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November 21, 2011
Dear Parents and Guardians:
This letter is a follow up to our communication on Friday regarding a situation that had occurred at our school. I want to again make sure that you have the facts and dispel any rumors you may have heard. Please be assured that the safety and well being of your child is always foremost in everything we do.
Students began spreading a false rumor about a weapon possibly being brought to school. That information was relayed to metro police before it was relayed to the school. When we were notified, our school resource office, security and the administration responded immediately. The student in question had left school and was off school grounds. K-9 units searched inside the school and outside and no weapons were found. The student was also detained and after a full investigation, we were unable to substantiate any allegations.
We are all concerned about school safety; however, it is critical that your child understands the importance of conveying any rumors or tips to school staff members rather than to other students, and that they understand the importance of dealing with facts rather than gossip. This will enable us to take appropriate action and to avoid widespread unfounded rumors and major disruption to the instructional day as occurred on Friday.
Thank you to all of you who have called or written to express your support of our handling of this situation. I also want to commend our outstanding staff and students for their immediate and professional response. Our emergency plan was in place and everyone cooperated. If you have any further questions about this situation, please do not hesitate to call us at 485-8251. Again, thank you for your support of Fern Creek High School.
Sincerely,
Houston Barber, Ph. D
Principal
Fern Creek Traditional High School
Fern Creek Theatre will present The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the newly renovated Alumni Auditorium from November 17 through November 20. This classic tale of Dorothy's magical adventures in the Land of Oz will delight the whole family. Tickets are $5 and are available in the Main Office or at the Box Office in the Alumni Auditorium lobby before the shows. Performances will be Thursday, November 17 through Saturday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Sunday, November 20 at 2:00 p.m. This Fern Creek Theatre performance is under the direction of Mr. C.J. Rush.
Join us for one of the great Homecoming traditions here at Fern Creek High School, the annual Alumni Breakfast. It's a chance to see old friends and make new ones, tour the school, stock up on your Creek apparel and enjoy a great meal.
The food this year is being catered by the Fern Creek High School Cooking Club. You've read about them in the Courier Journal and now here is your chance to enjoy a sumptuous breakfast prepared by the student chefs.
If you are a current or former teacher or staff member at Fern Creek, we'd love to have you be our guest at the event. Just email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we'll make arrangments for you to attend free of charge.
In addition, the Creek Corner Store will be open so you can go home with some great new clothing items. (Everyone looks better in orange and black!)
Finally, we'll end the morning with tours of the school. It's a great morning of Fern Creek fun and fellowship. We'll see you there.
Cut and paste this link into your browser to register for the Alumni breakfast.
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5j89tydab&oeidk=a07e4q0m72ted348f58
Senior Movie Night in the faculty parking lot.
Friday Sept 16th from 9 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Students can start arriving at 8:30 p.m.
Seniors get in for free. Underclassmen must attend with a senior and costs $3.00
Students may bring chairs and/or blankets.
Students are to park in the student lot.
The movie being shown has not yet been determined.
For more information, contact Senior Class sponsor Sara Wilson (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))
The Fern Creek Film Club, the Louisville Film Society, and KET are teaming up for the second season of the Community Cinema series. This year’s first screening is the one-hour documentary Reel Injun on Thursday, October 28, at 6:00 pm. in the high school’s auditorium. The film, which is free and open to the public, is part of a monthly Community Cinema offering by the Independent Lens series on PBS. The free film series will continue with a different film each month at the school.
A group of Louisville Film Society and Fern Creek Film Club members will stage a panel discussion about the film after the screenings. Along with these two groups, KET is sponsoring the local Community Cinema screenings.
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the American Indian is an entertaining trip through the evolution of North American Native people ("The Indians") as portrayed in famous Hollywood movies from the silent era to today. Jim Jarmusch, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, John Trudell, and others provide insights into the often demeaning and occasionally hilariously absurd stereotypes perpetuated on the big screen through Hollywood's history.
Fern Creek Traditional High School is located at 9115 Fern Creek Road. The auditorium is located at the north end of the school and is entered at the top of the round steps. For more information, call 502-485-6362.
For Immediate Release -- Fern Creek Traditional High School in Louisville will be the first high school in Kentucky to have a Best Buddies chapter. Best Buddies is a one-to-one matching friendship program in which high school students without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are matched with high school students with IDD. Fern Creek’s Best Buddies chapter will match 20 students with IDD with buddies and recruit additional students as associate members for group activities and service projects.
+ Read MoreFor Immediate Release – Tiger Talk Tuesday, a weekly 90 minute live radio broadcast on 92.7 The Tiger about Fern Creek High football and fall sports, will premiere August 24 at the Buffalo Wings and Rings in Fern Creek. The program will air live on 92.7 The Tiger, the only student-run, FCC-licensed radio station in Jefferson County. The station also streams live at http://www.927thetiger.com.
+ Read MoreFor Immediate Release – Students at Fern Creek Traditional High School showed the greatest improvement on the 2010 ACT Test of any of the 21 high schools in the Jefferson County Public Schools system. The test results, as reported by the Kentucky Department of Education, also ranked Fern Creek eighth out of 21 schools in the average composite score of juniors who took the test last spring.
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