Daviess County Public Schools Weekly Special Activities

The Daviess County Public Schools have submitted the following list of special activities for this week. Parents are invited to participate in many of these activities and are encouraged to talk about them with students. 1490 WOMI will publish this weekly list to keep you informed. While the schools DO send information about many events home, we realize that sometimes they dont make it to Mom and Dad. This is our way of helping get the information to you.

Audubon Elementary School                      Caleb York

        300 Worthington Road                          852-7150

Book Fair “Reading Is Out Of This World” will be the Week of Sept. 19-23

 PACS Now will begin the “Eat 5 and Thrive” program with our 4^th grade students this week.

 Burns Elementary School                             Amy Shutt

        4514 Goetz Drive                                     852-7170

Thursday, September 22^nd:  Family Fun Night  4:30-6:30p.m.

Family Fun Night will consist of many activities for students and families to participate in together.  Events include Chili Supper, Cake Walk, Ring Toss, Corn hole, Basketball, Golf, Face Painting, Popcorn, Book Swap, and fall photos of families.  We hope all of our families attend for this fun-filled night.

 Deer Park Elementary School                     Cindy Galloway

        4959 New Hartford Road                      852-7270

 Thursday 9/22 - Run/Walk Club 2:30-3:15

 Friday 9/23 - 5^th grade to Angel Mounds 8-1:45; 4^th grade to Botanical Gardens & Art Museum 8:45-1:15

East View Elementary School                     Ann Marie Williams

        6104 Kentucky 405                                   852-7350             

Tuesday, Sept. 20^th Faculty and Staff will be part of a Ruby Payne Training with Angie Judd from 2:45-4pm in school library.

 Friday, Sept. 23^rd  Community Meeting and we will celebrate our weekly successes!!

 We continue to support good attendance this month with our daily giveaways for perfect attendance!!

 Highland Elementary School                      Anita Newman

        2909 Leitchfield Road                            852-7370             

Attendance Blitz continues… Prizes awarded each day in a random drawing!

 Friday, September 23 - At 10:30 – Jeff Lyons, local meteorologist, will visit our school to help students learn about “Storm Safety”

 Meadow Lands Elementary School          Kevin Lowe

        3500 Hayden Road                                  852-7450             

 MLES Running Club will compete at the Yellow Creek XC meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20.

 Homeroom Mom and Volunteer Training – 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21

Bus Safety – 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 22

Sorgho Elementary School                          Beverly Dawson

        5390 Kentucky 56                                     852-7470             

Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 21 & 22) we will hold our Health Assessment. 

Friday, September 24 – Sorgho will hold their annual Fall Festival.  Come join us for lots of fun from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Chili Supper will be in the cafeteria, games will be outside, we will have a faculty/staff made cake auction in the gym.  We will have inflatables, hair feather station, cake walk, duck pond and other fun game booths and food.  All tickets are $.50 each.

Saturday, September 25 – Sorgho will hold a Washington DC fundraiser selling pre-purchased BBQ chickens.  If interested contact the school at 852-7470.  Pick up will be from 12-1:30 p.m. in front of Sorgho School.

 Tamarack Elementary School                     Allison Coomes

        1733 Tamarack Road                               852-7550             

Tuesday – Paragon Candy Scramble for Fundraiser – 1:30 Cafeteria

Wednesday – Special Needs Field Trip to Audubon State Park 9:00-1:00 for “Audubon Days.”  The park plans a special interactive day for ALL our units with special needs.  This is a favorite day!

Thursday – Cross Country Race (for the medals and trophies) 5:30 @ Panther Creek Park South –very colorful event.  Perfect for GREAT pictures!

 West Louisville Elementary School         Nathan Satterly

        9661 Kentucky 56                                     852-7650

Wednesday, September 20^th there will be a mandatory Parent meeting for the 4^th Grade Field Trip at the school

 Friday, September 23^rd, WES will have a PTO Tailgate Party from 6:00PM – 8:00 in the school parking lot.

This is a time for our WES family to gather, share and build the community relationships between home and school.

Whitesville Elementary School                 Cindy Appleby

        9656 Kentucky 54                                     852-7670             

Friday – Sept. 23 – PTO Tailgate Party 6-8  This event is to say thanks to everyone who has joined PTO.  There will be food, fun, and music around the walking track.

Burns Middle School                                      Dane Ferguson

        4610 Goetz Drive                                     852-7400             

      BMS Back to School Sock Hop—3:30-5:00 Friday, Sept. 23

College View Middle School                      Jennifer Crume

        5061 New Hartford Road                      852-7500             

The Astronomy Club will be starting next Tuesday, Sept. 20 in the Tech Ed room.  It will meet every Tuesday morning from 7:40 to 8:00 am.  You will learn more than you know about Outer Space.

 Color guard – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20

 The Youth Service Center along with the Daviess County Extension Office is sponsoring Cupcake Wars on Thursday, Sept. 22.  Each participant will have the opportunity to make & decorate 8 cupcakes. 

 Sign Language Club meets at 7:40 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the sixth-grade computer lab.

 Cross country team competes in Bowling Green – 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24.