Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are , daughter of Katherine and Michael Ball; , daughter of Yumiko and Koichi Sugihara; , son of Nina and Robert Eisner, and , daughter of Martha Post and Robert Truitt.
Sixteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are , son of Virginia and Steven Albert; , daughter of Heidi and Sam Bowie; , daughter of Mary and Carl Breeding; , son of Jane and Ronald Brown; , son of Elizabeth and George Colclough; , son of Kim and David Field; , daughter of Beth and Ogden Hilliard; , son of Catherine and Rolf Linder; , son of Kasia and Andre Pater; , daughter of Devi and Rao Podapati; , daughter of Patricia and Steven Price; , daughter of Marilyn Robie and Arthur Shechet; , son of Kathleen Spears; , daughter of Leah and William Tolliver; , daughter of Ming Yan Zheng and Meng-Guang Wang, and , son of Sherri and Lyle Wolf.
Of this year's award recipients, eight Sayre seniors have one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.
Contact Timothy O'Rourke, Upper School director, at (859) 254-1361, ext. #250.
■ Eastern Kentucky University professor of physics Jerry Cook recently received the 2008 Acorn Award from Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education. The award is presented annually to a college or university professor who exhibits excellence in service and commitment to students. Cook, at EKU since 1983 and a graduate of Berea College, earned his master's and doctorate at the University of Kentucky.
Elizabeth Riley of Lexington was recently named a William Danforth Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. She is one of 27 to receive the scholarship, which offers full- and half-tuition payouts renewable for four years. Yearly tuition at Washington is $36,200.
■ A Tates Creek team took first place Nov. 8 at High School Mathematics Day, hosted by the University of Kentucky. The team, consisting of sophomore Michael Druggan, senior Nate Rice and freshman Alec Henthorne, tied with Woodford County High School for total points and was awarded first place on a tie-breaker. Druggan also earned individual honors in the grades 9-10 boys' bracket.
Lafayette High School's Sonal Shah placed first in the grades 11-12 girls' competition.
■ Junior Achievement and Deloitte recently launched the annual "Excellence through Ethics" essay contest, in which U.S. high school seniors are asked to apply their knowledge of ethical decision-making and share their views on the importance of ethics in business. To enter, high school seniors must compose an original essay of 500 words or less in response to an ethical dilemma posted on Junior Achievement's Web site, www.ja.org/ethics. Entries must be submitted online and will be accepted through Jan. 2.
The winning essay will be selected by members of the Junior Achievement Blue Ribbon Panel on Ethics on how well the student analyzes the situation, their presentation of a well-supported argument in response to the dilemma and how thoughtfully they articulate the importance of ethics in business.
■ Winburn Middle School won the 2008 Bulldog Middle School Invitational Academic Tournament, hosted Nov. 8 by Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Thirty teams participated, and two of the top three were from Fayette County. Lexington Traditional Magnet School came in third.
The Winburn team included Melanie Schmocker, Valerie Sarge, Alyssa Liew, Chloe Cao, Vania Ma and Alex Sottile. They are coached by MaryBeth Moffat, Chad Peavler and Theresa Buczek.
■ Jim Owens, chair of the communication arts department at Asbury College, recently published a book with Gerald Millerson titled Video Production Handbook. The book is a guide for beginners and will help readers learn camera controls.
■ Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky are joining efforts to host annual environmental research camps from 2009-2011 that will enable undergraduate students from around the nation and Appalachian middle and high school math and science teachers to examine carbon cycling at the watershed scale and its relationship to coal mining in southeastern Kentucky.
The three summer-long camps, funded by a $537,400 grant from the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates, are expected to attract eight to 10 students from across the United States and two to four teachers each year. The participants' time will include classroom time at EKU, laboratory time at UK and two weeks of field camp in and around Perry and Letcher counties in Eastern Kentucky.
Selection of the undergraduate participants will be nationally competitive. Applicants will be judged on academic record and demonstrated interest in one or more of the disciplines related to carbon cycling.
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