Academy Action University Heights Academy November 2014 The School Seeks to provide educational opportunities that will allow every student to achieve to the Best of his/her ability and to develop as a whole person. UHA Hosts Mayoral Debate On October 1st, 2014 the UHA AP Government Class set-up, hosted, and moderated a debate between the three mayoral candidates. All middle and upper school students were able to glimpse democracy in action, as well as familiarize themselves with some of the civic issues impacting Hopkinsville. This was a very positive learning experience for everyone involved. AP Government students are: Taten Frerichs, Tyler Williams, Hendley Traughber, Matt Armstrong, Tristan Vance, Ally Wilson, Johanna Naimoli, Carson Bryant, Eleonora Cincotti, Bailey Morales. Inside this issue: Siemens Competition 2 Honor Choir 2 Unity Day 2 JV Academic Team 3 Volleyball 3 Kentucky New Era All- Stars 3 Field Trip 4 Eclipse Poster Contest 4 5th Grade Volcano Projects Oktoberfest 5 Soccer 6 Basketball Schedule 7 4 Carter Hendricks Wins Mayoral Election Carter Hendricks, father to Lily (7th grade) and Chase (fifth grade) and husband of faculty member Faye Hendricks was elected Mayor of Hopkinsville on November 4th. Congratulations to the Hendricks family!
Academy Action Page 2 UHA Senior Named Semifinalist Vir Patel, UHA senior enrolled in Gatton Academy, has been named a 2014 Siemens Competition Semifinalist. The Seimens Foundation established the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, & Technology in 1999. The competition is the nation s premiere science research competition for high school students and seeks to promote excellence by encouraging students to undertake individual or team research projects. Scholarships for winning projects range from $1,000 to $100,000. Honor Choir UHA choral students directed by Mrs. Jill Bressler auditioned for the Murray State University Quad State Honor Choir. Nine hundred students auditioned and 187 students were selected. UHA students Daniel Dyess, Ali Cundiff, Blake Cowan, Cora Beth Brown, and Jacorie Summers were selected for solos. Congratulations to Mrs. Bressler and the choir. Unity Day Wednesday, October 22nd, UHA observed Unity Day by wearing orange to unite against bullying. Upper school student council taught a bullying lesson to all the lower school classes. The students worked on a poster for a drawing contest that expressed their ideas on bullying and how they think bullying can be stopped. Student council officers selected a winner from each grade and those winners were sent to the Pacer s National Bullying Prevention Center. Poster winners were: Pre K4 Brooklyn Chesnut; Kindergarten Katherine Wood; 1st grade Sigrid Fantini; 2nd grade Luke Humphries; 3rd grade Evelyn Cotthoff; 4th grade Mia Litchfield; 5th grade Connor Dill.
University Heights Academy Page 3 JV Academic Team On November 8th the UHA JV Academic Team competed in the annual JV Challenge Competition. Winning individual awards were: Sherafgan Khan 1st place Science Deeya Patel 1st place Language Arts Garrett Gee 3rd place Language Arts Tyler Pratt 6th place Science Jonathan Kinnard 6th place Composition UHA Volleyball Garrett Gee, Deeya Patel, Sherafgan Khan, Tyler Pratt, Jonathan Kinnard UHA Girls Volleyball has had an amazing year with several firsts. This year they advanced and played in the State All A Classic. They followed that up by winning the District 8 Championship and advancing to the Region 2 Tournament. The girls played strong and made it to the regional championship game, where they lost to Christian County. Anna Eaton, Samantha Eaton, Lily Hendricks, and Bailey Morales were named to the All-District Team, and Isabella Norrid was named to the All Region Second Team. Kentucky New Era All-Stars The Kentucky New Era/Rotary Regional Academic All-Star Program highlights and honors top academic scholars and performers from area high and middle schools in Caldwell, Christian, Todd and Trigg Counties including Fort Campbell. UHA congratulates all of our 2014 Kentucky New Era/Rotary All Star nominees. Pictured left to right are: Vir Patel, Upper School Math; Sabrina Hall, Middle School Math; Matthew Armstrong, Upper School Science, Ann-Marie Fitzpatrick, Middle School English; Taten Frerichs, Upper School Arts; Victoria Sisk, Middle School Social Studies; Hendley Traughber, Upper School Foreign Language; Bailey Morales, Upper School Social Studies; Drew McGowan, Middle School Science; Chandler Unfried, Upper School English; Tyler Williams, Upper School Career and Technical. Scholarship Winners Scholarships are awarded to winners in each Upper School category. Congratulations to our three Kentucky New Era/Rotary scholarship winners. Each will receive $2000 from various sponsors. The science winner will also receive an additional $500 from Amfine Chemical. UHA scholarship winners are: Vir Patel Math; Matthew Armstrong Science; Chandler Unfried English.
University Heights Academy Page 4 Kindergarten Field Trip University Heights Academy kindergarten class recently visited Firestation #1. This was their first field trip of the year for the 21 students led by teachers Mrs. Betty Holmes and Mrs. Vanessa Hancock. The kindergartners learned about fire safety, toured the fire station, and discovered the different equipment. As a reminder of the day, each student received a firefighter hat and fire safety coloring book. Thank you to chief Freddie Montgomery and all of the firefighters for taking the time to visit with the UHA kindergarten class. Lower School Student Wins Poster Contest Hopkinsville Community Eclipse Preparation Committee hosted an eclipse poster contest for area fourth and fifth graders in Caldwell, Christian, Todd, and Trigg Counties. The theme was "August 21, 2017 - An Eclipse for All Ages." Fourth and fifth grade classes at UHA participated. The UHA school winner was Haiden Hauret. She won a set of planets and a poster. Her poster is on display at the Hopkinsville Community College library lobby. Haiden Hauret was also the overall winner. She will receive a cash prize of $100 from Cornerstone Information Systems of Hopkinsville. Congratulations, Haiden. Fifth Grade Volcano Projects The tenth annual fifth grade volcano eruption occurred on Friday, September 26 as the culminating activity to the volcano unit. Fifth graders used websites to study volcanoes. Each fifth grader researched a volcano and created a brochure about the volcano. Then working in groups of two, they constructed volcanoes using a Gatorade bottle, newspaper, and paper mache. The volcanoes were painted and then erupted using a chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar as well as food coloring and Dawn for special effects.
Academy Action Page 5 Oktoberfest Oktoberfest was held early this year on September 20th. The day was full of fall family fun, soccer homecoming, and the return of the UHA Fun Run! December 6 - Harpeth Invitational - Kingston Springs, TN December 9 - Ft. Campbell & Goodpasture @ Ft. Campbell December 13 - McGavock Invitational - Nashville, TN December 20 - Beech Invitational Hendersonville, TN December 23 - Ft. Campbell Invitational - JV December 29 - Christian County Invitational- JV December 30 - Christian County Invitational January 2-3 - Clinch Gear Prep School Slam - Atlanta January 10 - Paducah Tilghman Invitational Paducah Tilghman January 15 - Calloway County @ Murray January 17 - Hopkinsville High School Invitational January 19 - UHA Blazer Duals @ UHA January 22 - Trigg County @ Trigg January 24 - Calloway County Invitational Murray January 29 - Hopkinsville, Christian County & Rossview @ HHS January 31 - TBD February 7 - Mustang Classic @ North Oldham February 13-14 - Region One Tournament @ Calloway 2014-2015 Blazers Wrestling Schedule
Academy Action Page 6 Varsity Soccer UHA soccer had an exciting season with several great games and some hard-fought wins. Marcus Smith was named to the All District Team. Congratulations Blazers! The Lady Blazers had a great season this year with some thrilling wins at the Bluegrass Games and the Franklin-Simpson Lady Wildcat Tournament. Team members Ali Cundiff and Cailey Burman were named to the All-District Team. Burman was also named to the All-Region Team, and Cundiff was named to the All-Region 2nd Team. Great Job Blazers! 2014-2015 Girls Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Game Time Place Dec. 4 (Th) Clarksville Northeast JV/V 6/7:30 Away Dec. 9 (Tu) Lyon County JV/V 6/7:30 Away Dec. 12 (F) Hopkinsville JV/V 6/7:30 Home Dec. 16 (Tu) Caldwell County JV/V 6/7:30 Home Dec. 19/20 Girls Toyota of Hopkinsville Var. TBA H/A Dec. 22-23 Hopkins Central Invitational Var. TBA Away Dec. 29-31 Murray Invitational Var. TBA Murray Jan. 2 (F) Christian Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Away Jan. 5 (M) Crittenden Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Home Jan. 6 (Tu) Calloway Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Away Jan. 9 (F) Madisonville North G/B 6/7:30 Home Jan. 15(Th) Ft. Campbell Var. 6:00 Home Jan. 16 (F) Logan Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Away Jan. 22-24 Class "A" Region(Livingston) Var. 7:00 Livingston Jan. 28-30 Class "A" State Tournament Var. TBA Frankfort Jan. 31 (S) McLean Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Home Feb. 3 (T) Christian Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Home Feb. 5 (Th) Ft. Campbell JV/V 6/7:30 Away Feb. 7 (S) Lyon Co. JV/V 1/2:30 Home Feb. 10 (Tu) Hopkinsville JV/V 6/7:30 Away Feb. 12 (Th) Logan County JV/V 6/7:30 Home Feb. 20 (F) Webster Co. JV/V 6/7:00 Away
University Heights Academy Page 7 2014-2015 Boys Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Game Time Place Dec. 6 Oldham Co. JV/V 2:30/4 UHA Dec. 9 Hopkinsville JV/V 6/7:30 Away Dec. 12 Toyota Classic V TBA CCHS Dec. 13 Toyota Classic V TBA HHS Dec. 16 Caldwell Co. G/B 6/7:30 UHA Dec. 18 Murray JV/V 6/7:30 Away Dec 21-23 Owensboro Invitational V TBA Away Dec. 28-31 Meijer Invitational V TBA Away (Bowling Green) Jan. 6 Henderson Co. JV/V 6/7:30 UHA Jan. 9 Madisonville G/B 6/7:30 UHA Jan. 10 Mustang Madness V TBA Away (McCracken Co.) Jan. 13 Christian Co. JV/V 6/7:30 UHA Jan. 15 Ft. Campbell G/B 6/7:30 UHA Jan. 20 All "A" Classic (Lyon Co.) V 7:00 Away Jan. 28-31 Class "A" State Tournament V TBA Frankfort Feb. 2 Ft. Campbell JV/V 6/7:30 Away Feb. 7 Hopkins Central JV/V 6/7:30 Away Feb. 10 Hopkinsville JV/V 6/7:30 UHA Feb. 13 Christian Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Away Feb. 17 Union Co. JV/V 6/7:30 Away
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY 1300 Academy Drive Hopkinsville, KY 42240 270-886-0254 ONLINE EDITION WWW.UHA-KY.ORG UHA Alum Chairs UK Charity Event Sympathy & Condolences for those in our UHA Family who have lost loved ones: Mikio Yanachi, Grandfather of Shouki Takenaka Harold Reynolds, Grandfather of Shelby Reynolds Shelby Martin, UHA alumna (Class of 2011), was recently named the fundraising chair for DanceBlue. DanceBlue is a 24-hour no-sleeping, no-sitting dance marathon that benefits the Kentucky Children s Hospital at the University of Kentucky. Fundraising for DanceBlue spans the entire year and ends with the marathon in early spring. Shelby is a senior at UK, pursuing a degree in finance and management. For more information about this fundraising event or to support its efforts, visitwww.danceblue.org. Christmas Break: December 22nd January 2nd