Special Recognition

Three school hospitality programs honored by Sullivan

Three Kentucky secondary school hospitality programs have been named to the 2016 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality programs nationwide by the National Center for Hospitality Studies at Sullivan University. The programs recognized, along with their instructors: Arvin Education Center (Oldham County), Garrett Sanborn Bourbon County High School, Jill Hurt Whitley County High School, [...]

By |2015-12-14T15:57:06-05:00December 15, 2015|

Fayette teachers’ association awards scholarship, classroom grants

The Fayette County Education Association (FCEA) has awarded a $500 American Education Week scholarship to Carlos Bess, a behavioral curriculum specialist at Martin Luther King Jr. Academy for Excellence. The award goes to an FCEA member who is pursuing a Rank 2, Rank 1, doctorate or National Board certification. The FCEA also presented five $250 classroom grants to teachers in [...]

By |2015-12-14T15:59:34-05:00December 15, 2015|

Boyd finance director receives statewide honor

Donald Fleu, director of finance for Boyd County Public Schools, received the Goldenrod Outstanding School Business Official Award given annually by the Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO). The award goes to an individual who best represents exemplary practices and standards of school business in a Kentucky public school district. Fleu served three years on KASBO’s board of directors [...]

By |2015-12-02T14:40:13-05:00December 3, 2015|

Fayette teacher wins Caring Coach award

Sam Simpson, the football coach and a health and physical education teacher at Henry Clay High School (Fayette County), has been named a recipient of the Caring Coach of the Year award presented by Dove Men+Care Deodorant and the College Football Hall of Fame.Photo submitted Sam Simpson, the football coach and a health and physical education teacher at [...]

By |2015-12-02T14:37:34-05:00December 3, 2015|

Ashland Family Resource Center wins Cowherd award

The Ashland Family Resource and Youth Services Center (Ashland Independent) has been named the winner of the Harry J. Cowherd Award for Center Excellence by the Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC) network. The award, presented last week at the network’s annual Fall Institute in Lexington, recognizes a center that demonstrates excellence beyond regular center operations. It is named [...]

By |2020-04-02T09:16:52-04:00November 19, 2015|

Dunbar’s Henning tapped as Drama Teacher of the Year

Alicia Henning of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fayette County) has been named Drama Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Theatre Association. Henning was honored last week during the Kentucky Theatre Association’s high school festival in Bowling Green. Henning received a bachelor’s degree in theater from Western Kentucky University and worked professionally in theater around the country before becoming [...]

By |2015-11-18T14:12:16-05:00November 19, 2015|

Campbell teacher receives financial literacy award

Campbell County High School Assistant Principal Michael Florimonte, front right, receives the Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year award from Kentucky Jump$tart President Kelly May in front of the Campbell County Board of Education.Photo submitted, Nov. 9, 2015. Michael Florimonte of Campbell County High School has been named the 2015 Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year by The [...]

By |2015-11-18T14:23:00-05:00November 19, 2015|

Fayette psychologist wins statewide honor

Rachel Rice of Bryan Station High School (Fayette County) has been named the 2015 School Psychologist of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools. Rice, who will be the state nominee for the national school psychologist of the year award, also received a Best Practices Award at October’s state conference in Louisville. “Being a school psychologist [...]

By |2015-10-22T08:09:46-04:00October 22, 2015|

High schools in Breathitt, Owsley honored by CFES

Two Kentucky high schools are among the 33 named as Schools of Distinction by College for Every Student (CFES). Breathitt County and Owsley County high schools received the award, which recognizes schools nationally that have exemplary programs incorporating the three CFES core practices: mentoring, leadership through service and pathways to college. These schools provide intensive exposure to the three practices [...]

By |2015-09-10T08:21:52-04:00September 10, 2015|

Education Week seeks to profile exceptional leaders

Education Week is seeking input for its annual Leaders to Learn From report, which profiles some of the most exceptional leaders working in school districts. If you know a district leader whose approaches or innovations would inspire colleagues nationwide, click here to submit a nomination. All nominees should be district-level personnel. The deadline is Aug. 1.

By |2015-07-15T16:04:23-04:00July 16, 2015|
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