KCD honors veterans at all-school assembly
A crew from WHAS-11 TV was on hand to cover KCD’s annual all-school Veteran’s
Day assembly, which was held on Tuesday, November 11, in the Gardner Gym. Lower
schoolers Jared Frank and Emily Cieminski opened the assembly by leading the
school in the pledge of allegiance. Senior Ben Richter provided a short history
of Veteran’s Day and introduced special guest speaker Commander Jon Snyder,
U.S. Navy (retired).
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Commander Snyder is a KCD parent and a 20-year fighter pilot for the U.S. Navy. Over the course of his career, he has served as operations officer on the USS Eisenhower during combat operations in the first Gulf War. He has also served as the commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 14 on the USS John F. Kennedy, which flew combat support missions into Bosnia in 1993. During his remarks, Commander Snyder recognized students with family members who have served in the military and asked all students to thank veterans for their service.
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Following Commander Snyder’s remarks, the Upper School Chorale performed two numbers, and middle schoolers Emily Scinta and Kate Waterman read a poem about the flag.
Veteran’s Day assemblies have become increasingly rare in recent years, and we are proud to honor this day by gathering together as a community.
Upper school speech team excels at first
tournament
Over the first weekend of November, the upper school speech team traveled
to Bardstown to compete in the Bardstown/Graves Swing Speech Tournament.
Molly Shoulta, Lincoln Giesel, Lara Shugoll, Jake Lazarus, Ailsa Hoke, Sophia
Mahmood, Siddharth Daftary, and Raegan Osborn earned second- and third-place
wins for KCD!
Individual members did an outstanding job as well. Congratulations to the following individual members:
Siddharth Daftary: Two first place wins in broadcasting
Lincoln Giesel: Two first place wins in duo improv
Sophia Mahmood: Sixth place in broadcasting and seventh in duo improv
Michael Glassman: Fourth place and third place in declamation
Molly Shoulta: Two first place wins in dramatic interpretation; two first place wins in duo improv; two second place honors in poetry
Ailsa Hoke: Seventh in duo improv
Raegan Osborn: Fourth in poetry; fifth in humorous interpretation
SADD club sponsors Red Ribbon Week activities
The SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club at KCD just
concluded a weeklong campaign to raise awareness of the destructive
consequences of the
use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs. During Red Ribbon Week, SADD
members distributed red ribbons at the beginning of the week; those
wearing ribbons
during the remainder of the week were often greeted at the door with candy
and other treats. During the week, advisee groups created posters for their
advisor’s classroom or office, and at the end of the week, SADD sponsored
a dress-down day for students wearing red.
SADD co-presidents Molly Shoulta and Aaron Samide also invited other high schools in the area to participate in the weeklong campaign.
Watch the video Molly created to promote the campaign.
KCD students take part in historic election
On November 4, KCD students in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools
held their own elections for president of the United States. Middle
and upper school students
also voted in Senate and House races. A mock debate between the Young Democrats
and Young Republicans preceded voting in the Upper School, and younger students
received age-appropriate instruction from their teachers about voting and
about each candidate. As students voted, each received an "I Voted!" sticker.
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Lower School Director Chris Robertson had this to say about the election: “The election was a success on many levels. Students enjoyed casting a ballot in a historic election, and it was wonderful seeing their proud faces as they voted.” When the votes were tallied in the Lower School, Barack Obama got the victory with 180 votes, while John McCain tallied 160 votes.
Below are the middle and upper school results:
Middle School Election results President Senate House |
Upper School Election Results President Senate House (Jefferson Co.) House (Oldham Co.) |
KCD Upper School drama presents powerful
production of And Then They Came for Me
Read more on the drama home page.
Ninth graders explore mousetrap technology
Mousetrap cars may not be showing up at a car dealership any time soon,
but ninth graders have now perfected the craft of building handmade
vehicles powered
by mousetrap. According to science teacher Kent Martin, the unit challenged
students to apply Newton’s Laws of Motion by creating an efficiently
moving vehicle that uses a single mousetrap as its sole source of propulsion.
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In addition to building and testing their mousetrap cars, students were required to incorporate video and music into a Powerpoint presentation illustrating how their vehicle applied Newton’s Laws.
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Experiment lights up chemistry
lab
On Friday, September 26, students in Bridget Adkins’ advanced chemistry
class participated in a striking lab experiment that generated a rainbow of colors
around the classroom. Students were studying how metal atoms give off a distinctive
colored light when heated or electrified. In order to identify which colors are
characteristic of particular metallic ions, students tested various metal salt
solutions in a hot flame to observe and record the colors given off by each.
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