| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
ACHS Academic Team has another Top Ten State finish Adair County High School A-Team Future Problem Solvers Team - Emmalee Baker, Kyle Castaneda, Sarah McQuaide, and Amber Turner - qualifies for 7th year in a row to compete in FPS International Competition in Bloomington, IN.. Heather Jackson sets school record. Jackson and teammate Rebecca Montgomery team up to win State First Place awards in Scenario Writing. Coach Brett Reliford extremely proud of team's hard work, accomplishments By Chad Parnell The Adair County High School Academic Team reached another milestone at the Kentucky Governor's Cup State Championships on March 16-18. The team had five of the top placements at the event and combined in total points to capture another Top 10 overall finish among all finalist schools. The Future Problem Solving Team earned 2nd Place overall. The finish earned the team another qualification for the FPS International Championships, making this the astounding seventh year in a row an Adair County team has qualified for the global event. Only Adair County and one other school in the state of Kentucky have ever reached this accomplishment in the 27-year history of the competition. Future Problem Solving competitors were Emmalee Baker, Kyle Castaneda, Sarah McQuaide, and Amber Turner. Heather Jackson accomplished a school record with her efforts in individual competition as she earned 3rd Place overall in Language Arts. This marked the first time an Adair student had broken the Top 10 in that particular event, having been 11th and teetering on the milestone for several years prior. Jackson was both a District and Regional Champion entering the event and had high hopes of being the first to break the Top 10. After a very rigorous test, one of the toughest ever put together at the State level, Jackson's results revealed her finishing over many of Kentucky's very best who Adair has faced head-to-head in various statewide tournaments this year. Jackson commented on the accomplishment by stating, "It is such an honor to represent Adair County's Academic Team. I don't know of any other team that can take someone who doesn't know the difference between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Samuel L. Jackson, and--over the course of four years--give them the means and opportunities to place in the Top 10 in a statewide competition. No matter where you go, nobody does it quite like Adair." In addition, Heather Jackson paired up with teammate Rebecca Montgomery to earn State Championships in the Scenario Writing event. This accomplishment earned both students the right to advance to International Competition as well. Jackson finished 1st in the Senior Division while Montgomery placed 1st in the Grades 7-9 Division. At the ceremony, both students were commended as having qualified for Internationals three out of the last four years in their respective divisions. Coach Brett Reliford remarked, "Like most seasons, we lost a big chunk of our core unit last year, and the work of these students paid off once again. The results say a lot, but the immeasurable part of what we do is difficult to put into words or to be explained by numbers and rankings. This improvement from August until now for many and the improvement after two and three previous years of believing into the program from others is mind-blowing. This season ranks as high as any other in showing everyone across the state just what work ethic and the refusal to be overlooked will do for a team. I think a lot of people overlooked us at the beginning of this year because of having such an inexperienced team, but a lot of students went through a lot of time and effort to overcome that. I couldn't be more excited for this team and the end result at State." Adair County was the only school within a 90-mile radius to enter the Top 10 total points for the event, thus continuing the tradition of standing out as a powerhouse school in academic competition among South Central Kentucky. The Future Problem Solving finish marks the eighth straight Top 10 in that particular competition, which has only been accomplished by one other school in Governor's Cup history. The International Championships will take place in June at the University of Indiana. - Chad Parnell This story was posted on 2013-03-25 14:20:58
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
Kids Night fundraiser for RFL at Holloway Adair County RFL committee, captain meetings March 28, 2013 Easter Sunrise Service at Christie Chapel UMC at 7amCT Stilts Family will sing at Tabor Community Church, Mar. 31, 2013 Prayer Service for Terry Akin tonight at Mt. Carmel UMC Easter at Cane Valley Baptist starts with sunrise service Manhattan Piano Trio performs tonight at Slider Key Mortgage honored by Kentucky Housing Corporation Easter Egg Hunt at The Center, Somerset, KY Sat., Mar. 30, 2013 Barnetts Creek UMC Easter Events: Egg Hunt, Sunrise program View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
