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Education briefs for Sept. 29

September 28, 2011|Journal staff report | news@jessaminejournal.com

West Middle hosts registration for DC trip

West Jessamine Middle School will have a registration night Tuesday, Oct. 4, for all eighth-grade students interested in going on the Washington, D.C., trip.
Students on the Mustang team can register from 7-7:45 p.m. Students on the Trailblazer team can register from 7:45-8:15 p.m. Students must bring all paperwork with them the night of registration. Call 859-885-2244, ext. 2102, with questions.

East Middle students visit Louisville museums

East Middle gifted and talented students visited two museums in Louisville on Friday, Sept. 16. They took a guided tour of the Speed Museum, located on the campus of University of Louisville, viewing works by artists like Monet and Rembrandt. Then the group of 48 students traveled to the Frasier History Museum to view the traveling exhibit entitled “Da-Vinci, The Genius.” Accompanying the students were administrator James Botts, art teacher Lynn Davidson, and gifted-and-talented teacher Debbie Rains.

West band takes second in Hebron

The West Jessamine marching band finished second at the Conner Classic in Hebron on Sept. 25, scoring just a tenth of a point behind 3A Dixie Heights. In the preliminary competition, West won best general effect, best music, best percussion, best auxiliary, best visual effect, and first place in Class 2A. West finished second in the finals competition but won overall general effect, overall visual effect, and reserve grand champion.

Local animals headed to international livestock expo

Katlyn Vencill of Nicholasville has entered six head of livestock in the dairy-cow division of the 38th annual North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE). Vencill’s entries include two head of brown swiss, three head of Jersey and one head of milking shorthorn.

The NAILE, scheduled for Nov. 5-18 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, is recognized as the world’s largest purebred livestock show, with more than 23,000 entries and nearly $700,000 in prizes and awards.

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