Paintsville High School teacher Jennifer Fowler was named CEDAR Teacher
of the Year at the CEDAR Coal Awards ceremony in Pikeville on May 29.
She will now travel to Myrtle Beach, S.C., in early July for the awards
presentation at the National Coal Institute Conference.
Fowler also won the Coal Study Unit Coordinators Award, and placed first
in the grades 5-9 category for her individual Coal Study Unit.
Paintsville Middle School won first place in the grades 5-9 category, and
captured second place overall at the CEDAR Coal Fair behind Pike County
Central.
In addition, Paintsville student Amelia Spahn earned the second place
award for the Best Overall Project.
Fowler said, "I am so proud of the work that our Paintsville students put
into their projects", and she said she was very excited to represent
Paintsville and Eastern Kentucky at the National Coal Conference in July.
Paintsville High School's graduation ceremony for the Class of 2010 is set for 8:00 pm on Friday, May 28th, in the PHS Gym.
The small class of 43, compared to 55 in last year's graduating class, consists of 23 girls and 20 boys.
Friday evening begins with a Senior Reception in the PHS Library serving cookies, cake and punch starting at 6:30 pm.
Also, individual and family photos will be available upstairs near the library by Shawn Thompson of Thompson Photography.
The Class Valedictorian is Brooklyn Samons, and the Salutatorian is Sarah Fraim.
The Top 10 is actually a Top 11 due to a tie for 5th place and a 3-way tie for 9th place.
After Brooklyn and Sarah is John Cybriwsky in 3rd place, Victoria Parker in 4th, and Allan Baldwin and Dhwani Patel tied in 5th place. Then Amber Burchett is in 7th, Lakyn Ratliff in 8th, and tying for 9th is Megan Caldwell, Brittany Davis, and Jordan Damron.
The Senior Class Officers for 2009-2010 are Abby Humphrey as President, Katy Humphrey as Vice-President, Emily Castle as Secretary, and Brittany Davis as Treasurer.
Their Class Song is "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas; Class Colors are Turquoise and Purple; Class Flower is the Gerbera Daisy; and the Class Motto is "Do Somethin' Crazy" by Asher Roth.
The Senior Sponsors are teachers Kay Hall, Karen Adkins, Tiffany Austin and Amanda Ratliff, with Principal Chuck McClure.
District Judge Susan Mullins Johnson announced the winners of the Bobby Mullins Scholarships last Friday at Paintsville High School.
Two of the prestigious scholarships were given this year which honors the memory of 1980 PHS graduate Bobby Mullins who died in an auto accident a few hours after his graduation.
Chosen were Xavier M. Watson and Joseph Williams from the PHS Class of 2010.
All of us at PHS are saddened by the recent passing of former baseball coach, Charlie Adkins. Coach Adkins spent 34 seasons coaching the Tigers, amassing more than 800 career wins, 20 district championships, and 14 regional titles.
In 1990, under Coach Adkins' leadership, the Tigers became Kentucky High School Baseball State Champions by beating Tates Creek with a score of 10 to 4. It was the 2nd trip to the state finals for Adkins and the Tigers. Paintsville lost to Lafayette High School the previous year.
Adkins retired as coach with an impressive 805 wins and only 293 losses.
Charles Adkins was born March 19, 1943. He lost his battle to cancer April 21, 2010. He was 67. He is survived by his wife, Lois, and three children.
District Judge Susan Mullins Johnson announced the winners of the Bobby Mullins Scholarships last Friday at Paintsville High School.