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I N S I D E T H I S

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Calendar of

Events

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FRYSC thanks 4

FRYSC donors 5

PTO News 6

Band Beat 7

Birthday List 8

Lunch Menu 9

Every Friday is Spirit Day -

Wear PURPLE !

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 NEWSMAKERS J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 2

Upcoming Events

Classes resume for

students on

Tuesday, Jan 3rd

School will be

dismissed on Monday,

Jan 16th in honor of

Martin Luther King

Day.

On Jan 9th the DSHS

cheerleaders will be

performing their

competition routine

at half time of

the ballgames.

Character Word for January

“PUNCTUALITY”

KUDOS TO OUR SCHOOL

FOOD SERVICE

Although I don’t say it nearly often enough, I

am very proud of our lunchroom program.

Ms. Ladonna Bennett and her

staff work very hard to en-

sure that our students have

good-tasting, healthy meals.

So many restrictions are

placed on menu items and the way they can

be prepared, it is sometimes very difficult to

serve foods that meet all of the government

requirements but still taste good. Some of

you may think this is just a job to our

cafeteria workers, but I know how much they

really care about our students and want to do

the best job possible for them. Our lunch-

room prepared a total of 95,974 lunches

and 48,234 breakfasts last year!!

We have very good results with our on-line

pay and student account methods of payment

in the cafeteria. Occasionally, we do have a

few parents who get behind

in payments. We do not

want to keep any child from

eating due to lack of funds.

Please look at your child’s

online account or call Ms.

Bennett at school if you are not certain about

the money in your child’s account.

We want you to come to school and eat with

your children. I know this is especially im-

portant to parents with children in kindergar-

ten and first grade. We ask that you not

come to eat lunch with the more than once a

week. Although it is very difficult to watch

our babies grow up, they do need to establish

their own independence away from us.

Learning to go through the lunch line and

getting their food is a small step in this big

process of getting big.

Thank you for your continuing support of our

school system.

~Alexis Seymore, Superintendent~

Representative Ben Waide presented Dawson

Springs High School principal, Terry Hayes,

and Dawson Springs School System

superintendent Alexis Seymore with a certifi-

cate of accomplishment from The House of

Representatives of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky. According to No Child Left Behind

scores from state tests taken in the spring of

2011, Dawson Springs High School was ranked

24th out of a total of 230 Kentucky high

schools in the percentages of students scoring

proficient and distinguished in the curriculum

areas of math and reading.

Seventy-two percent of Dawson Springs High

School students scored proficient or

distinguished in reading and sixty-five percent

scored proficient or distinguished in math.

Attention

Parents of

Bus Riders

It’s very important that you are outside waiting

for your child when the school bus arrives.

Our school policy does not allow us to drop

off a child in grades P-3 unless a

parent/guardian is visible. If you have any

questions, please call Mrs. LaDonna at 797-

3811, ext. 4007.

NEWSMAKERS

IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A PANTHER!

Panther Power!

I would like to say “Thank You” to the Dawson Springs

Police Department, Dawson Springs Independent School

System FRYSC, and Mr. Ross Workman for a wonderful

“Shop with the Cops” this year. All of the children were

so excited to have this opportunity to go and shop for

themselves and their families. It was a wonderful experi-

ence and I look forward to many more in the fu-

ture. Thank you to all of those who were involved.

Jennifer Ward, K-6 Principal

Dawson

Springs 6th

Grade Team

finishes 3rd

overall at

the Sixth

Grade

Showcase

Congratulations to the following winners in their

assessment categories:

~LANGUAGE ARTS~

Lauren Davenport - 1st Place

Kiana Hooper- 2nd Place

~SCIENCE~

Hunter McGee -4th Place tie

Jacob Vaughn - 4th Place tie

~SOCIAL STUDIES~

Kiana Hooper - 5th Place

Hunter McGee - 6th Place

~ARTS & HUMANITIES~

Jacob Vaughn - 4th Place

~COMPOSITION~

Madison Garrett - 2nd Place

Aylsta Butts - 6th Place

Way to go 6th Grade Academic Team and Coach

Mrs. Kathy Kelley!

Dawson Springs Students

Spread Holiday Cheer

To celebrate the holiday season with the Dawson

Springs community, several of the students in Ms.

Corie's Speech and Language classes created holiday

cards for the residents at Outwood. All of the

students involved had such a great time decorating

the cards and learning about the importance of

"Giving" during this holiday season. A special thanks

to Ryan Anglin, Stephanie Johnson, Rose Dunbar,

and Rachel Akin for delivering the Holiday cards to

the residents.

Congratulations to Allison Gordon,

DSHS winner of the annual Scripps

Spelling Bee. Allison, an 8th

grader, will represent our school in

the Tri-State Spelling Bee in

Evansville on February 4th.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Happy

New

Year!

2 JV/V Girls BB

Away - 6 PM

McLean Co.

School dismissed

for New Year

Holiday

3 JV/V Boys BB

Away - 6 PM

Hopkins Central

Classes resume

for students

4 5 6V Boys & Girls

BB Doubleheader

Away - 6 PM

Caldwell Co.

7

8 9 JV/V Girls BB

Home - 6 PM

Crittenden Co.

10 JV/V Boys BB

Away - 6 PM

Union County

Band Booster

Meeting - 6:30

PM

11 12 13 V Girls & Boys

Double-Header

Away - 6 PM

North Hopkins

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Regional

Cheer

Competi-

tion

2 PM

Henderson

County

15 16

NO

SCHOOL

MLK Day

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18

Boys & Girls

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Class A Tourney

(no games on

Wednesday)

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20 JV/V Girls BB

Away - 6 PM

Ft. Campbell

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22 23

Board of

Education

Meeting - 5 PM

PTO Meeting

6 PM

24V Girls & Boys

Double-Header

Home - 6 PM

Hopkins Central

Band Chili

Supper

4:30-6:30 - MPR

25 26 27 V Girls & Boys

Double-Header

Away - 6 PM

Lyon County

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Girls/Boys

Double-

Header

Away

5 PM

@ Fulton

Co.

29 30 31 JV/V Boys BB

Home - 6 PM

CCA

The Dawson Springs Board of Education

provides equal educational and

employment opportunities

January 2012 Events P A G E 3

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January Birthdays Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1Abigail Parker 12

Cade Trautman 12

Skyler Yeisley 13

Whitney Alexander

18 Tyler Martin

18 Ben Puckett

18

2 Brooklyn Walls 12

Sarah Patton 15

Ashley Hart 18

3 Nicholas Conners

7 Mikayla Jackson

11 Gary Bivins

18

4 5 Maxx Phebus 18

6 Seth Dismang 12

7 Aaron Peters 4

8 Austin Corbitt 6

Tre Frambrough 17

9 Franklin Suttle 11

Cody Ellison 13

Todd Bullock 18

10 Misty Fields 12

Beth Dillingham

11 Gracie Barnett

5 Haley Jones

16

12 Alyssa Dismang

11 McCade Freeman

17

13 14 Keyli Burden 13

Alisha Darling 18

Joe Loney

15 Dakota Carter

7 Jelayna Earl

12

16 Logan Halverson

7 Micah Morse

14

17 18 Lauryn Sizemore

9 Matalie Fain

10 Mallory Hall

11 Ashley Beecham

18

19 20 Ethan Fain 11

21 Hunter Buck 13

David Hayes 18

22 Angela Latham

11 James Burns

13 Christina Hamby

16 Skyler Hays

19

23 Zoe Howton 10

Katelinn Green 11

24 Catherine Alexander

12

Trudy Hendrickson

25 Jacob Drake 10

John Meredith 13

26 Grayson Brewer

7 Zachary Peters

7 CJ Meredith

15

27 Levi Wiggins 17

Dan Dillingham

28 Gabe Workman

8 Tiffany Fox

15

29 Will Simons 9

Trey Blanchard 10

James Davis 11

Kayla Purdy 13

Amber Crook 17

Whitley Dilling-ham 18

30 31James Embry 6

Stevie Bullock 7

Casey Laffoon 13

Birthday Winners

Gracie Barnett & James Burns

Anyone whose name appears on this list is eligible for a 10%

discount on an ice cream cake when you present this list

at our local Dairy Queen at the time of purchase

P A G E 8

P A G E 9 Panther Paws Menu for January 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Choice of One Buffalo Chicken Wrap or Chicken Nuggets

Choice of Two Fries, Pinto Beans, Fruit, Texas Toast

Breakfast Sausage, Biscuit &

Gravy

4 Choice of One Chicken Fried Steak

or Meatloaf Choice of Two

Creamed Potatoes, Green Beans, Baked

Apples, Rolls

Breakfast Poptart or Cereal,

Fruit

5 Choice of One Rotini w/Garlic Bread

Choice of Two Veggies w/Dip, Coleslaw, Fruit

Breakfast Scrambled Eggs, Bacon & Biscuit

6 Choice of One Pizza or Corndog

Choice of Two Corn, Salad Cup,

Fruit

Breakfast Chicken & Biscuit,

Applesauce

7

8 9 Choice of One Chicken Strips & Gravy or Chuck-

wagon Choice of Two

Fries, Carrots, Fruit, Texas Toast

Breakfast

Sausage, Biscuit & Gravy

10 Choice of One Lasagna w/Bread or

Rib Sandwich Choice of Two

Corn on Cob, Cole-slaw, Fruit

Breakfast Breakfast Pizza, Chocolate Muffin

11 Choice of One Chicken Fried Steak

or Turkey Choice of Two

Creamed Potatoes, Green Beans, Baked

Apples, Rolls

Breakfast Poptart or Cereal,

Fruit

12 Choice of One Hotdog or Ham/

Cheese Croissant or Philly Beef

Choice of Two Hashbrown, Baked

Beans, Fruit

Breakfast Oatmeal, Sausage &

Toast

13 Choice of One Pizza or Corndog

Choice of Two Corn, Salad Cup,

Fruit, Cookie

Breakfast Pillsbury Cinnamon

Bites, Fruit

14

15 16 17 Choice of One Chicken Filet or Spicy

Chicken Choice of Two

Spicy Fries, Peas & Carrots, Mac & Cheese, Fruit

Breakfast

Breakfast Pizza, Chocolate Muffin

18 Choice of One Chicken Fried Steak

or Meatloaf Choice of Two

Creamed Potatoes, Green Beans, Baked

Apples, Rolls

Breakfast Poptart or Cereal,

Fruit

19 Choice of One Chili w/Crackers or

Chili Dog Choice of Two

1/2 Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Coleslaw,

Fruit

Breakfast Chicken & Biscuit,

Applesauce

20 Choice of One Pizza or Corndog

Choice of Two Corn, Salad Cup,

Fruit

Breakfast Sausage/Pancake on

Stick, Fruit

21

22 23 Choice of One Buffalo Chicken Wrap or Chicken

Nuggets Choice of Two

Fries, Pinto Beans, Fruit, Texas Toast

Breakfast

Sausage, Biscuit & Gravy

24 Choice of One Beef/Cheese Nachos

or Rib Sandwich Choice of Two

Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Lettuce & Tomato Cup, Fruit

Breakfast

Breakfast Pizza, Chocolate Muffin

25 Choice of One Chicken Fried Steak

or Pork Roast Choice of Two

Creamed or Sweet Potatoes, Green

Beans, Rolls

Breakfast Poptart or Cereal,

Fruit

26 Choice of One Bacon/Cheeseburger

or Hamburger Choice of Two

Spicy Fries, Baked Beans, Fruit

Breakfast Chicken & Biscuit,

Applesauce

27 Choice of One Pizza or Corndog

Choice of Two Corn, Salad Cup,

Fruit, Cookie

Breakfast Waffles & Syrup ,

Fruit

28

29 30 Choice of One Chicken Strips & Gravy or Chuck-

wagon Choice of Two

Fries, Carrots, Fruit, Texas Toast

Breakfast

Sausage, Biscuit & Gravy

31 Choice of One Chili w/Crackers or

Burrito Choice of Two

1/2 Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Coleslaw,

Fruit

Breakfast Breakfast Pizza, Chocolate Muffin

LaDonna Bennett, Food Service Director 270-797-2957 ext. 4030

Assorted cereal, milk and juice offered daily for

breakfast.

Grab-N- G0, Salad and Potato Bar offered

daily for lunch.