From Pembroke to LacyBY SADIE EDWARDS AND DAVID CUMMINS

Lacy is an amazing and funschool. That is why we have sevennew teachers, but we are onlygoing to talk about the three thatcame from Pembroke: Mrs. NatalieAllen, Mrs. Melinda Schmitt, andMrs. Michelle Walden. Mrs. Allenand Mrs. Schmitt teach the thirdgrade, and Mrs. Walden teaches thefifth grade.We asked Mrs. Allen a few ques-

tions about Lacy. The first questionwe asked was, “How do you like theway Lacy works?” She said, “I loveReading Writing Workshop andMath Workshop, and I love confer-encing with the kids.” Anotherquestion we asked was, “How do youlike teaching the third grade?” Shesaid, “I think third grade is a goodfit for me because I have taughtthird grade before.” Mrs. Allen is areally good and fun teacher.One other question we asked

was, “How do you like your thirdgrade students?” She answered,“They are fun to be around and allthe students love to learn.” Mrs.Allen seems to really like the thirdgrade. We are very happy to have ateacher like Mrs. Natalie Allen atLacy Elementary.Next, we are going to talk to Mrs.

Melinda Schmitt about the thirdgrade. We asked Mrs. Schmitt somequestions. The first question weasked was, “How do you like theway Lacy works?” She said, “Ithink the Reading Writing Work-shop and Math Workshop are ex-cellent programs. I think by usingthem it will help the students be-come better readers, and I love thetechnology that we use.” Anotherquestion we asked was, “How doyou like Lacy?” She answered, “Ilove Lacy and think it’s a wonder-ful school.” It is just great that Mrs.Schmitt came from Pembroke, andwe have her as a third gradeteacher.Another question we asked Mrs.

Schmitt was, “How do you likeyour job?” She answered, “I lovemy job and think that it is very im-portant because I help kids withtheir future education.” We lovehaving Mrs. Melinda Schmitt as ateacher because she wants to helpher students learn in a fun way!The last teacher we talked with

was the fifth grade teacher, Mrs.Michelle Walden. We asked her afew questions as well. One ques-tion we asked was, “Do you liketeaching the fifth grade?” Shereplied, “I think fifth grade is per-fect because the students are oldenough that they are starting to bemore independent but still youngenough that I can be a positive in-fluence to help them make good de-cisions.” Another question weasked Mrs. Walden was, “How longhave you taught?” Mrs. Walden an-swered, “I taught fourth grade forone year and fifth grade for tenyears, so I have taught for elevenyears total.”Another question we asked was,

“How do you like the way Lacyworks?” She answered, “I reallylike Reading Writing Workshop

and Math Workshop. I think that itis a great way to help all studentslearn.” Mrs. Walden is an excellentteacher, and we are so happy tohave her. She is such a fun, lovingteacher, and she gets the job done.

We have such great teachers atLacy. We think these three ladiesare amazing, and we are happy thatthey chose to come to Lacy Ele-mentary. We are proud to havethem as Lacy Wildcats.

The Lacy Ledger

BY ARIANNA COOK

Every year Lacy’s KCCTscores have been increasing.Two years ago we made a seven-teen point gain. In this article,the results of how Lacy achievedsuch accomplishments will bediscussed by the staff and stu-dents.I asked Mrs. Lamirande, “Do

you think that we’ve improvedon the KCCT scores?”She replied, “Yes!” Then I

asked her, “Are you pleased withthe scores?” She said, “Yes, the

students worked hard.” Afterthat, I asked Mrs. Lamirande,“What will you do to help im-prove our scores even more?”She responded, “Focus on vocab-ulary and work with the stu-dents.” Next, I asked her, “Whatdo you think are our best testingsubjects?” “Reading and math,”stated Mrs. Lamirande. Mrs.Lamirande, one of our fifthgrade teachers, is doing a greatjob of helping everybody withtheir learning.Later, I interviewed Ms.

Chulpsa. First, I asked, “Do you

think that we have improved onthe KCCT scores?” “I do think wehave improved because of ourindex,” said Ms. Chulpsa. I thenasked, “Are you pleased with ourscores?” She responded, “Yes, be-cause the students worked veryhard.” I continued asking herquestions and my next questionwas, “What will you do to helpour scores to continue to im-prove?” She said, “I will teach thenew standards and support thestudents.” My final questionwas, “What do you think is ourbest subject?” “Reading andmath,” Ms. Chulpsa said proudly.Ms. Chulpsa is a great teacher,and she always encourages Lacystudents.After that, I interviewed our

principal, Mr. Chris Bentzel. Iasked, “Are you pleased with our

scores?” He said,“Yes, I think the stu-dents worked veryhard.” Then I askedhim, “Do you think wehave improved?”“Yes, when you in-crease, you do bet-ter,” Mr. Bentzelsaid proudly. Fi-nally, I asked, “Whatwill you do to help improveour scores this year?” He re-sponded, “I’ll work withteachers and motivate the stu-dents.” Mr. Bentzel is always mo-tivating Lacy students. He workshard to make sure we get out ed-ucation while having fun.I interviewed a fifth grader, Se-

brina Hodge. First, I asked her,“Do you think that we have im-proved?” She said, “Yes!” Then, Iasked her, “Are you pleased with

the scores?” Seb-rina responded,

“No, I think we could do better.”My next question was, “Whatwill you do to help improve ourscores?” She said, “I will workharder.”

ROADMAP TO SUCCESSHow students at Lacy

succeed on state tests

SEE SCORES, PAGE 3

PHOTO BY SADIE EDWARDS AND DAVID CUMMINS

Mrs. Michelle Walden assists Lavalle Bynum with his math work.

Mrs. NatalieAllen checkswith Bariah Baaluto makesure she understandswhat she is learning.

PHOTO BY SADIE

EDWARDS AND

DAVID CUMMINS

PHOTO BY SADIE EDWARDS AND DAVID CUMMINS

Mrs. Mindy Schmitt works with David Johnson during reading class.

A special publication of Lacy Elementary School s Volume 2, Issue 1 s December 2012

A day in the life of Mr. B

BY JEFFREY POWELL AND ESTEBAN TOLEDO

We love school but we love Lacy Elementary themost because of the Gold Paws. Receiving GoldPaws is fun and exciting. There are prizes for goodbehavior and a special paw to show what you are.Gold Paws are simply a gold paper which signifiesgood behavior at Lacy Elementary. Kids at Lacy gowild for Gold Paws when they earn them.Since Lacy Elementary is a school that has this

program, it would be very interesting to know whostarted it. The Gold Paws were originally given bysubstitute teachers, Blue Paws were given by home-room teachers, and White Paws were given by thegeneral staff to students who showed good behavior.This idea began with Mrs. Livingston, and they re-ceived small prizes for the honor. However, when Mr.Bentzel came in 2009, he changed it to Gold Paws forstudents of the week. Thanks goes to Mr. Bentzel forapproving the program and supporting it.

Rewards of Gold Paws

PHOTO BY JEFFREY POWELL

Gold Paw recipients are displayed for following the Lacy Elemen-tary Guideline for Success of showing respect.

SEE GOLD PAWS, PAGE 4

Lacy salutes

our veterans

A hayride

to rememberPage 2 Page 3

BY JOSEPH BROWN

When I chose the topic for my article, I thought ofMr. Bentzel, whom we all call Mr. B. He is the principalat Lacy Elementary, and this is his third year. Mr. B.cares about everyone at the school, and he shows useach and every day. He knows all of the students’names, and we all know that he wants the best for us.I wanted to know about how a day at school is for

Mr. B., so I interviewed him. He told me his day atLacy Elementary begins at 5:30 a.m. When he gets to

school, he checks his emails andgets ready for morning assem-bly. Next, he checks on histeachers to see if anyone can-not make it to school. Then hecalls substitutes for the teach-ers who will be absent.

The next thing he doesis bus duty and cafete-ria duty. He makessure students get toschool safely andthat students get toeat breakfast if theywant. Next, he con-ducts morning as-sembly which Mr. B.said, “Morning as-sembly is my favoritepart of the day be-cause it is when I get to

see all my kids in onegroup together.”

SEE MR. B, PAGE 2

PAGE 2 | LACY LEDGER

BY GRACIE GARRETT

Have you ever found a greatway to keep school memories?Well, here’s an idea! Lacy Ele-mentary displayed their mem-ories by having a t-shirt quiltmade. This quilt is very prettyand an amazing thing for ourschool.The quilt has many fascinat-

ing t-shirts in it. One t-shirtgoes back to 1993. Another is apart of Lacy’s 70th year an-niversary showcasing all threebuildings the school has occu-pied. Former students Eliza-beth Jordan and MalloryMorris drew the designs for the‘03 and ‘04 t-shirts. Also, one ofthe t-shirts states that we are a2003-2004 National Title 1 Dis-tinguished School. Anotherone has the guidelines for suc-cess, and two are our testing t-

shirts from previous years.The amazing quilt was sold

at Lacy’s Fall Festival in anopen auction. The auction wasquite lively. The bids startedlow but ended with a whopping$200.00 for the successful bid-der who was Jamie Koehler.When I interviewed Mrs.

Koehler, I asked her why shewould pay so much for thequilt. She said, “I don’t thinkthere could be a price put onthe quilt. Memories are price-less and the quilt is a collectionof memories.” I asked her whatshe was going to do with thequilt and she replied, “I’m notgoing to use the quilt. It’s goingto hang in my boys’ room. Iwanted my boys to have it be-cause of the history of LacySchool and the lady who madeit.” The final question I askedwas her feeling about the quilt.

Her response was, “I think it’sa great way to keep your mem-ories.” I asked some other people

their feelings about the quiltand here are some of their re-sponses. Mrs. Annette Finleysaid, “I’m loving it! There’s alot of history.” Mrs. JessicaLamirande said, “It was awe-some to see all of the t-shirtsput in the quilt.” I also askedMrs. Debbie Olp, and her re-sponse was, “I thought it wasbeautiful! It’s a great way tosave memories.” The last per-son I asked was Mrs. Kim Grif-fith. Her answer was, “I think itshows Lacy pride.” I agree witheach of their responses. Ithought it was beautiful andalso a great idea.The quilt was made and do-

nated by Mrs. Edith Marcumwho is a former student and

teacher at Lacy. She went toschool at Lacy from fourthgrade to ninth grade. Her ninthgrade class was the last class atLacy before they consolidatedall the grade schools to makethe county high school. In De-cember of 1967, she returned toLacy to teach first grade. Shetaught here for three years.Mrs. Marcum is amazing! Wethank her for her dedication tothis school and for making thebeautiful quilt.This quilt is awesome. Diana

Hight said, “The quilt wasmade for a fundraiser but alsofor a collection of school mem-ories.” I think everyone at Lacywill keep the memory of thisquilt in their minds for a verylong time, and maybe otherswill decide to do somethingsimilar with all their Lacy t-shirts.

Quilt of Colors captures memories

PHOTO PROVIDED

This quilt, created by Mrs. Edith Marcum, was auc-tioned off at Lacy’s Fall Festival and purchased byMrs. Jamie Koehler. The quilt was created from a vari-ety of Lacy t-shirts and brought back many wonder-ful memories.

BY BECKY GINN, JESSICA LAMIRANDEAND MICHELLE WALDEN

When Mr. Bentzel approached usabout doing this year’s fifth gradeedition of the Lacy Ledger, we werevery excited. As we looked throughthe articles the fifth graders wrotelast year, we could see how benefi-cial real world writing would be forstudents’ learning. The LacyLedger creates a purposeful, real,and engaging way for students toexpress their thoughts and learnabout the writing process. As a kickoff for this project, stu-

dents met with the publisher of theKentucky New Era, Mr. TaylorHayes. His enthusiasm for the stu-dents as writers got them excitedabout being actual published au-thors. Next, we took a trip to theKentucky New Era for the studentsto see how newspapers are createdfrom start to finish. The highlightfor many of the students waswatching the press run. We were allamazed at how intricate the presswas and how quickly the paperswere printed.Once students were back in the

classroom, they had to do a lot ofbrainstorming and planning to doin order to determine the subject oftheir article. Once they had theirfocus they began to prepare towrite by interviewing people re-lated to their story. Once studentshad gathered all their informationthey completed a rough draft andrevised their pieces by talking toteachers and other students. Fi-nally, their final drafts were readyfor publication.Many skills were utilized in the

writing process. The students hadto learn to take notes, use punctua-tion correctly, use a thesaurus toaid with word choice, and readtheir papers orally to listen fortheir own mistakes. We feel thefifth graders at Lacy have trulybenefited from this experience andwill be rewarded by seeing all theirhard work pay off .We would like to thank the faculty

and staff at Lacy Elementary fortheir cooperation with this project.Many took time to meet with stu-dents to be interviewed and pho-tographed. All served as anencouragers to help students alongthe way. We would also like to thankMr. Terry Hayes, who not onlymade this project possible, but alsotook the time to come to school to beinterviewed himself. Finally, wewould like to thank the students fortheir hard work and dedication toseeing this project all the waythrough.

Creating the LedgerBY CHEYENNE LARSON

When I thought of subjects for my article, I thought of morn-ing assembly. Since this is my second year at Lacy, I had somequestions. I like morning assembly, and my other schools didnot have one so I went to Mr. Bentzel to ask some questionsabout how morning assembly began.Eight years ago Mr. B. went to T.C. Cherry Elementary

School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and saw a morning as-sembly program. He liked it and when he became principal atLacy, he started doing it himself. When he was teaching at Bel-mont, they had morning assembly too. Mr. B. said, “I lovemorning assembly because it is my time with the students.”Morning assembly takes place in the gym/cafeteria first

thing in the morning when we get to school. Each day we singa patriotic song. Mr. B. has a schedule that he uses each day.His favorite song is “My Old Kentucky Home.”Each day we begin by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Then

we sing our song and do the guidelines for success which arepositive, accountable, willing to learn, and show respect, alsoknown as PAWS. Then we say our mission statement which be-gins with the letters of LACY: Learning is our responsibility,Achieving proficiency is expected, Creating our future gradu-ates, Year after year.The next item is the Weather Girl who tells the weather, and

the King of the Grill who tells the menu for the day. These twopeople are 5th graders, and they do this for one nine weeks.Mr. Bentzel then recognizes the Wildcat birthdays for that day,tells the guest teachers and staff, and does students recogni-tion, which is his favorite part of morning assembly. He alsorecognizes homerooms with perfect attendance, makes an-nouncements, and ends with upcoming events. Then we go toour class.Morning assembly is one of my favorite parts of the day. We

learn lots of information about what’s going on in school thatday. I think every school should have a morning assembly.

The origins of the morning assembly

BY KODY BUSH AND HALEY LOUTHAN

Every year Lacy Elementary Schoolhas Positive Behavior System (PBS) Re-wards. They are all different and the firstreward this year was a hayride. Thehayride took place on Tuesday, October 11,beginning at 8:00.The hayride began with the kinder-

garten class, and each grade went afterthem. Mr. Cookie Draper drove the tractorthat pulled the wagon with the studentsand teachers on it. There was a surprisefor the fifth grade while they were on thehayride. Margarita, the school dog, chasedafter the wagon almost the whole trip.Mrs. Kathy Henderson followed us in her

truck just to make sure we all did not needanything.Not everyone went on the hayride. The

only students that were allowed to partic-ipate were the ones who did not have a busreferral, a behavior warning, or an officereferral. If a student received one of thethree referrals, the hayride was automati-cally gone for them.We asked one of our friends how they

felt about the hayride. Her name was Ky-ronda Sharp. She said, “I felt very excitedbecause this is my last year at Lacy, and Ihadn’t been on a hayride since last year.” The hayride began at our own school,

Lacy Elementary. We left from the bus andcar parking lot. We drove on Ovil Road and

turned around at Pleasant Hill BaptistChurch and went back toward the school.However before we got out of the church’sparking lot, a friendly semi truck driverblared his horn at us. We were spooked!We also tried to sing the Lacy theme songalthough many did not participate.After riding on the wagon, we could

have one snack….POPCORN. We wereable to eat it in the classroom when wecame back. We all had a fun day, but thiswas the best of all because it was the lasthayride for the fifth graders. We will begoing to middle school next year, and theannual hayride for us will be one of ourspecial memories from Lacy ElementarySchool.

An extraordinary hayride reward for positive behavior

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After morning assembly he checks attendance tomake sure students are at school. If they are not, hecalls their home to check on them. Mr. B. thenspends his morning watching teachers teach andmaking sure students are learning at a proficientlevel. At lunch he is in the cafeteria eating lunchwith students and making sure they use appropri-ate behavior.I asked Mr. B. what was the best part of his day,

and he said, “The best part is watching studentsgrow and learn more each day.” I also asked himwhat was the worst part of his day. He said,“Putting kids in the Safe Room because they shouldbe in the classroom learning.”After school is over, Mr. B. checks his emails

again, does paperwork, and corresponds with par-ents when needed. He also has meetings afterschool with teachers or anyone that he needs toconference with at that time. His day at Lacy Ele-mentary ends at 5:00 p.m., and he gets home at 5:30.Mr. B. works twelve hours each day at school. I

doubt if everybody knows that about him. Heworks hard each day and expects his students towork hard every day too. He ended our interviewwith this statement: “My job is to make sure stu-dents are learning, and teachers are teaching in asafe and orderly environment.” Thank you, Mr. B.

BY LAVALLE BYNUM

The Veterans Day Parade washeld on Saturday, November 5, 2011,in Hopkinsville. Lacy Elementarywas well represented there. The K-Kids were there in support of ourveterans as well. K-Kids is a club that helps stu-

dents build leadership in their schooland in their community. K-Kidsstands for Kiwanis Kids. They alsohelp our community and school byvolunteering their time to help oth-ers. Some of the projects they do areas follows: Veterans Day Parade,canned food drive, Trick or Treat forUNICEF, Salvation Army AngelTree, and Ring the Bell at Walmartfor the Salvation Army. The sponsors for the K-Kids at

Lacy are Ms. Lauren Scott and Mrs.Jessica Lamirande. They organizedthe members of the K-Kids and anyothers that were present the day ofthe parade. They needed as manystudents, teachers, and other volun-teers to support them and show up atthe parade. They had to wear a Lacyshirt so they could be counted.

The reason everyone had to weara Lacy shirt was because the schoolthat had the most people there wouldreceive $200 and a trophy named BigMac. This is the second year for thecontest, and the students are calledSidewalk Saluters who cheer andclap in support of the veterans. Bal-loons and flags were given away andposters and signs were displayed forour school.When the final tally was made,

Lacy Elementary had 73 people pres-ent. We won the contest! The K-Kidsreceived $200.00 and Big Mac came toour school to stay. The $200.00 will beused for the projects the K-Kids do.Congratulations to the K-Kids, Ms.Scott, and Mrs. Lamirande.

The Big ContestMr. B

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Lynzee Lacy, Ms. Lauren Scott, Mrs. JessicaLamirande, and Micaela Delaney pose withthe “Big Mac” trophy.

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BY KYRONDA SHARP

This year at Lacy Elementary wehave an assortment of teachers andstaff. I wanted to know more aboutMs. Kristin Hendricks, who is akindergarten/Fundations teacher. Iinterviewed her about her back-ground and her feelings about ourschool.I interviewed Ms. Kristin Hen-

dricks and asked her some questions.I asked her, “How many years haveyou taught?” She said, “This is myfirst year.” I then asked her what wassomething that most people did notknow about her. She replied, “I like towatch football.” What is your favoritething to do?” I asked next. She an-

swered, “I love to bakecookies, cakes, etc.”Ms. Hendricks did

her undergraduatework at MurrayState here in Ken-tucky. She still livesin Murray, and be-cause of that, shehas to drive one hourand fifteen minutes each day, everyday. I asked how she found outabout the job in Lacy. She said, “Isaw the job posted on the website.”I also found out that in March of2012, Ms. Hendricks is getting mar-ried and her new name will be Mrs.Kristen Haley.I wanted to know how Ms. Hen-

dricks felt about Lacy Elementary.She told me she loves it here. “Ilove all the kids,” she said. I askedher what her goals were for thekids. She said, “I want all of themreading by the end of kinder-garten.” She is making big goalswith her students because she be-lieves in them. I hope she has agreat year and many more at LacyElementary.In conclusion, Ms. Kristin Hen-

dricks is a new teacher at Lacy Ele-mentary and we wish her a greatyear. She is a wonderful addition tothe teaching staff, and we hope shestays for a long time. Congratula-tions on your engagement, and wewish you the best.

Meet our new kindergarten teacher: Ms. Hendricks

BY MCKENZIE GALLY

Have you ever won-dered why we celebrateVeterans Day? Wars are apart of every nation’s his-tory. Almost 100 yearsago, an official day wasset aside to honor thosewho have fought for thiscountry. At 11:00 a.m. onNovember 11, 1918, anarmistice ended the fight-ing of World War I. In No-vember of 1919, PresidentWoodrow Wilson an-nounced the firstArmistice Day. It wouldbe a day to celebrate vic-tory. It would honor thosewho fought in the war. Itwas a day to celebrate theend of the First WorldWar. Then in 1938, an actwas passed making No-vember 11, a legal holiday.In 1954 following WorldWar II and the KoreanWar, a decision was madeto change the holiday. Itbecame Veterans Day inhonor of all American

veterans of all wars.Lacy Elementary had a

Veterans Day Program onThursday, November 10, at1:00. All veterans past andpresent were invited aswell as members of thecommunity. It was verywell attended and the pro-gram went extremelywell. Ms. Mary Wrightwas in charge of thechoral arrangements,Mrs. Kay Harrison was incharge of the making theprogram and the videopresentation, and Mrs.Gaylon provided the deco-rations for the event. I asked Ms. Mary what

Veterans Day meant to herand she answered, “A dayof great importance and itcelebrates what men andwomen gave up for us.” Ialso asked Mr. Bentzel hisopinion. He responded, “Itmeans a celebration of ourcountry and what men andwomen have done for it.”The Veterans Day con-

cert began with a warm

welcome from our princi-pal, Mr. Bentzel. LavalleBynum and Jacob Martinthen did the presentationof colors. Everyone joinedin on the pledge, and we allsang the “Star SpangledBanner.” Caleigh Valen-tine sang the Veterans Day

song, and Sadie Edwardsread a poem entitled,“Home of the Brave.”After that, the fourth andfifth graders began theconcert with the song,“America the Beautiful”and “This Land is YourLand.” Soloists in the last

song were Haley Louthan,Arianna Cook, and JordanTrumble. The next three songs

were presented by ourLacy Wildcat Choir: “Yan-kee Doodle” featuring thesoloists of Lynn Elkins,Ashtin Turns, and MicaelaDelaney, and “WhenJohnny Comes MarchingHome” and ending with“Over There.”The guest speaker for

the program was CaptainSam Arnett, who is sta-tioned in Newport News,VA. Capt. Arnett has beendeployed twice and wasstationed in Germany fortwo years. He broughtsome equipment that themilitary uses, and somevolunteers from the stu-dent body assisted.Next, Cameron Gally

gave an invitation to theveterans and current menand women serving in thearmed forces to standwhen their branch of themilitary theme song was

sung by the fourth andfifth graders. The group ofstudents then sang “O Vet-erans.” Kassidy Morris and

Hunter Phillips sang “His-tory” and the choir sang“Yankee Doodle Dandy”,“You’re a Grand Old Flag”,and “God Bless America.”Alex Larkins and Mr.Bentzel closed by thankingthe veterans for their serv-ice.Overall, this program

was a successful and a wellattended event. In thewords of Thomas Dunn:“But the freedom that theyfought for, and the countrygrand they wrought for, istheir monument to-day,and for aye.”A big thanks goes to Ms.

Wright, Mrs. Harrison,Mrs. Gaylon, and Mr.Bentzel for all their hardwork. Without them, thisprogram would not havebeen possible. May Godbless our veterans and Godbless America.

Lacy honors vets

BY ALEX LARKINS

Have you ever wondered how Mrs. Gaylon doesall that she does? Well, it’s because she caresabout her students. I know what you are thinking!All teachers care about their students but sheteaches two subjects everyday. She does PE andart. So when you see Mrs. Gaylon, please remem-ber to say, thank you.If you did not know what PE stands for, it

stands for physical education. It seems like we dosomething fun everyday. We also have our timeswhere we have to get serious. Everybody canpretty much agree that the games in PE are thebest part of specials. I asked Mrs. Gaylon howlong she had taught the PE classes. She said,“This is my first year teaching gym.” The bottomline is PE is fun and good for your health in myopinion.To me, the other subject that Mrs. Gaylon

teaches is my favorite, art. Art class is awesome!I love to draw. If you think about it, what otherteacher lets you draw in class! I think the best partis when you get to paint. I especially like havingsomebody that paints really well and draws reallywell too. I just think art is fun because it is likehaving free art lessons.PE or art or just plain talking about Mrs. Gay-

lon—every bit about all three is awesome. PE isfun and good for your health. Art is fun and youget to express your artistic side. Mrs. Gaylon isenergetic and wants us to enjoy her classes.I want you to remember that Mrs. Gaylon tries

to help us every step of the way. For example, shehelps us with our artistic side which helps us ex-press ourselves in a different way. She also helpsus to understand the importance of exercise be-cause if you do no get physically active, you canget overweight and have health problems. I askedMrs. Gaylon what she thought about PE and art.She said, “PE is great for everyone because weneed to be healthy and active to improve ourhealth. Art is an extension of all of our other con-tent areas.” All in all, these classes teach us lifelessons that we can always use.

Mrs. Gaylon Cares

PHOTOS PROVIDED

(Above right) Veterans were the guest of honor at Lacy Elementary onVeterans Day when students put on a program thanking them for theirservice to our country. (Above) Fourth and fifth grade students sang avariety of patriotic songs to veterans, community members, and stu-dents during the Veterans Day program at Lacy Elementary.

Hendricks

BY HUNTOR LEEK

Hunting is a sport that is enjoyedby many in the Lacy community. Italso is an outdoor sport for peoplewho do not like staying inside watch-ing television or playing video games.There are many different seasons forhunting. The animals in Kentuckythat are most frequently hunted areas follows: deer, turkey, squirrel,quail, and other small game. If you donot know what license or permit that

is needed, contact theKentucky Depart-ment of Fish andWildlife. You mustbe 12 years of ageor older to get ahunting licensein the state of Ken-

tucky.There are many rea-

sons that people like tohunt. For those that

hunt, it is an activity that is not onlyenjoyable but can provide meat fortheir family. Animals should never behunted, killed, and left to rot. Whenan animal is killed, the hunter mustbe able to properly clean it andprocess the meat. It must be takencare of correctly or it could make yousick. So if you hunt because you liketo eat wild game, make sure you takethe needed steps to preserve the meat.Another thought about hunting is

that people enjoy the outdoors. Hunt-ing usually begins before the suncomes up or as the sun sets. Those arethe perfect times of the day when it isusually peaceful and quiet. Even ifyou are not successful at making thatperfect shot, it is enjoyable to watchthe animals — to see nature in its trueform. It is also a good way to start andend a day. The main reason for me isbecause I am doing something I wantto do.Whenever you are hunting, it is ex-

tremely important to consider safety.The Kentucky Hunter Education Lawbecame mandatory in 1991. If youwere born on or after January 1, 1975,you must have a hunter educationcourse completion card while hunt-ing any species. Also while you arehunting, an orange garment must beworn. This is law as well. Before youhunt, you must have permission ofthe landowner if you are not huntingon your own ground. If you do nothave permission, you could be ar-rested and prosecuted. Above all, al-ways be aware of your surroundingswhen hunting and of other huntersin the area. It is wise to hunt withsomeone else.In this article, many issues about

hunting have been discussed. I enjoyhunting because it gives me an op-portunity to enjoy the sport I likemost. Hopefully, you have learnedmore about hunting from this andmight want to go hunting yourself.

Time for an enjoyable activity: Hunting

PHOTO BY ALEX LARKINS

Mrs. Gayle Gaylon works with Ashtin Turns, a fourth grade stu-dent, on her project during art class.

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My final question to her was,“What do you think is our best sub-ject?” Sebrina answered, “Math!” Se-brina is a hard working student whoalways does her best.

I interviewed another fifth grader,Gracie Garrett. I asked her some ofthe same questions. “Do you thinkthat we have improved?” Gracie said,“Yes!” Then I asked her, “Are youpleased with the scores?” “Yes, be-cause we did our best,” Gracie an-swered. My next question was, “Doyou think we can do better?” Graciesaid, “Yes!” Finally, I asked her,“What will you do to help improve

our scores?” “I will pay more atten-tion,” she responded. Gracie is a goodstudent and has always done herbest.Lacy Elementary is a great school.

The staff and students make sure weget better each year. In conclusion,Lacy always has a successful learn-ing environment and will continue tothis year as expected.

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Christian County Chamber of Commerce are proud of the

partnership between the Lacy Wildcatsand the Kentucky New Era!

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BY KYRA THOMPSON

This is the third editionof the Lacy Ledger. Many ofus had questions about howthis project began so I inter-viewed Mr. Taylor Hayes,publisher of the KentuckyNew Era. He explained thatthe New Era is a part of thePartnership in Educationvision that was initiated bythe Hopkinsville Chamberof Commerce. The Ken-tucky New Era partneredwith Lacy ElementarySchool to try and bring realworld experiences and peo-ple from the communityinto the classroom. Thisproject was designed toshow how skills learned inthe class could be used outof school, real life skills.This is the second year

for the partnership. Mr.Hayes said that it took sev-eral meetings with Mr.Bentzel, our principal, andMs. Stewart, last year’s cur-riculum specialist, to decidewhat the project would be.The decision was made tohave the fifth graders atLacy write articles and havethem published in a news-paper known now as theLacy Ledger. Mr. B. had amission to help the studentswith on demand writingwhich is a part of the spring

testing. Mr. Hayes also toldme he hopes in the future toexpand the partnershipwith Lacy and involve moreof his staff. The future proj-ects will be determined laterafter more discussions.I asked Mr. Hayes if he

felt the Lacy Ledger projecthelped fifth graders. He feltthat it helps students have apurpose for their writingand that it also brought reallife experiences into theclassroom which is a goodlearning activity. He felt thatthis project also took the pur-pose of writing outside theclassroom. Many of us didresearch, conducted inter-views, made revisions to ourarticles, and did a final read-ing of the article to makesure there were no errors.

I was curious how Mr.Hayes got into the newspa-per business so I asked him.He said, “It has been a fam-ily business since 1871. Thispaper covers five genera-tions of my family. I startedworking for the paper whenI was eight years old. I hada paper route and then Iworked part time in pro-duction after school andduring the summer. I beganworking full time in 1985 inthe sales and advertisingdepartment. I have workedin every department at thepaper at some time. Now Ifill the position of pub-lisher.”I was also curious about

how Mr. Hayes felt aboutLacy Elementary. He said,“The atmosphere is conta-

gious. It is no wonder thatthe school is making thestrides it is with testing. Thestudents are friendly, atten-tive, follow directions, andappear eager to learn.”Since the class has been

working hard writing theirarticles, I wanted to find outhow everyone was feelingabout this writing experi-ence. I asked Lynzee Lacyand she said, “I feel that it isa fun and exciting way tolearn.” Another student,Kody Bush, said, “It was ex-citing.” Lavalle Bynum said,“It is different from otherschools, and I like to find outthings I don’t know.”In conclusion, we all have

learned more about writing.We have written our articlesand revised our paragraphsto make the articles. Mr.Hayes said, “It has been ajoy to work with Lacy Ele-mentary. The big part hasbeen the students and Mr.B.’s enthusiasm for the stu-dents and his team. It was ajoy when I was there be-cause of the enjoyment andenthusiasm within thewalls.” I agree with Mr.Hayes about our school andMr. B. The Lacy Ledgershows the pride and excite-ment of being a part of LacyElementary School.

Our partnership with the New Era

BY LOGAN WAGONER

In case you have neverheard of Let’s Move, this isa program that was startedby the First Lady, MichelleObama. This activity isdedicated to solving theproblem of obesity withina generation. The goal isthat children born todaywill grow up healthier andable to live a better life thanprevious generations.When Mrs. Obama de-

signed Let’s Move, she setfive objectives for it towork. Through the TaskForce that was established,the following goals weredeveloped.1. Creating a healthy

start for children2. Empowering parents

and caregivers3. Providing healthy

foods in schools4. Improving access to

healthy, affordable foods5. Increasing physical

activityMrs. Gaylon, our PE

teacher, read on the inter-

net and saw on televisioninformation on Let’s Moveand wanted Lacy Elemen-tary to become a part of it.She registered and thenworked with Mr. B. to makethe preparations for us tojoin the activity and dojumping jacks. Mrs. Gay-lon’s father, Dudley Lacy,called the local sheriff,Livy Leavell, to superviseand to verify the jumpingjacks. Mrs. Gaylon wantedthe school to be a part of

history in the GuinnessWorld Record.On Tuesday, October 11,

at 1:55 we all went to theplayground, the entireschool-faculty, staff, andstudents. At exactly 2:00,Mr. B. gave the signal, andwe all did jumping jacksfor one minute. After theminute of jumping, manyrealized how out of shapethey were.Not only did students at

Lacy do jumping jacks, but

Michelle Obama led agroup of 400 students onthe South Lawn of theWhite House on the sameday. This was done to helpbreak the Guinness WorldRecords title for the mostpeople doing jumping jacksin a 24-hour period. Mrs.Obama is also pushing toencourage schools to servehealthier foods to studentsand make sure that allcommunities have accessto healthy, fresh, and af-fordable food.In conclusion, students

at Lacy Elementary aredoing their part in recog-nizing a healthier lifestyle,but they cannot do it alone.Schools should set aside aday for a similar activity.Our school will receive acertificate of recognitionfor participating in theevent. We appreciate Mrs.Gaylon’s efforts to make usa part of the record break-ing event. For more infor-mation, you may visitwww. LetsMove.gov.

Jumping for jumping jacks

BY JACOB MARTIN

Lacy’s Fall Festival was held onSaturday, October 29, from 4:00 p.m.until 7:00 p.m. A fall festival is whena school has a fundraiser to helpraise money for future school activi-ties. Lacy’s Fall Festival had lots ofgames, food, activities, and two auc-tions. The festival has been going onfor over forty years. This year’s festi-val was a great one, and everyonewho attended had a fantastic time.While at the festival, I interviewed

one of my friends, Alex Larkins. Hewas at the car smash, and I askedhim, “What did you think about get-ting to smash a car?” He said, “It wasfun but hard trying to hold up thesledge hammer.” I also asked him,“What did you think about the fallfestival?” He answered, “I liked itand it was fun.”I also interviewed Debbie Milaels-

son, my grandmother who lives inMadisonville and also came to thefall festival. I asked her, “What didyou like about the festival?” She said,“I liked it all.” I also asked her, “Didyou think it was a success?” She an-swered, “It was definitely a success!”She went on to say, “Lacy’s Fall Fes-tival was the best festival that I haveever been to.”I also interviewed one of our fifth

grade teachers, Mrs. Jessica Lami-rande. I asked her what did she likeabout the festival, and she said,“Everything!” I then asked her if shethought it was a success. She said,“Yes, everyone worked so hard and itseemed as if everyone had a greattime.”

One of the activities at the festivalwas the cakewalk that was spon-sored by the fourth and fifth grades.My family donated four cakes to it.The cakewalk turned out very well;they have over 50 cakes. The gamewas fun to play, and the cakes lookeddelicious.There were many other entertain-

ing games at the festival. Some of thegames’ prizes were really cool suchas Plinko, the Ring Toss, the ToyWalk, and the Duck Pond, to name afew. There was something for everyage group to enjoy.The Lacy cafeteria offered a won-

derful dinner as well. There waschili, hot dogs, chips, and dessert.They offered the full meal for just$5.00. It was really good, especiallythe chili. They also offered a snackbar where you could purchase candyand popcorn.

At the end of the Fall Festival, theyauctioned off the classroom baskets.Each homeroom was in charge ofputting a basket of goodies together.Each basket had a theme. Some ofthe themes included a movie basket,a book basket, a toy basket, and acooking basket. There were also bas-ketball and football tickets that wentto the highest bidder. Mrs. Lami-rande’s class had a hunting basketand it brought the top dollar thatnight. It went for $270.00 and half ofthat will be used for supplies in Mrs.Lamirande’s classroom.This year’s Fall Festival had a

great turn out. Over a thousandpeople were there; the building waspacked with people. Lacy’s Fall Fes-tival was an overall success. I am al-ready looking forward to nextyear’s festival even though I will notbe at Lacy.

Lacy’s Fall Festivalraises money

BY JENNA HUMPHRIES AND LYNZEE LACY

Do you like the subjects of math and reading?Two teachers at Lacy Elementary think these twoareas are very important. These two teachers areMrs. Caudle and Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Caudle is theMath Coach and Response to Intervention (RTI)teacher. Mrs. Campbell is the Reading Coach andthe Response to Intervention (RTI) teacher also.Mrs. Caudle said, “I think my job is really impor-tant because I help kids learn math skills that willhelp them be successful for the future.” Mrs. Camp-bell said, “I think my job is very important becauseI am helping to insure that our students have thesupport they need in our Reading Writing Work-shop.”First, as already stated, Mrs. Caudle is the Math

Coach and RTI teacher. She is wonderful with stu-dents and has been teaching for eight years. Weasked Mrs. Caudle how this job was different. Shesaid, “It is different from teaching. I love what I dohelping kids learn and helping teachers with thenew standards as well as Math Workshop.”There is also more about Mrs. Caudle. She is an

exciting, fun, energetic teacher and is also well or-ganized. We asked some students in the fifth gradetheir opinion about our Math Coach. Gracie said, “Ilike Mrs. Caudle. She is a really nice teacher.” An-other student in the fifth grade, David said, “She’s areally good and nice teacher.” Mrs. Caudle thor-oughly likes math and shows her students everyday how important math is in everyday life.We then talked to Mrs. Campbell, who is the Read-

ing Coach. She is a great person and has been teach-ing for fourteen years. She not only helps Lacystudents but also helps the wonderful Lacy staff inReading Writing Workshop. We asked some fifthgrade students about Mrs. Campbell and these weretheir responses. Kyra said, “She is nice and teachesin a fun way.” Lavalle said, “She’s awesome, and shehelps me read.”We had more questions for Mrs. Campbell, and

she patiently answered them for us. We asked herwhat she did. She replied, “I am the Reading Coachand the RTI teacher.” Our next question was simply,“Do you like your job?” She responded, “Yes, I lovemy job because I get to work with students andteachers.” She also said, “I was a classroom teacherfor fourteen years. In those fourteen years, I alwaysloved reading. I was ready for a change and a chal-lenge, and the Reading Coach spot was a good posi-tion for me. I think my job is important because Iam helping to insure that our students have the sup-port they need to become better readers. Also I helpthe teachers with the resources they need for Read-ing Writing Workshop.”These two ladies are an important part of Lacy

Elementary. They both have taught over eight years.They enjoy teaching and going to workshops tolearn new ways to help students and teachers. Themain difference between these two ladies is thatMrs. Caudle thinks math is the best subject, andMrs. Campbell thinks reading is the best.In conclusion, we think these two teachers are an

asset to the school because they help bring the read-ing, writing, and math scores to the proficient level.We asked Mr. Bentzel what he thought of Mrs. Cau-dle and Mrs. Campbell. He said, “I think they areboth experts in their field and know, speak, and talkin their content area.” We agree with Mr. Bentzeland think they are great at what they do.

Some great teachers at Lacy Elementary

PHOTO BY JENNA HUMPHRIES AND LYNZEE LACY

Mrs. Linda Caudle, math coach and RTI teacher, and Mrs. CindyCampbell, reading coach and RTI teacher, help teachers and stu-dents be successful in the classroom.

PHOTO PROVIDED

On Tuesday, October 11 students gathered outside Lacy Elementary toparticipate in Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program.

Jalen Poindexter, a fifth gradestudent, takes notes in his reporter’snotebookabout what he is learningat the Ken-tucky New Era.

PHOTO BY KATIE ROSS

Lacy student, Ryan Floyd, takes a swing at the Car Smash at Lacy’s Annual Fall Festival on Octo-ber 29, 2011.

BY ALYSSA PERRY

My mom has been a nurse for over elevenyears so when I thought about an article towrite, I immediately thought of our schoolnurse, Mrs. Dunning. Nurses have a lot of re-sponsibility and people to take care of everyday. I interviewed Lacy’s school nurse andfound that she had been a nurse for twentyyears.I was curious to find out if Mrs. Dunning had

any time in her office that stood out from othertimes. I asked her and she said, “One of the mostunusual cases was when I have to retrieve beansout of a child’s ear.” I agree with Mrs. Dunningthat doesn’t seem like a typicalvisit to the nurse’s office.Mrs. Dunning also told me,

“Sometimes it is hard to be aschool nurse.” Students usuallygo to her because they feel sick.However, they could just want togo home. The most common rea-son for students to go to thenurse’s office is because ofstomach aches.Nurse Dunning works hard to

make sure our kids at Lacy Elementary arehealthy. She does all she can for us if we do notfeel good. If necessary, she calls our parents tocome and get us so we can go home when we aresick. Nurse Dunning takes care of about 25 stu-dents a day. That is an average of 125 students aweek, but she does it all.My mom inspired me to write this article be-

cause she is a nurse at Jennie Stuart MedicalCenter. That is probably why I feel that thenurse is one of the most important parts of theschool. Hopefully, this article has inspired youto think about becoming a nurse. Mrs. Dunningis more than just a nurse; she is very kind andgood to the students at Lacy Elementary School.

Behind the nurse’s door

Dunning

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There are specific behaviors to geta Gold Paw. They are positive, ac-countable, willing to learn, and showrespect. The students are proud tohave the title of these specific behav-iors. We have accomplished a great

deal when we receive a Gold Paw withthe title of showing good behavior.The prizes for Gold Paws are

cokes and candy bars. Everybodyloves those snacks. All the studentsare proud when they get the paw be-cause they know they deserve it.Also when you get the Gold Paw, youget your picture made with Mr.Bentzel, and it is put on the bulletinboard in the front hall with all the

other students that received a GoldPaw that week.To conclude, Lacy Elementary

has so many good programs andamong them are the Gold Paws. It isrewarding to receive a Gold Paw be-cause it makes you feel good. Thefour categories demonstrate the wayLacy students are at school. Receiv-ing a Gold Paw is the reward for a jobwell done.

Gold Paws