Congratulations to:
These Fayette County award winners at the Kentucky PTA 2018 state convention:
Dixie Magnet Elementary PTA: Outstanding Programs and Projects, President’s Challenge, Apple Award
Southern Middle School PTSA: Outstanding Programs and Projects, Outstanding Local Unite Website, Outstanding Membership Campaign, President’s Challenge, Acorn Award, Mrs. George Weldon Award
Stonewall Elementary PTA: Outstanding Local Unit Website, Outstanding Local Unit Newsletter, Outstanding Volunteer (J. Bruce Moore).
Veterans Park Elementary PTSA: Outstanding Local Unit Newsletter, Outstanding Volunteer Participation, President’s Challenge, Chuck Saylors He-Man Award, Oak Tree Honor
Lansdowne Elementary School PTA: Outstanding Male Participation, President’s Challenge, Apple Award
Garrett Morgan Elementary PTA: President’s Challenge, Apple Award
Crawford Middle School PTSA: Apple Award
Henry Clay High SchoolPTSA: Lida Gardner Honor Roll Award
Edythe J. Hayes Middle School PTSA: Youth Voice Award
And these schools awarded the President’s Challenge award: Athens-Chilesburg Elementary PTA, Jessie Clark MIddle PTSA, Julius Marks Elementary PTA, Maxwell Elementary PTA, Squires Elementary PTA and Yates Elementary PTA.
Daisy Farish of Versailles, recipient of the Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award.
Deirdre Lyons of Alltech, named Business Person of the Year by the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Deborah Reed, awarded the National Association of County Agriculture Agents Award for Excellence with Health and Safety.
Martina Vasil, assistant professor of music education at the University of Kentucky School of Music, appointed to the Board of the Association for Popular Music Education.
Dr. John Bowersox of Lexington, appointed to the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists.
Amber Sergent of Woodford County High School, one of three recipients of the Earl C. Clements Innovation in Education Awards.
Mark Rothel of Lexington, appointed to the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Carey Cavanaugh, Professor in the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, appointed chairman of the Board of Trustees of International Alert, a London-based international peacebuilding charity.
Taylor Allen Payne of Lexington, appointed to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.
Gregory Allen Thompson of Winchester and Travis Earl Corder of Versailles, appointed to the Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in Hearing Instruments.
