UHA Students Receive High Honor s

JUNE 2014

Academy Action

Inside this issue:

Lower School Academic Team

2

KNE Contest Winners 2

Youth Leadership 3

Science Fair Winner 3

PK4 Trike-a-Thon 3

Beta Induction 4

Sports 5

Prom 6

2014-2015 Calendar 7

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY

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.

GSA

Junior Taten Frerichs has been accepted

into the Governor’s Scholars for the Arts

in the area of architecture. GSA honors

Kentucky high school sophomores and

juniors that excel in nine different art

disciplines. Congratulations Taten!

Commonwealth Honors Academy

Bailey Morales has been accepted into the Murray State Com-

monwealth Honors Academy. Congratulations Bailey for this

great opportunity to learn and grow this summer!

GSP

Chandler Unfried and Matthew Armstrong have been accept-

ed into the 2014 Governor’s Scholars Program! Congratula-

tions to these two for their hard work and this outstanding

accomplishment!

Poetry Contest Winners

The Christian County Council on Child Abuse & Neglect sponsored a poetry contest for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. Eighth graders Jacorie Sum-mers and Cheydan Crump placed second and third re-spectively in their divisions. Congratulations to both students!

Congratulations to our lower school academic team! They participated in the Region 4 Gover-nor’s Cup Academic Competition Saturday, March 22nd at Grapevine Elementary School. UHA came in second overall in a very strong region. We also want to recognize the following students who placed in the competition: Quick Recall Team—2nd place Rohan Desai—1st place, Science Beth Peebles—2nd place, Language Arts and 5th place, Social Studies Our lower school academic team is coached by

4th grade teacher Tasha Burnam.

Lower School Academic Team

KNE Contest Winner s

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ACADEMY ACTION

Back Row: Shahyan Khan, Lexi Salvaterra, Beth Peebles, Ethan Alexander, Mrs. Bur-

nam Front Row: Allison Bullen, John Michael Bronson, Rohan Desai, Sam Cothoff

Each year the Kentucky New Era gives area elementary, middle, and high school students a chance to expand their minds

and put their ideas on paper. Students have written poetry, essays, short stories, and book reports and submitted them

for the New Era’s literature contest. Students could also participate in an ad contest. UHA’s 4th and 5th grade students

participated this year and the winnners were as follows:

4th grade poetry 2nd place- Haiden Hauret

4th grade poetry 1st place- Sam Cotthoff

5th grade short story 1st place- Zohaib Iqbal

5th grade ad winner & short story 2nd place- Maggie Unfried

Congratulations to Lauren Shaner for win-

ning first place for her Earth Science

demonstration at the Hopkinsville Commu-

nity College’s Earth Day Celebration. She

was also 2nd place (runner-up grand cham-

pion) overall.

Youth Leader ship Class 2014 -2015

UHA Student Wins at Ear th Science Fa ir

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SPRING

The following students have been

selected for the Youth Leadership

class of 2014-2015:

Garret Gee, Tatum Eller, Graceson

Fowler, Stephen Humphries, Cora

Beth Brown, Allyson Wilson, and

Chloe Cannon.

PK4 Tr ike-A-Thon

Congratulations to the class of 2014! The 46 students in the gradu-

ating class was the largest in the school’s history. The class scored a

composite ACT average of 24.5 with 15 seniors being recognized

by The Chamber of Commerce for scoring 28 or higher. Also the

class earned and accepted $1,254,796 in scholarship money. Best

wishes to the 2014 senior class!

The Class of 2014

2014 Beta Inductees

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ACADEMY ACTION

In April, Junior and Senior Beta held their induction ceremony for new members. Beta is an academic and

service club. Students must have a 3.2 GPA to be invited to the club and maintain a 3.0 to remain a mem-

ber. Students must also participate in service projects that provide for our UHA community and beyond.

Senior Beta sponsor is Barbara Kissner and Junior Beta sponsor is Tracie Atwood.

New Junior Beta members include: (Back Row) Weston Wood, Jackson Cothoff, Noah Helphenstine,

Tori Pratt, Katie Beth Stevens, Hutch Williams, Mallory Rager (Front Row) Vidjan Gill, Kevli Sheth,

Lily Hendricks, Roma Desai, Dylan Edmonson, Lainey Burman, and Ashlyn Parker.

New Senior Beta members include: (Back Row) Amber Powell, Chloe Cannon, Faith Alm, Sherafghan Khan, Sam Wil-

kins,Jonathan Kinnard, Garrett Gee, (Middle Row) Graceson Fowler, Nirali Patel,Makenzie Miles, Anna Eaton, Saman-

tha Eaton, Damon Key, Cailey Burman, RaAnna Tucker, (Front Row) Gianna Fiscella, Maegan Hodge, Taylor Price,

Noah Thomas

The Advocate 2014

This year’s yearbook staff chose “We are GOLDEN” as the theme for the 2014

ADVOCATE. Everyone can agree that one’s time at UHA is certainly filled with

golden moments. This was the biggest yearbook Advisor Tammy Cowan said she

had ever put together, and with its golden glittery cover and high gloss senior pag-

es, the yearbook was a huge success! The yearbook staff selected Upper School

teacher Kim Humphries for the dedication. Thank you Mrs. Cowan and staff for all

your hard work!

Freshman Receives Honor

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SPRING

Senior Meg Starling

was named Region 2

Girls’ Basketball Play-

er of the Year. Con-

gratulations, Meg!

UHA’s tennis team had a great season.

Advancing to the KHSAA State Champi-

onship were team members Vivek Shah

and Josheph Daniel in the Boys Singles. In

Doubles were Blake Edmonson and

Hendley Traughber. Advancing for the

girls were singles Gabrielle Kaye and

Kloe Freeman and doubles Gretchen

Powell and Sally Smith. Vivek Shah had a

first round win, getting the first state

varsity win ever in UHA’s history!

Blazer Tennis

Freshman Damon Key has been accepted into the Murray State

University CyberCave Academy. Students accepted into the Cy-

berCave Academy will learn about a variety of technologies that

include: Basic Computer networking, Wireless technology, Voice

Over IP, Network Security, Network applications, media and satel-

lite communications, and GPS. Congratulations, Damon!

Freshman Jonathan Kinnard’s Ar twork

Senior Receives Basketbal l Honor s

Congratulations to Demetria Snorton and Meg Starling for being se-

lected as Honorable Mention in the 2014 Associated Press All-State

List.

Lady Blazer Basketbal l Honor s

Prom 2014

UHA Parents Recognized

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ACADEMY ACTION

In March, the annual Chamber/AgriBusiness Breakfast was held. Jason Jenkins (father of Grace) won the "Friend of Agriculture" award, and Joseph Sisk (father of Victoria and Hugh) was named "Farmer of the Year". Commonwealth Agri-Energy, LLC won "Ag Business of the Year". Chad Hancock (father of Piper, Katie Grace, Kendall) is the CFO and key manager at that business. Way to go, UHA PARENTS! Your UHA family is proud of you.

UHA Alumni Kevin Watkins, class of 2009, has been serving in Afghani-

stan since October. During his deployment, he has received two medals—

the Non-Article 5 NATO Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

Kevin is the son of preschool teacher Faith Watkins. Congratulations to

Kevin, and thank you for your service!

NEWS

UHA’s prom was held on April 26th at the James E. Bruce Convention Center. With a Great Gatsby theme, the

entire evening was a roaring success. Students stayed until the end as drawings for gift cards and cash were held

throughout the evening. Seniors Sally Smith and Drew Burman were named Prom King & Queen. Thanks to eve-

ryone for making the event a success and to the junior class for all their hard work and planning.

2014-2015 School Year

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SPRING

Classes resume on

August 12th

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~Sympathy & Condolences for those in our UHA Family

who have lost loved ones ~

Johanna Naimoli in the loss of her father Wayne Naimoli

Barbara Sivley former faculty member 1996-2004

Jenna Shouse in the loss of her grandfather Don Langhi

Kloe and Kelsee Freeman in the loss of their father David Freeman

Taylor, Karrigan, and Trevor Rogers in the loss of their grandfather

Hal Fennell

Sandra Livingston in the loss of her mother Verla McKinney

John and Scarlett McKeehan in the loss of their father Robert

McKeehan

John Michael and Mary Elizabeth Bronson in the loss of their mother

Suzanne Bronson