05-09 - Bartlesville Public Schools

‘Flood-A-Polooza’Richard Kane Elementary students and staff membersrecognized the one-year anniversary of the flood whichdamaged the school building on April 30 in a light-heartedmanner. Pictured is Melba Henson, a pre-kindergartenassistant at Kane. In an event dubbed “Flood-A-Polooza,”the Cougars dressed up in their best flood gear as theylooked back on the events of April 30, 2007. The floodoccurred in the early-morning hours after a six-inchpipe burst beneath the building. The pipe fed the school’ssprinkler system. A large-effort cleanup effort ensued andclasses had to be relocated to three area churches – FirstChurch of the Nazarene, Adams Blvd. Church of Christ andFirst Baptist Church – for nearly two weeks.Bruin baseball team wins Class6A State Academic ChampionshipThe Bartlesville High School baseball team haswon the Class 6A State Academic Championship.Officials from the Oklahoma SecondarySchool Activities Association informed the BartlesvillePublic School District of the Bruins’ featearlier this week. The team had the best cumulativegrade-point average from the semester - inthis case, the first semester of the 2007-08 academicyear - which preceded the spring season.The Bruins are scheduled to collect theiracademic championship trophy prior to the startof the state baseball title game, set to take placeTuesday at Drillers Stadium in Tulsa.Church volunteers give freshlook to Kane teachers’ loungeThe teachers’ lounge atRichard Kane ElementarySchool boasts some new-foundcharm thanks to the BartlesvilleSouthern Baptist Church.Volunteers from thechurch performed a makeoveron the lounge on April 12, addinga leather sofa, new tablesand some designer screens.They even added some pawprints on one of the walls for adistinct Kane Cougar touch.“The response from theteachers has really been positive,”says Kane first-gradeteacher Jennifer Hamilton,who is friends with many ofthe volunteers. “The workwas very much appreciated.“Projects like this makethe teachers really feel appreciatedfor all of the hard workthat they do.”Bartlesville SouthernBaptist’s Allison Hacklerhelped to organize the projectalong with church missions directorJim Griffin. Among thevolunteer group was Hacklerand her husband, David, aswell as the couple’s daughters,Rachel and Sadie. Also onhand were Jeannette Miller andher sons, Taylor and Jordan,and Joy and Robert Poole.“We started workaround 1 p.m. and finished upabout three hours later,” saysHamilton, who served as avolunteer worker on the project,also. “It was a nice transformationof the lounge.”Bartlesville SouthernBaptist volunteers are nostrangers to Kane. Theypitched in to help the schoolget back on its feet followingthe flood of 2007, whichresulted in classes having tobe relocated from the buildingfor nearly two weeks.Hamilton is in her firstyear as a teacher at Kane. Herdaughter, Erin Rebekah, is inthe fourth grade at the school.The teachers’ lounge at Richard Kane Elementary School has a fresh,welcoming look these days thanks to a volunteer effort by members of theBartlesville Southern Baptist Church.