Graves Co. school dist. to host blood drives

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Sunday, September 4th, 2011, 10:00am

Graves Co. school dist. to host blood drives

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County School District will be hosting several blood drives with the American Red Cross.

Upcoming blood drives include:

Tuesday, September 18

Central Elementary - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Fancy Farm - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sedalia - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 14

Farmington Elementary - 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Lowes Elementary - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, September 15

Symsonia Elementary - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wingo Elementary - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 21

Cuba Elementary - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, October 21

Graves County High School - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, December 8

Graves County Middle School - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Little Eagle tennis clinic scheduled for grades 4-8

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011, 10:00am

Little Eagle tennis clinic scheduled for grades 4-8

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County High School tennis team will have their "Little Eagle Tennis Clinic" soon for Graves County students in grades four through eight.

Coach Chuck Whitnell and current and former GCHS tennis players will provide instruction. All skill levels are welcome.

Players will be divided into ability levels and age groups for instruction and play. Participants who have raquets are asked to bring them. Anyone without a raquet will be provided with one for the clinic, if they request it upon registration.

The clinic will be at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on two Saturdays: October 29 and November 5 at the tennis courts near the Kentucky Highway 121 entrance to Graves County High School.

The clinics cost $15 per participant per day.

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Graves Co. school events Friday, Saturday

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, September 2nd, 2011, 1:16pm

Graves Co. school events Friday, Saturday

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County School District has several events for Friday, September 2 and Saturday, September 3.

Events include:

Friday

Fancy Farm - Anti-tobacco use classes for 3rd-6th graders
Lowes - First day of Book Fair
Central - Pep rally at 12:40 p.m.
GCHS - Varsity football visits Murray at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Elementary Schools - Football: Centralia vs. Sedalia at 8:30 a.m., Wingo vs. Symsonia at 10:10 a.m., Fancy Farm/Lowes vs. Cuba/Farmington at 11:10 a.m.
GCHS - Cross country participates in the Madisonville-North Hopkins County Invitational

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Sedalia Elementary builds outdoor classroom with Lowe's grant

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 2:04pm

Sedalia Elementary builds outdoor classroom with Lowe's grant

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Sedalia Elementary teacher Keri Dowdy's fourth grade environmental team will participate in the Disney Planet Challenge for the third consecutive year.

This year, Lowe's Home Improvement Center has provided the team a $5,000 grant and two volunteers, Dylan Williams and Mike Duncan of WindowsPlus, built a structure that Dowdy calls an outdoor classroom.

The two teams from previous years won Kentucky's competition. Last year's team placed third nationally.

“It’s a raised planter with benches,” said Dowdy. “Shupe’s Nursery donated peat moss and Carolyn Gargus from Shupe’s helped us with the work. Our environmental team worked hard to get it in shape!”

Currently, the planters are filled with soil and mulch and are ready for classes to plant. Other features include bird feeders, hummingbird features, a thermometer, a rain gauge and a storage box that has garden tools, seeds, potting soil, bird feed and buckets.

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Graves Co. school events

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 1:21pm

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - The Graves Co. School Dist. events for Thursday, September 1 are available.

Events include:

Middle school - School pictures
Central - Cheerleading practice 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Central - 5th grade swim at Oak Hills 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
GCHS - Freshman, JV and Varsity volleyball hosts Christian Fellowship School
GCHS - Boys' and girls' golf hosts Hickman County and Mayfield
Fancy Farm - Cheer practice 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
GCHS - JV and Varsity boys' soccer hosts Lone Oak at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Middle school - Softball hosts Reidland at 5:30 p.m.
Middle school - Baseball hosts Hickman County at 6 p.m.
GCHS - Freshman football hosts Murray at 6 p.m.

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Cuba Elementary 3rd graders receive a perfect class score

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 11:06am

Cuba Elementary 3rd graders receive a perfect class score

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Ms. Mounger's entire third grade class at Cuba Elementary recenlty scored 100 percent on their first vocabulary quiz.

The students include: Jayce Payne, Jakob Mills, Brian Benyei, Ryan Gibson, Chandler Gibbs, Shalei Coday, Destiny Bradshaw, Hailey Greene, Nathen Greene, Haley Brown, Savannah Mounger, Caleb Crosslin, Seth Delk, Madeline Adams, and Rick Brown.

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Graves Schools continue kindness, compassion through Rachel’s Legacy

Submitted by Paul Schaumburg, Community Relations Director, Graves Co. Schools

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011, 12:49pm

Graves Schools continue kindness, compassion through Rachel’s Legacy

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County School District for the second consecutive year hosted Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim in the notorious 1999 Columbine High School shootings.

The district scheduled him to speak three times Tuesday, Aug. 30. He addressed all students in grades 6-8 in the morning, followed by a training session for student leaders from those same grades. The 7 p.m. session in the Eagles’ Nest Gymnasium was earmarked as an opportunity for the public to hear the message with no admission charge.

The journals Rachel Scott left behind spoke of her desire to change the world through kindness and compassion. Darrell Scott brought that message to Graves County a year ago with Rachel’s Challenge and followed up on what has happened since with the presentation of Rachel’s Legacy.

This year’s program builds on last year’s foundation with five points.