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           Leadership Team Hosts 3rd Annual Night of Hope

On Thursday, February 25th, the RCMS Leadership Team held their 3rd annual cancer survivor dinner. A Night of Hope featured a warm welcome by Avery Bradshaw and a heartfelt invocation by Addison Atkin, both 7th grade Leadership Team members. Dinner, which was provided by Main Street Deli, was served by the students. Following the meal guests were treated to musical selections by the RCMS Choir, under the direction of Ms. Cassie Smith, and Mr. Shawn Burdette also shared his vocal talents.

8th grade Leadership Team member Kayla Reynolds welcomed our guest speaker, Mrs. Kim Sargent, to the stage for a very inspiring message. Kelsey Mattingly, granddaughter of the late Jim Cox, presented a poem she composed to honor her Granddad’s memory. This was followed by a Moment of Silence for all of those we have loved and lost to cancer, presented by 6th grader Rachael Davis. All cancer survivors were then recognized with a red carnation.

To wrap up the evening, the Leadership Team welcomed representatives from the Rockcastle Regional Hospital chemotherapy outpatient center to the stage for the presentation of a Mitchell Tolle print, to be displayed at the center. In turn, Cheri Tolle, a representative from UK, presented the Leadership Team with tickets to a Lexington Legends game, where they will be recognized as Community Service Organization of the night and throw out the opening pitch of the game.

Add in all of the door prizes for our cancer survivors and a goody bag for every guest and it equals one terrific evening! All in all, it was a wonderful night complete with food, music, and inspiration that the Leadership Team was pleased to put on for our wonderful cancer survivors!

           District Spelling Bee Results

Congratulations to Chelsea Fleming, 4th place, Rockcastle County Spelling Bee.

           "Dracula Takes a Candy Gram"

The Rockcastle County Middle School Leadership Team, along with Mr. David Owens and his Rock TV crew, teamed up to write and produce a Public Service Announcement to promote the sale of candy grams with all proceeds from these bags of M&M’s benefitting local cancer patients. At the 2010 Winter Shorts Film Festival, the PSA “Dracula Takes a Candy Gram” won top honors as Most Outstanding Public Service Announcement.

RCMS Student Council President Dakota Molina and principal Jason Coguer accepted a $1,000 check from Corey Craig on Friday. Citizens Bank agreed to match all donations raised by the students for the earthquake victims in Haiti. The Citizens Bank donation contributed to RCMS giving the American Red Cross $2,000 through Coach John Calipari's Hoops for Haiti program.

On Friday, many RCMS students participated in "Hoops for Haiti." The students paid $1 to shoot a half court shot in an effort to win a homework pass and $5. These students were able to make the shot, some even made it twice. However, all of them returned their money to assist those in Haiti who have been affected by the recent earthquake.

Pictured left to right: Corey McPhetridge, Gage Reynolds, Jordan Johnson, Ethan Mattingly, Taylor Carter, Sam Pensol, and Sandra Caldwell.

By: Kelsey Mattingly

Members of the Rockcastle County Middle School Leadership Team have, for two years, focused on helping those within our school who are currently battling cancer, have already experienced cancer, or have a family member fighting cancer. Many within our own RCMS family have been touched by cancer, but our biggest inspiration for this project was Mrs. Ruth Coguer, our principal, Mr. Coguer’s mother. Mrs. Coguer was diagnosed with cancer two summers ago and fought a tough battle, passing away on December 15th, 2007. Although countless others in our school system have been affected in one way or another by cancer, Mrs. Coguer’s bravery inspires us the most.

Students on the Rockcastle County Middle School 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Leadership Teams decided to raise cancer awareness by providing blankets for our local cancer center at the Rockcastle Regional Hospital. We first sold bags of M&M’s for one dollar to students and staff members at our school. We then bought fleece fabric, and had members from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Leadership Team cut and tie the blankets. On December 15th, we presented twenty blankets and a framed photograph of all of the students who worked on them to staff from the chemo center in honor and memory of Mrs. Ruth Coguer.

The RCMS Y-Club Delegation was awarded the prestigious MOST OUTSTANDING DELEGATION at the 2009 East Junior Kentucky Youth Assembly. To win Most Outstanding Delegation, the school must have a participant in all facets of the Conference as well as impressive leadership and speaking performances from the entire delegation as a whole. The school also has to have very sophisticated Legislative and Premier Bills, a candidate for Executive Committee and Leadership Team and a Media Corps Representative. RCMS had all of these, as well as Governor of the conference. Ashton Arvin, a freshman at RCHS, was elected the 2009 Governor last year at KYA by popular vote of all students at the 2008 conference.

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