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It is hard to believe that we are in the midst of our third nine weeks of school. What a thrill it is to be part of such an awesome school as we see the con-struction and academic improvements daily. At Kathleen High School “Knowledge + Hard work = Success.” “Knowledge + Hard work = Success.” “Knowledge + Hard work = Success.” “Knowledge + Hard work = Success.” I am extremely proud of our class of 2012 as they put forth their maximum effort on the FCAT writes. I want to wish our students success on their upcoming state assessments and encourage every one to do their very best. As a community stakeholder and a body of educators we must compel our students to pursue those rigorous courses as they enroll for next year’s classes. Please remind your child that daily attendance is vital to their overall success as they invest in themselves by seeking a high school diploma. Listed below are some important assessment dates.

We are very excited to inform our wonderful community of the progress of the new construction buildings. The new buildings estimated dates of completion are as follows:

• Music/ Fine Arts Building – 8/2010

• Athletic Field House – 7/2010

• Media Center / Administration & Guidance – 9/2010

• New Cafeteria – 10/2010 I want to express my appreciation to our superintendent, our school board member, Mrs. Fields, our community stakeholders, and our facilities depart-ment for the vast improvements we will experience around our campus over the next two years. I am very proud of the improvements that we are constantly observing from our students, teachers, and staff mem-bers. I am inspired as together we are making a difference in the lives of the students. It is a great day to be a “Red It is a great day to be a “Red It is a great day to be a “Red It is a great day to be a “Red Devil!”Devil!”Devil!”Devil!” Cecil McClellan Jr., Principal

FebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruary————African American History MonthAfrican American History MonthAfrican American History MonthAfrican American History Month

KHS student organizations and staff unite to honor African American History Month. Our Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) partici-pated in the annual Martin Luther King Parade. Coach Troutman led our walking unit to include Willie Brown, Greg Abram, William Burgess, Michael Cre-spo, Jacob Stevens, Kalik Harrell, Stacy Butler, Trey

Farrior, Daisen Wilson, and Bra-yun An-drews. They recited the FCA creed with unity and enthusiasm and won 1st Place. Dr. King was well repre-sented by our KHS family. On Friday,

February 27, Coach Troutman continued the monthly tribute and led a group of students who serenaded the lunch crowds. They sung a medley of spirituals. Coach Troutman spoke to the students about the significance of Black Americans and their historical part in shaping

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(863) 499-2655 Main Office (863) 499-2726 Fax

(863) 647-4761 (CFAA)

Principal, Cecil McClellan Assistant Principal of Curriculum, Ginger Rosenau Assistant Principal of Curriculum, Chad Smith Assistant Principal of Administration, Tony Williams Dean Of Students, Greg Wilson 9th Grade Dean, Tiffanie Brown Dean, Jim Boatenhammer

Attendance Dean, Sam Scott Academic Dean, Keith Smith Athletic Director, Gary Lineberger Testing Coordinator, Charles Thacker AIF/Reading, Mechelle Daughtery AIF/Math, Sarah Raulerson AIF/Science, Robin Futch

Principal’s Corner ..................................... 1 African American History Month ............... 1 Greatest Reading & Math Gains............... 2 KHS Staff-Visits NASA Workshop ............ 2 College & Career/Youth Oratorical ........... 2 Bag Lunches After Spring Break .............. 2 National Testing Day/KHS Track .............. 3 Prom—May 1, 2010 .................................. 3 KHS Administrators Bicycle 100 Miles ..... 4 KHS Has Dynamic FFA Students ............. 4 Family & Consumer Science .................... 5 Varsity and Junior Varsity Boys Soccer ... 5 Special Tribute -Students Joining Military 5 Future Business Leaders of America ....... 6 Reggie Dabbs/Skills USA ......................... 6 New Faces at KHS/Live from Antarctica .. 7 Haitian Relief Fundraiser .......................... 7 KHS Staff Published by Harry Wong ........ 7 Softball Schedule/Academies/Yearbook .. 8

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our country. The poem What do you

care? was recited by, William Bur-gess, chal-lenging others to find out more about Black History. Led by Coach Troutman a group of students sung the famous Negro Spiritual This Lil Light

of Mine. To end the lunch shows, Mrs. Ramos displayed a group of students performing African dances. Par-ticipants included Jose Sanchez, Jose Salgado, Eduardo Vazquez, Manuel Palacios, Angel Arzuaga, Ashley

Rodriguez, Alma Palacios, Liz De Jesús, Yurely Rodriguez, Deidy Rodriguez, Ashley Vega, Liz Marie Balaguer, Reina Moreno, Erwin Vega, Isamar Hernández, María González, Presline Paulisaint, Sandy Paulisaint, Jelisa Edmond, Renise St. Louis. Mrs. Register and our Mixed Ensemble also performed during the lunches. Thank you KHS family for coming together for this tribute to African American History.

3/9 FCAT Reading (9th, 10th & Retakes)

3/10 FCAT Math (9th, 10th & Retakes)

3/11 FCAT Science (11th)

4/10 ACT

4/14 College Placement Test

5/1 SAT

5/3-5/14 AP Exams (9th—12th)

Coach Troutman, Jerry Green, Reggie Lattimore, A’Treyu Farrior, Greg Abram, Joe Dixon, Jonathan Acevedo, Brandon Martinez, Brayun Andrews, Jarvier Mar-turin, Terrick Colston, William Burgess, and Omar

Lindsey Livingston, Kim Hill, Kitty Jordan, Kristian Singleton, Victoria Williams, Dee Dee Williams, Alaia Bell, Jana Wells, Stephen Dees, Carafonte Dresdon, Jamaul Broomfield, Eric Lucas, Michelle Stroud, Bailey Oliver and Mrs. Register

Manuel Palacios, Jose Sanchez, Eduardo San-chez, Jose Salgado, Angel Arzuaga, Deydi Rodriguez, Ashley Rodriguez, Carafonte Dris-dom

Sandy Paulisaint, Presline Paulisaint, Jelisa Ed-mond, Renise St. Louis

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Mrs. Lori Bradner attended the 2010 NASA Educator Re-source Center Professional Workshop/Solar Dynamic Observatory on Saturday, Janu-ary 30. “We were taken on a tour and managed to get access to places the general public never see. We went inside the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building). Talk about a WOW experi-ence,” said Mrs. Bradner.

Youth Oratorical Contest

Angel Ramos Shantrea Young Tyler Williams Stephanie Manjarres Omar Melendez

Timothy Dinks Brittnee Vansickle Dylan Pratt Naudia Gibbs William Burgess

Devin Sealey Alan Faniel Nicole Stainback Lyndsey King Treyvon Scott

Due to the demolition of our current cafeteria, after spring break, we will be serving sack lunches. The sack lunches will be served from the gymnasium. This will be the process until the new cafeteria is completed in October, 2010. Thank you for your understanding!

At the 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Education Enlighten Group, two KHS stu-dents were recognized. Kristian Singleton was the 2nd place winner and received a cash award of $250

and Ericka Lewis was the 3rd place winner and received a cash award of $100. Way to go girls! Thank you Ms. Peterson, for your diligence in giving your classes the opportunity to partici-pate in this event.

Ericka Lewis

Kristen Singleton

Kathleen’s annual Col-lege and Career Fair was held on February 24, 2010 from 8 am – 10 am in our gym . The fair was open to Juniors and Seniors and the AVID 9th graders. We had over 70 business’ and col-leges in attendance. Thank you Mrs. Cross for all your hard work! You absolutely ROCK our socks off!

College & Career Fair

Lori Bradner

Not Pictured: Lavada Walker and Kevin Barron

Mr. McClellan gave a free yearbook to 20 KHS

students who had the greatest gains in Reading and

Math based on their 2009 FCAT assessments. The

yearbook recipients for the highest Reading Gains

included: Angel Ramos, Shantrea Young, Tyler

Williams, Stephanie Manjarres, Omar Melendez,

Brittnee Vansickle, Dylan Pratt, Lavada Walker,

Timothy Dinks, Naudia Gibbs, William Burgess.

The yearbook recipients for the highest Math Gains

included: Devin Sealey, Kevin Barron, Allan Fa-

niel, Nicole Stainback, Myron Cook, Brando

Puente, Edwin Palomo, Treyvon Scott, and Lynd-

sey King. Angel Ramos, Shantrea Young and Tyler

Williams had the highest gains in both Reading and

Math.

Free Yearbook

Brandon Puente Edwin Palomo Myron Cook

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National Testing Day

Back Session on Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Scores will be distributed in the KHS Media Center. Parents are invited to at-tend the Scores Back Session to pick up a detailed score analysis and learn more about the SAT & ACT. The deadline to sign up in Guidance is Fri-day, March 12, 2010. See Mr. Thacker for more details and/or questions. charles.thacker@polk-fl.net or 863.499-2655 x241.

Attention Sophomores and Juniors—join your peers at Kathleen High School to see how you would score on a practice PRA. The Princeton Review Assessment (PRA) can help you determine if you would score higher on the SAT or ACT. Our FREE Practice PRA will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at KHS in the cafeteria. The time of the test is 9:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Please bring your calculator. Students and parents are invited to the FREE Scores

Place: Coronado Springs Resort, Disney Time: 8:00 p.m. to 12:00/Midnight ALL OBLIGATIONS MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO PURCHASING PROM TICKET(S) – PLEASE SEE MS. KELLEY TO PAY FOR YOUR OBLIGA-TION BEFORE YOU STAND IN LINE TO BUY YOUR TICKET(S). ALL TICKET SALES ARE CASH ONLY

March 19, 2010 – Red Devil Special – One Day Only - $50 per ticket in cafeteria from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

March 22 – April 8, 2010 - $60 per ticket–during lunches and after school from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (in cafeteria) April 12 – April 28, 2010 - $70 per ticket–during lunches and after school from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (in cafeteria)

*** NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD ON APRIL 29 or 30 FOR ANY REASON*** May 1, 2010 - $100 per ticket (CASH ONLY) at the door with prior approval from Mr. McClellan, Mrs. Kelley, and Ms. Broderick only. ***THERE WILL BE NO NAME CHANGES, EXCHANGES, OR TRAN-SERS, ETC., ON ANY TICKET(S) FOR ANY REASON***NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED BY KHS***All forms: directions, dress code policy, visitor policy, visitor applications, etc – will be located in the main office.

Do not forget to order your cap and gown as the rates are going up $10 in March. If you have any questions, call Herff Jones 1-800-878-9455 ext 3 talk to Fran. SENIORS: Please pay your dues of $35.00 to help defray the cost of graduation, chemical free party and your senior breakfast. All of these activities occur at the end of the year!

Nikki Stem

Congratulations to Nikki Stemm and Orlando Camargo. Nikki has been accepted to Flor-ida Southern College with a $32,000 Spivey Scholarship. Orlando Camargo has also been accepted to FSC with a $20,000 Scholarship. Good Luck!

Orlando Camargo

Congratulations to Raymonda Johnson and Antonisha Wil-liams. Both have been awarded a Take Stock In Children Scholar-ship valued at $4,547.

Raymonda Johnson Antonisha Williams

Kelsea Coe Amanda Roberts

Amanda Roberts has been admitted to Florida Southern and was awarded a $32,000 scholarship. Kelsea Coe she has been accepted to Florida South-ern College and was awarded a $32,000 scholarship. She has also been selected a Scholar by the National Society of High School Scholars based on her academic achievements.

Attention Seniors

Red Devil Boys & Girls Track & Field Team opened up their 2010 season with some impressive competi-tion. The boys placed 3rd overall and the girls placed 2nd out of a field of 10 teams. Point Scorer for the Girls: Shalaneya Bryant 2nd place 100m, 200m, Long jump; Di’Kerria Wilson 3rd place 100m & 4th in Long Jump; MyEsha Williams 2nd place High Jump; Sasha’ Brown 2nd place Shot put; Shyrell Roundtree 2nd place 300 hurdles; Deandra Joyner 2nd place 100 hurdles & 6th 300 hurdles; Darisha Ward 3rd place 400m & 5th High Jump; Ashley Linderman 3rd in 1600 & 5th in 800; Shoniqua Adams 4th Shot put & 5th in Discus; Nakala Driver 4th in 400 & 6th in Long Jump; Richelle Lee 4th in 200 & 7th in 100; Brittany Stubbs

5th place 400; 4x100(Wilson, Driver, Jerricka Joyce, Bryant) 2nd Place; 4x400(Ward, Driver, Stubbs, Williams) 2nd Place. Point Scorer for the Boys: Adam Schertzer 1st place Shot put & Discus; Victor Troutman 1st place High Jump, 4th Long Jump; Josh McFarquar 1st place 110 hurdles, 2nd 300hurdles; Derek Lewis 8th 100 meter; Evan Jones 6th place 1600; 4th in 3200; Jacob Stevens 8th 1600; Jared Williams 8th place 800; Marcel Bruce 8th in 200m; Jack-son Thomas 8th discus; 4x100(McFarquar, Lewis, Troutman, Bruce) 5th place. “The athletes were awesome,” said Coach Haggins and Coach Schertzer.

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KHS Administrators—100 Mile Bicycle Trip

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Did you know the KHS administrative staff rode 100 miles on their bikes? “Our administration and staff owed our students 100 miles on a bicycle for the 2nd largest gains in the district,” said Mr. McClellan. This was accomplished by our lowest quartile in reading. They rode their bikes 50 miles on the Withla-coochee State Trail. They peddled from the Dade City trail head north to the Dunnellon trail head. This was approximately 50 miles per person. The group traveled a combined 374 miles. The crew packed lots of water and lunch and spent the entire day peddling their hearts out on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Way to Go KHS Administrators—-It Truly Was a Great Day to Be a Red Devil! “We are proud of our students,” said Mr. McClellan.

KHS FFA members participated in the Polk County Youth Fair January 25-29 in Bartow. Over 30 students in-volved in the fair competed in several judging contests, showing livestock, vegetables and entering wood/metal projects. A few of our winners include: Brandi Lewis—Grand Champion Con-tinental Breeds; Winner Commercial Heifer Showmanship; Raymond Ward—1st Runner Up Steer Showman-ship Winner; 1st Place Horticulture Judging Team—members Bonnie Tyer, Tyler Wiliford, Natalie Moore and Sarah Payne. FFA members also were winning trophies and rib-

bons at the State Fair in February. Morgan Carlton showed market hogs and competed in the Swine Cham-pion Youth Program. Our livestock evaluation team qualified for the state championship contest to be held in Gainesville in March. Team members include Nathaniel Lawson, Amy Klass, Kyle Sargent (not pictured) and Raymond Ward. Brandi Lewis also took home the Grand Champion title with her

Mercedes Duperon-Demorato showed market hogs and competed in the Swine Champion Youth Program. Megan Campbell was Grand Champion Commercial Heifer; Reserve Champion Beef Master and Vegetable Entry with Cab-bage. She was 1st Place Record Book Contest.

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Maine Anjou calf, 2nd place with her cow-calf pair and 3rd place with her Maine Anjou heifer. Congratulations to all of our winners! KHS students competed in the District FFA contests on January 21, 2010, at Bartow High School. Kasey Meyers placed 2nd in Prepared Public Speaking, Mor-gan Carlton placed 2nd in Creed Speaking and the Par-liamentary Procedure team—members Morgan Carlton, Michael Gary, Patience Costine, Roland Caldwell, Brandi Lewis, and Kasey Meyers—placed 2nd also. “Great job on all your hard work,” said Mrs. Keith. “A big congratulations goes out to John Harris for winning the Tractor Operations Contest,” said Mr. Carlton. He will advance to the state contest in April! Also, the Agricultural Mechanics Team was 1 of only 10 teams to qualify for the state contest which will be held in April. Team members are John Harris, Kyle Sargent, Roland Caldwell and Joseph Heath. KHS FFA students participated in a two day college tour on February 18-19. Students visited Florida Southern College, Hillsbor-ough Community College and the University of Flor-ida. Students explored the agricultural programs of-fered at each college, met with professors and learned about available scholarships . The trip was funded by a USDA grant.

Morgan Carlton Michael Gary Patience Costine Kasey Myers Roland Caldwell Brandi Lewis

Parliamentary Procedure Team

Bonnie Tyer Tyler Wiliford Natalie Moore Sarah Payne

Horticulture Team—1st Place

Megan Campbell

Mercedes Duperon-Demorato

Pictured: Mr. & Mrs. McClellan, Mrs. Donnelly, Mr. Smith, Mr. Boatenhammer, Mrs. Rosenau, Mr. Line-berger and Deputy Lawson

Amy Klass Raymond Ward Nathaniel Lawson

Livestock Evaluation Team

John Harris

John Harris won the tractor contest. Joseph Heath (not pictured) is a member of the Ag Mechanics Team. Both will advance to state! Way to go!

Chelsea Wilson was honored at the DAR George Washington Good Citizen Tea in February for her academics and community involvement! Way to go Chelsea!

Chelsea Wilson

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Family and Consumer Science Department at KHSFamily and Consumer Science Department at KHSFamily and Consumer Science Department at KHSFamily and Consumer Science Department at KHS

The Family and Consumer Science Department is proud to announce the following FCCLA ribbon winners in the 2010 Youth Fair competition held in February. Brierra Edmond received 3 Blue Ribbons- Coffee Cake, Cookies, Cupcakes w/Honey, 3 Red Ribbon- Biscuits, Pound Cake, Bread w/Blue-berries and a Yellow Ribbon for Table Setting. Ashley Williams received a Blue Ribbon-Candy. Taylor Behnke, Kayla Ferro, and Emily Aleman received a Blue Ribbon-Decorated Cake and Ash-ley Williams received a White Ribbon-Decorated Cake. Luis Rosado, Kayla Ferro, Amber Medeiros, and Taylor Behnke received a Yellow Ribbon-Chili Cook off Participation.

Luis Rosado, Amber Medeiros, D’Mia Lawrence, Jasmine Purdue, Terrika Faniel, T’Onnia Smith, Samantha Lope, and Jessica Estey received a Yellow Ribbon-Mannequin Modeling. Tessa Gladson, Theresa Groves, Jared Muiselaar, Taylor Behnke, and Kayla Ferro received a Yellow Ribbon-Working Booth. Six students competed in FCCLA STAR competi-tions in February at Ridge Career Center. Taylor Behnke, Kayla Ferro and Jared Muiselaar won silver medals and placed 2nd in Culinary Arts. Tessa Gladson and Theresa Groves won 1st

Brandon had a piece of his Art selected for the Creative Youth 12th District Congressional Competition at the Polk Museum of Art. This is a juried show and only a few are selected from the entries coming in from across the 12th Con-gressional District. “I am so proud of Brandon,” said Mrs. McNichol. Way to go Brandon!

place with silver and will be competing at state in Entre-preneurship. Our new Coffee on the Run service is their idea and will be helping pay some of their expenses at state. Danielle Smewing won 1st place with bronze in Ap-plied Technology with her website design for our Pre-school Program and will also be competing in March at state competition. “These students have worked hard in preparing for this competition and it showed. They have one month to prepare for state competition and if they are successful there, will attend national competition in Chicago during July. I was very proud and hope you are too” said Mrs.

Kilday.

After graduation two of our sen-iors have made plans to serve our country. Terry Perry has made plans to join the US Marine Corps and James Texeira has made plans to join the US Army. Thank you for your commitment to serve our coun-try—-You Make us RED DEVIL PROUD!

Terry Perry James Texeira

Kayla Ferro, Taylor Behnke, Amber Medeioros, Luis Rosado

Jasmine Purdue, T’Onnia Smith and Terrika Faniel

2010 Star Winners

The scholarship application season is upon us. CHECK OUT this website: www.SchoolSoup.com for your scholarship and financial aid searches. This is the largest scholarship database in existence ($35 BIL-LION in scholarships - ten times

larger than Fastweb).

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Future Business Leaders of America—Shine at District 14 Conference

Future Business Leaders of America students recently were placed in the spotlight at the annual District 14 Conference. The following students received awards and are eligible to compete at the state conference in April. Emily Blankenship and Amber Schwartz, 2nd Place in Management Decision Mak-ing; John Dupree, 3rd Place in Busi-ness Calculation; Skylar Gregoire, 3rd Place in Technology Concepts; Jameela Hosein and Andres Martinez, 5th Place in Desktop Publishing; Olivia Lisbon, 1st Place in Job Interview; James O’Daniel, 4th Place in Account-ing 1; Jennifer Pate, 6th Place in Busi-ness Communications; Danielle Smewing, Pang Nou Xiong, Pang Kou Xiong, Julie Chang, and Christopher Ly, 2nd Place in Web Site Develop-ment. Congratulations and thank you for being a Red Devil!

Samantha Lope has been accepted to Johnson and Wales Culinary School and awarded a $6,000 scholarship. Fantastic news. Jasmine has been ac-cepted to Florida Atlantic Uni-versity. Way to go Girls! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Antonisha Williams and Kimberly Watson. Both have been accepted to the University of Florida’s Summer Success Program. Way to go! We are so proud of you!

Antonisha Williams Kimberly Watson

Congratulations to Kristen Faison and Hannah McClellan. Kristen was awarded the Lions International Exchange Scholar-ship for $1,000. Hannah was awarded a $20,000 scholarship to Campbell University in North Carolina. Wow—You Make Us Red Devil Proud!

Kristen Faison Hannah McClellan

Emily Blankenship, Amber Schwartz, Pang N. Xiong, Julie Chang, Jameela Hosein, Christopher Ly, Pang K. Xiong and John Dupree

In February, our SkillsUSA teams went to Mid-Florida Tech in Orlando for Regional Competition. Steven Fleming, Sammy Brooks and Andrew Morgan participated in Automotive Skill. Leadership partici-pants included Helen Young, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Display and system Diagnosis; Alex Cabose, Diagnosing Electrical Circuits—utilizing OHMs law and Strategy Based diagnostic procedures; Austin Shaffer, Building electrical circuits and testing; James Ferguson, Brake Assembly, Duo-Servo Drum assem-bly service, diagnostics and repair. Thank you Mr. Darr and for your leadership in SkillsUSA.

SkillsUSA Compete at Regionals

Last month, all 9th grade Fire Academy students had the opportunity to meet and listen to Mr. Reggie Dabbs. Mr. Dabbs talked to our students in a humorous style about choices each of them have when faced with drugs, alcohol, suicide, etc. Mr. Dabbs got in their faces and told them that he never smoked a cigarette, never did drugs, never drank alcohol, because he chose not to. He assured them that they can make the same kinds of choices. Mr. Dabbs told our students about family and how thankful they should be that they have someone who cares about them. He talked to them about dating relationships. Most of all, Reggie drove home the fact that "You can never change your past, but you can change your future!" Mr. Dabbs encouraged our students to meet their prob-lems head-on and overcome them. The students were engaged and inspired by his speech. Mr. Dabbs lives in Ft. Myers, Florida with his wife Michele and their son Dominic. Thank you Mr. Dabbs for your inspiration and words of wisdom for our students at Kathleen High!

Samantha Lope Jasmine Wilson

Interested in Being a Host for Foreign Exchange Students?

We have had some wonderful exchange students that have been part of Kathleen High School. If you would be interested in host-ing an exchange student for the next school year, please contact Stacy Pel-ham at stacy.pelham@polk-fl.net “It is a wonderful experience,” said Mrs. Pelham!

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Ms. DeCator joined the Eng-lish Department last month. She is a Western Michigan Univer-sity graduate with a BA degree in Secondary English. She is certified in Michigan and Flor-ida in English 6-12. She is ab-solutely thrilled to be in Florida at KHS and we are fortunate to have her. Welcome aboard Ms.

Decator. Mr. Mills is our new-est coach in the Physical Education Department. He has a great sense of humor and fits like a glove with the department. We are proud to have Mr. Mills as pat of the KHS family. Andrea O’Sullivan teaches Language Arts and Reading. She graduated

from Central Connecticut State University with a BS degree in Marketing. She also has a MAT degree in English Education and ESOL from the University of South Florida. Before relo-cating to Florida, Ms. O’Sullivan spent several years promoting Arts in Education and parental involvement in schools. She spent several years

managing multi-jurisdictional environmental and insur-ance litigation. She is also an adjunct professor at Hills-borough Community College. She enjoys everything that includes the Arts. “I am excited to be at Kathleen High and I look forward to being a part of such a passionate staff,” she said.

Sarah Sengsouvanna became a part of the KHS Math Department in January. Before becoming a Red Devil she taught at Countryside High School in Clearwater and Lake Gibson High where she and coached cheerleading. She is a University of Florida graduate. She also worked for Huntington Learning Center for five years and had the opportunity to work with stu-dents of all ages in the areas of math, reading, study skills, SAT and ACT prep. Mrs. Sengsouvanna is married and has one son, Leonidas or “Leo”, eight months old. In any spare time she finds, she enjoys spending time with her family, running, yoga, shopping, working on home im-provement projects and hanging out with her friends. She has actually ran in three marathons. Way to go Mrs. Sengsouvanna. We are proud that you have chosen to be

a Red Devil and part of our family. Mr. Chuck Thacker, Testing Coordinator and Academic Dean is a KHS graduate. Years ago, he made his mark at KHS as Class Salutatorian, Class President, and Homecoming King. He continued his educa-tion at USF and received a BA in Psychology and Pre-Med. He taught Science for over five

years at Lake Gibson Senior and Lake Wales Senior. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Educational Leader-ship. He married a KHS alumnus and they have one three month old son. In his spare time, he enjoys spend-ing quality time with family and friends and playing tennis. Mr. Thacker said, “It is good to be home and be part of the KHS family again.” Welcome back Mr. Thacker!

New Faces at KHS—Welcome!

Chuck Thacker

Brandi Decator

Alan Mills

Andrea O’Sullivan

Sarah Sengsouvanna

Jaimie Louis Stephanie Douglas

Alexandra Petit-Homme

A Huge Thank You to Alex-andra Petit-Homme, Stephanie Douglas and Jaime Louis for all of their efforts in the Hai-tian Relief Fundraiser Drive. They collected money, clothes, food and delivered them to local agencies for de-livery to Haiti. This was an awesome effort on their part and for the Kathleen Family to contribute. We Thank You Girls!

On Tuesday, February 16 at 2:00 p.m., 30 students from CFAA joined 11 schools across 10 states in a live webcast conversation with the JOIDES Resolution lo-cated in the Arctic ocean just off the coast of Antarc-tica. “JOIDES” stands for Joint Oceanographic Institu-tions for Deep Earth Sampling. The name reflects the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's (IODP) commit-ment to the science of exploring paleoclimate changes in order to better understand the links between the Super Green House World and the Ice House World and how ecosystems will respond to future global warming. Joining the students live were Dr. Jean Peart the Director of the Deep Earth Academy in Wash-ington and Dr. Stephen Pekar, a resident scientist on the floating laboratory JOIDES Resolution. Via the technology, the stu-dents were treated to a

Live from Antarctica @ Central Florida Aerospace

live slide presentation describing the ocean core drill-ing exercises currently being done off the coast of Antarctica, and had an opportunity to ask Dr. Pekar direct questions from the comfort of their own class-rooms. The program was sponsored by US Satellite and NASA. For more information please log onto JOIDESResolution.org.

Mrs. Bradner, Science, Avionics, and Engineering students at CFAA

George Bartuska

In February, our very own Mr. Bartuska had one of his articles published by Harry Wong. “I am very fortunate indeed to have discovered Ms. Wollery’s EPI Program and to have benefited and grown from all the program delivers. Hopefully as a result of my instruction, there will be more teaching stories to tell and students who bring back their own stories of college success as a result of all we do at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy,” said Mr. Bartuska.

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2009 Academic Boost Camps at KHS On January 31, February 7, February 28 and March 7, 2009 KHS students may attend academic tutoring sessions. Ses-

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2010 Softball Schedule

Date Location Time

March 11 VS LCS 5:30 (Varsity Only)

March 12 VS George Jenkins JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

March 15 @ Santa Fe Catholic 5:00 (Varsity Only)

March 16 @ Bartow 7:30 (Varsity Only)

March 19 @ Lake Region JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

March 23 VS Auburndale JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

March 24 @ Ridge JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

March 26 VS Lakeland JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

March 29-April 2 Spring Break

April 6 @ Lake Gibson JV 5:30/Varsity 7:30

April 8 @ Ft. Meade 5:30 (Varsity Only)

April 12 VS Santa Fe Catholic 5:00 (Varsity Only)

April 19-23 District Tournament TBA

TBA Regional Tournament TBA

TBA State Tournament TBA

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