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February 2, 2018 OWLstanding Students Each week Covington elementary focuses on a different positive characteristic word. Teachers select students performing the acts of the characteristic words each week. The following students received OWLstanding student awards for this month. It is a great feeling knowing students can stand out by doing the right things. Our characteristic words for this month were opportunity, personal compass, decide, malama, effort, and contribute. Great job to all showing their Covington pride with great character traits. OPPORTUNITY PERSONAL COMPASS DECIDE Isabella Collins Estella Eller Conrad Canales Daulten Gonzales Skyler Gross Karlee Sorensen Sawyer Ownbey Savannah Akin Jamidy Holland Jeremiah Lopez Malcolm Knox Clay Carver Lillian Jordon Tina Beasley Makenzie Brown Dylan Gregory Jazzmin Duron Logan Beeler Emmalee Akin Kristopher Kennedy Nathan Duron Emma Manning Talon Scholting Allen Black MALAMA EFFORT CONTRIBUTE Jolynn Rhea James Clingerman Aaliyah Mizar Nathan Jordon Trevor Duron Skyler Beasley Jacey Hubbard Macie Gross Kyle Aguilar Jaxon Patton Sophia Eller Parker Reitz Tatum Dean Ty Johnson Aspen Westhoven Breannah Peacock Macy Manning Kyle Griffin Brooke Pulley Caleb Arriaga Tatum Abrego Destiny Waller Zachary Basye Cheyanne Collins COVINGTON OWL BASKETBALL 2017-2018 Date Playing Where Time TUES FEB 6 *IREDELL JVB, VG, VB HOME 5:00 FRI FEB 9 *CRANFILLS GAP JVB/VB HOME 6:00 TUES FEB 13 *BLUM JVB/VB AWAY 5:00 JUNIOR HIGH OWLS Date Playing Where Time MON FEB 5 MORGAN HOME 5:30 (REVISED 11/13/2017) Covington Cross Country Covington High School and Covington Cross Country Teams are proud to announce the following Cross Country Honors, recently released and announced for the 2017-2018 Season: CCCAT: Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas 2017 All-Region Team Class 1A Boys Name: Class: Gerardo Cipres, Junior Klay Howard, Junior 2017-2018 TAD: The Athletics Department Boys Cross Country All-Region III 1A First Team: Klay Howard, Junior Second Team: Gerardo Cipres, Junior 2017-2018 TAD: The Athletics Department Boys Cross Country All-State 1A First Team: Klay Howard Junior Time: 16:00.07 High School UIL Upcoming Events High school students are gearing up to begin to sharpen their competition skills for the district UIL Events held at Covington on March 19 th and 21 st . Be sure to sign-up for an event of your interest at Mrs. Lanham’s door. High school academic contest events available are Journalism, Speech & Debate, STEM Activities, Accounting, Computer Applications, Calculator Applications, Computer Science, One Act Play, Mathematics, News Writing, Number Sense, and Science. Literary Criticism, Ready Writing, Spelling, Current Issues & Events, and Social Studies. There is a subject for all interested in competing. Students be sure to meet up with your competition coach to have a clear idea of all the rules. Covington Owl Basketball Highlights On Monday, January 22, 2018, the Covington Junior High Boys Basketball Owls improved their season record to 5-1, after defeating Blum 23-17 at Blum. Covington led 8-0 after the first quarter, and led by as much as fourteen after three periods. Covington had a solid performance. Austin Brown led all scorers with 12 points, knocking down 2 three pointers. He was 0 for 1 from the free throw line. Calob Smith was big on the boards and scored 6 points. Tymothy Gatton added 3 points and was one out of two from the line. Devin Holley chipped in with 2 points. Hunter Payne fouled out. New Signage You may have noticed the new sign on our elementary building. If you were not fortunate to have known Mrs. Wiseman, here is some information about her. In 1996, CISD’s school board approved naming the newly constructed elementary building the “Angela “Coot” Wiseman Elementary Building” in her honor. Mrs. Wiseman’s years of teaching expanded a half century and for at least one family four generations. Mrs. Wiseman began her teaching career in 1930 at the Woodrow Wilson School in the Woodrow Community where she taught for two years. From 1932 until 1934, she taught at Island Grove School in Johnson County. After a time out for raising her family and helping her husband with his grocery business, she returned to teach at Covington ISD in 1954. In 1994, Mrs. Wiseman retired from full time teaching to half day as our Chapter 1 reading teacher, a position she held until 2000 when she fully retired at 90 years of age. At this time, according to the Teacher Retirement System, she was the oldest teacher actively teaching in the state.

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February 2, 2018

OWLstanding Students Each week Covington elementary focuses on a different positive

characteristic word. Teachers select students performing the acts of the

characteristic words each week. The following students received

OWLstanding student awards for this month. It is a great feeling knowing

students can stand out by doing the right things. Our characteristic words for

this month were opportunity, personal compass, decide, malama, effort, and

contribute. Great job to all showing their Covington pride with great character

traits.

OPPORTUNITY PERSONAL COMPASS

DECIDE

Isabella Collins Estella Eller Conrad Canales Daulten Gonzales Skyler Gross Karlee Sorensen Sawyer Ownbey Savannah Akin

Jamidy Holland Jeremiah Lopez Malcolm Knox Clay Carver Lillian Jordon Tina Beasley Makenzie Brown Dylan Gregory

Jazzmin Duron Logan Beeler Emmalee Akin Kristopher Kennedy Nathan Duron Emma Manning Talon Scholting Allen Black

MALAMA EFFORT CONTRIBUTE

Jolynn Rhea James Clingerman Aaliyah Mizar Nathan Jordon Trevor Duron Skyler Beasley Jacey Hubbard Macie Gross

Kyle Aguilar Jaxon Patton Sophia Eller Parker Reitz Tatum Dean Ty Johnson Aspen Westhoven Breannah Peacock

Macy Manning Kyle Griffin Brooke Pulley Caleb Arriaga Tatum Abrego Destiny Waller Zachary Basye Cheyanne Collins

COVINGTON OWL BASKETBALL

2017-2018

Date Playing Where Time TUES FEB 6 *IREDELL JVB, VG, VB HOME 5:00

FRI FEB 9 *CRANFILLS GAP JVB/VB HOME 6:00 TUES FEB 13 *BLUM JVB/VB AWAY 5:00

JUNIOR HIGH OWLS

Date Playing Where Time MON FEB 5 MORGAN HOME 5:30

(REVISED 11/13/2017)

Covington Cross Country

Covington High School and Covington Cross Country Teams are

proud to announce the following Cross Country Honors, recently

released and announced for the 2017-2018 Season:

CCCAT: Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas

2017 All-Region Team

Class 1A Boys

Name: Class:

Gerardo Cipres, Junior

Klay Howard, Junior

2017-2018 TAD: The Athletics Department

Boys Cross Country All-Region III 1A

First Team:

Klay Howard, Junior

Second Team:

Gerardo Cipres, Junior

2017-2018 TAD: The Athletics Department

Boys Cross Country All-State 1A

First Team:

Klay Howard Junior Time: 16:00.07

High School UIL Upcoming Events High school students are gearing up to begin to sharpen their competition skills for the district UIL Events held at Covington

on March 19th and 21

st. Be sure to sign-up for an event of your interest at Mrs. Lanham’s door. High school academic

contest events available are Journalism, Speech & Debate, STEM Activities, Accounting, Computer Applications, Calculator

Applications, Computer Science, One Act Play, Mathematics, News Writing, Number Sense, and Science. Literary

Criticism, Ready Writing, Spelling, Current Issues & Events, and Social Studies. There is a subject for all interested in

competing. Students be sure to meet up with your competition coach to have a clear idea of all the rules.

Covington Owl Basketball Highlights On Monday, January 22, 2018, the Covington Junior High Boys Basketball Owls improved their season record to 5-1, after defeating Blum 23-17 at Blum. Covington led 8-0 after the first quarter, and led by as much as fourteen after three periods. Covington had a solid performance. Austin Brown led all scorers with 12 points, knocking down 2 three pointers. He was 0 for 1 from the free throw line. Calob Smith was big on the boards and scored 6 points. Tymothy Gatton added 3 points and was one out of two from the line. Devin Holley chipped in with 2 points. Hunter Payne fouled out.

New Signage You may have noticed the new sign on our

elementary building. If you were not

fortunate to have known Mrs. Wiseman,

here is some information about her.

In 1996, CISD’s school board approved

naming the newly constructed elementary

building the “Angela “Coot” Wiseman

Elementary Building” in her honor. Mrs.

Wiseman’s years of teaching expanded a

half century and for at least one family four

generations.

Mrs. Wiseman began her teaching career

in 1930 at the Woodrow Wilson School in

the Woodrow Community where she taught

for two years. From 1932 until 1934, she

taught at Island Grove School in Johnson

County. After a time out for raising her

family and helping her husband with his

grocery business, she returned to teach at

Covington ISD in 1954. In 1994, Mrs.

Wiseman retired from full time teaching to

half day as our Chapter 1 reading teacher,

a position she held until 2000 when she

fully retired at 90 years of age. At this time,

according to the Teacher Retirement

System, she was the oldest teacher

actively teaching in the state.

February

1 2

6:00p HS BB -

VG/VB @ Kopperl

1:30p Assembly

7th-12

th

2:30p Assembly

PK-6th

3

4 5 Pasta for Pennies

Week

Pajama Penny Day

5:30p JH BB @

Morgan

6 Pasta for Pennies

Week

Neon Nickels Day-

Wear Neon

5:00p HS BB -

JVB/VG/VB HERE

7 Pasta for

Pennies Week

Dazzling Dimes

Day-Wear sequins

8 Pasta for Pennies

Week

Crazy Quarters

Day-Wear crazy

hat &/or socks

9 Pasta for

Pennies Week

Team Up For

Leukemia- Wear a

team jersey

$1.00 Hat Day

6:00p Daddy

Daughter Dance

6:00p HS BB

JVB/VB Only

HERE

10

11 12

6:00p PTO

Meeting

7:00p School

Board Meeting

13

10:00a Blood

Drive

5:00p HS BB -

JVB/VB @ Blum

14 Spring Individuals,

Kinder Grads,

Class Groups and

Winter Sport Pics

15

16 $1.00 Hat Day

12:00p Early

Dismissal

17

18 19 20 21 22

5:30p Info

Expo/Report Card

Pickup

23 $1.00 Hat Day

24

5:00p Moms for

NHS Pancake

Supper/Auction

25 26 27 28

The Hoot is On-Line

Thanks to our wonderful administration

secretary, Mrs. Nivens, everyone can now read

each edition of our school newspaper on-line on

our school website. The “Newsletters” link is on

our homepage www.covingtonisd.org under

“Quicklinks” on the left. We hope you enjoy this

new additional access to “The Hoot” each month.

Valentine’s Kisses Fundraiser The yearbook staff will be selling Valentine’s Kisses for your

favorite people. They will be delivered on February 14, 2018.

Each kiss cost $.25; contact Mrs. Lanham for more details.

Elementary and Junior High Events Results February

Art 4

th grade-1

st place team

Emma Manning 2nd

Nevaeh Coffman 3rd

Adam Stamper 4th

6th

grade-3rd place team

Storytelling 2

nd grade

Caleb Arriaga 3rd

Alice Haffner 6th

3rd

grade David Reynolds 3

rd

Creative Writing 2

nd grade

Caroline Black 4th

Trevor Elder 6th

Dictionary Skills 5

th grade- 1

st place team

Jeremiah Cunningham 1st

Hilary Hawhee 2nd

Maddox Abrego 4

th

8th

grade- 1st place team

Kelsey Abrego 2nd

Natalie Roberson 2

nd

Darrah Gomes 4th

Editorial Writing 6

th grade

Brazos Stewart 1st

Cheyanne Collins 4th

7th

grade Ariana Johnson 6

th

Impromptu Speaking 6

th grade

Dylan Gregory 2nd

Macie Gross 4

th

7th

grade Ariana Johnson 3

rd

8th

grade Kolby Sorenson 4

th

Listening 6

th grade

Angela Shanks 6th

Maps, Graphs & Charts 5

th grade- 3

rd place team

Logan Newburn 5th

6th

grade- 1st place team

Allen Black 1st

7th

grade- 3rd place team

Cheyanne Utter 6th

Modern Oratory 6

th grade

Cheyanne Collins 1st

Dylan Gregory 2nd

Angela Shanks 5

th

7th

grade Cheyanne Utter 2

nd

Ariana Johnson 6th

8th

grade Darrah Gomes 1

st

Peyton Heskett 2nd

Social Studies 5

th grade

Jason Basye 1st

6th

grade Allen Black 5

th

Science 7

th grade- 3

rd place team

Dawson Ray 5th

Ariana Johnson 5th

8th

grade-3rd place team

Austin Brown 4th

Darrah Gomes 5th

Number Sense 4

th grade- 2

nd place team

McKenzie Bevens 2nd

Kayden Smith 4

th

5th

grade- 2nd

place team Jeremiah Cunningham 3

rd

8th

grade- 2nd

place team Emma Weatherford 5

th

Mathematics 6th grade- 3

rd place team

Allen Black 6th

7th

grade Cheyanne Utter 2

nd

Ready Writing 3

rd grade

Klaira Elder 1st

4th

grade Savannah Dixon 3

rd

5th

grade Hilary Hawhee 1

st

Ariana Johnson 2nd

8th

grade Brianna Dixon 2

nd

Spelling 4

th grade-1st place team

Savannah Dixon 1st

Ty Johnson 3rd

6th

grade Joseph Willman 6

th

Music Memory 2

nd grade-1

st place team

Caroline Black 1st

Trevor Elder 2nd

Clay Carver 6

th

3rd

grade- 2nd

place team Klaira Elder 2

nd

4th

grade-1st place team

Savannah Dixon 1st

Ty Johnson 4th

5th

grade-2nd

place team Michaela Stephens 3

rd

Logan Newburn 5th

Liyah Hicks 6th

7th

grade-1st place team

Casey Hernandez 2nd

Cheyanne Utter 3

rd

Lilly Wickliffe 6th

8th

grade- 3rd place team

Kelsey Abrego 4th

Oral Reading 4

th grade

Rylie Edens 1st

Savannah Dixon 4th

Keira Lidster 5th

5th

grade Hilary Hawhee 2

nd

Liyah Hicks 4th

6th

grade Harley Votaw 4

th

7th

grade Casey Hernandez 3

rd

Cheyanne Utter 4th

Lilly Wickliffe 6th

8th

grade Darrah Gomes 2

nd

Reagan McDaniel 3rd

Chess 2

nd grade- 1

st place team

Ricki Gonzales 3rd

Colton Nickell 5th

3rd

grade- 2nd

place team David Reynolds 3

rd

Abel Hall 6th

4th

grade- 1st place team

Lucas Young 1st

Kayden Smith 3rd

Destiny Waller 5th

5th

grade- 2nd

place team Jeremiah Cunningham 3

rd

Maddox Abrego 6th

6th

grade- 2nd

place team Brazos Stewart 2

nd

Weston Martin 6th

8th

grade- 2nd

place team Devin Holley 1

st

Hayden Burt 5th

Covington Pride, Elementary Wins 1st Place at UIL Academic Meet

The Covington Elementary kids showed up to win at the UIL district meet during the week of January 15th. Elementary won first place overall

by 107 points for a 540 points total. Our Junior High students placed 4th overall out of 7 schools. All students preformed wonderfully and our

staff celebrates your success. It is always a great time to show your Owl Pride.

UIL participants in grades second to sixth were treated on Friday, February 9th, to skating in Bellmead and eating out at CiCi's.

Library News Covington’s Coronation

The end of 2017 was spent enjoying the many wonders of “Whoville.” Coronation was held on December 9, 2017. Congratulations to everyone serving on the court. The reining court for the 2017-2018 school year are 2

nd graders Caroline Black and Daulten Gonzales, 4

th graders Rylie Edens

and Cason Oliver, 7th graders Paige Karlicek and Tymothy Gatton, and 12

th

graders Taylore Kay and Cole Johnson. The Junior Class served a delicious meal from Frankie’s Italian Restaurant.

The evening consisted of great entertainment by our elementary students

signing carols, great music by the Covington band, and a short play by the

second graders.

Thanks to all who donated generously and a special thanks to the great

decorations.

Word Search

H I D C R C F U E P V S

E U X O B K A Q B P E X

X R B Y Y A C K O C F F

T A E Y R C T F T D S E

L C I S T I O O Z C X V

U Z E A E Q R G A E O I

J E L F Y A Z J A Y C R

W H F L F T R Y M E A E

R O L E F A W C S M N D

V E J J X N X F H I O C

A E S Z Q T C E P S A N

F B V A S U F Q W O P S

AFFECT ASPECT

DERIVE FACTOR

LABOR RESEARCH

ROLE SECTOR

Positive Hoots By: C. H. and S. L.

[A Quote for Thought]

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see shadows.

-Helen Keller

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

-Audrey Hepburn

Be your own sunshine in the darkness-C.H.

Always be you. -C.H.

Never let anyone tell you, you’re not good enough. You’re

always good enough. You have a purpose different than

anyone else. -S.L.

There is always a reason to try. Someone you care about. An

event. A promise. There is never no reason. Always try.

Whether you fail or succeed. It doesn’t matter. -S.L.

Upcoming Scholastic

Book Fair

Get ready for “Paws for Books” at the

upcoming book fair. Let us let the cat out of

the bag and fill it with books. The books are

scheduled to arrive on March 26th

. They will be

tailing the tails in our library until March 30th.

Plan on some fun throughout that week.

Parents may volunteer to join in the fun by

contacting the library. There is always a need

for volunteers during book fair week.

A.R. Goal Party Students who met their Accelerated Reading

Goals during the first semester of school

three out of three times were treated to a few

hours of bowling.

On January 24, 2018, eighty elementary

students enjoyed knocking down pins at the

Cleburne Pin Center. They were also treated

to a slice of pizza and drinks.

Don’t worry if you did not go first semester,

everyone gets to start fresh for the second

semester. Just get your AR reading goals 3

out of 3 six weeks and you will be going on

our next fun AR Goal Party.

Pancake Supper

There will be a Pancake Supper and Auction on

February 24, 2018 held by the Moms for National

Honor Society.

The dinner starts at 5 p.m. and will cost $6.00 per

person. Proceeds will go to the National Honor

Society’s end of the year trip.

Student Council The Covington JH/HS Student Council is active this winter. After

a successful Coronation, they have turned their sites to preparing

for the state convention in April. In the coming weeks, they will be

highlighting the Texas Association of Student Councils statewide

project, Human Trafficking. They are planning several activities to

raise awareness on this growing problem. Stay tuned for more

information.

They were asked to provide hygiene kits for Hillsboro Interfaith

Ministries Food Bank. They were happy to provide 20 kits to

them in January. It left their supplies low. They are asking for

donations of unused hotel size toiletries. They also have an

Amazon wish list set up where travel size toiletries can be bought

and shipped directly to us. The address for the wish list

is http://a.co/79ks2bq. Please consider helping them out so they

may help our community. Thanks for helping us out!

Council members were issued letters for their parents and the

student to sign with intentions of going to convention. Those

letters will determine how many students will be able to

go. Intents were due on January 22nd

.

Don’t

Forget to

Turn in

Your

Box Tops!

Gifted and Talented Nominations

Beginning in March, if you have a child in grades

Kindergarten through 8th

that you wish to be screened for

admission into Covington’s Gifted and Talented Program,

please stop by the principal’s office to pick up a Parent

Nomination Packet. Please fill out the needed information

and return to the principal’s office with the student’s

portfolio. Your child will be screened during our late April

screening and a letter will be sent to you upon decision of

our screening process. Our policy requirements of the

screening process are as follows

Student is nominated

Have a student portfolio of 5 samples of student’s products (Please be sure to include a portfolio of the student’s work along with the nomination packet.)

Must score 111 on SAGES-2 testing

32 to 36 points on a teacher Renzulli-Smith Motivational Characteristic survey

27 to 32 points on a teacher Renzulli-Smith Learning Characteristic survey

Must receive consistent tallies of Superior/Very Superior in at least one of the observed behaviors on the Kingore Observation Inventory done by G/T Coordinator/Teacher.

Students testing will receive a letter in the mail stating if

they have been accepted into the program for the 2018-

2019 school year.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Covington’s PTO and ACE would like to invite all Dads and

daughters to the 4th Annual Daddy Daughter Dance. The dance

will be held on February 9, 2018 in the school cafeteria from 6 to 8

p.m. The dance is free. PTO will be selling roses for $2.00 and

will be taking pictures for $5.00. All proceeds benefit Covington’s

Back to School Fair held in August.

From the School Nurse

Pennies for Pasta Pennies for Pasta begins Feb 5 and runs through March 5. Olive Garden proudly sponsors The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Student Series. For more than 20 years, Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies program has rewarded elementary and middle school children for their participation in the LLS Student Series, a unique service-learning, philanthropy and character-building initiative in which students collect donations, including their own spare change, to support LLS’s efforts to find cures for blood cancers and ensure that patients have access to treatments. The top fundraising classroom in each school receives a pasta party courtesy of Olive Garden, which aims to bring its family dining experience to the classroom. Covington students will have a fun-filled week of dress up days to help raise awareness of Leukemia and Lymphoma during their fundraising efforts. February 5

th, Monday is Pajama Penny Day- Wear your pajamas and bring your pennies!

February 6th, Tuesday is Neon Nickels Day- Wear your brightest neon and bring in nickels!

February 7th, Wednesday is Dazzling Dimes Day- Donate dimes & wear something shiny or something that makes you different & unique!

February 8th, Thursday is Crazy Quarters Day- Wear a crazy hat and/or socks to school today and cash in your quarters!

February 9th, Friday Team Up for Leukemia- Wear your favorite team's jersey or colors and collect all coins and dollars!

There will also be Friday $1.00 Hat Day. Students who pay $1.00 may wear a hat on that Friday. The $1.00 Hat Day will be every Friday until March 2

nd.

Leadership Development

Ms. Bowling held a goat clinic, so the students could practice

for the County Show!

The Hill County Show was held in January with many students

competing and placing with their show animals.

Classroom & School-Wide Happenings

Math, Science, and Technology with Mrs. Benton Fourth grade math students have been working hard on multi step math problems. They also have started a project that students will be researching how Math is used in careers. This will be showcased at the Info Expo in February. Students are also doing a Heritage Project in Social Studies where they are learning about their family and heritage.

Science and Health with Mrs. Nickell

Fifth grade Science lab received a hands on look at owl pellets. They are reviewing and getting ready to gear up for the STAAR assessment. Part of their reviewing is really getting some hands-on time. This helps concrete everything they have talked about. They just finished weather and climate so if you see them outside embracing this Texas weather, just honk and wave! They are just

enjoying a little bit of science without the pencil and paper.

Second Grade with Mrs. Hardin Second graders spent the first semester of school enjoying Mrs. Hardin’s learning is fun attitude. They are

patiently waiting for the spring book fair to get their hands on some more fun reading material.

Kindergarten with Mrs. Manning We love winter! Kindergarten has been learning about winter this month. They have ice skated,

made snow, read books by Jan Brett, ate hedgehogs and bears! They are also starting to learn

about addition and subtraction. They are doing very well reading three letter words! Exciting

things are happening in Kindergarten.

Dental Hygiene Awareness Colwick Dental from Cleburne visited students in Pre-k through 6

th grade on February 1

st to generate

awareness about the importance of brushing their teeth regularly.

Pre-K Pre-K has been busy comparing and contrasting literature. Learning their colors, letters, and letter sounds. It has

been a great first semester of learning and fun with Mrs. Shaver.

Blood Drive

Covington will be holding a blood drive on February 13th

from 10 am

to 3 pm in the HS gym foyer. If you are 16 years old or older, please

stop by to donate. If you plan on donating be sure to hydrate with

water prior to donating and afterward.

UIL Oral Reading The elementary UIL Oral Reading contestants

took some of Dr. Heskett’s time to practice their

poems. UIL takes patience and time for all

involved. We are thankful for the fun and positive

leadership here at Covington ISD.

Bad Weather Day

Due to extra minutes built into

this year’s calendar, it will NOT

be necessary to use a Bad

Weather Day to make up for the

day we missed on January 16th.

Our first scheduled bad weather

makeup day is March 9th

. It will

still be a holiday as long as we

do not miss another day due to

inclement weather.

A Message from Dr. Heskett

We are deeply saddened that one of our students, Danakah Abels, of Covington ISD passed

away on January 26, 2018. We extend our sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathy to her

family and friends, as they will certainly be in our thoughts and prayers.

Students and staff may react to this tragedy in different ways, expressing their feelings in

response to the loss of one of our school community members, some more intensely than

others. Crisis counselors from Region 12 ESC and surrounding school districts will be available

Monday, January 29, 2018, providing support for our students.

We encourage you to also talk with your child as it is important for students to express their

feelings to trusted adults and loved ones. Traumatic events such as the sudden loss of a friend

or peer can trigger emotional responses that may require additional counseling support.

A Celebration of Life

The family of Danakah Abels wishes to invite everyone to the Hilco Civic Center on Saturday, February 3rd

, between 12 and 3 p.m.

to help them celebrate the life of Danakah. The civic center is located at 1000 S. Files Street in Itasca. Danakah touched so many

in our community with her strong will and energizing personality. Stop by and share your memories with everyone.

Poetry

My “Talent” By B.W.

I always say that everyone is better than me and I have

nothing special about me But I'm lying

My talent is pretending to be okay everyday

I'm pretty good at it

Ha! Ha, you thought that smile was real?

I guess I'm pretty good at my "talent".

But there are some days

when I'm just tired and I can't show it off... so I take a break

I get an attitude with everyone in the house.

Attitude=trouble

Trouble=grounded

Grounded=room

Room=crying until I fall asleep.

And then once my 1 day break is over

I go back to work

Put that smile on, get my fake laugh ready... and I'm good to

go.

I have a hard time actually being happy

Why?

Because it's hard when you're not good at anything.

You always have this one person who's always better than

you

And then it's 100x worse when that person is always around

you

Every single day, I'm constantly looking at her and looking

back at myself and asking

"why can't I be like her”

“why am I fatter than her”

“why can't I be as pretty as she is”

“why am I not as funny as she is”

“why can’t guys fall for me like they fall for her”

“why can't I be GREAT at everything... just like her.

“Why does she get to have so many “talents”... and I don’t”

And then my head goes down

My cover is blown

My "talent" is gone

And the tears and attitudes are, once again, back.

Life Struggles By T.G

Hi. I’m depression,

And I’m just another lesson.

You wish I was gone, but I’m still here.

Every time you think of me, out come the tears

And I’m just a thing that hurts inside

And takes away all your hope and pride.

You could walk away, but that won’t help,

And I’m just a thing that you can’t bear.

Looking in the mirror it’s really hard to stare.

Out comes tears,

Out comes terror.

Nothing else can make me any better.

Oh, however you think that you’re all that,

See that I’m a take it right back.

And here comes that track, the track that I’m running from,

fear.

Oh, wait, no I can’t do that here.

It’s hard for me to even stare,

Filled with concrete and with half breath,

It feels like someone pushing on my chest.

Hard in the knees, hard in the face,

It feels like I’m just a discourse,

That’s why I get blue and purple in the face.

Creative Arts Division of the Hill County Fair

Reserve Champion Southdown

Rylie Edens

Market Goat Haley Hubbard 1

st

Oliver Dixon 2nd

Jacey Hubbard 2

nd

Courtney Ratliff 2nd

JoLeigh Gonzales 4

th

Kelsey McLain 4th

Harley Votaw 5

th

Erin Livingston 6th

Shelbie Williams 9th

Cody Williams 8th

Trevor Williams 6th

Market Pig Payton Ownbey 2

nd

Samatha Baack 2nd

Cheyanne Collins 3rd

Reagan McDaniel 5

th

Market Lamb Tyler Sanders 3

rd

Chickens Kiera Lidster 4

th

Nicole Eide 11th

Caden York 20th

Brazos Stewart 21st

Rabbits

Skyler Gross 4th

Macie Gross 7th

Haleigh Cawthon 4

th

Virginia Smith 9th

Parker Jordon 9th

Cheyenne Oliver 9th

Colt Oliver 11th

Meat Rabbit Cason Oliver 4

th

Meridian Stewart 5th

Pig Sawyer Ownbey 4

th

Evelyn Seitz-Troullier 4th

Calob Smith 7th

Ethan Ramirez 8

th

Market Swine Monique LaFountain 6

th

Steer Monique LaFountain 6

th

Heifer Monique LaFountain 1

st

Monique LaFountain 2nd

Jacob Long 2

nd

Noah Long 5th

Tyler Sanders 1st

Breeding Gilt Virginia Smith 6

th

Haven Mannis 9th

Josh Smith 8th

Horse Elizabeth Kintz 1

st

Reserve Champion Heifer Monique LaFountain

Champion Crossbred Rylie Edens

Crossbred Rylie Edens 2

nd

Black Rylie Edens 2

nd

Drop Cookie PK – 1 Keith Karlicek 4

th

Isabella Collins P Grades 2-4 Cheyenne Oliver 4

th

Cupcakes PK – 1 Caisley Oliver 1

st

Grades 2-4 Cheyenne Oliver 1

st

All Other Candy Grades 2-4 Cason Oliver 2

nd

Crayon PK – 1 Isabella Collins P Caisley Oliver 2

nd

Malcolm Knox P Grades 2-4 Meridian Stewart 2

nd

Birdhouses PK – 1 Malcolm Knox 5

th

Grades 2-4 Jerry Sanders P Grades 5-8 Hilary Hawhee 4

th

Muffins Grades 2-4 Elizabeth Knox 5th

Marker Grades 2-4 Meridian Stewart P

Paint Grades 2-4 Meridian Stewart P

Pencil Grades 2-4 Meridian Stewart 3

rd

Animal(s) Photography Grades 2-4 Cheyenne Oliver P Elizabeth Knox 4

th

Cason Oliver P Grades 5-8 Colt Oliver P

Paige Karlicek P

Recycled Items Grades 2-4 Jerry Sanders 3

rd

Bar/Brownies Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek P

Cakes from Mix Grades 5-8 Cheyanne Collins 4

th

Animal(s) Oil/Acrylic Grades 5-8 Lilly Wickliffe P

Scene/Landscapes Ink/Charcoal Grades 5-8 Brianna Dixon 1

st

Reserve Champion

Animals Water Color/Pastels Grades 5-8 Hayden Burt 1

st

Scene/Landscapes Water Color/Pastels Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek 1

st

Portraits/People Water Color/Pastels Grades 5-8 Lilly Wickliffe 1

st

Animals Pencil/Marker Grades 5-8 Emma Weatherford 3

rd

Grades 9-12 Elizabeth Kintz P

Portraits/People Pencil/Marker Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek 5

th

Grades 9-12 Cheyanne Johnson 3

rd

Valerie Crouch 1st

Reserve Champion

Buildings/Structures Pencil/Marker Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek 4

th

Other Pencil/Marker Grades 5-8 Aspen Westhoven P Emma Weatherford 1

st

Mixed Medium (all types) Grades 5-8 Hayden Burt 1

st

Grand Champion Reagan McDaniel 5

th

Cartoons Grades 5-8 Casey Hernandez 1

st

Grades 9-12 Valerie Crouch 1

st

Nature/Scene/Landscape Photography Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek P Kolby Sorenson 2

nd

People Photography Grades 5-8 Paige Karlicek P Colt Oliver P

Plant/Floral Photography Grades 5-8 Kolby Sorenson P

Black & White/Sepia-all types Photography Grades 5-8 Kolby Sorenson 1

st

Metal Crafts Grades 5-8 Cheyanne Collins 1

st

Buildings/Structures Ink/Charcoal Grades 9-12 Cheyanne Johnson 1

st

Still Life Pencil/Marker Grades 9-12 Valerie Crouch 1

st

Other Pencil/Marker Grades 9-12 Breanna Todd P Valerie Crouch 1

st

Jewelry (no recycled material) Grades 9-12 Elizabeth Kintz 2

nd

Woodwork (handmade non-furniture) Grades 9-12 Kinleigh Stotts 3

rd