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Blue Ribbon winner Norton Elementary wants to be even better

Emily Iliff, the assistant-principal of Norton Elementary, says that part of what makes her school so successful is the family atmosphere that exists inside the schoolhouse walls. Norton recently was named a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

By |2020-03-25T16:00:10-04:00November 28, 2017|

Hammering Home Math

Working with power tools, hammering nails and climbing ladders with your friends and classmates – what more could a 5th-grader want? 

By |2023-02-14T11:13:37-05:00November 14, 2017|

Happy Halloween!

Photographer Bobby Ellis takes a look at how the staff and students at two different Woodford County elementary schools celebrated Halloween.

By |2017-11-02T13:38:28-04:00November 2, 2017|

KSD’s farm-fresh festival

As part of the harvest season, the Kentucky School for the Deaf hosted its second annual Sweet Corn Festival Oct. 6 with games like bobbing for apples, hay bale rolling, corn shucking and a corn eating contest. 

By |2017-10-11T15:23:57-04:00October 17, 2017|

Teachers discover possibilities at the field station

If you've ever wanted to give your students the chance to catch wild fish out of the Ohio River using currents of electricity, the Thomas More Biology Field Station in California, Ky., has just the thing for you. 

By |2019-01-29T15:26:43-05:00October 3, 2017|

Hands-on workshops

Teachers came from across Kentucky, and the country, to take part in a wide range of classes at the Berea Festival of Learnshops.

By |2020-11-04T14:32:26-05:00September 19, 2017|

Fair time

The Kentucky State Fair comes to Louisville every year, but there always seems to be something new and surprising to find as a photographer when I go there.

By |2018-09-27T10:42:25-04:00September 5, 2017|

Kentucky goes back to school

It's that time of year again. With new backpacks, new clothes and new shoes, students are heading back to school in Kentucky. 

By |2018-10-05T13:36:31-04:00August 22, 2017|

Testing the waters

Teachers went wading recently through Caney Fork Creek as part of a water quality testing workshop, overseen by Tabitha Owens, an environmental education specialist with the Kentucky Environmental Education Council. 

By |2022-06-27T14:00:06-04:00August 8, 2017|

Behind the scenes at the Louisville Zoo

As a group of teachers from across the state entered the room for one recent professional learning session, they were greeted by some animals that you don't normally see in a reception area. The teachers had come to take part in the Louisville Zoo in 3D event, a day focused on showing educators that the zoo can be a valuable educational tool. 

By |2017-07-20T13:38:26-04:00July 25, 2017|
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