smith in the boys’ 400m.
Coach Herrick says that he looks forward to competing with his entire roster, including a strong group of fifth-graders, in the upcoming spring track season.
¡Feliz Viaje!
This morning, upper schoolers said farewell to our five friends from Argentina. Constanza, Mariel, Manuel, Rodrigo, and Facundo have been at KCD since Winter Break and are returning to La Plata tomorrow. Esperamos que tengan un buen viaje, que vuelvan algún día, y que no se olviden de nosotros.
Winter athletes honored at US awards assembly
Upper school athletes participating in winter sports were recognized during the upper school assembly period this morning. Pictures of board award winners in each sport are up on Flickr.
Wrestling
- Thomas G. Monaco Award: Hardy Hendren
Boys’ Swimming/Diving
- Swimming Board Award: Sam Crockett
- Rising Future Star Award: Heyward Harrison
- Coaches Award: Max Griffin
- Most Improved Swimmer: Beau Ferguson
- Coaches Diving Award: Jason Harter
Girls’ Swimming/Diving
- Swimming Board Award: Olivia Hampton
- Rising Future Star Award: Darby Witherspoon
- Coaches Award: Malorie Eisenbrei
- Most Improved Swimmer: Anna Sims
Boys’ Basketball
- Steven Hoenig Basketball Award: Alex Semple
- Coaches Award: Martin Resinger
- Best Teammate Award: Jason Geer
- Most Valuable Defensive Player Award: Martin Resinger
- Most Valuable Offensive Player Award: Ward Paschal
Girls’ Basketball
- Steven Hoenig Basketball Award: Shelbi Hendricks
- Coaches Award: Ellen Esterhay
- Most Valuable Defensive Player Award: Margaret Giesel
- Most Valuable Offensive Player Award: Emory Goins
- Most Improved: Meredith Garner
- JV Most Valuable Offensive Player: Ellen Resinger
- JV Most Valuable Defensive Player: Tahlia Hodes
- JV Most Improved Player: Kirby Roberts
Art students welcome college rep
Last week, upper school art students welcomed Alyse Ronayne from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
In addition to surveying MICA’s programs and facilities, Ms. Ronayne also discussed a wide variety of career paths in both fine and commercial arts.
Article on KCD on Tamale website
This article on a Ghanaian website provides an interesting African perspective on KCD’s recent trip to Tamale:
[Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive Alhaji Abdulai Haruna Friday] observed that the Tamale-Louisville relationship had been acclaimed as one of the best in the world and attributed the achievement to the collective responsibility, commitment and diligence exhibited by members of both the Louisville and Tamale committees.
Once Upon a Mattress is no snoozer!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the upper school musical Once Upon a Mattress on a production that kept audiences entertained with a mixture of singing, dancing, and comedy.
Once Upon A Mattress was directed Kate Scinta with musical direction by Karen Welsh and choreography by Diane Thurmond. The set was designed by Rudy Keel.
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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| After-School-Program-Guide-Term-4.pdf | 3.03 MB |
| Baseball-Clinic.pdf | 281.96 KB |
Middle School Students of Color Conference has record attendance
The third annual Middle School Students of Color Conference was once again a fantastic success. With over sixty students and three new schools participating, the event has become a staple on the independent school spring calendar. The students discussed issues of race, religion, culture, and identity in workshops and affinity groups, but mostly just had fun! The day ended in a spectacular fashion show organized and run by our very own KCD students.
Diversity Coordinator Dexter Mahaffey was pleased with the outcome of this year’s conference. “What was most striking about this year's conference was how focused and intense the conversations between the students were right from the beginning. It seems that students and faculty chaperones are very clear what they're here to do, and they get right down to it. From our opening speech by youth leader Hisham Al-Qaisi to the mid-day talk by DJ Bone and closing session and party, the energy and commitment of these students was fantastic.”
Mr. Mahaffey also notes that the conference will change hands next year. “After founding and hosting the conference for its first three years, we will pass the baton to Sayre School of Lexington, who will take over hosting responsibilities in 2011. We look forward to taking a large and spirited delegation of KCD middle school students to that fourth annual event next year!”
Thank you to the KCD faculty that helped organize the day, run workshops, and make the conference a success: Lisa Stringfellow, Marjorie Seely, Kathryn Balbach, Matt Evans, Rachel Rawlings, Connor Bell, Rudy Keel, Annie Glosky, and Dexter Mahaffey. Thanks also to Ann Ponniah and Rennay Cooke for helping out.
Students study the science of junk food
Students in Bridget Adkins' Chemistry I class have been studying calorimetry this week. Students formed hypotheses regarding which junk food would contain the most calories per gram, then performed an experiment to determine the calorie content of some common junk foods such as cheese puffs, corn chips, and popcorn. Students compared their experimental calories per gram to the nutrition label to calculate percent error and discuss sources of error for the calorimetry process.
