@cooper--February 4 2018

In This Issue

No School Monday

Scholastic Art & Writing

Commonwealth Honors Academy

Gateway Open House

Prom Tickets!

Rotary Teacher of the Year

Scholarships

"I" Clarification

Upcoming Events

OSenior Madison Smith was recently named Northern KY Golfer of the Year! Congrats Maddie!

Quick Links:

In-School Tutoring

After School Tutoring Schedule

RCHS Breakfast & Lunch Menu

Community Service Events

Bus Route Information

Report It!

Scholarship Guide

Deposit Money into Lunch Account

Contact Cafeteria Manager

ACT Testing Dates

SAT Testing Dates

Library/Media Center Homepage

The GREAT RC Spirit Store

Our Vision

Aspire.Achieve.Excel

Congrats to the following students earning 1st place finishes at the FCCLA Star Event regional compeition:

Samantha Bond & Kathryn Jordan- Advocacy;
Alexis Boone- Fashion Construction;
Kennedy Hammons- Illustrated Talk;

Ashley Fortner- Recycle & Redesign;

Kaitlyn Shipp- Say Yes to FCS.

Our Vision

Aspire.Achieve.Excel

Congrats to our boys basketball and cheer seniors for their leadership, dedication and commitment to the team and our school. Pictured above are from senior recognition night on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 vs. Holmes.

Our Vision

Aspire.Achieve.Excel

Our band performed their KMEA preview show last Wednesday, Jan. 31st and it was amazing! Only four bands total are selected to perform each year with no consideration for school size or "class." This makes a KMEA conference performance more selective than even a state championship in other activities or sports. This occasion marks only the third time in the history of the Boone County Schools that one of our district high school bands have been selected. Our band will be performing this Friday, Feb. 9th at the historical Palace Theater in Louisville.

Our Vision

Aspire.Achieve.Excel

Last Thursday, Feb. 1st at the boys basketball game vs Holmes we showcased the Silverbacks special Olympics basketball team in a halftime game against members of the Coop Squad. Great game Coach Craig, Cooper senior Mitchell & the rest of the team!

Our Vision

Aspire.Achieve.Excel

Students interested in a Construction Career should plan to attend this great interactive meeting on Friday, April 20th, 9:00-12 noon. See the above flyer for more details.

Office Hours

7:00-3:30 p.m.

No School Monday

On Monday, February 5th there is no school for students. It is a professional learning day for staff.

Scholastic Art/Writing

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards began as a small writing contest with a $5 prize and six winning applicants in 1923. Today, more than 90,000 teens in grades 7 through 12 from around the nation annually submit more than 185,000 works o f art and writing in 28 categories. Winning students earn opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarships.

Student works are evaluated by industry leaders and exhibited in New York City venues as well as cities across the country through the traveling exhibit, ART.WRITE.NOW. These exhibitions give audiences the opportunity to see the work of the nation's top young artists and writers, inspiring appreciation for the teens' maturity, talent and originality. For most young winners, this recognition is their first experience of being identified.

Randall K. Cooper High School would like to congratulate 40 students for their outstanding achievement in the Northern Kentucky Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards.

Writing Gold Key winners:

Aiyanah Esparza and Josephine Kubala for their short stories and Hannah Wolf for her memoir. These students' pieces will continue to the national level of competition.

Writing Silver Key winners:

Corinne DeWolf, Courtney Roberts, Coy Baker, Alexis Balog, Johnathan Callen, Brooke Cornett, Curtis Czirr, Brooke Hicks, Morgan Kelly, Kendall Maley, William McDonner, Tori Neltner, Audri Persinger, and Hayleigh Walker all earned Silver Keys.

Writing Honorable Mention:

Ashley Bringer, Michael Attabury, Curtis Czirr, Cora Dotson, Aiyanah Esparza, Jalyn Findley, Natashja Gentry, Austin Hamilton, Caleb He, Tori Hubbard, Emily McCutchen, Mackenzie

Milner, Sydney Phillips, Alexis Redman, Anyssa Sizemore, McKenzie Smith, Maud Sozogni, Grace Sparrow, Zachary Standley, Jacob Stewart, Kamryn Winegar, and Bryan Yelton.

Students will be honored at a ceremony sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Writing region of the Scholastic Writing Awards in April.

Congrats to the following Scholastic Art Winners pictured:

Art Gold Key:

Veronica Lash and Ignatius Wirasakti.

Art Silver Key:

Julia Randsdell, Regean Replogle, Ignatius Wirasakti, Jane Langford and Veronica Lash.

Art Honorable Mention:

Daman Sage, Emma Hanson, Sarah Kentley, Jane Langford, Veronica Lash and Cary Sebree.

Commonwealth Honors Academy

The Commonwealth Honors Academy is a summer option for students going into their senior year. It is a three-week program (June 9-June 30, 2018) at Murray State University. This is a great opportunity for students as they earn six college credits while experiencing the environment of a post-secondary institution.

Benefits:

Three weeks of academic and enrichment experience at MSU

Six hours of tuition-free, transferable university credit

Six additional tuition-free credit hours during the student's senior year

Guaranteed four-year, $2,000-per-year housing scholarship to Murray State University

Collaboration with other honor students and outstanding university and secondary faculty in a campus living-learning environment.

Cost: $195 tuition processing fee

Applications are due by March 1, 2018.

Commonwealth Honors Academy Website

Commonwealth Honors Academy Student Application

For additional questions or information, please contact your child's school counselor.

Gateway Open House

Gateway Community and Technical College is hosting an Open House event on Thursday, February 8th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at our Center for Technology, Innovation, and Enterprise at 516 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY.

The event is designed for high school seniors (juniors welcome!) and their parents or guardians. The thrust of this event is to introduce students to the programs Gateway has to offer. We want to ensure students know our programs (everything from two to three class certifications in Computer Information Technology, to degrees in massage therapy, up to Associate in Science transfer degrees with Pre-Med science offerings) but also who we are and why we might be a good fit for them (or, sometimes, students find out we're not a good fit - and that's okay too).

To RSVP for this event, click here .

Prom Tickets!

Prom 2018 is on Saturday, April 21 at Paul Brown Stadium. Prom tickets will go on sale in March. The schedule of ticket sales will be:

March 12th-16th: Juniors and Seniors of Cooper ONLY

March 19th: Cooper Seniors with underclass dates or dates from other schools.

March 20th: Cooper Juniors with underclass dates or dates from other schools.

Tickets are $60.

Any tickets available for purchase AFTER March 20th will be subject to a $10 late fee (=$70).

Rotary Teacher of the Year Nominations

Would you like to thank a teacher who encouraged you during school? Would you like to recognize a teacher who impacted the

education of your child? Would you like to publicly honor a teacher who inspires and motivates others? Here's your opportunity!

The Florence Rotary Club is seeking nominations for the 2018 Boone County Teacher of the Year Awards. The club will recognize three teachers for exemplary service in their professional and community roles. Any teacher currently employed by a Boone County public, private or parochial school is eligible to be nominated, and

nominations can be submitted by any community member. Click here to download the nomination application or visit their webpage .

Applications will be available through Friday, March 2, and will be reviewed by a committee of Rotary Club members, community leaders, and retired educators. Winners will be recognized at a Rotary Club luncheon in April and will receiv e a monetary award for the charity or school of their choice, sponsored by Heritage Bank.

The Florence Rotary Club is a member of Rotary International, a service organization dedicated to bringing together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

Scholarships

Our guidance office keeps a running scholarship guide for students and parents to apply for various scholarships that are local, regional and national. These scholarships mainly apply to our graduates. In many instances, only a handful of students apply. We encourage all graduates that meet the each scholarship criteria to apply in order to increase their chance of being awarded available scholarship money to go towards post secondary expenses.

Click here to view the scholarship guide.We also encourage you to check back often for any updates.

The most recent scholarship that has been made available is our annual PTSO scholarship (due April 2) and the Florence Rotary Scholarship (due March 23). Stop by the guidance office to pick up the application.

"I" Clarification

With the "I" new this school year, we want to clarify this new feature that is part of our district's revised grading scale.

"I" stands for incomplete. If a student earns and "I", there are several ways for this "I" to turned into a letter grade.

1. Teachers offer a window of opportunity with a deadline for students that have earned an "I" to remediate in a variety of ways. This could be limited to the timeframe within the same unit of study.

2. I n the event that an "I" results from an assignment that is missing, teachers may offer a window of opportunity with a deadline and possibly limited credit for the students to turn in the assignment.

3. If a grading quarter remains an "I" after report cards are issued, this "I" will be averaged in to the other grading quarters at the end of the school year, along with a final exam, to determine a final grade, which could be either an A, B, C or I.

4. If once the school year grades are finalized and your student still has an 'I", the remaining option would be summer school to recover this credit. Summer school typically runs the month of June. For athletic eligibility purposes, student athletes must stay on grade level in order to participate in any KHSAA sanctioned sport.

The "I" should not be mistaken for an unlimited and undetermined amount of time to make up assignments, turn in work, take tests, etc. Students should take advantage of our during school and after school tutoring to remediate the "I".

Upcoming Events

Feb. 5 No School
Feb. 10 National ACT Test
Feb. 10 One Act Plays, 7p
Feb. 14 Scheduling Conferences,

3:00-6:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 Scheduling Conferences

4:00-7:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 Community Service Due

Feb. 20 Microsoft Excel Exam

Feb. 21 SBDM Council Mtg., 4:15p

Feb. 22 International Test-85 in gr.10

Feb. 22 Progress reports go home

Feb. 26-Mar 1 We Are Cooper Week

March 2 Rotary Teacher Nominations

March 6 KOSSA Testing

March 8 3rd Quarter Ends

March 9 No School

March 9 Reg. Ends for April ACT

March 13 KOSSA Testing

March 14 SBDM Council Mtg., 4:15p

April 1 Grad Slideshow Pics Due
April 14 National ACT Test
April 21 Prom 2018
May 4 Reg. Ends for June ACT
June 9 National ACT Test
June 15 Reg. Ends for July ACT
July 14 National ACT Test

Academic Team Schedule

Archery
Basketball--Men's JV/Varsity
Basketball-Men's Freshman
Basketball-Women's Fresh/JV/Varsity
Bowling--Men & Women
Swimming--Men's & Women's
Wrestling