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Posted Nov. 9, 2012, on www.jcpsky.net
JCPS students featured in Louisville Magazine
The November issue of Louisville Magazine includes profiles of 22 “Super Kids” at
public and private schools throughout the metro area. Super Kids are students who have
“a special strength—in math, science, the arts, athletics, or all of the above,” according to
the magazine.
The following JCPS students are profiled:
• Ilse Lorena Powell, a King Elementary fifth grader, is a singer, actress, and Quick
Recall team member—and she’s fluent in both English and Spanish.
• Aimee Turner, a Ballard High senior, ranked third worldwide in environmental
sciences at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Several colleges have
offered Aimee full scholarships.
• Mackenzie Smith, a Highland Middle seventh grader, is an artist whose work can be
seen on the side of a TARC bus.
• Max Abner, a Youth Performing Arts School senior, has published three plays. He
also studies acting and directing.
• Will Eskridge, a Brown School third grader, scored 140 on an IQ test, which ranks
him among the top two percent of people who take the test and earned him a Mensa
membership.
• Jerry Simpson, a Coral Ridge Elementary fourth grader, is ranked No. 1 in the state
for his weight class in wrestling.
• Reagan Roy, a duPont Manual High freshman, worked with his sister to write,
illustrate, and publish two books—Petethra’s Secret and Flower: A Girl with
Leukemia—which raised about $9,000 to fight leukemia and sickle-cell disease.
• Ellery Payne, a Jeffersontown High sophomore, has won a math medal in Governor’s
Cup every year since fifth grade. He’s in Jeffersontown’s Project Lead the Way
engineering program.

Louisville Magazine says it identified and selected the students by reaching out to
“teachers, parents, principals, theater and art directors—anybody who could direct us the
nearest young genius.”
To read a digital version of the magazine, click here: http://loumag.epubxp.com/i/89420
To contact the editor of this Web page, send an e-mail
to thomas.pack@jefferson.kyschools.us.
Additional JCPS news sources:
Our Kids—A monthly television program that highlights happenings in our schools, Our Kids is broadcast on
several channels, including KET, Louisville Metro TV, and LouNet (WKYI). Our Kids feature stories are
available on http://www.jcpsky.net.
Parent Connection—A newsletter mailed monthly during the school year to nearly 60,000 Louisville
families. Check your mailbox or visit http://www.jcpsky.net/Pubs/ParentConnection/welcome.shtml.