David Johnson, Owensboro Public Schools’ Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel, Maintenance and Transportation, has been selected as the 2013 Kentucky Director of Pupil Personnel of the Year.  He will be recognized during the Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel Fall Institute that will be held Sept. 12-14 in Lexington.

Johnson has worked with OPS students in overseeing pupil personnel for 12 years.  In his position, he works with schools on attendance and student academic and discipline issues. He works with families, court designated workers, judges, child protective services, and other community resources to provide services to students when needed.  His goal is always to provide the best possible education for the child and to remove barriers to their learning.

A local nurse with the American Red Cross returned to Owensboro after her 100th national disaster deployment.

Marilou Goodfell recently returned from Mississippi where she worked in several towns helping peole whose homes were destroyed by a tornado. She helped with health services by providing meals and helping people with shelter. Goodfell has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross since 1996 and has helped in Guam and has loved helping people since she was a young girl.

Cole Mattingly, a junior at Apollo High School, has been accepted for the Marine Science Consortium’s Summer High School Internship Program. He is one of only eight students selected from among 62 applicants across the country to participate in the 2013 program. Selections were based on applications and interviews designed to identify qualified and enthusiastic candidates who are passionate about the environment and marine science.

The internship includes three components: programs, research and enrichment. Mattingly and his fellow interns will live and work on the Consortium’s main campus in Wallops Island, Va., for two months, working alongside program staff to provide environmental education programs, attending college-level courses, developing their own research projects and exploring the marine habitats of the eastern shores of the United States. The program is scheduled from June 16 to Aug. 16.