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During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz. Missing from he photo is Jacob Peluso.

During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz. Missing from he photo is Jacob Peluso.

Top graduates

News Staff
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz.
Southern Elementary School students rewarded in the Masonic Bicycles in Schools for Attendance Program are, from left, are Elijah Bess, Alynah Younger, Emma Barlow, Madalyn Butler, Levi Hilterbrand and Christopher Bishop. In the back row are SES Principal Mark Hegyi and Masons Rick Halcomb, Jeremy Moore and Steve Bowman.

Southern Elementary School students rewarded in the Masonic Bicycles in Schools for Attendance Program are, from left, are Elijah Bess, Alynah Younger, Emma Barlow, Madalyn Butler, Levi Hilterbrand and Christopher Bishop. In the back row are SES Principal Mark Hegyi and Masons Rick Halcomb, Jeremy Moore and Steve Bowman.

Orion Lodge rewards perfect attendance

News Staff
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — Six Southern Elementary School students who never missed a day of classes all year were rewarded with new bicycles.In 2015, Cloyd J. Bumgardner, Grand Master of Masons in Kentucky, implemented the Masonic Bicycles in Schools for Attendance Program to promote good student...
Graduating seniors Maddie Marshall, left, and Lily Gibson have their plates ready as the line inches toward the grill. Photos by Burton Cole.

Graduating seniors Maddie Marshall, left, and Lily Gibson have their plates ready as the line inches toward the grill. Photos by Burton Cole.

Congratulatory cookout

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — In what has become a sizzling tradition at Pendleton County High School, the Demossville Masons towed their grill to school on Thursday and cooked a picnic lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs for the graduating seniors.“The Masons are a charitable organization,” Larry York,...
One to One mentors at Northern Elementary include, back row from left, organizer/media specialist Tina Record, Coach Penny Wheatley, teacher Maddie Flaugher, toach Eleen Utz, teacher Jennifer Redden, Coach Carole Bowen, Coach Diane Herrman, and Teacher Olivia Schultz; and front row in no particular order, Sunny, Gabe, Raylynn, LeeAnn, Vincent, Kylie, Caster, Lilly, Kierra, and Jackson.

One to One mentors at Northern Elementary include, back row from left, organizer/media specialist Tina Record, Coach Penny Wheatley, teacher Maddie Flaugher, toach Eleen Utz, teacher Jennifer Redden, Coach Carole Bowen, Coach Diane Herrman, and Teacher Olivia Schultz; and front row in no particular order, Sunny, Gabe, Raylynn, LeeAnn, Vincent, Kylie, Caster, Lilly, Kierra, and Jackson.

Reading volunteers celebrated

News Staff
Monday, May 19, 2025
By Nila Harris Volunteers for One to One at Northern and Southern Elementary concluded this year’s reading mentorship with a celebration at the individual schools.“One to One provides all members of our community (business, parents/guardians, faith-based and involved citizens) an opportunity to...
Rachel Perraut

Rachel Perraut

Perraut awarded PCHS Golden Apple

News Staff
Monday, May 5, 2025
By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — “Rachel Perraut is willing to try new things, and if something is not working, she tries something else, even if it’s out of her comfort zone.
Media specialist makes difference in school libraries

Media specialist makes difference in school libraries

Golden Apple teacher awards

News Staff
Monday, April 28, 2025
By Nila HarrisFALMOUTH — Tina Record, media specialist at Northern and Southern Elementary schools, was recently awarded the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership.Nominated by Mark Hegyi, Southern Elementary’s principal, Record received the award last Tuesday night, according to the...
Reading teacher celebrated as “transformative”

Reading teacher celebrated as “transformative”

Golden Apple teacher awards

News Staff
Monday, April 28, 2025
By Nila HarrisBUTLER — Victoria Steward, fifth-grade reading and writing teacher at Northern Elementary School, earned the Excellence in Education Golden Apple Award last week.Steward, who has been teaching at Northern for 16 years, was nominated for this honor because she is “a transformative...
The Pendleton County High School 2025 Prom king and queen are Queen Sarah Blackaby and King Lucas Dennison. The prom was held March 29 at the Syndicate Newport.

The Pendleton County High School 2025 Prom king and queen are Queen Sarah Blackaby and King Lucas Dennison. The prom was held March 29 at the Syndicate Newport.

Prom royalty

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Monday, April 21, 2025
The Pendleton County High School 2025 Prom king and queen are Queen Sarah Blackaby and King Lucas Dennison. The prom was held March 29 at the Syndicate Newport.
Twenty-six Pendleton County High School DECA students presented projects at the DECA state conference March 3 in Louisville. Eighteen of the 26 advanced to the second-round competition, and six students will be traveling to Disney World next month to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference. Photos courtesy of PCHS teacher and DECA sponsor Haley Slover.

Twenty-six Pendleton County High School DECA students presented projects at the DECA state conference March 3 in Louisville. Eighteen of the 26 advanced to the second-round competition, and six students will be traveling to Disney World next month to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference. Photos courtesy of PCHS teacher and DECA sponsor Haley Slover.

PCHS DECA advances to international competition

News Staff
Monday, March 17, 2025
By Haley SloverSix Pendleton County High School DECA students have advanced to the International Career Development Conference and competition April 26 to 39 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.They are Lincoln Meyer, who finished in second place in the Business Services Marketing category in...
Pendleton County High School student Gavin Laney, left, portraying John “No More Tax Breaks” Benedict, states his case before “Kennett City Council” about why he opposes tax incentives to bring new business Plastics R Us into the city. The session Thursday in Falmouth City Council chambers was part of a Pendleton County Youth Leadership Economic Development Simulation that paired gifted students with mentors from Falmouth, the county and the state to develop more of an understanding of the process involved

Pendleton County High School student Gavin Laney, left, portraying John “No More Tax Breaks” Benedict, states his case before “Kennett City Council” about why he opposes tax incentives to bring new business Plastics R Us into the city. The session Thursday in Falmouth City Council chambers was part of a Pendleton County Youth Leadership Economic Development Simulation that paired gifted students with mentors from Falmouth, the county and the state to develop more of an understanding of the process involved

Simulation aims to develop leaders

News Staff
Monday, March 10, 2025
By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — Eleven Pendleton County High School students assumed the roles of city councilmen, business leaders and activists in an economic development simulation last week that officials hope foreshadows a bright community future.“It gives students a real-world connection to how...
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