Bourbon County Schools are truly the leaders of the pack with students who lead by example! K Kids is a leadership club for students at Cane Ridge Elementary School. Students are nominated by teachers and then must fill out an application to become a member. The teacher leaders are Sara Meeks, Lyndsay Whitley, and Rebecca Jackson, while Pat Phipps is the Kiwanis leader for the club. Volunteer/leadership duties of K Kids include: reading aloud to Kindergarten and 1st grade classes, recycling, helping at breakfast in the cafeteria, collecting pop tabs, Thanksgiving food drive, and the Paws donation drive, just to name a few. The organization meets every two weeks. The 2023-2024 roster is as
follows:
1. Madeline Pennington-Arvay
2. Dani Shone – Arvay
3. Maddie Clark – Arvay
4. Gage Howard – Arvay
5. Eabha Cotter – Arvay
6. Lilli Jones – Graves
7. Delaney Clark – Graves
8. Nila Veins – Graves
9. Jena Eubank – Graves
10. Lyla Jackson – Graves
11. Emery Rogers – Graves
12. Izzy Sams – Graves
13. Isaac Jarvis – Roberts
14. Jackson Pennington-Roberts
15. Lucy Clark – Roberts
16. Lucy Flowers – Roberts
17. Walker Sturgeon – Roberts
18. Anslee Terrell – Roberts
4th Grade K Kid members
1. Fianna Cotter – Anglin
2. Titus Harris – Anglin
3. Slade Hutchison – Anglin
4. Hope Ingram – Anglin
5. Jacob Moran – Anglin
6. Wade Roe – Anglin
7. Chloe Trumbo – Anglin
8. Marlie Welsh – Anglin
9. Caragh Cotter – Jackson
10. Olivia Harmon – Jackson
11. Ben Mollett – Jackson
12. Campbell Murrell – Jackson
13. Sydney Thacker – Jackson
14. Jase Thornberry – Jackson
15. Mallory Wainscott – Jackson
16. Reid Crider – Koch
17. Alba Gilliand – Koch
18. Kobe Hamilton – Koch
19. Ellie Ott – Koch
20. Remi Roe – Jackson
21. J.W. Wyles – Koch Students elected these peers into office:
President: Eabha Cotter
Vice President: Dani Shone
Secretary: Nila Viens
Treasurer: Madeline Pennington
Candidates running for office gave AMAZING speeches. Kudos to everyone running!
North Middletown Elementary School staff hosted a peanut butter challenge to see which team could collect the most
jars of peanut butter for our students. The staff collected 278 jars of peanut butter in total.
At Bourbon County Middle School, students are presented with the Colonel Spirit/Colonel Class Awards for leader-
ship in the building. Specifically, the Colonel Spirit Award is for students who have a good attitude, good attendance,
and good grades. The Colonel Class Award is presented to those who have good citizenship, good character, and con-
cern for others.
Colonel Spirit Award was presented to the following students:
Noah Olivares, Aubrey Jones, Trenton Roe, Maxwell Hawkins, Samantha Wells, Christiana Prior Zunan,
Regina Chavarin Arizmendiz, and Isabella Goode
Colonel Has Class Award was presented to the following students:
Lloyd Sanford, Harper Smith, Gage Duffy, Ethan Conley, Emma Insko, Laney Warner, Jayleigh Curtis, Floyd Setters,
and Luke Jolly
Way to show leadership in Bourbon County!
