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UHA Students Receive High Honor s
JUNE 2014
Academy Action
Inside this issue:
Lower School Academic Team
2
KNE Contest Winners 2
Youth Leadership 3
Science Fair Winner 3
PK4 Trike-a-Thon 3
Beta Induction 4
Sports 5
Prom 6
2014-2015 Calendar 7
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY
The school seeks to provide educational opportunities that will
allow every student to achieve to the best of his/her ability and
to develop as a whole person.
GSA
Junior Taten Frerichs has been accepted
into the Governor’s Scholars for the Arts
in the area of architecture. GSA honors
Kentucky high school sophomores and
juniors that excel in nine different art
disciplines. Congratulations Taten!
Commonwealth Honors Academy
Bailey Morales has been accepted into the Murray State Com-
monwealth Honors Academy. Congratulations Bailey for this
great opportunity to learn and grow this summer!
GSP
Chandler Unfried and Matthew Armstrong have been accept-
ed into the 2014 Governor’s Scholars Program! Congratula-
tions to these two for their hard work and this outstanding
accomplishment!
Poetry Contest Winners
The Christian County Council on Child Abuse & Neglect sponsored a poetry contest for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. Eighth graders Jacorie Sum-mers and Cheydan Crump placed second and third re-spectively in their divisions. Congratulations to both students!
Congratulations to our lower school academic team! They participated in the Region 4 Gover-nor’s Cup Academic Competition Saturday, March 22nd at Grapevine Elementary School. UHA came in second overall in a very strong region. We also want to recognize the following students who placed in the competition: Quick Recall Team—2nd place Rohan Desai—1st place, Science Beth Peebles—2nd place, Language Arts and 5th place, Social Studies Our lower school academic team is coached by
4th grade teacher Tasha Burnam.
Lower School Academic Team
KNE Contest Winner s
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ACADEMY ACTION
Back Row: Shahyan Khan, Lexi Salvaterra, Beth Peebles, Ethan Alexander, Mrs. Bur-
nam Front Row: Allison Bullen, John Michael Bronson, Rohan Desai, Sam Cothoff
Each year the Kentucky New Era gives area elementary, middle, and high school students a chance to expand their minds
and put their ideas on paper. Students have written poetry, essays, short stories, and book reports and submitted them
for the New Era’s literature contest. Students could also participate in an ad contest. UHA’s 4th and 5th grade students
participated this year and the winnners were as follows:
4th grade poetry 2nd place- Haiden Hauret
4th grade poetry 1st place- Sam Cotthoff
5th grade short story 1st place- Zohaib Iqbal
5th grade ad winner & short story 2nd place- Maggie Unfried
Congratulations to Lauren Shaner for win-
ning first place for her Earth Science
demonstration at the Hopkinsville Commu-
nity College’s Earth Day Celebration. She
was also 2nd place (runner-up grand cham-
pion) overall.
Youth Leader ship Class 2014 -2015
UHA Student Wins at Ear th Science Fa ir
PAGE 3
SPRING
The following students have been
selected for the Youth Leadership
class of 2014-2015:
Garret Gee, Tatum Eller, Graceson
Fowler, Stephen Humphries, Cora
Beth Brown, Allyson Wilson, and
Chloe Cannon.
PK4 Tr ike-A-Thon
Congratulations to the class of 2014! The 46 students in the gradu-
ating class was the largest in the school’s history. The class scored a
composite ACT average of 24.5 with 15 seniors being recognized
by The Chamber of Commerce for scoring 28 or higher. Also the
class earned and accepted $1,254,796 in scholarship money. Best
wishes to the 2014 senior class!
The Class of 2014
2014 Beta Inductees
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ACADEMY ACTION
In April, Junior and Senior Beta held their induction ceremony for new members. Beta is an academic and
service club. Students must have a 3.2 GPA to be invited to the club and maintain a 3.0 to remain a mem-
ber. Students must also participate in service projects that provide for our UHA community and beyond.
Senior Beta sponsor is Barbara Kissner and Junior Beta sponsor is Tracie Atwood.
New Junior Beta members include: (Back Row) Weston Wood, Jackson Cothoff, Noah Helphenstine,
Tori Pratt, Katie Beth Stevens, Hutch Williams, Mallory Rager (Front Row) Vidjan Gill, Kevli Sheth,
Lily Hendricks, Roma Desai, Dylan Edmonson, Lainey Burman, and Ashlyn Parker.
New Senior Beta members include: (Back Row) Amber Powell, Chloe Cannon, Faith Alm, Sherafghan Khan, Sam Wil-
kins,Jonathan Kinnard, Garrett Gee, (Middle Row) Graceson Fowler, Nirali Patel,Makenzie Miles, Anna Eaton, Saman-
tha Eaton, Damon Key, Cailey Burman, RaAnna Tucker, (Front Row) Gianna Fiscella, Maegan Hodge, Taylor Price,
Noah Thomas
The Advocate 2014
This year’s yearbook staff chose “We are GOLDEN” as the theme for the 2014
ADVOCATE. Everyone can agree that one’s time at UHA is certainly filled with
golden moments. This was the biggest yearbook Advisor Tammy Cowan said she
had ever put together, and with its golden glittery cover and high gloss senior pag-
es, the yearbook was a huge success! The yearbook staff selected Upper School
teacher Kim Humphries for the dedication. Thank you Mrs. Cowan and staff for all
your hard work!
Freshman Receives Honor
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SPRING
Senior Meg Starling
was named Region 2
Girls’ Basketball Play-
er of the Year. Con-
gratulations, Meg!
UHA’s tennis team had a great season.
Advancing to the KHSAA State Champi-
onship were team members Vivek Shah
and Josheph Daniel in the Boys Singles. In
Doubles were Blake Edmonson and
Hendley Traughber. Advancing for the
girls were singles Gabrielle Kaye and
Kloe Freeman and doubles Gretchen
Powell and Sally Smith. Vivek Shah had a
first round win, getting the first state
varsity win ever in UHA’s history!
Blazer Tennis
Freshman Damon Key has been accepted into the Murray State
University CyberCave Academy. Students accepted into the Cy-
berCave Academy will learn about a variety of technologies that
include: Basic Computer networking, Wireless technology, Voice
Over IP, Network Security, Network applications, media and satel-
lite communications, and GPS. Congratulations, Damon!
Freshman Jonathan Kinnard’s Ar twork
Senior Receives Basketbal l Honor s
Congratulations to Demetria Snorton and Meg Starling for being se-
lected as Honorable Mention in the 2014 Associated Press All-State
List.
Lady Blazer Basketbal l Honor s
Prom 2014
UHA Parents Recognized
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ACADEMY ACTION
In March, the annual Chamber/AgriBusiness Breakfast was held. Jason Jenkins (father of Grace) won the "Friend of Agriculture" award, and Joseph Sisk (father of Victoria and Hugh) was named "Farmer of the Year". Commonwealth Agri-Energy, LLC won "Ag Business of the Year". Chad Hancock (father of Piper, Katie Grace, Kendall) is the CFO and key manager at that business. Way to go, UHA PARENTS! Your UHA family is proud of you.
UHA Alumni Kevin Watkins, class of 2009, has been serving in Afghani-
stan since October. During his deployment, he has received two medals—
the Non-Article 5 NATO Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
Kevin is the son of preschool teacher Faith Watkins. Congratulations to
Kevin, and thank you for your service!
NEWS
UHA’s prom was held on April 26th at the James E. Bruce Convention Center. With a Great Gatsby theme, the
entire evening was a roaring success. Students stayed until the end as drawings for gift cards and cash were held
throughout the evening. Seniors Sally Smith and Drew Burman were named Prom King & Queen. Thanks to eve-
ryone for making the event a success and to the junior class for all their hard work and planning.
2014-2015 School Year
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SPRING
Classes resume on
August 12th
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~Sympathy & Condolences for those in our UHA Family
who have lost loved ones ~
Johanna Naimoli in the loss of her father Wayne Naimoli
Barbara Sivley former faculty member 1996-2004
Jenna Shouse in the loss of her grandfather Don Langhi
Kloe and Kelsee Freeman in the loss of their father David Freeman
Taylor, Karrigan, and Trevor Rogers in the loss of their grandfather
Hal Fennell
Sandra Livingston in the loss of her mother Verla McKinney
John and Scarlett McKeehan in the loss of their father Robert
McKeehan
John Michael and Mary Elizabeth Bronson in the loss of their mother
Suzanne Bronson