The Christian County Education Coalition sub-committee known as the Community Accountability Committee is proud to announce the second phase of our recognition efforts: a Christian County Schools Staff Appreciation Luncheon to be held at the James E. Bruce Convention Center on Sunday, November 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

This event is to “CONGRATULATE” the following 10 schools for achieving scores of 90 or above on their Accountability Testing or reaching other milestones as designated by their schools:

• Belmont Elementary School
• Heritage Christian Academy
• Sinking Fork Elementary School

• Holiday Elementary School
• Indian Hills Elementary School

• Millbrooke Elementary School
• Pembroke Elementary School
• Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School

• South Christian Elementary School
• University Heights Academy

Invitations will be passed on to the eligible staff members by the current principals and headmasters of these schools.

The purpose of this event is to let all Christian County Schools know the greater Christian County community appreciates the hard work of all staff members involved in the education of our children.  The Luncheon will give special recognition to those schools that have met the goal set forth by our community and give those schools which have not a reward to strive for.

The community would also like to announce the third phase of the rewards program established to recognize student achievements.  Specifically, all students scoring proficient or distinguished or meeting other criteria as set by their schools are eligible for reward raffles to be held in the spring of 2010.  In fact, one lucky member of the class of 2011 will be eligible to win a 2010 Toyota Yaris with a $15,000 MSRP graciously donated by Charlie Ramsey with Toyota of Hopkinsville.  The drawing, to be held in the fall of 2010, will be based on scores from the 2009-2010 school year. 

Thanks to the continued generosity and outpouring of community support, we’ve raised $24,000 in cash and in-kind contributions.  We would like to say ‘Thank You’ to the following businesses in Christian County for their donations and making all this possible to this point:

Distinguished Sponsors

• Toyota of Hopkinsville
• Christian County Public Schools
• Hopkinsville Community College
• The City of Hopkinsville
• Jennie Stuart Medical Center
• Walmart Distribution Center
• James E. Bruce Convention Center
• BB&T
• Pennyrile Rural Electric
• Hopkinsville-Christian County Chamber of Commerce
• Walmart Superstore – Oak Grove
• Leadership Hopkinsville-Christian County Classes of 2008 and 2009

Proficient Sponsors

• Continental Mills
• Southern Printing
• Arby’s – Ft Campbell Blvd Hopkinsville
• The Horseshoe Steak House
• Little Caesars – Ft Campbell Blvd Hopkinsville
• McDonald’s – Ft Campbell Blvd Hopkinsville
• O’ Charley’s – Ft Campbell Blvd Hopkinsville
• Pizza Hut – Ft Campbell Blvd Hopkinsville

We still need your help as we continue working toward our fundraising goal of an additional $5,000 to meet the expenses of what we hope will become an annual program.  We would like to encourage all the local businesses, local corporation leadership, local organizations, and individuals of Christian County to support the efforts of our community in recognizing our schools for their hard work.  Monetary support can be sent to:

CCEC Community Accountability Committee

Attn:  Tammie Hargrove

P.O. Box 2900

Hopkinsville, KY  42241-2900

Checks can be made payable to the Greater Hopkinsville Chamber Community Foundation or GHCCF with a notation for the Community Rewards Fund in the memo section.  We appreciate the continued focus and support on Awareness of public education issues, substantive Action by the Community at large, with Higher Achievement for all students as the goal.  Please keep a watchful eye for letters requesting support soon.

We are excited about the continued outpouring of support for education initiatives and look forward to working with the community on what is becoming a continued project.  For more information, please contact Sandy Grogan at (270) 707-2002 or Kim Batts at (270) 887-7008 for additional information.

Sincerely,

Community Accountability Committee