KCD Middle School News

Iris Dement at Kentucky Country Day School Theater

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:38:37 +0000

Kentucky Country Day School is proud to welcome renowned singer-songwriter Iris Dement to our new theater on November 12, 2010. Tickets go on sale August 20. For more information, call the theater information line at 502-814-4365.

Middle School Back to School Information

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:09:00 +0000

The information below is specific to students in the Middle School (fifth through eighth grade). Forms and information relevant to students in all divisions can be found on the Back to School home page.

Start of School Schedule

Middle School New Parent Orientation: Thursday, August 19, 9:30–10:30 am in the Commons.
Meet Your Advisor & Back to School Blast: Wednesday, August 25, 1:00-2:00 pm.
First Day of School: Thursday, August 26.

Classroom Supplies

The documents below list the supplies required at each grade level in the Middle School. Order online through the PA: visit www.write-stuff.com, click on Products, then School Kits. Select the state, city, and school information, then select your grade-level supply kit. Order by phone through the PA: call 1-800-871-8546 and ask for Michele or Jennifer.

Order between June 1 and August 1 for delivery by August 7. All supplies will be delivered directly to students' homes.

Summer Reading Lists

Gym Clothes

Parents who wish to do so may order KCD gym clothing online through the KCD Alumni Association, but this is not a requirement of the PE department. The link to the Gym Clothing Store is available at the top of every page of the KCD website. Clothing purchased through the Alumni Association meets all the PE requirements described below. This document explains the ordering procedure. Please review this document before placing your order.

Please note that the PE department no longer requires students to put their names on their gym shirts. Please see below to review the updated PE clothing requirements.

PE Clothing Guidelines for grades 5–8: This document explains the gym clothing requirements for grades 5–8.

Required Medical Forms

The following required forms are specific to Middle School. Please review KCD's Medical Policies for additional information on required health/medical forms.

Medical form for all sixth-graders: This form must be completed by all sixth-graders at KCD, whether new or returning. This form is also available at your doctor's office.
Physical exam form for student-athletes: This form must be completed by middle school students wishing to participate in athletics. This form is required by the KHSAA and must be completed in addition to any other medical forms required by KCD.
Immunization Certificate: All incoming sixth-graders and all new students must have an updated immunization certificate on file before the start of school. Your doctor can provide you with this certificate.

Important Middle School Resources

Middle School Back to School Blast

Meet your advisor and teachers in classrooms. Enjoy summer treats and music in the Middle School Courtyard.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 1:00-2:00 pm

Faculty honored at year-end luncheon

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:09:24 +0000

At the conclusion of each school year, some KCD faculty members are presented with endowed chair and other awards during the year-end luncheon. These awards are based on nominations from the KCD faculty and recognize a commitment to the art of teaching and dedication to KCD students. This year's award recipients were:

Michelle Pascal: The Alumni Assoc. Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching
Lydia Brownlow: The Nancy Bowling Endowed Chair in English, History & the Humanities
Mark Endicott: The Edward E. Ford Foundation Endowed Chair in US Science
Michael Goldberg: The Board of Trustees Endowed Chair in Mathematics and Computer Science
Sarah Shartzer: The Board of Trustees Endowed Chair in Mathematics and Computer Science
Maggie Towne: Eric Davis Memorial Faculty Award

In addition, two faculty members were recognized for service to KCD:

Diane Brey: thirty-five years
Sandy Mead: thirty years

Great aerial shot of campus

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:54:58 +0000

Thanks to Tom Hayes for this terrific shot of campus and the new theater building. This photo really puts the new construction into perspective and shows how this new facility is transforming our campus!

Eighth graders visit the nation’s capital

james.booker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:29:40 +0000

KCD eighth grade students took their annual class trip to Washington, D.C. on May 26-28. To learn more about the trip, visit the KCD in D.C. blog.

Eighth graders present class quilt

james.booker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:25:41 +0000

During the eighth grade Transition Day ceremony on Wednesday, June 2, the student council presented the class quilt. The class quilt is a tradition of the eighth grade class as each student is represented on the quilt with something that is significant to their lives and to their KCD experience.

Photo set on Flickr

Rosetta Stone: year one

james.booker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:08:32 +0000

It has been a year since KCD went online with Rosetta Stone, offering this top-ranked program to our entire ecommunity. We used 996 of our 1000 accounts, and there were 50 teachers and 13 staff who asked to have accounts and have explored the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Persan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (both Latin American and Castillan), and Swedish.

The students have responded very well to the program, and its 24/7 access has greatly enhanced the US language program. The world language teachers encourage you to use the summer to start a language ! Contact Ms. Amick if you would like an account.

If you are interested in what the program offers, please visit http://www.rosettastone.com.

KCD MS team participates in Destination Imagination Global Finals

james.booker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:05:49 +0000

Sixth graders Aravind Vinayakan and James Roth and seventh grader Drew Lipman represented KCD and the state of Kentucky at this year’s DI Global Finals hosted by the University of Tennessee from May 26-29.

Global Finals is the world’s largest gathering of creative problem solvers. It brings together over 1,000 teams and 12,000 participants from across the US and a dozen foreign countries annually. Teams of students from grade one through university level present both pre-planned and impromptu solutions to challenges created by an international panel of DI challenge writers.

This is the first year KCD has sent a team to Global Finals, and their enthusiasm for the program promises to pave the way for many others discovering the DI program at our school. A highlight of our participation this year was the opportunity to serve as international ambassadors for a six-student team from Korea. This was the first trip to the United States for these Korean students, and our middle schoolers did an excellent job welcoming them and encouraging them before and after their public presentation. James, Drew, and Aravind cheered for them, shared email addresses, sampled their “kimpa” (a Korean version of sushi), and learned to say “kimchee” when taking a picture together. Their short time together at UT was just enough to help them form lasting international friendships. Parents and students interested in the Destination Imagination program should contact KCD faculty sponsor Anne Kaiser-Harryman.

Photos on Flickr

New water catchment systems for KCD sister schools

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:35:04 +0000

We are please to report that KCD is once again this year able to fund the construction of two new rainwater harvesting systems at schools in our Sister City of Tamale, Ghana. Last week, $8,800 USD were transferred to Sister Cities of Tamale who, under the supervision of Mr. Kaleem Jehanfo (past president of Sister Cities of Tamale and visitor to KCD in May 2009), has already begun construction of the two systems. This year, one system will go to KCD sister school TISSEC for the boys' dormitory, and the other will go to Vitting Secondary School, a nearby boarding high school in great need of supplementary water supply.

When the KCD student delegation traveled to Tamale in February of this year, the water supply for the city of Tamale was severed, and the two systems installed last year (one at TISSEC's girls' dormitory and one at Dahin Sheli), were the reason that girl students and women on the faculty did not have to miss class or endure long walks in search of water for their campuses.

Thanks to all who have contributed to this ongoing annual project, particularly the Sing for Water program on Grandparents' Day. We once again plan to attempt to fund an additional system through KCD community philanthropic efforts in the 2010-2011 school year under the direction of Ghana Water Project Director Brina Stephens.

More photos

Thank you!

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:11:27 +0000

On behalf of Brad Lyman and the KCD faculty and staff, we would like to extend a heartfelft thank you to parent association chair Heather Alford and all the wonderful volunteers of the KCD Parent Association.

The PA is an integral part of the our community, and KCD would simply not be the great place it is without all the imagination, creativity, and hard work of Ms. Alford and the other PA volunteers this year. Thank you!

Alumnus endows library fund

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:09:58 +0000

Thanks to the generosity of Aquinas Preparatory alumnus Lowry Watkins Jr. ’64, the Robertson Library is now the beneficiary of the Lowry and Marshall Watkins Library Fund. The fund will allow the library to purchase new books for students in all three divisions. Books purchased through the fund will be identified by a special bookplate.

Mr. Watkins attended a reception in the library this week and shared cookies and lemonade with Ms. Purdie’s kindergarten class. Thanks to Mr. Watkins for his contribution to our library!

Photo set on Flickr

2010 world language awards

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:08:12 +0000

Each year, French, Spanish, and Latin students participate in annual foreign language exams. KCD students have once again distinguished themselves this year.

KCD to launch Ghana Container Project

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:09:31 +0000

In the 2010-2011 academic year, KCD will undertake a significant community project, which is to collect, organize, and ship used and surplus school, athletic, and medical supplies to our sister schools in Tamale, Ghana on a forty-foot marine shipping container. We hope to collect a variety of items through donations from the KCD and greater Louisville community and plan to sort, organize, and store them on campus prior to loading and shipping them in the middle or later part of next year. The first collection of used or extra items is our annual end-of-the-year school supplies drive going on in all three divisions right now.

Beginning in the fall, we will organize some targeted drives requesting donations of used athletic and school equipment, books, clothes, running shoes, and surplus medical supplies and equipment. And we’ll need your help, not just of extra items you might not need that you could contribute, but also your connections to organizations, businesses, and people in the city of Louisville who might also want to donate some surplus items. The goal is to accomplish a major contribution of necessary goods to Tamale without costing anyone a penny, and to that end, we believe we have the actual shipping of the container from Louisville to Ghana already donated at this time!

So instead of getting rid of unneeded or outgrown school, athletic, or medical supplies this summer, please consider donating them to the KCD Ghana Container!

This project is being spearheaded by Ms. Jean Amick and is in cooperation with Rotary Club of Louisville, Supplies Over Seas, and Sister Cities of Louisville, who are collectively working to ship another two containers filled with medical supplies and equipment to Tamale as well. For more information, or to join the group organizing this exciting project, please contact Ms. Amick at jean.amick@kcd.org or (502) 814-4147.

Lacrosse Bearcats earn undefeated season

james.booker — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:04:30 +0000

Congratulations to the fifth/sixth grade boys’ lacrosse team on achieving an undefeated season! The team completed an impressive season that included three opponent shutouts. The Bearcats also came out with tough wins against rivals Collegiate and Christian Academy. Team members include Nikita Madorsky, Zach Vine, Conner Collis, Bennett Collis, Daniel Jories, James Roth, Leece Faulkner, Justin Grissom, Jackson Alford, Asa Hiken, Jordan Leonard, Davis Klein, Clay Corley, Madison Tannehill, Colin Ferguson, and Misha Semenov. Congratulations to Coach Preston Smith and the Bearcats!

Bearcat Middle School Invitational brings three new school records

james.booker — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:44:58 +0000

Over 360 athletes traveled to the KCD Monaco-Walker Track to compete in the annual Bearcat Middle School Invitational. The format of the meet is divided between fifth-sixth graders (junior varsity) and seventh-eighth graders (varsity). Twelve schools competed in the event with both the varsity boys and girls finishing in fifth place and the junior varsity girls placing sixth.

Taijon Smith (varsity boys 100m, 200m, 400m, and long jump), Ravi Brar (varsity boys 100m hurdles), Rachel Jennings (junior varsity girls 100m hurdles), Selena Morgan (junior varsity girls shot put), Kennedi Hayes (varsity girls high jump), Catherine Lavin (varsity girls 400m), and the varsity girls 800 m relay (Brigitta Hendren, Morgan, Hayes, and Lavin) placed in the top four in their respective events.

Three new Country Day school records were established at the Bearcat Invitational. Taijon Smith reset his own 100m record (12.40) along with breaking an eight-year 200m record (25.70) previously set by Amir Sheth in 2002 (25.83). Sixth-grader Selena Morgan's shot-put throw of 24’09” broke a school record previously held by Sara Muhammed in 2008 (23’11”). Several personal records were reached by other Bearcat athletes including Emma Baker (1600m), Ananya Gupta (long jump), Kourtney Dwyer (shot put), Hans Naake (800m), Luke Brownlow (discus), and Noah Gillis (1600m).

For most of the middle school squad, the Bearcat Invitational served as the last meet of the season. Seven individuals were selected using previous time or distance standards to compete in the Middle School State Championship later this month in Lexington, Kentucky. Best of luck in the state competition!

Find Track & Field photos on Flickr