The Press-Dispatch
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C-12 Wednesday, Januar y 30, 2019 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday Wood Memorial Barton Elementary BARTON, FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND CITY ELEM. MENU Thursday, January 24: Popcorn chicken bowl, cheeseburger, Italian salad and PB & J; sweet corn fresh fruit, veggies and applesauce. Friday, January 25: Cheese pizza, mini corndogs, grilled chicken salad or ham and cheese; tots, fresh fruit, veggies and mixed fruit. Monday, January 28: Chicken patty, fish sticks and mac, chef salad or PB & J; carrots fresh fruit, veggies and mixed fruit. Tuesday, January 29: Walking tacos, grilled cheese, popcorn chicken salad or ham and cheese; green beans, fresh fruit, veggies and diced peaches. Wednesday, January 30 : Chicken nuggets, cheese- burger, taco salad or turkey and cheese; baked beans, fresh fruit, veggies, diced pears and jell-o. OAKLAND CITY CALENDAR Jan. 24 – 5th grade boys' and girls' basketball at Winslow, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 28 – 5th grade boys' and girls' basketball at Pe- tersburg, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 29 – 5th grade boys' and girls' basketball at Winslow, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 – Early Dismissal at 12:50 p.m. UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, JAN. 30 Boys' Basketball (Fr) vs. Princeton, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY, JAN. 31 Boys' Basketball ( V ) vs. Vincennes Rivet, 5:30 p.m. Cox promotes health and wellness By Kenzie Rudolph Diana Cox, a 1981 Wood Memorial graduate, is a fourth grade teacher at Barton Township Elementary, where she has been for 21 years. Cox started working as a waitress, and said "I can't do this for the rest of my life," then went to college for a teaching degree at Vincennes Univer- sity and transferred to University of Southern Indiana. Right out of college, Cox subbed for five years, and then in 1998, she got hired at Barton to teach sixth grade. She taught sixth for 14 years and then moved to fourth. "I love fourth grade. I like the ma- terial in fourth grade. I like the old- er kids, but you know, these guys still have a little bit of growing up to do, but it's not bad. The material makes up for it," added Cox. The fourth graders learn about Indi- ana History and get to go on field trips to learn about the state in which they live. Cox said that she loves teaching that subject and the multiplication that comes with fourth grade math. Some of the field trips that she gets to take her students on include George Rogers Clark National Historic Park, O'Bannon State Park near Corydon, and sometimes they visit the state capi- tol or Lincoln Boyhood. Cox added that she loves to take her students hiking as well. "I love to get them out and enjoy the parks...last year, we actually got to hike two trails," said Cox. At Barton, she is also the wellness and tech coordinator. She added that the students walk ev- ery morning once they get to school. They have also had Fit Fridays, which has been going on for four years, where they spend the last half hour of the day doing yoga, dance or some form of ex- ercise to end the day. Cox said, "We try to promote health and wellness." "Right now, we have a super food program going on...we are starting with fourth grade, and we work with them. We pick a vegetable, and for six to eight weeks, we prepare that vege- table a different way and it gets kids to try new foods." Francisco is also involved with the super foods program, and both schools have been trying new ways to eat rad- ishes. The students also keep an exercise and healthy eating log, and Cox said that the students are encouraged to create goals for themselves. To celebrate the 100th day of school, the students started the day with 100 exercises. "We went in before the day started and we did 100 exercises, ten differ- ent exercises ten times," added Cox. She has goals to get a new water fountain to help encourage the stu- dents to drink more water, and she said that she always tries to get kids to ex- ercise more and sit in front of a com- puter or T V screen less. Gray becomes Wood Memorial's homecoming queen, a dream come true By Kenzie Rudolph This past Friday, January 25, Reise Gray, daughter of Brian Gray and Amanda Vickers, was crowned 2019 basketball Homecoming Queen at Wood Memorial. Gray was escorted by senior basketball star Paxon Bart- ley, who, after this weekend, is now the all-time leading scorer for Wood Memorial High School, all East Gibson Schools and Gibson County. Along with Gray being crowned queen, senior Han- nah Thacker was voted maid of honor, escorted by Hard- en Hunter. The other senior attendants were Grace Mor- gan, escorted by Cameron Saulmon, and Shannah Pow- ell, paired with Grant Hale. The junior attendants for Wood Memorial's home- coming were Kennedy Blacklock, Harley Pass- waiter, Khloye Strickland and Avery Tepe, escorted by Logan Keeker, Travis Bot- toms, Christian Hillyard and Coltin Page respec- tively. The crown carrier and ball bearer were Car- lie Schoonover and Maks Lecocq, escorted by Wood Memorial students Gretch- en Reel and Griffen Parke. Gray said that since she was a young girl she dreamed of being on the Homecoming court. This year, her dreams came true, and she was surprised to be voted as Wood Memorial's basketball Homecoming Queen by her peers. She is involved in many extra curriculars at school. She is captain of the dance team, will be in the school play, Clue, later this spring, is the captain of the Fine Arts academic team, and is on the English academic team as well. She is in cho- rus, and when Wood Memo- rial still had a swim team, she competed. She is also co-leader of Trojan Allies club. When she heard over the school intercom that she had been voted onto the homecoming court, she was extremely shocked. "When I heard my name over the announcements, I actually went into the office to make sure I heard it correctly," laughed Gray. She added that she was very excited and nervous the week leading up to homecoming. "I had actu- ally been having a tough week, and when I found out I was nominated, it made things a little better, like there was still some hope for better things to come," said Gray. Being in front of every- one during the homecom- ing ceremony was nerve wracking for her, but the other girls made it a better experience. Gray said that her dance team was in the bleachers shouting words of encouragement and send- ing thumbs up her way. "When I heard Han- nah's (Thacker) name be- ing called for maid of hon- or, I was confused because I had thought for sure she was going to get queen. I re- member asking myself who had got it. I had a small bit of hope it was me, but I tried not to get myself excited in case I was disappointed," said Gray. She couldn't believe her ears when her name was called for queen. She said, "I was really shocked and thrilled at the same time. I was almost afraid to walk over to get the crown, be- cause I was questioning if I had actually heard them correctly…my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest because I was just so excited and happy." She said that having the crown placed on her head by former Queen Lexi Lash- brook made her feel like an actual queen. A fter high school, Gray wants to go to college. She has dreams to become a pas- try chef and work in a bak- ery. She ended with, "I can't wait to come back next year to crown the next queen! " Senior homecoming court at Wood Memorial. Pictured are Grace Morgan, Maid of Honor Hannah Thacker, Queen Reise Gray and Shannah Powell. Contributed photo Wood Memorial Homecoming Queen Reise Gray escorted by Paxon Bartley, "triple-crown" Wood Memorial High School, East Gibson Schools and Gibson County all-time leading scorer. Contribut- ed photo Jessica Maikranz visits her daughter, Riley, at Barton Elementary for doughnuts and muffins be- fore school. Kenzie Rudolph photo Maci Myers drinks milk with a crazy straw at breakfast at Barton Elementary. Kenzie Rudolph photo Tori Heavrin cheeses while she enjoys breakfast at Barton Elemen- tary. Kenzie Rudolph photo Patrick Reyes is decked out in a homemade "I survived 100 days of school" shirt. Kenzie Rudolph photo Bryleigh and Madelyn French eat breakfast with their grandmother, Pam Wilkison, along with friend, Maci Myers, at Barton Elementary. Kenzie Rudolph photo Ava Doerner celebrates the 100th day of school at Barton Township Ele- mentary School. Kenzie Rudolph photo