Education

Through a $1,200 grant from the VSA Kentucky’s Art in Inclusion program, students in Angela Champion’s sixth and seventh grade art classes recently worked on murals under the instruction of artist Alfredo Escobar.
According to a press release from the middle school, Champion led students in the study of famous mural artist Diego Rivera by creating timelines and analyzing Rivera’s iconic murals and helped each class brainstorm and draft themed murals of its choice.

Stars at Work
The Stars at Work second meeting was Feb. 21, 2013. In this meeting we elected officers. Josh Cooper is the president, Makayla Stratton is the vice president, Nita Kiem is the secretary and Taylor Dudley is the reporter. The Stars at Work also came up with a name for the club. The nominations for our club name were the Shields stars 4-H club, 4-H Stars, Clover Stars, Clovers and Stars at Work. Elijah Johnson came up with the name Stars at Work, which was voted as our club name.
—submitted by Taylor Dudley

Super Saffell Star Club

Levi Wilson of Anderson County Middle School won a full-tuition scholarship to Western Kentucky University after taking first place individually at the KSPE Capital Chapter MathCounts competition.
Middle School Mathletes from Anderson County Middle School took second place at the competition.
Western Kentucky University awarded scholarships to the top three scoring individuals, with Wilson winning a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to WKU.

Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg science fair students will be advancing to the regional round in Louisville, according to a release from the school. By being the top finishers in the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg Science Fair, these students qualified for the ACSI regional round to held in March at Portland Christian Academy in Louisville.