At Adairville School, our students have been working on a variety of activities that help them connect with their local community, learn about different cultures, and participate in new experiences.
Several grade levels have been completing service learning projects in order to help students experience the importance of giving back to their community.
Our Kindergarten students regularly visit Creekwood Nursing Home, and at these visits, they read, sing, and draw with the residents.
Our first grade students are getting to know the Adairville community better and are seeking opportunities to engage our youth in the community. They have helped raise awareness about the Senior Citizen Center building in Adairville, and now our school and PTO partner with the city council to use the Senior Citizen Center building for school events, such as Cookies with Santa and our annual Snowflake Shop (where students shop for Christmas gifts for their families).
In second grade, our students studied how bats help in reducing the mosquito population, and they completed field work on this topic at Lost River Cave in Bowling Green; based on this experience, students built bat houses as prototypes for putting at the local park and the school’s playground.
Our 3rd grade students visited local farms and completed research projects on their areas of interest about agriculture. Students also made thank you packages that they delivered to local farmers.
Our fourth and fifth grade students visited Mammoth Cave to connect to their Science/Social Studies content and to introduce their service learning project with the local animal rescue department. Fourth and fifth grade students are also completing a variety of Science experiments to help students connect the content to real-life experiences. Additionally, fifth grade recently visited WKU’s museum and planetarium.
In middle school, our students are going outside of the four walls of their classrooms. They are participating in Career Academies and Cardinal Clubs. For the academies, our students go out into the community to learn about local businesses and future career opportunities. Cardinal Clubs are sponsored by Logan County High School students who visit our school to expose our students to clubs offered at LCHS.
Our middle school students spent a day at the Nashville Zoo; 6th and 7th grade students visited the Parthenon in Nashville, and our 8th grade students traveled to Lexington to tour UK and Newton’s Attic, which is a day camp that teaches science and engineering in fun and interactive ways for students.
Our Adairville Ambassadors, a group of student leaders, have partnered with the Logan County Extension Office to be involved in an etiquette lunch and other school events. Additionally, they have fundraised to provide Christmas presents to the residents at Creekwood nursing home.
Our students have opened a Coffee Shop and are learning important skills, such as communication and collaboration, needed to run a business.
We have several middle school students who participated in the Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA); they traveled to Louisville and to Frankfort to learn about government policies and procedures. We also have a Robotics team, and these students problem-solve, code, and present in regional competitions.
Our students in our technology and library classes are busy completing STEM activities, which push our students out of their comfort zones of learning and expose them to the possibilities of future career opportunities.
In our music classes, our students are performing to large audiences through primary musicals and band concerts, and in our PE classes, our students are engaged in collaborative activities that teach the importance of team work and determination.
Through our Family Resource Center, we have provided a variety of guest presentations for our students. We have hosted two character programs (Remix and NED assemblies), a Science exhibit where students were able to see and pet several wildlife animals, and a play through WKU that discussed different cultures around the world.
These are just a few examples of the busy and exciting year we’ve had so far at Adairville School. We want our students to have experiences that excite and engage them in their learning, and we look forward to offering more positive learning experiences for our students.