Events 2

Breakfast Menu 3

Lunch Menu 4

Piggies for Preemies 5

Band News 6

Birthdays 7

Volunteers Recognized 8

2013-14 School Calendar 9

It’s a Great Day

to be a Panther!

D A W S O N S P R I N G S

I N D E P E N D E N T

S C H O O L S

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Upcoming Events

FALL BREAK Friday, Oct 4 -

Monday, Oct 14

Soccer Districts The week of October 14

School Counts Breakfast

Friday, Oct 18

Moonlight Madness

Friday, Oct 25

National ACT Saturday, Oct 26

Red Ribbon Week Monday, Oct 28 -

Friday, Nov 1

Character word for October is “COOPERATION”

MOONLIGHT MADNESS Moonlight Madness will be held on

Friday, October 25. This is the an-

nual debut of the Varsity & JV

Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball teams

plus the High School Pep and

Competition Cheer teams. The

Middle School Basketball & Cheer

teams will also participate.

Come on out and support our

Dawson Springs teams!

BOYS’ & GIRLS’ SOCCER DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS The District 7 Soccer Tournaments will be

held the week of October 14. New redistricting lines pit our Dawson Springs teams against Caldwell Co., Hopkins Co.

Central & Madisonville-North. Both the Boys’ & Girls’ district games will

be held at Riverside Park this year. Go Panthers!!

HAVE A GREAT FALL BREAK! Break begins Friday, Oct. 4.

Students return Tuesday, Oct. 15

MIDDLESCHOOL &

PRIMARY ACADEMIC

TEAMS FUNDRAISER The Middle School & Primary Aca-

demic Teams will be selling Yankee

Candles starting October 18 and con-

tinuing for 2 weeks. Money Must be

turned in with the orders. Items will

be delivered in plenty of time for

Christmas. Please call Kathy Kelley

for more info or to place an order.

I NS I D E T H I S

I S S U E

PIGGIES FOR PREEMIES Our foster Grandparents, Carolyn Sigler

in the Preschool & Wendy Shipley in the

Elementary, are collecting change for

their “Make a Difference Day” project.

Please help these two wonderful ladies

exceed their goals. More details on the

Kosair Childrens’ Hospital “Pennies for

Preemies” program and fundraising

efforts are included on page 5.

RED RIBBON WEEK Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol,

tobacco and other drug and violence

prevention awareness campaign that

will be observed this year from

Monday, October 28 through

Friday, November 1.

Dawson Springs school children,

school staff and community mem-

bers will show their support by

wearing red ribbons and apparel. A

drug prevention / anti-bullying pro-

gram, featuring the Wulfe Brothers,

will be held on Monday, Oct 28, for

both the Elementary and High

Schools to kick off the week.

October Events

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Cross Country @

Hopkins Co Central

5:30 Girls’ Soccer vs

Caldwell Co.

@ home

2

National Custodial

Worker Day

3

5:30 B/G Soccer @

Union Co.

4

FALL BREAK

5

Band @ Hopkins

Co Central &

McLean Co.

Cross County @

Trigg Co. Fenton

Dawson Invitational

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6:30 Band Boosters

9

FALL BREAK

10

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7:00 Boys’ Soccer @

Ohio Co.

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Soccer Districts

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FALL BREAK

Staff Development

Columbus Day

15

5:30 7/8 Gr Girls’

Basketball @

Caldwell Co.

16

3:30 Elementary

SBDM Meeting

4:00 HS SBDM

Meeting

National Boss’ Day

17

5:30 7/8 Gr Boys’

Basketball @

Lyon Co.

18

School Counts

Breakfast @ MCC for

Grades 10-12

2:15 Jr. Beta Club

Induction in Gym

6:00 7/8 Girls’ Basket-

ball vs Lyon Co.

@ home

19

Band Quarterfinals

@ Hopkinsville

9:00 a.m. Cross

County @ Christian

Co. Invitational

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Presidents’ Day

5:30 School Board

Meeting

22

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Cross Country @

Caldwell Co.

23

National School Bus

Safety Week

12:30-1:00 MCC visit

in HS Lobby

24

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5:30 7/8 Gr Girls’

Basketball @

Crittenden Co.

6:00 8 Gr Boys’

Basketball vs

Christian Fellowship

@ home

25

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PTO Window Painting

Moonlight

Madness

26

8:00 National ACT

in HS MPR

Band Semifinals &

Finals @ Louisville

Cross Country @

Graves Co.

27

PTO Book Fair

In Hard Work

Café 10/28-11/1

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Wulfe Bros Program

Primary 12:15

& HS 1:15

6:00-7:00 KHEAA

“Paying for College”

In HS Media Center

6:00 PTO Meeting

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12:30-1:00 Murray

State visit in HS

Lobby

5:30 7/8 Gr Boys’

Basketball @

Crittenden Co.

30

RED RIBBON

WEEK

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Nov 1

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Cross Country

Regionals @

Marshall Co.

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October Birthdays

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Trace Menser 18 Asher Lucas 15 Shane Shaw 3

2

Jennifer Mccraw 14

3

Allison Gordon 16

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Eric Cotton 15 Talon Moore 12 Ayden Davis 11

6

Addison Pleasant 5 Steven Pleasant 5

7

Jeremy Drake 17 Elizabeth Garrett 7 Aubrie Hickerson 6

8

Hannah Winters 16 Brandon Ford 14

9

Bradleigh Bruch 18 Caitlynn Moore 17 Sydney Menser 16 Amber Putman 11

10

Connor Prow 15 Ethan Huddleston 12 Graclyn Haynes 8 Chyenne Earl 7

11

Erin Woolsey 15 Brooke Purdy 14 Riley Buntin 7

12

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Davin Robinson 5 Joy Cowen Martha Davis

15

Adriana Coy 15 Hailey Goodaker 7 Lori Wooton

16 17

Zane Howard 7 Jacob Embry 6 Jenny Bruce

18

Jazmyn Robinson 11 Alexa Wells 11

19

Shyann Wilken 13

20

Kylie Daugherty 16 Briana Trover 15

21

Lee Hall

22

Kevin Cummins 17 Timothy Franklin 9

23

Brandon Cunningham 19 Brady Brown 6 Meleah Greenfield 6 Dalton Lloyd 5 Angelia Blanchard

24

Andrew Barnhart 12

25

Montana Stallins 15

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27

Alexis Atkins 16 Sherri Lanham

28

Alexis Blanton 11

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Bryson Coggins 6 Aliyah Schomer 6 Charisse Pace

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Kourtney Thompson 16

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October Birthday Cake Winners

Brooke Purdy & Aliyah Schomer

Present this page at our local Dairy Queen for a FREE Ice

Cream Birthday Cake.

Anyone whose name appears on this calendar is

eligible for a 10% discount on an ice cream cake when you present this page at our

local Dairy Queen at the time of purchase.

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